The Venerable Weed
@simonberman.bsky.social
Tacoma, WA
Owner, Strix Publishing
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President of the Brush Wielders Union
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Cohost & writer: Galaxy in Flames podcast and blog
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Digital Curator, Newark Museum of Science & Trucking
Owner, Strix Publishing
strixpublishing.com
President of the Brush Wielders Union
brushwieldersunion.com
Cohost & writer: Galaxy in Flames podcast and blog
galaxyinflames.com
Digital Curator, Newark Museum of Science & Trucking
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Brush Wielders Union
The Brush Wielders Union is a community of like-minded miniatures gamers dedicated to playing their games fully painted and supporting one another in their craft.
brushwieldersunion.com
Intro post! I'm a professional tabletop games writer, podcaster, & hobbyist. Most recently I was as a principal writer on the Dune: Adventures in the Imperium RPG.
I run the brushwieldersunion.com an organization of miniatures painters of all skill levels!
I also own strixpublishing.com
#warhammer
I run the brushwieldersunion.com an organization of miniatures painters of all skill levels!
I also own strixpublishing.com
#warhammer
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Intro post! I'm a professional tabletop games writer, podcaster, & hobbyist. Most recently I was as a principal writer on the Dune: Adventures in the Imperium RPG.
I run the brushwieldersunion.com an organization of miniatures painters of all skill levels!
I also own strixpublishing.com
#warhammer
I run the brushwieldersunion.com an organization of miniatures painters of all skill levels!
I also own strixpublishing.com
#warhammer
Brush Wielders Union
The Brush Wielders Union is a community of like-minded miniatures gamers dedicated to playing their games fully painted and supporting one another in their craft.
brushwieldersunion.com
October 18, 2024 at 7:06 PM
Intro post! I'm a professional tabletop games writer, podcaster, & hobbyist. Most recently I was as a principal writer on the Dune: Adventures in the Imperium RPG.
I run the brushwieldersunion.com an organization of miniatures painters of all skill levels!
I also own strixpublishing.com
#warhammer
I run the brushwieldersunion.com an organization of miniatures painters of all skill levels!
I also own strixpublishing.com
#warhammer
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Iron Warriors trains. Not doing any further research into this.
December 28, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Iron Warriors trains. Not doing any further research into this.
Progress, despite some masking slip
December 28, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Progress, despite some masking slip
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Heading into 2026, I'm still looking for fulltime or contract work as a senior writer or narrative designer. If you need someone who can write sharp characters, poetic prose, and emotional stories, I'm available! You can find my portfolio here: www.hazelmonforton.com
December 28, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Heading into 2026, I'm still looking for fulltime or contract work as a senior writer or narrative designer. If you need someone who can write sharp characters, poetic prose, and emotional stories, I'm available! You can find my portfolio here: www.hazelmonforton.com
@thelouvreof.bsky.social so glad you’re back here’s a screenshot from a few weeks ago
December 28, 2025 at 1:52 AM
@thelouvreof.bsky.social so glad you’re back here’s a screenshot from a few weeks ago
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I hope your AI wife leaves you and gets full custody of your AI children
December 28, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I hope your AI wife leaves you and gets full custody of your AI children
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Christopher Nolan's Odyssey more like "Oh dang I gotta finish my painting army for the tournament and I guess primer, brown, grey and a bit of red is enough to qualify, right?"
December 27, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Christopher Nolan's Odyssey more like "Oh dang I gotta finish my painting army for the tournament and I guess primer, brown, grey and a bit of red is enough to qualify, right?"
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Four image limit will always get me until I remember to count to... well, four. But the army all together just sings. I'm so pleased with how that looks en masse.
December 26, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Four image limit will always get me until I remember to count to... well, four. But the army all together just sings. I'm so pleased with how that looks en masse.
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December 27, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Big boy season continues
December 27, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Big boy season continues
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This post is the sign you’ve been waiting for to get into painting miniatures in 2026. Don’t worry about your skill level, or learning the lore, or having to play the game after - I promise you, you will thoroughly love the journey of simply painting a mini. It’s also so therapeutic. Do it :)
December 26, 2025 at 9:18 PM
This post is the sign you’ve been waiting for to get into painting miniatures in 2026. Don’t worry about your skill level, or learning the lore, or having to play the game after - I promise you, you will thoroughly love the journey of simply painting a mini. It’s also so therapeutic. Do it :)
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Warhammer Update: Painted up my last model of the year (visiting the folks in Az next week). I’ve gotten pretty good at these ladies. Only a couple more units and I think my army will be maxed out, then it’s just art projects and Necrons I guess?
