roger Posted 12 June , 2004 Share Posted 12 June , 2004 There are some figures of Australian soldiers I fancy painting but my reference material on the AIF is pretty thin on the ground. This is an obvious choice but the time span it covers puts me off a bit. Is it worthwhile for the WW1 stuff or does anyone know of anything better? Roger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armourersergeant Posted 12 June , 2004 Share Posted 12 June , 2004 the colour plates are by mike Chappell and i always think his art work is really good. Not knowing what you are really after i cant say if its good fro what you want but there are some varied art drawings on different regt and theatres etc. Arm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger Posted 12 June , 2004 Author Share Posted 12 June , 2004 Thanks Arm, I am very tempted to buy the book just on the strength of Mike Chappell's artwork but I'm after something in a similar vein a bit more Great War specific. (If thats possible.) Roger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CROONAERT Posted 12 June , 2004 Share Posted 12 June , 2004 Well worth it for the price. Doesn't go into massive detail on WW1, but it's an excellent read. The pictures should give you a good enough idea of how to paint the uniforms, but you could do with finding references elsewhere for insignia, etc. Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger Posted 12 June , 2004 Author Share Posted 12 June , 2004 Cheers Dave, You've talked me into to it All it needed was one positive review and I'm off to the Osprey website with credit card in hand. I'm sure I've seen a website showing the insignia worn by AIF in some detail, can't remember where though. Cheers, Roger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeppoSapone Posted 13 June , 2004 Share Posted 13 June , 2004 Well worth it for the price. Doesn't go into massive detail on WW1, but it's an excellent read. The pictures should give you a good enough idea of how to paint the uniforms, but you could do with finding references elsewhere for insignia, etc. Dave. The back of the dustjacket of Patsy Adam-Smith's "Anzacs" has a colour copy of a chart of the colour patches worn by the AIF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger Posted 13 June , 2004 Author Share Posted 13 June , 2004 The back of the dustjacket of Patsy Adam-Smith's "Anzacs" has a colour copy of a chart of the colour patches worn by the AIF. Thanks for that. I've found a copy of ANZAC's on Abebooks for £15. It sounds like a good book which will join my list of "wants" In the meantime I remembered where I saw the insignia information at, http://www.diggerhistory.info/ This will do me for the time being. I've still got a British infantryman to paint before I branch out into Aussies. Roger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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