by madguru | Jul 30, 2011 | Afghan Regular Army, Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, British Army, Miniature Figures
Took some pics to try out a new camera. I think they turned out pretty well…(please click on any to blow them up to full-size)NOTE: The mounted gunnery officer is an Empress Miniatures Anglo-Zulu War artillery battery commander, as seen here:(click on pic to see...
by madguru | Jul 27, 2011 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, Battle Reports, Fellow Gamers, Miscellaneous History, Rules, Scenarios & Army Lists, Terrain Building
For years I’ve been a fan of the Anglo-Afghan-War.info website, which brims with information and enthusiasm for the history of the Second Afghan War, from battlefield maps to an exhaustive bibliography to first-hand accounts of various participants. Though...
by madguru | Jul 26, 2011 | Uncategorized
A day before the 131st anniversary of the original Maiwand Day, I am putting up my last “full unit conversion” for the British side of the battle — 3 limbers and their crews from E/B Battery of the Royal Horse Artillery.I already had a beautiful set...
by madguru | Jul 20, 2011 | Uncategorized
My 11 year-old daughter put this picture together for me and I think it turned out pretty well. For many years I’ve wanted to do this sort of thing but have never broke down and paid for Photoshop (I’m a bit of a cheap b@$#@*%), but she did it using PAGES....
by madguru | Jul 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
We used the Afghan tribal cemetery in a big game a few months back, while my Maiwand brother-in-miniature-arms Nick Stern was visiting from Northern California. He and my son teamed up as the Anglo-Indians against me as the Afghans.I never got around to posting an...
