The Basitin Military in 3D: Part 6 - Battle on the Bridge
Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2018 10:17 pm
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Welcome to "The Basitin Military", a collection of my artwork showing my appreciation for the best race in the TwoKinds world: the basitins.
Pages 1-5 contain the original 2D images and pages 5 (scroll down to the bottom) onwards contain the 3D images. If you have any problems viewing any of these pictures, you can find them mirrored on my Fur Affinity page: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/thallium/
Enjoy!
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So I had the idea to do an "army guide" for the (eastern) basitins since its been far too long since the basitin isles story arc and I need my fix of armoured, stoic rabbit people. These posts over the coming weeks will contain both art and accompanying explanatory text, but I thought as the art is the main point it would be better suited to this board over the story board. I've never done anything artistic before so please be gentle; program used is GIMP. If the writing tickles your fancy, I have a full novel-length story (also heavily featuring basitins) in my signature. Enjoy!
The shieldbearer is the workhorse of the basitin military. They are by far the most numerous soldiers, comprising about 2/3 of a typical army and fight in a shield-wall formation, their large kite shields covering not only themselves but also the soldier to the left of them in an overlapping protective bulwark. This combined with large amounts of plate and mail armour turn the shield-wall into a nigh impenetrable fortress that can survive almost any frontal assault. Armed with short thrusting swords, basitin military doctrine reflects the great endurance and stamina their people are known for, preferring to hold their ground and let hordes of enemies break upon their shields like waves upon rocks. A soldier's armour is painted in order to reflect his rank and also to increase the armour's resistance to corrosion on long marches in all weather conditions. Grey is the colour of the basic soldiery with yellow being used for more senior soldiers. Particularly high ranking officers have a different pattern of armour which may or may not include colour, depending on their role.
A basitin soldier is armed, armoured and trained by the state for battle from a young age, a process which produces some of the most well-disciplined and most well-equipped armies anywhere in Mekkan. The most basic autonomous unit in a basitin army is a company, consisting of approximately 100 men and commanded by a marshal with an optio as his second in command. Companies can be further broken down into 10 units of 10 men each known as a contubernium, each commanded by a decanus. Each company also has a signaller, who acts as both standard bearer and, more importantly, as a means of communicating with other units in the army using a series of coded messages relayed over great distances using using war horns.
Further reinforcing their reputation as tireless fighters, shieldbearer companies practise the recycling of ranks whereby approximately every 3 minutes of combat, the front rank will switch out for the rank behind, replacing tired troops with fresh, eager combatants. This signal, given by the marshal via a whistle, ensures that the front line never becomes exhausted and so no ground is given to the enemy unnecessarily. While near invincible from the front, even a strike to the flank or rear of a shieldbearer company is unlikely to break them as they are trained to fight surrounded by enemies on all sides, forming a second line facing rearwards if attacked from behind or even organising into a square if foes come from all directions. Furthermore, shieldbearers are schooled in small unit tactics, allowing them to mount a defence even if broken up into small groups or alone.
Basitins never retreat and never surrender and it is not uncommon for units to fight to the last man instead of running. Such bloody-minded stubbornness in the face of impossible odds is part of what has given them their reputation as peerless combatants the world over with many would-be invaders balking at the prospect of facing them on their island home. Still, the basitins are not ones to rest upon their laurels as they know the potential threats that face them from the north: humans, keidran and worse if the tales are to be believed. Martial prowess is in their blood, however those who live by the sword are also apt to fall by it as well.
EDIT:
Welcome to "The Basitin Military", a collection of my artwork showing my appreciation for the best race in the TwoKinds world: the basitins.
Pages 1-5 contain the original 2D images and pages 5 (scroll down to the bottom) onwards contain the 3D images. If you have any problems viewing any of these pictures, you can find them mirrored on my Fur Affinity page: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/thallium/
Enjoy!
======================================================================================================================================================================
So I had the idea to do an "army guide" for the (eastern) basitins since its been far too long since the basitin isles story arc and I need my fix of armoured, stoic rabbit people. These posts over the coming weeks will contain both art and accompanying explanatory text, but I thought as the art is the main point it would be better suited to this board over the story board. I've never done anything artistic before so please be gentle; program used is GIMP. If the writing tickles your fancy, I have a full novel-length story (also heavily featuring basitins) in my signature. Enjoy!
The shieldbearer is the workhorse of the basitin military. They are by far the most numerous soldiers, comprising about 2/3 of a typical army and fight in a shield-wall formation, their large kite shields covering not only themselves but also the soldier to the left of them in an overlapping protective bulwark. This combined with large amounts of plate and mail armour turn the shield-wall into a nigh impenetrable fortress that can survive almost any frontal assault. Armed with short thrusting swords, basitin military doctrine reflects the great endurance and stamina their people are known for, preferring to hold their ground and let hordes of enemies break upon their shields like waves upon rocks. A soldier's armour is painted in order to reflect his rank and also to increase the armour's resistance to corrosion on long marches in all weather conditions. Grey is the colour of the basic soldiery with yellow being used for more senior soldiers. Particularly high ranking officers have a different pattern of armour which may or may not include colour, depending on their role.
A basitin soldier is armed, armoured and trained by the state for battle from a young age, a process which produces some of the most well-disciplined and most well-equipped armies anywhere in Mekkan. The most basic autonomous unit in a basitin army is a company, consisting of approximately 100 men and commanded by a marshal with an optio as his second in command. Companies can be further broken down into 10 units of 10 men each known as a contubernium, each commanded by a decanus. Each company also has a signaller, who acts as both standard bearer and, more importantly, as a means of communicating with other units in the army using a series of coded messages relayed over great distances using using war horns.
Further reinforcing their reputation as tireless fighters, shieldbearer companies practise the recycling of ranks whereby approximately every 3 minutes of combat, the front rank will switch out for the rank behind, replacing tired troops with fresh, eager combatants. This signal, given by the marshal via a whistle, ensures that the front line never becomes exhausted and so no ground is given to the enemy unnecessarily. While near invincible from the front, even a strike to the flank or rear of a shieldbearer company is unlikely to break them as they are trained to fight surrounded by enemies on all sides, forming a second line facing rearwards if attacked from behind or even organising into a square if foes come from all directions. Furthermore, shieldbearers are schooled in small unit tactics, allowing them to mount a defence even if broken up into small groups or alone.
Basitins never retreat and never surrender and it is not uncommon for units to fight to the last man instead of running. Such bloody-minded stubbornness in the face of impossible odds is part of what has given them their reputation as peerless combatants the world over with many would-be invaders balking at the prospect of facing them on their island home. Still, the basitins are not ones to rest upon their laurels as they know the potential threats that face them from the north: humans, keidran and worse if the tales are to be believed. Martial prowess is in their blood, however those who live by the sword are also apt to fall by it as well.