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The News Stand: 24/07/2026

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!

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Letter From The Hobby Desk: May 2023

20/05/2023

I absolutely detest being ill. Yes, I’m sure this concept is shocking to everyone, how daring to not enjoy being ill. But the main thing I hate is just the lack of ability actually to progress on the stuff I want to do. I have a small pile of things at the moment that need to be done as soon as possible and worse, things I was just getting momentum on. Basically what happened was that on the Tuesday after Salute, I suddenly started feeling really off. After struggling through the day, I had an early night. For the rest…
SITREP: What A Nerf Herder Begins

25/04/2023

Well, on Saturday while at Salute I took into my hands a suspicious brown paper envelope from one Mr Richard Clarke of Too Fat Lardies. Inside was the rulebook and cards for What a Cowboy, a ruleset that went from “eh cowboys” to “VERY EXCITED” in not a huge amount of time. Of course, this is probably in a large part down to the Mandalorian returning (as well as rewatching the first and best season of it) as well as playing some Red Dead Redemption 2 but something in me got very excited about some rooting tooting cowboy shooting… even…
Patreon Update – Secret Notes from the Hobby Desk

19/04/2023

Right, it’s time for a little plugging. I don’t do it much so I realise this may be a little bit of a shock. In case you didn’t know, I run a Patreon for this blog! It mostly is to function as a tip jar, somewhere to drop a bit of cash every month if you like the stuff I’m making and want to help me get hold of new things to play around with. Thanks to helping me pay off my Patreon bill every month, I’ve been able to flex out a little bit and pick up some extra…
The News Stand: Combat Octopus – April 2023

16/04/2023

Oh no, he’s back to writing news posts Combat Octopus has released this month’s figure set today. It was definitely an eagerly awaited one, especially as for a long time CO had said that doing Regular US Army was not on his list of goals (seeing as they have been pretty widely covered). However, times change, the masses demand and so Patrons backing him in April are getting this set of modular STL parts for some US Army figures, specifically for Iraq in 2007. The release was slightly later than planned but CO has been providing updates along the way,…
SITREP: Baptism of Fire

12/04/2023

After moving in, I haven’t yet had a chance to hit the gaming table in my own house, instead going off to the Dastardly Regular Opponent’s house for Chain of Command or BattleTech. However, having finished decorating my dining room I am now ready to begin hosting games for my roster of opponents. But where to begin? Well, with my former housemate coming over for one of our food/gaming/chat sessions and with the allure of the new units for Echelon and Hongbin alike, we had to get BPRE 28mm back on the table. It had been a while since the…
SITREP: … And Tiny Mechs

10/04/2023

Last year, the game that made me sort out a load of 6mm terrain was Adeptus Titanticus. This year? Well, it’s the classic game, the one that’s been going for over 40 years in various forms: BattleTech. After our first game back in January, the Regular Opponents have decided to go all in on it. I received a box of them for my birthday and, after getting them painted earlier last week, we were all definitely feeling a touch excited about getting some mechs clashing on the board. With Friday being a Bank Holiday in the UK, we decided it…
SITREP: More Tiny Buildings…

10/04/2023

Last Year, I printed out some tiny 6mm buildings from Lazy Forger in preparation for a game featuring tiny mechs. A year later, the Regular Opponents and I planned out a game featuring tiny mechs. So of course, I had to print more buildings. And not just because Lazy Forger has been tempting me with more and more items from his incredible range as he’s been releasing them. Disclosure time! – I’m on Lazy Forger’s test list meaning I receive models for free to help with development as well as providing feedback to him. He also is using this to…
SITREP: Tiny Mechs Done Fast

04/04/2023

So mere moments after writing my Letter from the Hobby Desk, I looked down and realised that I had another project sitting literally by my feet in a box. Back in January, the Dastardly Regular Opponent decided that I didn’t have enough tiny robots in my life and got me this set for my Birthday. I was a little distracted for a month or so, meaning this box had to go in my stockpile of unopened boxes. But, I am a slightly practical man. And I know that I could easily hammer out a lance of Mechs in one evening…