Is it possible to only change the cataphract horse armor into the serbian heavy cav horse armor and keeping the cataphract unit model? I really like the cataphract unit model but would only like to replace the horse armor. Would be awesome if you could some how make a seperate mod for only this.

Taking into account people's concerns and suggestions, I've decided to restore the old heavy infantry shields to the mid-game units. Hopefully people won't be too sad over the loss of the heater shields (they're still used in the late game!)

Alongside this, from what I could find, heavy cavalry/Cataphracts from the mid-game period used a small round shield instead of the heater shield and thus they have also been replaced. Be aware that, as a result of this, you will now need the Persian Unit Pack to run this mod properly. I wanted to use the Russian heavy infantry shield since they looked more accurate to the reference images I could find but, unfortunately, the Byzantine heavy cavalry model didn't want to hold it properly...

Anyway, hope everyone approves of these changes :)

The more rounded on the top kite shields would be the most accurate for mid-game Infantry, not too sure about the cavalry though.

i think just make it the coolest looking shield

@Nikophoros II Phokas - Thank you for your support and for your feedback! Would it be more accurate then if the mid-game infantry/cavalry retained the vanilla kite shield design? If neither is particularly accurate for the era, please could you link me to some reference images? That would help me greatly.

I like this mod, although i think the heater shield is more Empire of Nikaea/Palaiologoi Byzantium