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Painted Warriors

Inhumanly decorated, and inhumanly savage, these men are dangerous indeed.

The painted warriors of Britain were recognisable thanks to the blue designs adorning their skin and made famous by Julius Caesar’s 'De Bello Gallico'. Their bravery and savagery is evident from his commentaries. Fighting unarmoured, and sometimes naked in the style of the Gaulish Gaesatae or the northern Picts, the painted ones relied on their skills with the Celtic longsword, a weapon designed to slash and hack rather than stab, and their tall shields, which could also be used as a weapon in its own right. Their tattoos generally took the form of curlicue lines, dashes and circles, which mirrored abstracted animal and natural forms. Frightening to behold, these designs probably held religious significance, uniting the warriors with their gods, their lands and their tribes. Whether woad was the source of the blue dye or some mixture of copper and iron that Caesar referred to as 'vitrum' is not entirely clear. Woad, however, does make a better candidate as it has slightly antiseptic properties.

Painted Warriors

Unit Name

Painted Warriors

Main Unit Key

3c_Cel_Painted_Warriors

Land Unit Key

3c_Cel_Painted_Warriors

Naval Unit Key

3c_barbarian_transport

Soldiers

160

Category

Melee Infantry

Class

Melee Infantry

Custom Battle Cost

620

Recruitment Cost

620

Upkeep Cost

125

Melee Attack

37

Weapon Damage

25

├ Melee Weapon

rome_celtic_longsword_bonus_infantry

├ Melee Damage Base

20

├ Melee Damage Ap

5

├ Armour Piercing

No

├ Bonus vs. Large

0

├ Bonus vs Elephants

0

└ Bonus vs Infantry

15

Charge Bonus

37

Melee Defence

56

├ Base Defence

21

├ Shield

celtic_shock

└ Shield Defence

35

Armour

10

├ Armour

none

├ Armour Defence

0

└ Shield Armour

10

Health

55

├ Man Entity

rome_infantry_light_fast_barb

├ Man Health

45

└ Bonus Hit Points

10

Base Morale

50

Abilities

No Ability

Attributes

  • Hide (forest)
    This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
  • Resistant to Cold
    This unit tires less quickly in snow.
  • Scare (everyone)
    This unit frightens all enemy units.

Strengths & Weaknesses

Transport
  • Very poor hull strength
  • Very slow speed
  • Weak ramming
Painted Warriors
  • Very good attack
  • Average defence
  • Average damage but low armour penetration
  • Good morale
Requires Buildings
Painted Warriors Lv. 0 Bronze Workshop
Bronze Workshop
(3c_barb_artisan_bronze_2)
Level 1
Bronze Forge
Bronze Forge
(3c_barb_artisan_bronze_3)
Level 2
Bronze Furnace
Bronze Furnace
(3c_barb_artisan_bronze_4)
Level 3
Garrison Buildings
Painted Warriors x 1 Settlement
Settlement
(3c_barb_city_1)
Level 0
Fortified Settlement
Fortified Settlement
(3c_barb_city_2)
Level 1
Painted Warriors x 2 Hundred
Hundred
(3c_barb_city_3)
Level 2
Industrial Oppidum
Industrial Oppidum
(3c_barb_city_industry_4)
Level 3
Trade Oppidum
Trade Oppidum
(3c_barb_city_trade_4)
Level 3
Tribal Oppidum
Tribal Oppidum
(3c_barb_city_tribal_4)
Level 3