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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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SITREP: A Little bit of Playtesting

23/04/2022

Thanks to the Easter break, my Dastardly regular opponent found himself with some free time on a Tuesday evening. Which for me meant it was time to finally get some playtesting of my fantasy rules in. I’ve mentioned them a little bit but this was the first time we actually got it onto a board, getting a chance to try out all the features. And so far, it works! The core functionality, the basic dice rolling engine seems to work well – we both had fun with the combat and I personally felt it had that imagination firing effect that…
3d Printing – 16 Months and a Saturn later

18/04/2022

In December 2020 I got my first 3D printer, the Elegoo Mars Pro and so began the trip into the 3d printing. I’ve written about it a few times before over the last year, as well as showing off some more models I’ve been working on that have been printed out at home. I’ve even managed to get some of the 3d printed pieces on the game table, allowing me branch out into entirely new areas of gaming or expand the stuff I’m working on. The main thing though – what’s my current feeling on 3d printing? Honestly, I still…
A Little Bit of Sharp Practise

17/04/2022

Having been working like a mad person, I decided to actually take the easter bank holidays off this year. And so, as is tradition, I messaged my Dastardly Regular opponent to request a scuffle/setup a game. After a misunderstanding of days and me declining to run an Ultramoderns game (the rules still being WIP), I was greeted with an unusual idea thanks to the addition of my Creative Regular Opponent. “Napoleonic Sharp Practise?” Now, as you might know, I have a limited interest in the era of black powder games (probably due to falling asleep during games of Black Powder…
SITREP: Faceless King

12/04/2022

Another 3d printed model – this time from Vae Victis. I spotted this “Evil Paladin” among the special characters included in the Match release and just had to get to work on him. With the mask and crown, I was strongly inspired by both the Leper from Darkest Dungeon and Baldwin from Kingdom of Heaven. Painting was, as you can see, pretty simple. I base coat all my miniatures in black (because I’m a psychopath) so painting in white requires some work. For this reason, I painted all the robes in Iraqi sand before covering in white. A black wash…
SITREP: Bazi Counter-Espionage Team

10/04/2022

Another set of models finished, another set I’m really excited to write about! These guys are 3d printed figures made using two of Combat Octopus’s kits – the bodies are from the Eastern European Criminal set with some heads from the MENA Civilians release. After printing on the Elegoo Saturn at 0.03mm, I ended up with a nice set of modular pieces. The reason for this combo was wanting to make some figures suitable for Bazi Counter-Espionage teams. Seeing as we’re getting into campaign season (and reading up on some CIA/JSOC teams in the War on Terror), I’m planning for…
SITREP: Aftermath Team

07/04/2022

After having had them sat in the “to be painted” trays for a while, I finally pulled out the Aftermath team from Spectre. I will admit, this is a team that I bought, looked at and went “What a nice team, no idea what I’ll do with them”. However, I felt in the mood for something simple to paint so I grabbed the guys from the top of the tray and…. remembered that the end of the RPG gunner’s AK had been snapped off. Luckily, I had a TBM AK74SU I could cannibalise and patch him up. Painting wise, most…
March 2022 Update

04/04/2022

Oh boy, that time again. So you may have noticed March was a little bit quiet. Going to admit, I’m not having the easiest time at the moment in the old head box – finding it really hard to just sit down and focus on things in general so hobby stuff falls slightly down priority when trying to get out of bed is a pain in the ass. This might explain the shotgun blast approach to the hobby this month, lots of iron dropped into the fire but not a huge amount of finished stuff (blog posts, images or games).…
For Coin, For Contract – Halfling Paymaster

20/03/2022

Every servant of the Empress has their role. Mine just happens to involve balancing transactions and making sure that mercenaries like yourself fulfil their obligations. And while yes, my usefulness against a horde of orcs or the Northmen may be limited, I do like to think it works better when I am in charge of the coin purse for an expedition, rather than someone more used to using a sword rather than a pen. The right tool for the right job. Now hand me the pouch of salt and spices from my bag – I don’t believe this so-called cook…