An update on Polish Armies of the Partitions 1770 - 1794. All the research is done and a first draft is finished. This means I have enough for two plus books, but I have to edited down to one and still give you enough information to send you on your way. Diligently working on it - I have my own deadline set for the end of August.
Next steps? Well for this type book I have to provide the b&w illustrations and give them captions. I need forty and I have about eighty so it is parse and paste. Some have to be scanned, but once the office is back in operation it will all be ok. The author also has to provide artist notes so the illustrator can produce those great pictures that Osprey is known for. This is probably the most difficult part - you need photos, pictures or details to give the artist info to complete a detailed illustration, historically accurate (or someone will no doubt complain) and describe the scene in such a way that the person doesn't have to keep coming back to you for clarification. Luckily, I think this is in hand, but it will take time.
I started working out the illustrations by actually doing a sketch of how I wanted the scenes to look and what was going to be in them. From there I just needed to collect pictures that would get us to that goal, so most of that is together. That said it could go all horribly wrong when I hand it in, but we'll keep our fingers crossed.
This isn't to say that I have not been updating things and ideas as I go along - I am still checking to make sure I have details correct and occasionally finding new information, but if you don't draw a line in the sand it will drive you crazy.
I'm working on a new post soon on how gamers actually are the go to guys for this type of history or writting, but more on that later.
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