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 26, 2011 | Buildings, Bridges, Defensive Works, Etc., Camerone, Maximillian Intervention
This diagram is taken from an article in the May 1999 issue #600 of Kepi Blanc (the magazine of the FFL). The overall layout and design of the compound is somewhat inaccurate (the compound was square, not a narrow rectangle, the main hacienda building was 2 stories...
by madguru | Aug 26, 2011 | Buildings, Bridges, Defensive Works, Etc., Camerone, Maximillian Intervention
CLICK on pic to enlarge, then click again for super close-up viewing…
by madguru | Aug 26, 2011 | Buildings, Bridges, Defensive Works, Etc., Camerone, Maximillian Intervention
I. Hacienda compound This is the centerpiece of the project, all based on a single piece of roughly 30” square board (plywood or Masonite or whatever else you use). It consists of: (1) a large 2-story Spanish-style Mexican HACIENDA building with a red ceramic tile...
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…
