CONVERSIONS BACK FROM THE PAINTER

I wanted to make this my last post of the year, but life got in the way, so it is now becoming my first post of the NEW YEAR.First off, I’ll wish anyone and everyone reading this blog a very HAPPY NEW YEAR!Next are some pics of various conversions back from the...

British Cavalry in the Second Afghan War

I’ve had a request to post some pics of British Cavalry in the Second Afghan War. As far as I know, 6 regiments of British Cavalry saw active duty in the war — 6th Dragoon Guardss, 8th Hussars, 9th Lancers, 10th Hussars, 13th Hussars, and 15th Hussars....

CONVERSIONS VIII – HATS OFF!

I’ve been MIA from this blog, due to a crazed deadline at work, but you can’t keep a crazed Maiwand Day enthusiast down for too long, so I’m back for a moment or two, with some pics of another very simple but IMHO quite nice little conversion,...

CONVERSIONS VII – RHA OFFICER IN PILLBOX CAP

When I was a boy I began collecting Osprey Men-At-Arms books. In the early to mid-Seventies they cost $2 or $3 at Polk’s Hobby Shop in Midtown Manhattan. Polk’s down-sized, then disappeared, but at about the same time The Complete Strategist —...

CONVERSIONS VI – A PERRY OFFICER

The conversions on this blog have involved Wargames Foundry miniatures, except for Colonel Galbraith and General Samuel Browne, both of whom were done using Empress Miniatures. But this post is about a conversion I did using two figures from my favorite manufacturer...