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Painter. Programmer. Nerd. He/Him. I do a little streaming sometimes. ( https://www.twitch.tv/valthek )

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More Prussians for #TrenchCrusade, the Stosstruppen is now done, mius the base and got cracking on the Feldkappelan, or however you spell that.
Great models, so much fun to paint.

07.03.2026 14:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I couldn't let something called a *tanksplitter* be boring old steel.

04.03.2026 14:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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You know that feeling when you start a model that's supposed to be simple, and then two hours pass and you've ended up with a damascus steel sword. These Prussians are fun, gonna look sweet AF when the whole warband is done.
#TrenchCrusade

03.03.2026 20:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 20 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's wild, because AI is somehow even worse than cheating. Usually when you cheat, you make your process of playing the game easier or you get to skip a boss you can't get by. AI is the equivalent of starting up the game and then immediately getting the ending credits and claiming you beat the game.

07.02.2026 19:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

0.2mm and 0.3mm copper wired glued into small holes drilled into the model. Tweak em with plies to make it all jaggedy. Titanium white coat of paint before fluo green and BAM, you got lightning.

31.01.2026 20:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Painting a skeleton lightning wizard or something. Imotekh the stormlord, pretty damn fun model to paint.

#necrons #warhamemr40K

31.01.2026 13:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 41 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There's definitely a space somewhere for collapsible cardboard terrain that's easy to transport. I'm not engineer enough to come up with that solution, but it should be doable

22.01.2026 14:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Get Trenched! Imagine being hunkered down in a trench after shelling the faithful for days and suddenly you hear goddamn glockenspiel music coming from the other side of no-man's land. Terrifying.

A yeoman musician for Trench Crusade.

10.01.2026 14:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 33 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Started work on the Gold Smoke Knight for Kingdom death. Smoke currently isn't gold, nor is the knight, but we'll get there at some point.

#Minipainting #Boardgames #KingdomDeath

30.12.2025 21:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 12 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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More work on the gladiator. Decided I wanted an extra color on there, so I redid the cloak

#Minipainting #Boardgames #KingdomDeath

20.12.2025 15:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 18 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Old project that finally got resurrected and isnow being worked on. I'm having a grand time working on the Gladiator for Echoes of Death.

#Minipainting #Boardgames #KingdomDeath

16.12.2025 21:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 22 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Wippie of a Herald of Beelzebub for #TrenchCrusade

09.12.2025 21:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 19 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Lil WiP of a Cliffjumper for Next Wave for Infinity the game.

#N5 #NextWave #CombinedArmy #Minipainting #InfinityTheGame

15.11.2025 14:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 13 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I don't mind it as much because the book makes it very clear, both explicitly and in the mechanics that 'being the avatar' is just not what the game is about. Someone being the avatar would change the game to such a degree that it would be a different game from what they wanted to make l.

12.11.2025 14:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Pandora for #InfinityTheGame 's Next Wave starter. She was a bit of an ordeal to figure out in terms of scheme, but I'm super happy with how she turned out.

#N5 #NextWave #CombinedArmy #Minipainting

01.11.2025 16:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 22 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This should still work as a time saver, though it'll take a bit more effort. Putting these on the spots where you want your bullet holes to be, and then using either a cylinder or a rod shape with the subtract function on the main body to create the depth should do the trick.

29.10.2025 16:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Entirely different project I had going on the side that's finally getting past the ugly early phase, so here's a preview of everyone's favorite dwarf slayer.

#hobbypainting #warhammer #miniatures #dwarf

28.10.2025 21:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 22 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Some progress pics on my Next Wave starter. Really pleased with how the armor is starting to look.

#InfinityTheGame #N5 #NextWave #CombinedArmy

25.10.2025 13:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 11 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oof. That really sucks. Pretty disappointing to hear

23.10.2025 16:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Did they change the rules for Prussia? I didn't see any changes

23.10.2025 09:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Got my last scale model challenge entry finished. I might go in and touch up a few things here or there, but she's going to get to rest for a little bit to see if I see anything odd after.

Model by Midguard Miniatures.
#miniature #cyberpunk #bust #minipainting

12.10.2025 20:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 14 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Working on the new Next Wave models for #InfinityTheGame Not much progress just yet, just a stab in the dark for a scheme.

11.10.2025 13:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 10 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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More work on my SMC piece. Getting quite close to finishing her.
Model by Midguard Minis

#SMC #Minipainting

04.10.2025 13:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I hate to be the one to say it, but the doom that this kind of 'AI' will result in won't even be a cool robot uprising. It'll just be the boring undermining of our shared reality until nothing is real or trustworthy, and everything serves to drain your wallet, followed by economic collapse.

03.10.2025 09:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Progress on my SMC piece. Slowly getting all of the stuff painted, she's starting to look halfway decent.

27.09.2025 13:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

They names the song after the technique

13.09.2025 18:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Haven't posted in a hot minute. Been working on a piece for SMC and finally got back into the groove of things.

13.09.2025 13:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 12 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Remember 10-ish years ago when touch interfaces would definitely be the future and Microsoft redesigned their whole OS to be more touch/mobile oriented? I remember. Where's your touch interface now, microsoft?

14.08.2025 11:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I find that dark and muted color schemes are often a sign of an inexperienced or insecure painter. It's much easier to hide mistakes and speed through a paintjob if you can hide them beneath a coat of nuln oil. And it usually looks *fine*
I offer you some counter examples of my own

12.08.2025 10:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Something a little different from usual, a knight for Kingdom Death. Probably going to use her for a TTRPG mini too, because the model's just too damn cool.

#Minipainting #Boardgames #KingdomDeath

02.08.2025 19:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0