Ben Counter
@bencounter.bsky.social
Writer, miniature painter, gamer, King Geek. Based in Portsmouth, UK. He/him. www.bencounter.co.uk
I really want to write some more LitRPG.
November 14, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I really want to write some more LitRPG.
Very kind words and a fun reminder of when I got to give Lysander a really miserable time.
worldbuilder extraordinaire @bencounter.bsky.social takes us on a neatly symmetrical tour of another of his signature mind-bending daemon-infested hellscapes. Counter has a very inviting and fantasy-tinged take on Chaos that i really dig, and the easy camaraderie of his space marines is infectious
November 1, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Very kind words and a fun reminder of when I got to give Lysander a really miserable time.
Looking for recommendations on co-op miniatures games. Does Five Parsecs From Home work with multiple players, for instance? Especially games with lots of story content or potential.
October 26, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Looking for recommendations on co-op miniatures games. Does Five Parsecs From Home work with multiple players, for instance? Especially games with lots of story content or potential.
A Chaos Dwarf as a treat. Helsmiths of Hashut War Despot.
October 15, 2025 at 11:20 PM
A Chaos Dwarf as a treat. Helsmiths of Hashut War Despot.
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It’s opening night of Hangmen, the play I’m in. Here’s an article on it featuring a delightful picture of me!
It’s opening night of Hangmen, the play I’m in. Here’s an article on it featuring a delightful picture of me!
HumDrum bring dark comedy of Hangmen to The Spring Arts Centre, Havant
It’s 1965 and capital punishment in the United Kingdom is coming to an end.
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October 15, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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It’s opening night of Hangmen, the play I’m in. Here’s an article on it featuring a delightful picture of me!
It’s opening night of Hangmen, the play I’m in. Here’s an article on it featuring a delightful picture of me!
We are more alike than we are different, for all our differences. And we’re all just trying to make it through the night.
Wisdom, moral imagination, an enlarged sympathy for those who live or have lived differently from yourself. This is what you get from studying the Humanities. So quite important, actually.
October 8, 2025 at 7:10 PM
We are more alike than we are different, for all our differences. And we’re all just trying to make it through the night.
Trust me, after reading this you WILL want a ruggedised laptop
If you haven't already tried my bestselling #MarcDane thriller series, now's the time! The digital edition of NOMAD is on sale all this month for just 99p - grab it at the link below!
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October 1, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Trust me, after reading this you WILL want a ruggedised laptop
Fellow scribe Ms Cawkwell with a new space operatic adventure set in the universe of the iconically gargantuan board game. (Which I played once and though I didn’t win, I did take over Mecatol Rex which counts as an achievement unlocked)
Lots of ingredients.
This is what started life as Project: Magnificent Seven.
This is what started life as Project: Magnificent Seven.
Thunders Edge: Echoes of Memory by Sarah Cawkwell, a prequel to the forthcoming game from @fantasyflightgames.bsky.social takes you on an enthralling space opera journey set in the vast universe of #TwilightImperium. Pre-order your copy now!
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September 30, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Fellow scribe Ms Cawkwell with a new space operatic adventure set in the universe of the iconically gargantuan board game. (Which I played once and though I didn’t win, I did take over Mecatol Rex which counts as an achievement unlocked)
A play I’m in! For those of you in the Havant/Portsmouth/Fareham sort of area who fancy some pitch black comedy, HumDrum’s version of Hangmen features me hanging at least one person.
September 27, 2025 at 11:07 PM
A play I’m in! For those of you in the Havant/Portsmouth/Fareham sort of area who fancy some pitch black comedy, HumDrum’s version of Hangmen features me hanging at least one person.
This one's very difficult to take photos of, but here she is: A #warhammer40000 diorama with a wrecked Rogal Dorn being used as a trading post (and washing line) by a band of Ratling spivs.
September 11, 2025 at 11:52 PM
This one's very difficult to take photos of, but here she is: A #warhammer40000 diorama with a wrecked Rogal Dorn being used as a trading post (and washing line) by a band of Ratling spivs.
Spider Tank! Another scale modern conversion, this time with a Gigeresque flair.
September 9, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Spider Tank! Another scale modern conversion, this time with a Gigeresque flair.
