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Chris Gibson
@chrisgibsonpaints.bsky.social
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This is my account for my painting and collecting wargames miniatures, as I don't want to "mix the streams". No time for racists, homophobes, transphobes.
He/him.
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Also the anniversary of Balin being taken out by an orc sniper. Big day for #nerdlings
lostcitymagic.bsky.social Neugin @lostcitymagic.bsky.social · 28d
On this day, Dr. Manhatten first reappears after his atomized destruction in a lab accident. Happy November 10th to all who observe.
Comic panel from the watchmen comic book series. A ghostly Dr Manhattan tries to reassemble himself in the military research base he was atomized in. A glowing circulatory system walks towards horrified workers in a kitchen. Caption reads "it's November 10th. There is a circulatory system walking through the kitchen..."
November 10, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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A few mummies attacking a couple of the Silver Bayonet Egyptian unit.
Minis by Northstar and Westwind, midground scatter from @fenrisgames.com , background from @handiworkgames.bsky.social
#jhbackdrops
#nerdlings
A diorama of three mummies surrounding two middle eastern soldiers. One is armed with a sickle and dressed in a simple white shift, the other has a blue jacket, white shirt and red turban.
November 2, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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My Ostermark mercenary warband, The Gilded Swine, flexed their muscles at an all day event in Newcastle the weekend. Here they are about to get minced by an undead warband playing the Street Fight scenario. Only one henchman failed to survive the post game so no harm done.
Lots of toy soldiers. One warband is grey and dark red, the other is dressed in yellow and magenta. They are battling in a crowded bottle neck caused by two staircases.
October 20, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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That tartan though
kevdallimore.bsky.social Kev Dallimore @kevdallimore.bsky.social · Oct 14
298. ‘Big Tam’ Frazer, Department X veteran, from 7TV Crooked Dice. (my second paint of him, Fraser tartan) All done in Foundry paints. Mix of brushes.
298. ‘Big Tam’ Frazer, Department X veteran, from 7TV Crooked Dice. (my second paint of him, Fraser tartan) All done in Foundry paints. Mix of brushes.
October 14, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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The Stew Pan Clan assembles to head into Mordheim.
Minis from Old School Miniatures, with a backdrop from @handiworkgames.bsky.social
A group of 9 halflings armed with bows. They are dressed in red and green clothes.
October 2, 2025 at 2:18 PM
chrisgibsonpaints.bsky.social
Sometimes you just need to launch speed paint onto some metal to get the ball rolling again.
#nerdlings
#jhbackdrops
Two 28mm 'cultist' toy soldiers. They hold large axes, are dressed in black and red robes with metal masks over their head. The scene is in the desert with a ruined Egyptian statue in the midground and hills in the background.
September 18, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Sylvester Stallone, best known for his performance as Subway Thug #1 in Bananas (1971)
Two men in leather jackets have a 3rd man cornered on a subway train.
September 4, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Cheese and onion bake?
#alienearth
Two men stand opposite each other. One holds a rectangular pastry. 6 Greggs pasties in 2 columns.
September 4, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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@handiworkgames.bsky.social is Mossy Bob on your roster of artists for background books? 😉 youtu.be/nlUYjbfwbLE?...
The Cheap Dragon Show Episode 9: Cheap Backgrounds or GM Screens (featuring Mossy Bob)
YouTube video by Cheap Dragons
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September 1, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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For eons unmeasured great Cthulhu lay dreaming in his house at R'lyeh, emerging to devour the world ... From a happy meal on the M5
A blue, happy meal soft toy half in it's box. It has a smiling mouth under a tentacle nose.
August 5, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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@badsquiddogames.bsky.social good morning. Let me be the umpteenth person to inform you that Bad Squiddo got a shout out in the new @tabletopminions.bsky.social video today! Woo hoo.
youtu.be/Dc9dkbgyKa8?...
Were the Wargaming "Good Old Days" REALLY That Good?
