[Question] Arabian castles

[Elewyn]

Hi. Frank and Frujin, can you tell us if Arabs will have more castles?

I know you did very much for us in last few days and you already shown many things we were looking forward. So , as usually, the more you show, the more we(if not we all, so I at least :)) want to know :)

So, can we see some other types of islamic and orthodox (or also pagan?) castles?

I hope they will have more than only one style of castles :rolleyes:

Btw, I really like all already shown arabian buildings and castles :go: so soft and light they look :)

[Heretic]

I would like to see more types of arabian castles (slender minarets, big mosques, golden cupolas, openworked windows and etc.).Many arabic details would be fine.

The araber - the better!

But only devs can answer this question ;)

[Haegemon]

Hispanic, english, germanic, caucasic...style of castels and arabian palaces, yes. But pagan castels? Are you sure that pagans represented some kind of castle architecture? :scratch:

[Heretic]

I think nothing impressive. Simply castles with wooden or stone walls. I don't know any special "pagan castle" architecture detail.

[Haegemon]

The one pagan fortress I know it's the Asterix's village.

[Bagpipe]

Originally posted by Haegemon
The one pagan fortress I know it's the Asterix's village.


Hey, hey.
You should come to Lithuania (last pagan country in Europe) and see some types of stone castles here;)

[Heretic]

Here (http://www.theporaths.com/Travel/2000/Vilnius/Dscf0050_full.jpg) is one pagan castle model - Gediminas castle in Vilnius.

[HexHammer]

My good Heretic, I'm afraid pagans didn't build Chistians churches.
:o

[Elewyn]

I guess she meant tha castle on the hill, the church is without any doubt baroque what is far later than middle ages.

[Bagpipe]

Originally posted by Elewyn

So, can we see some other types of islamic and orthodox (or also pagan?) castles?



As I know, architecture differentiates not by religion, but by regions. I mean, there will be Western European, Eastern European and also Oriental buildings. And castles too.:)

[Heretic]

Originally posted by Elewyn
I guess she meant tha castle on the hill, the church is without any doubt baroque what is far later than middle ages.

Yes,that castle is on a hill.Maybe I'll search a better picture...
Here (http://discovery.ot.lt/cfair98/vilnius/vil_gedi.htm) is a site about some Lithuanian castles (Vilnius,Trakai,Kernave,Kaunas).:cool:
Hehe,there are almost only ruins of them,but still...:D

[Finellach]

Originally posted by Bagpipe
As I know, architecture differentiates not by religion, but by regions. I mean, there will be Western European, Eastern European and also Oriental buildings. And castles too.:)

Yes, but the "borders" between Eastern and Western European was a bit different than today. For example I would say that Bohemia, Hungary and Croatia-Bosnia were West European nations. By religion and culture. Only in the last 100 years they are described as Eastern European. I think also that Oriental "border" was also far different begining in the Iberian Pennisula and ending in the Middle East across the Africa unlike today where it begins in Africa and ends in Turkish Europe part few hundreds km to the North. ;)

[Elewyn]

Originally posted by Bagpipe
As I know, architecture differentiates not by religion, but by regions. I mean, there will be Western European, Eastern European and also Oriental buildings. And castles too.:) that's better expression :go:

[Haegemon]

Originally posted by Bagpipe
Hey, hey.
You should come to Lithuania (last pagan country in Europe) and see some types of stone castles here;)


I'll try someday. At the moment in that part of Europe, I visited Hungary. Do you have also that hot spicy food? :)


Originally posted by Heretic
Here (http://discovery.ot.lt/cfair98/vilnius/vil_gedi.htm) is one pagan castle model - Gediminas castle in Vilnius.

Yes,that castle is on a hill.Maybe I'll search a better picture...
Here (http://discovery.ot.lt/cfair98/vilnius/vil_gedi.htm) is a site about some Lithuanian castles (Vilnius,Trakai,Kernave,Kaunas).
Hehe,there are almost only ruins of them,but still...


1Post. Interesting, but there is a building that seems a church.
2Post. The site is showing some chapels...

[Elewyn]

Originally posted by Haegemon
1Post. Interesting, but there is a building that seems a church.
2Post. The site is showing some chapels... Do you know that diferent buildings may have been built in different times? :D

Lithuania was pagan until the end of 14th century, then they converted to christianism-build churches too. Bu those castles mainly seem to be little older than chrches ( :D Danmn, we have nodern architecture in Prague centre, was it built in gothic or baroque? :silly:)

However, I must agree with Bagpipe above. Architecture differed more by region than religion. so basically: byzantine and eastern european, western european and arabic(middle-eastern)

[Finellach]

I wonder what will happen if you caputre a town that has different build style. For example you are Germany and obviously your towns have Western type buildings, but you conquer some Polish provinces which have Eastern type buildings. And so you decide to build something in this new conquered town. Will it be in Eastern or Western type? Or will the whole town suddenly become Western type building? The same is with Oriental.

[Frank Fay]

Arabian Castles have 12 different shapes for representing the levels.

[Bagpipe]

:beek:

So much?! Nice!:)

[Finellach]

FF what about different styles in your realm(my previous question)? I don't quite get it. :confused:

[Elewyn]

Originally posted by Frank Fay
Arabian Castles have 12 different shapes for representing the levels. I hope they are more than upgrade levels of this castle (http://www.knights-of-honor.net//english/screenshot.php?screenshot=0128&all=0128|0127|0126|0125|0124|0123|0122|0121|0120#) .

I hope it is diferentiated like western castles with those 3 styles:
castle 1 (http://elewyn.album.cz/castles/847703)
castle 2 (http://elewyn.album.cz/castles/847708)
castle 3 (http://elewyn.album.cz/castles/847712)

Because regarding this Frank's post (http://forum.sunflowers.de/showthread.php?s=&postid=12452&highlight=castle#post12452) it make me think there will be only one style of arabic castle with 12 levels of upgrade :(we have now 12 levels of development and different castle shapes and different styles of castles (arabic, western and eastern)...

so if you ask me, plenty of diversity....

I hope I understood it badly. Frank did I?