by madguru | Aug 26, 2014 | Terrain Boards, Terrain Building
Right now I’m at the tail-end of a 2-week trip with my family through Pennsylvania and New York, for my son to visit colleges he’s interested in possibly attending next year. The last time my family and I visited Pennsylvania was to attend the 2007...
by madguru | Aug 11, 2014 | Rivers, Terrain Boards, Terrain Building
Well, after living with the results of my first round paint-job on the Logar River for a couple of days, I came to the inescapable conclusion that though it looked good, the color was just too blue and not enough green for my purposes.Going by the photographic...
by madguru | Aug 9, 2014 | Rivers, Terrain Boards, Terrain Building
Well, it’s been a few months now since I started building my Logar River boards for use in my Battle of Charasiab terrain lay-out. It’s been an extremely busy time for me, at work, at home, and also with an unfortunate call to serve on Jury Duty,...
by madguru | May 10, 2014 | Crop Fields, Terrain Building, Uncategorized
Though Afghanistan is known for being filled with arid and mountainous terrain, many of its valleys are incredibly green and fertile. Here’s a good example:The October 6th 1879 battle of Charasiab, was fought over arid foothills and rocky heights, but also...
by madguru | Apr 22, 2014 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, Terrain Building
This past weekend my 14 year-old daughter surprised me by asking to set the wargames table up with a large Medieval battle, for her to shoot video of for a class project. The table was already covered with my not-quite-finished Charasiab layout, with various...
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″...
