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Dwarf Phalanx [OUTDATED, SUB TO THE NEW VERSION!]

Ever wanted to slaughter the countless enemies of Dawi with more than an axe or a hammer?Yes?
Then may I introduce you to these brand new spear and polearm units for our stunty bois?Good.

This mod comes with four new units, two tier 1 and two tier 4, respectively:
-Dwarf Warriors with spear & shield
-Dwarf Warriors Phalanx (polearm)
-Iron Guard with spear & shield
-Iron Guard Phalanx (polearm)

*Update 27/02/2021*
Added three new units:
-Iron Guard Hammerfists (Hammers & Shields)
-Iron Guard Blazing Axes (Flaming Axes & Shields)
-Iron Guard Enforcers (Rifles and Axes & Shields)
Changed the colour scheme to greyish-stone.

They are all specialized in defensive roles and should be used as such.

Ok, presentation over: let's dive into the technical stuff!

*BALANCE*

As always: I tried my best to not make them too broken.
Their stats are mostly on par with vanilla units except for some minor changes here and there.
Keep in mind that I have tested them in custom battles only though.
That means that I'm not taking into account Lord's Campaign Bonuses.
Putting all of that aside, they should fit in the Dwarf roster nicely without *squatting* the Old World in the process (hopefully).

*COMPATIBILITY*

As far as I know this mod works with pretty much everything that do not mess with vanilla units and formations.
I'm playing the game with 60+ different mods and everything is working fine.
You can and MUST use this along with the original Rumpl4's shield wall mod, otherwise it will not work.
The mod is NOT save compatible.
If you want these stunties in your campaign you'll have to start a new one.

*KNOWN ISSUES*

-Since this mod uses Rumpl4's shield wall animation, It has the same issue: "siege defence, forcing shield formation in a unit on a wall prior the clicking the start battle button will cause a crash, to avoid this, start the battle, then activate the formation."
-This is not a issue...it's rather an aesthetic problem.
Let's address the elephant in the room right away.
As you may have already guessed by some of the screenshots, these stunty bois look like Polearm units but do NOT act like one.
That's due to the fact that the Dwarf's animations section for two hands weapons is limited to axes and hammers.
I tried to use cross-culture animations too but since certain type of skeletons are supposed to work ONLY with certain type of 3D models, I ended up facing major visual distortions every time.
While I still think that a Polearm animation for Dwarfs is totally feasible with custom skeletons/animations/models ecc... that's far above my current modding skills.
So for the time being, the polearm units in this mod will keep the Dwarf's Two Hands weapon stock animation, deeply sorry about that fellas.
Same story for the spear & shield units, the Dwarfs don't have any animation for one hand spears and thus I used the Dwarf's axe & shield stock animation.

*UPDATES POLICY*

Let me be straight with you...when the mod status change from updated to outdated....if you start to spam in the comment section things like "update pls, OMG UPDATE, can we have an update my good sir?, UpDaTe!1!1!1" and similar stuff....know that https://media.giphy.com/media/e3URFlLQywEPC/giphy.gif


...But jokes aside: please don't do that.
When it becomes necessary, and when I can, I will update my stuff, do not worry.

*Q&A*
1) "I'm skilled enough to give this units a proper Polearm animation. Can I use your mod as a template and then publish it?"
-Yes. Just credit me and erase from your brain my unique indexes.
2) "I don't mind that animation at all, those polearm weapons though...can we get something more Halberd-ish?"
-Ehh I get what you are saying, i did choose these particular weapons because of the user who requested this mod and because I like that particular weapon, but if by any chance you want something else I can make another version with Empire Halberds, just let me know in the comments.
3) "I have tried the spear & shield units but they are acting like scarecrows, did I do something wrong?"
-Yes: make sure you have installed and activated Rumpl4's shield wall mod https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2172244109&searchtext=rumpy+shield+wall
4) " I have tried the Iron Guard units but they don't have blasting charges, is It normal?"
-Yes, It is. I did remove blasting charges from those units to make them more different than regular Ironbreakers and to give you a reason to keep recruiting Ironbreakers units along Iron Guard ones.
If you still want blasting charges that bad I can make a separate version of this mod, just let me know in the comments.
5) "That's cool and all but I don't really care about the shield wall mod, can I have a version without it?"
-Understandable! https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2389805412
6) "Can we have a version with longer spears?"
-There you go! https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2409780366

And that's all I guess!
Credits time!

Firstly I would like to thank all the artists who made those Warhammer original pics that I have modified, thank you!
Thanks to Rumpl4 for his great shield wall animation mod! Support his works, please!
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198004689357/myworkshopfiles/?appid=594570
Thanks to kophis https://steamcommunity.com/id/kophis for his Dwarf Shotgun prop https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2175090680&searchtext=dwarf+shotgun that I did use for my Enforcers, please support him!
Thanks to [ESP] Lucio Boreno https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198045305136 and his longer spears for High Elves mod https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2389073323&searchtext=elves+spears that made possible the longer spears edition https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2409780366 , please support his works!
Any of this would not have been possible without Frodo45127's RPFM which is still updated to this very day, thank you!
I would also like to thank Sebidee and Caligula for their great modding guides!
Thanks to @Imperator https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198084672726 for suggesting the creation of these particular units.
And I would like to thank you!
Whatever you liked my mod or not thanks a bunch for giving it a try!