Alex Zapata

Historical illustrator and freelance artist.

[Alex Zapata @boosta11b]

Now that the new issue is out, I can show you all the final illustration that I did for Ancient Warfare issue 106!

In 29 BC, Proconsul Marcus Licinius Crassus duels with Deldo, King of the Bastarnae, while campaigning in the Balkans.

[Alex Zapata @boosta11b]

@Finaedel Im jealous of your shirt

[Alex Zapata @boosta11b]

RIP to John Blanche, a legendary artist with a vision so unique that it was used to coin an entire style of miniature painting, "Blanchitsu".

[Raglan 🇺🇦 @gareth_lane]

Midgard Caesar's Civil War - 1st Cohort Legio IV Macedonica. Freshly painted 28mm sculpts from Aventine Miniatures, depicting Roman soldiers in Greek style helmets.

[Alex Zapata @boosta11b]

"Leap, fellow soldiers, unless you wish to betray your standard to the enemy. I, for my part, will perform my duty to the state and my general."

[Historical Chronicles @HistoriaJack]

Caesar's 10th legion landing in Britannia (55 BC)

[Sophia @SophiaFioren]

Pair of flintlock pistols with ivory Turk’s head handles crafted in Maastricht or Paris dating to the 1660s

[Dr Jo Ball @DrJEBall]

A pair of #Roman leather boxing gloves, excavated from the frontier fort at Vindolanda (Britain) - apparently daily life wasn't tough enough for some Roman soldiers, who needed a bit of extra fighting in their leisure time!

[Alex Zapata @boosta11b]

All I need are some velour sweatpants that say WOLOLO across the butt

[Juan Gómez Art (COMMS OPEN) @JuanGomez_Tahur]

I did an Illustration for this number! Si os gusta la historia y hablais castellano id y comprad la revista ⚔️❤️

[Pyroowdaily @Hichamhabchi]

😆 ✍️🏽

[Alex Zapata @boosta11b]

How I felt after finishing Lonesome Dove.

[Alex Zapata @boosta11b]

Hey I've got this Osprey Book: Roman Plate Armor by M.C. Bishop, illustrated by Giuseppe Rava, if you want to see more.

[World History Encyclopedia @whencyclopedia]

⚔️ In Germanic society, the surest route to wealth, status and power was success in battle. Its most important institution was the comitatus or war band, the personal retinue of elite warriors that every king or chief tried to gather around him and which formed the core of the tribal army. The need to keep the war band together often dictated the politics of early German chiefdoms and kingdoms.

Warriors needed war as an arena to display their prowess and win status and wealth. Kings and chiefs needed success in war to provide the means to reward their warriors and keep them loyal.

📝 Article by John Haywood. 
🖼️ Image 1 is ©️ by Ancient Warfare Magazine/ Karwansaray Publishers
🖼️ Image 2 is by Amplitude Studios. 

#Germanic #History #Military #MilitaryHistory #Europe #EuropeanHistory

[Levi N. @artbyhumans]

While we're on the subject of children's book illustrations, can we get some love for Trina Hyman's St. George and the Dragon?

[Alex Zapata @boosta11b]

@VeliteAquila

[AquilaDraws (Commissions Open 3/10 Taken) 🇲🇽 @VeliteAquila]

Epirote officer of the army of Alexander I of Epirus

[Alex Zapata @boosta11b]

Stephen Biesty's cross-section books have burned themselves into my brain since I was a little kid.

[Medieval Diesel @TimothyEveland]

I don't want to live in a castle that doesn't have dancing dogs.

[Alex Zapata @boosta11b]

1. Learning how to draw is 100000x more important than knowing how to paint/render/make things look shiny.

2. Study and copy the masters.

3. Take a sketchbook with you everywhere you go and draw anything and everything, especially the boring stuff.

4. Finished, not perfect.

[SUPPORTING ARTISTS 𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 @QuoteArtists_]

Artists, what’s the most important advice/lesson that you’d give to beginner artists?

[Ancient Warfare @ancientwarfare]

#OTD in 15 BC a boy was born we now know by the name of Germanicus Julius Caesar. Germanicus would play an important role in the aftermath of the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest of 9 AD, as is discussed in our Special on the Varian Disaster: https://t.co/xYn92su5ZA

[Ancient Warfare @ancientwarfare]

On the cover: After a revolt by the Achaean League in 146 BC, the Roman general Mummius sacks the city of Corinth. This completed the Roman conquest of Greece. More about this epic conflict in AW VIII.6: https://t.co/5qmyaxlwxC

[Dr Jo Ball @DrJEBall]

Grumpy #Roman soldiers on a relief from the Antonine Wall - probably sums up the frontier experiece quite well!