Many...many..many years ago I had been inspired by the articles by Mark Allen in Wargames Illustrated and by the "Armies of Louis XIV' by Osprey and these were about the only two sources of information that I had for the Armies of the Sun King ( as well as the Funcken and Funcken books at the Uni library!).
As anyone who has spent more than 30 seconds on this Blog, Louis XIV's army is one of my biggest collections. I love the uniforms, the characters, the history and the great figures available (Front Rank being my favourite!).
So the purpose of this post? No purpose- I just wanted to take photos of my books, because I now have an over abundance of information and it's awesome!
Helion have published some fantastic books and I, being an addict, have been buying them.
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| One of my all time favourite Osprey MAA books. Much loved and much read. |
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| All the books I have ...so far!! |
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| I love this one- all the combined articles of Mark Allen's from Wargames Illustrated. My first inspiration for the Army of Louis XIV. |
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| The Bruno Mugnai books- there are two more - Volumes 4 and 5 on the Spanish and Portuguese armies during Louis XIV's reign. I believe Volumes 6 and 7 are on the way as well covering the Italian States and the German states. All on my wish list! |
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| The Rene Chartrand books - four volumes! |
Now this could be seen as overkill.
Clearly anyone who thinks that is not a true wargamer!
I recommend them all! And the boys below agree!
You have fine collections of both figures and books.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jonathan! My favourites!
DeleteBeautiful figures John. I do admire this beautiful collection of yours and would love to see more of it on your superb blog.
ReplyDeleteThanks Carlo! Appreciate your comments!
DeleteThis is such a wonderful collection that is an absolute joy to play with - even when not winning :)
ReplyDeleteI also love the Helion books John. It has been a golden few years for this period and earlier through Helion.
Richard
Thanks Richard. Helion have reinvigorated my passion for the period!
DeleteTotally agree, its a great period to paint and game and the influx of books on the period over the last few years just confirms that fact.
ReplyDeleteThanks Ray- yes the books have made it easier to research and play.
DeleteWonderful figures and books a plenty - a wargamer's happy place.
ReplyDeleteThanks Peter- you bet! The place to be!
DeleteI love your Swiss regiment, beautifully done.
ReplyDeleteThank you- Regt Shellenberg in pre 1689 uniform. One of my favourites!
DeleteThat is a considerable number of books on the same subject!
ReplyDeleteYes and my book shelf is groaning under the weight!
DeleteThe signs of a chronic wargames addict !
ReplyDeleteYes...a telltale sign! Too much stuff!
DeleteBruno also has one on the Cretan war (1645-1671) that has a chapter on French involvement. Highly recommended as it looks at the forces involved. Recommended.
ReplyDeleteYes I have to confess- I have that one too!
DeleteGreat references; I do like the period uniforms, but so many buttons to paint! :)
ReplyDeleteYes! The uniforms are very nice...and the rows and rows of buttons do pose a problem!
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