Hi all, here's my work in progress mod:

the idea is to edit the original artwork, keep a sort of Mesopotamian style, and add details to the artwork. Current progress:

• Finished: Terrain, Road, Resources and trees, House, Lumberyard, Storage
• Finished but needs polish/rework: Brickworks (polish), Farm (rework)
• To do: Units, Pigs, Effects, Carts, Bakery, Mine, Maskling tent, Military buildings, Pasture, Pig breeder, UI

Files are available here: 

• http://imgur.com/a/xvDT7
• http://imgur.com/uFj7XOZ
• http://imgur.com/wjouHnP
• http://imgur.com/XBQM6Ga
• http://imgur.com/m0DkaVU

I'll make a proper mod file when everything is finished, but for now you could use just the terrain+trees as a separate mod for example.

Very nice, I look forward to seeing this progress.

Not sure I like the concept of transparent fields, and IMO you need less contrast on the terrain tiles like the sand and the deep water. But I like the buildings.

Thanks all.

Yeah I also don't like the transparent fields the way they are now so I will redo the farms at some point.

Looks a lot better than the stock graphics, nice work!

Pasture, Bakery, Walls, and north facing Tower finished. Walls and towers are more West-African style than Mesopotamian, but they seem to fit both a forest and a desert environment.

Will upload the new files when the towers are completely finished.

It's looking great. Looking forward to it.