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Miniatures Adventure => VSF Adventures => Topic started by: Adam on April 01, 2010, 08:26:03 AM
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(http://i773.photobucket.com/albums/yy18/AdamfromLancashire/Guerre_Infernale_No_02_Jan-Feb_1908.jpg)
I've done a search on this forum and on yahoo but can't find any other covers as big as this one. Does anyone know where I could find any? There's a page with little thumbnails of the covers with what looks like steam tanks on but I can't find them any bigger. This one of Chasseurs Alpins riding bat machines has really wetted my appetite.
If anyone knows where I could find anymore on the internet I'd be very grateful.
The illustrations are by Albert Robida who did lots of VSF styles pictures:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Robida
Page with thumbnails:
http://tricotbd.free.fr/livres/ggg/pages/GuerreInfernale.html
Also found this:
(http://i773.photobucket.com/albums/yy18/AdamfromLancashire/tele_11.jpg)
Edit: Found a couple more covers on ebay, bit smaller though
(http://i773.photobucket.com/albums/yy18/AdamfromLancashire/Bo7R4wBmkKGrHqIH-DYEuoIvDCPBLpduJH-.jpg)
(http://i773.photobucket.com/albums/yy18/AdamfromLancashire/Bo7TgHQB2kKGrHqMH-CEEt7C-VTY-BLpd1P.jpg)
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WOW.
Oh my, these need to be reprinted.
And in English!
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I looked a bit harder:
(http://i773.photobucket.com/albums/yy18/AdamfromLancashire/File0001.jpg)
(http://i773.photobucket.com/albums/yy18/AdamfromLancashire/File0002.jpg)
(http://i773.photobucket.com/albums/yy18/AdamfromLancashire/File0003.jpg)
(http://i773.photobucket.com/albums/yy18/AdamfromLancashire/File0004.jpg)
I especially like this one with the highlanders.
These and more can be found here:
http://www.itsdeadlicious.com/2009/08/la-guerre-infernale-robida-giffard.html
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Wow.
Those are all stunning. According to the blog you found them on, they are a story of WW2, written before WW1 even happened! They were written in 1908.
I would love to actually hold these. I might save the pics and print them out. Stunning, simply stunning. Thankyou for this find, it will be most helpful.
I'm even having ideas for zeppelins as we speak!!! :D
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En bref : la seconde guerre mondiale écrite avant la première ; avec l'attaque et le siège de Londres par les allemands ! et le conflit entre japonais et américains !
How spooky is that?
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I'm even having ideas for zeppelins as we speak!!! :D
Its like a mad scientist with a new chemistry set :D
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How spooky is that?
So spooky, I don't even understand!!! :o
Its like a mad scientist with a new chemistry set :D
lol
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How spooky is that?
So spooky, I don't even understand!!!
o_o
Germany is attacking London and there is a war between the Japanese and the USA. 8)
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Spooky stuff.
There was also a piece of artwork after WW1 about the treaty of Versaille, how it would fail and the children of those that fought in WW1 would have to sort it out.
Found it!
(http://www.newcastle.gov.uk/wwwimageroot/microsites/hmd07/class-of-40.jpg)
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o_o
Germany is attacking London and there is a war between the Japanese and the USA. 8)
Aye, and on one cover Londoners are drowning where they took refuge underground, something that would later happen (though from a burst water main, not from a burst of the Thames):
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TnAcMqiBxug/Spa83pHJzqI/AAAAAAAASMc/kSB7UrYNR1Y/s1600-h/File0008.bmp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balham_Underground_station#World_War_II
Creepy really.
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Robida's work is gorgeous. One of my most prized possessions is a copy of his book La guerre au vingtième siecle, but I haven't seen his art in colour before. Great find! Thanks for sharing.
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It oddly reminds me of some War of the Worlds artwork I have seen.
Would make a wonderful reprint. It really would, there's so many fine creators of things like this that have come and gone in the blink of the eye and it is truly atrocious. Just the other day, someone showed me some work by a practitioner of fantasy imagery and they were just stunning. In a totally alien way to what fantasy is now. Far superior and far more considered. If anyone has looked at Patrick Woodroffe's work, it is in a similar ilk. :)
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I love this stuff! Very inspirational and the sort of thing that got me into VSF in the first place.
