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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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September 2022 Recap – Not Much Painting, A Lot Of Writing

05/10/2022

Holy crap we’re into October already. When did that happen? House stuff is still rambling on, not helped by the current joyride the UK Economy is currently having. For this reason, I still have all my hobby gear up and running, the 3D printer still slamming away and I’ve been trying to find time for painting. I’m actually going to be expanding my printer collection – a friend is clearing out a repalced Ender 5 Pro and so I lept on it, the first roll of filament and a dry storage box paid for via a reward program through work.…
The Nations of the ChargeReal: Bazistan Region Pt. 1

01/10/2022

As I’ve mentioned in the past, my ultramodern warfare projects are set in ChargeReal, an alternative universe set in approximately the modern day but with a few modifications and tweaks to allow the setup of whatever situation or series of events I want to play, without causing any potential problems with players or commentators. Building a whole world up is a monumental task but it is definitely something I’m enjoying. As I am an incredibly practical/lazy man, my world-building is not particularly visual. I know many people sit down with a piece of paper, draw a map and then start…
SITREP: Famous By Our Swords!

19/09/2022

As you may know, I am very much of fantasy games. Having let myself buy more than just moderns, I decided to go hard into getting all the fantasy figures I’d always wanted, but never got around to getting armies for. Combine that with 3d printing giving me all the figures I might want for cheap and a brain that can’t be stopped from writing settings, and suddenly I’ve got a hankering for fantasy world of men, elves and dwarves in puffy sleeves and filled with duty to their Empress versus the monsters of the wilds (although honestly, it’s probably…
A Contract in Awbari – Painting Time

12/09/2022

The last time I talked about my BPRE 28mm box, I made the comment “I’m really looking forward to getting this painted up. Shouldn’t take me very long” or words to that effect. Well, 3 months later I actually realised that I suddenly had a week to paint up the remaining Shurta, all the Hongbin operators and even the Scorch operators in order to take the fight to my Former Housemate (and more importantly get him into BPRE 28mm). That meant it was time to break out the paints and get to work. This article has a video version avaliable…
August 2022 Update – Necromunda, Bazistan and Awbari

03/09/2022

We’re into September now. As reported last time, house buying is still underway – a technical glitch by one of the parties has slowed it but we’re working with what we have to keep it going. Because of that, I’m still continuing to start packing things up, slowly collapsing into boxes. I’m reluctant to really pack everything up until I know a date, so it’s lots of being on edge just in case. Good thing I’ve had plenty of hobby to distract myself with! Spectre Monthly Update This is getting to be a common thing isn’t it? Probably because I…
The Al-Khoufra Affair – Remote Playing Skirmish Sangin V2

13/08/2022

My original plan for last weekend was to spend my Saturday relaxing – I’d had a busy weekend on the one previous (with family events and running a game for one half of TTE), the Sunday was to be airsoft, so Saturday would be a lazy, lazy day. And then Ben, the other half of TTE casually mentioned an interest in a game of Sangin and so, I offered to run a quick game. After quickly writing up a basic idea, sending off the in-character brief and then cursing myself for not having written a character creator app yet, I…
The Bazistan Job – Remote Playing Skirmish Sangin V2

05/08/2022

Okay, unlike the last two times, this was entirely on me. I’ve recently been chatting with Dan over on the Ultramodern Wargaming Group/The Table’s Edge podcast/DeskOps store (Christ he’s busy) about Skirmish Sangin and how it plays as an alternative to Spectre. So, after realising I was spending a whole Saturday doing family stuff, I decided to treat myself to an afternoon of wargaming and offered to run him through a quick game of the playtest rules currently on the Sangin group. Plus, it gave me a chance to scribble down a new scenario taking place in the ChargeReal. Of…
Underhive Blues: Return to the Underhive – Enforcers vs Orlocks

03/08/2022

Damn, it it’s happened again. My former housemate/sneaky Delaque friend is someone I keep meaning to play more games with (seeing as he is close by, a good friend and someone who is fun to play against). However, thanks to the churn of life, we have ended up missing out on a few opportunities until literally on Monday he popped up and asked if I fancied some Necromunda this week. And after pulling myself out of the Vietnam Flashback of the last campaign we played, we agreed to jump back into one of our favourite games. Although we did change…