YouTube video by Tabletop Minions
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August 1, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Hobby brain switched from painting minis to scratch building terrain last week. I've got a ruined house and tower ready to be primed.
July 28, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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I only found out about the Tripartite Indenture a couple of weeks ago, which I found surprising for the amount of time that I spent in Alnwick as a child en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripart...
July 21, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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Always use steel to threaten a mystic.
Backdrop from the new desert book by @handiworkgames.bsky.social , midground scatter by @fenrisgames.com, minis from @northstarfigs.bsky.social
A fantasy scene of 2 toy soldiers. One is a person in a black robe holding a staff and raising the other hand stands opposite a person with a sword in one hand and musket in the other. They stand in a desert with a broken Egyptian statue in the background, with rolling dunes beyond that.
July 17, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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There's a written up internet protocol to use pigeons (or any bird I suppose), so...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_over...
eleonorpiteira.bsky.social Eleonor Piteira @eleonorpiteira.bsky.social · Jul 15
Googling 'how to train a carrier pigeon to carry a usb flash drive across the planet'
July 16, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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Here are a couple of miniatures from The Egyptian Unit for #Silverbayonet. Although I love that the versatile Sci-Fi backdrop book can be used for Egypt, I'm looking forward to having options.
Two Napoleonic era 28mm toy soldiers. They have turbans and red jackets. One has a blunderbuss, the other a musket.
July 2, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Painted this marvellous wendigo, my first #moonstone figure, a few weeks ago. Then he waited patiently on my table until I got around to putting a twig (log) on his base for him to crawl over.
A humanoid with an animal skull for a head crawling along the ground: face on. A humanoid with an animal skull for a head crawling along the ground: right hand side A humanoid with an animal skull for a head crawling along the ground: left hand side
June 27, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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My take on Ursa from #Predator "Killer of Killers". Mainly Frostgrave parts, with a couple of 3D printed shields from etsy.
A shield maiden with two broken, bloody shields A shield maiden with two broken, bloody shields A shield maiden with two broken, bloody shields
June 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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A year since I took some viking minis to Lindisfarne for the anniversary of the invasion in 793.
4 28mm viking miniatures on a beach. Lindisfarne castle is in the background. Two vikings attack 2 monks : 28mm models. Lindisfarne castle is in the background.
June 8, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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After literally decades of wondering what to put on the shields of this Regiment of Renown I was struck by inspiration today. Mengil Manide's Dark Elves now have flayed skin nailed to their shields, using @peachytips.bsky.social masking tape method for cloth youtu.be/JJ0cOFKpto4?...
10 28mm miniatures. Elves with swords, shields and helmets.
June 7, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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We went to Souter Lighthouse yesterday. It has a fog horn too!
May 12, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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Great service from @fenrisgames.com : delivery 24 hours after I ordered. Time to get cracking on my latest project.
The contents of an order from Fenris Games: a flagstone base, some stickers and a thank you note.
May 8, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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After finishing these lads a week or so ago, I finally got around to photographing them. "Borgo Pass Tribesmen" from @crookeddice.bsky.social in front of a suitable backdrop from @handiworkgames.bsky.social
Two 28mm miniatures. They have white trousers, blue tunics and "bearskin" hats. One is armed with a rifle, the other with a musket and a curved dagger. Two 28mm miniatures. They have white trousers, blue tunics and "bearskin" hats. Both are armed with a musket and a curved dagger.
May 1, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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@ashbarker.bsky.social After yesterday's patreon hangout I'm determined to introduce my kids to Dark Tower... if it still works when I put the batteries in.
April 15, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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My most recent finished batch.
Bloody miniatures, Rotten Factory, Meridian miniatures and Northstar.
A 28mm miniature of an English Civil War soldier with a yellow tunic. He is carrying a poleaxe. A 28mm miniature of a mutant cultist. It has a hood covering it's head and tentacles instead of one hand. A 28mm miniature of a pig headed soldier. He has a sword and a wooden leg. A 28mm miniature of a Cossack: he carries a sack of torches and wields a curved sword.
March 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM