Author Topic: FPW Uniforms (Read 7151 times)

Kingscarbine · « **on:** July 24, 2014, 07:44:44 PM »

Hello,

Can anyone recommend a couple of good FPW uniforms books (other than Osprey)?

Cheers

Siaba · « **Reply #1 on:** July 26, 2014, 09:35:04 AM »

Most good french language books are sadly out of print but you can find much info on this blog:
http://antan.unblog.fr/

joroas · « **Reply #2 on:** July 26, 2014, 09:55:20 AM »

joroas · « **Reply #3 on:** July 26, 2014, 10:02:23 AM »

La Garde Imperiale de Napoleon III by Louis Delperier is recent and well illustrated.

julesav · « **Reply #4 on:** July 26, 2014, 06:47:43 PM »

Gotta love that 'Prussian Ulahun'!

joroas · « **Reply #5 on:** July 26, 2014, 06:48:53 PM »

I'll let you tell the Perrys that!

Kingscarbine · « **Reply #6 on:** July 27, 2014, 03:36:07 PM »

Useful guides. Thanx

Arthur · « **Reply #7 on:** July 28, 2014, 01:46:48 AM »

The most detailed source of information regarding French uniforms of the period is the invaluable series of articles written - mostly - by Louis Delpérier and published in the 1980's and 1990's in Uniformes and Tradition. These magazines are now out of print, though second-hand copies can still be purchased on Ebay at reasonable prices.

If you are not too demanding and don't require in-depth coverage with properly footnoted sources, André Jouineau has over a hundred digital plates available for download on his Images de Soldats website. I have mixed feelings about Jouineau as he is essentially recycling the research work done by others but his plates can come in handy if you are in a hurry. I wouldn't recommend buying them all though as this could prove an expensive proposition.

http://www.imagesdesoldats.com/fr/recherche?n=50&tag=Napol%25C3%25A9on%2B3

Kingscarbine · « **Reply #8 on:** July 29, 2014, 09:29:15 AM »

Thumbs up Arthur. I'll see if I can find those articles.

pacofeanor · « **Reply #9 on:** July 29, 2014, 04:14:33 PM »

most of them are on my blog or on the forum, for those missing i've got the main part in my home just ask what you need !

http://pacofaitlezouave.blogspot.fr/

http://18edelignesecondempire.clicforum.fr/index.php

best regards
paco

Kingscarbine · « **Reply #10 on:** July 31, 2014, 12:02:54 AM »

Thanks Paco. I've downloaded the pages from your blog. The Champs de Bataille magazine has a few FPW and colonial wars issues that I must have.

pacofeanor · « **Reply #11 on:** July 31, 2014, 01:21:15 PM »

i don't have every "Champ de bataille " as they are realy unequal in quality between an author and another and "iconography" is sometimes very poor or fool of mystaken !

best regards
paco

Kingscarbine · « **Reply #12 on:** July 31, 2014, 02:02:33 PM »

That's not what I wanted to read. These issues "look" really nice:

http://www.net4war.com/champsdebataille/numeros-cdb-thema/thema06.html
http://www.net4war.com/champsdebataille/numeros-cdb-thema/champs-de-bataille-thematique-28.php
http://www.net4war.com/champsdebataille/numeros-cdb-thema/champs-de-bataille-thematique-29.php

Arthur · « **Reply #13 on:** August 01, 2014, 12:54:14 AM »

For the line infantry, the best source is issue 34 of Tradition magazine dated October 1989. It features a 27-page dossier with more photographs and paintings than you can shake a scanner at.

pacofeanor · « **Reply #14 on:** August 01, 2014, 10:50:46 AM »

just here :

http://18edelignesecondempire.clicforum.fr/t178-tradition-magasine-Le-fantassin-de-1870.htm?q=1870

best regards
paco

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