by madguru | Aug 25, 2012 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, Hills, Rocky Terrain, Terrain Building
The family and I are almost done with our European vacation, and tonight one of my daughters was a bit under the weather, so we all came back to the hotel somewhat early — at least for Rome — and everyone is sleeping, except for me, so… rather than...
by madguru | Aug 12, 2012 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, Hills, Rocky Terrain, Terrain Building
About to head off on a family vacation and wanted to put this up before leaving. Just finished this latest rocky wood-chip hill this past week, and think it turned out well. Nothing new compared to the prior info I’ve posted on building and painting...
by madguru | Jun 18, 2012 | Fellow Gamers, Miscellaneous History, Rocky Terrain
It’s been a busy Spring here at the Maiwand Day household, on work and family fronts, and hobby activity and related blogging have suffered from the resulting lack of time on my part. But sooner or later this too shall pass, and with the successful...
by madguru | Apr 13, 2012 | British Army, Hills, Rocky Terrain, Terrain Building
It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything new here, but there’s some good stuff in the pipeline…(1) I’m almost done with my second “vertical wood-chip” hill — here’s a few WIP pics as a...
by madguru | Jan 19, 2012 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, British Army, Hills, Rocky Terrain
These are some of the first pictures of miniatures taken in my new house.I took them in my office, using light from a small directable ceiling fixture meant to illuminate artwork that will one day (hopefully in the not-too-distant-future) hang on the wall below. The...
by madguru | Jan 3, 2012 | Hills, Rocky Terrain, Terrain Building
A while ago I was suddenly hit with what I thought was a very good idea — to try to use the same kind of WOOD-CHIPS I used to build a nice little rocky hill (LINK to prior blog post) in a different way — specifically, to turn them on their ends and use...
