Adventures in Wargaming

Summer is here, and so the cup doesn’t quite floweth over as everyone takes time out. However, there are still some great previews for all things Ultramodern this week, so read on for more!
Okay, yes, not skipping News updates again because Enemy Spotted studios also gave us a pile of stuff to talk about. First of all, more information on RECON, the high speed pickup and play variant of InCountry. As well as reminding us of the date, we also got information on two of the sets being released. The Covert Kill Team was shown off last week, but we have more info that they are armed with the ShAK-12 battle rifle, letting you slam 12.7mm rounds to take control of close quarters fights. There is also talk of rules allowing for you…
Sorry for the delay on this one, my weekend was a little busy so I didn’t get a chance to capture the news. Which would normally be fine, but over the last week Spectre went all out on the update front! First up, let’s talk about the big news. Over the weekend, Spectre ran its first trial event of providing Print on Demand (POD) figures. This is something that it’s made a lot of sense for Spectre to provide alongside its STL offerings, seeing as Spectre’s core fanbase was built up with physical releases and a lot of the customers…
I am pleased to announce the first release of the new Gunslinger range from Flytrap Digital is coming out at 12:00 NZST on the 15th of July 2023, for those backing the Patron at the appropriate levels. This release has been a long time coming and the last few days have been a blur of back and forth making sure all the final touches are ready for this first release. You’ll find the release trailer embedded above or can be found by clicking here. Before we can get started, disclosure time! I’ve been chatting with Anton at Flytrap since March…
If you’ve been following Modern-Miniatures.eu, you’ll remember they ran a Kickstarter back in May to release some G-Class style SUVs along with a collection of upgrade parts. Well, if you missed out on that, you can now get them from the Modern-Miniatures.eu My Mini Factory page or if you’re inside the EU at his webstore. The release includes three base models of SUV – a regular size, a long version and a military variant with a turret ring and hatch. There is also an upgrade pack adding items such as snorkels, side skirts, several variants of bumpers and bull bars…
Spectre have returned from their trip to the States and we’re already seeing a glimpse of what’s coming soon thanks to the WIP channel on the Spectre Discord. It’s hard to overstate how important the Spectre technical releases (both the original in early 2017 and the SF variants later in the year) were to both this blog and to the business as a whole, providing a set of modular pieces to assemble a vehicle at just the right level of power for the skirmish game of Spectre Operations. However, time has moved on since 2017 and the variety of vehicles…
Right on schedule, Friday saw another update from the guys at ESS on their next stage for INCOUNTRY. We now have a release date! August 1st 2023 will see INCOUNTRY: RECON release, along with a pre-order event for a few new releases that are ideal for this smaller figure count version of the INCOUNTRY mechanics. The actual rules themselves will be available for free and available from the INCOUNTRY website, in the same way as the SKULLCORE rules for KillWager were released. You may also notice above we have another new squad that’s coming as part of RECON. These guys…
Since moving house, I’ve decided to move away from my purely black undercoat to roughly dry brushing layers of increasingly lighter grey and white to allow me to use contrast and other similar tools on my models while still retaining a similar feel to the older models I’ve painted and are still in my collection. The problem with this for me is that I’ve been absolutely chewing through my supply of kitchen paper due to all this drybrushing, which is a problem when I already need it for 3D printing and actual kitchen tasks. However, while browsing my Facebook feed,…
Flytrap Factory has today shown off some visuals of their upcoming ultramodern figures they are releasing later this month via Patreon. This first video shows off the first two elements that are coming out on July 15th for Black Sector. The Assault Element and Breacher Element are reasonably modern PMC operators (although not quite tip of the spear). The Assault Element is 5 figures with suppressed ARs, while the Breacher Element adds the specialists for the assault – two figures with MP7s and shotguns, two MP7 users with breaching gear and a Marksman to cover the final approach. The figures…

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