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Review: The Artis Opus ‘Duck’ – Have I Finally Found My Golden Goose?
Over the years, I’ve used a whole host of different painting handles, but to be honest, none of them have really worked for me. I usually use them for a while, but very soon they just seem to get in the way rather than helping. I understand the design theory, providing a stable platform, but they just don’t click. Usually, I just end up going back to using corks with minis pinned or blue-tacked in place; it’s cheap and it works. But, being a sucker for something new, I keep looking for that “golden goose” of handles. While ordering some new brushes, I stumbled across a series of three handles…
Weekly Waffle #422 – The Slayer Who Refuses to Die
30th May 2026 The Mojo I’ve been back at work this week but I’ve not let that get me down. It’s amazing how many e-mails people seem to send saying the world will end if you don’t respond immediately. Then you get in touch with them once your back and everything has just magically resolved itself. The mojo is still here and this week brings my Gritty Groups up to fill strength so I will be moving onto something new next week. Although at the moment I’m not sure exactly what that is going to be. But I’ve narrowed it down to either Trench Crusade or Carnivale. On The Work…
Review: The Four E’s Scientific Mini Vortex Mixer – A Hobbyist’s Best Friend?
If you’ve spent as much time as I have over the years shaking dropper bottles until your wrist feels like it’s about to fly off, you know the struggle. We’ve all been there: you grab a pot of white paint or a heavily settled metallic, shake it for three minutes, and still end up with a watery, separated mess on your palette. Enter the Four E’s Scientific Mini Vortex Mixer. Originally designed for labs to mix test tubes, this little beast has been adopted by our tabletop community as the ultimate solution to “painter’s cramp”. I’ve put this through its paces on my own workbench, and here is the honest,…
Weekly Waffle #421 – The Dwarf Who Brought a Cannon to a Ball Game
23rd May 2026 The Mojo I’ve had a really good week, mainly because I haven’t been in work this week but I’ve also managed to get quite a bit of hobby time in. The mojo has been high I’m still enjoying myself. Monument Hobby has released its version of contrast paints this week and I’m toying with the idea of trying a couple of them but I’ve not pulled the trigger on that yet. But watch this space because I’m a sucker for anything new and shiny that I think will make me a better painter. But I do want to share something that I have discovered this week that…
Weekly Waffle #420 – The Ultimate Engine of Destruction
16th May 2026 The Mojo I’ve had a very interesting week this week and not all of it has been good. The week started with me getting an e-mail saying the site had a fatal error and could not be accessed. Nothing like an IT message to make something seem like the end of the world. But sure enough the site was offline so it was on to the hosting provider to see wha they could do to help. It turns out that I had a plugin on the site that was pre packaged with something else so I had never really paid attention to it. Anyway this plugin had…
Weekly Waffle #419 – The Bearded Battering ram of the Blood Bowl Pitch
9th May 2026 The Mojo I’ve had another good week and I’m beginning to like it. No major drama at work or on the hobby front. Had a nice weekend with the wife and managed to sneak in a few cheeky bank holiday Sunday drinks. And on the hobby front the time I’ve had seems to all have gone well. I’ve even managed to service my compressor, well removed and refitted all the hoses with ptfe tape. So no more slow leaks I’ve also noticed that it wasn’t possible to save some of the pictures on the site when I switched things up. But that should start to change. It…
Weekly Waffle #417 – Blood Bowl’s Mohawked Missile of Mayhem
25th April 2026 The Mojo I’ve had another good week on the hobby front. Progress has been slow but steady and I’ve really enjoyed my hobby time. On a none hobby front I’m love bike racing, the pedal powered version. And this week they announced the Tour De France Feemi will be coming to the UK for a stage between Manchester and Sheffield. Both are cities I work in on a regular basis and the announcement was done right opposite our Manchester office. Which as something is a surprise. But a very nice one. On The Work Bench I’ve been cracking on with my blood bowl dwarves this week and…
Weekly Waffle #416 – The Grumpy, Unmovable Meatloaf
18th April 2026 The Mojo: Welcome back to this week’s weekly waffle and amongst this weeks updates I am also trying out a little bit of a change to the flow of waffle. Trying to add a little bit of structure to help me keep things on track. But don’t worry it’s not a wholesale change to the content. Just trying to break things down into sections so that it’s easier to read, easier to find things, and easier for me not to forget things. It’s been a good week this week even though I haven’t actually got a lot completed. Lots of travel for work has given me some…
Weekly Waffle #415 – Hopefully not the Emperors new clothes.
Weekly Waffle #415 – Hopefully not the Emperors new cloths. 11th April 2026 Good morning and welcome to the new look Weekly Waffle. I don’t have much of a hobby update for you this week, although I have got some painting time in. Instead this week the update is going to be all about the new look for the site. Something I’ve spent far too much time working on. But to be fair most of that time has been spent getting things wrong and having to correct them. For anyone who actually knows what they are doing there has probably only been a mornings worth of work. But I’m not…
Weekly Waffle #414 – The Pint-Sized Powerhouse of Pitch and Pub
Josef Bugman hits the pitch! Weekly Waffle #414 explores Bugman as a Star Player for the Gritty Grumps, his tactical lore, and the new Chronicles site section.
