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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 – CVR Upgrade Program – Step 1

12/02/2022

I am a keen fan of the CVR(T) family of vehicles, tiny armoured fighting vehicles which the British have been using since the 1970s and are still (with some tweaks and upgrades) in service with the British Army today. Maybe its from having a diecast one as a toy as a child or maybe the fact it looks like a sports car of the tank world. Either way, getting some in 28mm was one of my goals. After taking a look at Guaro3d (and doing some test prints), I eventually got my hands on the Bobmack3d BAOR kickstarter. As well…
SITREP – TREES! Glorious Trees!

10/02/2022

One downside of not really going to wargames clubs anymore is that I can no longer rely on their vast collections of terrain. I’ve slowly been building up my own stockpile of things in addition to the literal pile of buildings I have, adding some lichen, scatter and trees to the boxes to add to the game. Today I just received a set of cypress trees and some more conifers. These trees are from Ronny8664 on eBay and I really recommend them. They are nice and dense with the flock on them and structurally solid, so little fear of them…
SITREP: Roll on the Recce

08/02/2022

Thanks to the Dastardly Regular Opponent, I got a Rubicon M5A1 kit. Seeing as my Churchill Tank platoon may need some recce boys to watch up ahead, I immediately jumped in to getting it built up! As you might expect from Rubicon, it’s a pretty fantastic kit. That company has nailed down how to make kits for wargaming – plastic kits that look good but also go together incredibly quickly and with some clever tweak to make assembly pretty painless. As someone who assembled four Churchills from Warlord, having a kit that has single piece tracks is literally perfection. I…
SITREP: Vapnartak 2022

07/02/2022

Yesterday was Vapa in York, the first one since 2020. It was good to see the show return – it’s one of the first of the year and among my favourites, a place to catch-up and see people or find out the new release gossip. This year it seemed to be running at 75%, with a few notable people missing (such as the old standby Empress) and a lot more space to move around. I’ll admit, the extra space was pretty great, with less of a snarl just trying to get around the show. As you can see I came…
Battle Report: Operation Kinder– Ultramodern Chain of Command

03/02/2022

With my work on Ultramodern Chain of Command continuing, as well as campaign in the planning, I would need to recruit some additional players. Luckily, I have a former housemate/Delaque player to recruit. Of course, recruiting a new player to game is always interesting, especially as his other tabletop experience had been entirely Games Workshop small model number games (such as Inquisitor, Necromunda and Blood Bowl) so being given a full platoon might be considered a bit of a jump. That said, I managed to get him over on Sunday to have a game, heading back to the Invasion of…
January 2022 Update

02/02/2022

New year, new update format! Rather than looking at projects, I’m instead going to take a look at the various aspects of the hobby, giving a much wider view over it all. But as an intro, I’m feeling pretty happy with January. I may didn’t paint as much as I wanted but there was some nice variety. And perhaps most importantly, so many games! Collecting I actually did pretty well this month in terms of purchasing. I didn’t actually buy any models! One of my goals this year is to save money by not buying too many new things, and…
SITREP: Hint Dropping

27/01/2022

Hmm, this blog has been far too quiet this week, maybe I need to drop a hint about that I’m working on… Okay that’s less a hint and more of a preview. But expect a post soon about some of these fine figures from White Dragon Miniatures. It’s actually been a nice change, jumping around between different paint schemes rather than block painting one scheme. Full post this weekend.
Battle Report: Operation Rubicon– Ultramodern Chain of Command

23/01/2022

Well it’s finally here. After almost 6 months of pondering, mulling over ideas, hunting through forums for tidbits of a hint of shadow, we finally put figures on the table and played a game of Chain of Command in an ultramodern setting, using forces from the ChargeReal setting I’m working on. And oh boy, we had a brilliant time. Before we get into the game, there is something I need to say first – I’m not attempting to make Fighting Season word for word. That ruleset is someone else’s baby and focused on a very specific time period and setting.…