On my front doorstep (which we never use and hence what follows) a few weeks back was a parcel that had come to me from the UK. I opened it and it turned out to be the copy of Duncan Head's "Armies of the Macedonian and Punic Wars". I had ordered it in February and promptly forgotten about it. I am sure it arrived with all despatch and had waitied there patiently for me to notice it.
A pleasant surprise you may say, and indeed it was. Even more surprising was the fact that the snails had deigned merely to nibble lightly upon the envelope before nicking off in search of some lettuce instead.
Well, I was flicking through it today - these books are extremely flick-friendly, you understand - and what a treat it is. Three-paragraph battle descriptions, sections on the composition and descriptions of the Armies and so on.
Then you come to Ian Heath's illustrations. There are 188 of them.
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| Fair use, yeah Ian? |
I invite you to admire them and then ask yourself why no-one seems (that I can see) to have picked up on their "look" to do a range of 30mm miniatures. The only thing with which I can compare them is the work of the German flat engravers. Such clean lines. Such nice anatomy. Such uncluttered simplicity.
UPDATE - OK there are these from Garrison:
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| Rose Prestige Greek - buy them in huge quantities, they are gorgeous. |
But that's about it so far as I can tell. Someone... anyone.. please!
1 comment:
It was too late. The first edition by phil barker inspired the Minifig PB range, right down to poses in some cases but by the time Duncan Head's expanded and improved edition came out the first 28's wrre on the scene and 15mm was pushing hard.
Ross
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