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minustom.bsky.social
Common or garden Tom
@minustom.bsky.social
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Painter of tiny pointless things / Attack and Dethrone God / Graphic Designer / Red Hook Studios / Hinterland Magazine / Freelance / He/Him
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It’s taken two weeks but my Trygon Prime is finally ready for priming #Nidvember #PaintingWarhammer #WarhammerCommunity #Tyranids #40k #Warpshadow #Leviathan #Painting40k #Kitbashing
A Tyranid Trygon Prime, with a head converted to resemble the recent Ravener Prime (with a raised fin-crest) bursts from its base in a spray of cork rubble and several small pieces of broken vehicle and building
November 15, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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Starting #Nidvember on a fairly minor head modification and repurposing for a Trygon Prime (inspired by the new Ravener Prime of course) and a leftover-pieces-Mawloc head #PaintingWarhammer #WarhammerCommunity #Tyranids #40k #Warpshadow #Leviathan #Kitbashing #WIPWednesday
November 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Trygon Prime you say #WIP #Kitbashing #Sculpting #PaintingWarhammer #WarhammerCommunity #Tyranids #40k #Warpshadow #Leviathan #Painting40k
A Tyranid Trygon head in plain grey plastic - it’s tongue is swapped for a Psychophage tongue, the back of its head crest has been swapped for the back of a Biovore Cannon carapace, and it has a crest similar to a Ravener Prime added
October 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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A new unit of Raveners emerge for Hive Fleet Typhaeus - super fun to paint and very happy with how they turned out :)
#PaintingWarhammer #WarhammerCommunity #Tyranids #40k #Warpshadow #Leviathan #Painting40k
A group of five Tyranid Raveners with black and turquoise glossy carapace with yellow markings, glossy black and red talons and white/purple skin with dark red markings A Tyranid Ravener with a black and turquoise glossy carapace with yellow markings, glossy black and red talons and white/purple skin with dark red markings A Tyranid Ravener with a black and turquoise glossy carapace with yellow markings, glossy black and red talons and white/purple skin with dark red markings A Tyranid Ravener with a black and turquoise glossy carapace with yellow markings, glossy black and red talons and white/purple skin with dark red markings
August 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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A trio of Zoanthropes added to Hive Fleet Typhaeus just in time to go away for two weeks! Cut it a bit fine on the deadline but they’re done :) #PaintingWarhammer #WarhammerCommunity #Tyranids #40k #Warpshadow #Leviathan #Painting40k
A trio of Tyranid Zoanthropes with black and turquoise carapaces with yellow markings, whitish purple skin with red markings, and oversized glowing pink brains A Tyranid Zoanthrope with black and turquoise carapaces with yellow markings, whitish purple skin with red markings, and oversized glowing pink brains A Tyranid Neurothrope with black and turquoise carapaces with yellow markings, whitish purple skin with red markings, and oversized glowing pink brains. It has a large red horn at the front of its head
July 31, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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Added a unit of Hyper-Adapted Raveners to Hive Fleet Typhaeus just in time for a game tomorrow. Absolutely gorgeous models, really looking forward to painting a regular unit too…
#PaintingWarhammer #WarhammerCommunity #Tyranids #40k #Warpshadow #Leviathan #Painting40k
A unit of Hyper-Adapted Raveners painted with glossy black/blue carapace with yellow markings, white/purple skin with red markings, and dark red claws and spikes. A pair of Hyper-Adapted Raveners painted with glossy black/blue carapace with yellow markings, white/purple skin with red markings, and dark red claws and spikes. One has a split lower jaw, heavier armour and crab-like upper claws, while the other has distended acid-filled sacs on its back, which it can spray from its face A pair of Hyper-Adapted Raveners painted with glossy black/blue carapace with yellow markings, white/purple skin with red markings, and dark red claws and spikes. One has bright orange poison-filled sacs on its face and claws, while the other has a number of additional yellow eyes on its head and down it’s tongue The leader of the Hyper-Adapted Raveners painted with glossy black/blue carapace with yellow markings, white/purple skin with red markings, and dark red claws and spikes. It has glowing pink/white eyes and a raised crest protruding from its head
July 24, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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A second floaty Maleceptor finished for Hive Fleet Typhaeus - this one has a lot more work in the conversion and I had fun finding bits to get the flying-insect/deep-sea-drifter feel (plus the psychic crown!)
