{"id":5132,"date":"2017-01-10T23:49:40","date_gmt":"2017-01-10T23:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5132"},"modified":"2021-10-29T03:00:40","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T02:00:40","slug":"what-happened-to-project-little-bird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/01\/10\/what-happened-to-project-little-bird\/","title":{"rendered":"What happened to Project Little Bird?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A while back I wrote a long post about making some Little Birds to add to the tabletop. Since then, nothing has happened.<\/p>\n<p>The reasons for this are multiple:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I have been super busy so didn&#8217;t sit down and build the kit<\/li>\n<li>King&#8217;s Hobbies have shown off some 3D renders for both the AH6 and the MH6 version which they will be releasing in plastic. These will be a lot more resistant to damage that a fragile plastic kit and will require less work to get ready for tabletop. They will also be releasing crew figures which are added bonuses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Due to this, I&#8217;m going to sell the model kit and reinvest the money in buying the King&#8217;s Hobbies models. So that&#8217;s why you haven&#8217;t been seeing tons of picture of little birds.<img data-opt-id=1869100421  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5133\" src=\"https:\/\/mlacoqdo5690.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:768\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_20161222_132738.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A while back I wrote a long post about making some Little Birds to add to the tabletop. Since then, nothing has happened. The reasons for this are multiple: I have been super busy so didn&#8217;t sit down and build the kit King&#8217;s Hobbies have shown off some 3D renders for both the AH6 and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[370,1093],"tags":[954,914,941,905,939,955,926],"class_list":["post-5132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-editorial","category-features","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":null,"coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/category\/editorial\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Editorial<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/category\/features\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Features<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Editorial<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Features<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/category\/features\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Modern Wargaming<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/category\/features\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Skirmish Sangin<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/category\/features\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Spectre<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/category\/features\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Spectre Miniatures<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/category\/features\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">spectre operations<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/category\/features\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Ultramodern Wargaming<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/category\/features\/\" 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 10 years ago","modified":"Updated 5 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on 10\/01\/2017","modified":"Updated on 29\/10\/2021"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on 10\/01\/2017 11:49 pm","modified":"Updated on 29\/10\/2021 3:00 am"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pvEn5-1kM","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12390,"url":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/2019\/12\/09\/wargaming-week-09-12-2019\/","url_meta":{"origin":5132,"position":0},"title":"Wargaming Week 09\/12\/2019","author":"Michael Charge","date":"09\/12\/2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Let\u2019s start this Wargaming Week, covering the 2nd through to the 8th of December. 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