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The war correspondant (painted 1884)
(http://i773.photobucket.com/albums/yy18/AdamfromLancashire/The-War-Correspondents-From-The-Twe.jpg)
Twentieth Century War (1883)
(http://i773.photobucket.com/albums/yy18/AdamfromLancashire/The-20th-Century-War-From-La-Carica.jpg)
Twentieth Century Trans-Atlantic Balloon
(http://i773.photobucket.com/albums/yy18/AdamfromLancashire/Departure-In-A-Transatlantic-Balloo.jpg)
More here:
http://www.1st-art-gallery.com/Albert-Robida/Albert-Robida-oil-paintings.html
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Wow, good stuff. The land battle one would be easy enough to do I think. :)
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The war correspondant (painted 1884)
(http://i773.photobucket.com/albums/yy18/AdamfromLancashire/The-War-Correspondents-From-The-Twe.jpg)
Twentieth Century War (1883)
(http://i773.photobucket.com/albums/yy18/AdamfromLancashire/The-20th-Century-War-From-La-Carica.jpg)
Twentieth Century Trans-Atlantic Balloon
(http://i773.photobucket.com/albums/yy18/AdamfromLancashire/Departure-In-A-Transatlantic-Balloo.jpg)
More here:
http://www.1st-art-gallery.com/Albert-Robida/Albert-Robida-oil-paintings.html
Dang it, why don't we have hover cars yet
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WOW! You've just fount an art which have instied flying boats in Howl Moving Castle! This is just my opinion.
(http://i773.photobucket.com/albums/yy18/AdamfromLancashire/Guerre_Infernale_No_02_Jan-Feb_1908.jpg)
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OH MY! TRAIN-IRONCLADS!!! AMAZING AND CRAZY IDEA!
(http://i773.photobucket.com/albums/yy18/AdamfromLancashire/The-20th-Century-War-From-La-Carica.jpg)
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WOW! You've just fount an art which have instied flying boats in Howl Moving Castle! This is just my opinion.
(http://i773.photobucket.com/albums/yy18/AdamfromLancashire/Guerre_Infernale_No_02_Jan-Feb_1908.jpg)
No doubt about it. 8)
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I might just have to make those out of some kazzoos and spare french infantry.
I think I've found my French armies' niche!!! :)
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Somebody is selling them all on ebay France. I've copied the covers below
(http://i773.photobucket.com/albums/yy18/AdamfromLancashire/vsf%20ebay/Bjg43gBWkKGrHqQOKkYEsmmLlje4BLT3C90.jpg)
(http://i773.photobucket.com/albums/yy18/AdamfromLancashire/vsf%20ebay/Bjg-O0WkKGrHqMOKiUEsnyo2yb7BLT3NdoZ.jpg)
(http://i773.photobucket.com/albums/yy18/AdamfromLancashire/vsf%20ebay/Bjg9ZMwB2kKGrHqYOKjYEsnwunfQBLT3L8d.jpg)
(http://i773.photobucket.com/albums/yy18/AdamfromLancashire/vsf%20ebay/Bjg8eQQmkKGrHqEOKi8EslKtufkhBLT3KID.jpg)
(http://i773.photobucket.com/albums/yy18/AdamfromLancashire/vsf%20ebay/e461_12.jpg)
(http://i773.photobucket.com/albums/yy18/AdamfromLancashire/vsf%20ebay/Bjg52qwBGkKGrHqQOKjwEtFUeelrBLT3EvG.jpg)
(http://i773.photobucket.com/albums/yy18/AdamfromLancashire/vsf%20ebay/Bjg4IQWkKGrHqUOKjkEsn3GyLoBLT3B9l1K.jpg)
(http://i773.photobucket.com/albums/yy18/AdamfromLancashire/vsf%20ebay/Bjg2czgmkKGrHqMOKj8EsvK3LFBLT2-Eyc_.jpg)
(http://i773.photobucket.com/albums/yy18/AdamfromLancashire/vsf%20ebay/Bjg18UQCGkKGrHqEOKi0EsmBQm8BLT29Dh5.jpg)
(http://i773.photobucket.com/albums/yy18/AdamfromLancashire/vsf%20ebay/BjgyW7w2kKGrHqQH-EIEs96TqN2BLT21z5Q.jpg)
(http://i773.photobucket.com/albums/yy18/AdamfromLancashire/vsf%20ebay/21BjgqZ8Q21mk7E28KGrHqYOKiIEsnd2uY5.jpg)
(http://i773.photobucket.com/albums/yy18/AdamfromLancashire/vsf%20ebay/BjgbhlgB2kKGrHqQH-EQEs92yHJKQBLT2HD.jpg)
(http://i773.photobucket.com/albums/yy18/AdamfromLancashire/vsf%20ebay/BjgcgYQBGkKGrHqQH-EEs9usjt3PBLT2JMy.jpg)
(http://i773.photobucket.com/albums/yy18/AdamfromLancashire/vsf%20ebay/Bjgh9RwmkKGrHqMOKiMEsnDHCSkBLT2UbwR.jpg)
(http://i773.photobucket.com/albums/yy18/AdamfromLancashire/vsf%20ebay/BjgheMgmkKGrHqQOKioEsnzrjNqBLT2TcpI.jpg)
(http://i773.photobucket.com/albums/yy18/AdamfromLancashire/vsf%20ebay/BjgiqzQCGkKGrHqQOKjYEslvmdE-gBLT2V5.jpg)
(http://i773.photobucket.com/albums/yy18/AdamfromLancashire/vsf%20ebay/BjgoPQCGkKGrHqUH-CUEsNQ5bp1MBLT20SL.jpg)
(http://i773.photobucket.com/albums/yy18/AdamfromLancashire/vsf%20ebay/BjgrM3g2kKGrHqUOKikEsnzBhq-BLT2nkmk.jpg)
(http://i773.photobucket.com/albums/yy18/AdamfromLancashire/vsf%20ebay/BjgsFDQWkKGrHqUOKikEsnzBhq-BLT2pTwB.jpg)
(http://i773.photobucket.com/albums/yy18/AdamfromLancashire/vsf%20ebay/BjgswQgCGkKGrHqMOKkUEsndkkJfDBLT2qj.jpg)
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Wow!
