Friday, 14 June 2013

Building Wargame Terrain by Tony Harwood - a further update



Building Wargame Terrain, a further update. Yesterday I arrived home to find the first proof copy, a congratulations card and a bottle of Champagne. Thank you Sue. (We didn't drink the Champagne, preferring to go out for a celebratory meal instead).

The book is very well printed, as can be seen from these images which feature some of my earlier work in a gallery of earlier terrain pieces. In fact it is more of a glossy or premium magazine rather than a book with 170gsm inner pages and 300gsm card cover.



This image shows Sue, browsing through the contents, the second is me in a less well stage photo!



I am aware that there are a couple of changes and amendments to be made prior to the full production run, but as stated in my earlier posts, the deadlines I have set myself should be reached and books will be offered for sale before the end of July. I was also able to take the book to the local post office to assess postage costs to the UK, Europe and America.

It was always my intention to have a 'retro' cover in a style similar to the old Airfix Magazine Modelling Guides (see this link for examples). I think the orange cover does this. I hope you agree.

Additional details can be found here.

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13 comments:

  1. Mojo14 June 2013 at 03:15

    *drumroll*
    Congratulations!!!

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  2. Flags of War14 June 2013 at 03:30

    I look forward to getting a copy of this :)

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  3. Don Hans14 June 2013 at 05:06

    I will definetely buy one once it's out. The book looks really good. Thx/Hans (http://realmofcitadel.blogspot.se/)

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  4. Ubique Matt14 June 2013 at 06:50

    Appears to like a top quality piece of work. Looking forward to getting my hands on a hard copy. I wondered why the cover seemed familiar, now I know why.

    Regards,
    Matt

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  5. Lasgunpacker14 June 2013 at 08:21

    Wow, that looks quite nice!

    And I notice that it says number one... do you have plans for a second?

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  6. cianty14 June 2013 at 09:50

    The book quality looks great on the photos! I'm definately sold.

    I think the effect of the cover works really well. I am too young to know about this and actually I was wondering why the cover looked so ... uhm... unspectecular, but now I see and I agree that it does work. Good to know. :)

    One thing I noticed: The page numbers seem to right-aligned on all pages - even on the left pages. Shouldn't they be placed on the outside?

    Anyways, really looking forward to the book.

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  7. Tony14 June 2013 at 10:17

    Hi Christian,

    The page numbering continues to be an issue.

    I am attempting to change the position of the numbering to the centre of the bottom of the pages.

    "too young to know about this!"

    You know how to make an old man feel, well olde.

    Tony

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  8. Tony14 June 2013 at 10:34

    Hi Lasganpacker,

    I don't want to get ahead of myself, but yes, my plan is to have more than one book.

    (Working on book two at this very moment).

    Tony

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  9. davetaylor14 June 2013 at 10:58

    Hi Tony, Congratulations! The orange cover certainly does add to that "retro" look : ) Well done!

    Cheers
    Dave

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  10. Tea in Thailand14 June 2013 at 22:11

    Ooo I'm excited! It looks fab. Love the airfix retro look. Page numbers will be fixed ASAP! xx

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  11. lrqan15 June 2013 at 02:55

    Good on you mate.

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  12. cianty15 June 2013 at 03:40

    LOL! Didn't mean to, Tony!

    centered page numbers sound good too, by the way.

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  13. Eric the Shed15 June 2013 at 10:58

    Well done - looking forward to seein a copy.

    Eric the Shed

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