Martin Takaichi
@beepluck.bsky.social
Analogue game designer from Sweden. On here I tend to focus mostly on hobby related things like miniature painting. Working with Free League. He/him.
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Martin Takaichi
@beepluck.bsky.social
· Oct 26
With the influx of new miniature painter followers (shoutout to @jewelknightjess.bsky.social!) I thought a short purely hobby perspective intro might be in order.
In 1990-ish I discovered Prince August fantasy armies, where you bought moulds and cast them yourself. Very exciting for a 12 year old!
In 1990-ish I discovered Prince August fantasy armies, where you bought moulds and cast them yourself. Very exciting for a 12 year old!
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Drybrushing this evening whilst with Alien on in the background.
Hope to get the red on tomorrow!
Hope to get the red on tomorrow!
November 13, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Drybrushing this evening whilst with Alien on in the background.
Hope to get the red on tomorrow!
Hope to get the red on tomorrow!
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Me too, that was why I had to make the full set.
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Me too, that was why I had to make the full set.
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The crew are suited up and making their way to the launchpad. The Pioneer RPG Kickstarter starts in just 4 hours!
Sign up to join the crew right here and be ready for the launch:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/mon...
The countdown has begun!
#ttrpg #TravellerRPG #Pioneer
Sign up to join the crew right here and be ready for the launch:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/mon...
The countdown has begun!
#ttrpg #TravellerRPG #Pioneer
October 30, 2025 at 10:05 AM
The crew are suited up and making their way to the launchpad. The Pioneer RPG Kickstarter starts in just 4 hours!
Sign up to join the crew right here and be ready for the launch:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/mon...
The countdown has begun!
#ttrpg #TravellerRPG #Pioneer
Sign up to join the crew right here and be ready for the launch:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/mon...
The countdown has begun!
#ttrpg #TravellerRPG #Pioneer
Picked up some essential terrain making materials.
You know, for that cutting edge, never-seen-before style eye catchers to really enhance the tabletop!
#nerdlings #oldhammer
You know, for that cutting edge, never-seen-before style eye catchers to really enhance the tabletop!
#nerdlings #oldhammer
October 30, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Picked up some essential terrain making materials.
You know, for that cutting edge, never-seen-before style eye catchers to really enhance the tabletop!
#nerdlings #oldhammer
You know, for that cutting edge, never-seen-before style eye catchers to really enhance the tabletop!
#nerdlings #oldhammer
October 19, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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This is a REALLY good video that gets into the *specifics* of how AI is degrading our information environment and putting truth further out of reach for the average person / the population as a whole
I walked into the lounge last night to find my teenage son watching this. We have long admired @kurzgesagt.org and found their videos to be extremely illuminating. But this one in particular I think is so important right now!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zfN...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zfN...
AI Slop Is Killing Our Channel
YouTube video by Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
www.youtube.com
October 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
This is a REALLY good video that gets into the *specifics* of how AI is degrading our information environment and putting truth further out of reach for the average person / the population as a whole
October 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Hmm... I should make another battle report some day.
While it takes a fair bit of time, I remember really having fun with this Dust Warfare after action report!
firebroadside.blogspot.com/2013/09/dust...
#nerdlings
While it takes a fair bit of time, I remember really having fun with this Dust Warfare after action report!
firebroadside.blogspot.com/2013/09/dust...
#nerdlings
October 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Hmm... I should make another battle report some day.
While it takes a fair bit of time, I remember really having fun with this Dust Warfare after action report!
firebroadside.blogspot.com/2013/09/dust...
#nerdlings
While it takes a fair bit of time, I remember really having fun with this Dust Warfare after action report!
firebroadside.blogspot.com/2013/09/dust...
#nerdlings
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October 1, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Sneak peek of classics to come.
My first test turned out ok. Not going for the super vibrant 90s look, but certainly not the modern Blood Angels either. More of a 90s leaning middle ground.
