{"id":12734,"date":"2020-05-11T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12734"},"modified":"2021-10-29T03:06:29","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T02:06:29","slug":"wargaming-week-11-05-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/05\/11\/wargaming-week-11-05-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Wargaming Week 11\/05\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Welcome back, to a new Wargaming Week!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"> NEWS <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-facebook wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-facebook\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mailempressminiaturescom\/posts\/2881572128606557?__tn__=H-R\" data-width=\"552\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block;\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>New update from Empress &#8211; they are working on a version two of their two page ruleset &#8220;Danger Close&#8221; to add vehicles and aircraft. This will double the ruleset size up to four but should also make it more interesting for anyone slowly building up a collection of Empress&#8217;s products. I&#8217;ll be keeping an eye on it, ready to update the comparison doc when it releases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"> UPDATES <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200504_143944-scaled.jpg?fit=700%2C525&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200504_143944-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200504_143944-scaled-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Lichen! As part of my terrain building efforts, I&#8217;ve been picking up elements I&#8217;ve previously not needed before. Trees came first, but now it&#8217;s more rough ground cover for scrub brush. Ideal for concealment, this should help to make some of my boards &#8220;pop&#8221; a little more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1439\" src=\"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200506_225307.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200506_225307.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200506_225307-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Wednesday&#8217;s stream saw me finishing these guys off &#8211; five more USMC guys for the collection all ready to go. You can also see the effects of the light box I picked up, which should make all my painting look slightly more passable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200508_232900-scaled.jpg?fit=700%2C525&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12737\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200508_232900-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200508_232900-scaled-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Friday night saw me sit down with a few beers on a zoom call and start painting some of my WW2 British, inspired perhaps a little bit by it being VE Day. I only managed to get the first two layers done (and a few pieces of flesh) but I&#8217;m already pretty excited to be working on them. Amazing what a few colours can do!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s it for this update, expect more updates next week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back, to a new Wargaming Week! NEWS New update from Empress &#8211; they are working on a version two of their two page ruleset &#8220;Danger Close&#8221; to add vehicles and aircraft. This will double the ruleset size up to four but should also make it more interesting for anyone slowly building up a collection [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":12736,"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-12734","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\/05\/IMG_20200506_225307.jpg","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200506_225307.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/category\/wargaming\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Wargaming<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/category\/wargaming\/wargaming-week\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Wargaming Week<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Wargaming<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Wargaming Week<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/category\/wargaming\/wargaming-week\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Modern Wargaming<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/category\/wargaming\/wargaming-week\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Skirmish Sangin<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/category\/wargaming\/wargaming-week\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Spectre<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/category\/wargaming\/wargaming-week\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Spectre Miniatures<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/category\/wargaming\/wargaming-week\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">spectre operations<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/category\/wargaming\/wargaming-week\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Ultramodern Wargaming<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/category\/wargaming\/wargaming-week\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Wargaming<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Modern Wargaming<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Skirmish Sangin<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Spectre<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Spectre Miniatures<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">spectre operations<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Ultramodern Wargaming<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Wargaming<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":"0","relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 6 years ago","modified":"Updated 4 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on 11\/05\/2020","modified":"Updated on 29\/10\/2021"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on 11\/05\/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\/pvEn5-3jo","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12327,"url":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/2019\/10\/07\/wargaming-week-07-09-2019\/","url_meta":{"origin":12734,"position":0},"title":"Wargaming Week 07\/09\/2019","author":"Michael Charge","date":"07\/10\/2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Let\u2019s start this Wargaming Week, covering the 30th of September through to the 6th of October. 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