by madguru | Aug 26, 2011 | Buildings, Bridges, Defensive Works, Etc., Camerone, Maximillian Intervention
I. Hacienda compound This is the centerpiece of the project, all based on a single piece of roughly 30” square board (plywood or Masonite or whatever else you use). It consists of: (1) a large 2-story Spanish-style Mexican HACIENDA building with a red ceramic tile...
by madguru | Aug 7, 2011 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, Buildings, Bridges, Defensive Works, Etc.
I’ve been meaning to post these pics of a commercially available Pathan village that I ordered from Stronghold Miniatures more than a year ago and finally painted up a couple of months back. Unfortunately I don’t think they are still available. I just saw...
by madguru | Aug 4, 2011 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, British Army
Here’s a nice pic of the 66th lined up in the small dip of low ground running just behind the central nullah, with one of the smooth bore 6-pounders anchoring their right flank and one wing of Jacob’s Rifles to their left…
by madguru | Jul 30, 2011 | Afghan Regular Army, Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, British Army, Miniature Figures
Took some pics to try out a new camera. I think they turned out pretty well…(please click on any to blow them up to full-size)NOTE: The mounted gunnery officer is an Empress Miniatures Anglo-Zulu War artillery battery commander, as seen here:(click on pic to see...
by madguru | Jul 27, 2011 | Afghan Wars & North-West Frontier, Battle Reports, Fellow Gamers, Miscellaneous History, Rules, Scenarios & Army Lists, Terrain Building
For years I’ve been a fan of the Anglo-Afghan-War.info website, which brims with information and enthusiasm for the history of the Second Afghan War, from battlefield maps to an exhaustive bibliography to first-hand accounts of various participants. Though...
by madguru | Jul 26, 2011 | Uncategorized
A day before the 131st anniversary of the original Maiwand Day, I am putting up my last “full unit conversion” for the British side of the battle — 3 limbers and their crews from E/B Battery of the Royal Horse Artillery.I already had a beautiful set...
by madguru | Jul 20, 2011 | Uncategorized
My 11 year-old daughter put this picture together for me and I think it turned out pretty well. For many years I’ve wanted to do this sort of thing but have never broke down and paid for Photoshop (I’m a bit of a cheap b@$#@*%), but she did it using PAGES....
by madguru | Jul 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
We used the Afghan tribal cemetery in a big game a few months back, while my Maiwand brother-in-miniature-arms Nick Stern was visiting from Northern California. He and my son teamed up as the Anglo-Indians against me as the Afghans.I never got around to posting an...
by madguru | Jul 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
For a long time I wanted to build a cemetery for use in my North-West Frontier and Second Afghan War games. I had seen photos and illustrations of tribal cemeteries, both historical and contemporary, and read a bit about them and I knew of at least one small battle...
by madguru | Jul 6, 2011 | Uncategorized
My family and I just got back from 4th of July trip to visit my gaming buddy Matthew Rigdon’s family ranch in Texas, which was a lot of fun. Adding to the fun while there was receiving pics of my finished unit of 3rd Bombay Cavalry from Igor, my painter in...
