FULL UNIT CONVERSION #3: RHA limbers w/crew

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...

Cemetery in action

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...

Building a miniature Afghan cemetery

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...

3rd Bombay Cavalry pics from Igor the painter…

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...