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Rook and Raven

@rookandraven.bsky.social

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Avid gamer, reader, and miniature painter. Fermenter of all things food and drink related. Thaumaturge. (he/him) www.rookandraven.com No AI. No Crypto. No Hate!

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Rook and Raven @rookandraven.bsky.social · Dec 25

"To believe in faeries is to step into an enchanted space where the rational mind meets the irrational heart, and all things become possible." ~ Brian Froud

#MiniaturePainting #Faeries #Nerdlings

A Return to the World of Faerie

A nostalgic trip to the whimsical fae realm, featuring custom painted miniatures inspired by folklore and Brian Froud’s Faeries artwork.

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Rook and Raven @rookandraven.bsky.social · 1h

Kitbash heaven, these are awesome!!

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Rook and Raven @rookandraven.bsky.social · 12h

EXACTLY! I could see doing this w/ different metal colors and then a wash or whatnot for an amazing look!

Rook and Raven @rookandraven.bsky.social · 12h

That's a nice head, looks like it'll be friendly to paint, too!

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Rook and Raven @rookandraven.bsky.social · 19h

Good job!

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Mighty Lancer Games @mightylancergames.bsky.social · 19h

Mrs MLG did a little speed painting with a spooky theme.

Find Wraith miniatures here 👉 www.mightylancergames.co.uk/search?q=rea...

#paintingminiatures #miniatures #miniaturepainting #nerdlings

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Rook and Raven @rookandraven.bsky.social · 19h

As a fellow sufferer of imposter syndrome, what I have to say about it is that it PROVES you are competent. There are many non-sufferers that I've come across in my career, and by far the vast majority are lack-wits, fools, and narcissists.

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Rook and Raven @rookandraven.bsky.social · 20h

Thanks, and you as well! I just got a bunch of tiny piles of treasure that I need to base and paint :)

Rook and Raven @rookandraven.bsky.social · 22h

Any progress is progress! Just moving that needle a little bit counts!

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Rook and Raven @rookandraven.bsky.social · 1d

NICE! Well, the benefit of these is that they're resin, and maybe what I thought was a mold line was something else? Interesting strategy in promoting the project, tho, print and send to painters, and print and send for PVA molds, and retail customers get the latter. A shame it got cancelled!

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Rook and Raven @rookandraven.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks!!! I wish I'd cleaned it up a bit more, as there were mold lines on the base, but I ended up just covering them w/ grit and foam flock 🤣 On the bright side, we already won the contest, in a way, in that we got free minis!!!

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Steg the Dinosaur @stegthedinosaur.bsky.social · 2d

So as I have a quiet house this week, I’ve set myself a little challenge of “Can I paint these three ‘mechs in Clan Jade Falcon Omega Galaxy colours, before Friday?” as I’ll be using them then, in game 3 of a #battletech scenario I’m playing against @jodrell.org
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Rook and Raven @rookandraven.bsky.social · 1d

Nice mechs! And I help but follow someone using my favorite dino as a handle! :)

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Grock @iamgrock.bsky.social · 1d

My #pixelart dwarven Slayer based on the AoC Gotrek miniature #warhammer

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Rook and Raven @rookandraven.bsky.social · 1d

This was a fun and quick paint from #Bloodwork, a new skirmisher. I got sent some minis as a part of their promotion on Gamefound, this being one of them. It's a neat little objective token (I guess?), and now I'm obsessed with making more little tokens and scatter items!!!

#miniatures #nerdlings

A totem from the Bloodwork skirmish game

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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 1d

Look I've been holding off from months asking this on Bluesky because of my pride but I need help.

My car needs brakes, my rent is past due and my step kid needs shoes.

I hate having to ask this

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Rook and Raven @rookandraven.bsky.social · 1d

Love these lighting effects, and it seems WH models being so hollow are really begging for this treatment!

Chris Buxey @chrisbuxey.bsky.social · 1d

I’m using #TutorialTuesday to remind everyone of all the free LED miniature tutorials on my website. 😊 This week it’s my ‘LED Hololith’ tutorial.
👉 chrisbuxeypaints.com/led-miniatur...
#WarhammerCommunity
#PaintingWarhammer
#Nerdlings

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Rook and Raven @rookandraven.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, those are some awesome mechs!

Rook and Raven @rookandraven.bsky.social · 1d

Spoopy!

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Kiono/Nivaria @snowiestkiono.bsky.social · 1d

SO TINY!
This little Spear Gnome from Warp Miniatures is the smallest model I have ever painted.
LEGO for scale, and don't mind the pink Primaris, that's also for scale and a test subject for my airbrushing.
#art #miniatures #miniaturepainting #ttrpg

Yes, this is a centimeter scale at the bottom, and yes, the gnome's name is Kurt. Short for Kurz.

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WiBiTiKi @wibitiki.bsky.social · 2d

www.tombguardians.com/advent-calen... my big summer project is now available! 50 Christmas miniatures total if you get the week after minis, too!

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Rook and Raven @rookandraven.bsky.social · 2d

OMG I love this model! I so need to pick up a copy of this (and other minis she's published thru Footsore). Watching her talk about the sculpting process and all the teeny details was, well, something I wish we could get for EVERY mini! (when you wonder what a weird detail on the model really is)

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Gonders @gonders.bsky.social · 2d

A little sneaky peaky of @monstergirltrish.bsky.social's wonderful Quercus the Forest Wyrm, currently on my desk. A way to go yet, but what a fantastically detailed miniature!

#harrowhyrst #dragon #nerdlings

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Rook and Raven @rookandraven.bsky.social · 2d

It had that Innsmouth kinda ending :)

Rook and Raven @rookandraven.bsky.social · 2d

Very cool, and I like that texture palette a lot! Will you be using varnish from a can or from an airbrush? Asking cuz I'm of the latter preference, and picked up some airbrushable polyurethane varnishes that I plan on using for terrain and other heavily-handled miniatures

Rook and Raven @rookandraven.bsky.social · 2d

It's a lovely game (and a lovely mech you've done!) I'm currently on the sequel, Silksong, which is continually kicking my butt! I'd still recommend playing it, tho!