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The Shockmaster @theshockmaster.bsky.social · 9d

Yeah, the style has converged to the point that, if you told me half of them were all painted by the same guy I'd believe you. And while the painting skill on display is extremely high, I struggle to remember more than 1 or 2 entries once I'm done looking at them, and few I remember from past years.

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The Shockmaster @theshockmaster.bsky.social · 13d

Reading books the way wrestlers watch TV screens backstage:

Bret Hart backstage during an episode of WWE Raw, watching a match playing live on a screen by standing next to it and looking over his left shoulder at it.

The Shockmaster @theshockmaster.bsky.social · 19d

I remember borrowing books 2 and 3 of the Hunger Games from the library at the same time once. I couldn't remember which was book 2 so I checked the back of one of them and it started with "Having survived a second Hunger Games..."
Oh. Guess I know what's gonna happen in Book 2 then.

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The Shockmaster @theshockmaster.bsky.social · 24d

(2/2) The heads are a tiny bit big if you look closely, and as you can see I had to build them little sprue "necks", but all but the longest spears and largest shields work; just clip off the Warlord hand and glue on a Victrix one.

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The Shockmaster @theshockmaster.bsky.social · 24d

I finally found a use for all the spare heads and weapons that come with Victrix's Saxons and Rus: Warlord Games' armoured and unarmoured Saxons come as a sprue of just bodies and heads, and they sell them separately! (1/2)

#wargaming #kitbashing

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The Shockmaster @theshockmaster.bsky.social · 29d

I get that same game's ads but it's always generic looking anime girls or a D&D dragon person. I guess "anything you wish" does technically also include... elderly businessmen?

The Shockmaster @theshockmaster.bsky.social · Oct 1

There's another one, the Twaenhyr, that's even closer. I've only seen pics and I don't know if it'll ever make it to plastic, but it looks easy to kitbash! A lot of the Tractors seem to have callbacks to weird old tanks like these, it rules.

The Shockmaster @theshockmaster.bsky.social · Sep 29

Background once again from a John Hodgson backdrop book, the webbing was made from some Halloween novelty broomstick ends, some of the "spooky netting" they also seem to always sell this time of year too, and some Woodland Scenics forest blend clump foliage.

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The Shockmaster @theshockmaster.bsky.social · Sep 29

Just finished painting up this lovely little Ailthean tractor for This Quar's War. I've not done a tank before, unless you count Tau Devilfish, but I was so excited to try scale modelling tricks on it like netting & weathering that I couldn't put it down!

#quar #wargaming ##miniaturepainting

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The Shockmaster @theshockmaster.bsky.social · Sep 29

Quar drive these goofy looking tanks called Tractors of various kinds, I could see a crew of rhyflers pootling around in one of those!

The Shockmaster @theshockmaster.bsky.social · Sep 28

Yes, publicly trash talk the publisher they're working for, something that always ends well for game studios.

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The Shockmaster @theshockmaster.bsky.social · Sep 27

I hear it's possible to reprogram the voice chips, too, with the right software?

The Shockmaster @theshockmaster.bsky.social · Sep 27

Just finished off this morning, a horde of #oldhammer zombies! For 2ndhand minis the poses weren't too goofy, and my experiment with a blue undercoat for the skin made 'em look nice and pallid. 1st background by @handiworkgames.bsky.social, props by @fenrisgames.com
#miniaturepainting #wargaming

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The Shockmaster @theshockmaster.bsky.social · Sep 25

Thanks! They're from @wargamesatlantic.bsky.social with some 40k bits added on (they come with *some* sci fi bits but they're mainly a fantasy kit. Just a heads up though, they're a bit bigger than regular Stargrave minis, since they're also built to double up as cavalry for their goblins!

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The Shockmaster @theshockmaster.bsky.social · Sep 24

My second crew of Stargrave minis - a gang of space spiders! Experimented on in a lab, where they developed super intelligence, their leader gained psychic powers from his brain implants, and led his fellow test subjects to swipe some guns & escape!
#stargrave #wargaming #miniaturepainting

A set of ten wargaming models of giant spiders with various cybernetic implants, robot legs and guns. They are led by an albino spider with a halo of brain implants that give him psychic powers.

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The Shockmaster @theshockmaster.bsky.social · Sep 24

OMG, it's that guy from that show I listen to! On that other show I listen to!

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The Shockmaster @theshockmaster.bsky.social · Sep 21

Now I have a proper camera on my phone, I'm going to start using my Bluesky to actually post pictures of the models I paint in my spare time. Here's all the ones I did on my week off for Silver Bayonet, Stargrave and Frostgrave. I'll post closeups with more detail over the coming week.

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The Shockmaster @theshockmaster.bsky.social · Sep 21

a man wearing a alcohol shirt is covered in milk

ALT: a man wearing a alcohol shirt is covered in milk

media.tenor.com

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The Shockmaster @theshockmaster.bsky.social · Sep 20

Wild to see an AI that *doesn't* want me to use it as much as possible.

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The Shockmaster @theshockmaster.bsky.social · Sep 16

[SKRONCH, SKRUNCH]
Does the flock underneath hold up alright from having loose pebbles swept across it? I've always avoided loose scatter because I was convinced it would scratch the grass off underneath.

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The Shockmaster @theshockmaster.bsky.social · Sep 14

It's what comes of YT treating videos as just billboards to run ads on and creators as outsourced billboard-makers. In the short term I'm worried that YT will see it as a *good* thing (more vids = more ad spots) and by the time they realise it hurts them too the damage is done.

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The Shockmaster @theshockmaster.bsky.social · Sep 10

You missed a trick by not giving that one a slight markup as the one you RISKED LIFE AND DEATH for.

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The Shockmaster @theshockmaster.bsky.social · Aug 29

Unfortunately "remembering your preference RE: storing cookies on your computer" requires it to... store a cookie on your computer, AFAIK

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The Shockmaster @theshockmaster.bsky.social · Aug 13

Mine came with a rabbit, and I think this makes them some kind of buddy-cop duo now?

A model of a cool-looking female private detective type, with a smaller mini of a perturbed looking rabbit in a flak vest next to her.

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The Shockmaster @theshockmaster.bsky.social · Aug 11

Anyone got a translation of what he's saying?

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