Dave Taylor: Armies & Legions & Hordes

Dave Taylor, dessen Modelle und Armeen so manche sicher schon mal auf den Seiten der White Dwarf oder Wargames Illustrated Magazine gesehen haben, plant für März einen Kickstarter. Produziert werden soll ein Buch, das seine jahrzehntelange Hobby-Erfahrung nutzt, um Tips dazu zu geben, wie man größere Hobby-Projekte erfolgreich vollendet. „Wie machen die das bloß, so viele Modelle anzumalen?“ haben wir uns jedenfalls schon öfter mal gefragt. Hier soll darauf Antwort gegeben werden!

I’ve been throwing this idea around for a while, because I enjoy: painting armies, talking about painting armies, photographing armies, and laying out books.

Work is already well underway, so I hope you’ll helps me make this dream come true. The Kickstarter should launch on March 16th!

PS. I’m also happy to chat to any podcasters/YouTubers about this project. : )

Wir haben Dave Taylor kontaktiert und gefragt, was er uns denn noch so über sein Buch verraten kann. Glücklicherweise hatte er einen formschönen PR-Text parat!

10,000 miniatures and more! That’s how many wargaming models Dave Taylor has painted over the last 27 years. That’s dozens of armies, for some of the most popular wargames systems (and some of the most obscure, too!) Some of these have been commissions and others have been personal projects. During that time, he has had a LOT of conversations about the “what”, “why”, and “how” behind such large projects, inspiration, preparation, and motivation.

Dave recently realized that he really enjoys helping people and figured it was high time he put all his thoughts down on paper, in the hopes of seeing many more painted armies on tabletops around the world. The book will feature:

• Dave’s thoughts and approaches to many aspects of bringing a large project to completion: Inspiration, Aims, Planning, and Motivation will all play a major part.
• Even though Dave will be using his own armies to illustrate his points, the book will truly be “miniatures agnostic”, meaning there’ll be something for everyone, regardless of the genre of game you prefer.
• There will be additional thoughts and counterpoints presented by a number of other hobbyists whose approach to wargaming Dave really admires.
• As well as the often-detailed philosophies about painting wargaming collections, Dave will present many of his favorite projects in the book, ranging from classic sci-fi and fantasy armies to historical and even post-apocalyptic collections.

Auch ein paar zusätzliche Bilder hat er uns zur Verfügung gestellt, um euch einige seiner Projekte zu zeigen. Und ja, Dave hat schon Custodes gesammelt lange bevor es cool war, versteht sich. 😉

Für den Kickstarter ist nicht geplant, das Buch auf Deutsch zu übersetzen. Ob das für einen späteren Release in den regulären Handel in Frage kommt, würde von der Nachfrage abhängen.

Link: Dave Taylor Miniatures auf Facebook