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
Kerry on September 23, 2009
Interested in wargaming, history, medieval knights? Be sure not to miss the first annual Military History Weekend, co-sponsored by Osprey.
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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
William on July 23, 2009
The National Trust for Scotland's Bannockburn Heritage Centre, just south-west of Stirling, is closer to the location of the first day's fighting than that of the decisive second day, further east and now mostly built over. However, the open country to the west and south must still bear some resemblance to the ground on which Robert Bruce won his famous duel with Henry de Bohun, dancing round his lumbering charger on his nimble grey and splitting his helmet and skull with one blow of his axe.
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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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