by madguru | Sep 7, 2011 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, British Army, Figure Conversions, Miniature Figures
For followers and repeat visitors to this humble blog it will come as no surprise that I am somewhat obsessed with the uniforms, equipment & weapons used by the Afghan, British, Indian troops present at the 1880 battle of Maiwand. Over the past months I’ve...
by madguru | Aug 7, 2011 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, Buildings, Bridges, Defensive Works, Etc.
I’ve been meaning to post these pics of a commercially available Pathan village that I ordered from Stronghold Miniatures more than a year ago and finally painted up a couple of months back. Unfortunately I don’t think they are still available. I just saw...
by madguru | Aug 4, 2011 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, British Army
Here’s a nice pic of the 66th lined up in the small dip of low ground running just behind the central nullah, with one of the smooth bore 6-pounders anchoring their right flank and one wing of Jacob’s Rifles to their left…
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...
