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Sci-Fi Success & Salute Reviews

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 I'm powering through my sci-fi projects, and as I write this, I am just 12 figures away from completing the first of four different forces. It'll end up being many more than 4, but I want to get those done, along with the terrain and the starships to populate a starport and surrounding areas. Now, from the outset, I have wanted to get the 'feel' of the sci-fi stylings and colour schemes I loved back in 1982. Pete Armstrong used a stunning green on his Traveller Military and I was blown away by a fashion show which used sci-fi military stylings in similar colours and orange flack jackets thrown in for good measure. It had a very Jim Burns feel to it and of course the 80s catwalks were wild places. I have been weaned off bright orange flack jackets at last, but I do like a nice contrast on my sci-fi. I like my Marines to look hard-miltary and not like walking Gothic cathedrals, although I will admit that my 'Federal Marines' using the GZG UN hardsuites, with the ...

Satanic Panic Miniatures 'Doombringers' On Preorder - NOW

Be the first to get the first Satanic Panic Miniatures'Regiment of Repute' 'The Doombringers' 12 different command options, 4 troopers and 2 shield designs with both a regiment set and 'Trooper Booster' (TM) expansion set.   These figures ooze with authentic Old School detail and they are heroically statured to frighten the daylights out of other armies.   The preorder is limited to 15 sets of each at a slight discount. If you buy multiple sets we'll endeavour to make the commands all different.   You can buy them now, here:   https://www.macrocosm.co.uk/product/chaos-regiment-troopers/   https://www.macrocosm.co.uk/product/chaos-regiment/

I Still Have The Love And The Ability. Or - That Was An Eye Opener

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 Well, the last few days have been an eye-opener... It's been a loooooong time since I undertook a large project for myself in any scale, and as you know, if you follow my gaming life, for the last 6 years I've sent everything to a painter, since Lockdown meant I amassed a stash of money through the lack of shows. 2026, has resulted in attending just one show, with absolutely zero desire to go to any others for the time being, the idea of those moon-faced, wholesome idealists we seem to be plagued with these days along with over priced tickets - no the organisers do NOT bring people in, it's the xhibitors who don't get any financial recompense, and the traderts who pay for the pleasure of having sometimes sweaty and unhygienic souls pawing their wares before reaching into the coin purse to nbuy one figure, expecting the trader to act as if they are being showered (see the irony?) with largesse comparable to a trip to Harrods by a Saudi prince. Yesterday, I received an u...

A Good Friday Miracle

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 Well, yesterday, I painted for 10 straight hours, as it was a holiday, and I painted the most personal stuff I've done in decade. When you paint for a living, the idea of spending 'down time' paintings is abhorrent. But, as I've been getting a real kick for the last 2 years working on several projects involving vehicles in assorted scales,  and, having a trip back in time to my early days and some 15mm sci-fi aming, I threw caution to the wind. And behold, I finished the vehicles for my first force:   The models are all from GZG, and I just need to add the crew and some stowage. I like my sci-fi stuff to look lived in but not over weathered, so I've added a minimal dust/rust filter to the finished modes with a slight mud  layer around the skirts. The orange skirted vehicle is the Med-Evac 'can', and is awaiting the delivery of red crosses, after the Easter break. All in all, I am very pleased. Next up are 24 (maybe more) 'Adder' class vehicles from ...