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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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SITREP – Mission Prep

11/09/2021

Today’s work – all focused on getting ready for tomorrow’s game! I’ve printed off the Skirmish Sangin V2 rules (and the play aids), rolled up the soldiers, finished off the scenario and updated the wiki page! The original plan was to do Local Forces vs our old friend in Commando Global Solutions but alas they were AWOL in The Dastardly Opponent’s collection and so will reappear later. Instead I’m rolling out the Insurgent PMC as a team from a new organisation The International Janissaries. This also means that every figure on the board is afflicted with “new model syndrome”. I…
SITREP – Various Stages of Paint (and short blogs)

09/09/2021

I realised the other day as I watched various youtubers return to email list to make sure you see their stuff, as handy as social media is, it’s also not where a big chunk of the people interested in hobby live. And honestly, I’d rather not lose all my stuff to the whims of some algorithm. For this reason, I’m returning to the old magic (RSS and Email), posting my daily content on the blog for everyone to enjoy. The focus of my hobby time today was mostly getting the new additions to my Republic of Shyluz Infantry done. The…
August 2021 Project Update

05/09/2021

August is gone. Not the most summery of months for me, I ended up getting my second jab and falling ill on week off (not related, was just run down from work). On the other hand, I got a ton of stuff done hobby wise – painting, printing and writing. So overall, pretty good! Also you might have noticed, my paint rack has expanded! Yep, I realised I was still putting some of my paints into my drawers, rather than having them within arms reach which was getting annoying. Because of this, I picked up two extra drawers to carry…
The Empress’s Hounds – Episode 1 Game 1

27/08/2021

If you want more information on what’s going on, as well as the story so far, don’t forget to read the introduction page. Scene 1 – Forest Clearing. Alistair Von Ferrumgard, leader of this band of Swordmasters watches stoically as his pupils form up in two groups of two and prepare for a mock duel Introducing a player to a new game is tricky. You usually have to find a good scenario that is interesting yet not overwhelming, showing the game off without deluging them in details. Luckily, Open Combat is simple yet interesting enough that you can easily play…
The Empress’s Hounds

25/08/2021

An advantage of moving back to Leeds was bringing me closer to friends and family which brings with it the advantage that I have a much wider base of people to see and play games with. One of which is my Sister, who runs her own blog covering her hobbies. She is not really a wargamer, having only had the classic experience of being dragged through a game of Warhammer or two and collecting a few of the old Bretonnian figures. However, she is a keen board gamer and a fan of all things fantasy. One day last year while…
ChargeReal Designer Notes – Introduction

18/08/2021

Earlier this year I announced I was taking a sidestep in my Ultramodern wargaming. As much as wargaming the real world was interesting, I was getting distracted by some of the surrounding “noise” you get from playing things that for some people are very close to home. The other reason for making the step was wanting to create my own setup, letting me use a wider variety of equipment and tactics in a wider variety of locations to run a wider number of scenarios. And then the Ultramoderns went a little bit quiet. That was mostly due to the fact…
July 2021 Project Update

02/08/2021

July, another hard month on the old brain but still slowly working through it. At least the heat wave is over. That said, productive month for painting. Also managed to do a little bit of a tidy up, part 1 of fixing up my workspace. The room I work in is mostly done, but I still have to work through the backroom where Is store my terrain and the 3d printing setup is. The other thing from this month is realising just how much shit I have and how little I’ve actually painted up. I really need to stop purchasing…
3D Printing – The Process Part 1

23/07/2021

In my last post, I covered the basic setup of my devices. In my next few posts, we’re going to take a look at the process of actually printing the model. The first will cover all the stuff that happens before we start getting messy. Getting Models The first stage of 3D printing (after the initial setup) is of course, getting something to print. There are a few different ways to get hold of STLs (the file format most commonly used by slicing programs). Make your Own! Errrr… okay this is WAY too much for a single blog post. 3D…