by madguru | Feb 23, 2011 | Uncategorized
This is the first of some 113 posts showing the progress of our 3rd refight of Maiwand, from start to finish. This was the first time we actually played the game through to its final conclusion.
by madguru | Jan 25, 2011 | Uncategorized
Here’s a couple of pics of the old Ral Partha Pathan Chieftain which may be the figure you’re looking for, Bill. If that’s the case, drop me a line here or via PM on TMP, and I should be able to help you out…
by madguru | Jan 5, 2011 | Uncategorized
Well, now there is a THIRD — and 2 versions of it, one full figure, the other close-up. Here is a very recent addition to my ever-so-slight but still existent “Hyderabad Contingent” pictures collection — a beautiful color print of a...
by madguru | Jan 4, 2011 | Uncategorized
Following up on the pics I recently posted of PAINTED conversions, here are the last few conversion jobs themselves: some Army Hospital Corps and some artillery crewmen.The Hospital Corpsmen started out as WWI IN THE EAST “Character Pack One” from WOODBINE...
by madguru | Dec 30, 2010 | Uncategorized
I wanted to make this my last post of the year, but life got in the way, so it is now becoming my first post of the NEW YEAR.First off, I’ll wish anyone and everyone reading this blog a very HAPPY NEW YEAR!Next are some pics of various conversions back from the...
by madguru | Dec 21, 2010 | Uncategorized
I’ve had a request to post some pics of British Cavalry in the Second Afghan War. As far as I know, 6 regiments of British Cavalry saw active duty in the war — 6th Dragoon Guardss, 8th Hussars, 9th Lancers, 10th Hussars, 13th Hussars, and 15th Hussars....
by madguru | Dec 19, 2010 | Uncategorized
I’ve been MIA from this blog, due to a crazed deadline at work, but you can’t keep a crazed Maiwand Day enthusiast down for too long, so I’m back for a moment or two, with some pics of another very simple but IMHO quite nice little conversion,...
by madguru | Dec 4, 2010 | Uncategorized
When I was a boy I began collecting Osprey Men-At-Arms books. In the early to mid-Seventies they cost $2 or $3 at Polk’s Hobby Shop in Midtown Manhattan. Polk’s down-sized, then disappeared, but at about the same time The Complete Strategist —...
by madguru | Dec 3, 2010 | Uncategorized
The conversions on this blog have involved Wargames Foundry miniatures, except for Colonel Galbraith and General Samuel Browne, both of whom were done using Empress Miniatures. But this post is about a conversion I did using two figures from my favorite manufacturer...
