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I bought a replacement FDM printer back in September last year after seeing the Neptune 4 on a good deal. The previous printer (an Ender 5 Pro) worked but time has moved on and the Neptune on paper was such a huge step up, that it just made sense. So it’s strangely odd that this blog has been relatively quiet about it. In fact, it’s never been mentioned on here at all. That was because I managed roughly 3 days of printing on it before I had major issues with first-layer adhesion (kind of vital for a system that slowly…

I think most wargamers, even historical ones who claim they want nothing to do with things outside of history books, find themselves having to decide if they prefer fantasy or sci-fi. The two aren’t mutually exclusive, it’s easy enough to enjoy the two side by side, but deep down, everyone has a preference for the sword or the blaster. Except Star Wars fans who cheat by combining the two. For me, I’m very much a fantasy man. The infinite worlds and galaxies are fun, but they don’t compare to some good low-level fantasy, the struggle of the ordinary human versus…

I’ve been in Leeds since February 2020 and despite this city having multiple wargames clubs, I’ve only just managed to get my ass to one. The Leeds Wargames Club (those guys who run Fiasco every year including when I demo’d Dragon’s Hoard back in the day) are based out of Hicks Hall in the Burley area (just around the corner from Cardigan Fields Leisure Park in Kirkstall), which rather uniquely is a property the club has exclusive use of – usually wargames clubs have to settle for pub backrooms or rented spaces which can limit their game time due to…

Not every improvement I’m making this year is just about the figures I’m painting or the games I’m playing. I had planned to do some tweaks about how I present the figures I have and how I store them but through the process, I have actually managed to go a step beyond and open up some extra possibilities as to the type of projects I can attempt. First up, I’m trying to find a better way of showing off the figures I paint up. In the past, I’ve bounced between just having them on the painting desk to trying to…