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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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  • Impressions: Spectre’s Vehicle Stowage Alfa

    Impressions: Spectre’s Vehicle Stowage Alfa

    Alongside the release of the Razor, Spectre also released a set of vehicle stowage. Designed to let you personalise and add detail to any form of hobby project, the stowage kit comes with a pile of things to weigh down your vehicle of choice. It also hopefully points to future plans from Spectre which are exciting for anyone with a pile of Humvees or objectives that need some extra detail to them. So for your £7.50, what do you get? According to the site description: 1 each of large, medium and small cooler/storage box 1 x long gun Pelican case.…

  • Impressions: Spectre’s Razor Part 2

    Impressions: Spectre’s Razor Part 2

    Before you read this impression, I really recommend going back and reading the original impressions on the Razor. I only intend to cover the new stuff and most of what I talk about in the previous post covers building the Razor now. It’s taken a while but the Razor is now available from the Spectre website! Although it’s currently out of stock due to everyone buying them, they are now actually on the site. In addition, there are now crew and stowage available so you can make your vehicle look even more operator. We’re going to take a look through…

  • Wargaming Week 03/07/2017

    Wargaming Week 03/07/2017

    Let’s start, covering the 26th of June through to the 2nd of July. BLOG STUFF We took a trip to Bazistan, my fake imagi-nation this week. It was really great to get all of the information I’ve had lying around and collate it into one place. I’m going to use it as a place to jump off from for paint schemes and model projects; I’m looking at repainting some of my Empress USSF figures to stand in as special troops for the Republic of Aden, ready to fight the insurgents crossing the border. This weekend also saw the start of a…

  • Briefing on Bazistan

    Briefing on Bazistan

    You may have noticed the word “Bazistan” has been thrown around in several of the battle reports. So what on earth is it? Well, it’s an imagi-nation, a fake nation constructed for the simple purpose of providing a backdrop for my games. Rather than just including a random word in every battle, I thought I should actually explain what Bazistan is and why I use it. Why an imagi-nation? Despite playing “historical” rulesets, imagi-nations provide a powerful tool for gamers getting involved in ultramodern warfare. Here are the main reasons why I play in Bazistan rather Afghanistan or Iraq explicitly…

  • Wargaming Week 26/06/2017

    Wargaming Week 26/06/2017

    Let’s start, covering the 19th of June through to the 25th. BLOG STUFF Impressions on Empress’s Vehicle Crew are now up! This was fun to do although it was a bit of a rush to get it done. Focusing on getting figures done, including 4 in a brand new art style, was a neat challenge. I was really happy with painting all of the US guys in one evening, so it bodes well for getting all my US Infantry Platoon when finished. GAMING Nothing, still focused on writing stuff PURCHASES I managed to sell off some duplicate figures I have and…

  • Impressions: Empress Dismounted AFV Crew

    Impressions: Empress Dismounted AFV Crew

    When you start to add vehicles to the tabletop, it’s just a matter of time until you need crewman figures thanks to some lucky rebel with an RPG. For light vehicles the standard line infantry will do but as you start to get to the heavier end of the AFV’s available, crewmen start wearing different helmets and vests. Luckily, Empress have just released some packs to help you out. Available for both the US and the UK armed forces, each nation gets both a mounted and dismounted version. As I haven’t got any vehicles waiting to assemble, I just picked…

  • Wargaming Week 19/06/2017

    Wargaming Week 19/06/2017

    Let’s start, covering the 12th of June through to the 18th of June. BLOG STUFF This weekend’s post is part 2 of the scatter terrain impressions. This time I’m looking at MDF parts from multiple manufacturers. There will be more parts coming (Spectre keep dropping things I like the look at) so keep an eye open for that. A bit of bad news, I’m not going to be ready to run my demo board at Claymore in August. Between work, holidays, going to the Spectre weekend in July and wanting to have some free time I just won’t be able to…

  • Impressions: Scatter Terrain Part 2

    In my previous Scatter Terrain post, I looked at everything resin. Now however, we move onto the world of MDF. Some of these may hit the boundary of what you class as scatter terrain but are included anyway. Knights of Dice Cell Towers Made of lots of little parts, these towers once built are perfect for making a building into a command post or data centre. Instructions are provided on the Knights of Dice store. Knights of Dice Crates Some of the cleverest design for building crates, these are made of flat sided 3D shapes with an detail layer sat…

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