by madguru | Apr 29, 2013 | Camerone, Fellow Gamers, Maximillian Intervention
Nick Stern drove down from Northern California today and arrived with a HARDY HANDFUL OF “COMPANY DANJOU” LEGIONNAIRES and a METRIC TON OF MEXICANS — as well as full-size 1860s era French Army Captain’s Kepi…Sgt. Morzycki up on the...
by madguru | Apr 27, 2013 | Camerone, Fellow Gamers
Well, I’m getting there… almost.Done with the 2’x2′ terrain board.More than halfway done with one long overlay to cover one of the 3 nullahs. A second nullah will serve as the “cactus-filled ditch” from the early stages of the...
by madguru | Apr 24, 2013 | Camerone, Terrain Boards, Terrain Building, Trees/Woods
A week from today — on Tuesday, April 30, 2013 — myself and a dozen or so fellow “Cameronistas” shall find ourselves engaged in an epic struggle, of 28m miniature proportions, refighting the greatest battle of la Legion Etrangere....
by madguru | Apr 11, 2013 | Fellow Gamers, Miscellaneous History, Other
This is a bit of a hobby post, and a bit of a “life in general” post, mashed together.I have been incredibly busy of late, with good things and not-so-good things, as is usually the case in life.Over on my Camerone Day blog, I am chronicling the countdown...
by madguru | Apr 10, 2013 | Buildings, Bridges, Defensive Works, Etc., Camerone, Maximillian Intervention
Today was my first day off in many weeks. As my wife has been out of town visiting relatives in New York & New Jersey, I used it to take care of a lot of domestic duties and chores, culminating in a trip to the airport to pick her up. All went well,...
by madguru | Apr 2, 2013 | Buildings, Bridges, Defensive Works, Etc., Camerone, Maximillian Intervention
Here are some pics of the remaining CAMERONE DAY pieces built by Chris The Model Maker…First up is the abandoned and out of use DAM, built to distribute water brought from the nearby river via a small manmade canal for use irrigating surrounding farmland and as...
by madguru | Apr 1, 2013 | Camerone, Fellow Gamers, Maximillian Intervention
It’s been a packed couple of weeks here at the “Camerone Day” household. My middle child had her Bat Mitzvah — the big coming-of-age event in the life of a Jewish child — two Saturdays ago. Like her older brother before her,...
by madguru | Feb 12, 2013 | Camerone, Maximillian Intervention
Not long after putting the pics of the abandoned dam model up on this blog, I ran across a pic of a real life version that was very close, though somewhat different, in design, which in this case appears to date back to about the turn of the 20th Century. I had...
by madguru | Feb 4, 2013 | Other
Recently was able to clear a lot of coats & shirts, many of my wife’s dresses, and a ton of other stuff out of the closet in my home office, and then had the interior redone with storage shelves all around instead of hanger rods.I’m hoping this will...
by madguru | Feb 3, 2013 | Buildings, Bridges, Defensive Works, Etc., Camerone, Maximillian Intervention
There’s a lot of excitement here at my place — and it’s not because of the Superbowl later today, since as a Giants & Patriots fan, with a soft spot for the Green Bay Packers, as well as the Chargers — who I occasionally drive 2.5 hours...
