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Books Back In Stock - April Edition!

Posted by Sam Collins on April 20, 2012

 
 9781849084406  9781849084109  9781846031502

Reinforcements for some of our most popular titles have arrived! Che

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Peter Dennis excavates Vindolanda

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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Terrain building inspiration

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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Membership Map of the Month July 2009

Posted by Ed on July 29, 2009

This month I’ve chosen the two maps that feature in Fortress 85 Scapa Flow: The defences of Britain’s great fleet anchorage 1914-45. The book offers the reader a detailed understanding of the defensive preparation and construction of Britain’s main fleet anchorage.

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Pre-ordering books in North America

Posted by Ed on June 26, 2009

Osprey have now made it possible for our North American customers to Pre-order Osprey titles 3 months ahead of the publication date.

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Climbing Hadrian's Wall, visiting the Roman Fort at Housesteads

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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D-Day remembered

Posted by Ed on June 06, 2009

In the early hours on June 6, 1944, the largest airborne and amphibious assault the world has ever seen was set into operation. Over 200,000 allied troops descended upon the northern coast of France and in the face of fierce German resistance pushed inland, as wave upon wave of troops invaded the mine-littered beaches.

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Books back in stock this month! February Update!

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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Books back in stock this month!

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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Predictions for 2009

Posted by Richard on January 08, 2009

No not another piece about economic catastrophe and economic chaos but a look ahead to some of the Osprey titles coming out in 2009 and some wild guessing as to which might be the most popular.

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