Richard Steer
@rdsteer.bsky.social
Electricity distribution networks, with an interest in disaster recovery, climate adaptation, and demand-side flexibility | Miniature wargaming | Contributing writer for nodicenoglory.com | Wellington, NZ
The GeoNet app is such a brilliant example of crowd sourced data. Within minutes of this morning’s earthquake, 10,000 people voluntarily reported their experience of the shake, rapidly building a picture of how it affected the region. #eqnz
March 7, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The GeoNet app is such a brilliant example of crowd sourced data. Within minutes of this morning’s earthquake, 10,000 people voluntarily reported their experience of the shake, rapidly building a picture of how it affected the region. #eqnz
Nice selection of sticks at the library today.
January 27, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Nice selection of sticks at the library today.
Hi @uk-tank-markings.co.uk A question has come up about AoS markings for regiments in 22nd Armd Bde while they were an independent brigade group in mid 1942, before they joined 7th Armoured. Do you have any guidance on this?
January 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Hi @uk-tank-markings.co.uk A question has come up about AoS markings for regiments in 22nd Armd Bde while they were an independent brigade group in mid 1942, before they joined 7th Armoured. Do you have any guidance on this?
Some new writing from me at No Dice No Glory, about a #FlamesOfWar tournament I played in earlier this year.
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Death or Glory: Flames of War at ValleyCon 2024
By Richard Steer Every year, the Hutt Miniature Wargames Club hosts the ValleyCon wargaming event in Upper Hutt, New Zealand. 2024 was the club’s 25th anniversary, and fittingly, ValleyCon 20…
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December 26, 2024 at 8:59 PM
Some new writing from me at No Dice No Glory, about a #FlamesOfWar tournament I played in earlier this year.
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Lovely day out in Cook Strait.
December 23, 2024 at 3:19 AM
Lovely day out in Cook Strait.
Interislander ferry Kaiarahi, with a “slight technical problem”, currently drifting in Wellington harbour…
December 23, 2024 at 12:19 AM
Interislander ferry Kaiarahi, with a “slight technical problem”, currently drifting in Wellington harbour…
This photo is from the wedding of my great-grandparents, John and Lilian Steer, in 1910. The boy in the front left is Frank, John's brother, aged 10.
Just over five years after this photo was taken, Frank was on a ship to France with the 13th (Wirral) Battalion of the Cheshire Regiment. (1/3)
Just over five years after this photo was taken, Frank was on a ship to France with the 13th (Wirral) Battalion of the Cheshire Regiment. (1/3)
November 11, 2024 at 9:07 AM
This photo is from the wedding of my great-grandparents, John and Lilian Steer, in 1910. The boy in the front left is Frank, John's brother, aged 10.
Just over five years after this photo was taken, Frank was on a ship to France with the 13th (Wirral) Battalion of the Cheshire Regiment. (1/3)
Just over five years after this photo was taken, Frank was on a ship to France with the 13th (Wirral) Battalion of the Cheshire Regiment. (1/3)
@uk-tank-markings.co.uk here’s a photo you may be interested in. It’s a car from 1st Derbyshire Yeomanry, with 6th Armoured Division in Tunisia. The AoS flash looks like a white 47 on a blue and green background.
April 16, 2024 at 9:33 PM
@uk-tank-markings.co.uk here’s a photo you may be interested in. It’s a car from 1st Derbyshire Yeomanry, with 6th Armoured Division in Tunisia. The AoS flash looks like a white 47 on a blue and green background.
The kids were claiming that our hallway spider was pregnant. This was obviously ridiculous, so for days I ignored their increasingly fearful pleas for me to do something about it. We now have approximately a gajillion spider babies.
April 7, 2024 at 1:16 AM
The kids were claiming that our hallway spider was pregnant. This was obviously ridiculous, so for days I ignored their increasingly fearful pleas for me to do something about it. We now have approximately a gajillion spider babies.
Easter Sunday afternoon boardgames with my family, playing Mariposas for the first time. There’s probably lots we got wrong, but it was a fun and colourful game.
March 31, 2024 at 2:57 AM
Easter Sunday afternoon boardgames with my family, playing Mariposas for the first time. There’s probably lots we got wrong, but it was a fun and colourful game.
And the #FestiveTankChallenge is finished!
Three 1/100 scale Churchill IIIs completed for #FlamesOfWar.
Three 1/100 scale Churchill IIIs completed for #FlamesOfWar.
December 30, 2023 at 3:59 AM
And the #FestiveTankChallenge is finished!
