(Lead) Mountain Musings - "Fat Dragon Games" September 2025

"The heroic captain and the intrepid doctor cross interstellar space to preserve our health!"

Due to my enthusiasm for all things 3D printed currently being rather high, I thought I'd indulge my passion for using the "Bambu Lab" A1 mini and spend the next four or so weeks focusing upon "Battlefront Valkyrie" by "Fat Dragon Games". Admittedly, I already have enough Terran and Kurgun starships to play a few "Star Trek" flavoured games using some old homebrew rules. But with "DriveThruRPG" recently having a sale on, I've also picked up quite a few more space vessels, as well as pieces of debris and assorted non-combatant craft too.

My plan is therefore to get some small skirmishes under my belt, and then simply build up two opposing fleets. One thing I am currently a little short of though is suitable terrain, so perhaps unsurprisingly, I have already finished painting a second medium asteroid by "Fat Dragon Games". This 50mm tall space rock is included in the company's "Battlefront Valkyrie" Starter Set, and was produced using some "Bambu Lab" Matt White PLA (Polylactic Acid) on an A1 Mini 3D Printer.

"In the 22nd century, Nausicaan pirates built cargo bases into asteroids."

The space rock was super-glued onto a 60mm round MDF base by "Warbases", and painted using "Citadel" Abaddon Black, "Vallejo" Sombre Grey, "Citadel" Nuln Oil and "Vallejo" Heavy Bluegrey. In addition, I gave its stand a serious sprinkling of 2mm tall Chilli Red flock, as I also plan to use the piece as scatter terrain for some future 'moon-based' battles using the "Lunar" 32mm resin miniatures I've previously pigmented by "Black Site Studios".

Furthermore, I'm really hoping to get at least another quartet of 28mm Napoleonic Austrians finished. This ongoing project using "Wargames Foundry" figures has badly fallen behind schedule in recent months, so I need to push on with it in the background - and felt sticking with some more of Emperor Francis I's soldiers would make my progress a little bit easier. However, I have found a handful of previously started models in my backlog, consisting of British and Frenchmen, so may well try to crowbar these into the painting queue whenever possible.

August 2025 - Last month's Napoleonic push sees "Wargames Foundry" return to the table

Sadly, the last few weeks have not been anywhere near as fruitful as I had hoped - at least on paper. I did manage to hit my (now monthly) goal of completing four Napoleonic Austrians, and also a flotilla of simple-looking starships. However, I also spent some considerable time working on various bits of 3D printed terrain - something I rarely do, and which I don't actually count when working out my overall productivity. So I've achieved a little bit more than the numbers give me credit for.

Somewhat frustratingly, I don't see this situation changing any time soon either, as I'm now rather committed to printing and painting a sizeable Anglo-Saxon village which can be used for "Pillage" by "Victrix Limited" (as well as "The Silver Bayonet" by "Osprey Games" at a stretch). Although I have pulled out the rest of my 10mm Falklands British Army Pack models by "Pendraken Miniatures", with a view to getting the majority of them ready for battle - and being so tiny they're rather straightforward to paint in large(ish) numbers...