diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/OpenRA.Game.csproj b/OpenRA.Game/OpenRA.Game.csproj
index 29cf8054bf..d917cb4b66 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/OpenRA.Game.csproj
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/OpenRA.Game.csproj
@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Network\UPnP.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Widgets\ClientTooltipRegionWidget.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Graphics\Renderable.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Traits\Render\RenderSprites.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\OpenRA.FileFormats\OpenRA.FileFormats.csproj">
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Traits/Render/RenderSimple.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Traits/Render/RenderSimple.cs
index f26e73ea2a..4cad396ad6 100755
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Traits/Render/RenderSimple.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Traits/Render/RenderSimple.cs
@@ -16,23 +16,14 @@ using OpenRA.FileFormats;
 
 namespace OpenRA.Traits
 {
-	public class RenderSimpleInfo : ITraitInfo, LocalCoordinatesModelInfo
+	public class RenderSimpleInfo : RenderSpritesInfo, LocalCoordinatesModelInfo
 	{
-		[Desc("Defaults to the actor name.")]
-		public readonly string Image = null;
-		[Desc("custom palette name")]
-		public readonly string Palette = null;
-		[Desc("custom PlayerColorPalette: BaseName")]
-		public readonly string PlayerPalette = "player";
-		[Desc("Change the sprite image size.")]
-		public readonly float Scale = 1f;
-
 		[Desc("Number of facings for gameplay calculations. -1 indiciates auto-detection from sequence")]
 		public readonly int QuantizedFacings = -1;
 
 		[Desc("Camera pitch the sprite was rendered with. Used to determine rotation ellipses")]
 		public readonly WAngle CameraPitch = WAngle.FromDegrees(40);
-		public virtual object Create(ActorInitializer init) { return new RenderSimple(init.self); }
+		public override object Create(ActorInitializer init) { return new RenderSimple(init.self); }
 
 		public virtual IEnumerable<IRenderable> RenderPreview(ActorInfo ai, PaletteReference pr)
 		{
@@ -43,75 +34,23 @@ namespace OpenRA.Traits
 		}
 	}
 
-	public class RenderSimple : IRender, ILocalCoordinatesModel, IAutoSelectionSize, ITick, INotifyOwnerChanged
+	public class RenderSimple : RenderSprites, ILocalCoordinatesModel, IAutoSelectionSize
 	{
-		public Dictionary<string, AnimationWithOffset> anims = new Dictionary<string, AnimationWithOffset>();
-
-		public static Func<int> MakeFacingFunc(Actor self)
-		{
-			var facing = self.TraitOrDefault<IFacing>();
-			if (facing == null) return () => 0;
-			return () => facing.Facing;
-		}
-
-		public Animation anim
-		{
-			get { return anims[""].Animation; }
-			protected set { anims[""] = new AnimationWithOffset(value,
-				anims[""].OffsetFunc, anims[""].DisableFunc, anims[""].ZOffset); }
-		}
-
-		public static string GetImage(ActorInfo actor)
-		{
-			var Info = actor.Traits.Get<RenderSimpleInfo>();
-			return Info.Image ?? actor.Name;
-		}
-
-		public string GetImage(Actor self)
-		{
-			if (cachedImage != null)
-				return cachedImage;
-
-			return cachedImage = GetImage(self.Info);
-		}
-
 		RenderSimpleInfo Info;
-		string cachedImage = null;
-		bool initializePalette = true;
-		protected PaletteReference palette;
 
 		public RenderSimple(Actor self, Func<int> baseFacing)
+			: base(self, baseFacing)
 		{
 			anims.Add("", new Animation(GetImage(self), baseFacing));
 			Info = self.Info.Traits.Get<RenderSimpleInfo>();
 		}
 
-		public RenderSimple(Actor self) : this( self, MakeFacingFunc(self) )
+		public RenderSimple(Actor self)
+			: this(self, MakeFacingFunc(self))
 		{
 			anim.PlayRepeating("idle");
 		}
 