Three 1/100 scale Churchill IIIs completed for #FlamesOfWar.
Three 1/100 scale Churchill IIIs completed for #FlamesOfWar.
Decals and filter applied to the base coat of my #FlamesOfWar Churchills for the #FestiveTankChallenge. These models were from a starter box which didn’t include appropriate decals for Churchills, so there’s been a bit of improvisation. Now onto painting details.
December 27, 2023 at 9:46 PM
Decals and filter applied to the base coat of my #FlamesOfWar Churchills for the #FestiveTankChallenge. These models were from a starter box which didn’t include appropriate decals for Churchills, so there’s been a bit of improvisation. Now onto painting details.
Progress on the #FestiveTankChallenge! Churchills now base coated and ready for decalling.
December 27, 2023 at 6:14 AM
Progress on the #FestiveTankChallenge! Churchills now base coated and ready for decalling.
Three #FlamesofWar Churchills assembled for the #FestiveTankChallenge. A nice kit that went together quickly. The only issue was a mould line running down the centre of the tracks, but still way better than working with resin and metal.
December 23, 2023 at 2:21 AM
Three #FlamesofWar Churchills assembled for the #FestiveTankChallenge. A nice kit that went together quickly. The only issue was a mould line running down the centre of the tracks, but still way better than working with resin and metal.
A little bit late across the start line, but I’m about to embark on @tomjmegan.bsky.social’s #FestiveTankChallenge with a troop of three 1:100 Churchill IIIs for my #FlamesOfWar British.
December 22, 2023 at 10:11 PM
A little bit late across the start line, but I’m about to embark on @tomjmegan.bsky.social’s #FestiveTankChallenge with a troop of three 1:100 Churchill IIIs for my #FlamesOfWar British.
Sunset over Lower Hutt, New Zealand. 1 December 2023.
December 1, 2023 at 8:47 AM
Sunset over Lower Hutt, New Zealand. 1 December 2023.
Someone has been waiting their entire career to write this headline.
November 22, 2023 at 3:40 AM
Someone has been waiting their entire career to write this headline.
I would have expected a TV show about time travel to maintain an internally consistent concept of how time travel works. Not yet prepared to call it a plot hole - will have to wait for the next episode to see if they resolve it.
November 5, 2023 at 12:29 AM
I would have expected a TV show about time travel to maintain an internally consistent concept of how time travel works. Not yet prepared to call it a plot hole - will have to wait for the next episode to see if they resolve it.
#nzpol “Vote National” slogans have been attached to National billboards on SH2 near Lower Hutt. The colour of the stickers looks very much like “Electoral Commission Orange”. Is that even legal?
October 9, 2023 at 5:35 AM
#nzpol “Vote National” slogans have been attached to National billboards on SH2 near Lower Hutt. The colour of the stickers looks very much like “Electoral Commission Orange”. Is that even legal?
September 2023 was the first month that new registrations of #EV / PHEV light passenger vehicles in the Wellington region of New Zealand exceeded that of non-hybrid petrol/diesel vehicles. The main driver will be changes and threats to the Clean Car Discount. Source: www.nzta.govt.nz/resources/ne...
October 9, 2023 at 12:26 AM
September 2023 was the first month that new registrations of #EV / PHEV light passenger vehicles in the Wellington region of New Zealand exceeded that of non-hybrid petrol/diesel vehicles. The main driver will be changes and threats to the Clean Car Discount. Source: www.nzta.govt.nz/resources/ne...
Chatting with my FIL last night. His uncle was with 2nd NZ Div in Crete. Captured by the Germans, he managed to escape and make his way to the evacuation. He tried to board a destroyer but was refused - “English only.” He tore off his ‘NZ’ flashes, rejoined the queue, and was on the last ship out.
October 7, 2023 at 9:23 PM
Chatting with my FIL last night. His uncle was with 2nd NZ Div in Crete. Captured by the Germans, he managed to escape and make his way to the evacuation. He tried to board a destroyer but was refused - “English only.” He tore off his ‘NZ’ flashes, rejoined the queue, and was on the last ship out.
The Waihopai River dam, Marlborough, NZ. Constructed in 1927 for the 1MW (now 2.5MW) Waihopai power station.
October 7, 2023 at 4:23 AM
The Waihopai River dam, Marlborough, NZ. Constructed in 1927 for the 1MW (now 2.5MW) Waihopai power station.
Beautiful flight across the Strait to Blenheim last night.
October 4, 2023 at 8:04 PM
Beautiful flight across the Strait to Blenheim last night.