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 | 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...
by madguru | Dec 28, 2014 | Ground Cover, Rivers, Rocky Terrain, Terrain Boards, Terrain Building
I started writing this blog entry on Sunday, December 7th — Pearl Harbor Day 2014 — the 73rd anniversary of that momentous historical event — but unfortunately, right after that, I got sick. Everyone gets sick from time to time, myself included, but...
by madguru | Nov 18, 2014 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, Rivers, Terrain Building
Many of you will be familiar with the Kipling poem “Ford o’ Kabul River”. I’ve been a Kipling fan since I was a boy, so despite the fact that the tragic river-crossing which befell the 10th Hussars on March 31, 1879, cost the lives of 19...
by madguru | Oct 23, 2014 | Rivers, Terrain Building
With construction complete on the pair of Logar River boards, it was time for my first attempt at painting the waters of the river itself. In a way this may not be that important, since the plan is to fill the river with at least three 1/8″ deep pours of...
by madguru | Oct 22, 2014 | Rivers, Terrain Boards, Terrain Building
Picking up right where I left off in my previous post, next up is applying some Elmer’s WOOD FILLER atop all the exposed foam removed to create the river channel, and also some patches on the surface of the border to break up the ballast and pebbles so the...
