Dead Man’s Hand – Mounted US Cavalry
The second part of the US Cavalry range for Dead Man’s Hand by Great Escape Games is a box of mounted soldiers: the Mounted U.S. Cavalry. It continues the line of cowboys (and cowgirls) on horseback and makes perfect sense for the US Cavalry. The mounted US Cavalry was crowdfunded through Kickstarter in March 2026 and delivered in April and May this year.
If you missed it, we already covered the US Cavalry on foot earlier on the blog.
The Mounted US Cavalry (DMHP007) boxed set contains 10 multi-part plastic miniatures for an RRP of 28 GBP. Just like the infantry set, it gives you the parts you need to build US Cavalry on horseback, as well as options for the 9th and 10th Buffalo Soldiers. We received a sample covering half a box, with three different sprues.
Dead Man’s Hand – US Cavalry on Foot
Great Escape Games added the US Cavalry to their range of plastic sets for Dead Man's Hand. These were financed through a Kickstarter campaign in November of last year. If you missed them as part of the Kickstarter campaign, don't worry: you can pick them up now from their online store or through various retailers all over the world.
The DMHP006 boxed set "US Cavalry" contains 10 multi-part plastic miniatures for an RRP of 18 GBP, and gives you the opportunity to build US Cavalry on foot, as well as units from the 9th and 10th Buffalo Soldiers. We received a sample sprue each from both kits — the foot and mounted versions — in Q1 of 2026, and we are catching up with them now in separate reviews.
Furucius – Stone Trove terrain
Last year I had a bunch of rock formations printed, using the Stone Trove files by Dana McDonald.
The project originally came from Kickstarter, and you can now buy the sets on MyMiniFactory in different bundles. There are also a few shops running a merchant license if you don’t have access to your own printer.
All parts were printed on a Bambu Lab A1 Standard, using the High Quality PLA profile with a 0.08 mm layer height. That already gives a very clean result, but on the top surfaces where layer lines were still visible, I went in with a 1:1 mix of filler and white acrylic paint. I just brushed a fairly thick coat onto those areas and let it cure fully before touching anything else.
March 2026 review
The Grim Dark and the Wild West
Posts on the blog have been slow lately, but that is mostly due to internal projects. As I told you, I am working on an Imperial Fists army for the 2nd edition of Warhammer 40k. I made solid progress this month, but still have some work in front of me. One missing piece to prepare is the Whirlwind, which is part of my extension to push them from 1.250 to 1.500 points.
We received another shipment by Great Escape Games for Dead Man's Hand. We will cover the US Cavalry / Buffalo Soliders as well as the Mounted US Cavalry from the Kickstarter. Just give us a bit of time to catch up with the current running projects.
February 2026 review
Finally, sunshine!
Only a week passed between these two pictures. We were hit by quite a lot of snow out of the blue, and just a few days later it was sunny and dry enough to do some priming.
What can I say? More hours of sunshine are such a blessing. I don't mind the snow itself; it's just the impact it has on your day: school buses not running, delays throughout the day, and the fact that winter gives you late dawns and early dusks. Anyway, I'm glad that I can now grab a spray can and prime the miniatures I'm working on.
Imperial Assault Campaign
It wasn't a fluke in our board game group, we're already on our third mission and have set a date for the fourth. This is something I can really appreciate as a working parent.
January 2026 review
Kicking off the hobby year
Let’s do a quick recap of January! We started the year with our first event, heading to Szenario Con 2026 near Bad Kreuznach, and it was a great way to shake off the winter break and meet familiar faces again. You can read the full event report and see more tables and impressions on the blog.
Szenario Con 2026
The first event of the year for us is Szenario Con 2026! Despite the poor weather conditions, we made it to Hackenheim. We discussed the location in last year's coverage. Nevertheless, no event report would be complete without a shot of the car park.
As usual, the event was hosted at the Bonnheimer Hof in the Palatinate region, near Bad Kreuznach.
Digital ticket booking was used to manage the available space and keep track of the number of people coming to SzenarioCon.
Kick Off 2026
Welcome to 2026, everyone! I hope you all had a smooth start to the new year.
You can read our recap of 2025 on the blog, and listen to a special episode of the Games 'n Dice Podcast about it.
Shows, Conventions and real-life gaming meetups
I had the chance to visit a few events last year and I'm already planning the event schedule for 2026. The first event of the year starts next week at SzenarioCon, where I'll meet with Dino, Robert, Haucke and Holger.
- January 9th to 11th - Tabletop Szenario, Hackenheim GER (visits 2013, 2015, 2023, 2024 and 2025) BOOKED!
- February 21st - Dutch Oldhammer Games Day, Almelo NL (New Event) IN PLANNING
- March 7th to 8th - BembelMiniatureCup, Rodgau GER (2025) IN PLANNING
- March / September TBA - Bitbox, Mülheim an der Ruhr (visit 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017) IN PLANNING
- April 18th to 19th - Chaosbunker Classic (New Event) BOOKED!
- April 24th to 26th - Warhammer Netherlands Open, Maastricht (New Event) BOOKED!
- May 9th - Ad Arma Con, Landau (visits 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2019) IN PLANNING
- May 29th to 31st - CONflict Rheinland (visits 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025) BOOKED!
- September 12th - 13th - Rhein Main Multiversum 2025 (visits 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023 and 2025) BOOKED!
- November 7th - Crisis, Antwerp BE (visit 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2022 and 2024) IN PLANNING
- November 27th - 29th TTW Maltreff, Lützensömmern GER (2024, 2025) BOOKED!
Happy New Year and December 2025 review
Happy New Year! In this post, we will look back at December and most of 2025, so we will cover more than just the last month.
You can also listen to our year-end recap on the Games 'n Dice Podcast, where Dino, Benni, Gregor and I discussed 2025.
2025 was packed with activities. To give you a few highlights:
- Hosting another demo table at CONflict, including painting lots of terrain and a warband.
- Publishing my 500th (English) review on here!
- Getting featured on Warhammer Community.
- Visiting an event with our whole family opens up new possibilities for the number of events I can cover per year.
After my Manticore Knight from Warhammer Quest was featured on the Warhammer Community website last month, my interpretation of the Da Red Gobbos Tinboy was selected for the Community Painters post this month! I'm very happy about this!
November 2025 review
It is christmas time and we're doing a recap of a event filled November.
The made-to-order Citadel Forest arrived, around four month, which came by surprise as the other made-to-order items I bought in the past were delivered much quicker. And they are celebrating 50 Years of Games Workshop in this month White Dwarf #518. Lots of Nostalgia, lots of throwbacks.
We'll be covering Star Wars in December, as we received two of the Star Wars Legion Starter Set, Galactic Empire and Rebell Alliance, and I ordered two of the Pillage Market Stall sets from Victrix.
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