Currently I am working on developing a table for me and Graham to be playing Bolt Action on, so far it’s mostly 3D printing, and soon I will start the job of painting

But what have we got this far

First off we have 4 large intact houses, one of these has a fully modelled interior and is from Printable Scenery, the others are empty apart form a floor

Then we have a couple of small houses, modelled with interior floors

A few destroyed buildings, including some commercial ones

A couple of barns, on intact and one ruined one with a damaged tractor in in from Eskice

We also have some sheds, but on one the roof does’t sit right, so I am probably gonna glue the roof in place.

I thought a windmill will add some character, so I printed one of these

Most of the stuff there is very civilian so i thought we would add some some more military stuff starting with a bunker, and a dig in position for a panzer, which I got painted at the weekend

The big centrepiece is one I printed long ago and is a large pig pen from Printable Scenery

Of course France needs walls and bocage, so I have been printing a variety of that, but I still need to print plenty more

Also roads are needed so we have gone for these dirt tracks for the very rural feel from Printable Scenery, and these got painted up at the weekend!

We also have a doormat which I have cut up into sections to use as cornfields

The current plan is to get this all painted by end of September, ready for some games in October

I still want to print some more walls and more Bocage and some fences, probably some telegraph poles too

Hoping it will be a cool table, but we shall see

What I Am Modelling

I started out by painting up some Germans, starting with some Kradschützen

However these models aren’t that great, they are from Eskice and feel questionable in quality, they will get replaced at some point soon

Plus an 81cm Medium Mortar Team

An MG34 MMG Team

Plus a 15 cm Nebelwerfer 41

And finally the last 10 Heer for my early war German force

This bring me up to 40 troops, more than enough for what I want

After that I painted a trio of Rat Ogres

And a Clawlord on Gnaw-Beast

I then painted a Kustom Boosta-Blasta for the Orks

Alongside a trio of Deffkoptas

And a pair of Mercedes-Benz L3000s for my early war Germans

And finally a Chaplin with Jump Pack for the Blood Ravens

So what’s up next?

  1. Blood Angels Landspeeders
  2. Neophyte Hybrids x 10, Primus & Magus x 2
  3. Grundstock Thunderers x 5 & Torrk Lennsen
  4. Ultramarines Saturnine Command Squad x 3
  5. Einhyr Hearthkyn x 5
  6. Skywardens x 3
  7. Rogal Dorn Tank
  8. Wraith Guard x 5
  9. Aberrants x 10
  10. Atillan Rough Riders x 5

What I Am Reading

I finished reading The War in the West: The Rise of Germany , 1939 – 1941 by James Holland, a good assessment of the events, that didn’t glaze over the issues of the German army and its significant issues, or make out that it was a highly mechanised wonder force.

And I listened to Circular Time by Paul Cornell which was very good, and the reveal at the end was really interesting and very good

I am still reading Traitor General by Dan Abnett as part of The Lost and I have started listening to Daemonslayer by William King

What Tabletop Games I Am Playing

Had a cool game of 40k with Brian on Friday, though I admit my head wasn’t in it, we have had a rough few weeks, and I am only really just getting back on my feet

We did get to try out the new terrain I printed off for the club though!

What Video Games I Am Playing

Trying to give myself some variety, been playing Goldeneye 007 on the Xbox, a bit of Ticket to Ride and some Easy Red 2

Also started playing Star Wars: Squadrons with the new to me Logitech Extreme 3D Pro

What Achievements I Have Unlocked

Easy Red 2 (Steam)

Freeze!

Capture 10 enemy soldiers		30/07/2026
Cavalry is here

While driving a tank, support an infantry squad		30/07/2026
Granate!

Kill 3 Germans with a single grenade		30/07/2026
Another Chance

Save a tank crew after their tank is disabled		30/07/2026

Goldeneye 007 (Xbox)

Splash Damage

Unlock Paintball Mode by completing Dam on Secret Agent in 2:40 or less.		10G30/07/2026
Now try gunning for 2:05…

Complete Facility on any difficulty.		20G30/07/2026
Fly Away!

Complete Runway on any difficulty.		20G01/08/2026
Chest-Pounding Goodness

Unlock DK Mode by completing Runway on Agent in 5:00 or less.
10G01/08/2026
Dual-wielding!

Complete Surface 1 on any difficulty		20G03/08/2026
The Art of Boom

Unlock 2x Grenade Launchers by completing Surface 1 on Secret Agent in 3:30 or less.		10G03/08/2026

Ticket to Ride (Steam)

All above board

Win a game on the Nordic Countries map without claiming any tunnels		02/08/2026
Globetrotter


Earn the Globetrotter bonus in a game on the Nordic Countries map		02/08/2026
Union rail

Claim Murmansk to Lieksa using 9 of the same colour cards		02/08/2026
F-Line

Connect The Embarcadero, Market Street, The Castro and Twin Peaks in one game.		02/08/2026

Star Wars: Squadrons (Steam)

Fracture at Fostar Haven

Completed the Prologue.		10/08/2026

What I Am Creating

We published the latest episode of Edge of Empire

What I Am Backing

Clash of Eagles has been delivered, the Franco-Prussian War is one whose outcomes reverberated for over a century, so might be interesting to play some games within it

I got the STLs from No Man’s Land: War Train, WoWBuildings Does Bastogne and WW2 Desert Collection Vol.II

The MakerBot 2.0 project was funded and the files even delivered, which was super quick, that’s probably a project for next year mind!

The German Paratroopers Fallschirmjäger – Crete 1941. Part 1 has fully funded, and I am really looking forward to that for some early war Fallschirmjäger, and when part 2 goes up, there will be some Gebirgsjäger in there for me!

We got some models delivered for Join or Die Airborne Vol.2 and Merville Battery, giving me some options for Folgore and plenty for the Paras

I am now backing The QuesTable, me and Megan think this looks awesome, as well as the Modular Hobby Plate, still searching for a proper solution for paint storage expansion

For some terrain I am backing Deweycat Productions Coastal Terrain and Fields of War

What I Am Spending

I bought a Basilisk/Medusa for the Solar Auxilia which I intend to magnetise to allow for either weapon

I bought a few video games