by madguru | Aug 12, 2012 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, Hills, Rocky Terrain, Terrain Building
About to head off on a family vacation and wanted to put this up before leaving. Just finished this latest rocky wood-chip hill this past week, and think it turned out well. Nothing new compared to the prior info I’ve posted on building and painting...
by madguru | Apr 30, 2012 | Fellow Gamers, Hills, Other, Terrain Building, Trees/Woods
As I write this it is 12:59am on Monday, April 30th, 2012.Later today will be the 149th anniversary of the battle of Camerone.Though this blog is devoted to wargaming the Second Anglo-Afghan War in general, and the battle of Maiwand in particular, I must confess that...
by madguru | Apr 13, 2012 | British Army, Hills, Rocky Terrain, Terrain Building
It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything new here, but there’s some good stuff in the pipeline…(1) I’m almost done with my second “vertical wood-chip” hill — here’s a few WIP pics as a...
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 | Jan 3, 2012 | Hills, Rocky Terrain, Terrain Building
A while ago I was suddenly hit with what I thought was a very good idea — to try to use the same kind of WOOD-CHIPS I used to build a nice little rocky hill (LINK to prior blog post) in a different way — specifically, to turn them on their ends and use...
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,...
