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 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...
by madguru | Nov 5, 2012 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, Anglo-Indian Army, British Army, Miniature Figures
Many of you may already know this, but I feel compelled to mention it nonetheless: the NWF & Boer ranges are officially back up and available on the Wargames Foundry website. Here’s a LINK to the North West Frontier range –(click image to visit...
by madguru | Oct 24, 2012 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, British Army, Figure Conversions, Miniature Figures
(1) ANOTHER “BALA HISSAR OR BUST!” CONVERSIONFirst up is another conversion for my First Afghan War, “Bala Hissar or Bust!” project. It’s another soldier of the 44th Regt. of Foot, this one wearing a fur coat.The body comes courtesy...
by madguru | Sep 21, 2012 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, British Army, Figure Conversions, Scenarios & Army Lists
Despite not being as actively-updated as I’d like for it to be, this blog has passed a couple of benchmarks lately that I want to take a moment to mention. It was graced by a visitor from its 100th different country, COLOMBIA (then surprisingly soon after by a...
