Matthew Gomes
@matthewddsg.bsky.social
Canadien errant with a strange affinity for little brother countries. Writing about my Scottish and hobby adventures, mostly.
Preach, Rosamund.
Preach
Preach
November 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Preach, Rosamund.
Preach
Preach
Thank you, @arbitorian.bsky.social, for asking the tough questions and getting to the bottom of the big issues.
November 13, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Thank you, @arbitorian.bsky.social, for asking the tough questions and getting to the bottom of the big issues.
Who designs the models for Necromunda? Whoever you are, I hate you.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to find an unsmashed piggy bank.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to find an unsmashed piggy bank.
November 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Who designs the models for Necromunda? Whoever you are, I hate you.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to find an unsmashed piggy bank.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to find an unsmashed piggy bank.
Something that bugs me sometimes:
The whole 'lightning taking up the souls of great warriors to the training hall of the mighty bearded warrior god and patron of kings' things is extremely Valkyrie-adjacent, yet, the Stormcast have absolutely no Valkyrie coding.
What giveth?
The whole 'lightning taking up the souls of great warriors to the training hall of the mighty bearded warrior god and patron of kings' things is extremely Valkyrie-adjacent, yet, the Stormcast have absolutely no Valkyrie coding.
What giveth?
November 10, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Something that bugs me sometimes:
The whole 'lightning taking up the souls of great warriors to the training hall of the mighty bearded warrior god and patron of kings' things is extremely Valkyrie-adjacent, yet, the Stormcast have absolutely no Valkyrie coding.
What giveth?
The whole 'lightning taking up the souls of great warriors to the training hall of the mighty bearded warrior god and patron of kings' things is extremely Valkyrie-adjacent, yet, the Stormcast have absolutely no Valkyrie coding.
What giveth?
Today I heard an ad for St James' Place. a predatory investment manager, on the Slow Newscast poscats from @theobserveruk.bsky.social. I'm really disappointed that Tortoise and The Observer are shilling for such a disreputable outfit.
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Today I heard an ad for St James' Place. a predatory investment manager, on the Slow Newscast poscats from @theobserveruk.bsky.social. I'm really disappointed that Tortoise and The Observer are shilling for such a disreputable outfit.
Am I the only one who feels like the Citadel teams took a few notes from Trench Crusade with the design and paintjobs on the latest Nurgle release?
November 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Am I the only one who feels like the Citadel teams took a few notes from Trench Crusade with the design and paintjobs on the latest Nurgle release?
Today I had a random bout of anxiety to the effect of, 'what if all of my favourite character models go off sale before I have a chance to collect them?'
So, I sat with that irrational dread for a bit and anyway, here's a wee peak at my shopping basket.
So, I sat with that irrational dread for a bit and anyway, here's a wee peak at my shopping basket.
November 5, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Today I had a random bout of anxiety to the effect of, 'what if all of my favourite character models go off sale before I have a chance to collect them?'
So, I sat with that irrational dread for a bit and anyway, here's a wee peak at my shopping basket.
So, I sat with that irrational dread for a bit and anyway, here's a wee peak at my shopping basket.
Games Workshop have an admirable understanding of the psychology of their target demographic (of me).
November 4, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Games Workshop have an admirable understanding of the psychology of their target demographic (of me).
Help I need someone to convince me not to go back and grab the Blood and Zeal box they still somehow had lying around.
November 4, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Help I need someone to convince me not to go back and grab the Blood and Zeal box they still somehow had lying around.
Goddamnit, Games Workshop.
*sigh*
Ok, who wants to come with me to the Warhammer store?
*sigh*
Ok, who wants to come with me to the Warhammer store?
November 3, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Goddamnit, Games Workshop.
*sigh*
Ok, who wants to come with me to the Warhammer store?
*sigh*
Ok, who wants to come with me to the Warhammer store?
I am going to resist the urge to go full Jill Bearup on this chestplate and instead take a moment to celebrate how we've come with female characters in Warhammer because she is at once awesome, wearing vaguely usable armour, and paired with an Ultramarine.
November 2, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I am going to resist the urge to go full Jill Bearup on this chestplate and instead take a moment to celebrate how we've come with female characters in Warhammer because she is at once awesome, wearing vaguely usable armour, and paired with an Ultramarine.
Ok who wants to go halfsies with me because I need the Bestest Boys over here?
Need.
Need.
November 2, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Ok who wants to go halfsies with me because I need the Bestest Boys over here?
Need.
Need.
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'Meaningful conversations need to be had as to how Caribbean nations came to be and what they are owed'
✍️ Jamaica didn’t cause the climate crisis – but will pay the highest price, writes Taíno Mendez
https://bit.ly/3WyXUdi
✍️ Jamaica didn’t cause the climate crisis – but will pay the highest price, writes Taíno Mendez
https://bit.ly/3WyXUdi
Jamaica didn’t cause the climate crisis – but will pay th...
