{"id":26237,"date":"2023-01-02T01:21:53","date_gmt":"2023-01-02T01:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/?p=26237"},"modified":"2023-06-25T01:36:47","modified_gmt":"2023-06-25T00:36:47","slug":"sitrep-not-much-fun-with-siocast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/2023\/01\/02\/sitrep-not-much-fun-with-siocast\/","title":{"rendered":"SITREP: (Not Much) Fun with SiOCAST"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It’s the new year and I trust Twitter to work correctly as much as I trust myself in a Greggs not to buy a steak bake so I’m going back to using my blog for all the little posts and updates. Enjoy!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After my New Year’s celebration in Middlesbrough, the traditional New Year Shawarma and a drive back to Leeds, my original plan had been to assemble and at least undercoat the figures from the Phaseline BPRE box<\/a> in preparation for their first game tomorrow during our traditional New Year’s gaming session up North at the home of the Creative Regular Opponent (previously seen in Operation Carronade<\/a> and the General d’Armee-ing<\/a>). We’re doing a smorgasbord of games (with other titles such as 0200, What a Tanker and Battletech on the table) so I decided that we could easily fit a short night raid into the day of gaming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, my plan was scuppered when I started going through the Hongbin guys and started finding issues with the figures – mould slip, failed details and air bubbles that completely destroyed part of some figures’ feet. I’d be unhappy if these were from basic models from Spectre, but coming from a premium box at a premium price, this is really concerning. I need to check the state of the rest for a full picture but Echelon has already said they’ll replace any figures that have issues. I’ll report more when I get through and work out the next step.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looks like my regular Opponents tomorrow will just have to use the basic figures I already have painted. This is a shame as I really like the look of the new guys – the PKM team especially has some cool elements that I find neat, such as the bag of spare barrels on the assistant. Plus, more full auto support weapons are always handy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UPDATE: New details over on the follow up post, click here!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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