Gladiator Images for Red Sand, Blue Sky Vassal Mod

Images for the 6 gladiators used in RSBS are done now.  I had to go back and make some changes and add some new pics to represent each gladiator having to fight one handed.  During a fight, a gladiator's arm can take  enough wounds to be rendered useless.  At this point he can no longer carry a shield, or a net if he's a retarius or an additional sword if he's a dimachaerus.  All gladiators will have different images of them that represent different actions they may take during a match which are selected from a pull-down menu after right-clicking on their image.  These are attacking, slashing(at an opponent who stumbles past them in an unsuccessful attack attempt, stumbling, prone on the arena floor, bashing with their shield, blocking with their shield.  They all start off in a basic fighting stance.  Of course it isn't really necessary to use any of these extra images to play.  One can run an entire match just using the basic stance of any gladiator.  The extra ones can add some flavor to a BatRep or AAR for others to see.

I'll use the secutor as an example...
To begin with a basic stance..

Attacking...

Blocking with shield...

Slashing...                    

                                     

Bashing with shield....

Stumbling forward(after a badly missed attack)...

Lying prone on the arena floor...

Now if the secutor takes enough wounds to his shield arm to where he can no longer carry it, he will have to drop it into the sand and fight on without it.  I have included images of the various shields that are used that can be placed on the arena sand to represent a dropped shield.  Again, it's not necessary...just purely for cosmetic effect(although you could roll against a gladiator's Savvy stat each time he/she moved into a square containing a dropped shield to see if they tripped over it).

A secutor's shield lying on the arena sand...

You will be able to rotate the shield and face it in any direction(just like all the rest of the images used).

Now when the secutor has to drop his shield and fight one handed, he will look like this...

His arm will hang useless at his side for the remainder of the match.

Attacking...

Slashing...

Stumbling...

And Prone...

The other 5 gladiators have similar pictures of them to represent their actions taken during a match.  The retarius will be a little different as he carries no shield but a net to toss, so some of his images will be a little different.

Such as his basic stance...

Throwing the net...

And after throwing the net, wielding his trident two-handed(and making it more damaging if he scores a hit)...

So those are a couple of the gladiators.  What's next is adding animals to the arena(Lions, tigers, wolves, etc.), then adding another arena or two.  I need to add a large arena to represent the colosseum in Rome itself(if you win enough matches to make it there).

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