Monthly Archives: February 2011

W.I.P.: More Kubbah

Posted on February 28, 2011 by Jack Wagner

Or Marabout.  Kubbah/Qubba is Arabic for a Marabout.  Anyway. I didn’t plan on posting this until the work is finished and detailed but here are a couple more shots of the work in progress.  I also have no written narrative … Continue reading →

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W.I.P: Moroccan Marabout

Posted on February 27, 2011 by Jack Wagner

From the Oracle (Wikipedia): [1] The term Marabout appears during the Muslim conquest of North Africa.  It is derived from the Arabic word “Mourabit” or “mrabet” (one who is garrisoned). [2] religious students and military volunteers who manned the Ribats … Continue reading →

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Foregin Legion History (1831 to 1914) Graphic

Posted on February 26, 2011 by Jack Wagner

I believe the chart below came from Wiki Commons .  It depicts in graphic form the historical time line of the French Foreign Legion from it’s inception to the First World War.  The dates, key conflicts and the French historical … Continue reading →

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Legion Pulp: Heat of Battle

Posted on February 25, 2011 by Jack Wagner

Another short story from the master of French Foreign Legion Pulp stories–Georges Surdez.  This time the legionnaires are fighting the Turks in the Dardanelles. I cannot imagine how much fiction might be out there, somewhere, lying unread, in some boxed … Continue reading →

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1:72 Scale Grid

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Jack Wagner

I’ve been up to my eyeballs with work issues, home repairs, weather, kid’s college issues, appointments, taxes, a cold and other assorted crap that just seems to suck the life out of you like an Azkaban dementor.  What a relief … Continue reading →

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Comparison Pictures

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Jack Wagner

The pictures below show some differences between the sizes of ESCI, Airfix, Pegasus figures against the Redbox conversions I worked on this weekend.  On Benno’s Figures Forum there was posted an excellent conversion of various WWI and FFL soldiers into … Continue reading →

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Vintage Colorized Photographs of North Africa

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Jack Wagner

A while back, while digging around on the Library of Congress website I came across several dozen colorized photographs of Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco.  I found these very absorbing to look at one after the other.  There are some good … Continue reading →

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More Berbers

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Jack Wagner

I started out with about fourteen figures that I attempted to convert into reasonable Berber or Moroccan Arab raiders by adding various capes and hoods made out of Green Stuff.  I finished four on Sunday and another five today (since … Continue reading →

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Snow (again)

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Jack Wagner

Here are a couple of pictures I took this A.M. after shoveling out my driveway.  This was the second really large dump of snow we had this winter.  The remarkable thing was that, until yesterday morning, all the snow we … Continue reading →

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Four Berbers and a Pack Camel

Posted on February 20, 2011 by Jack Wagner

I mentioned in my previous post (10 Feb) about some conversions I was working on involving some Redbox Afghans that I wanted to make look like some Berber/Riffian tribesmen.  I finished four of these and here they are.  They are … Continue reading →

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