Star Breach – A New Project: Part II

After a pause since the last instalment I felt it was time for me to hit the miniatures search for the figures I feel best reflect the faction I want to make. I gave an idea in the previous piece (Part I). I also need to consider what the L’Orani Empire faction are typically equipped […]

Xeno: All Out War

Another day, a fresh start as they say. Following on from my last article about an on-going project that started back in 2017, I followed up a few things due to requests from fellow hobbyists on social media. I contacted Mantic for their permission to share what I did to convert their rules for their […]

Xeno: All Out War the story so far

Good morning folks, this post is a bit of an unplanned one in the sense that it’s just gone 8am on a crisp August 4th morning, and having been awake for an hour, I hadn’t even contemplated a blog post. Sipping on a cup of coffee trying to brink my brain into some state of […]

Star Breach – A new project: Part I

Having played around for the last year trying to complete units for various forces in an effort to build them up and have some semblance of a force for different game systems I thought it was about time that I gave Star Breach a proper good look before creating a faction for the game itself. […]

Unusual accessories you may not know you needed!

Games Workshop Paint HandleSo we start off the list with the humble Games Workshop painting handle. Among more ‘mature’ hobbyists it initially invokes a spate of jokes about adult sex toys but look past the bedroom humour and you will surely find a very useful tool to aid your painting. At £7 rrp and most […]

With a flick of the heels!

Hello and welcome to all. Where to start? This blog is another part of what forms the Random Platypus community which is focused around the web forum but has stretched out to include a youtube channel, facebook page, twitter account and now a blog page. In terms of content, those that are designed for them […]