There has been much correspondence recently from the vwc about Funcken books and the joys there in. The joy of very well illustrated uniform books. Something we all enjoy. This morning, with coffee and TMS on the wireless ap, I looked out this splendid example of an engrossing uniform browse-
You can't go wrong there, Alan! I'll have that list of books off to you today. I was sidetracked by hockey and supper out with Herself last night.
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Thanks Eric, I have a wonderful image of you going out to eat in full hockey goal minder kit...
DeleteI agree, right now i have just discovered the wars of italian unification really run from 1815 (or earlier) to 1871 and I have 4 excellent ospreys on the uniforms of the austrians, piedmont/sardinians and neopolitans not to mention the french and those red shirts of garibaldi.
ReplyDeleteLots of great uniforms there in I’ll wager. Inspiration for a figure project?
DeleteOh yes! They really are an eye opener - I had set myself against anything after 1735 (for sanity reasons) - and even then it would have been Napoleonic as the last "flashy uniform" era. Maybe its the Crimea that left me cold while ACW and Franco Prussians look equally dark yet fascinating logistic wars. Somehow these 4 osprey books offer me a brighter view of the mid 1800's - I am on with some austrians and sardinians as you would expect. But I have discovered that with the period roughly 1820-1870 you can get a whole variety of uniforms. The Neopolitans are still living in a Napoleonic past while Garibaldi's rabble sport kepis and include other country legions - And I am reusing my Funcken 18th century to modern day book (my least used of the funcken books I own). I find that although the ospreys have proven inspirational they can be "too accurate" lacking the roughness of a pre computer age artist. So it is not just the ospreys that are driving this unification wars project right now.
DeleteDo you have a blog where we can follow your figures and games?
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Deletethis should get you there......
These books have been a major influence - in fact, bought the English translations of the Napoleonic Wars books to avoid having to translate things every time I looked something up!
ReplyDeleteThey are splendid. I think many folk don’t remember a pre Osprey gaming world, or at least one with very limited number of them. I liked the Blanford uniform books too not to mention Almark.
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