by madguru | Jul 27, 2020 | Afghan Regular Army, Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, Flags, History
Welcome to the new version of Maiwand Day. Today, July 27th 2020, is the 140th Maiwand Day. The 140th Anniversary of the 1880 battle. After ten years maintaining MaiwandDay on blogger.com, I am migrating to this website of my own here at MaiwandDay.com. My older...
by madguru | Oct 17, 2019 | Anglo-Indian Army, Fellow Gamers, Figure Conversions, Miniature Figures, Uniforms
Greetings!Unfortunately I’ve been having lots of trouble with this blog. For some time now it’s been impossible for me to leave a comment here, despite it being my own blog. Though I’m still able to create new posts, Blogger won’t...
by madguru | Jul 28, 2015 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, British Army, Miniature Figures
July 27th snuck up on me this year.July 27th is Maiwand Day, the anniversary of the Second Afghan War Battle at which a small Anglo-Indian army was defeated and forced to route in the face of a far larger Afghan army. This blog began in connection with me...
by madguru | Jan 2, 2015 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, Anglo-Indian Army, British Army, History
While Googling around for some Battle of Charasiab-related info — probably connected to the 14th and 12th Bengal Cavalry — I happened across a collection of period photos from the Second Afghan War, several of which I’ve never seen before, available...
by madguru | Mar 31, 2014 | Anglo-Indian Army, Fellow Gamers, Hills, Rocky Terrain, Terrain Building
For me, one of the unexpected rewards of blogging has been the occassional opportunity to see someone physically remote but similarly inclined, make use of something they saw posted here. This has happened a few times over the 3-1/2 or so years since I started...
by madguru | Mar 6, 2014 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, British Army, Fellow Gamers, Other, Uniforms
Long-time readers of this humble blog may recall the first time I presented the Second Afghan War-related 1/6th scale work of artist and master model-maker Tony Barton — famous in 15mm-18mm Napoleonic circles as the sculptor behind the highly-regarded AB Figures...
