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  • The Last News Stand: 08/11/2026

    The Last News Stand: 08/11/2026

    Yep, you’re reading the title right. After 150 editions and as the 900th post on my blog, I think it’s time to hang up the news hat and bring The News Stand to an end. But, we do still have one more run at the news, so read on for more!

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  • Technicals – Improvised Weapon Systems

    Technicals – Improvised Weapon Systems

    While writing Friday’s post I realised, except for a brief mention, I haven’t actually talked about some of the wierder weapons available from Spectre and how I had assembled them ready for hot-swapping into the technicals. Seeing as they don’t fit into either of the themes of the next two posts, and as a midweek treat, here is a quick post covering how the insurgents now have a bit of long range firepower thanks to the rocket pod and the BMP turret systems. We’ll start with the rocket pod. As seen in a few conflict zones around the world, irregular…

  • Wargaming Week 21/05/2018

    Wargaming Week 21/05/2018

    Let’s start this Wargaming Week, covering the 14th through to the 21st of May. BLOG STUFF Last week’s post was kicking off a new project! B-Town is going to be packed full of me finally getting my MDF finished off and ready for the tabletop as well as lots of opportunities to try out new things. I talk about it a bit more in the hobby section but this is something I’m really looking forward to. Even better, it’s a project that I get to show off without any preset deadlines… for now. Speaking of blog stuff, a post went up…

  • GDPR and ChargeBlog

    Yep, it’s one of those posts. Time for a bit of housekeeping. Part of my weekend has been spent doing some spring cleaning on the site, fixing up some of the crud left over from running the same wordpress install since 2009. The other part has been working on some tweaks needed to bring the site inline with the new GDPR regulations. I’ve stripped out some systems that were gathering excessive data for a hobby project (such as Google Analytics) and updated the site to force HTTPS across the site. What does that mean for you the reader? Honestly not…

  • Project: B-Town – Part 1: More Impressions and Project Begins

    Project: B-Town – Part 1: More Impressions and Project Begins

    It’s time for a new project! With the completion of Operation Dragon’s Hoard, my scenery projects have run dry (and less full of downed planes and dust). However, that doesn’t mean my terrain collection is all good to go. Since I started wargaming, I’ve slowly been collecting more and more MDF, all ready for a day when I run a full size game set in a city (as planned for a future part of the CGS series). As you can see by my picture of shame taken in March, there is a lot of MDF to paint. And what’s worse,…

  • Wargaming Week 14/05/2018

    Let’s start this Wargaming Week, covering the 7th through to the 13th. BLOG STUFF This week’s post was taking a look at Spectre’s MENA Regulars. I always find this style of figure really useful when designing scenarios (especially when wanting a change from hordes of insurgents). I’m every excited to see what comes next in this range! NEWS Knights of Dice have been showing off some new buildings for the Tabula Rasa range. These apartment buildings have been talked about for a while so it’s great to hear they are getting close to release. I’m defiinitly interested in some more residential…

  • Impressions: Spectre MENA Regulars

    Impressions: Spectre MENA Regulars

    It’s safe to say that most ultramodern games will probably end up with high tech Western forces up against irregulars. However, sometimes you’ll need some more uniform looking MENA forces to either act as the OPFOR or to act the role of the locals being advised or assisted. At Salute, Spectre released their first wave of MENA Regulars and I just had to pick them up. The release goes for the classic look of these forces, with the combination of PASGAT helmet, body armour and Russian weaponry. There are three packs available, with a six figure squad set armed with assault…

  • Wargaming Week 07/05/2018

    Let’s start this Wargaming Week, covering the 30th of April through to the 6th of May. BLOG STUFF Last week was a two post week – Wednesday was taking pictures of Hammerhead 2018 while Friday was the last post for Operation Dragon’s Hoard. As I say in the post, it’s been real fun to run the game at all the shows but sadly, I don’t have time to run it for the rest of the year. On the other hand, I’m already thinking of what to run next. A bit of forwarning – I’m looking at some site downtime in the…

  • Operation Dragon’s Hoard: The Final Run and Post Mortem

    Operation Dragon’s Hoard: The Final Run and Post Mortem

    This post should have been appearing back in March. However, General Winter came a calling and the final run of Operation Dragon’s Hoard was delayed due to the show being cancelled after an unexpected amount of snow. In my last post on Operation Dragon’s Hoard, I covered some major tweaks I’d made to the plane to make it look more crashed. I also covered some other tweaks I’d thought of making to add some extra detail. However, I ran out of time to make these alterations. They might be something I come back to in the future but honestly I…

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