Of course, the poor slob needs some squad and company markings. But that's for later.
#nerdlings #oldhammer
My first test turned out ok. Not going for the super vibrant 90s look, but certainly not the modern Blood Angels either. More of a 90s leaning middle ground.
Of course, the poor slob needs some squad and company markings. But that's for later.
#nerdlings #oldhammer
October 2, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Sneak peek of classics to come.
My first test turned out ok. Not going for the super vibrant 90s look, but certainly not the modern Blood Angels either. More of a 90s leaning middle ground.
Of course, the poor slob needs some squad and company markings. But that's for later.
#nerdlings #oldhammer
My first test turned out ok. Not going for the super vibrant 90s look, but certainly not the modern Blood Angels either. More of a 90s leaning middle ground.
Of course, the poor slob needs some squad and company markings. But that's for later.
#nerdlings #oldhammer
Got some classics painted! Here together with their inspiration.
We'll see how they fare in the 2nd ed 40k game I have coming up!
There are some detailing left (markings, back banners), but eh... good enough for a quick snap!
#oldhammer #nerdlings
We'll see how they fare in the 2nd ed 40k game I have coming up!
There are some detailing left (markings, back banners), but eh... good enough for a quick snap!
#oldhammer #nerdlings
September 8, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Got some classics painted! Here together with their inspiration.
We'll see how they fare in the 2nd ed 40k game I have coming up!
There are some detailing left (markings, back banners), but eh... good enough for a quick snap!
#oldhammer #nerdlings
We'll see how they fare in the 2nd ed 40k game I have coming up!
There are some detailing left (markings, back banners), but eh... good enough for a quick snap!
#oldhammer #nerdlings
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This is some of the hardest shit I've seen in my life
August 28, 2025 at 6:42 AM
This is some of the hardest shit I've seen in my life
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I don't know why this lad is building a subterranean city for cats, but I'm all for it.
August 16, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I don't know why this lad is building a subterranean city for cats, but I'm all for it.
Been slowly building more parts for my RDL for Obsidian Protocol, and now have enough to run some small test games. Just need to give them some paint first. Am thinking industrial and grimy!
The mechs are the same scale as the Infinity minis in the shots and come with magnets.
#nerdlings #mecha
The mechs are the same scale as the Infinity minis in the shots and come with magnets.
#nerdlings #mecha
August 2, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Been slowly building more parts for my RDL for Obsidian Protocol, and now have enough to run some small test games. Just need to give them some paint first. Am thinking industrial and grimy!
The mechs are the same scale as the Infinity minis in the shots and come with magnets.
#nerdlings #mecha
The mechs are the same scale as the Infinity minis in the shots and come with magnets.
#nerdlings #mecha
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Cosigned. They can take em dashes out of my cold, dead keyboard. What else am I going to do — start using semicolons?
Can of Worms time:
Hey, fuck you — a lot of us use em dashes because our neurospicy brains go a mile a minute. Hunting down writers and blasting them because “ChatGPT uses it” is kinda fucky. Like, no shit, it’s trying to mimic our styles. Aim your guns at the thief and not the victims please, kthx
Hey, fuck you — a lot of us use em dashes because our neurospicy brains go a mile a minute. Hunting down writers and blasting them because “ChatGPT uses it” is kinda fucky. Like, no shit, it’s trying to mimic our styles. Aim your guns at the thief and not the victims please, kthx
July 12, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Cosigned. They can take em dashes out of my cold, dead keyboard. What else am I going to do — start using semicolons?
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From now until the end of July, CHVLR is 50% off on itchio!
susanahgrace.itch.io/chvlr
Get yourself a summer bargain and experience the tragedy and terror of being a teenage mecha pilot!
#ttrpg #tabletop #gundam
susanahgrace.itch.io/chvlr
Get yourself a summer bargain and experience the tragedy and terror of being a teenage mecha pilot!
