The wonderful world of ... reading.

Indeed, some new purchases from Osprey Publishing...

They had (still have it seems) a Christmas sale with 45% discount on lots of interesting books. As a gold member i already had 30% discount which meant that for some books I payed no more then 5€! Be sure to check this deal out. Sometimes it pays off just to become a gold member and you get the one-month membership payed back in discounts!

Anyway, a full shot of all my books, enough to keep me busy for a couple of months.

Also, the recent releases from Battlefront's Flames of War titled Grey Wolf and Hellfire & Back sparked my interest in FoW again. To be honest i'm a bit dissapointed by the cost of the Panther in Grey Wolf. Fielding a descent SS-Army with Artillery, Panthers and some Infantry is kinda hard! A friend of mine bought some 1500 points of Late War Americans for the West Front so i will buy Earth & Steel in the future... 2012 is off to a good but expensive start!

Let's read another one...

Having decided that each of my ACW-regiments must be historically correct, i have bought a new book.

Don Troiani's Regiments & Uniforms of the Civil War is being regarded as one of the most complete books about uniforms from the American Civil War. It's a very useful guide for painting uniforms accurately.

I will need this book when i start painting my second regiment. Starting with the 'Fighting 69th' Irish Regiment, next will be the '2nd Wisconsin', part of the Iron Brigade.

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Old Books, New Books! Continued...

Painting is progressing fine, I'm currently painting the last 9 mini's for my first ACW-regiment. We seek to do a Black Powder game by the end of this year so painting a few more regiments is a must... A gaming buddy of mine is painting all his ACW buildings, we have a table of 1.5m x 3m, now only the mini's are needed.

To kill of some spare time i'm reading another book. This one is kinda 'very good'. Overall 5-stars on Amazon. It's titled 'Eyewitness to the Civil War' by National Geographic. An unbelievable book, very thick, 416 full-colour pages. A well presented book also, full of unbelievably beautiful pictures.

It's always fun to notice that painting miniatures from a certain period also sparks my interest book-wise. The American Civil War is no different :-)