Osprey The New Zealand Wars 1820-1872

[carlos marighela]

Listed as a pre-order for March next year:
http://www.ospreypublishing.com/store/The-New-Zealand-Wars-1820–72_9781780962771

Should be of interest to a few.

Along with this one: http://www.ospreypublishing.com/store/Debutantes-and-the-London-Season_9780747812197
If the latter isn't a piss take I'll definitely be ordering a copy.

[Matakakea]

Thanks for the tip-off. I've been waiting for a release date for this one. I look forward to going over it with the proverbial fine tooth comb

[Atheling]

Thanks for the tip-off. I've been waiting for a release date for this one. I look forward to going over it with the proverbial fine tooth comb

You're not alone in that   .

Darrell.

[HerbyF]

I'm looking forward to getting my hands on this one too.

[Andy H]

I'm assuming the release date of the second one is April 1st, but the NZ book looks very useful 

[carlos marighela]

Funny thing, the Ospreys are often available in Australia a good month or more before they appear in Britain because they print them and ship from China and it makes no sense to ship them to one side of the world just to ship them back. This stopped for a while, according to a retailer I know, because wargamers in the UK were whining that it was unfair other people were getting copies before them but common or rather, economic, sense prevailed.

[Atheling]

Funny thing, the Ospreys are often available in Australia a good month or more before they appear in Britain because they print them and ship from China and it makes no sense to ship them to one side of the world just to ship them back. This stopped for a while, according to a retailer I know, because wargamers in the UK were whining that it was unfair other people were getting copies before them but common or rather, economic, sense prevailed.

I'm glad that sense did prevail..... otherwise it sounds very much like "it's not fair" to me 

Darrell.

[Vern]

Thanks for the heads up, an Osprey to keep an eye out for (the NZ one rather than debutantes

[Smith]

The debutantes book is a real thing... it's just not an Osprey. It's from Shire, one of our sister companies, which does social and heritage history type books. As to why it's appeared on the Osprey site... ummm... pass?

I saw the artwork for the NZ Wars book yesterday – it's very nice! Raffaele Ruggeri has done a great job. I'll try and post the proper cover (as opposed to the current placeholder) showing some of the art tomorrow.

Geographically, we're moving ever closer to my long-desired (and, sadly, probably entirely commercially non-viable) Men-at-Arms on the 16th–19th century forces of Indonesia and Malaysia...

[carlos marighela]

The debutantes book is a real thing... it's just not an Osprey. It's from Shire, one of our sister companies, which does social and heritage history type books. As to why it's appeared on the Osprey site... ummm... pass?

Oh come on, we're not buying that excuse. Fess up, it's clearly an Osprey title you've palmed off to someone else because you couldn't decide if Debutantes fitted into the 'Elite' series or 'Women at Arms'. 

Hopefully the forthcoming title on Indo-Malayan armies won't be another David Nicolle authored title, his last one on the Portuguese was really piss poor.

[Andy H]

Presumably the much anticipated 'Swagger Sticks of the Third Reich: Volume 7' is to be released at the same time 

[Poiter50]

The Indonesia book will be high on my wishlist. 

The debutantes book is a real thing... it's just not an Osprey. It's from Shire, one of our sister companies, which does social and heritage history type books. As to why it's appeared on the Osprey site... ummm... pass?

I saw the artwork for the NZ Wars book yesterday – it's very nice! Raffaele Ruggeri has done a great job. I'll try and post the proper cover (as opposed to the current placeholder) showing some of the art tomorrow.

Geographically, we're moving ever closer to my long-desired (and, sadly, probably entirely commercially non-viable) Men-at-Arms on the 16th–19th century forces of Indonesia and Malaysia...

[Arteis]

I've already got this Osprey on pre-order.  It is obviously a "must have" for me, because of where I live (NZ!) and what I wargame (the NZ Wars)!

I'm really looking forward to seeing the cover art that Smith has said he'll post shortly.

...

NZ Wars pages on my blog:
http://arteis.wordpress.com/category/periods/colonial-new-zealand-wars/

[Smith]

Sadly, as I said, Indonesia/Malaysia colonial armies is not on the cards... it's just the title I've always wanted!

In happier news, feast your eyes on this:

[cram]

For me I think Angus Mcbride will always be my favorite illustrator by a mile. But the artwork on that cover is really very good. Will have to keep an eye out for more work by Raffaele Ruggeri.

Finding myself drawn towards the NZ Wars, I can see myself giving into temptation soon.