weapons

[udeved]

There are inconsistencies currently. The barracks have curved dao props, while a curved dao model is not available as unit weapon prop. A dao sheath or so would be nice as well.

[udeved]

https://www.quora.com/Which-was-more-technologically-advanced-the-Roman-Empire-or-Han-China

[udeved]

[udeved]

Han use atm a place holder sword and sheath taken from the xiongnu @StanleySweet

I'll merge the weapons branch tonight, I isolated all swords instead of variants within an actor.

[Nescio0]

China is not really my cup of tea. Nonetheless, I think it would be best if cavalry would use the single-edged dāo sabre and infantry the double-edged jiàn sword.

[StanleySweet]

Alright if that's accurate.

[udeved]

A dao would be used by cavalry after some reading. Atm, I have take the xiongnu sword and rebranded it Jian as a placeholder, including the nice sheath.

[Nescio0]

Ideally I think there should be the following weapon props:

• melee weapons:
  • gē (dagger-axe pole arm)
  • qiāng (spear)
  • jiàn (double-edged sword)
  • dāo (single-edged sabre)
• ranged weapons:
  • longbow
  • composite bow
  • crossbow

Here are two pages with nice images and information on ancient Chinese longbows and crossbows:

• http://www.atarn.org/letters/ltr_dec00.htm
• http://www.atarn.org/letters/ltr_sep01.htm

[Nescio0]

The Han China and Terra Magna mods could use the gē and jǐ, Millennium A.D. the qīnglóng jǐ and fāngtiān jǐ.

[StanleySweet]

Aren't those weapons already in the mod?

[udeved]

@StanleySweet @Nescio0

I found by coincidence a pretty interesting video channel by a guy who makes all kind of arms replica and also does demonstrations and some talk about usefulness etc His latest vid is on the Chinese Dao for infantry and cavalry. There are also Katana, Gladius, and other arms vids.

https://www.bitchute.com/channel/skallagrim/