The country is being held back by not receiving the reparations for slavery it is owed
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November 2, 2025 at 5:52 PM
'Meaningful conversations need to be had as to how Caribbean nations came to be and what they are owed'
✍️ Jamaica didn’t cause the climate crisis – but will pay the highest price, writes Taíno Mendez
https://bit.ly/3WyXUdi
✍️ Jamaica didn’t cause the climate crisis – but will pay the highest price, writes Taíno Mendez
https://bit.ly/3WyXUdi
One day I will remember to proof-read *before* hitting Post. But,
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November 2, 2025 at 4:44 PM
One day I will remember to proof-read *before* hitting Post. But,
The Lewis Chessmen, finally on permanent display in the Kingdom of the Scots exhibit at @nationalmuseumsscotland. I've always loved these guys.
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November 2, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The Lewis Chessmen, finally on permanent display in the Kingdom of the Scots exhibit at @nationalmuseumsscotland. I've always loved these guys.
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I have a lovely FLGS in Edinburgh I like to pop into and check out what otherwise unfindable boxset they still, inexplicably, have lying around and I have now walked in twice, loudly declaring 'I sure hope they don't have the Helsmiths of Hashut Army Set' and they never do why is God so cruel 😭
November 2, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I have a lovely FLGS in Edinburgh I like to pop into and check out what otherwise unfindable boxset they still, inexplicably, have lying around and I have now walked in twice, loudly declaring 'I sure hope they don't have the Helsmiths of Hashut Army Set' and they never do why is God so cruel 😭
I would just like to nuance this statement somewhat by mentioning that the Kruleboyz are a really fun and original take on orcs and I have ideas about given them a cold, norther wetlands vibe, which would look very cool next to some Ghurish Helsmiths, given the relationship between the factions.
November 2, 2025 at 1:12 PM
I would just like to nuance this statement somewhat by mentioning that the Kruleboyz are a really fun and original take on orcs and I have ideas about given them a cold, norther wetlands vibe, which would look very cool next to some Ghurish Helsmiths, given the relationship between the factions.
I'm not really an Or(ru)c/k kind of guy but I am, apparently, a nostalgia kind of guy, so I really enjoyed this trip down greenskinned memory lane. Especially these two from my hobby youth.
October 31, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I'm not really an Or(ru)c/k kind of guy but I am, apparently, a nostalgia kind of guy, so I really enjoyed this trip down greenskinned memory lane. Especially these two from my hobby youth.
I want to do a post about my favourite pieces from Spiel Golden Demon but I feel like gushing about how they're all beautiful and I'll never paint anything worthy of their example adds much to the discourse, as it were.
October 28, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I want to do a post about my favourite pieces from Spiel Golden Demon but I feel like gushing about how they're all beautiful and I'll never paint anything worthy of their example adds much to the discourse, as it were.
Another grand ol' trip down memory lane with some great Imperial Guard (always in my heart) art from over the years. The most important of which, of course, is this marvelous piece from the White Dwarf article that accompanied my all-time favourite Guard release: the Vostroyan Firstborn.
October 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Another grand ol' trip down memory lane with some great Imperial Guard (always in my heart) art from over the years. The most important of which, of course, is this marvelous piece from the White Dwarf article that accompanied my all-time favourite Guard release: the Vostroyan Firstborn.
It does feel like a missed opportunity that as GW get better at representation and include ever more women across their ranges (yes I know Space Marines not now though ok) they aren't updating the classic ranges in that direction.
October 22, 2025 at 2:22 PM
It does feel like a missed opportunity that as GW get better at representation and include ever more women across their ranges (yes I know Space Marines not now though ok) they aren't updating the classic ranges in that direction.
Hot Take Incoming:
'ChatGPT Atlas' verges on unsayable.
'ChatGPT Atlas' verges on unsayable.
October 22, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Hot Take Incoming:
'ChatGPT Atlas' verges on unsayable.
'ChatGPT Atlas' verges on unsayable.
I find myself seriously considering eReading for the first time so I can continue reading the Horus Heresy and rereading Gaunt's Ghosts (and let's be honest there will be more). Can anyone recommend any devices?
#blacklibrary #warhammer
#blacklibrary #warhammer
October 21, 2025 at 11:59 AM
I find myself seriously considering eReading for the first time so I can continue reading the Horus Heresy and rereading Gaunt's Ghosts (and let's be honest there will be more). Can anyone recommend any devices?
#blacklibrary #warhammer
#blacklibrary #warhammer
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Friendly reminder that listening to @oculusimperia.bsky.social satisfies the CRTC requirements for broadcasting Canadian content.
October 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Friendly reminder that listening to @oculusimperia.bsky.social satisfies the CRTC requirements for broadcasting Canadian content.