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Sam Collins on May 10, 2012
Check out our new eBook releases for May!
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Posted by
Richard on September 24, 2009
We had some great entries on the #sixwordwar competition over on Twitter. Here is the full list:
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Posted by
Kate on September 03, 2009
Thanks to all of you for your fantastic feedback on what titles we should be publishing in the Raid series. I thought you might like to know the confirmed list of Raid subjects for 2010.
They are:
Zeebrugge 1918
Gran Sasso 1943...
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Posted by
Kate on August 27, 2009
As with all our new series we will be launching two Raid titles a month for three months. Our first four titles are obvious candidates for the series:
RAID 1 Rangers Lead the War – Pointe-du-Hoc D-Day 1944
RAID 2 Israel’s Lightning Strike – The raid on Entebbe 1976
RAID 3 Cabanatuan Prison Raid – The Philippines 1945
RAID 4 Who Dares Wins – The SAS and the Iranian Embassy Siege 1980...
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Posted by
Mike on August 10, 2009
Peter Dennis is one of our most prolific (and loved) illustrators and has been illustrating Osprey books since way back in 2003 when he was commissioned to illustrate Fortress 5 Japanese Castles. Since then he has gone on to illustrate hundreds of Osprey books, including all of the cover artwork on the Field of Glory series. His bright vibrant colours and intense concentration on historical detail has made him a firm favourite, and over the last few months Peter has very kindly contributed to this blog from time to time. You can read a question and answer session here. Here Peter describes what it is like to be an Osprey illustrator - and describes his illustration for a campaign title. Last, but not least is a step-by-step description of his illustrations of a dark age fortress.
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Posted by
Phil on July 31, 2009
Joe came into the office today with a little surprise for me – some adobe buildings in 15mm scale, made out of balsa wood and intended for some wargaming further down the line. Now, Joe is a bit of a legend when it comes to making terrain – I've got some cool hillbilly shacks (now with added outhouse) that he put together for one of our projects that only partially got off the ground before we (I) were (was) sidetracked by other shiny things, and a load of English Civil War-y barns and farm buildings in various stages of ruin. Recently, he's taken to moulding and casting his own flagstones, walls and the like in plaster, resulting in some exceptionally chunky Medieval structures.
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Posted by
Kerry on July 30, 2009
Not too long ago, the question of pirates vs ninjas was quite the internet phenomenon, which quickly spread to video games and books. At the end of June, the question became central to the Osprey booth at Origins, with Shirley in full ninja regalia selling Osprey books and Britains figures.
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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 21, 2009
Saturday May 30th, Armed Forces Day, saw the Osprey traveling show in two locations on the East Coast. Team A, consisting of Larry, Shirley and Shirley's husband, Mark, was at the Army War College in Carlisle for the annual Army Heritage Day.
Team B, consisting of yours truly, was in Newport News at the Virginia War Museum for their annual toy soldier timeline event. I've not yet received Team A's show report, but my event was an excellent success.
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Posted by
John on May 15, 2009
I was recently complaining to Richard about the lack of Samurai-related material on the Osprey blog and learned that among our small but intrepid staff there is no one who knows all that much about the Japanese warrior elite. You know how it is when you ask a question, you get appointed to head the committee. This morning I came across a little tidbit that I’m sure every Ospreyista knows, but I was not aware of---guns were forbidden in Japan, which made swords the most powerful weapon in the land. The gem appeared in the April/May issue of History Magazine in an article called “A Heroic Epic of Japan: The 47 Ronin.”
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