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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.
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Absolutely. Here's the Ostermarkers that I've added to my warband since discovering Sonic Sludge.
A group of 5 fantasy toy soldiers in purple and yellow uniforms.
November 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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2nd from the right. Drenched it in Humbrol enamel paint. I'll never strip it.
Line drawings of 5 fantasy dwarf warriors A badly painted dwarf miniature. He has a horned helmet, axe and stuffed shield.
November 19, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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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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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
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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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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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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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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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Ha! That'll be me (I got the shipping notice already thanks). I'm using it to rebuild a vignette of old citadel "Gothic horror" minis that hasn't survived the past 4 decades.
A broken vignette of 28mm pulp miniatures on a green cutting mat.
May 7, 2025 at 3:17 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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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
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6 'Coriscan Rangers' from Perry Miniatures that I picked up at Vapnartak this year.
I used a few videos from @sonicsledgehammer.bsky.social as pointers on how to paint them, I'm not sure that I would've been brave enough to tackle them otherwise.
3 28mm Napoleonic soldiers in a desert vignette. One is armed with a sword, the others have rifles. They have blue trousers, green jackets and black hats with a white feather. 3 28mm Napoleonic soldiers in a desert vignette. One is carrying a bugle, the others have rifles. They have blue trousers, green jackets and black hats with a white feather.
March 11, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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I love Shani from @badsquiddogames.bsky.social and went through my lead pile to paint a trio of characters with double hand weapons. I've paired her with another Kev White sculp (Kalyna from Hasslefree miniatures) and added the werebear miniature from Northstar's #Silverbayonet Russian Unit.
Two wargames miniatures one with 2 axes, the other has 2 short swords. A wargames miniature with 2 axes. 3 wargames miniatures arranged in a vignette, 2 are on the left, 1 on the right.
March 2, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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I did a little hotel hobby time this morning. Useful to rattle off some speed paint coverage on 'table ready' miniatures.
5 bottles of paint, 2 miniatures, a paint brush, some tissue and a silicon pop-it bracelet (used as a pallet) arranged on a hotel table.
February 25, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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I tend to paint in small batches of miniatures from various genres, to keep up my interest. Sunday is often the day I manage to finish a batch. Here's the latest batch. Meridian, Northstar, Bloody Miniatures and Meridian.
A human fantasy soldier with a shield and sword. He is wearing a white mask with glowing green eyes. A Napoleonic era Russian rifleman. He has an eye patch and is wearing an orthodox cross around his neck. A 17th century farmer, smoking a clay pipe and holding a blunderbuss. A woman in a black dress. The dress has been repaired with patches. She is armed with a two handed mace.
February 9, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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I'm in!
Northstar, Meridian, Hasslefree and Northstar again.
A 28mm Napoleonic British figure for the game silver bayonet. He stands in a desert scene, reading a book A 28mm fantasy scene: a wounded soldier with a bandage over one eye. He is armed with a spear and has a pointing child on his shoulders. An ogre standing with one hand on his hip holding a two handed mace in the other. A figure of a man wearing a black coat and a red fez. He is raising his hands as if he is making a grand gesture.
February 7, 2025 at 8:19 PM