Inspirational material - Osprey Publishing free ebooks

[Mendi Warrior]

I found Osprey Publishing is offering 5 free ebooks per week for 4 weeks. The first batch is already inactive. The second batch ends today I think, and the third will likely start tomorrow. These are historical books about uniforms, battles, wargear, war engines, … hence not really B&C material. This said, some might be of interest to people on B&C as sources of inspiration for painting schemes or as general references for conversions or scenarios.

 

https://ospreypublishing.com/blog/Free_eBooks_week_2

 

https://ospreypublishing.com/blog/Free_eBooks_week_3

 

Thanks to Brother Casman for validating this beforehand.

[Brother Tyler]

The books on aircraft are a great inspiration for those painting Aeronautica Imperialis models.

 

Most of the army books are great inspiration for a variety of armies, especially the Astra Militarum. Those of you that enjoy Necromunda, Inquisitor, Inquisimunda/Inq28, etc. will also find many of the army books a good source of inspiration.

 

And for those of you that are working on campaigns and alternate settings, the various books about events are a good source of inspiration and provide good examples of things (and don't be afraid to file off the serial numbers of a historical battle and WH40Kify things).

[jaxom]

EDIT: I can't read. But, yeah these are fantastic, thank you for the heads up!

Edited April 7, 2020 by jaxom

[Firedrake Cordova]

Thanks for posting this.   

 

What with the Frostgrave/Dark Alchemy giveaway, and now this, they are being pretty generous, aren't they?

 

++EDIT: Just flipping though the Hawker Hurricane one, wondering if it'll help for Aeronautica Imperialis (even if I was thinking of a Luftwaffe-based scheme) ... the bright blue racing Hurricane looks ... odd :lol:

Edited April 7, 2020 by Firedrake Cordova

[Slave to Darkness]

If I didn't have all the books I need on my hard drive already I would be all over this. For those who have never read an Osprey book I say go download yourselves some now, a lot of good stuff in such a tiny book. 

[Volt]

Unfortunately the US site doesn't seem to load at all.

[Brother-serpent Tylydox]

You've missed a link:  https://ospreypublishing.com/blog/Free_eBooks_week_1/

 

Correction: the first week offer is no longer free.

 

Another correction: "...add the eBook to your basket and use the code FREEBOOKS3 at checkout to get your free eBooks."

Edited April 10, 2020 by Brother-serpent Tylydox

[Firedrake Cordova]

Week 4's books are up: https://ospreypublishing.com/blog/Free_eBooks_week_4/

 

Perhaps of interest to members is the book on the JG 52 fighter unit for Aeronautica Imperialis colour schemes ...

Edited April 15, 2020 by Firedrake Cordova

[Oshikai]

ah dang, missed them, allways enjoyed the Osprey Books. Thx for sharing!