Over at MacPhee’s Miniature Men, there’s a tutorial on painting a Roman Legionary with craft paints. While I’ve found the craft paints to be of varying quality, they DO have the advantage of being very cheap compared to the Games Workshop, Vallejo and other “miniatures specific” paints.
Ancients
Pocket Civilization
Pocket Civilization is a free, downloadable solo civilization building game that’s advertised as being compact enough to play on an airplane.
It looks very cool, and the Board Game Geek reviews are favorable.
French Unforms 56BC to 1806
For a terrific collection of color plates of French military costume from the Gauls to 1806, visit The New York Public Library digital galleries.
Roman Army Uniforms
Who needs Osprey Books? The New York Public Library has a gorgeous set of color plates of the uniforms of the Ancient Roman Army.
Uniforms of Byzantium Through 1453
The New York Public Library Systems Digital Library has digitized images of thousands of plates, prints and paintings, including these of the uniforms of Byzantium through 1453.