• Tabletop miniature of a pirate-like fighter in a blue coat, pink scarf, and white pants, posed with a curved blade, standing on a cobblestone base against a dark background

    Weekly Waffle #426 – The Ottoman Pirate – Cold Steel and Boarding Actions on the Canals

    27th June 2026 The Mojo Welcome back to the Weekly Waffle where I attempt to regale you all with fantastic hobby exploits from the week. Which really amounts to me trying to sump up my week and show you what I’ve been working on. And this week feels very much like ground hog week. I really don’t know whew the year has gone and we are nearly half way through. It seems be eat, sleep, work repeat, with a little bit of hobby and socialising. But it could always be worse so I’m not to dwell it too much. And before I get too morbid, because that’s not how I’m…

  • Colorful miniature pirate figure standing on a cobblestone base against a black background.

    Weekly Waffle #425 – The Noble Admiral, Command, Conquest, and Cruelty on the Venetian Waves

    20th June 2026 The Mojo Well on this weeks’s weekly waffle it’s been a real mixed bag. Busy as usual but I have managed to get in some quality Hobby time. No real disasters which is a good thing but it’s not all been plain sailing. The mojo has been there but the talent, not that there is much to start with, has been a bit lacking. But I’m making progress on the projects I have planned in and I’m coming up with new ideas all the time. I just don’t know where I’m going to find the time to bring them all to fruition. But it’s god to have…

  • Miniature pirate captain in a blue coat with yellow trim, holding a telescope to his eye, standing on a textured circular base.

    Wayfinder – Charting the Rent in the Sky, A Deep Dive into the Wayfinder

    6th June 2026 There is a moment of profound, cold clarity that hits every tabletop gamer when they first step away from flat battlefields and look down upon the shifting, iridescent waters of Venice in Carnevale. In most skirmish games, your primary concerns are linear: Where is the cover? Can my model line up a charge? But when you set foot in La Serenissima, the world fractures into three dimensions of absolute, beautiful chaos. Suddenly, you aren’t just looking forward; you are looking up at three story brick palazzos, calculating the trajectory of a desperate leap across a ten foot wide canal, and praying that your model doesn’t miss the…