I paint more than I play. Historical Miniatures, Battletech, GW games and other stuff. account still active but mostly on the blue place these days.
Minnesota, USA
Joined December 2011
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Want to do some painting when you fly somewhere?
I just published “The Carry-On Hobbyist” medium.com/@greatredoubt/the… #warmongers #40K
Happy to be the 199th 😎 on @BackerKit for ARNHEM HEROES #2. arnhem-heroes-2.backerkit.co…
Assembled a box of the Perry Miniatures plastic French Chassuers a Cheval this weekend. Two boxes gives you a little over 4 squadrons at 1:20. Great miniatures.
Should have enough of an army to start gaming this spring!
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If this tweet gets 1k likes I'll do a twitter exclusive giveaway.
Make it happen!
The procurement phase of my Napoleonics continues. Ordered the light cavalry brigade deal from Perry Miniatures along with a few other random bits.
Hope to be able to put on a game next month!
Spent some of last weekend cleaning up some 28mm metal Napoleonic minis.
I’ve used a cheap ultrasonic jewelry cleaner on metal rigs before priming for years. Grey dots in the cleaner are clumps of mould release powder and other gunk. This is from just 16 models.
Cleaned up 72 metal napoleonic mins in about the same time it would’ve taken me to clean and assemble 16-20 multi-part plastic 28mm models.
A trade off exists between saving money and saving time.
Cleaning up some Front RankFrench Napoleonic reinforcement packs. Overjoyed to find one 24-pack having three drummers in greatcoat with the drum slung over their shoulder. :-)
Hoping bsky starts working through their waiting list faster. Sorry to see some gamers I enjoy following leaving here for blue-er skies.
Working on some terrain for #battletech this morning. Quick & dirty painting - airbrushing basecoats, picking out a few details, washes and a lot of dry brushing.
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I cannot POSSIBLY be any clearer (as someone who worked in IT managing some of this country's biggest databases)
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD ANYONE PROVIDE PICTURES OF THEIR PASSPORTS OR DRIVING LICENCES
ESPECIALLY NOT
to databases outside the GDPR
THREAD:
X will begin to have users verify their identity by having them submit a selfie alongside a government issued ID. The process requires users to consent to X storing their information for 30 days and sharing it with AU10TIX, an identity verification company based in Israel.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
ID verification is going to be an optional layer of verification for X Blue users. This is not going to affect non-Blue users in any way.
socialmediatoday.com/news/x-may-soo…
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❗ The Source is NOT going out of business or moving❗
🤗 Hey everyone! It's come to our attention that the wordage on our Summer Sale posters around the store has caused some confusion and led people to think we are going out of business or moving locations. 🧵 1/3
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Well worth a read, I'm sure @pendraken are not alone here (though some issues are unique). Let's remember that if we can, support our gaming companies whilst they are still here, don't lament them when they are not.
We've put up some info on our Forum regarding the current climate and our future plans, so please head over and have a read if you've got a few minutes: pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.p…
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I’ve stumbled across a video I’d forgotten I’d shot (similar to the one I’ve shared before, but slightly different). It’s of a WW1 Italian 149mm Ansaldo howitzer, sited at 3300m on a ridge above the Adamello glacier. It’s been up there for 107 years.
PSA: before everyone gets over-excited about moving off this social media hellscape to another one, it’s good to remind everyone that the Zuck is not any better than the current proprietor of the bird app.
techcrunch.com/2023/07/05/th…
