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EDITORIAL CONTENTS IT wouldn't be SIX IN THE HEAD if it 6-7 WHY DO WE KEEP DOING THIS TO wasn't late would it? How have you OURSELVES? If insanity is doing the same thing over been? How's tricks? Shit? and over again and expecting different results, are we all insane? The last issue came out at the end 9-15 PAINT ALL THE MINIS One of the web's most December so this one was meant to comprehensive and positive hobby communities talks come out at the end of February and shop and tells the story behind its flagship online we would've made it, if it wasn't for convention - PATMOCON. some pesky technical issues... 17-20 ALIENS: ANOTHER GLORIOUS DAY IN THE CORPS Our friend ALEX SOTHERAN from Storm of Those issues are mostly solved now, Steel Wargaming introduces us to the terrifying new so it's just my time management that board game from space. (He's not doing it from I've got to address. I shall be having space, but you get the idea...) very stern words with myself, you 22-24 BOLT ACTION Scratch Building The WWII "Make Do And Mend" spirit is alive and well with SIX mark my words (I won't). contributor RYAN JACKSON, as he makes excellent war terrain out of bits of old guff and that. I hope that you like this one and that it 26-31 PETTALUCK - Southend's premier non-pier brings you some small measure of joy musical and variety act endures our stupid questions during these, the Last Days of the because she is very lovely and kind and we aren't. Roman Empire mk 2. There's some 33-41 ANATOMY OF THE HEADS There are only good stuff, some mad stuff and some, two music features in this issue because this one "I'm mad as hell and I'm not gonna turned out to be so fucking long. So long I actually take it anymore!" stuff. had to cut a few questions out of it. It's really good though. You'll enjoy it. If you don't, you're wrong. Me personally I've been struggling a bit with motivation, both hobby-related CREDITS AND CONTRIBUTORS and otherwise. If you follow me on Twitter you may have noticed a distinct lack of miniature painting HUGE THANKS TO: ALL CONTRIBUTORS PAST AND going on. I have been doing a bit here PRESENT AND ALL TWITTER FOLLOWERS. Richard at and there, but nothing worth posting. Tinywargames (@tinywargames), Joanna Quaintmere Now that this issue is out of the way (@JoJoQ), BLACKJACK LEGACY (@BlackJackLegacy), I'm hoping to get a bit more time to DIFFERENTGEARTV, Christopher Kaye, All at TQ Zine, TQN-aut and HREA'M RECORDINGS, CULT devote to my backlog, without (@cultmetalflix), Meg Sludgework (@sludgework) worrying that I should be doing AND ALL BANDS AND ARTISTS FEATURED. something "more productive". Anyway, due to the aforementioned IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT technical issues I am writing this on a ARTICLES, PHOTOS, CARTOONS OR choking laptop and every key press ANYTHING ELSE EMAIL: has about a two second delay to it. So [email protected] I am going to get out of here now before I smash my skull into the desk. The views and opinions contained herein are those of the Ta. respective writers, interviewees and contributors and are not necessarily those held by SIX IN THE HEAD. @paul_pmz "SUPPORT THE UNDERGROUND" THE RULE OF LAW WHAT'S HOT AND WHAT'S NOT IN THE NON-STOP TABLETOP HOTPOT (BASICALLY OUT-OF-DATE NEWS) Have you heard of Games Element Games Ronnie and Reggie Renton's Workshop? They're quite (elementgames.co.uk) have Mantic Games are just about popular in the tabletop some Star Wars Armada stuff to launch their Ratkin minis gaming world. They just to buy. Here, look at some for Kings of War. One of their released issue one (of five) pictures of it why don't you: biggest army launches ever, of their Marvel comics series, so they "claim". Has anyone written by comics legend fact checked that? If not Kieran Gillon. Marvel: maybe we can sue them. Warhammer 40,000 Anyway it all looks well sick Marneus Calgar, tells of the, so go to their website and "untold origins of the check it out. If you like rats Ultramarines Chapter you need look no more. You Master", and shows the might have found what you Ultramarines in all their blue are looking for. Although this glory. Everyone loves rat has got wings. Don't Ultramarines so that's good. know what that's all about. The comic