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The News Stand: 12/06/2026

The week has ticked over, so it’s time to cover all the latest in the world of Ultramodern Wargaming. New releases from Spectre, previews from Combat Octopus and many others, and even a sign of life from Haywire. Read on for more!

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Weekly Update 1 – The One Where Charge Buys A FDM Printer

14/10/2022

To keep the YouTube machine happy (and because it seems a fun way to be on top of hobby blog things), I’ve started doing a weekly hobby update vlog. It’s low editing compared to my other videos but it does let me ramble on about all the things I’m up to. This week, lots of stuff on the FDM printer, with some other things scattered in there. Why not give it a watch and then like, comment and subscribe? Eurgh, that felt weird to say.
Magewinds

12/10/2022

Long ago, there was the source. From it flowed all magic. Its mages were called sorcerers, and they guarded their power jealously. For with it, they dominated all things. The empire of sorcery ruled over the entire continent. Yet in time all empires fall. – The source was shattered, From it came the Tempest, and from the Tempest came the Winds. Now the Winds have made mages of us all. So begins the website for Magewinds, a miniatures agnostic fantasy warband game made by my friend Rachel where everyone is a mage. Designed to be easy to pick up, quick…
October 2022 Patreon Update – Time For Spooky Season

06/10/2022

Let’s do a little round-up of the Patreons I’m currently backing that play into. I’d usually include this in my main update post but frankly, it keeps getting longer and longer to the point where it overwhelmed the main update. By putting it in its own post (and delaying it a few days), it means I can hit the update cycle of most of the Patreons I follow. Spectre’s Patreon continues to provide some very nice models, although at maybe the not best value proposition. The terrain STL includes some updates to previously construction materials, including some truly massive pipe…
September 2022 Recap – Not Much Painting, A Lot Of Writing

05/10/2022

Holy crap we’re into October already. When did that happen? House stuff is still rambling on, not helped by the current joyride the UK Economy is currently having. For this reason, I still have all my hobby gear up and running, the 3D printer still slamming away and I’ve been trying to find time for painting. I’m actually going to be expanding my printer collection – a friend is clearing out a repalced Ender 5 Pro and so I lept on it, the first roll of filament and a dry storage box paid for via a reward program through work.…
The Nations of the ChargeReal: Bazistan Region Pt. 1

01/10/2022

As I’ve mentioned in the past, my ultramodern warfare projects are set in ChargeReal, an alternative universe set in approximately the modern day but with a few modifications and tweaks to allow the setup of whatever situation or series of events I want to play, without causing any potential problems with players or commentators. Building a whole world up is a monumental task but it is definitely something I’m enjoying. As I am an incredibly practical/lazy man, my world-building is not particularly visual. I know many people sit down with a piece of paper, draw a map and then start…
SITREP: Famous By Our Swords!

19/09/2022

As you may know, I am very much of fantasy games. Having let myself buy more than just moderns, I decided to go hard into getting all the fantasy figures I’d always wanted, but never got around to getting armies for. Combine that with 3d printing giving me all the figures I might want for cheap and a brain that can’t be stopped from writing settings, and suddenly I’ve got a hankering for fantasy world of men, elves and dwarves in puffy sleeves and filled with duty to their Empress versus the monsters of the wilds (although honestly, it’s probably…
A Contract in Awbari – Painting Time

12/09/2022

The last time I talked about my BPRE 28mm box, I made the comment “I’m really looking forward to getting this painted up. Shouldn’t take me very long” or words to that effect. Well, 3 months later I actually realised that I suddenly had a week to paint up the remaining Shurta, all the Hongbin operators and even the Scorch operators in order to take the fight to my Former Housemate (and more importantly get him into BPRE 28mm). That meant it was time to break out the paints and get to work. This article has a video version avaliable…
August 2022 Update – Necromunda, Bazistan and Awbari

03/09/2022

We’re into September now. As reported last time, house buying is still underway – a technical glitch by one of the parties has slowed it but we’re working with what we have to keep it going. Because of that, I’m still continuing to start packing things up, slowly collapsing into boxes. I’m reluctant to really pack everything up until I know a date, so it’s lots of being on edge just in case. Good thing I’ve had plenty of hobby to distract myself with! Spectre Monthly Update This is getting to be a common thing isn’t it? Probably because I…