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Eric Kolb
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Millennial greybeard and World’s Okayest Miniature Painter.

Science fiction, fantasy, the occasional stars war, and other tabletop and board game geekery.

Find me in #MiniaturePainting and #BookSky.

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Italy put together a rather fine Opening Ceremonies in Milano Cortina. Memorable cauldron, loved the athletes’ parade in all four locations of the event.
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Fireworks go off as the Olympic cauldron under the Arco della Pace in Milan is lit by Alberto Tomba and Deborah Compagnoni during the Milano Cortina #Olympics opening ceremony reut.rs/4tmQWXU 📷 Guglielmo Mangiapane
February 7, 2026 at 5:54 AM
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My son took a shine to the gem sluice on our trip to Great Wolf Lodge in December, so we got a rock tumbler when we got home. Just finished the first batch. #TimelineCleanse
A collection of rocks out of a rock tumbler in various colors, patterns, and sizes on a white paper towel.
February 6, 2026 at 11:49 PM
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A slow start to 2026, but starting to pick up my reading pace by the end of the month. #BookSky
Eric Kolb’s January 2026 Reads The Devils - Joe Abercrombie Wild Dark Shore - Charlotte McConaghy A Data-Driven Computer Security Defense - Roger A. Grimes
February 2, 2026 at 1:16 PM
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JGSDF Type 07-III Tank Nacchin gunpla, rootin’ tootin’ and splootin’ its way into your hearts. #gunpla
An assembled model of a squat robot that vaguely and endearingly resembles an overweight person with cat legs. Its torso is a barrel chest with a protrusion in the front that evokes a large bosom draping over a beer belly. It is wielding two firearms akimbo - one long gun with a scope and a machine pistol with a drum magazine. It has huge armor plates mounted on its shoulders to protect it. It looks both cute and lethal. An alternative angle of the same model. A rear angle of the same model. The same model in a different pose, sitting on its rump with its legs splayed out at an obtuse angle. It is brandishing its guns in the air. Still cute.
January 22, 2026 at 1:03 AM
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I worked for a scout camp in the middle of nowhere as a kid. At the end of a week, I was splitting block of pine abandoned by scouts who didn’t take their woodcarving projects home. Totally unnecessary but I was stir crazy and 15 so my brain was smooth.
Chopped the tip of my thumb off with an axe.
hillarymonahan.bsky.social Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · Jan 5
What's the most ridiculous way you ever hurt yourself? I got out of the tub, skidded in water and tripped over the toilet. Ankle sprain.

😅
January 5, 2026 at 9:14 PM
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My @thestorygraph.com Wrap-Up for 2025: app.thestorygraph.com/wrap-up/2025...
Summary of the Story Graph Wrap-Up for 2025 for @erickolb. First / Longest: Wind and Truth by Brandon Samderson Last: Venus in th Blind Spot by Junji Ito Shortest: Rapport by Martha Wells Top Genre: Science Fiction, Fantasy, mystery, Thriller, Literary Top Authors: Matt Dinniman, Malka Older, Ryoko Kui 5-Star Reads: Wind and Truth by Brandon Sanderson; Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel; Prophet Song by Paul Lynch Average Rating: 3.71 A summary graphic of all 50 books I read in 2025. See https://app.thestorygraph.com/wrap-up/2025/erickolb for a more accessible listing.
January 1, 2026 at 11:43 PM
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Quote Repost your art with wings
A painted miniature of a Age of Sigmar Sylvaneth arch-revenant. It’s a thin, muscular figure with red skin and grey hair. Both of its legs and its right arm have been replaced with an exoskeleton made of a living tree. He holds a halberd with a pitch black blade in his left hand and a bronze buckler in the right. His right foot is standing atop the skull of a large creature, a tree growing out of its eye sockets. On his back, an insectoid creature is hanging with great wings exposed, giving the figure an impressive wingspan of pinkish wings. The archrevenant is wearing a half skirt of leaves. On his head is a helmet with some kind of animal horns cork-screwing upwards about three times the height of the helm itself over his head.
December 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Understanding what is happening in the US court system, what it means when a temporary restraining order is under administrative stay pending an en banc review… this stuff is hard for laypeople. If you value quality, independent journalism, then give yourself the gift of subscribing to Law Dork.
chrisgeidner.bsky.social Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · Dec 29
OK, a little pie-in-the-sky goal here: Any chance we could get Law Dork 549 new subscribers — free or paid — before the new year?

That would give Law Dork 80,000 total subscribers!

