| Webcatcher | 14 Jul 2020 3:17 p.m. PST |
What are the best sources to go from when painting uniforms? Is it the Osprey books? Especially interested in Freeman's Farm/Saratoga. |
Extrabio1947  | 14 Jul 2020 3:26 p.m. PST |
Saratoga is a bit of a unique animal. Look at Don Troiani's "Campaign to Saratoga." Lots of nice uniform plates. link |
| historygamer | 14 Jul 2020 5:49 p.m. PST |
+1 to Extrabario. Brendan's Osprey book on the campaign helps too. |
| jurgenation | 14 Jul 2020 7:17 p.m. PST |
Don Troiani s book is the scource.He has been chronicling that campaign since a child.Also Perrys site has a uniform guide.I have also painted up Burgoynes army and wished I had these references before..would have made it easier..I have been to the battlefields,,very inspiring. |
| cavcrazy | 14 Jul 2020 7:19 p.m. PST |
Uniforms of the American Revolution by John Mollo has been my go to book for years, and it has uniform plates for Saratoga. |
| historygamer | 14 Jul 2020 8:33 p.m. PST |
All good recs. Don't underestimate the input on uniforms by Eric Schnitzer in that Saratoga book. |
| Durban Gamer | 15 Jul 2020 4:31 a.m. PST |
On the Perry site is some great info on Saratoga campaign uniform details. |
| Rudysnelson | 16 Jul 2020 9:37 a.m. PST |
Molotov book can be found through the inter-library loan program. Great source on all but Spanish uniforms. |
| historygamer | 16 Jul 2020 10:28 a.m. PST |
Is that the book on WWII Soviet Foreign Policy? LoL Don't you just love auto correct. :-) |
| Rudysnelson | 16 Jul 2020 12:30 p.m. PST |
I hate spell check Mollo book can be found in many libraries.
Molotov how ridiculous. |
| Brechtel198 | 16 Jul 2020 2:39 p.m. PST |
Saratoga is a bit of a unique animal. If you're referring to the campaign and the battles, I'd agree with you as a British army was forced to surrender there to the Americans. As for uniforms, not so much. |
| Brechtel198 | 16 Jul 2020 2:39 p.m. PST |
The best campaign study I have read on the subject is John Elting's The Battles of Saratoga. |
