Empire Total War mods

 Some updated unit previews for the upcoming Nine Years War submod. Unit names in order: Hohenlohe Regiment, Venetian cuirassiers, Spanish-Milanese dragoons in Venetian service. The Hohenlohe Regiment were a German regiment raised by the Count-Prince Leopold Friedrich of Hohenlohe in 1691. The regiment had 10 companies of musketeers and 1 company of grenadiers, I will include grenadiers from this regiment in the upcoming release of the Nine Years War submod. In 1694 there were 2 other German units in Venetian service, include the Bayreuth Regiment and the Waldeck Regiment. The Hohenlohe Regiment was among those sent to the Peloponese in the Morean War of 1684-99. Venice was not a participant in the Nine Years War in part because of this. France was the main provider of Venetian artillery prior to the Nine Years War, and the fact Venice was surrounded by the Austria, the Spanish controlled Duchy of Milan, its German state allies, and their Italian ally the Duchy of Savoy also ensure...

I'm working on a Nine Years War submod for Empire Total War, covering the conflict between Louis XIV and the Grand Alliance. ( NB  you can click on an image to enlarge.) Some generals in this period wore a cuirass under their justaucorps. A portrait exists of John Churchill, later Duke of Marlborough, doing so. In contrast, Electoral Max II Emmanuel of Bavaria is depicted wearing a cuirass over it. Still others are depicted wearing corselets. Here is some of my work on the three types of general. NB The generals bodyguard models are not done yet and will change from the ETW originals. The last one is Spanish and based on the research of the Count of Clonard in the 1850s. Some Spanish generals seem to have worne purple, but no country had a general's uniform per se at this time (Saxony introduced one only in 1733). So I largely relying on portraiture and paintings of battles as a source. The generals are also replaced on the campaign-map models. General in corselet ...

Colonialism 1600AD is a 17th century mod for Empire Total War (PC)  first released in 2014. The mod reflects the changes from diverse to more uniform military dress, the decline of armour, the transition from arquebus-to-matchlock-to-flintlock muskets and from pike to bayonet. To play you will need the original  Empire Total War (PC) game. Installation instructions are below after the screenshots. Some screenshots. Many more   here . Earl of Bath Regiment (Late) French Gardes Francaises (mid-to-late century) Litowczycy (Poland-Lithuania early) Foreign Autorament (Poland-Lithuania) Russian General French Cardinals Guards Paris Governor's Guard Earl of Argyll's Pikemen Gendarmes de la Garde Scots Highland Archers Russian Feudal Cavalry Spanish Reformed Cuirassiers Russian Arquebusiers Russian Feudal Arquebusiers French Light Pikemen (early) Swedish Red Regiment (early) ...