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No more pilos: Spartan roster and marines rework for DeI

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Want to play a DeI campaign as Sparta but you can't stand pilos helmets (& other lame stuff)?
You've come to the right place!

I've reworked most units in the DeI Spartan roster (+ marines), replacing pilos and other lame helmets with several other types, many other changes have been made to hairstyles, beards, armor, clothing, etc.

This mod is NOT a typical Sparta rework where all units have been given corinthian helmets gratuitously, the origin, style and tier of each unit has been taken into consideration when making changes, there's still quite a lot of variety and coherence.

Check out the unit pictures to decide whether this mod is for you.

DeI 1.3.3 is required for this mod to work!
This mod is incompatible with other mods that modify the same units!

List of changes:

All officers and standard bearers

- Removed pilos and late hellenic helmets
- Added armor to all standard bearer variants
- Modified all officer variants so all of them have helmets

Symmachoi Toxotai (Allied Archers, gre_spar_symm_archers)

- Removed pilos helmets and kausia caps

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Symmachoi Hippeis (Allied Cavalry, gre_spartan_lancers)

- Removed pilos and phrygian helmets
- Added crested attic, boeotian and vergina helmets

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Symmachoi Peltastai (Allied Peltasts, gre_periokoi_peltasts)

- Removed pilos, basic phrygian and thraco-attic helmets
- Added crested attic, elite phrygian and thracian helmets

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Symmachoi Thureophoroi Prodromoi (Allied Thureos Cavalry, gre_spar_thureos_cav)

- Removed kausia caps
- Added crested attic and chalcidian helmets

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Symmachoi Thureophoroi (Allied Thureos Spearmen, gre_periokoi_spears)

- Removed pilos and phrygian helmets
- Added crested thracian and other helmets
- Added linothorax to all soldiers

[imgur.com]

Symmachoi Thureophoroi Machairaphoroi (Allied Thureos Swordsmen, gre_perioikoi_sword)

- Removed pilos and phrygian helmets
- Added attic helmets
- Added linothorax to all soldiers

[imgur.com]

Neodamodes (Freed Helot Hoplites, gre_spar_light_hoplites)

- Removed pilos helmets
- Added attic helmets
- Added hairstyles with bandanas
- Added linothorax to all soldiers

[imgur.com]

Perioikoi Hoplitai (Perioikoi Hoplites, gre_periokoi_hoplites)

- Removed pilos and phrygian helmets
- Added crested attic, chalcidian and thracian helmets

[imgur.com]

Epilektoi Ionai Xystophoroi (Picked Ionian Lancers, spar_ionian_lancers)

- Removed pilos and phrygian helmets
- Added thracian and vergina helmets

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Neohomoioi Hoplitai (Reformed Spartan Hoplites, gre_spar_thorax_hoplites)

- Removed pilos and late hellenic helmets
- Added late crested corinthian helmets to all hoplites
- Increased chance of getting a cuirass instead of linothorax
- Replaced greave variants
- Added wrist bracers

[imgur.com]

Skiritai Machairaphoroi (Skiritai Swordsmen, gre_spar_skiritai)

- Removed pilos caps and helmets
- Added thracian helmets

[imgur.com]

Homoioi Hippeis (Spartan cavalry, gre_spartan_cav)

- Removed pilos helmets
- Added attic helmets

[imgur.com]

Trophimoi (Spartan Guest Hoplites, gre_spar_heavy_hoplites)

- Removed pilos, phrygian and other types of helmets
- Added crested thracian and several other fancy helmets

[imgur.com]

Homoioi Hoplitai (Spartan Hoplites, gre_spartan_hoplites)

- Removed pilos helmets
- Replaced human models
- Added crested attic, chalcidian, thracian and corinthian helmets

[imgur.com]

Neodamodes Phalangitai (Spartan Light Pikes, gre_spar_light_pike)

- Removed pilos helmets
- Added attic helmets
- Added hairstyles with bandanas
- Added linothorax to all soldiers

[imgur.com]

Neohomoioi Phalangitai (Spartan Pikemen, gre_spartan_pike)

- Removed pilos helmets
- Added crested silver thracian and vergina helmets
- Added wrist bracers

[imgur.com]

Neohomoioi Thorakitai Phalangitai (Spartan Thorax Pikemen, gre_spar_thorax_pike)

- Removed pilos helmets
- Added wrist bracers

[imgur.com]

Neohomoioi Thorakitai (Spartan Thorax Swordsmen, gre_spar_thorax_sword)

