BOARDS ALL PAINTED

Last night, with more help from my son, we finished putting 2 to 4 highlight colors onto all four of the remaining terrain boards. I think they look pretty good. Here’s a pic:Here’s a sketch I did on the wall of the office I share with my partner at work,...

THE MAIWAND LION

A month or so ago I happened across this item on eBay and — thankfully — was able to win it at auction. There was only one other bidder and I doubt they wanted/needed it as badly as I did!It arrived from England soon after and turned out to be somewhat in...

ONE WEEK UNTIL M-DAY+130…

I finished the last texturing of all 5 terrain boards tonight — gluing down sand, dirt & pebbles over just about everything in sight. Last night my 13 year-old son made a huge difference, making it possible for us to completely cover one entire board, from...

Afghan regular artillery at Mundabad Ravine

The British and Anglo-Indian troops on the field at Maiwand were faced with several times their own number of regular troops as well as swarms of Ghazi fanatics. They were fighting across under-reconnoitered terrain and most of them had not eaten a hot meal since the...

Ayub Khan’s emissaries proclaim Jihad…

“Soldiers of the true Faith! We march to the conquest of our city of Kandahar, now in the possession of our bitter enemy the Feringhi [foreigners], whom we will drive back with our steel, and win back the capital of the south. The garrison is weak and we are...