Does any one has this book?
Roman Army: Wars of the Empire (Brassey's History of Uniforms)
by Graham Sumner
Roman Army: Wars of the Empire (Brassey's History of Uniforms)
Does any one has this book?
Roman Army: Wars of the Empire (Brassey's History of Uniforms)
by Graham Sumner
Roman Army: Wars of the Empire (Brassey's History of Uniforms)
Huh. It looks like an Osprey Montvert or Concord sort of book...
"But if you should fall you fall alone,
If you should stand then who's to guide you?
If I knew the way I would take you home."
Grateful Dead, "Ripple"
Just ordered The Mycenaeans, its by McBride so of course it should be good. Osprey have also updated their site with a new cover for the Third Crusade book (due in November):
Early 2006 books have already gone up (we knew about them already), but its good to see that in January alone there are FIVE Ancient/Medieval books - Roman Auxiliary Cavalryman, Armies of Ivan the Terrible (McBride!), Bronze Age War Chariots, Russian Fortresses 1480-1682 and Ancient Greek Fortifications 500-336BC. Nice mix there, so it should be a good year for more books from these interesting periods. Otterburn, Flodden and Castles and Tower Castles of the Scottish Clans are also promised in Spring, so its a positive start.
The bad news is that it looks like the prices are going up slightly from January - its seems as though each series is going up by 50p, which is about $0.90. MAA are now £9.50, Fortresses are now £11.50, Elite £11.50, and so forth. Thing is, with the lack of plates in Warrior and Elite titles nowadays, and can't help but feel they should be going down if anything.
Last edited by The Blind King of Bohemia; 09-13-2005 at 18:13.
I got Armies of Islam 7th to 11th century. Looks good so far.
Roman Auxillary and Chariots in particular look interesting, far more so than all those damn gun era ones.
"But if you should fall you fall alone,
If you should stand then who's to guide you?
If I knew the way I would take you home."
Grateful Dead, "Ripple"
Yeah, I've got it. Deffinetly my favorite Osprey book. I do wish they had mabye split it into two books, say Huns to the defeat of the Eastern and Western Khagnates, then from there to the invasion of the Mongols. But it is still excellent.
"But if you should fall you fall alone,
If you should stand then who's to guide you?
If I knew the way I would take you home."
Grateful Dead, "Ripple"
Indeed.
They kinda neglijated this part of history. The Khazar Khaganate especially.
Ja mata, TosaInu. You will forever be remembered.
Proud
Been to:
Swords Made of Letters - 1938. The war is looming in France - and Alexandre Reythier does not have much time left to protect his country. A novel set before the war.
A Painted Shield of Honour - 1313. Templar Knights in France are in grave danger. Can they be saved?
Can someone please post the plates from Montvert THE ARMY OF TANG ?
I only know this plate
Who do you think? Its from Montvert's Army of Tang China as Gie said. My digital camera went bust, I've been meaning to get a new one for a while but haven't got round to it yet, and my scanner's pretty crappy to be honest. Could be difficult.
Does anyone knows where are this 2 plates from?
and this one
Great plates. I really like that Mongolian plate.
From the other plate, I guess they are from some book regarding the English colonial empire.
Ja mata, TosaInu. You will forever be remembered.
Proud
Been to:
Swords Made of Letters - 1938. The war is looming in France - and Alexandre Reythier does not have much time left to protect his country. A novel set before the war.
A Painted Shield of Honour - 1313. Templar Knights in France are in grave danger. Can they be saved?
Hmmm... Well the looks are rather eastern (pants and cloak) but the equipment and style are decidedly Macedonian.Originally Posted by gie
I would say either Seleucid or Bactrian, but primarely the first (the latter used more bronzecuirasses if I'm not entirely wrong).
You may not care about war, but war cares about you!
Let is face the truth... I am addicted
I will extend my grand delivery with the following:
Men-at-arms
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Peter the Great's Army (1)
Infantry
Peter the Great's Army (2)
Cavalry
Marlborough's Army 1702–11
The Russian Army of the Crimean War 1854–56
The Russo-Turkish War 1877
The Austrian Army 1836–66 (1)
Infantry
The Austrian Army 1836–66 (2)
Cavalry
Medieval Scandinavian Armies (2)
1300–1500
The Conquistadores
The Border Reivers
Aztec, Mixtec and Zapotec Armies
French Army 1870–71 Franco-Prussian War (1)
Campaign
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Blenheim 1704
The Duke of Marlborough’s masterpiece
Gravelotte-St-Privat 1870
End of the Second Empire
Arnhem 1944
Bagration 1944
Berlin 1945
Falaise 1944
Is there a way to overcome the addiction BKB, anyone ?
