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| Issue 86 of Toy Soldier Collector |
I am also pleased to report this issue sees the publication of an article I submitted about an earlier trip to the Czech Republic in which I came across a cheap and cheerful cowboy-and-Indian set.
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| My colourful page |
Tuesday, January 29, 2019
My Toy Bonus
THE February/March 2019 edition of Toy Soldier Collector was waiting for me when I got home on Sunday from a trip to the Czech Republic.
There is the usual big selection of eye-candy but also an above-average number of articles that I found interesting to read including Keith Nairn-Munro on Britain's 17th/21st Lancers, Gary Emery on the Crusades and Robert Welham on early Catholic priests in North America.
I am also pleased to report this issue sees the publication of an article I submitted about an earlier trip to the Czech Republic in which I came across a cheap and cheerful cowboy-and-Indian set.
I am also pleased to report this issue sees the publication of an article I submitted about an earlier trip to the Czech Republic in which I came across a cheap and cheerful cowboy-and-Indian set.
Thursday, January 17, 2019
Telling About Telamon
THE January/February edition of Slingshot arrived yesterday and is dedicated to the Society of Ancients' 2019 battle day.
Much of the magazine therefore covers what is known about Rome's defeat of Gaulish tribes at Telamon in 225BC.
Duncan Head's article is especially interesting, and the only disappointment for me is no real discussion of whether the Gauls really mustered 50,000 foot and 20,000 horse/ chariots (Ancient generals and their admirers seems to have been particularly prone to exaggerating enemy numbers).
Of the other articles, the one that intrigued me most is Steven Neate's on fighting DBA with 54mm figures.
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| Slingshot issue 322 has a model of a Gaulish warrior on the cover |
Duncan Head's article is especially interesting, and the only disappointment for me is no real discussion of whether the Gauls really mustered 50,000 foot and 20,000 horse/ chariots (Ancient generals and their admirers seems to have been particularly prone to exaggerating enemy numbers).
Of the other articles, the one that intrigued me most is Steven Neate's on fighting DBA with 54mm figures.
Friday, January 11, 2019
Double Delight
I BOUGHT the Jan/Feb issue of Medieval Warfare and the Dec/Jan issue of Ancient Warfare on the same day early last month.
My late-posting has nothing to do with disappointment at the magazines' qualities - indeed these are two of the best issues of these magazines I have read in a long while.
Medieval Warfare (vol VIII, issue 6) concentrates on France's Louis IX and the Seventh Crusade. Since I knew little about the king or the crusade, I found just about every article fascinating.
Ancient Warfare (vol XII, issue 4) is themed around naval warfare, particularly that of the Macedonian Successor kingdoms. I cannot say this is a subject that normally grips me, but again I found the articles to be very readable.
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| Two of the best |
Medieval Warfare (vol VIII, issue 6) concentrates on France's Louis IX and the Seventh Crusade. Since I knew little about the king or the crusade, I found just about every article fascinating.
Ancient Warfare (vol XII, issue 4) is themed around naval warfare, particularly that of the Macedonian Successor kingdoms. I cannot say this is a subject that normally grips me, but again I found the articles to be very readable.
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