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Episode 33: Keeping in the spookies

Episode 33: Keeping in the spookies

November 10, 2024
Episode 32: Two big thumbs up from Ayn Rand

Episode 32: Two big thumbs up from Ayn Rand

October 23, 2024
Enter The Age of Sigmar Fourth Edition Takes Zone

Enter The Age of Sigmar Fourth Edition Takes Zone

September 29, 2024

Rogue Raider (Part 2)
01 Jul

Rogue Raider (Part 2)

Hobby,
When I left you several months ago, it was with the promise of a few weeks of Land Raider-related content. Sometimes life (laziness) gets in the way, but finally I have returned to continue the saga of acquiring, building and painting a 1988 Rogue Trader-era Land Raider. First, a quick recap. By the end of Part 1, the tank was built, gap-filled, and primed, ready for the Iron Warriors’ legion serfs to start applying their livery. This time, I’ll walk you through the painting process, which will also serve as a bit of an insight into how I paint the…
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Hobby Roundup: June 2021
28 Jun

Hobby Roundup: June 2021

Hobby, Hobby Roundup
Welcome to the Hobby Roundup for June, a look at the hobby that our Tiny Plastic People contributors have been doing. It’s been a bit of a quiet month for most of us this time, so this will be a briefer article than most - but that’s alright, isn’t it? There are no prizes for this hobby. Unless you enter a contest I guess, but then that’s true for everything. Tom F (LeSwordfish) @LeSwordfish So I didn’t go as deep into vampires as I was worried last time round, just picking up a single unit of Blood Knights - they’re…
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My Favourite Tool: A Cutting Mat
16 Jun

My Favourite Tool: A Cutting Mat

Hobby
A fly-by look at one tool in the hobby-space – what it’s for and why it’s good. This time: A Cutting Board Up until writing this, I’d probably have said my favourite tool was my mouldline remover, but I’ll save that one for another day. My cutting board is my actual favourite tool however, as it’s the most versatile tool I have. Firstly, it’s a cutting board. So it gets used when I’m building miniatures, or otherwise messing around with hobby knives or glue. Secondly, it doubles as a quick access palette when painting, if I’m just doing a quick…
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Month In Miniatures: May 2021
14 Jun

Month In Miniatures: May 2021

News,
Welcome to the May edition of the Month In Miniatures, all the news that’s fit to print in the world of Warhammer, from your friends at Tiny Plastic People. This month’s news is a bit of an odd one, since the most major event has gone from “not officially announced” to “everything to know is available” within the last thirty days, so bear with me as some of this will seem much faster in retrospect than it was as it was released. I refer of course to those radical Imperial Fist models that are exactly what I've been waiting for,…
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Stargrave Crews You Might Know Already
28 May

Stargrave Crews You Might Know Already

Articles, Gaming, Hobby
Sci-fi skirmish game Stargrave has arrived and the rules contain a wide range of pop sci-fi themes for the playable crews and adversaries. The game is loosely set in a lawless galaxy after an apocalyptic war where independent spaceship crews eke out a perilous existence among the stars, and it’s these crews that you play as. But space is a big place and, my god, it is full of recognisable archetypes from TV, film and books! So it seems natural to ask... how would your favourite spaceship crews from other fiction fare? Stargrave Mercenaries from North Star Military Figures The…
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Hobby Roundup: May 2021
26 May

Hobby Roundup: May 2021

Hobby, Hobby Roundup
Welcome to the May edition of the Hobby Roundup, a look at the hobby being done by our contributors in the Tiny Plastic People bunker. There’s no bunker, that’s just how White Dwarf always used to describe their offices.  I’ve never visited where White Dwarf was printed, but they set it up in the early eighties when Reagan was restarting the Cold War, so who knows - maybe they felt a bunker was the safest place?  Also here at TPP we don’t even have offices, just our respective devices, but that’s one of the challenges facing new media: a lack of…
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Learning to love different game modes: Warhammer Underworlds Arena Mortis
24 May

Learning to love different game modes: Warhammer Underworlds Arena Mortis

Articles, Gaming,
Like many Warhammer Underworlds players, when I bought my copy of the multiplayer Arena Mortis Underworlds expansion in late 2020, it was because I wanted the new cards and board to use in organised play. I dumped the Arena Mortis variant rules and tokens in a box in the loft, fully expecting I’d never use them.   However, a few months ago one of my regular gaming group suggested that we give Arena Mortis a try, and it ended up being so much fun that we’ve returned to it several times since.  Arena Mortis is a multiplayer expansion for Underworlds…
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Why I love: Grots
21 May

Why I love: Grots

Articles
I think the first time I saw goblins was when I saw The Fellowship of the Ring in the cinema. It’s a great moment. Entering the Mines of Moria, the Fellowship discover that all the dwarves have been killed. Good, but by whom? “Goblins!” declares one member of the party. After a tense trek through the tunnels, said goblins finally emerge to the beat of an ominous drum. With inhuman shrieks they burst into the room, brandishing wicked blades and adorned in spiky, makeshift armour. It’s pretty scary!  What happens next?  They die in one hit to a Level 0…
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My Favourite Tool: Two Water Pots
17 May

My Favourite Tool: Two Water Pots

Hobby
A fly-by look at one tool in the hobby-space - what it’s for and why it’s good. This time: Two Water Pots Very heavily used jars Maybe this is something everyone already does, maybe it will help some people... Rather than one water pot, you have two water pots. Why do this? When you’re painting, the water serves several purposes, to keep your brush lubricated, to thin your paints, and clean old paint off your brush. Some of these really don’t go well together. So that’s it really, one pot is for cleaning the paint off the brush, the other…
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The Month in Miniatures: April 2021
08 May

The Month in Miniatures: April 2021

News
Welcome to April’s issue of the Month in Miniatures, the Tiny Plastic People news blog. My goal here is to let you keep up with the new and interesting things happening in Games Workshop’s miniatures ranges, and the culture and community around them. One third of the way into the year already! Where does the time go? Deeply Cursed City The biggest news this month is Cursed City, and it’s strange news. Cursed City, the latest in Games Workshop’s Warhammer Quest range of cooperative boardgames, went up for pre-order, and sold out worldwide within minutes. This isn’t entirely unusual for…
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