I didn't use any reference to draw Roman armor on the skeletons last month, and it shows. When John Bingham mentioned he keeps Osprey Press books handy to help him design arms and armor, I remembered I had a few books from their Men-at-Arms series somewhere in my room, and also searched for their editions on Roman armor in my local bookstore. I managed to locate "Roman Legionary, 58 BC- AD 69," complete with full color plates by Angus McBride. McBride was renown for his historical illustration, but I recently learned on Akratic Wizardry he also did some Tolkien material.
I'll be filling my sketchbook with Roman legionnaires for the near future, as Beedo thinks undead Romans might be lurking somewhere on the Thule Archipelago of his Black City megadungeon.
Great work! I love the Osprey books and have quite a few of them. I actually really like Wayne Reynolds work in those very much as well. I have one about the Picts that he illustrated and it is pretty cool.
ReplyDeleteI'll second the appreciation for the Osprey books. I've got well over a hundred in my collection.
ReplyDeleteNot familiar with Wayne Reynolds... yet. I'll be looking for his work. I'm gonna have to find that one he did on the Picts, since Beedo has mentioned they, too, inhabit the island.
ReplyDeleteOver a hundred Osprey books, Trey? That's crazy impressive! You've got quite a resource library there. I'm planning on building a collection so I won't have to fake arm and armor design as much, or if I do, the items won't look lazily drawn.
On top of the information, I'm blown away by the art Osprey uses- it's top notch illustration.