If you've relied on my work this year, share this with your recommendation!

www.lawdork.com
Total subscribers 79,451 From 75,395 Up 5.4%
December 29, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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December 28, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Now is the winter of our discount Ents
December 27, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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Took longer than I wanted because I gave myself permission to fall apart a bit in the past quarter, but I’ve finished Bo-Katan and the Clan Kryze warband. #StarWarsShatterpoint #Shatterpoint #MiniaturePainting
A painted miniature of an armored Star Wars Mandalorian in dark blue-grey armor with bright blue accents. Her helmet has recessed grey swirls and a white overcoat to resemble an owl’s face. She is hovering a few feet off the ground after a blast from her jet pack, which is leaving a trail of smoke like a rocket from the twin jets. She is pointing her left arm with its micro rockets forward while brandishing a blaster pistol upwards in her right hand. A side view of the same figure. A rear view of the same figure. An ensemble photo of the painted Clan Kryze warband figures. The same figure as the previous photos is in front. Behind on her right is a male armore figure in bright blue and shiny armor pointing a blaster pistol forward. Behind her on her left is another female warrior in dark blue and shiny armor hovering on a jet pack and pointing her blaster forward as well.
December 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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My top ten albums for 2025:
1 - Ólafur Arnauds & Talos - A Dawning
1 - Florence & the Machine - Everybody Scream
3 - The Head & the Heart - Aperture
4 - The Lumineers - Automatic
5 - GoGo Penguin - Necessary Fictions
December 20, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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A mostly naked man climbs into a man-shaped hole. “Th- this is my hole! It was made for me,” he exclaims to onlookers.
December 17, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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I need more stuff to paint like I need a hole in the head but gotdam this is a fire starter set.

www.atomicmassgames.com/character/x-...

This is ten, count em, ten amazing characters in one box.
X-Men Starter Set - atomicmassgames
www.atomicmassgames.com
December 13, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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Apple deciding that your phone notifications needed to ooze and wobble around is why your phone only lasts three to four years.
December 13, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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No surprises here! #PlayStationWrapUp2025 #PlayStationWrapUp
PlayStation 2025 Wrap Up #1 Death Stranding 2 - 146 hours, 55 trophies, 36% playtime #2 Two Point Museum: Explorer Edition - 103 hours, 36 trophies, 36% playtime #3 Dragon Age: The Veilguard - 61 hours, 49 trophies, 15% playtime #4 The Outer Worlds 2 - 36 hours, 14 trophies, 9% playtime #5 ASTRO BOT - 28 hours, 62 trophies, 7% playtime PlayStation 2025 Wrap Up ProfessorQuirk Joined 2024, Trophy Level 332 Top Game: Death Stranding 2: On The Beach Games Played: 10 Total Trophies: 228 Hours Played: 396
December 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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This is an absolutely astonishing comic bundle - worth it alone for PROPHET, a bargain at quadruple the price for Saga, Paper Girls and Black Science as well.

www.humblebundle.com/books/image-...
Humble Comic Bundle: Image Comics in the '10s
Get a collection of 100+ badass Image Comics featuring SAGA, Paper Girls, and more. Pay what you want & support the BINC Foundation!
www.humblebundle.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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I’ve taken a voluntary hobby hiatus recently to make space for Death Stranding 2, which I’ve since dutifully cleared and platinumed. Now returning to your regularly scheduled hobby activity.
I hope to finish up a Bo Karan miniature this weekend (Shatterpoint), followed by a LEGO & gunpla interlude.
November 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Congratulations on a 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐲 career, Niall McCabe.

That’s number 11, signing off 💻
November 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Sho-Riu, the Dragon King took first place in enemies at Flying Frogs 2025 “DiceFest” convention. He’s stock, with an added water base. If anyone wants, let me know and I’ll post more pictures. #miniaturepainting #dragon #shadowsofbrimstone #wip #minipainting #waterbase #OSL #flyingfrogs #dicefest
A blue and black banded dragon rises up out of the water, with glowing purple and orange lights near his feet.
November 4, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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Just read The Electric State and - not having seen it - I’m wondering what the hell was up with the Netflix adaptation. There’s no Chris Pratt character. The book is all sad tension, not an action romp.
November 12, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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@realgdt.bsky.social’s Frankenstein is a treasure of a film.
November 9, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Barnes and Nobel’s e-commerce experience is so poor that I cannot complete a transaction from my phone and HOW IS THIS STILL A PROBLEM IN 2025??
November 8, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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"Nocturne in Crimson"
Acrylic on canvas board
Xero Reynolds, 2025

My first piece on canvas is done! Pretty pleased with it, and there will definitely be more to come. 🤘
An acrylic canvas painting depicting Dracula's castle from Castlevania lit by a bright red moon, and sitting amongst high mountains, and a deep pine Forest, that all transitions into a drop of blood spattering at the bottom of the canvas. I am holding up my finished painting, while wearing a bright blue shirt, black rimmed glasses, and my black leather cowboy hats topped with steampunk goggles.
November 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Finished knight number 9!

#oldworld #warhammer
October 26, 2025 at 11:39 PM