#ttrpg #tabletop #gundam
CHVLR: A Wretched & Alone Game by Susanah Grace
Just get in the robot.
susanahgrace.itch.io
July 12, 2025 at 6:18 PM
From now until the end of July, CHVLR is 50% off on itchio!
susanahgrace.itch.io/chvlr
Get yourself a summer bargain and experience the tragedy and terror of being a teenage mecha pilot!
#ttrpg #tabletop #gundam
susanahgrace.itch.io/chvlr
Get yourself a summer bargain and experience the tragedy and terror of being a teenage mecha pilot!
#ttrpg #tabletop #gundam
Took some time to paint the crew of the Normandy for the Mass Effect board game by @ithayla.bsky.social and @ericlang.bsky.social.
Daughter curiously watched the progress and is now eager to try the game. She knows nothing of ME, so it'll be fun to see how she takes to the story and characters!
Daughter curiously watched the progress and is now eager to try the game. She knows nothing of ME, so it'll be fun to see how she takes to the story and characters!
July 9, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Took some time to paint the crew of the Normandy for the Mass Effect board game by @ithayla.bsky.social and @ericlang.bsky.social.
Daughter curiously watched the progress and is now eager to try the game. She knows nothing of ME, so it'll be fun to see how she takes to the story and characters!
Daughter curiously watched the progress and is now eager to try the game. She knows nothing of ME, so it'll be fun to see how she takes to the story and characters!
Fresh off Traveller generation.
July 4, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Fresh off Traveller generation.
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I needed a second axis for this question.
February 9, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I needed a second axis for this question.
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if i can be y’all’s dad for a second:
one of the most important things I’ve learned is that acquiring a skill is literally uncomfortable
that awful moment where you feel confused and stupid and embarrassed? it means you’re about to learn something. and it’s *mandatory* if you want to get better
one of the most important things I’ve learned is that acquiring a skill is literally uncomfortable
that awful moment where you feel confused and stupid and embarrassed? it means you’re about to learn something. and it’s *mandatory* if you want to get better
I am surrounded by people who are outsourcing their own thinking to ChatGPT and they are quickly and obviously becoming dependent on it for even the most banal tasks. Once again, the "figuring it out" is the important part. Yes, you can use a crane to lift weights but you will not get stronger
June 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
if i can be y’all’s dad for a second:
one of the most important things I’ve learned is that acquiring a skill is literally uncomfortable
that awful moment where you feel confused and stupid and embarrassed? it means you’re about to learn something. and it’s *mandatory* if you want to get better
one of the most important things I’ve learned is that acquiring a skill is literally uncomfortable
that awful moment where you feel confused and stupid and embarrassed? it means you’re about to learn something. and it’s *mandatory* if you want to get better
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A couple vertical crop renders of my #StarWars Clone Wars-era Skipray Blastboat model from last year. Modeled in Maya, textured in Substance Painter, rendered in Blender. Pretty low poly. Just for fun I also used 3 kitbashed Star Trek greebles, imagining that ILM in the 90s might have done the same.
June 16, 2025 at 3:52 AM
A couple vertical crop renders of my #StarWars Clone Wars-era Skipray Blastboat model from last year. Modeled in Maya, textured in Substance Painter, rendered in Blender. Pretty low poly. Just for fun I also used 3 kitbashed Star Trek greebles, imagining that ILM in the 90s might have done the same.
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I would personally prefer a higher budget just 'cause I support reasonable production conditions and not working long hours, but yes, I do think Star Trek loses something if it doesn't have at least a few completely insane clunkers due to writers desperately trying to fill a 26 episode order.
I would rather every episode of Star Trek be made on a budget of $50 and we got 20-30 episodes a season than whatever the fuck they're doing now
June 12, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I would personally prefer a higher budget just 'cause I support reasonable production conditions and not working long hours, but yes, I do think Star Trek loses something if it doesn't have at least a few completely insane clunkers due to writers desperately trying to fill a 26 episode order.
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