by madguru | Sep 9, 2015 | History, Miniature Figures, Other
Towards the end of August my entire family left Los Angeles for the East Coast. The main reason for the trip was to drop our 18 year-old son off at Cornell in upstate New York so he could begin his college career, but we spent the following week visiting five other...
by madguru | Jul 28, 2015 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, British Army, Miniature Figures
July 27th snuck up on me this year.July 27th is Maiwand Day, the anniversary of the Second Afghan War Battle at which a small Anglo-Indian army was defeated and forced to route in the face of a far larger Afghan army. This blog began in connection with me...
by madguru | Oct 18, 2013 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, Hills, Miniature Figures, Rocky Terrain
Just a quick post for a handful of more pics, showing a mix of Sikhs, Punjabis, and 72nd Highlanders, in the midst of attacking my ultimate rocky wood-chip hill…
by madguru | Nov 5, 2012 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, Anglo-Indian Army, British Army, Miniature Figures
Many of you may already know this, but I feel compelled to mention it nonetheless: the NWF & Boer ranges are officially back up and available on the Wargames Foundry website. Here’s a LINK to the North West Frontier range –(click image to visit...
by madguru | Oct 24, 2012 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, British Army, Figure Conversions, Miniature Figures
(1) ANOTHER “BALA HISSAR OR BUST!” CONVERSIONFirst up is another conversion for my First Afghan War, “Bala Hissar or Bust!” project. It’s another soldier of the 44th Regt. of Foot, this one wearing a fur coat.The body comes courtesy...
by madguru | Sep 21, 2012 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, British Army, Figure Conversions, Scenarios & Army Lists
Despite not being as actively-updated as I’d like for it to be, this blog has passed a couple of benchmarks lately that I want to take a moment to mention. It was graced by a visitor from its 100th different country, COLOMBIA (then surprisingly soon after by a...
