JP Vieira

I watched the movie and really enjoyed it; speccially the all atmosfere, the struggles betwen oposing forces: recommnended

Elephants had several disavantages and the strenght of the Roman Army being in its superior infantry, i belive that were the causes for them not to use often

Thanks to all for your replies: to all happy Holidays

Hello Just to wish all members, their families and friends Happy Holydays. To all best regards

Very interesting: thanks for posting

hello I am glad you are ok with it... The P-38 profile is not mine; it is from Miguel Amaral, another of the illustrators of our website. P-38's will be back in an action print some time in the near future; stay tunned to the website. Best regards to all

I LIKE it!! Sorry about it... too much text at a time.

Hello Thanks to all for your interest and comments. Trying to answer some of the questions : To Northen Nelly: Painting of WWII: not yet: I am doing 2 illustrations at the moment (action illustration featuring combat scenes - not profiles like this one): one depicting Hellcats and a Zero and another P-38's and a Rufe (seaplane version of the Zero); others (WWII, WWI and modern are also planned). To Caldrail: I use, as a basis, a line side view of the plane, load it up to Photoshop, make a version of it and paint with layers. To Julius Ratus: I actually started painting the classical T-34 some months ago, but lost some interest in it and put it aside; maybe in some time i will restart it. To DecimusCaesar: I had my work Publisher in the first 2 issues of Ancient warfare; I am planning a series of prints about the Ancient World; please keep in touch. To Gaius Ocatavius and Moonlapse: thanks for your comments. This illustration will serve as the basis for a series of prints depicting MiG-15 aces of the Korean war; It will be available soon. Best regards to all

Hello Here is a study I made about polished metal surface aircraft. I used the famous MiG-15 as a subject, in order to understand and develop new methods of depicting metal polished aircraft. I will do a follow on to this one to study the depiction of weathering on aircraft with these kinds of surfaces. All comments are most welcome. Best regards to all

Hello Just to wish every member of the forum, their families and friends season's greetings and a fantastic new year of 2008. Cheers JP Vieira

Not my area, but would love to see your projected comic, Necromaniac

Hello Caldrail: thank you very much for your support. Lost_Warrior & Melvadius: these are some sketches that I made for a few illustrations; they are part of a bigger project that, in the end (I do not know when) will depict the evolution of the Roman soldier (from the birth of the site to the fall of the empire). Many thanks to all I hope that next year at least some of the illustration of this massive project will be finished and I will display them here. Best regards

Hi Caldrail When I saw this images, it too took me back to my teenager years: I am currently acquiring some booksfrom this time. It is allways a pleasure to look at them. Cheers JP Vieira

Hello Here are some of my future illustration projects: late Roman soldiers. All comments and suggestions are most welcomed. Best regards JP Vieira

The Mig-29, as with other Soviet aircraft, started their

These are onagers: one simple way to differenciate them from horses are their tails (like a donkey tail). Thanks for the comments

Hello The Sumerian armies introduced many features lately to be found in other armies. One of those was the war chariot. However the model depicted in Sumerian art and its role in war is very controversial. Many scholars claim that this device could not have been use in war (the way we imagine chariots do) because it did not posses the necessary characteristics to do it;. Many believe that this chariot was in fact a

Excellent post Asclepiades: thank you.

Hello Thanks for the replies and comments. The Assyrians really laid down many of the features of a true national and professional army. Perhaps they failed in the way they treated conquered populations: not integrating and making them feel as part of something bigger (like the Roman did with many of the populations they conquered). Thanks again for the comments. Praebitorae: you are most wellcome in your appreciation of the work Best regards JP Vieira

I could be an artist (perhaps a sculptor); but as long I was not a slave, I think it would be alright.

The sucess of the Romans was allways never to give up and the amount of human resources at their availability. In the 4th century BC, Rome was not the power it was when Hanibal invaded...so perhaps IMO Rome would probably be a vassal state to Alexander, hat is until his death; after that i believe that Rome could have rise again.

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Hello The September/October issue of "Archaeology" magazine has an article about Thracian chariots found in Bulgaria. The chariots date from between the 1st and 3rd century AD, exemplifying that Thracian traditions were kept even when Rome ruled their homeland. The chariots were found with between 3 to 8 horses sacrificed on the same place. Generally the "owner" of the chariot was buried in a nearby mound. It is a very interesting article not to be missed. All that is missing is a good artist representation of such chariots. Best regards JP Vieira

Hello Besides the Roman army, the Assyrian one allways fascinated me. The Assyrian army was, perhaps, the first truly organised (in every aspect) army of History. As said, the Assyrian had infantry, both nationals http://community.imaginefx.com/fxpose/jp_v...cture35544.aspx and foreign auxiliary http://community.imaginefx.com/fxpose/jp_v...cture35546.aspx The use of the horse would that be in chariots or as cavalry http://community.imaginefx.com/fxpose/jp_v...cture30728.aspx Was also a weapon that helped the Assyrian to achieve their maximum glory. The Assyrian exceled also and notably at siege warfare. Besides all the major components of an army (until the advent of gunpowder), the Assyrian made great use of psychological warfare. Their method was simple but very effective: to inspire the terror on your foe is almost to win the war; after each action of intimidation the Assyrian made sure that everyone possible knew about it. So, even before Rome was anything else than a small city, Assyrian had a professional, highly trained, ruthless and efficiently army. Best regards