Let’s start this off with a strange statement: Somewhere in my collection, I potentially already have some of the last physical figures I’m ever going to buy. Now I admit, that sounds a bit like I’m going to die and I’m preparing for my end so let me explain. Over the Christmas break, I finally…

A SITREP update covering a session of Open Combat against the Dastardly Regular Opponent

As you might have seen in the past, I’m a huge fan of Combat Octopus‘s modular figures for Ultramodern Wargaming. Each month you get a set of four figures, each split into multiple pieces (usually head, torso, legs and arms) and with multiple weapon options per pose. For example, the image below shows one of…

Last week Spectre released three sets of figures that seemed familiar but different. Taking the original 3D sculpts of the Aftermath Killteam, the Agents QRF and the Criminal Heavies and polishing them up after several years of improvements and planning (as well as changing from metal production to resin allowing for some adjustment). I never…

As you may have seen, I have a 3D printer (I’ve talked a little bit about it). Since I got my first printer back in December 2020, I’ve been printing with STL files produced by other people – something glorious about having the printer at the beck and call is the fact there are so…

As I mentioned in a previous post, I may have printed a load of FDM buildings out but I am yet to actually start painting them. In part, this comes down to the unfamiliarity with a new material (how well will it take spray paint etc) but the other side is just needing to get…

In the last catchup on the FDM printing, I mentioned things were running pretty solidly for the FDM printer but expressed some concerns about how easy it would be to go printing madly away. The Tired World Studios Hexengarde range is packed full of things I’d love to print, and it would be very easy…

I bought a replacement FDM printer back in September last year after seeing the Neptune 4 on a good deal. The previous printer (an Ender 5 Pro) worked but time has moved on and the Neptune on paper was such a huge step up, that it just made sense. So it’s strangely odd that this…

I think most wargamers, even historical ones who claim they want nothing to do with things outside of history books, find themselves having to decide if they prefer fantasy or sci-fi. The two aren’t mutually exclusive, it’s easy enough to enjoy the two side by side, but deep down, everyone has a preference for the…