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The Machine Gun Ghoul

@themachinegunghoul.bsky.social

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I'm a miniatures painter and tabletop hobbyist who plans on posting stuff on here intermittently. I do not know how to do the bluesky.

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The Machine Gun Ghoul @themachinegunghoul.bsky.social · 23h

I whipped up a dedicated board for Greathelm! I'm looking forward to getting some games on it soon!

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The Machine Gun Ghoul @themachinegunghoul.bsky.social · 4d

Some quick and dirty gruesome death markers for Greathelm. Finally a good use for the crappy graphic printed "prepainted" bases I got as a free sample.

The Machine Gun Ghoul @themachinegunghoul.bsky.social · 5d

Picked up some WGA historicals to make a couple Greathelm warbands out of. This first group will be Knights Hospitaller when they finally get paint.

The Machine Gun Ghoul @themachinegunghoul.bsky.social · 9d

Until my new knights arrive, I am running the Order of Holy Anachronism (i.e. whatever cool knight-like models I have available).

The Machine Gun Ghoul @themachinegunghoul.bsky.social · 9d

I have stumbled upon a little micro-skirmish game named Greathelm and I am *hooked*! I've already ordered some knights and am planning to build a battlefield in a picture frame! The system is easy to learn but seems hard to master. It's in playtest right now but I can't wait for the full rules.

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The Machine Gun Ghoul @themachinegunghoul.bsky.social · 13d

Made some Desolation tokens for my Helsmiths of Hashut

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The Machine Gun Ghoul @themachinegunghoul.bsky.social · 14d

We've come a long way, baby

The Machine Gun Ghoul @themachinegunghoul.bsky.social · 14d

"These lands are fair and unspoiled. I look forward to changing that." War Despot from the Helsmiths of Hashut. My first painted Chaos Dwarf in 30 years!

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The Machine Gun Ghoul @themachinegunghoul.bsky.social · 20d

The flame effects will most likely be a mix of Tesseract Glow and Warp Lightning. Weapons will be the dark steel/dark gold like the Iron Golem.

The Machine Gun Ghoul @themachinegunghoul.bsky.social · 20d

Ok so, I'm working up colors for my Helsmiths and I'm a red period baby, so I think I may try to recreate my Iron Golem color scheme (but with pale skin) paired with a simmering magma style base.

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The Machine Gun Ghoul @themachinegunghoul.bsky.social · 20d

My very first Warhammer Fantasy army was Chaos Dwarfs. They had such a unique look and feel and I was hooked. I eventually moved on to better supported armies but they never left my heart.

Now nearly 30 years later I have new Chorfs on the table again and I could not be happier.

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The Machine Gun Ghoul @themachinegunghoul.bsky.social · Sep 7

I might need one of these myself

The Machine Gun Ghoul @themachinegunghoul.bsky.social · Sep 7

Sometimes ya just gotta paint a monkey.

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The Machine Gun Ghoul @themachinegunghoul.bsky.social · Sep 5

I just unearthed some absolutely ancient chaos space marines I painted like 20 years ago. They were supposed to be like living statues.

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The Machine Gun Ghoul @themachinegunghoul.bsky.social · Sep 4

The Beast Of Broghlin Wood. A big ol' wereboar type creature I got from a Boris Woloszyn Kickstarter. Not sure what I'm gonna use him for yet.

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The Machine Gun Ghoul @themachinegunghoul.bsky.social · Aug 31

I always mix up too much greenstuff so I tried my hand at sculpting a basic head for the first time. I'm impatient so it was all done soft. Next attempt would be to get a basic head shape and build features over that once it's dried. If I had some silicone tools that would make a difference too.

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The Machine Gun Ghoul @themachinegunghoul.bsky.social · Aug 29

Picked up Star Wars Battle Of Hoth today and set it up just to get a good look at it. I'm a fan of the Command & Colors system so I'm looking forward to this

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The Machine Gun Ghoul @themachinegunghoul.bsky.social · Aug 27

I feel like I should tag @mcbourbonnais.com here

The Machine Gun Ghoul @themachinegunghoul.bsky.social · Aug 27

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The Machine Gun Ghoul @themachinegunghoul.bsky.social · Aug 27

Marie-Claude and Esmee are all painted up! MC was the reason I hopped into Relic Knights in the first place so I'm super stoked to have these finished!

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The Machine Gun Ghoul @themachinegunghoul.bsky.social · Aug 22

HUMAN ARTISTS, use only one photograph of tiny painted toy soldiers to convince people to follow you.

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The Machine Gun Ghoul @themachinegunghoul.bsky.social · Aug 11

Really happy to get my hands on the 2nd edition Marie-Claude Relic Knights mini. This thing was only produced in a very short window before Ninja Division went bankrupt and so far the likeness rights for @mcbourbonnais.com haven't been renewed so it may never get sold again.

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The Machine Gun Ghoul @themachinegunghoul.bsky.social · Aug 6

One-Shot also has a questing knight version (i.e. before she found her relic). Even comes with an alternate Fritz.

The Machine Gun Ghoul @themachinegunghoul.bsky.social · Aug 5

Can't forget her little Cypher buddy, Fritz!