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...
by madguru | Jul 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
For a long time I wanted to build a cemetery for use in my North-West Frontier and Second Afghan War games. I had seen photos and illustrations of tribal cemeteries, both historical and contemporary, and read a bit about them and I knew of at least one small battle...
by madguru | Jul 6, 2011 | Uncategorized
My family and I just got back from 4th of July trip to visit my gaming buddy Matthew Rigdon’s family ranch in Texas, which was a lot of fun. Adding to the fun while there was receiving pics of my finished unit of 3rd Bombay Cavalry from Igor, my painter in...