December 26, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Warhammer Update: Painted up my last model of the year (visiting the folks in Az next week). I’ve gotten pretty good at these ladies. Only a couple more units and I think my army will be maxed out, then it’s just art projects and Necrons I guess?
For the last Brush Wielders Union podcast of the year I was joined by my old friends and former Press Gang comrades-in-arms, Craig Caton and Paul Shoemaker to tell me all about CaptainCon!
BWU Podcast Episode 81: An interview with Craig and Paul of CaptainCon! | Brush Wielders Union
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December 26, 2025 at 8:33 PM
For the last Brush Wielders Union podcast of the year I was joined by my old friends and former Press Gang comrades-in-arms, Craig Caton and Paul Shoemaker to tell me all about CaptainCon!
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daughter asked me about Christianity and I asked her what she knew. All she could tell me was she knew about "the Spear of Longinus" because "it appeared in Evangelion"
I couldn't be a prouder parent.
I couldn't be a prouder parent.
December 26, 2025 at 5:54 AM
daughter asked me about Christianity and I asked her what she knew. All she could tell me was she knew about "the Spear of Longinus" because "it appeared in Evangelion"
I couldn't be a prouder parent.
I couldn't be a prouder parent.
It is decided.
December 26, 2025 at 7:12 AM
It is decided.
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Groundhog Day:
I wanna hear more about Bill the gay waiter who paints toy soldiers. Did Phil learn his story by sleeping with him? Also, if the Bill is painting Warhammer figures and is "gay" what are the chances "he" is really a man?
Much to consider.
Anyway samsara entraps us all.
I wanna hear more about Bill the gay waiter who paints toy soldiers. Did Phil learn his story by sleeping with him? Also, if the Bill is painting Warhammer figures and is "gay" what are the chances "he" is really a man?
Much to consider.
Anyway samsara entraps us all.
December 26, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Groundhog Day:
I wanna hear more about Bill the gay waiter who paints toy soldiers. Did Phil learn his story by sleeping with him? Also, if the Bill is painting Warhammer figures and is "gay" what are the chances "he" is really a man?
Much to consider.
Anyway samsara entraps us all.
I wanna hear more about Bill the gay waiter who paints toy soldiers. Did Phil learn his story by sleeping with him? Also, if the Bill is painting Warhammer figures and is "gay" what are the chances "he" is really a man?
Much to consider.
Anyway samsara entraps us all.
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Another nine Saturnine Terminators finished, to clear the initial batch I built.
Still got a five man command squad and a centurion to do.
#HorusHeresy #Nerdlings #WarhammerCommunity
Still got a five man command squad and a centurion to do.
#HorusHeresy #Nerdlings #WarhammerCommunity
December 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Another nine Saturnine Terminators finished, to clear the initial batch I built.
Still got a five man command squad and a centurion to do.
#HorusHeresy #Nerdlings #WarhammerCommunity
Still got a five man command squad and a centurion to do.
#HorusHeresy #Nerdlings #WarhammerCommunity
A rare glimpse of the fossilisation process.
December 25, 2025 at 8:58 PM
A rare glimpse of the fossilisation process.
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He never sleeps, Tiny Tim. He is dancing, dancing. He says that he will NOT die.
December 25, 2025 at 9:02 AM
He never sleeps, Tiny Tim. He is dancing, dancing. He says that he will NOT die.
He never sleeps, Tiny Tim. He is dancing, dancing. He says that he will NOT die.
December 25, 2025 at 9:02 AM
He never sleeps, Tiny Tim. He is dancing, dancing. He says that he will NOT die.
Urgh I always get hobby paralysis at the end of the year staring at my backlog. Should I knock out some Eldar for my extremely slow growing Biel-Tan army, paint a Sicaran venator tank hunter or Typhon for my Sons of Horus, or crack open the Guards of Traitors Toll starter? Argh
December 25, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Urgh I always get hobby paralysis at the end of the year staring at my backlog. Should I knock out some Eldar for my extremely slow growing Biel-Tan army, paint a Sicaran venator tank hunter or Typhon for my Sons of Horus, or crack open the Guards of Traitors Toll starter? Argh
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I went to a crystal shop and a random old woman approached me and said “you have a lot of energy wrapped around you.” And I said, “thanks I hope good energy?” And she said “I wouldn’t mess with it too much”
a close up of a cartoon character with sweat drops on its face
ALT: a close up of a cartoon character with sweat drops on its face
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December 25, 2025 at 6:06 AM
I went to a crystal shop and a random old woman approached me and said “you have a lot of energy wrapped around you.” And I said, “thanks I hope good energy?” And she said “I wouldn’t mess with it too much”
Just a trifle.
December 25, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Just a trifle.