15th Century 'Englyshe' Armour Pack V1.01

-=Description=-
I received permission from Brendan (A2K) some time ago to edit the original base meshes and textures he and Narf made for the Prophesy of Pendor mod, on the condition that I don't release anything with his Prophesy of Pendor specific work in it, or anything that's already released by Narf in one of his packs, just the base items that are OSP along with the armour and textures I've reworked, and on the condition that I give them both credit for my work.

It's taken me over a month but this is just my first attempt to make some historically accurate (or as close as I can get) 'Englyshe style' 15th Century Plate armour for Warband and are taken from references from a few Osprey books and effigies posted online. Most of the plate armour I've done so far is from the era encompassing the Hundred Years War, although the last one is based on the armour worn by Ralph Fitzherbert who fought during the War of the Roses, so there's a good 50-60 years between the first and last sets of armour in the pack.

I have decided to release these to anyone who is interested in using them for personal use, or even in a mod, but in that instance I would ask that credit is given to all those who contributed.

Even though this is a first official release, it is still very much a work in progress for me as I don't usually mod for this sort of game and I'm still very new to the whole texture and mesh editing scene, but any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

-= Change Log =-

1.02
+ Redid Narf and A2K's Sallet mesh and also retextured them so now there's English and Italian versions in the pack - both with and without coif and bevor.
+ Edited the mesh for the Hounskull Bascinets to make them smoother.
+ Updated the Tournament Helms with the new meshes.

1.01
+ Added Kettle Helms with padded cap and chin-straps.
+ Added Tangent Dirs to the Plate Armours and the Gambesons with Cuirasses, also fixed the textures on the second LODs.
+ Included Instructions on how to add heraldic armours into the module.

1.00 - Initial release.

-= Installation =-
To install just unpack this to the module folder of your choice and add the entry to your module's ini file:-
load_mod_resource = Baraban's_Items


-=Known Bugs=-
In direct X9 mode with shaders turned up to max, there is a weird light-source reflection bug on the reverse side of the faulds.... I still have no idea how to get rid of this as it looks fine in all the editors I use.

There are no reinforcing plates added to the pauldrons on the late 15th century plate, I tried these initially but they had a tendency to warp through the pauldrons and shoulders of the main mesh itself while the character was in some of the riding and fighting stances.... This could be because this game uses a skeleton and animations which weren't really designed with full plate in mind, but if anyone's found a way around this then please let me know.... In the meantime I've just left them out.


-= Credits =-
- Mesh and Texture Editing -
Baraban Sternaxe (B. Robertson)

- Original textures and meshes -
Brendan Rogers (Archangel2K/A2K)
Narf of Picklestink
OSP pack authors & the Taleworlds team for the original Warband Brigandine and various base meshes.

- Special thanks -
To all the other OSP authors who have contributed to this pack and or given help/advice, especially to Brendan (A2K) for the modelling and texturing help.
James G. Watt (Jim) originally from Kinetic Arts who inspired and encouraged me to try my hand at this sort of thing some years ago, back when my username was (ZaXXoN) working on his DalekX retextures.



Please feel free to edit/change anything included in this pack for your own personal use, all I ask is that if plan on including any of the meshes or base textures from this pack in a mod, then proper credit should be given to the authors listed above, as a matter of professional courtesy.

Many Thanks.


Baraban.