Mod: Djinnibad - Nomads and Genies

[Wrana]

MORE genies in MA??? I thought it was EA that's genie -based...
Also, Turkish-based LA should probably get less priests, but, yes, better armed & armored troops. Think regular troops instead of religiously-driven militia (highly-trained militia, though).
Another thing - from memoires of Ousama ibn Mounkidh I see that ismailites (hashishiin) mostly used daggers, though they used swords, too. Probably should get sword&(poison)dagger so.
And I will probably move Corsairs into late era.
Probably LA magic should also include Death/Blood?
Another question to all interested - medieval Persian army often included elephants and sometimes nafta throwers. Should they be used (and in what era)?

[Aezeal]

I meant more than in LA

ENDO, I somehow missed your pics last time I looked, those dervish are GREAT!! YOu ahve a good feel for this nation

[Wrana]

Well, that I thought obvious. And in any case I asked how you would define MA in relation to EA (and said that "the same in less concentration" wouldn't be cool).
On pics - yeah, fine. Except for left-handed scimitar in attack position which seems somewhat wrong for me. Could you do something with it, Camrade, please?

[Endoperez]

Wrana said:
On pics - yeah, fine. Except for left-handed scimitar in attack position which seems somewhat wrong for me. Could you do something with it, Camrade, please?

I tried foreshortening it more, but it's hard with such tiny sprites. I think I'll change the legs' position in the attack sprite instead, so that the left knee points more back in the attack pose. Well, not straigth back, but more so than it currently does.

[Wrana]

Possibly either make left arm less straight or somewhat change position? E.g., make it on "hanging guard" - along the body? Or make "trace" from previous movement - this would probably look stylish on 2-scimitar wielder?

[Endoperez]

Wrana said:
Possibly either make left arm less straight or somewhat change position? E.g., make it on "hanging guard" - along the body? Or make "trace" from previous movement - this would probably look stylish on 2-scimitar wielder?

I don't expect to be able to make something totally different from all the other sprites "stylish". It'd stand out, and that wouldn't be good.

I tried few variations with the arm and the blade, including the direction of the blade. The result there is the best I got. I tried to make it seem that the left sword is past the actual swing, but I couldn't do proper foreshortening so it ended up looking less like what I wanted.

[Aezeal]

Endo.. just so you know.. all improvement are of course greatly appreciated.. but I loved all units you made already

I wouldn't blame you if you continued on other sprites (preverably for this mod) that you want to work on