In last week’s email, I described the Spring as “slightly reluctant”. Well, this week, I’m cheerfully nuking myself under a large, enthusiastic ball of plasma. I’ve heard from people in warmer climates that sunny weather is a great excuse to hide away in a cool dark room and get some hobbying done. This is, frankly, the opposite of what happens in Scotland, where we’ll be outside at every waking hour, positively demanding to be cooked.
So no hobbying of my own these past few days.
However, as my eyes readjust to the indoors (and the laptop screen), it appears all continues apace out there. Here are my weekly picks…
- This is an absolute beauty of a medieval warband from Vitrix. And you don’t need me to tell you it would look equally at home in any fantasy setting.
- Mantic have been knocking it out of the park recently. Loads of lovely new Forces of Nature miniatures and bundles are available for pre-order.
- Pendraken has three new fantasy monsters for your 10mm-12mm scale games. There are trolls, vicious weeds, and tree giants. The tree giant on the left could form the basis of an excellent diorama where he’s basically just very cross with someone.
- As someone who recently realised that painting gets easier when using good brushes, I’m tempted by this Masterclass Set from Army Painter. It has a 0, a 1, and a 2, which are… now that I think of it, the only sizes I ever actually use.
- Crusader Miniatures has some new Armed Civilians & Volunteers at 28mm scale. Left-middle is a volunteer for the local Britpop-themed fete at the village hall this Sunday.
- North Star are adding a superb new line of swashbucklers and sword fighters to their 1672 range. Scroll down the picture to create your very own “how it started – how it’s going” meme.
- Looking to recreate Stranger Things on the tabletop, but set it in Germany in 1939? Here you go. In all seriousness, though, it’s brilliant to finally get some miniatures for Mike Hutchinson’s On Your Bike in Lancashire.
- I used to watch Gladiators in the 90s and, I’ll be honest, I don’t recognise any of these guys. Maybe the show had some sort of predecessor 2000 years prior?
- Have you ever seen The Little Soldier Company’s exquisite Alice in Geründerland Range? They’ve added some new Chess Rabbits, which are great, but I’d absolutely love to have a warband of Card Soldiers.
On the Podcast: Terrain Tutorials, Battle Reports, & Five Parsecs From Home
Anthony from the Gergen Gaming YouTube channel joins me for a chat about making terrain and playing games in front of the camera.
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