Places to raze, people to slay...
Well, I'm in a bit of a rut at the moment trying to get the new patch installed without destroying all the work I've done (I've been stupidly editing the vanilla files of my main installation instead of using the mod folder like a good modder, bwah), so things are going a tad slow now as I get into the hard aspect of the mod: text editing.
However, I also did a little editing of building textures to give the mod it's own look: at this point we can's edit the models of the building, but we can fiddle about with textures. So let's have a loot at some of the lovely places you'll be commanding (or destroying) in The Hyborian Age: Total War!
Tarantia, capital of Aquilonia
View from the Market District
So he moved across the pillaged land, halting only to rest his horse, eating frugally of the food Zeiata had given him, until, on a dawn when he lay hidden on a river bank where willows and oaks grew thickly, he glimpsed, afar, across the rolling plains dotted with rich groves, the blue and golden towers of Tarantia. - The Hour of the Dragon
Belverus, capital of Nemedia
View from the Temple of Ibis
Gardens and pleasure villas surrounded the walls of Belverus. Drowsy slaves, sleeping by their watchman's pikes, did not see the swift and furtive figure that scaled walls, crossed alleys made by the arching branches of trees, and threaded a noiseless way through orchards and vineyards. Watch-dogs woke and lifted their deep-booming clamor at a gliding shadow, half scented, half sensed, and then it was gone. - The Hour of the Dragon
The Capital of Hyperborea
View from a nearby hill
Another factor has added to the impetus of Hyborian drift. A tribe of that race has discovered the use of stone in building, and the first Hyborian kingdom has come into being - the rude and barbaric kingdom of Hyperborea, which had its beginning in a crude fortress of boulders heaped to repel tribal attack. The people of this tribe soon abandoned their horse-hide tents for stone houses, crudely but mightily built, and thus protected, they grew strong. There are few more dramatic events in history than the rise of the rude, fierce kingdom of Hyperborea, whose people turned abruptly from their nomadic life to rear dwellings of naked stone, surrounded by cyclopean walls - a race scarcely emerged from the polished stone age, who had by a freak of chance, learned the first rude principles of architecture. - The Hyborian Age
Gwawela, a village in the Wolf Pict tribelands
View from the back of a crowd
"They're devils," mumbled the frontiersman. "They must have been watching us from the time we left midstream. We walked into a trap. Arrows from all sides were ripping into us before we knew it. Most of us dropped at the first fire. Three or four broke through the bushes and came to hand-grips. But there were too many. Conan might have gotten away. I haven't seen his head. Been better for you and me if they'd killed us outright. I can't blame Conan. Ordinarily we'd have gotten to the village without being discovered. They don't keep spies on the river bank as far down as we landed. We must have stumbled into a big party coming up the river from the south. Some devilment is up. Too many Picts here. These aren't all Gwaweli; men from the western tribes here and from up and down the river..."They might have gathered here to watch Zogar's magic-making. He'll make some rare magic with our carcasses. Well, a border-man doesn't expect to die in bed. But I wish we'd gone out along with the rest." - Beyond the Black River
And a very special mystery screen! Anyone care to guess where this is?
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Originally Posted by SigniferOne
I was sick of doing Hyborian units, and rather than take a break I decided to try making new units. If everything goes well, I might even just extend the map a bit to include Stygia, though I'd need to add Koth, Shem, Argos and Zingara too. If nothing else, Stygia will probably be available for custom battles. I might even put a preview up for them.
on you!
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