Posted by
Mike on June 16, 2009
A couple of weeks ago I decided to take a few days off and head north for a bit of a holiday. So I hopped into my car and drove up to Northumberland to visit some friends and family. Having gone to university in the north-east of England I was well prepared....complete with scarves and coats despite the warm weather further south.
I had a great couple of days off...but one of the hazards of loving military history and having a career in military history is that you can never quite let go of it all, and before I knew what I was doing I was proposing a day trip up to Hadrian's Wall "for a bit of a walk and to take some pictures for the blog".
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Posted by
Phil on June 07, 2009
I came across this video the other day, and it started me thinking (rarely a good sign)...
Given how well-received our recent New Vanguard on War Elephants has been, and the comments on our April Fools' blog, the idea of a New Vanguard title on dogs in war might not be as impossible as it might once have seemed.
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Posted by
Kerry on May 25, 2009
Last weekend I had the honor of going to the Museum Store Association trade show in Phoenix, and while my New York colleagues were stuck in a torrential downpour all week, I was off enjoying a variety of museum display items in sunny, 95-degree Arizona. I was particularly excited to meet the reps from Legacy of Valor, who have licensed loads of Osprey artwork to be printed on t-shirts, long sleeve shirts and hoodies (or jumpers, as I think you call them in the UK).
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Posted by
John on May 07, 2009
Osprey and Uniamax Toys have combined to produce the world’s first historically-accurate action figures called Ages of Action—a new line of authentically detailed and accessorized 1:18 scale historical action figures. These highly collectible “warriors of the ancient world” are based on artwork from our series artwork.
The new Ages of Action line features five warriors with multiple points of articulation for realistic poses. The launch series includes a Roman Legionary, a Ninja, a Samurai, a Norman Knight, and a Knight Templar. Each figure comes equipped with armor, removable weaponry and an Osprey leaflet revealing the figure’s name and personal history.
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Posted by
Mike on May 06, 2009
Hollywood is all about rebooting characters at the minute. Batman got a reboot. Then the reboot got a sequel which became one of the most successful films of all time. Bond has been rebooted - the humour and gadgets are gone and replaced by gritty punchy seat of your pants action. Which went on to spawn another film. Star Trek has been rebooted, even Wolverine has been rebooted in a way.
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Posted by
Phil on March 10, 2009
Every now and then we like to try something a little different. Last year it was the hugely popular Men-at-Arms Celebration. This year our departure from our usual book publishing programme came in the form of Battle: The Osprey Postcard Collection.
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Posted by
Mike on March 06, 2009
We need YOUR help to decide on what book cover we use on the upcoming Campaign title on Actium, which is already available for pre-order.
Choosing the covers for our books is quite often one of the hardest things that we have to do, but this particular title really has us stumped. Half of the office like one of the covers. The other half like the second cover. And we can't decide which one we should use. So we thought we should ask you all what you would prefer to see on the cover.
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Posted by
Mike on February 13, 2009
I had a massive response to my last post about what books had been reprinted and were now back in stock.l would like to say a big thank you to all the people who emailed me about the list, and I am sorry it has taken us so long to get this up and running on a regular basis. It will now become a monthly feature, which we will also announce in our newsletters, so you will always be able to keep in touch with what is back in stock, as soon as it is back in stock.
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Posted by
Mike on January 19, 2009
As I promised here, every month we are going to announce what books have been re-printed and have been brought back into print and are once again available to buy online. The Production team here have been working their socks off to get a very sizeable chuck of our books back in stock - 40 titles this month - and nearly 80 titles due in for next month!
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Posted by
William on January 09, 2009
I have now reached the point where the Greek fleet falls back on Salamis and the land army falls back on the Isthmus of Corinth after the battles of Artemisium and Thermopylae. Looking as closely as I have had to at the former, I began to see both battles in a rather different perspective, justifying the slight unease caused by many of the accounts I have now read. The glorious mythology of Thermopylae is, of course, justified by the heroism of the ferocious three days resistance and the ultimate, willing sacrifice of the rearguard. However, in terms of assets, the Greek commitment was far greater at Artemisium than at Thermopylae. Defeat at Thermopylae was as tragic as it was inevitable, but it was survivable. Defeat at Artemisium, yielding control of the sea to the Persians, would have lost the war. Artemisium would then indeed have been one of those “battles that changed history”
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