#PaintingWarhammer #WarhammerCommunity #Tyranids #40k #Warpshadow #Leviathan #Painting40k
A converted Tyranid Maleceptor with a distinctive psychic head and crown, floating over a ruin with limbs and tentacles drifting below it, reminiscent of a deep-sea predator lazily searching for prey A converted Tyranid Maleceptor with a distinctive psychic head and crown, floating over a ruin with limbs and tentacles drifting below it, reminiscent of a deep-sea predator lazily searching for prey A converted Tyranid Maleceptor with a distinctive psychic head and crown, floating over a ruin with limbs and tentacles drifting below it, reminiscent of a deep-sea predator lazily searching for prey A converted Tyranid Maleceptor with a distinctive psychic head and crown, floating over a ruin with limbs and tentacles drifting below it, reminiscent of a deep-sea predator lazily searching for prey
June 20, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Captain Aurora completes the Novamarines Kill Team - it was inspired by the old Space Crusade art of four Marines and I think she rounds out the team well!
#PaintingWarhammer #WarhammerCommunity #40k #Painting40k #KillTeam #SpaceMarines #Novamarines #KillTeam #Badab
A Novamarine Space Marine Captain equipped with a Power Fist and Plasma Pistol. She is wearing quartered bone and blue power armour, a red and cream cloak and is adorned with a lot of decoration and heraldry. She has black hair with a white stripe falling over one eye. All her equipment is battered and worn. A Novamarine Space Marine Captain equipped with a Power Fist and Plasma Pistol. She is wearing quartered bone and blue power armour, a red and cream cloak and is adorned with a lot of decoration and heraldry. She has black hair with a white stripe falling over one eye. All her equipment is battered and worn. A Novamarine Space Marine Captain equipped with a Power Fist and Plasma Pistol. She is wearing quartered bone and blue power armour, a red and cream cloak and is adorned with a lot of decoration and heraldry. She has black hair with a white stripe falling over one eye. All her equipment is battered and worn. A Novamarine Space Marine Captain equipped with a Power Fist and Plasma Pistol. She is wearing quartered bone and blue power armour, a red and cream cloak and is adorned with a lot of decoration and heraldry. She has black hair with a white stripe falling over one eye. All her equipment is battered and worn.
June 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Not the best photo but the final member of the Novamarine Kill Team is underway for #WIPWednesday
#PaintingWarhammer #WarhammerCommunity #40k #Painting40k #KillTeam #SpaceMarines #Novamarines #KillTeam #Badab
A work in progress photo of a Novamarine Space Marine Captain currently in pieces
June 4, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Malaeceptor conversion completed! This definitely got a bit out of hand, but I really enjoyed the process - I’ve primed it now and can see more imperfections than I’d ideally like but hey that’s the process!
#PaintingWarhammer #WarhammerCommunity #Tyranids #40k #Warpshadow #Leviathan #Painting40k
A kitbashed/converted Tyranid Maleceptor, seemingly floating above ruined Imperial architecture - it has a completely new head made from a Zoanthrope crest, a Harpy face and a sculpted brain, a custom sculpted bone crown framing a new neck cavity, and a set of limbs from various other Tyranid monsters A kitbashed/converted Tyranid Maleceptor, seemingly floating above ruined Imperial architecture - it has a completely new head made from a Zoanthrope crest, a Harpy face and a sculpted brain, a custom sculpted bone crown framing a new neck cavity, and a set of limbs from various other Tyranid monsters A kitbashed/converted Tyranid Maleceptor, seemingly floating above ruined Imperial architecture - it has a completely new head made from a Zoanthrope crest, a Harpy face and a sculpted brain, a custom sculpted bone crown framing a new neck cavity, and a set of limbs from various other Tyranid monsters A kitbashed/converted Tyranid Maleceptor, seemingly floating above ruined Imperial architecture - it has a completely new head made from a Zoanthrope crest, a Harpy face and a sculpted brain, a custom sculpted bone crown framing a new neck cavity, and a set of limbs from various other Tyranid monsters
June 2, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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Good progress today, got the crown almost finished, carapace edge detailed and new shoulders added to the dangly arms
Various parts of a Tyranid Maleceptor with a custom built ‘crown’ and Screamer Killer arms. Putty is drying on the newly added bits (carapace edge on the torso, the whole crown and the shoulders) A closeup of the almost-finished crown piece made from putty and plasticard
May 28, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Neck mostly completed (it’ll need blending once the head is attached), carapace edge blocked in, and crown front started