features art by They need to sack their Jacen Burrows, Java designers. Tartaglia and Clayton Crain, but more importantly it has filled up a whole column here so that's even better. They've got some other new stuff out as well but I don't know anything about that. Anyway that's about it for the news. Or at least that's as much as I can be bothered to do. If you have any news - new games, minis, births, Looks good doesn't it? Looks christenings etc, email and good enough to stick on a let me know and I'll do the shelf. That's another column laziest job I can of filled. Nice. reporting it. Bye. THE RULE OF LAW WHY DO WE KEEP DOING THIS TO OURSELVES? We've got enough on our plates at the moment without all this nonsense. All what nonsense, we hear you ask... PAUL PMZ explains and says stop the ride, it's time to get off. This, admittedly, mainly affects Games Workshop products, but the cycle I’ve noticed – and you must have noticed it too – goes something like this: 1. Games Workshop announces new box 2. The Internet dissects the initial announcement and promo images 3. Every single living person on the internet makes a video about it 4. The product launches. People question beforehand whether there will be enough available (There will be) THERE’S been something on my 5. People buy it or they don’t buy it (They will buy it) mind for the last few weeks that’s 6. The majority of those who buy it throw it unopened been seriously troubling me. Don’t onto their pile of shame, never to touch it again get me wrong, I haven’t been 7. We start the whole painful process from the top curled up in a ball on the floor 8. We do this over and over and over again until crying (I have, but that’s about we’re all dead. something else). This is something on my mind I’ve Now, I don’t generally like using bullet points in articles. I recently noticed about the should’ve been more eloquent I know, but that’s about tabletop gaming/hobby community as clear as I can make it. That’s also what happens that hit me like a ton of flock in a when you have to write an article on the same day you moment of clarity one night while I said you would publish your zine. was full of wine and pizza and I’ve wanted to get it off my chest/mind ever since. "So I am going to try and put "I’m done my concerns into words here so that I can hopefully get you as annoyed as I am." with it. I’m I don’t know if it’s a symptom of the long Covid, the lockdown, the relentless monotony of it all that’s affecting my mind state... Or if I’ve not doing it simply got to the point where the curtain has been pulled back for me and I’ve seen through the anymore." Matrix and other movie clichés like that. Whatever it is, I’ve Nevertheless, my question is thus – is nobody getting noticed a pattern in our scene that tired of this endless merry-go-round? Seriously? Is frankly dearest reader I am getting nobody else bored of the predictability of this constant sick to the absolute back teeth of. state of affairs? Can nobody else see that we’re caught So I am going to try and put my in a trap and we can’t walk out? Or is it just me? concerns into words here so that I Because let me tell you I’m done with it. I’m not doing it can hopefully get you as annoyed anymore. [cont.] as I am by it at this point. WHY DO WE KEEP DOING THIS TO OURSELVES? This isn’t me having a dig at any particular content creator. This is me throwing out an opinion I have that you are free to either consider or ignore. Anyway, it would be impossible for me to direct this at one individual if even I wanted to because you're all fucking doing it. You all make the same videos about the same things all week long, month after month. I don’t need it. We don’t need it. We’re bigger than this guys, come on. I understand that nobody is forcing me to partake in this circus, but this isn’t about me. It’s about you. Think of me as the young boy at the side of the road shouting, “Hey! The emperor has got not clothes on!” I’ve got your best interests at heart, I really do. "Can't we just all STOP? Take a step back and enjoy what we have?" Can't we just all STOP? Take a step back and enjoy what we have? Do we really need to inject this Eastenders/Dynasty drama aspect into it? We have this amazing hobby that we all love and everything we need to be fulfilled by it.