06-05-2004, 04:09 PM
Robert, Antoninus and others ...,<br>
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a word to Angus McBride, he is also my absolute favorite painter, although I understand Your critics, especially in his first Warrior legionary he was a little bit lazy (as Aitor complained, too). There are only 3 real plates and 5 others that are morely sketches in my eyes. In earlier times (for example in "Rome's enemies: Gaul", "Arthur and the Anglosaxon wars", or "Scythians" or epecially for us: Concord's four marvellous books "Imp. Rome at war", "Ancient Gauls", "Barbarians", "Ancient battles") he made paintings with a full scenario, back ground and nice animated figures in the foreground - nearly perfect. Even if he sometimes "lets our eye brows rise" (Robert's words) with debatable reconstruction paintings - for me he is under the best, together with Connolly, Ronald Embleton, Graham Sumner, and so on; I am afraid, he is in his early seventies already, although he looks younger, and we can only hope that he remains in good health and does not get too much orders from other periods.<br>
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If I remember right, it is projected by Ross Cowan to make a third Legionary (Warrior series) with McBride and we were asked to contribute ideas. Any positive feed back about this by Mr. Cowan - Robert, I think You kept the contact with him?<br>
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Uwe <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p200.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showUserPublicProfile?gid=uwebahr>Uwe Bahr</A> at: 6/5/04 6:15 pm<br></i>
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a word to Angus McBride, he is also my absolute favorite painter, although I understand Your critics, especially in his first Warrior legionary he was a little bit lazy (as Aitor complained, too). There are only 3 real plates and 5 others that are morely sketches in my eyes. In earlier times (for example in "Rome's enemies: Gaul", "Arthur and the Anglosaxon wars", or "Scythians" or epecially for us: Concord's four marvellous books "Imp. Rome at war", "Ancient Gauls", "Barbarians", "Ancient battles") he made paintings with a full scenario, back ground and nice animated figures in the foreground - nearly perfect. Even if he sometimes "lets our eye brows rise" (Robert's words) with debatable reconstruction paintings - for me he is under the best, together with Connolly, Ronald Embleton, Graham Sumner, and so on; I am afraid, he is in his early seventies already, although he looks younger, and we can only hope that he remains in good health and does not get too much orders from other periods.<br>
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If I remember right, it is projected by Ross Cowan to make a third Legionary (Warrior series) with McBride and we were asked to contribute ideas. Any positive feed back about this by Mr. Cowan - Robert, I think You kept the contact with him?<br>
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Uwe <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p200.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showUserPublicProfile?gid=uwebahr>Uwe Bahr</A> at: 6/5/04 6:15 pm<br></i>
Greets - Uwe