My main motivation over the years has been to simplify sprites, making them as clean and un-noisy as possible whilst still making them be dynamic and readable.

6 sprites for 6 different factions:

Yellow sprite:

Urban militia based primarily on Lower-class often non-slave Mamluk infantry, with a Moorish-Inspired shield.

Cyan Sprite:

A standard warrior based upon traditional low-class non-armoured Aztecs who have yet to capture anyone, wielding a mace studded with shards of Volcanic glass or Obsidian.

Blue sprite:

A Javelineer or "Psiloi" based upon early Byzantine/Late Roman militia, with a bit of Greek Peltasts from Antiquity thrown in (hat and particularly the Pelte/Crescent shield.

Purple sprite:

Generic european style peasant armed with a thresher flail. Nothing of note.

Orange sprite:

Ancient-Egyptian Late Kingdom styled "heavy" infantry. Heart symbol on the groin is actually a form of protection made out of stiffened linen. The axe is the most fantastical piece of equipment here.

Green sprite:

A Dark-Age/Early Medieval scottish styled warrior, struggled with the shield perspective.

Any and all critique is more than welcome.