by madguru | Oct 15, 2013 | Hills, Rocky Terrain
I’m happy to report the day has arrived: I’ve completed the last rocky wood-chip hill required for my Charasiab lay-out, and perhaps the last such hill I’ll ever build for my Afghan War/NWF gaming purposes. As usual, I took a ton of...
by madguru | Oct 7, 2013 | Hills, Rocky Terrain, Terrain Building
As “Charasiab Day” — October 6th — inches towards its conclusion, I am forced to admit I missed my deadline in prepping an anniversary game for this year. Things have been insanely-busy at work, plus the Los Angeles Dodgers reached the...
by madguru | Sep 4, 2013 | Hills, Rocky Terrain, Terrain Building
Made a decent push towards completing the last big hill for my Charasiab layout over the month of August, which just ended. I have finished the “hot-glue” phase and begun the “putty” phase, using Elmer’s Wood Filler as usual....
by madguru | Jul 28, 2013 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, Hills, Rocky Terrain, Terrain Building
It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything here on Maiwand Day, but with today being July 27th, I felt I had to! Not a bad — obligatory — “had to,” but a good, enthusiastic one.I’ve been extremely busy at work for the...
by madguru | Dec 27, 2012 | Buildings, Bridges, Defensive Works, Etc., Rocky Terrain, Terrain Building
Like one of my favorite fellow bloggers — Willie Anderson, over at “The Anderson Collection” — not long ago I was surprised to learn I’d reached the built-in limit for image-storage on this blog-site — at least...
by madguru | Nov 16, 2012 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, Rocky Terrain, Terrain Building
Back in September I hit a bit of “hobby block” — if there is such a thing — while in the ongoing midst of working on one interminably-large, rocky wood-chip hill.I decided I needed a more modest project, which I could see through to completion...