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A Game of Colleges: Total War / Re: Unit Preview I: Staff/Misc
« on: April 08, 2013, 06:46:36 PM »
Yes, for two key reasons:

1) Doing eight times the work on skins would flatten the viability of this project
2) For most of them they're not wearing many things that would be greatly amenable to faction colouration anyway

There will however be more area-specific units added as time goes on, and the generals and captains are unique to factions, so each faction's forces should eventually end up looking quite different in troop selection even if similar units on either side have the same skins.

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Discussion and Debate - The Philosopher's Plaza / Re: Margaret Thatcher Dies
« on: April 08, 2013, 06:36:53 PM »
Well yes, some people are, but the number of people who are practically digging trenches and declaring civil war over it is a bit excessive.  :P

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A Game of Colleges: Total War / Unit Preview I: Staff/Misc
« on: April 08, 2013, 06:33:45 PM »
UNIT PREVIEW: STAFF & MISC

I'm going to do three big unit previews to show everyone how far we've got - one for Arts, one for Sciences, and this one for the college staff units.  :)

Porters (Shown here with Exarchate Captain)
Before the war the porters looked after the colleges. Security, discipline, nothing was beyond them. Now they form elite infantrymen and guard their leaders with their lives. They have kept their official uniforms, suits and wide-brimmed hats, but now carry square-bladed glaives to slice through those rowdy students!



Bedders
Bedders are the long suffering domestic staff of the colleges. In peace time it was their responsibility to keep the students rooms in some semblance of normality. With the outbreak of war they have banded together to form medium infantry armed with axes and shields. They are useful for holding a line whilst heavier troops come up to finish off the enemy.



Caterers
The catering staff were originally seconded by the new military authorities to ensure that the soldiers were properly fed out in the field. However, during battle they begin to feel like they could be put to better use, and successfully petitioned their superiors to allow them to take to the field. They have formed units of foot archers and have the handy effect of boosting the morale of nearby allies as they don’t want to have to cook their own food!



Gardeners
Gardeners are another group of college staff members drafted into combat roles by the new authorities. However, they have teamed up with a small group of engineers to become chariot units. These chariots have scythes attached to the wheels and each one contains three gardeners, each of whom is armed with a spade. These are very effective at destroying enemy formations, however they are vulnerable if forced to stop, or if they are driven berserk they may harm allied forces.


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A Game of Colleges: Total War / Re: Buildings & Descriptions
« on: April 08, 2013, 05:19:36 PM »
The same as the entries for units, except the internal names are set in a different file and are annoyingly sensitive. As long as the text (long descr, short descr, name) is there (same old story as for units) I'll deal with the internal names & syntax.  :)

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A Game of Colleges: Total War / Re: Buildings & Descriptions
« on: April 08, 2013, 05:05:50 PM »
I like these ideas, yep :)

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Warhammer; Total War / Re: Activity-Starter: Help us out and win rewards!
« on: April 08, 2013, 04:31:10 PM »
OK, I'll change the rules so everyone gets the first reward for signing up to the scheme  :P

It would be nice to get a few more people on here though...

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Discussion and Debate - The Philosopher's Plaza / Margaret Thatcher Dies
« on: April 08, 2013, 02:47:44 PM »
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22067155

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Former Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher has died "peacefully" at the age of 87 after suffering a stroke, her family has announced.

Successor David Cameron called her a "great Briton" and the Queen spoke of her sadness at the death.

Lady Thatcher was Conservative prime minister from 1979 to 1990. She was the first woman to hold the role.

She will not have a state funeral but will be accorded the same status as Princess Diana and the Queen Mother.

The union jack above Number 10 has been lowered to half-mast.

Mr Cameron, who is in Madrid for meetings, has cancelled planned talks in Paris with French President Francois Hollande and will return to the UK later on Monday.

Thoughts on this? She is probably the most divisive British prime minister of the last century, and the amount of hate on some areas is incredible. Other people are genuinely very sad, it's just an instantly polarising moment somehow.


As for myself, my FB status says it as best I can...
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There are many people in this world who we disagree with, and there are many people in this world who nevertheless cannot be ignored and if nothing else must be looked at soberly. Their mark on our nations and our character cannot be erased and their story cannot be unwritten. One such mark has now ended, the pen has left the paper, and it is time to leave it be so that we can look at where we are, where the beliefs, weaknesses, failures and strengths of Margaret Thatcher took us, and - hopefully - so we can write a better story next time.

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Announcements! The Town Crier! / New public Facebook page!
« on: April 08, 2013, 02:21:59 PM »
Exilian now has a public facebook page!

Visit us here:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Exilian/130614027123872?fref=ts

Please do like us and share it to friends etc - we'll put some major new items up on the page, though it won't contain as many updates as the site itself for obvious reasons. If you know anyone on Facebook or in real life who you think would enjoy being here, do feel free to use the page as a new way to direct people to the site. We also have a long-standing Facebook group at http://www.facebook.com/groups/127796050916/?fref=ts - please take a look there for chatter with other members and so on.

Thanks!

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General Chatter - The Boozer / Re: Funny Picture Thread
« on: April 08, 2013, 09:53:03 AM »

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Adventures of Soros / AoS on Facebook
« on: April 07, 2013, 10:12:34 PM »
AoS now has a facebook page to like, please take a look and invite friends to do likewise:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Adventures-of-Soros/583083731711279

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Raiders and Traders / FB page launched!
« on: April 07, 2013, 10:11:51 PM »
We now have a FB page here, please do "like" it:

http://www.facebook.com/RaidersAndTraders?fref=ts

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General Chatter - The Boozer / Re: Workshop Booze Up V - Five Years of Exilian!
« on: April 07, 2013, 07:53:42 PM »
Ah, that is a bit awkward, yeah. Hopefully it works out okay.

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General Chatter - The Boozer / Re: Workshop Booze Up V - Five Years of Exilian!
« on: April 07, 2013, 07:45:10 PM »
That is weird. Though do pass on all and any congratulations that are in order.  :P

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Warhammer; Total War / Re: Faction Preview: Skaven
« on: April 07, 2013, 06:47:30 PM »
Thankyou!  :)

I don't have a good model for the Plague Monks, but thought they were too important to be left out altogether so I just hacked them together as best I could by re-skinning the gutter runners. I completely agree they're not as good as they could be, but without more modelling work they're probably the best we can really do.

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Announcements! The Town Crier! / Re: Warhammer: Total War - Skaven Preview!
« on: April 07, 2013, 01:51:32 PM »
Fixed, thanks  :)

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