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Hobby Roundup: February 2021

Hobby Roundup: February 2021

Welcome to February’s Hobby Roundup, brought to you by the good folks at Tiny Plastic People. This series showcases what we - the group of Tiny Plastic People Contributors - have been working on in our various hobby bubbles each month, even the stuff that Instagram doesn’t show. Tom F (LeSwordfish) @LeSwordfish As always, I spend December grumpily struggling to hit self-imposed targets (a thousand points of Seraphon this time), and so in January I relax, experience total hobby freedom, and paint some random bullshit that’s been on my list for ages. This year that was some Deathwatch, some neat…
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A long dive into the Blackstone Fortress

A long dive into the Blackstone Fortress

With the recent announcement of Warhammer Quest: Cursed City, James looks into how Blackstone Fortress holds up since its release in 2018. When Blackstone Fortress shines, it shines. With some of the most interesting mechanics Games Workshop have toyed with, a set of flavourful miniatures, and a table of friends, this weird, fluffy box is a charming puzzle that mixes elements from modern board games with the grim darkness of the 41st millennium. Taken at face value, Blackstone Fortress is much like its previous incarnations. Each player chooses a hero character to dive into a dungeon of cardboard corridors and…
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Neonheim Build (Part 3)

Neonheim Build (Part 3)

Continuing my Necromunda Underhive terrain build. Originally I'd planned for 25mm thick floors through-out the board but for visual interest I wanted to fit some beams in underneath the floors on the right-hand side, so I went with 12mm floors for the upper levels. Floors going in. I added some damage to the second floor up, I'm not sure yet if I'll keep it open or have it with some rough repairs, both could look quite interesting. I kept the cut out piece in case I wanted to add the collapsed part as rubble somewhere below. Gantries Then to link…
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Founding Felstad (Part 1)

Founding Felstad (Part 1)

Having got a copy of Frostgrave 2nd edition for Christmas, Osprey Publishing’s fantasy skirmish game of “wizards, battling through a ruined frozen city in search of magical artefacts”, and with lockdown continuing, I had plenty of time on my hands, so I decided to make a table for it. This was my first large scale terrain project so I was leaping in at the deep end, but I hoped that the crumbling, snow-bound nature of Felstad would help cover any mistakes I made along the way. A couple of years ago a seller was offering a bunch of Hirst Arts…
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Rogue Raider (Part 1)

Rogue Raider (Part 1)

One of the odd side effects of our current socially-distanced world has been the extra care required for previously mundane activities. Social distancing rules and sensible precautions have turned innocuous undertakings, such as buying models from a friend, into scenes reminiscent of evidence handoffs in so many second-rate spy flicks. So it was one blustery Thursday afternoon that I found myself masked up at a familiar door, trying very hard to surreptitiously hand over a tightly-rolled collection of notes whilst also remaining 2 metres away. In exchange I was pointed toward a slightly battered green cardboard box waiting for me…
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Neonheim Build (Part 2)

Neonheim Build (Part 2)

Back in the Underhive. With the basic arrangement fixed I sketched out some ideas for how I wanted to develop the board, particularly with a balance between aesthetics and usability. I had this big buttress roughly in the middle of the board and I thought about taking it up to the top like it was supporting some upper level of the hive. In the end, however, I decided that was probably quite visually boring and I wanted something with some more shape/depth to it. A broken bridge/arch seemed like a good move as it also implied a world out the…
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My Favourite Tool: Magnet Key

My Favourite Tool: Magnet Key

A fly-by look at one tool in the hobby-space - what it's for and why it’s good. This time: A magnet key. Never glue in a magnet the wrong way again with this one neat trick. My magnet key. Okay, it’s deceptively simple but I went a long time without having something like this. Maybe other people are missing one too. I’ve always keyed my magnets individually for the job they were doing, so my Adeptus Titanicus warlord carapace weapons are a different direction to the arms, doesn’t cause any problem. Except, I occasionally slip up - then it is…
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The Month in Miniatures: January 2021

The Month in Miniatures: January 2021

Hello folks, and welcome to Warhammer Wroundup (or whatever I end up calling this), a monthly catch-up on all the various Games Workshop and Warhammer news. My goal is to write something that will act as a reasonable one-stop-shop for people who don’t typically follow Warhammer news, so my apologies to the rest of you if this is light on details. This was a pretty busy month, for Warhammer (Good) News as much as for Regular (Bad) News, so I'll kick right off. As previously announced, Games Workshop’s release rate has slowed down a little this month, paring back to…
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Neonheim Build (Part 1)

Neonheim Build (Part 1)

Introduction Having gotten into some play-by-comment Necromunda during the Covid lockdown(s) I thought this would be a good excuse to make up some specific Necromunda terrain. I've fancied some kind of vertical board, like the cool-kids have, for a while now so, I finally set off to put something together. This series isn't intended as a tutorial but as I work through things I'll try to include some details of what I've done and thought processes behind it. I really fancied doing something very neon and cyberpunk but I didn't want to go too high tech for necromunda (wish I…
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