-		protected virtual string PaletteName(Actor self)
-		{
-			return Info.Palette ?? Info.PlayerPalette + self.Owner.InternalName;
-		}
-
-		protected void UpdatePalette() { initializePalette = true; }
-		public void OnOwnerChanged(Actor self, Player oldOwner, Player newOwner) { UpdatePalette(); }
-
-		public virtual IEnumerable<IRenderable> Render(Actor self, WorldRenderer wr)
-		{
-			if (initializePalette)
-			{
-				palette = wr.Palette(PaletteName(self));
-				initializePalette = false;
-			}
-
-			foreach (var a in anims.Values)
-				if (a.DisableFunc == null || !a.DisableFunc())
-					yield return a.Image(self, wr, palette, Info.Scale);
-		}
-
 		public int2 SelectionSize(Actor self)
 		{
 			return anims.Values.Where(b => (b.DisableFunc == null || !b.DisableFunc())
@@ -120,12 +59,6 @@ namespace OpenRA.Traits
 				.FirstOrDefault();
 		}
 
-		public virtual void Tick(Actor self)
-		{
-			foreach (var a in anims.Values)
-				a.Animation.Tick();
-		}
-
 		protected virtual string NormalizeSequence(Actor self, string baseSequence)
 		{
 			string damageState = self.GetDamageState() >= DamageState.Heavy ? "damaged-" : "";
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Traits/Render/RenderSprites.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Traits/Render/RenderSprites.cs
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..9e6fd1a429
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Traits/Render/RenderSprites.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+#region Copyright & License Information
+/*
+ * Copyright 2007-2011 The OpenRA Developers (see AUTHORS)
+ * This file is part of OpenRA, which is free software. It is made
+ * available to you under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation. For more information,
+ * see COPYING.
+ */
+#endregion
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using OpenRA.Graphics;
+using OpenRA.FileFormats;
+
+namespace OpenRA.Traits
+{
+	public class RenderSpritesInfo : ITraitInfo
+	{
+		[Desc("Defaults to the actor name.")]
+		public readonly string Image = null;
+
+		[Desc("Custom palette name")]
+		public readonly string Palette = null;
+		[Desc("Custom PlayerColorPalette: BaseName")]
+		public readonly string PlayerPalette = "player";
+		[Desc("Change the sprite image size.")]
+		public readonly float Scale = 1f;
+
+		public virtual object Create(ActorInitializer init) { return new RenderSprites(init.self); }
+	}
+
+	public class RenderSprites : IRender, ITick, INotifyOwnerChanged
+	{
+		public Dictionary<string, AnimationWithOffset> anims = new Dictionary<string, AnimationWithOffset>();
+
+		public static Func<int> MakeFacingFunc(Actor self)
+		{
+			var facing = self.TraitOrDefault<IFacing>();
+			if (facing == null) return () => 0;
+			return () => facing.Facing;
+		}
+
+		public Animation anim
+		{
+			get { return anims[""].Animation; }
+			protected set { anims[""] = new AnimationWithOffset(value,
+				anims[""].OffsetFunc, anims[""].DisableFunc, anims[""].ZOffset); }
+		}
+
+		RenderSpritesInfo Info;
+		string cachedImage = null;
+		bool initializePalette = true;
+		protected PaletteReference palette;
+
+		public RenderSprites(Actor self, Func<int> baseFacing)
+		{
+			Info = self.Info.Traits.Get<RenderSpritesInfo>();
+		}
+
+		public RenderSprites(Actor self)
+			: this(self, MakeFacingFunc(self)) {}
+
+		public static string GetImage(ActorInfo actor)
+		{
+			var Info = actor.Traits.Get<RenderSpritesInfo>();
+			return Info.Image ?? actor.Name;
+		}
+
+		public string GetImage(Actor self)
+		{
+			if (cachedImage != null)
+				return cachedImage;
+
+			return cachedImage = GetImage(self.Info);
+		}
+
+		protected virtual string PaletteName(Actor self)
+		{
+			return Info.Palette ?? Info.PlayerPalette + self.Owner.InternalName;
+		}
+
+		protected void UpdatePalette() { initializePalette = true; }
+		public void OnOwnerChanged(Actor self, Player oldOwner, Player newOwner) { UpdatePalette(); }
+
+		public virtual IEnumerable<IRenderable> Render(Actor self, WorldRenderer wr)
+		{
+			if (initializePalette)
+			{
+				palette = wr.Palette(PaletteName(self));
+				initializePalette = false;
+			}
+
+			foreach (var a in anims.Values)
+				if (a.DisableFunc == null || !a.DisableFunc())
+					yield return a.Image(self, wr, palette, Info.Scale);
+		}
+
+		public virtual void Tick(Actor self)
+		{
+			foreach (var a in anims.Values)
+				a.Animation.Tick();
+		}
+
+	}
+}