by madguru | Jan 22, 2012 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, Battle Reports, Conventions, Fellow Gamers, TSATF
THESE 50 PICS SHOW:Major John Ready marches his Baggage Guard, consisting of a combined unit of British and Indian Infantry made up of troops from all three Infantry battalions, and unit of Indian cavalry, East, towards the village of Khig…Afghans move their...
by madguru | Jan 22, 2012 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, Battle Reports, Conventions, Fellow Gamers, TSATF
After a couple months’ delay, I’m happy to finally post approximately 350 good pics of the “Maiwand Saturday” game I ran at Colonial Barracks, on Saturday, November 5th, 2011, from 10:00am ’til 5:00, with about 2 hours spent on a pair of...
by madguru | Jan 19, 2012 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, British Army, Hills, Rocky Terrain
These are some of the first pictures of miniatures taken in my new house.I took them in my office, using light from a small directable ceiling fixture meant to illuminate artwork that will one day (hopefully in the not-too-distant-future) hang on the wall below. The...
by madguru | Dec 24, 2011 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, Battle Reports, Conventions, Fellow Gamers
Things went very nicely at the MUZEO. I don’t think it was a record-setting day in terms museum attendance, but the visitors showed lots of interest in the game, and asked lots of questions, and I think everyone there had a fun time. The Brits beat a hasty...
by madguru | Sep 26, 2011 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, Hills, Rocky Terrain, Terrain Building
My previous post (LINK) showed some pics of the first few steps of building this hill, namely:(1) Carve contour out of 1.5″ foam, using mix of coping saw, dovetail saw, utility knife, and X-acto hobby saw.(2) Trace footprint of hill onto model aircraft plywood,...
by madguru | Sep 24, 2011 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, Hills, Rocky Terrain, Terrain Building
Bad news: I just spent a couple hours loading up close to a hundred pics showing the process of building my new hill — but unfortunately Blogger experienced a problem and this page I was working on lost them all. Needless to say, this kind of sucks, and after a...
