by madguru | Nov 23, 2010 | Uncategorized
Taking a break from my seemingly-endless micro-surgery on 28mm patients, I happened across a few pics from the epic game we played on July 27th — the 130th Anniversary of the Battle of Maiwand — showing the surviving guns racing back across Mundabad...
by madguru | Nov 19, 2010 | Uncategorized
Early this past Summer I bought the COLONEL ANTHONY WILLIAM DURNFORD pack from Empress Miniatures’ Zulu War range. This includes a mounted and dismounted version of the somewhat legendary Royal Engineers officer, who lost his left arm in battle with the amaHlubi...
by madguru | Nov 17, 2010 | Uncategorized
Three Afghan mounted generals, converted from 2 Foundry Crimean War mounted British Generals from their “Lord Raglan & staff” pack, shown here:(CLICK on images to visit Foundry site pages where these packs are for sale –as usual with Foundry,...
by madguru | Nov 11, 2010 | Uncategorized
I’m back with more non-Maiwand-specific conversions, 2 more, both connected to the prior conversion of General “Bobs” Roberts.During the Second Afghan War, Roberts, whose entire military career up to that point was spent in the Indian Army, took...
by madguru | Nov 7, 2010 | Uncategorized
This first set of conversions shown here post-date the big Maiwand Day game. At some point in the future I hope to track down the pics I took preparing the Afghan regular army commanders on foot, Lieutenant Olivey and Colonel Galbraith of the 66th Regiment and the...