- Removed pilos helmets
- Added some fancy crested helmets
- Added wrist bracers

[imgur.com]

Spartiatai Epheboi (Spartan Youths, gre_spartan_youths)

- Removed pilos helmets
- Replaced human models
- Replaced hairstyles and added colored bandanas
- Replaced tunics and added cloaks
- Added basic greaves
- Gave the rascals a shave

[imgur.com]

Greek Marine Archers (gre_marine_archers)

- Removed pilos and basic phrygian helmets, also removed caps
- Added basic attic and thracian helmets.
- Reworked hairstyles and added some bandanas

[imgur.com]

Epibatoi (Greek Marines, gre_marines)

- Removed pilos and basic phrygian helmets, also removed caps
- Added a variety of fancy helmets
- Reworked hairstyles and added some bandanas
- Added shields for all marines
- Added blue cloaks for all marines

[imgur.com]

12 Comments

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LooseLeaf 4 May @ 6:26pm

Only critique is you missed a great naming opportunity: Poor Pilos (P-P)

Ræd 27 Feb @ 3:22pm

So, I'm loving the mod! Especially the fact that the new look to the units make so much sense (to me) should Sparta have expanded and conquered under Kleomenes III and Nabis! Please keep doing what you're doing!

dcpredhunter 23 Feb @ 11:07am

keep up the work

dcpredhunter 23 Feb @ 11:06am

love the mod great stuff man

van Leeuwenhoek's mustache [author] 15 Feb @ 8:16am

@bofan
Thanks!

Helot units and some general bodyguards still wear pilos helmets, I exercised some restraint 😉

The way I see it, someone in the DeI team had sheer contempt for Sparta, which is why the entire faction got buckets instead of helmets 🤣
(IT'S A JOKE, I have nothing but respect for the DeI team, ofc)

van Leeuwenhoek's mustache [author] 15 Feb @ 8:04am

@kam2150

If you care about pilos helmets, doesn't look like this mod is for you.

As for bracers, they're already present in the DeI Spartan roster, I simply added them to some other units and removed the 80% cap.

If you want to remove bracers, you can do so by modifying the unit's variant mesh definition.
Here are a couple of bracer references, delete them and you'll see no more bracers:

<VARIANT_MESH model="VariantMeshes/_VariantModels/man/accessories/wrist_bronz_1.rigid_model_v2" imposter_model="VariantMeshes/_VariantModels/man/accessories/wrist_bronz_1.rigid_model_v2" />

<VARIANT_MESH
model="VariantMeshes/_VariantModels/man/accessories/wrist_bronz_2.rigid_model_v2" imposter_model="VariantMeshes/_VariantModels/man/accessories/wrist_bronz_1.rigid_model_v2" />

Cheers!

van Leeuwenhoek's mustache [author] 15 Feb @ 4:49am

GeneralMarshall

Apologies, I'll give you back the money you paid for this mod.

I won't be able to sleep at night, how could I possibly think that ancient armies weren't standardized the way modern armies are?
The audacity!!!!

Also, it's perfectly "real" for Sparta to conquer Illyria, Italy, Carthage, Anatolia, Syria, Mesopotamia, nearly all Mediterranean islands, etc... as long as everybody wears a pilos

Silly Goose 13 Feb @ 9:53pm

The author of this mod is heavily influenced by "pop" rather than "real"

The Spartans disdained heavy armor from the 5th century onwards, as it hindered their movement and left them vulnerable to flanking and skirmishers. Towards the 4th century they had by and large adopted linen armor and as well as the Pilos, as both were EASY to make and also EFFECTIVE. Again, the Spartans, out of ALL the greeks, LOVED practicality, simplicity, and efficiency. It's a trifecta that is rarely matched today.

kam2150 13 Feb @ 5:08am

Pilos helmet was still popular even outside of Sparta up until early 2nd BC, although with added cheek guards.

Also sad face at added bracers.

van Leeuwenhoek's mustache [author] 12 Feb @ 7:21pm

@GeneralMarshall

I don't doubt that pilos helmets were used, but I doubt that there was such thing as a "main helmet".

Anyway, this is a game meant to rewrite history, I just completed a campaign as Sparta, invading Illyria, Italy, Carthage, Anatolia, Syria, Mesopotamia, nearly all Mediterranean islands, etc.

I also adopted Cleomenes III and Leonidas II...

Ditching pilos helmets almost entirely makes way more sense than any of this 😅

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