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July 2023 Hobby update

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I was away on holiday for the first two weeks of the month.  I took some figures to clean up but didn't get round to even looking at them, so I had a complete break from normal life 😃. It's done me the world of good and I've really pushed on since being back.  Completed I've nearly finished everything that was on the table prior to my holiday:  15mm Grumpy's Landsknecht  arquebusiers and musicians.  I made life difficult for myself by priming them grey and then ended up giving then a white coat base coat so that the colours stand out.  The lesson for the next batch is just use white primer!  I found them a bit daunting at first, but as I got more colour on them I started to enjoy painting them more and more and am enthused enough to start on a new batch straight away.  Overall I'm very pleased how they've turned out and will do a post on them soon. Native American Mound Builder Shaman.  Once I put my mind to it I polished off this chap quite quickly. In pro

Gunfight in Grozniansk - a neo-Sov Space Weirdos shootout AAR

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Background In the old centre of the ruined city of Grozniansk a patrol of Federal Special Forces edge through the rubble.  Their mission is to locate a computer containing vital information that was left in an apartment by a government official.  With the forces of the local militia commander Bashtaev the Grey Wolf operating in the area, will they be able to succeed in their mission and safely extricate themselves from the rubble? The forces The Militia forces are classed as Fanatics and are all armed with Auto rifles (Assault rifles) apart from one armed with an Auto Cannon (LMG).   The Federal Special Forces are also all armed with Auto rifles (Assault rifles) apart from one armed with a sniper rifle.   The full stats for both forces can be found here .  Table Set up I played the game on a mat that measured 23in x 31in.  This is slightly larger than the normal 24in square area for 75pt Space Weirdos games.  However, I needed to have enough space for the 4 large damaged apartment bloc