This week has been busy as hell with the day job so I haven’t managed quite as much hobby as I wanted to. But I have managed to still get a few little things done – plus a whole lot of printing.
First up, the sales post is still open. I have had a few people grab things (most of which are still waiting to be delivered) but there is still plenty available. I’m happy to chat about making deals if you’re grabbing enough stuff or you’re buying for a club.
But okay, let’s talk about my actual hobby. And yep, you as you can see from that aggressive shade of green in the bottom of the box, it’s Old World time. After getting the figures all base-coated last week, it was time to get to work. I started off by grabbing Warboss Green, the latest in vivid green basing for that 6th edition feel and starting to get my painted figures with the right vibe. I also started work on the rest of the warriors to try and get a feel for painting that style again. Sadly I didn’t manage to get a huge amount painted up, but the process has begun.
On the 3D printing side, the big thing this week was the trench system from Idawoj’s North African terrain Kickstarter. As mentioned in the past, this set is designed to be printed using resin but I’m trying to see how well the pieces work on the FDM printer. This set of trench pieces worked out pretty well – there are a few little imperfections that need cleaning up (as well as some curling sections due to a levelling issue). However, from comparing the costs in the slicer, printing via FDM takes a similar time but is almost half the price. I’m going to paint these pieces up as a test (as well as the other fighting positions from last week) but potentially this could mean I could prepare some really dense boards fill with trenches and fighting locations for operations along the Shyluz border.
Another piece of terrain I’ve been printing is some more fantasy items for The Old World. The large ruined building I showed off last week is great but does take up a large amount of space for a rank and flank game. However, there are a few smaller pieces from the same range, and I think the ruins of Latchkey Row (available for free on MMF) are a slightly better size for putting on the edge of the play area. This piece is once again printed at 0.08mm layer height for that detail so it took 27 hours which isn’t exactly quick. However, I’m very happy with the final quality, but we’ll see how it looks when it’s painted up. I’ve also just fired off a mirrored version to see how I can vary up the options and see how they look on the board.
Finally, I also picked up Spectre’s new releases on Friday and had these guys printed by Saturday. There were a few minor misprints that I’m going to have to re-do – most are minor shifts in the legs which means it’s easy to spot them once you try to place them on the flat bases. I’m really interested in getting them painted up, especially the Agents set. The operator with the M4 (and a shotgun hanging on his back) is definitely one that I could see being a great asset on the tabletop. The Ukriaiins are also cool – in a few cases, you can see the original Local Forces figure it was based on, but the decision to make them Ukrainian-specific means you get a few specific additions that make them feel dirty, muddy and closer to the images you see coming out of the war.
That’s it for this week, with a new update coming next Sunday.
