by madguru | Apr 20, 2014 | Hills, Rocky Terrain, Terrain Building
As promised I’m back again, to deliver a detailed Work-In-Progress photo array showing how I built the last rocky wood-chip hill for my Charasiab layout…1. Draw the outline of your hill on the styrofoam board. This particular hill was 1.5″...
by madguru | Apr 18, 2014 | Hills, Terrain Building
Earlier this evening I finished work on the third of the last 3 low sandy hills needed for my Charasiab terrain layout. I started out thinking I would need 6 of these hills, but later, upon further and more detailed examination via Google Earth, realized I...
by madguru | Apr 8, 2014 | Hills, Rocky Terrain, Terrain Building
Well, I said I was done building rocky wood-chip hills for my Charasiab lay-out, but… I just wasn’t happy with the hill I’d been using for the Western edge of the Sang-i-Nawishta Gorge, which forms the far right end of the long row of tall hills/low...
by madguru | Mar 31, 2014 | Anglo-Indian Army, Fellow Gamers, Hills, Rocky Terrain, Terrain Building
For me, one of the unexpected rewards of blogging has been the occassional opportunity to see someone physically remote but similarly inclined, make use of something they saw posted here. This has happened a few times over the 3-1/2 or so years since I started...
by madguru | Jan 16, 2014 | Hills, Terrain Building
For the past two years, most of my hobby time has been spent preparing the tabletop terrain for a miniature refight of the battle of Charasiab, fought on October 6th, 1879, just North of the Afghan town of Charasiab (which translates to “Four Waterwheels”...
by madguru | Nov 7, 2013 | Fellow Gamers, Hills, Rocky Terrain, Terrain Building
***Thanks to Eric The Shed (of “Shed Wars” fame) for signing on to be the 100th follower of Maiwand Day a few days ago!***That’s the entirety of the reason for this post, to celebrate reaching the “three figures” worth of...
