Well, I thought I should wander out to the games bunker and do a visual recording of the progress of the preslotta fantasy armies, as my painter is down to the last 800 of his batch and I have about 500 to do myself. The unpainted stuff includes 350 Grenadier Barbarians including 3 war mammoths, 10 Ackland Orc Wyverns, 20 or so of the lovely little attacking golden eagle, 5 Ackland Elf War Eagles, 200 or so Chronicle Orcs, 500 FTS, FTZ and C Series Undead and a load of angels, demons and war machines... I really ought to try and get an accurate number of those. Oh, I forgot to photograph the pink T-Rex and the Dwarf on Triceratops. And then, a lifetime's collecting of fantasy armies is complete. I certainly don't need any more. My historical collecting is also pretty much over now, and I am working through the sci-fi so, that I will hopefully have it all done in 18 months ahead of hitting 60. I'm always available if an show organisers want a 15 x 5 Oldhammer game in atten...

 As you will know, if you were a seasoned reader, before 'The Great Post Purge', I have always pretty much been an 'all rounder' in the hobby, being firstly a roleplayer, then swiftly after that, both a historicial and sci-fi wargamer, and latterly in the wake of the release of Warhammer, a fantasy wargamer too. True, I'd played some games with the AD&D mass battle system on an early White Dwarf issue, so I guess I really did hit the ground running with too many camps to have a foot in, under normal circumstances. But, I was used to having 7 comics per week, all differently themed, and I balanced those well, and so, being that particular type of dreamy kid of the 70s and 80s who did not have the distractions of today's pampered poppets, who try to recreate the 'authentic' gaming experience and generally fail to make more than a pastische effort, an 'Eton Mess' of the hobby, mixing up the metaphorical fruit, meringue and cream into something t...

  It's here; the start of a massive re-launch of Satanic Panic as we go back to basics and try and do things even better than before, as I learned what could be done in traditional metal and had some fun doing so. The new way forward into the glorious dawn light of the future will be to produce all models with the head variants cast on as standard, but with individual and varied shields. WHY? I hear you cry... Simply put, if I spend a little bit more per sculpt, I can have the heads fitted and matched properly, by the sculptor, giving you a nicer model. Then, all you have to do is choose a shield, pop on a bit of glue and away you go. The next two releases are truly massive, with around 200 individual casting and around 15 shield variants - Do the math on that one :) The sculpting is done, and we just need to get them mastered and sent back to Martin Buck for the heads to be fitted. You will see two distinct groups. One is the first of of many 'Regiments of Repute...