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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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2022 in Planning

05/01/2022

Earlier this week, I ran through what I got up to in 2021, which honestly having gone back through it all I’m pretty happy with. 2021 saw me work on a variety of genres Looking ahead, what are my plans for 2022? Well…. Project 365 First up, my plan to paint 365 models in a year. As I mention in the 2021 review, I didn’t quite hit that goal but it was a great motivator. I’m going to roll the goal over into another year – even if I don’t hit it, it would be nice to begin to approach…
2021 in Review

03/01/2022

2021 is over. It was definitely a hard year for most people, with me finding myself especially struggling by the end with life and work. However, through all of it there was a lot of good! I managed to get a chunk of things done, including a lot of the social side of the hobby that I enjoy. It’s safe to say that without the Monday Night Paint sessions I started doing with my friends I’d be a lot worse off. But thanks to them (as well as many other people on both Twitter and Patreon) I managed to make…
SITREP – Winter Churchills

01/01/2022

In preparation for tomorrow’s Big CoC game, I needed to get my Churchill tanks painted up and ready. As my British Infantry are designed for late World War 2 mud snow and horrible times, so must my tanks match the colour scheme. I originally had planned to just do them in green and then add some snow effect; this could have been a good plan but honestly, I needed them ready for tomorrow and frankly I trust my ability to white wash a vehicle over the greens more than playing around with snow powders. I also had some bad times…
SITREP – The Prince’s Private Army Pt.2

01/01/2022

The second half of the latest set of Bazi SF is done. These were the last three models I painted in 2021 (with the final wash being done moments before the clock struck midnight). I really enjoyed painting thse guys and I’ve very happy with how they have turned out. Expect a full post on them soon, as well as some more details on the lore behind these guys (as well as a scenario I’m pushing out to Patrons in January using them). The photo above is also the first one using my new camera! Although the Pixel 6 is…
SITREP – Big Printings Pt.1

28/12/2021

New tech, time to show off just what it can do. As mentioned before, I’m taking a look at the Vae Victis church walls they included in the Advent Calendar this year. These files are way too big to print on the Mars Pro, but easily fit on the much larger print bed of the newly arrived Saturn. They do however present a slightly different challenge to the workflow I have on the Mars – the build plate does not fit my Mercury Plus, so instead I had to clean them separately (after leaving them for a while for the…
SITREP – Christmas 2021

27/12/2021

Merry Christmas! Remember how last week I posted up some new stuff and said the cursed words “I’ll finish the rest tomorrow”? Yeah no dice – in my first week of time off I managed to fall out of a sleep pattern, have a nasty reaction to the COVID Booster jab (sweats, shivers and aching joints) AND pick up a horrible head cold from my family. So all those hobby plans I had went out the window and instead I spent the week either asleep or stumbling around trying to do anything while feeling exhausted. Luckily I’m pushing through the…
SITREP – The Prince’s Private Army Pt.1

21/12/2021

It’s taken me a little time (I was distracted by all sorts of fantasy things) but I’ve finally finished off the first three Criminal Element Heavies from Spectre. As mentioned previously, these guys are going to be used as another Special Forces team in the Bazi Empire. While the Insurgent PMC I’ve done previously look like a properly military unit, the ballistic masks and tricked out guns are definitely something a touch more “personal”. For this reason, I’m going down the route that these guys are the private army of one of the many Bazi princes, an elite unit inside…
Longshore Lockdown: The Final Matches and Wrap Up

18/12/2021

And so, all good things must come to an end. The Necromunda Campaign that we started all the way back in October came to an end after 6 weeks of furious gaming. It’s been a great little ride, giving em a chance to try a brand new game, build up a cool gang for it and then beat up my friends in open combat.