by madguru | Mar 6, 2014 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, British Army, Fellow Gamers, Other, Uniforms
Long-time readers of this humble blog may recall the first time I presented the Second Afghan War-related 1/6th scale work of artist and master model-maker Tony Barton — famous in 15mm-18mm Napoleonic circles as the sculptor behind the highly-regarded AB Figures...
by madguru | Jan 16, 2014 | Hills, Terrain Building
For the past two years, most of my hobby time has been spent preparing the tabletop terrain for a miniature refight of the battle of Charasiab, fought on October 6th, 1879, just North of the Afghan town of Charasiab (which translates to “Four Waterwheels”...
by madguru | Jan 1, 2014 | Miscellaneous History, Other
I wanted to get this post done before the end of 2013, and have scrambled to do so. It doesn’t have anything to do with wargaming, but it’s important to me, so I hope any readers of this blog will bear with me while I digress from the Second Afghan War in...
by madguru | Dec 15, 2013 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, Books, Fellow Gamers, History
…DURING THE INDIAN FRONTIER CAMPAIGNS OF 1897″ by Major E.A.P. Hobday, RA This is the name of a rather remarkable book, first published in 1898. What makes it remarkable is the fact that it’s filled with about 50 line drawings made by the author,...
by madguru | Nov 7, 2013 | Fellow Gamers, Hills, Rocky Terrain, Terrain Building
***Thanks to Eric The Shed (of “Shed Wars” fame) for signing on to be the 100th follower of Maiwand Day a few days ago!***That’s the entirety of the reason for this post, to celebrate reaching the “three figures” worth of...
