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The News Stand: 17/07/2026

You can tell it’s summer as this week’s post is missing many of the big names (who I assume are taking a well-needed break). However, there are still plenty of exciting things to talk about, with releases, previews and more! Read on for all the details!

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SITREP: Digital Kitbashing with Combat Octopus

31/07/2024

As you might have seen in the past, I’m a huge fan of Combat Octopus‘s modular figures for Ultramodern Wargaming. Each month you get a set of four figures, each split into multiple pieces (usually head, torso, legs and arms) and with multiple weapon options per pose. For example, the image below shows one of the recent NAWE sets, with the figure in question having two torso options and five weapon options (AR15, Masada, SCAR-H and MK46, with a HK416 that was made available after release). With each set usually sharing the same connection type at the waist, with a…
The News Stand: 29/07/2024

29/07/2024

…. I got nothing No fancy intro, lots of news from all the usual folk, I’m off to play the latest Ready or Not update. As always, thanks to the News Fans and other patrons over on the ChargeBlog patreon for buying my time to make this wrap-up each week. If you like these roundups and find them useful, why not chip in on the Patreon? Spectre Miniatures Adds New Tutorials And Goes Behind The Scenes Spectre Miniatures kicked off last week with a few extra tutorial videos covering Spectre Operations V3. The new videos cover Sustained fire, AoE weapons,…
The Week In ChargeBlog: 28/07/2024

29/07/2024

This week hasn’t actually seen much hobbying unfortunately. Work has been busy, a few games got new updates (such as Ready or Not) that had me spending some time playing games – I’m sure I could class engaging the cartel with Flux Raiders as researching BPRE28mm tactics, but in reality, it was just some time away from the hobby desk. However, it’s not all bad news. I have managed to get a little bit more writing done. The Shyluz Scout Platoon is well on its way. It’s actually going to be two lists – the main one for how the…
The News Stand: 22/07/2024

22/07/2024

This week is a bit quieter, the month rolling on as we enter the final full week. However, we still have news from a few familiar faces, including some very cool items coming soon! Read on for more about what’s around for Ultramodern Gaming! As always, thanks to the News Fans and other patrons over on the ChargeBlog patreon for buying my time to make this wrap-up each week. If you like these roundups and find them useful, why not chip in on the Patreon? BobMack3d Launches World Revolution Kickstarter BobMack3d kicks off this week’s post with the release of…
The Week In ChargeBlog: 21/07/2024

22/07/2024

This week was the final one (hopefully) spent rebuilding the various parts of my network infrastructure in my house. Media serving boxes, the backup machine, swapping drives, recovering data, replacing RAM… and all I wanted to do was just sit down, do some hobbies and paint some minis. Alas, I didn’t escape the technical work on the hobby side either. My Elgoo Saturn has been a bit of a needy mare at the moment – obviously after being bought in 2021, it’s decided it’s feeling a bit old. So, after replacing the lamp unit back in May, one of the…
ChargeReal Lore Drop: Task Force Volk and The Samory

19/07/2024

The ChargeReal Research team has been in the depths this month on the Zanvult Insurrection. However, as part of their work looking at Mercenaries in the world of the ChargeReal (the full post is available for the ChargeReal Researchers tier) they have managed to uncover some additional information on two of the mercenary groups that exist in the setting. Further details are available in the ChargeReal Research Report: Mercenaries Task Force Volk, Libertalia Recruited from former soldiers and SOF operators, Task Force Volk is an example of the mercenary groups that have thrived on Libertalia. Although not directly under the…
The News Stand: 15/07/2024

15/07/2024

Hey, remember how last week’s edition was really short? Well it turns out everyone was just holding stuff back to pack this week’s edition to the brim. We’ve got updates across the board, from Spectre to White Dragon Miniatures to Combat Octopus and more! As always, thanks to the News Fans and other patrons over on the ChargeBlog patreon for buying my time to make this wrap-up each week. If you like these roundups and find them useful, why not chip in on the Patreon? Spectre Miniatures Shows Off Their Resin And Deploys Agents To The STL Releases Spectre Miniatures…
The Week In ChargeBlog: 14/07/2024

15/07/2024

Editor note – there are currently 9 draft SITREP posts sat on the blog. The idea behind SITREPs was originally to write them as fast as possible and get them out, keeping the blog humming along and mapping my own hobby work to posts. The problem is that I take way too long to write anything of reasonable length and then suddenly the week is over, there is another edition of The News Stand and the non-news content is 0 despite actually getting on with a pile of things in the background. At the same time, the once-a-month project update…