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Anonymous Thu 28 Apr 2011 19:58:00 No.14741301 View View Reply Original Report

I felt like being nice /tg/, so I browsed through my Osprey PDF Men-At-Arms and picked out some badass looking dudes, and some hilarious looking dudes to post here.

What for? For character portraits? Inspiration? General awesomeness? Whatever, I just feel like posting!

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Anonymous Thu 28 Apr 2011 20:03:00 No.14741341 Report

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Many thanks OP!

Have some Romans/Sassanids in thanks.

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Anonymous Thu 28 Apr 2011 20:08:00 No.14741369 Report

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Danke OP. Have something unrelated in return.

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Anonymous Thu 28 Apr 2011 20:09:00 No.14741382 Report

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>>14741369
>>14741341

Really, how can I not post this stuff? Osprey has ridiculously awesome art for a number of reasons.

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Anonymous Thu 28 Apr 2011 20:13:00 No.14741407 Report

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I used to have a huge .zip of Ron Volstad illustrations, but it got lost when my old laptop died. I'll see if I can find it uploaded anywhere.

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Something in the setting of that image makes me think those two militiamen are fucked beyond all recognition.

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Anonymous Thu 28 Apr 2011 20:16:00 No.14741423 Report

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Very true, big fan of the Angus McBride art.

Also, havesome Landwehr.

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Anonymous Thu 28 Apr 2011 20:19:00 No.14741448 Report

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>>14741301

Would you be able to upload all of these in a folder? These are brilliant reference pictures/inspiration.

Many thanks either way.

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Anonymous Thu 28 Apr 2011 20:24:00 No.14741474 Report

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Maybe, I plan to do another couple threads like this with Vanguard and Elite sets, then I'll upload them all in a rar I guess.

The best way to get all these images though, is of course downloading the Osprey books, since I'm leaving out innumberable artworks. Of course, it won't be easy, there is a torrent on demonoid with a bunch of the books, 40 gigs, so worth it though.

But yeah, I'll eventually upload a rar when everything is said and done, but that won't be till later this week probably.

Also I'll have to leave a couple out of these posts, some are too large, guess you'll get that with the archive.

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Anonymous Thu 28 Apr 2011 20:29:00 No.14741512 Report

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I also just realized a lot of the Osprey images are set up in a way that make them look like badass PC parties, not a bad thing at all.

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Is... his horse on fire?

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Never heard of these books, are they basically a collection of images like this?

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No, they're very in depth studies on a specific military subject. For instance, I read a book about Kuomingtong military structure and personal equipment of soldiers from 1937-1949. It went into detail over 100 pages on the organization makeup, individual equipment, command structure, strengths and weaknesses, and everything down to how many fucking buttons were on Kuomingtong winter uniforms in the Central Army compared to Yunnan Axillary forces.

They also draw badass art for each book, typically 3-8 images.

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"Uh, hey, Ulrich, you've got a wee bint sitting on your helmet."

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>>14741564
How many are there?

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Anonymous Thu 28 Apr 2011 20:42:00 No.14741597 Report

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MILLIONS

http://www.ospreypublishing.com/men_at_arms/

This is the series I'm posting from, note to the left sidebar there are more series to lurk in, all generally following the same structure but also having their own themes.

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They're brochures of 50+ pages, with most volume being taken by vintage photos and historical information (uniforms, badges, tactics, customs, history - depending on the series and topic). Then you have the colour plates, usually around 10-20 pages.

It's a great resource even if you're not into historical RPGs and wargaming, as some of the designs are more awesome than the most of fantasy designs.

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>>14741582
Where is this one from? I thought I had all their publications on Sassanids, but I don't recall this plate.

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Rome's Enemies (3), Parthians and Sassanid Persians, Men at Arms

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Anonymous Thu 28 Apr 2011 20:49:00 No.14741631 Report

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Anyways, that is all for now. I'll probably come back to this thread later today, tonight perhaps, and post some more if its still alive. Probably Vanguard next, anyways here is some reaction images. Osprey has baller reaction images.

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Anonymous Thu 28 Apr 2011 20:50:00 No.14741634 Report

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Thats all for now.

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Anonymous Thu 28 Apr 2011 20:55:00 No.14741658 Report

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Thanks a bundle, OP. Much food for the eye was had.

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The guy in black and yellow just seems out of place.

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Black Brunswickers, fuck yeah!

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They're so badass, their hats are poisonous.

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Alright, time for some pictures from the Elite series.

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Fuck yes you are back.

Will contribute

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Also here are some sieges, because sieges are baller.

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Some good images if you want to stop using LOTR as your only references for how sieges could go.

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Fucking fancy siege tower/ram, those Assyrians had apparently.

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It was a two pager in the pdf, so the copy/paste wasn't quite perfect. But its a goddamn epic scene, so go away.

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That's all I decided to post form Elites, next up will be the Warriors series... Which could take a while, since that one is massive.

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