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Tim Kelly

@chopperkelly.bsky.social

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Hi there, nice here isn’t it! I’m into Miniature painting, gaming (tabletop & digital) films and general geekery 👾🤖⚔️🚂 Worcestershire, U.K.

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Tim Kelly @chopperkelly.bsky.social · Oct 20

Hi, I paint a bit of everything, and occasionally when the planets align I actually get to play. Played tabletop stuff in the 80/90’s, had a huge break and came back to the hobby about 8yrs ago (thanks to X-Wing & Bolt Action) I’m still learning & practising my painting #miniaturepainting

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Tim Kelly @chopperkelly.bsky.social · 3d

You beauty, it’s worth a shot!

Tim Kelly @chopperkelly.bsky.social · 3d

It’s too wet and misty in the U.K this morning to prime some minis outside. What are you going to do about it Troy!?!? Hmmm… Hmmm… 🤪

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Tim Kelly @chopperkelly.bsky.social · 12d

I was just going to say this. The “lead belt” of Nottingham and wargaming/hobby companies in the U.K really need celebrating and looking after.

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Tim Kelly @chopperkelly.bsky.social · 13d

I done me some hobby time! Magnetised bottoms!
Konflicting dudes!

Lots of Barons War plastic miniatures which have had a 3mm x 1mm magnet glued into their bases. Things for easier storage in a tub with a metallic sheet in.

A hobby desk containing some Konflict 47 axis infantry miniatures. Freshly assembled and unpainted grey plastic Stahltruppen heavy infantry

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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 13d

[Scene is ANCIENT GREECE - where SOCRATES and PLATO and others are sitting round, thinking]

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SOCRATES:
Plato..

PLATO:
Yes Socrates?

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SOCRATES:
Can you tell me, are you human?

PLATO:
Why… yes, Socrates

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SOCRATES:
And would you agree, Plato, that a human knows what a chariot is?

PLATO:
Um, yep

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SOCRATES:
So you can tell me, then

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[Socrates produces a papyrus, showing a drawing of the corner of a chariot wheel]

SOCRATES:
*Is that a chariot*?

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PLATO:
Well
that’s more just a bit of wheel

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SOCRATES:
So not a *chariot*.

PLATO:
No.

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SOCRATES:
[Producing another papyrus with the full drawing of the chariot, chopped into boxes]

So if a man were challenged to “tap the boxes containing chariots to prove you’re human” when he was just trying to check his ClubCard points... *where could he tap*?

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PLATO:
Well you can’t tap any of them really

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SOCRATES:
So are we not human?

PLATO:
‘Spose not.

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[Bleak pause]

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PLATO:
I’ll get the hemlock

SOCRATES:
Yeah

[ends]

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Tim Kelly @chopperkelly.bsky.social · 15d

I cancelled my gamespass at the last price hike, but I was moving house too, life was busy and no time to play. Now with winter coming, battlefield 6 on the horizon, I thought now might be a good time to get back in board. Yeah, nah, sod that. Think it’s time to get myself a good gaming pc instead!

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 16d

Excited to introduce Vibes from Meta. Eat your slop, piggies!

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Tim Kelly @chopperkelly.bsky.social · 16d

I’ll never be unconvinced that he isn’t a Russian backed fifth columnist, an absolute sell out. He has done nothing but destroy this country during his life as a career politician. Either as an MEP or mouthpiece to MP, every choice, every action has diminished the U.K.

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 16d

Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's Thunderbirds started 60 years ago today! @gerryanderson.bsky.social

A British show that fired my imagination as a child (but 20 years later). A childhood that stays with me thanks to the Thunderbird 2 replica in my office. 😌

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Tim Kelly @chopperkelly.bsky.social · 17d

Wheely nice pic

Tim Kelly @chopperkelly.bsky.social · 17d

That is terrifying. Insane what’s happening over there, just because he’s not white.

Tim Kelly @chopperkelly.bsky.social · 17d

New stuffs day! Hobby desk already busy, need to prioritise me thinks. Awesome service as ever from @mightylancergames.bsky.social

A hobby desk full of paints and plastic minis, lots going on. A freshly delivery box of Konflict 47 and rule book has been nudged onto the desk. Happy days.

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Tim Kelly @chopperkelly.bsky.social · 19d

That table looks amazing, nice work

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Edward Elderman @elderman.bsky.social · 20d

This only happens to you once

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Sonic Spookhammer 👻🎃 @sonicsledgehammer.bsky.social · 20d

Richard Sharpe, Vampire Hunter?

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realironhand @realironhand.bsky.social · 20d

This Bonan the Barbarian was really fun to paint, he's not for an army or anything, just because I love the sculpt. He's a 3-up so he's quite a tall lad, get yours from @heresyminiatures.com here: heresyminiatures.com/shop/index.p... #jhbackdrops #nerdlings

A skeleton with glowing green eyes wielding a two-hand sword with a spooky ruined in the far distance

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Tim Kelly @chopperkelly.bsky.social · 20d

Snotty lads reporting for doody! I mean duty.

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Tim Kelly @chopperkelly.bsky.social · 20d

Got to be done!

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Horrible Histories Theme tune

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Tim Kelly @chopperkelly.bsky.social · 21d

Next week, “Are you old, have you ever been ill?”

Tim Kelly @chopperkelly.bsky.social · 21d

I really disliked these thug minis, so much clean up and lack of detail in some parts. Just noticed, mine hasn’t even got a cigar! Would love to see a Dredd range on plastic sprues, suppose WGA kit bashes will suffice now the warlord range has been canned

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Tim Kelly @chopperkelly.bsky.social · 21d

That ending, I was expecting another 20mins or so before Pearl Jam started playing. Really disappointed, very hit & miss episodes/characters & concepts. Beach wear Alien isn’t my favourite incarnation

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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 22d

Farage wanting to kick people out of the country because they migrated here made me angry and made me think about which best of British people and things wouldn't have happened were it not for the brilliance of immigration to the UK.

Sgt Peppers album cover consisting of things that only made it because of immigration in to the UK, either immigrants themselves, the children of or as a result of someone else coming here.

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Tim Kelly @chopperkelly.bsky.social · 23d

What the absolute fuck is he blabbering on about? Complete twunt.

Tim Kelly @chopperkelly.bsky.social · 23d

I think I got raptured, not sure. I was asleep but the light shade is a bit wonky, I might have hit it on the way up. Forgot to open a window, as you do, oh well I like it here. Mostly.

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Gary Erskine @garyerskine.bsky.social · 24d

Kenny Who?

Writers John Wagner & Alan Grant and artist Cam Kennedy saw the potential dangers of AI art back in the mid-80s. Dredd stories were always prescient but this one hits hard today. See also America.

2000AD PROG 477. Published 5th July, 1986.

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