by madguru | Jun 25, 2015 | Marshland/Swamp, Rivers, Terrain Building
Last night I finished hot-gluing reeds made from Wee Scapes Field Grass in Light Green at various spots along both banks of my 6′ long Kabul River terrain-board…I also gave my daughter a more-up-to-date pic of the table. It includes a pair of...
by madguru | Jun 20, 2015 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, Terrain Building
Well, I’m close to being done with my Charasiab terrain layout, very close. It’s been a long time coming, having worked on all the elements of this set-up for more than 3 years now (?!?!?!), and of course the highlight is the trio of villages, each...
by madguru | Jun 3, 2015 | Buildings, Bridges, Defensive Works, Etc., Terrain Building
Earlier today I received photos from Chris The Model Maker showing the just completed three Charasiab villages with four watermills, a set of man-made irrigation canals, three modest bridges for crossing them, a larger bridge which won’t be part of the Charasiab...
by madguru | May 25, 2015 | Buildings, Bridges, Defensive Works, Etc., Rivers, Terrain Building
First for the roosts — these are the second set of photos from Chris Riordan, aka: Chris The Model Maker, showing progress on the trio of Charasiab villages, as well as the above-ground “Karez” (canal/irrigation system) complete with 3 small bridges,...
by madguru | Mar 30, 2015 | Buildings, Bridges, Defensive Works, Etc., Marshland/Swamp, Terrain Building
Greetings to all my fellow travellers in the Miniature Wargaming Blogosphere…I’m calling this post “BACK TO THE FUTURE” because it involves the near-future completion of a big project, which said project is set in the past, so it seemed like an...
by madguru | Feb 28, 2015 | Battle Reports, Fellow Gamers, Miscellaneous History, Rivers, Terrain Building
As is obvious to anyone who’s recently visited this blog, my hobby time lately has been “All About the Rivers,” so to speak, as I’ve been enmeshed since this past Spring in building a set of terrain boards to represent the Logar and Kabul...