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Fan of many things, but mostly trying to make Blood Bowl on Bluesky happen. Occasionally masquerades as a massive green chap.

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This broke me. Dave had to tell me to take a deep breath and use my words πŸ’€

08.03.2026 22:32 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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for any of you thirsty nerds who's seeing that lovely Thrud model and thinks, 'that's a great birthday gift for "a friend",' you can get it at https://footsoreminiatures.co.uk/products/thrudball-20th-anniversary-official-thrud-miniature

All profit goes to #Thrudball 's charities, so be advised […]

06.03.2026 22:15 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
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New LEGO set for our times

05.03.2026 12:50 πŸ‘ 412 πŸ” 112 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 9

I'm sure New Street has its uses, but it's not for me.

05.03.2026 08:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Are there two adjacent stations anywhere in Britain more architecturally different than quaint Moor St and the brutalist nightmare that is Snow Hill?

05.03.2026 07:58 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
Codex: Imperial Knights (6th Edition) - Codex Compliant
Codex: Imperial Knights (6th Edition) - Codex Compliant YouTube video by Snipe and Wib

✨New Codex Compliant✨

Today we're taking a look at the first Imperial Knights codex from 6th edition and asking ourselves the question: what's the minimum amount of pages a rulebook can have before it stops being a rulebook?

youtu.be/AAvg7BX9IVY

03.03.2026 18:01 πŸ‘ 141 πŸ” 39 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 2

The thing here is, surely if you were making up a sob story you would make up one that was closer to being an actual sob story?

We have to go on fewer than 5 holidays a year isn't going to make anyone think twice about Vat on school fees.

Fascinated to know what @mrjamesob.bsky.social makes of it.

03.03.2026 18:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That headline makes it sound like they're going to have a boxing match to decide the leader. Might be fun to be fair.

26.02.2026 11:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Screen grab of Barbara with a shopping trolley standing in front of a sign saying 'It is forbidden to dump bodies into the the river'.

Screen grab of Barbara with a shopping trolley standing in front of a sign saying 'It is forbidden to dump bodies into the the river'.

It's a sad state of affairs when the Daleks have better water hygiene standards than Thames Water.

#DoctorWho

19.02.2026 18:33 πŸ‘ 258 πŸ” 76 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1

I usually use pale sand and white as a light layer on top of that.

17.02.2026 22:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I mostly paint with Xpress colours these days so finding interesting undercolours is very much my thing. Thanks for the tip!

17.02.2026 21:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Everyone loves Teams pets. It's a positive boon. Apart from the paw in your face but that's very much your problem.

17.02.2026 20:32 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That's lovely drybrushing.

Why did you start from brown as opposed to black?

17.02.2026 20:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

You'll also likely want a few star player models - the balance for stunty players being a bit rubbish is they aren't worth much. If your team is worth less than your opponent's you can buy inducements to balance things out.

16.02.2026 07:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

For your gnomes you will want two treemen which are a separate purchase to the team box.

And don't feel obliged to buy GW models unless you're playing at a GW venue. Blood Bowl is blessed with a vibrant 3rd party model scene.

16.02.2026 07:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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A Collection of Blood Bowl Tools Tools and Charts for your Blood Bowl games. Star Players list sortable, Teams details, Inducements, Skills and more.

There are online resources you can't use too. They don't have the full rules but it's a convenient place to look up a lot of things.

www.dadidimerda.it/index.php

16.02.2026 06:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, but think of all the benefits. Many many benefits. Right?

14.02.2026 21:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I needed to paint something small and so I decided to do a base filler from bits I had from some of my recent #AoS Night Goblin sprues. A weird moon spider thing chasing a snotlings that stole its mushroom! #theoldworld #nerdlings #wargaming

13.02.2026 18:19 πŸ‘ 55 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Charlie Watts referred to the rest of the Stones as Them.

12.02.2026 22:48 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Both Down podcast did an episode on this a few years back. The short answer to your question is: no.

12.02.2026 22:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Makes a change from inventing trains for the umpteenth time.

12.02.2026 11:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oliver Cromwell, defender of parliamentary democracy / genocidal psychopath.

12.02.2026 11:36 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Easy is always good!

11.02.2026 20:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I love your work. That green is absolutely perfect.

11.02.2026 20:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The #BloodBowl Skaven I've been working on. I'm really pleased with how they came out. Some of the best sculpts in the 3rd edition range.

I'm not sure what to paint next. I need to do some Goblins for a mate or I could paint Bretonnians for myself.

#MiniPainting
#Nerdlings

11.02.2026 20:47 πŸ‘ 91 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Some corners of the universe have bred the most terrible things...

@badsquiddogames.bsky.social
#Turkeyman
#Nerdlings
#MiniPainting

07.02.2026 22:30 πŸ‘ 46 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I was amazed to stumble across Orcs Nest on a trip to London a few years back having only ever seen ads for it in 80s copies of White Dwarf.

Great shop

07.02.2026 09:13 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Unfortunately my game of choice is #BloodBowl so static grass is usually the order of the day.

I've seen some people stick down loads of tufts and then trim them short which is insane behaviour.

Basing has always been the rubbish bit you do at the end, although a good base really helps the mini

07.02.2026 09:04 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Geek Gaming Scenics - Tabletop terrain and scenery supplies Wargaming Terrain and Modelling Supplies, Scatter, Static Grass, Flock, Modelling Compounds, Ballasts, Base Ready, Tree And Bush Foliage, Model Railways, Glues, Weathering Effects, Casting Plaster

Can I recommend the base ready range by www.geekgamingscenics.com

Glue, dunk, done.

And they look great.

07.02.2026 08:59 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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I don't get ghostier than a #BloodBowl wraith

06.02.2026 13:59 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0