They are simply stunning.
Does anyone know any books of his works that would be worthwhile as a VSF gamer?
I'm also fairly interested in Illustration, so would love to view these from a critical angle too.
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Wonderful stuff!!! Askari Miniatures do Chasseurs Alpins ;)
http://www.askari-minis.com/webstore/index.php?cPath=21_38
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Does anyone know any books of his works that would be worthwhile as a VSF gamer?
Well, a copy of Robida's La Guerre au Vingtieme Siecle (1894) set me back £200 around 20 years ago, but it's gorgeous.
More practical might be to seek out a copy of Albert Frewin's book One Hundred Years of Science Fiction Illustration 1840-1940 (1974), which contains about a dozen pages of Robida reproductions (as well as lots of other inspirational material). It used to be impossible to visit a second-hand bookshop without tripping over copies of this, so it should be easily and chaeply available.
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Oh good. I'll have a look then.
Any chance of some cheeky snaps of that book then? :)
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Wonderful stuff!!! Askari Miniatures do Chasseurs Alpins ;)
http://www.askari-minis.com/webstore/index.php?cPath=21_38
Any idea how integral those backpacks are? I don't think they'll be needing walking sticks when they have flying machines. ;)
I also need to figure out how to make them seated and using a steering wheel.
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Any idea how integral those backpacks are?
Integral to the figure I think.
Your average Chasseurs Alpin wouldn't be seen dead without his walking stick!
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Any chance of some cheeky snaps of that book then? :)
I'll see what I can do, but it'll probably be the weekend before I get the chance to do some scans.
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That would be GRAND. And I'm sure I'd be happy to wait until then. :)
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maybe are you talking a books like this one?
http://cgi.ebay.es/ROBIDA-Le-XXe-SIECLE-CARTONNAGE-illustre-1884-RARISSIME-/270579884863?cmd=ViewItem&pt=FR_GW_Livres_BD_Revues_LivresAnciens&hash=item3effd1633f
This one looks awesome, specially if you can pay it
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Wow, that looks great!
Can't nearly afford that!!! :o
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So, from Albert Robida's La Guerre au Vingtième Siècle ...
Cover
(http://i814.photobucket.com/albums/zz62/SteveFlanaganUK/2010%20-%2005%20-%20May/RobidaCover.jpg)
Some interior pages
(http://i814.photobucket.com/albums/zz62/SteveFlanaganUK/2010%20-%2005%20-%20May/Robida11.jpg)
(http://i814.photobucket.com/albums/zz62/SteveFlanaganUK/2010%20-%2005%20-%20May/Robida25.jpg)
(http://i814.photobucket.com/albums/zz62/SteveFlanaganUK/2010%20-%2005%20-%20May/Robida28.jpg)
(http://i814.photobucket.com/albums/zz62/SteveFlanaganUK/2010%20-%2005%20-%20May/Robida38.jpg)
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Wow, those are great. The Land Ironclad one, I have seen before...
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awesome! thanks for the scans Steve.
Shame these books have not been reprinted
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Is this any good to you Rob? Unfortunately there is no explanation of what it contains. I think it might contain his art but I'm not sure.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Albert-Robida-pass%C3%A9-futur-auteur-illustrateur/dp/2251741402/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1274781222&sr=1-4
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Still a bit pricey tbh! Especially if I dunno what it contains.
Cheers though
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while looking for general information about Albert Robira i found this site
http://www.robida.info/
there is a section where you can download a pdf version of "La Guerre au XXeme siecle" :o
http://www.robida.info/telechargement.htm
50 pages, Steve i suppose could confirm if its the pdf of the complete book.
Also you can find more pdf books from Robida here
http://gallica.bnf.fr/Search?ArianeWireIndex=index&p=1&lang=EN&q=albert+robida
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Wow, that's excellent!
I might pop into uni and use up the last of my print credits on it! :)
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there is a section where you can download a pdf version of "La Guerre au XXeme siecle" :o
http://www.robida.info/telechargement.htm
50 pages, Steve i suppose could confirm if its the pdf of the complete book.
The original is 48 pages - plus cover and frontispiece, perhaps?
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Great, that means it is the whole thing!!! :)
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Hello Hinterland :)
(http://i814.photobucket.com/albums/zz62/SteveFlanaganUK/2010%20-%2005%20-%20May/Robida11.jpg)
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Oh yeah!
Wimmin, with guns?! :o