Boxed diorama, the idea being it’s a medal case with the medals displayed one one side and a representation of what the bearer did to win them on the other. #warhammer #miniaturepainting
September 3, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Boxed diorama, the idea being it’s a medal case with the medals displayed one one side and a representation of what the bearer did to win them on the other. #warhammer #miniaturepainting
Tiny boxed diorama, using a cheap jewellery box from a craft shop and a figure from TT Combat. I refer to it as ‘evil box’.
August 29, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Tiny boxed diorama, using a cheap jewellery box from a craft shop and a figure from TT Combat. I refer to it as ‘evil box’.
Unknown Ship, South Atlantic, Late 1943. One of the models I entered this year at the Miniature Painting Open and the Fen Model Show.
August 29, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Unknown Ship, South Atlantic, Late 1943. One of the models I entered this year at the Miniature Painting Open and the Fen Model Show.
I bought a pack of miniature frogs from Bad Squiddo at Salute this year, which is exactly the kind of thing the miniature painting works needs more of.
Could you help us out? It's been one of the quietest months in a decade, and partly I believe it's because people don't know we exist! Hi! I'm Annie! I run Bad Squiddo Games! We hand sculpt & hand cast 28mm scale models of women, critters, scenics & occasionally a man!
www.badsquiddogames.com
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July 7, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I bought a pack of miniature frogs from Bad Squiddo at Salute this year, which is exactly the kind of thing the miniature painting works needs more of.
This Char dude is a big deal, right? Anyway, here’s his Zaku from Gundam Assemble #gundam #gunpla #gubdamassemble
June 15, 2025 at 11:14 PM
This Char dude is a big deal, right? Anyway, here’s his Zaku from Gundam Assemble #gundam #gunpla #gubdamassemble
Anyone in the Havant area, my good friends in the HumDrum theatre company are performing this week, so if you have a free evening (or Saturday afternoon), go along and show them some love.
June 11, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Anyone in the Havant area, my good friends in the HumDrum theatre company are performing this week, so if you have a free evening (or Saturday afternoon), go along and show them some love.
Still legit terrified of AI. At least with Skynet we’d know what we’re getting.
May 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Still legit terrified of AI. At least with Skynet we’d know what we’re getting.
This Rogal Dorn has seen better days but it still won me a Bronze in the Standard Vehicle category at this year’s Miniature Painting Open. Very proud of the knackered old rustbucket.
May 27, 2025 at 11:21 PM
This Rogal Dorn has seen better days but it still won me a Bronze in the Standard Vehicle category at this year’s Miniature Painting Open. Very proud of the knackered old rustbucket.
These three dioramas won me a Silver in the Standard category at this year’s Miniature Painting Open! A personal best for me so I’d say it was a very successful outing.
May 27, 2025 at 11:16 PM
These three dioramas won me a Silver in the Standard category at this year’s Miniature Painting Open! A personal best for me so I’d say it was a very successful outing.
Checking out the entries at the Miniature Painting Open in Bristol has imparted an understanding that I am in the Dunning-Krueger club.
May 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Checking out the entries at the Miniature Painting Open in Bristol has imparted an understanding that I am in the Dunning-Krueger club.
Off to the Miniature Painting Open in Bristol over the weekend. Wish me luck, true believers. #miniaturepaintingopen
May 22, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Off to the Miniature Painting Open in Bristol over the weekend. Wish me luck, true believers. #miniaturepaintingopen
Who knew I’d written so many Space Wolf stories? www.blacklibrary.com/warhammer-40...
Black Library - Sagas of the Space Wolves
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May 22, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Who knew I’d written so many Space Wolf stories? www.blacklibrary.com/warhammer-40...
Emperor’s Children WiP: Lucius the Eternal aka 40k’s biggest jerk.
May 16, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Emperor’s Children WiP: Lucius the Eternal aka 40k’s biggest jerk.
To honour @qosbaszler.bsky.social repping the Death Guard, #StrikeforceBaszler now has a Plague Marine in their number.
April 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
To honour @qosbaszler.bsky.social repping the Death Guard, #StrikeforceBaszler now has a Plague Marine in their number.