Regards Cegorach
He!
I'm getting Peter the Great's infantry and cavalry too!
Managing perceptions goes hand in hand with managing expectations - Masamune
Pie is merely the power of the state intruding into the private lives of the working class. - Beirut
Can someone post the plates covering the period from 400bc-60 ad from
CELTIC WARRIORS 400BC - AD1600 by TIM NEWARK.
Last edited by gie; 09-23-2005 at 19:35.
Did you order Poltava 1709 as well ?Originally Posted by SwordsMaster
I did quite a long time ago, but I am still waiting
Anyway two more books arrived, so let's read
Nope, I didn't get Poltava. I'll start with those 2 and then see if time, college and interest allow for more...
Managing perceptions goes hand in hand with managing expectations - Masamune
Pie is merely the power of the state intruding into the private lives of the working class. - Beirut
Right, with BI coming out soon, and my English Lit course doing Beowulf, I have an interest in Anglo-Saxons.
I also want to get some Osprey books.
Any comments on these three:
Anglo-Saxon Thegn AD
Saxon, Viking and Norman
Arthur and the Anglo-Saxon Wars
I can get two of them for free (birthday gift certificates ). And is there anything I should know about Osprey books in general before I get them?
By suggestion of BKB, dont get the vikings,normans, anglo-saxons.
I have the singular vikings and norman ones and am loving them...
Unfortunalty there is no seperate saxon one..
Aww. That one sounded the most informative.
Does it have bad "plates"? (Though I'm not quite sure what those are...)
I'm sure I can find another one, though. Know of any good related kinda ones? Or maybe Franks or something?
Yeah, Viking, Saxon and Norman is not that good, both plate and information wise. Unhappilly, that's the only Osprey with specific infos about the Saxons.
If you're interested by the High Middle Age, get either Elite the Vikings or Elite the Normans. Another very good choice is The Age of Charlemagne (MAA).
You also are going to read Beowulf? I can't wait... though my English teacher was incorrect on much of what he was talking about with the general history of the time period...Originally Posted by Alexander the Pretty Good
Those are the big, pretty pictures.Does it have bad "plates"? (Though I'm not quite sure what those are...)
Elite Vikings is quite good, and I'm thinking of evantually gettign the Elite Normans (deserves a place on my Christmas list, at least). I have the Arthur and the Anglo Saxon wars, and it's one of my least favorite ones... not really sure why, but it is.
"But if you should fall you fall alone,
If you should stand then who's to guide you?
If I knew the way I would take you home."
Grateful Dead, "Ripple"
My English teacher had everyone do research on English history and background. Guess who got the Anglo-Saxons?You also are going to read Beowulf? I can't wait... though my English teacher was incorrect on much of what he was talking about with the general history of the time period...
That's disappointing that they don't have anything great on Anglo-Saxons, though.
And maybe you don't like them because they don't have horses?
Concord's Gunpowder Armies arrived this week and its very disappointing. The 2 pics we've seen, plus just 2 more, one of two guys from the Highlanders and one of African Women Dahomey warriors. None are anything exceptional, and the 2 you've seen are probably his best. The rest is dominated by Richard Hook and some guy called Ed Dovey, while there is one picture by this other guy whose name I forget and its quite bad. A real letdown from what frankly comes across as a cheap cobbled-together book.
BTW are there any more armies shown in this book - from the plates you have presented I can only say - what the hell ?! with all those British soldiers - I dare say that neither England nor Scotland were so important during XVIth and XVIIth centuries, rather second or third-rate armies in less important battlefields of this period, are there any French, Spanish, Dutch, German, Swedish, Ottoman or Polish plates ???
Now back to the BI
Regards Cegorach
Mostly English, but Scottish, French, African, Muslim and Colonial Troops also feature. It goes from the 16th to 19th century.
No Spanish or Swedish... weird.
Sorry there is one of Gustavus Adolphus.
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