by madguru | Mar 12, 2017 | Buildings, Bridges, Defensive Works, Etc., Terrain Building
After posting 200+ pics showing the rather involved and time-consuming build of my Afghan/NWF Hill Tower/Mud Fort, I am back again, with a short-but-sweet post sharing a handful of pics of the just-finished fully painted version.I’m very happy with how the the...
by madguru | Feb 21, 2017 | Buildings, Bridges, Defensive Works, Etc., Terrain Building
I’ve called this project “The Accidental Hill-Fort” because until literally just before I started building it, I had no intention to, so it virtually came into being by accident!This past October I put up a post about some figure conversions...
by madguru | Apr 26, 2016 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, Buildings, Bridges, Defensive Works, Etc., Terrain Building
I think I started building this model in very late January or early February, and I put up my previous blog post — detailing construction of the first 3 pieces — on March 11th, about a month-and-a-half ago. In a way this terrain piece feels like it has...
by madguru | Mar 11, 2016 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, Buildings, Bridges, Defensive Works, Etc., Terrain Building
A while back when I set up the terrain for my “Bala Hissar or Bust!” scenario, I wasn’t paying much attention to the British Cantonment located outside the walls of Kabul. I looked for some 18th Century earthworks I added to my collection years...
by madguru | Jan 26, 2016 | Buildings, Bridges, Defensive Works, Etc., Terrain Building
Slammed with work but just enough time to post a few pics of the completed Kohistan Gate for Kabul. Nothing fancy but I think it blends in pretty well with the pre-existing set of generic fortress walls, certainly a much better fit than the Medieval European...
by madguru | Jan 21, 2016 | Buildings, Bridges, Defensive Works, Etc., Terrain Building
Last night I got back home from a very long & productive day’s work and — to relax, really — spent the late night on something I’d been thinking about for the past few days, since finishing up my scratchbuilt Kabul Bridge… namely,...