{"id":12479,"date":"2020-01-06T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12479"},"modified":"2021-10-29T03:06:31","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T02:06:31","slug":"wargaming-week-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/01\/06\/wargaming-week-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Wargaming Week – Christmas!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Let\u2019s start this Wargaming Week, covering the Christmas Break!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blog Stuff<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

In a shocking turn of events, I actually got two blog articles done! And posted! I guess most of you have read them.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Before Christmas, I managed to get my impressions on the Sarissa Walled Compound<\/a> finished. These kits have some great potential, and I can’t wait to get them onto the board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I also managed to get up my battle report from Christmas’s game of Chain of Command<\/a>. As always, I love playing it and this quick game has lit the fire under my backside to get around to painting up my own platoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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and maybe a few tanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NEWS<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Not much news as everyone was on their Christmas break, but Empress popped up out of nowhere with a release just around New Years. Their USMC Recon Pack is one I’ve been looking forward to since it was previewed – I love this style of figure, laden down with kit. This pack is full of wonderful details and weapon choices. I’m not currently playing Vietnam BUT this is definitely a pack that could be a great start for some long-range recce games in the light green.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PURCHASES\/Presents<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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With it being Christmas, I got a few things hobby related things as presents. I usually end up buying myself models and paints when I need them (and but mostly when I want them) but reference books I go mad for them. This year, I was lucky to get two art books from games – Modern Warfare and Breakpoint. Although I think Breakpoint is a not particularly good game, the design work on it is packed full of possible inspiration. Modern Warfare, on the other hand, is a game I love and being able to see more about it – both artistic inspiration but also the development process. The final book, Leigh Neville’s Infantry Small Arms is just to keep me up to date with goings-on, as well as all the details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In terms of purchases, I picked up a few things from Empress – the Middle Eastern Civilians and the new USMC Recce team. Both of these are sets of figures I’ve been excited about for a little bit, so I’ll be dropping some of my birthday money on them. I also grabbed some of the old Dark Elf Shades for my fantasy games. There will be more lore on how I’ll be using them soon, but they should be a fun set to paint up before springing them on unsuspecting players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HOBBY<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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At the start of my break, I did nip back into work to pick up a few parcels, including some new arrivals from Spectre! As well as the new guys I picked up, I also got a lucky box! And first piece out was the cartel LAW figure that is as of yet unreleased. I also got a few other Kickstarter exclusives and some mainline figures (including the crouching Ranger).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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But of course, the big thing over the holidays was beginning my 15 minutes of painting a day. This is my plan to keep on being productive with my painting pile this year but its also a great bit of relaxation. To begin with, I started taking a look at my fantasy project. Since December 23rd, I managed to get 12 figures finished. And frankly, I enjoyed getting everyone painted. When I have a few more ready, I’ll collate all my lore notes on them together and write up something for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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That\u2019s it for this update, expect more updates next week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Let\u2019s start this Wargaming Week, covering the Christmas Break! Blog Stuff In a shocking turn of events, I actually got two blog articles done! And posted! I guess most of you have read them. Before Christmas, I managed to get my impressions on the Sarissa Walled Compound finished. These kits have some great potential, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":12528,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[903,948],"tags":[954,914,941,905,939,955,926],"class_list":["post-12479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wargaming","category-wargaming-week","tag-modern-wargaming","tag-skirmish-sangin","tag-spectre","tag-spectre-miniatures","tag-spectre-operations","tag-ultramodern-wargaming","tag-wargaming"],"author_meta":{"display_name":"Michael Charge","author_link":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/author\/chargedog\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_20200105_170526-scaled.jpg","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_20200105_170526-scaled.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["Wargaming<\/a>","Wargaming Week<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Wargaming<\/span>","Wargaming Week<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["Modern Wargaming<\/a>","Skirmish Sangin<\/a>","Spectre<\/a>","Spectre Miniatures<\/a>","spectre operations<\/a>","Ultramodern Wargaming<\/a>","Wargaming<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Modern Wargaming<\/span>","Skirmish Sangin<\/span>","Spectre<\/span>","Spectre Miniatures<\/span>","spectre operations<\/span>","Ultramodern Wargaming<\/span>","Wargaming<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":"0","relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 6 years ago","modified":"Updated 4 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on 06\/01\/2020","modified":"Updated on 29\/10\/2021"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on 06\/01\/2020 12:00 pm","modified":"Updated on 29\/10\/2021 3:06 am"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pvEn5-3fh","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5162,"url":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/01\/15\/lead-mountain-ii-christmas-work\/","url_meta":{"origin":12479,"position":0},"title":"Lead Mountain II – Christmas Work","author":"Michael Charge","date":"15\/01\/2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Over my Christmas break I intended to get some stuff painted. 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