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Half of June is over, the summer is basically here and there is a pile of new updates from Ultramodern Wargaming. Read on for all the latest in previews, releases and more!

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Wargaming Week 28/10/2019

28/10/2019

Let’s start this Wargaming Week, covering the 21st through to the 27th of October. NEWS No news! Last week was a pretty major dump while this week is pretty much silent. PURCHASES After last week’s post, I grabbed some of Sarissa Precision’s compound walls – I’ve been looking to assemble these for a long time so being able to grab some pre-designed saves me a chunk of time. And honestly, walls help to really set the scene. I also picked up a few more pieces for my Dark Eldar project – more details when they are ready, I’m looking forward…
Wargaming Week 21/10/2019

21/10/2019

Let’s start this Wargaming Week, covering the 14th through to the 20th of October. NEWS First up, Empress has released some Vietnam US Armoured crew, ideal for modifying all your vehicles for Indochina. As well as their use in Vietnam, I can see plenty of use in smaller third world nations in ultramodern, perfect to stand out from more modern US crew. Delta Zero, an interesting looking tabletop game from the guys down under who do the Power Stance Gaming Podcast, is now on Kickstarter. I’m really interested in giving a go at the rules and see what it does…
Wargaming Week 14/10/2019

14/10/2019

Let’s start this Wargaming Week, covering the 7th through to the 13th of October. NEWS Arriving just too late for last week’s post, we have some brand new Empress WW2 Brits. These figures are just going to moulding and I have to say they look perfect – probably my favourite models in the range. These four are the command element, perfect for representing NCOs or officers in your force. I’m already parcelling out which one is going where in my Chain of Command Platoon – naturally, the old man in his greatcoat will be my Senior Leader. I am definitely…
Wargaming Week 07/09/2019

07/10/2019

Let’s start this Wargaming Week, covering the 30th of September through to the 6th of October. NEWS First up we have a new rules alert. Zone Alfa is an upcoming ruleset from Osprey covering post-apocalyptic skirmishing in Eastern Europe. If that description brought up images of STALKER to your mind, this is pretty much it. I’m interested in taking a look at the rules – it’s a neat way of reusing modern figures in a tweaked setting or an excuse to add some more to your collection. Empress dropped a pile of new releases before SELWG. As well as some…
Wargaming Week 30/09/2019

30/09/2019

Let’s start this Wargaming Week, covering the 23rd through to the 29th of September. NEWS No news! PURCHASES A few paints for some ongoing projects were picked up, including some of GW’s Contrast paints to try out. You’ll see what I was doing with them later on… HOBBY So this week was a lot of WIP. I’ve continued assembling the paras, done a few more things to paint… and this package from Artel W in Russia arrived! I really have to recommend then and I am very impressed with what I received. Among the things in the box was this…
Wargaming Week 23/09/2019

23/09/2019

Let’s start this Wargaming Week, covering the 16th through to the 22nd of September. BLOG STUFF New post went up, taking a look at the Gringo40’s NVA figures I prepared for some MENA shenanigans. I’m a pretty big fan of them and will probably look to add some more to my collection as more are released. I can definitely see these as the US-friendly fighters, seeing as they look better equipped than the Spectre militia. Perhaps it’s time for some militia vs militia fighting, SF advisors helping either side? Less blog news but more writing news, I’m in this month’s Wargames…
Impressions: Gringo 40’s NVA – MENA Style

17/09/2019

A wise man once said – “You will never have enough insurgents for wargaming”. And it’s kind of right! With such a variety of groups around the world, as well as the breadth and depth of equipment available to them. Due to this, ranges listed for Ultramodern can only go so far before you start wanting something a little fresher. This led me to take a look at the Gringo 40’s range of NVA. Just glancing at the range, you don’t see the stereotypical Vietnamese look of the more rural fighters, and after seeing them painted up by Volley Fire…
Wargaming Week 16/09/2019

16/09/2019

Let’s start this Wargaming Week, covering the 9th through to the 15th of September. BLOG STUFF New post on the Gringo 40’s guys coming tomorrow! Just need to do the finishing touches to it. NEWS View this post on Instagram Working on a gaming table for next weekends release! We will be covering the build during the week. #spectreminiatures #spectreoperations #tabletopgames #wargaming A post shared by Spectre (@spectreminiatures) on Sep 12, 2019 at 6:26am PDT This week is a week of Spectre news! First of all, a massive tease from them – it looks like we have a big Spectre release…