Hi all,
now, a new topic for the reskin community 
As already stated in the hospitaller-topic, a more time-appropriate skin for the English Archers would be very suitable for the timeframe
Sealing has already posted a first version, although not in the mod list.
It’s baded on a picture SirBarnzy1 posted:
Only thing I would maybe change, is to give them a white coat like Sealing has given them a red one now, place a cross in the middle (in the player’s colours), and have the cuffs (the front part of the arms) also in the player’s colours), like in that picture:
Nevertheless, I am sure that Sealing will be cooking up something fine
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OMG <3 They look amazing, just as I imagined!!!
Is this the English archer’s skin before his first upgrade? It’s not bad, but it reminds me of an Eastern European archer (it’s because of the hat I guess). Also, his bow must be different, since it’s not “long,” and its retracted appearance at the ends needs to be changed (the English archer should have the longest bow in the game). As for the cross, it might look a bit cheap, but if that’s the historical look, I have no problem with it.
Hi Desert,
yes, this will be (hopefully very soon) the English’s reskin
About that hat - that is a basical Tudor hat, which at the time (abt. 1550) would be worn by military and civil alike.
About the Bow, that one could really be changed - although I do not know if the game has a unit that uses the “real” english Longbow…
about the cross - it looks cheap, bc. it was cheap back than, this was litterally spare pieces of cloth they would have sown upon their coats to distinguish themselves from other archers and in between their units.
Thank you for your clarification. However, the hat’s appearance could be slightly modified to resemble the hat in the photo above more than a Russian chapka (removing the white lining should be enough to eliminate the fur illusion). The bow is, in my opinion, crucial to this redesign.
But given the skins already created by this person, I am confident in the success of this reskin.
Aaah, now I get what you mean - it looks like the hat was brimmed with white fur!
That should not be too hard for Sealing, given the fact that he made the whole upper body part in no time! Abt. the bow, maybe you can find the archer unit that uses the yew-longbow of the english and give Sealing the name, so he can get the bow from that model!
Portrait update would be nice too
That’s the Japanese one I think DesertPage is more talking about the overall shape (the yew longbow has no protruding tips like the asian bows, but an overall smooth arc, like the picture below) that reminds him of an easter europea bow with “Siyahs”.
That’s the english one:
And that is the eastern european/central asiatic one he refers to:
I do, however, not know if there are any game assets in the game that corrispond with the english longbow… the best version that I know would be the bow from the aztec arrow knights, maybe you can recolour the tips to be dark brown (historically, they were made of cow horns so that they were more durable)
If you got any questions about a historical skin for units, feel free to contact me!
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It can be the bow from the jungle bowman, a bit more longer with an other color
