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Remember how I said #maelstromsedge has awesome ragtag space resistance models a while back? Here's an example.

A bit of indie #miniaturesgaming history I picked up. It was mislabeled as a #mutantchronicleswarzone 3-up prototype, but thanks to some helpful folks on the #WarzoneEternal Discord, I now know it's a #Void Interdict Marine prototype. Pencil for scale. #sebgames sells the finished version.

Convo with @creativemodel.bsky.social reminded me of these. I first noticed gaming miniatures while browsing kits like this. #Revell did mecha fans a huge service licensing these and bringing them to the US back in the day. I tend to prefer mechs like this to some of the ornate Gundam kits.

Warm take: tired of #miniatures with a rifle in one hand and a pistol or huge melee weapon in the other. Are there no holsters, slings, or personal storage for secondary weapons in the future?

I'm making progress for #WhenNightmaresCome. This #ManticGames Nightscreech is mostly done, and it's going to be the Atrocity (big boss) of the campaign. Value sketched greyscale (drybrush then manual work), then #Speedpaint on top. The Banshee next to it is a miniboss, and no slouch either 😬

#miniaturespainting has stalled, but I'm getting ideas for scenarios, so that's something. I'm just not feeling social media at the moment.

Also got #WarzoneEternal on the table again on Saturday, and I think my friend liked it enough to play it again. Me rolling really high (badly) on all of my armor checks probably didn't hurt 😅 Wish I could roll like that in D&D! Definitely need a QRS to remember reactions.

Found a bunch of barely used #RivetWars stuff, just in time for the release of #RivetWarsReloaded (sorry Steamforged, already had the of base game from years ago).

Say hi to Pat Robertson, slimeball.

#SwordWeirdos is a great game and you should be playing it. The Weirdos engine is my top pick for convention games because it's very easy to pick up and has a lot of room for homebrew.

A side note for my #miniaturespainting #miniaturepainting people: sometimes when gluing a tiny bit to a larger one, it's easier to keep the large piece on the sprue. Assembling #Malifaux Stolen in clear yellow plastic was *tough*

I'm working multiple projects at once, fellow #miniaturespainting/#miniaturepainting folks. Trying to stay in hobby mode in some way. I'm seeing lots of cool stuff here, though- y'all are doing great. Keep sharing!

Fun fact about me: my very first time trying D&D, my character failed to defeat four giant frogs, and one ate him. I don't remember if that was a fair fight for a Level 1 Fighter/Magic-User. I was probably supposed to avoid them. He tried; I was too young and impatient 😅

I've been buying a few older #Malifaux models even though I don't know if I'm going to get back into it with 4th Edition. I think my subconscious is telling me to go early pulp era with #WhenNightmaresCome 😅

On a related note, is anyone else bored of #grimdark in the #miniaturespainting and #miniaturesgaming hobbies? I mean, I love me some John Blanche too, but still...

This WIP was only a few years ago. Look how nice I got the casing of his flamethrower (the wonderfully named Gehenna Puker). Not award winning or anything, but I am very happy with it. Right now? I'm lucky not to botch the basecoat too badly 😓

I think it might be time to grab some Reaper Bones and relearn how to paint, starting with the absolute basics. Anything outside of basecoat, wash, or drybrush (sometimes) just fails. #miniaturespainting

Finally got #WarzoneEternal on the table. It's so nice to play a game that flows so smoothly. Once you are familiar with the d20 roll-under based tests, everything just...makes sense. It hits the nostalgic notes while providing a fast, tactical game...even when those nat20 critical failures hit 😅

This is the future of AI: taking disinformation to loathsome new lows.

I'm just going to say I remain disappointed in most humans today. Oh, and I have painter's block. I'm stuck part way on these #WarzoneEternal models and haven't figured out how to proceed yet. It's like my muscle memory is completely shot; I know what I want to do but I can't seem to execute.

This channer (not @cerberusxt.bsky.social, the poster in the screencap) is about 20 years too late to be whining about GW sacrificing everything for maximum profits. There are other games, folks. Start with stuff from @nordicweaselgames.bsky.social or #XenosRampant if you aren't sure.

In November I stopped painting miniatures. Today I picked up my brush again to finish two miniatures I started around thirty years ago. #MutantChronicles #Warzone #Miniatures #Oldhammer

Sometimes when I browse through #miniatures I get dollhouse, tiny crochet, and even custom doll stuff. And that's OK. It's neat to see what other hobby stuff is out there, and what is other people's jam. I hope they feel the same when my fellow #miniaturespainting folks and I post our stuff, too 👍

Hey #miniaturespainting folks. This is two squads of models painted in what #GamesWorkshop called "basic colours" back in the day. If you're stuck on painting units, just do clean basecoats with simple details here and there like these. It will still look *way* better than unpainted.

Still working on old Bauhaus models to use for #WarzoneEternal. They are ugly right now because I'm painting in very short bursts. Here's an in-progress Nazca Razide I switch to when I get bored. These are fun to paint: muscle, hoses, claws, gillface, and big guns (and Razide butt, as always).

Less Tesla (the car company), more Tesla (the rock band) #Edison'sMedicine #thegreattradiocontroversy

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Straight into my veins. This looks amazing. A reminder to my fellow miniatures gamers that inexpensive and/or abstract terrain can look great. Half the battle is a cohesive theme.

Getting lukewarm political here, but am I the only one who thinks some other country (since it's not gonna be us 😔) should start leaning on El Salvador hard to shut that death camp down?

I propose we call drinking more caffeine to treat a caffeine crash "hair of the cat."

The gist: Lesotho's average citizen earns about $5 per day. They are too poor to afford American exports. The US imports $237 million in diamonds from Lesotho. Trump imposed a 50% tariff on the small nation, which is incredibly stupid and will not help create jobs in America. Bully behavior.

Other brains are busy trying to get rich or solve great problems of the world. My brain is too busy with dumb things like the knowledge that Apple should have gotten Pikotaro to do an ad for Apple Pay. "Pen, Pineapple, Apple Pay" IT'S RIGHT THERE.

Sports talk radio is something I can't comprehend. It's like listening to fans of a nerddom talk for hours. You know the material, so it's hard to tune out, but aren't *that* into it so it kinda bores you. It drags on and on, and the nerds aren't entertaining. But they get paid for it.

#SignalGate Update Department of Defense Inspector General Memorandum to Secretary Hegseth, April 3, 2025 "The purpose of this memorandum is to notify you that we are initiating the subject evaluation."

"When I wake each morning I look out my door Looking for the sunshine But it ain't there no more. Is it what you wanted?" This is the song that comes to me when people talk about their regrets after the leopards feasted on their faces.

There's an abbreviation in economics for year over year- YOY. I think we should pronounce it like it's spelled. "The YOIE is down 10% from last year."

Top Secret is where I first saw Val Kilmer. It's an amazing screwball comedy, and Kilmer effortlessly went back and forth between suave, dopey, and heroic, often in the same scene. He never seemed to lose touch with that sense of humor. Rest well, Mr. Kilmer, and thanks for the entertainment.

Two more to block. Ignorant of history, and one is outright fucking bigoted garbage (seriously, read that first one). The irony is that the OP was a Muslim woman showing solidarity with Jewish people- actual empathy, which is not just a sin for the right wing, apparently.