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I finished off the first set of Turnbase Hight Intensity Operators. I’m going for more of a mix with these guys, trying to use the wide selection of heads to make them fit as a larger PMC faction. Fun to paint, nice details. Really happy with the guy at the front’s head – the ginger beard + scottish flag. Of course, it was ruined slightly when I remembered Scotland doesn’t exist in ChargeReal. Ah well, I’m sure I can make it mean something. The results of last night’s print job – a VBL with .50cal turret! Really impressed with how…

First up, some more tweaks/fixes to the website. Most of my hobby time (which was limited) was spent fixing all the images and reuploading some missing files. Everything should now be working and I’m feeling a little more stable on the site (while not duplicating every image). After work and FTP messing around, I only had a little time for painting. I brought the final Turnbase High Intensity operator up to the same standard as the rest of team, as well as neatening up elements, painting things tan (not a real operator if it isn’t tan) and progressing slightly on.…

First up – site stuff. I’ve been having some issues with the site and various pages not loading. Thanks to everyone dropping me messages, clearing out some old images and fixing up the site seemed to overload it a touch. Going to spend some time fixing some stuff at the weekend, turns out running a website for over 7 years with no real tech overhaul leaves a lot of junk lying around. Hobby wise, I finished painting the pair of Bushmaster I printed off. I’ll be doing a proper photo set on them later but they were painted up as…

I finished off the week’s Battle Report! It was really fun game to play and even better to go back to and play through. Still need to get back into the flow of it to speed up (and not be distracted by watching wrestling with friends) but happy to get the blog flowing. Go give it a read at https://www.hntdaab.co.uk/blog/2021/09/13/battle-report-bad-day-in-al-khalas-skirmish-sangin-v2/ Once I finished writing, I got to painting. The Bushmasters have been sat waiting to be painted. I started off with the black paint, needed for tires and more. I’ve really got into using Contrast Black Templar over coloured sprays,…

Today’s work – all focused on getting ready for tomorrow’s game! I’ve printed off the Skirmish Sangin V2 rules (and the play aids), rolled up the soldiers, finished off the scenario and updated the wiki page! The original plan was to do Local Forces vs our old friend in Commando Global Solutions but alas they were AWOL in The Dastardly Opponent’s collection and so will reappear later. Instead I’m rolling out the Insurgent PMC as a team from a new organisation The International Janissaries. This also means that every figure on the board is afflicted with “new model syndrome”. I…

I realised the other day as I watched various youtubers return to email list to make sure you see their stuff, as handy as social media is, it’s also not where a big chunk of the people interested in hobby live. And honestly, I’d rather not lose all my stuff to the whims of some algorithm. For this reason, I’m returning to the old magic (RSS and Email), posting my daily content on the blog for everyone to enjoy. The focus of my hobby time today was mostly getting the new additions to my Republic of Shyluz Infantry done. The…