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The News Stand: 12/06/2026

The week has ticked over, so it’s time to cover all the latest in the world of Ultramodern Wargaming. New releases from Spectre, previews from Combat Octopus and many others, and even a sign of life from Haywire. Read on for more!

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The News Stand: 13/05/2024

13/05/2024

We’re rolling in May and we have plenty of exciting things to dig into. Combat Octopus has released his latest set, Spectre has shown off some upcoming heavy firepower and BobMack3d gets us ready for an upcoming Kickstarter. Read on for more! As always, thanks to the News Fans and other patrons over on the ChargeBlog patreon for buying my time to make this wrap-up each week. If you like these roundups and find them useful, why not chip in on the Patreon? Spectre Miniatures Previews More Technical Weapons Not content with releasing a pile of heavy firepower for your…
ChargeReal Project 1: The Written Word (Part 2)

13/05/2024

It’s been a little while since I last posted a proper update about the ChargeReal project on this site – hobby times has been distracted by the arrival of The Old World in my group of Regular Opponents and so evenings spent printing resin and painting green have been replaced with assembling plastic and rebasing modern GW figures into a method that somehow lets them rank up properly. But that said, my brain is still focusing on building up the ChargeReal and in particular the Republic of Shyluz. Having announced the project earlier this year, I’ve been building up notebooks…
The News Stand: 06/05/2024

06/05/2024

Start of a new month so we have a pile of new updates from across the board. Miska’s Kickstarter continues, Black Hills and Urban Scatter Gaming announce new plans, and Combat Octopus shows off two more armoured lads. Oh, and Spectre Miniatures has a massive release for your vehicle garage. As always, thanks to the News Fans and other patrons over on the ChargeBlog patreon for buying my time to make this wrap-up each week. If you like these roundups and find them useful, why not chip in on the Patreon? Spectre Miniatures Drops The Motherlode Of Vehicle Parts Strap…
Project Update: May 2024

04/05/2024

Oh yeah, we’re doing this again. As much as I do my SITREPs and updates when things happen, sometimes you need that monthly update to keep your eye on the sheer number of plates you’re spinning. I’m going to write them at the start of each month, and do a quick once over what’s been done and what’s coming up. Tech Update Before we go into the juicy stuff, a little update on the behind-the-scenes. Two big things with the resin 3d printer at the moment – the first is that I’ve moved away from Elegoo ABS like in favour…
The News Stand: 28/04/2024

29/04/2024

This week, the news returns with a vengeance – new releases from Empress, Kickstarters, previews and more! Read on for more! As always, thanks to the News Fans and other patrons over on the ChargeBlog patreon for buying my time to make this wrap-up each week. If you like these roundups and find them useful, why not chip in on the Patreon? Empress Miniatures Releases Ultramodern Ukrainian Civilian Militia Slightly sooner than expected (Partisan isn’t for another few weeks), we have the release on the Empress Miniatures website of the Ukrainian Militia figures shown off a Salute a few weeks…
SITREP: A Matter of Scale

25/04/2024

I’ve been into Ultramodern Wargaming for almost 10 years at this point, from the first figures ordered in a Dundee student flat to running this blog and spending a lot of time talking, writing, painting, playing and thinking about wargaming. That’s a lot of time to gather a lot of rules, a lot of scenery and a lot of figures. And if there are two things I’ve learn over that time: Ah ha! You thought this post was just going to be about figure scales based on the header, didn’t you? Nope, it’s a double hit. We get to talk…
The News Stand: 22/04/2024

22/04/2024

New updates this week from across the spectrum of Ultramodern Wargaming. Scenarios from Spectre, Vehicles from Miska, Cool Operators from Combat Octopus and Scenery from Urban Scatter Gaming. What’s not to like? As always, thanks to the News Fans and other patrons over on the ChargeBlog patreon for buying my time to make this wrap-up each week. If you like these roundups and find them useful, why not chip in on the Patreon? Spectre Miniatures Releases New Rules Content and Previews A Pile of LTVs Spectre Miniatures this week has been going hard on releasing new rules updates for Spectre…
Combat Geometry

21/04/2024

Listen, I am on record of disliking Combat Geometry. Combat Geometry is the feature of rank and flank games, the clashing of big blocks of troops that slowly trudge forwards, where players spend time humming and ahhing over specific degrees before rolling a mountain of dice. I prefer a little more cut and thrust, a quicker move as play goes back and forth drawing me towards skirmish games. My time in Rank and Flank is usually only from demo games at clubs or ending up in a games room in Darlington under the watchful eye of 3D printing sensei/Creative Regular…