Hi guys, each of this mods are just awesome Rise, Zama, Alesia, Imperator, Ive tested all of them, Id say they are the best Ive ever seen for roman units and thats a lot to say because since the first time I played Rome 1 total war, through all the awesome time I had with its fantastic mod Roma Surrectum II, and now with Rome 2, Ive never played a campaing with any other faction than Rome, I love Rome so much lol anyway, this mods would be the best Ive ever seen for Rome BUT, Ive seen Roman models Extravaganza. I see some of the team worked on that, and some things of that mode have been used here. In my opinion Roman models Extravaganza achieves better the roman army, in a darker and more realistic way, while this gives a more vanilla, conventional, plane, or even hollywood apearance for the roman legions, wich is nice too. Id never disvalue what the team has made in the HD proyect because is awesome, skin and faces look beautiful, rise of the republic and punic wars era units are even better here than in extravaganza, but towards the end of the republic and imperial era, the detail in armor, lorica hamata and squamata specially (wich is not seen in this mods), the leather pteruges, the pillum in hand before battle, the moded auxiliary and barbaric units for rome, the usage of pants, the color in general and the FAR more aspect variation between units, made a better and more realistic representation of a real roman army in Roman models Extravaganza. This mod and all HD proyect is just awesome, but if I see it in comparisson with Extravaganza, Id say its in a certain aspect a regression, as the extravaganza mod perspective of the roman army, for me at least, was superior, that mod had so little aspects to be upgraded, because it was perfect in almost everithing. As always guys thank so much for your work, you all do fantastic things that keep a roman history lover as me eager each time I run the game, Thank you.

Any reskin made with Roman Models Extravaganza has nothing to do with what our team made. That is an old modders resource mod and has no official reskin. Every reskin using those models is fan-made and uses models from other mods.

Would be a nice addition if you could add Manica to the armored Legionaries. Whilst I do like that they also use the Hamata and not exclusively the Segmentata, they currently have little to no distinguishing factors between them and other Legionaries. Perhaps a "simple" reskin of the Vanilla Manica would suffice?

There is one thing to say, an underestimation of the lorica squamata.
It's something I've noticed in both the films and the CA products.
And instead I believe that the squamata was more frequent than we think.
It was probably easier to make than the hamata too.
and I'm not referring to this mod specifically.
I speak in general.
I don't know how widespread it was in the republic and in the Augustan era.
But I know it was the prerogative of cavarly, officers and centurions.

what do you think about?
https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1479948484467302435/05501A5A203206AC5E9B87D84164282CE389D2DB/

@So'n, The unit names actually matter little to me. I gave them a higher percentage of segmentata but Im still keeping their uniforms based on the technology of the time. Manica is a later development so I will not be adding it to this mod.

@Argenti, I dont know how to make squamata so it wont be in our mods until I learn how to make it.

Originally posted by Celticus:

@Argenti, I dont know how to make squamata so it wont be in our mods until I learn how to make it.

hahahah but this is a wonderful answer
you should deserve a kiss
This squamata was easier to make it forged by Roman blacksmiths than to draw it in 3D LOL

A cavarlyman 180 A.C (Portonaccio sarcophagus detail)
https://www.roma-victrix.com/images/armamentarium/loricae/lorica_squamata/loricae_squamata38b.JPG

bottom right
I believe they were praetorians of Marcus Aurelius
https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4041/4502525270_27582eb8ee.jpg

@Celticus, just somethjing I noticed, if Centurions are wearing their Phalerae during battles, wouldn´t soldiers do the same? Wouldn´t it make sense to have Phalerae on units, with a probability being based on how many experienced men are in it? I.e. a First cohort and Evocati should have a higher probability than a normal Legionary Cohort.

No.

Originally posted by AUT So´n Feuerball Junge!:

@Celticus, just somethjing I noticed, if Centurions are wearing their Phalerae during battles, wouldn´t soldiers do the same? Wouldn´t it make sense to have Phalerae on units, with a probability being based on how many experienced men are in it? I.e. a First cohort and Evocati should have a higher probability than a normal Legionary Cohort.

you know the idea is not entirely wrong
Historically, phalerae were also assigned to entire cohorts.
To every soldier.
Although I have never seen it in any historical reconstruction.
So it's hard to tell if there were entire cohorts with phalerae

Dear modders this is for you
maybe you can find something interesting.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/67272128@N05/9091960542/in/photostream/

Any particular reason why not?

As far as I am aware, Phalerae were awarded both to individuals and cohorts for acts of bravery, and it was certainly not limited to centurions. Individuals would wear them at least during parade and quite possibly during battle.

As for why, showing of your personal valour to your comrades distinguishes yourself from them and may motivate them to similar deeds of valour.

I’m not putting it on soldiers. I don’t believe it would be worn in battle, I don’t see it in references, I don’t see it in battle reliefs, I don’t see any references other than centurions getting their medals looted in battle and I don’t like the look of it. No more discussion.

Edit: We have accepted relevant feedback and have edited praetorians to have campaign dress but at this time we feel the mod pack is complete and will no longer be editing things unless they are bug fixes so feedback is closed.