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properpauper.bsky.social
@properpauper.bsky.social
Occasional Professional Dungeon Master and all-around cool guy
Played in the SNAFU #BoltAction event this weekend! 2 major losses, 2 draws that couldn’t have been closer.

Couple of different dice rolls and the draws could have been wins for sure. Good times and great tables!
#nerdlings #wargaming #miniatures #ww2
November 24, 2025 at 12:32 AM
my cat nailed his Stealth skill roll during this weekend’s D&D session #nerdlings #d&d #cat
September 30, 2025 at 1:06 AM
“The party faces a gauntlet to enter Zhentil Keep: a white dragon, two frost giants and gnolls (not pictured)”

Ruins of Zhentil Keep, 1995

just getting into town was hard back in back in the day

#d&d #nerdlings #2e
August 19, 2025 at 3:49 AM
DMed the Cauldron Cave from #d&d #rimeofthefrostmaiden this past weekend.

So - I painted up minis for all the monster encounters and was pretty happy how they turned out! The Frost Giant Skeleton is a great add to the mini cabinet

#dungeonsanddragons #miniatures #5e
July 2, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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June 16, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Some scatter #terrain for #BoltAction. That scene in Band of Brothers where the paratroopers run past the piano in the Carentan street always has stuck with me, so I wanted one for the table - both the truck and the piano are #3Dprints

#wargaming #nerdlings #miniatures
June 13, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Been having a lot of fun with #BoltAction lately but haven’t had a reason to use this (probably too big) trench piece - so I threw my Grenadiers in there for a couple pics!

#wargaming #nerdlings #miniatures #terrain
June 12, 2025 at 4:14 AM
This is absolute next level stuff - I’d be blown away seeing this on a table
Holographic Display for Minis!

Used Pepper’s Ghost illusion w/ a TFT screen + ESP32 which looks epic IRL! No soldering needed & you can even try it w/ your phone!

STL coming soon on www.SaucermenStudios.com.au

#3DPrinting #Wargaming #ESP32 #SciFiTerrain #MakerCommunity
April 23, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Happy retirement @chrisperkinsdnd.bsky.social ! Your DMing for Acquisitions Incorporated back in 4e got me back into #dnd . Now, some 17 years later I still am inspired by your DM style and lessons learned from those old podcasts from 2008.

#dungeonsanddragons #d&d
April 4, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Did you know the #Libby app has a subscription to @wssmagazine.bsky.social ?

Support your local #library!

#nerdlings #wargaming #miniatures #tabletopgaming
April 1, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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I played Warhammer last week , dude recorded the match and made this. #warhammer40k #wargaming
March 30, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Got to step inside an actual B-25 flown in #WW2 today. It was in a hanger with other 80 year old planes all being maintained and kept flying by a dozen Commemorative Air Force volunteers. Seriously cool to have folks doing that sort of thing in the local community #history
March 30, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Spent 16 hours over the weekend running #D&D for great folks in a truly awesome space at Escape Room Wisconsin - the decor, the old school artwork on the walls, the mindflayer trophy. Such a cool place to game!

#dnd #dungeonsanddragons #miniatures #nerdlings
March 17, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Expanding my #BoltAction motorpool with my 3D Printer. Turns out the file’s scale was noticeably bigger than the #Warlords model kit - so played around with the scaling and much happier with the second attempt

#miniatures #wargaming #nerdlings
March 12, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Few weeks ago saw a random Reddit post in the middle of the night saying their #FLGS had 50% off prices for all #BoltAction stuff and they shipped

Now I get to work through a perfect kit of #terrain for French towns tables

#wargaming #nerdlings #miniatures
March 4, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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Big eel news! Recently uncovered frescoes at Pompeii contain eels. Because of course they do. Eels are everywhere in European history. You just have to look.

This is a pair of lovely morays. To paraphrase Garth Brooks, sometimes folks wonder what happens if two morays never come. But here they are.
February 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Testing out some #d&d #miniature terrain set ups alongside ogre raiders and their hill giant hill boss. The local adventurers (and their pet owlbear) confront the band on a country road

Might have to try this farm-lane, heavy tree set up a try for #boltaction game too!

#nerdlings #wargaming
February 22, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Introduced two of my regular #D&D group members to #Frostgrave yesterday - we use minis in D&D but it was both of their first time with “actual” tabletop #wargaming

It’s cold here and we’re already doing #Frostmaiden campaign, so I busted out jungle terrain

#nerdlings
February 14, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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thread with @aoc.bsky.social’s advice for this moment, and it involves calling your reps.

not sure how? use 5calls.org (they have an app too).
February 4, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Coincidentally assembling English Civil War Calvary on the 376th anniversary of #CharlesI ‘s execution - morbid coincidence! #wargaming #nerdlings #history #miniatures
January 31, 2025 at 3:47 AM
realized it’d been about 20 years since I painted an actual #SpaceMarine and that I’d never painted an #Ultramarine

I’m pretty happy with how it turned out and might try some other Chapters with the dozens of other unbuilt mono-pose Intercessors I own

#warhammer40k #nerdlings #40k #miniatures
January 24, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Moments before disaster…American paratroopers cross the road in front of a lurking Pak40 already issued the “Ambush” order.

#boltaction #historicalwargaming #wargaming #nerdlings
January 6, 2025 at 5:34 PM
3D printed Pak40 and crew ready for the table in a few hours.

It’ll be my first #tabletopgaming of the year and only 3rd #BoltAction game ever

#Nerdlings #historicalwargames
January 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Artillery crews ready for an Earthshade wash - we can see the light at the end of the tunnel for this project. #BoltAction game in 2 days!

#Nerdlings #Wargaming #miniatures
January 4, 2025 at 5:50 AM