Monday, February 18, 2013

Re-Themed Units


I've re-themed the ABD units to their Japanese counterparts. From left to right - light infantry, medium infantry, heavy infantry, yari samurai, naginata samurai, light archer, heavy archer, light gunner, heavy gunner, light cavalry, mounted archer, heavy cavalry, great guard.

Notable changes include:
  • Pikemen (PK) to Yari Samurai (YS)
  • Phalanx (PX) to Naginata Samurai (NS)
  • Knight (KT) to Great Guard (GG)
I took the ukiyo-e-style art from Shogun 2, shopped them into silhouettes, and kept the same numbers. The leaders were similarly modified from random prints online.

The art department's next task is to create a strategic map with area hex maps for each location on the board. This will be time-consuming, but will limit map fatigue. The maps included in ABD look like:


They don't have to include a river.

If anyone would like to join the team and design some 18x12 maps using the terrain listed here:

...then we can knock these out faster. If you don't have Photoshop or Adobe Illustrator, etc., you can scribble a design on a cocktail napkin, email me a list of coordinates (A1-Clear, A2-Forest, A3-Clear), or any way you can think and I'll likely include it somewhere.

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