Acquisitions - Painting War #7 and #8 by Breaking War

These are army painting guides produced by Breaking War out of Spain. I just acquired the #7 for the Dark Ages and #8 for the American Civil War. I find them quite useful as they go through the painting process in general that the writer/painter uses and then there is a whole section of miniatures for that army painted with the various techniques and representing different types of soldiers and officers.

One of the features that I really like is that it shows insignia for all the ranks at least for those armies that use them. For instance no such insignia exist in the Dark Age book (#7) but that writer/painter spends a good amount of text and pictures working on banners which are more appropriate to the period. 

I currently have #1 for WWII Germans, #3 for WII USA and Japan (although I would have preferred these to have been split up, the Marines and Army tend to be lumped together a bit) and just acquired #7 for the Dark Ages and #8 for the ACW. So far all the painters are Spanish (which makes sense since Breaking War is a Spanish company), bit pretty well known names in the industry: Angel Aparicio (ACW), Alberto Mateos (Dark Ages), Claudia Zuminich (Japan & USA) and Ruben Torregrosa (Germany). I'm always able to glean a few new tidbits to add to my painting toolbox. They can be ordered direct from breakingwar.com or from Michigan Toy Soldier here in the US.

Interesting mix here on the cover, Custer in ACW uniform but set in the American West.