05-13-2008, 02:50 AM
Adrian wrote:
I thought there were a lot of plates in that book which related to the army in general rather than the cavalry in particular, such as the recruitment and medical services scenes. Also the training scene showing a cavalry charge revealed little variety in the equipment or troop types etc... overall from an illustration point of view it was disappointing and seemed as if they were short on ideas but played safe perhaps with both author and illustrator!
There was some criticism from Robert that my second volume of Osprey Roman Military Clothing did not have enough late figures shown in any detail. I said at the time that on second thought I should have painted one Plate with three figures that appeared instead as b&w source drawings. Robert will be pleased to know that I have now done them for my latest book.
And yes I spend too much time on RAT but it makes a break now and then from painting and drawing Romans!
However if any RAT authors here want to work with me on any other Osprey titles I would be pleased to do so. The obvious choices are the 'Roman Army from Caesar to Trajan' and 'the Roman Army from Hadrian to Constantine', which need updating! Any takers???
Otherwise I think the other Osprey books by RAT's Duncan and Ross are damned good because they deal with specialist aspects of the Roman army and you would be hard pushed to find any other titles which deal with those same subjects in such a concise and handy format.
Graham.
Quote:Maybe that is why in Nic Fields' Roman Auxiliary Cavalryman AD 14–193.
(Warrior 101) there are colour plates of soldiers wearing third century helmets?!
I thought there were a lot of plates in that book which related to the army in general rather than the cavalry in particular, such as the recruitment and medical services scenes. Also the training scene showing a cavalry charge revealed little variety in the equipment or troop types etc... overall from an illustration point of view it was disappointing and seemed as if they were short on ideas but played safe perhaps with both author and illustrator!
There was some criticism from Robert that my second volume of Osprey Roman Military Clothing did not have enough late figures shown in any detail. I said at the time that on second thought I should have painted one Plate with three figures that appeared instead as b&w source drawings. Robert will be pleased to know that I have now done them for my latest book.
And yes I spend too much time on RAT but it makes a break now and then from painting and drawing Romans!
However if any RAT authors here want to work with me on any other Osprey titles I would be pleased to do so. The obvious choices are the 'Roman Army from Caesar to Trajan' and 'the Roman Army from Hadrian to Constantine', which need updating! Any takers???
Otherwise I think the other Osprey books by RAT's Duncan and Ross are damned good because they deal with specialist aspects of the Roman army and you would be hard pushed to find any other titles which deal with those same subjects in such a concise and handy format.
Graham.
"Is all that we see or seem but a dream within a dream" Edgar Allan Poe.
"Every brush-stroke is torn from my body" The Rebel, Tony Hancock.
"..I sweated in that damn dirty armor....TWENTY YEARS!', Charlton Heston, The Warlord.
"Every brush-stroke is torn from my body" The Rebel, Tony Hancock.
"..I sweated in that damn dirty armor....TWENTY YEARS!', Charlton Heston, The Warlord.
