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@alunbweird.bsky.social
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He/him. Elder millenial. Cameras, cartoons, heavy metal, books, nerdy stuff. Liberty, human rights. British, European. Health professional. No Tories/TERFs/AI/Crypto chuds/other bastards. https://www.tideoptics.com/?ref=aevIv3XN discount code: ALUNB
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Here's mine. It's a mess, as always, but it works.
Hobby station. Desk with cutting mats, racks of paint on the wall, overhead LED lights. To the left is a small airbrush station.
December 3, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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Grabbed this from the Oxfam charity bookshop in town this afternoon. Purely on the strength of the cover, tbh, but it's about the air racers of the 1920s which is an AMAZING subject.
A large coffee table format book title The Speed Seekers, by Thomas G Foxworth. The cover is a striking graphic painting of 1920s air racers turning around a pylon with a checkered flag.
December 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM
alunbweird.bsky.social
Here's a late something for #Guardvember. I was rummaging today and found this. I made her in about 2005 as a Lieutenant for a mechanised army. Head from Hasslefree, greenstuff hair. Base mini shaved down ever so slightly to alter proportions.

Maybe I'll paint her some time.

#nerdlings
A female Cadian mini. She has a laspistol and chain sword, and is running forwards. Rear view of the Cadian mini.
November 29, 2025 at 11:39 PM
alunbweird.bsky.social
Late night #Caturday posting. Mr Sweep knows how to pose. 🖤🤍 #CatsofBluesky
Black and white tuxedo cat sits on a black box. He looks up above the camera. Black and white tuxedo cat stares into the camera.
November 23, 2025 at 1:31 AM
alunbweird.bsky.social
Got some cool stuff in from @oakboundstudio.bsky.social : some folkloric minis (Mari Lwyd, Green Knight etc) and a neat advent calendar thingy with minis and game tiles you open each day. Fun!

#nerdlings #miniatures
White metal minis of a Mari Lwyd and scarecrow in a packet marked The Woods White metal minis of a bearded figure and axe-wielding horned knight in a packet marked The Woods Black box labeled Once Upon a Time in The Woods Adventure Calendar Interior of the box showing many tiny giftwrap boxes. The first two are labeled 1st and 2nd
November 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
alunbweird.bsky.social
It's early, but I'm awake and being bothered so it's #Caturday. Mr Sweep knows what he wants, and what he wants he gets.
A black and white tuxedo cat leans into my side for fuss. His front legs are stretched forward.
November 15, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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Successful surgery on this old Mk.I GX680 film back. New battery installed and it's alive! #filmphotography #GX680 #MediumFormat #DIYElectronics #believeinfilm
A photo of the insides of a GX680 film back. A new green battery has been soldered into place. The insides of a GX680 film back. A finger pressing one of the buttons and the LCD showing an exposure counter reading zero.
November 8, 2025 at 10:28 PM
alunbweird.bsky.social
Saturday is #Caturday. The boss is keeping an eye on things. #CatsofBluesky
A black and white tuxedo cat sits on a blue sofa. There are blue and yellow cushions behind him. He stares at the camera.
November 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
alunbweird.bsky.social
Saturday is #Caturday.
Black and white tuxedo cat stares at the camera operator. He sits on a blue sofa.
November 1, 2025 at 7:19 PM
alunbweird.bsky.social
More #Halloween goings-on here, this time with cosplayer msmoxiirose. Huge fun!

#photography #portraits
A horned lady, dramatically lit with orange and green. She strikes a sorcerous pose. A horned lady looks moodily off into the distance. She holds a skull to her cheek. A horned lady looks into the camera, her face lit by the warm light of the candle she holds. A horned lady looks evilly to camera. She holds a heart in one hand, the other is bloody.
October 31, 2025 at 11:53 PM
alunbweird.bsky.social
Happy Halloween peeps!

In frame, the lovely Shelbie being all *dramatic* and then bothering some spiders.
Shelbie looking mournfully into the camera. She is dramatically lit. Shelbie looking dramatic, lot from above and in front of a creepy blue background. Shelbie all tangled up in spiderwebs. She's side lit with orange and green.
October 31, 2025 at 5:26 PM
alunbweird.bsky.social
It's definitely autumn. Mr Sweep is clearly feeling the cold as he won't leave me alone!

#Caturday #CatsofBluesky
Black and white tuxedo cat flopped on a blue throw. He stares smugly into the camera.
October 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
alunbweird.bsky.social
Love a flying boat! There's a Sandringham (maybe the only one left?) at the Solent Sky museum in Southampton. It dominates the place! Need to go back as this photo is from over a decade ago now. Great little museum.
The Sandringham's wing (showing the built-in access platform), and below the Sea Vixen. At the back on the left is the Saro SR.A/1 flying boat fighter, and a Vampire nose and Gnat wingtip can be seen bottom left.
October 17, 2025 at 5:47 AM
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This one is a JY610 II. Had it a few years now. It's not very exciting, but it has an optical trigger mode so I can just plonk it down somewhere in a scene and it will work. Nifty!

I have been eyeing up those tiny new Godox ones - might get one at some point as they're even smaller!
Tiny Viltrox JY610 II flash held in my hand.
October 16, 2025 at 10:37 PM
alunbweird.bsky.social
I'm doing my part!
A black and white tuxedo cat curled up on a red fluffy blanket.
October 16, 2025 at 10:41 AM
alunbweird.bsky.social
Got some cool little guys in from @rossydoesdrawings.bsky.social Goblin City project!

#nerdlings #miniatures #gobbos
Grumpy goblin mini in resin. He's got a big mace. Huge goblin mini in resin. Plate armour and chainmail, with horned helmet and a big club.
October 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
alunbweird.bsky.social
Gannet takes it for sheer excess. But my favourite foldy boy is probably the Sea Fury. Hawker's finest.
Hawker Sea Fury at Yeovilton, 2012. My photo.
October 9, 2025 at 2:41 AM
alunbweird.bsky.social
Generally it's a toss-up between my Bronica ETRSi, my Lomo Diana Instant, and whatever weirdness I'm currently playing with.

As of yesterday, that'd be this thing:
Fuji GX680 III on a tripod.
October 5, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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Black and white tuxedo cat on a blue blanket. He looks at the camera sleepily, chin resting on his feet.
October 4, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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Took the beast out for a spin Friday. Need to use it more! It's such a cool camera but I am painfully unfamiliar with it. Rather slow and clumsy with it compared to my regularly used cameras.
Fuji GX680 III (a giant camera with knobs, buttons and dials all over it) on a tripod.
October 4, 2025 at 3:01 AM
alunbweird.bsky.social
Just got home from my night shift, and Mr S is very pleased to see me.

#CatsofBluesky #MidweekMoggy
A black and white tuxedo cat stares into the camera. There's a hand on his left shoulder.
October 1, 2025 at 4:19 AM
alunbweird.bsky.social
Being yelled at by the locals.
September 19, 2025 at 1:27 PM
alunbweird.bsky.social
State of this.

#MondayMoggy
#CatsOfBluesky
A black and white tuxedo cat sprawls on a sofa.
September 15, 2025 at 8:14 PM
alunbweird.bsky.social
That's an easy one:
Phone call screen with red Decline and green Accept buttons. There's a red arrow pointing to the Decline button.
September 11, 2025 at 10:08 PM
alunbweird.bsky.social
Mr Sweep knows how to deal with a day like today. #cat #catsofbluesky
A black and white tuxedo cat sprawls on the rug. He's majestic even while as horizontal as it's possible to be.
September 9, 2025 at 3:53 PM