A Tyranid Maleceptor with lots of putty added to create a new neck cavity and a new Neurotyrant-style crown
May 28, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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Work progresses - the neck cavity has been filled and detailed, and a new neck has been blocked in. I also added putty to the back of the crown piece - really enjoying the process but it’s very hard
Detail sculpting started on the neck cavity of a Maleceptor which has been cut away to hold a new head (which you can see in the background). Next to the torso you can see a semicircular crenelated organic crown structure made from plasticard, with putty bulking out the back
May 27, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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I’ve been working on a second Maleceptor with a bit of a different feel to the previous Scriv inspired version - I mainly wanted to change the original head and get it floating because that’s great for the psychic Nids #WarhammerCommunity #Tyranids #40k #Warpshadow
A blutacked, kitbashed Tyranid Maleceptor with a new head, a Neurotyrant-style crown/crest, and long drifting limbs and tentacles A converted Tyranid monster head made from a Harpy head with a Zoanthrope crest and a sculpted exposed brain The back view of the exposed brain showing the mirrored folds of its grey matter
May 26, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Back once again with a Novamarine Sniper (it tracks to the song and you can’t tell me it doesn’t) - the Eliminator was lots of fun. I enjoyed making semi-plausible but very stupid camo
#PaintingWarhammer #WarhammerCommunity #40k #Painting40k #KillTeam #SpaceMarines #Novamarines #KillTeam #Badab
A Novamarine Space Marine Eliminator equipped with a large sniper rifle. They have quartered blue and bone armour and are wearing a black, turquoise, grey and orange camo cloak A Novamarine Space Marine Eliminator equipped with a large sniper rifle. They have quartered blue and bone armour and are wearing a black, turquoise, grey and orange camo cloak A Novamarine Space Marine Eliminator equipped with a large sniper rifle. They have quartered blue and bone armour and are wearing a black, turquoise, grey and orange camo cloak A Novamarine Space Marine Eliminator equipped with a large sniper rifle. They have quartered blue and bone armour and are wearing a black, turquoise, grey and orange camo cloak
May 23, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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It’s been a while since I posted but I have been painting! A tactical Intercessor for my Novamarine Kill Team is ready to go (with kitbashed auxiliary grenade launcher)
#PaintingWarhammer #WarhammerCommunity #40k #Painting40k #KillTeam #SpaceMarines #Novamarines #KillTeam #Badab
A Novamarine Space Marine in quartered blue and bonewhite armour, armed with a bolter they are raising to fire A Novamarine Space Marine in quartered blue and bonewhite armour, armed with a bolter they are raising to fire A Novamarine Space Marine in quartered blue and bonewhite armour, armed with a bolter they are raising to fire A Novamarine Space Marine in quartered blue and bonewhite armour, armed with a bolter they are raising to fire
May 21, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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It’s got to be the classic Space Hulk hasn’t it
A lineup of all 13 Blood Angels terminators from the 2009 edition of Space Hulk A squad of Blood Angels terminators from the 2009 edition of Space Hulk A squad of Blood Angels terminators from the 2009 edition of Space Hulk A dead Blood Angels terminator, sat on a throne, from the 2009 edition of Space Hulk
May 16, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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Added a Haruspex to Hive Fleet Typhaeus - what a horrible model, lovely
#PaintingWarhammer #WarhammerCommunity #Tyranids #40k #Warpshadow #Leviathan #Painting40k #MiniatureMonday
A Tyranid Haruspex, a huge monstrous creature with a vast, distended jaw featuring many writing tentacles and a grasping, prehensile tongue. It has huge crablike claws used for shovelling prey into said mouth. It’s painted with black and turquoise carapace with yellow markings, purplish white skin with red markings, and virulent pink mouthparts A Tyranid Haruspex, a huge monstrous creature with a vast, distended jaw featuring many writing tentacles and a grasping, prehensile tongue. It has huge crablike claws used for shovelling prey into said mouth. It’s painted with black and turquoise carapace with yellow markings, purplish white skin with red markings, and virulent pink mouthparts A Tyranid Haruspex, a huge monstrous creature with a vast, distended jaw featuring many writing tentacles and a grasping, prehensile tongue. It has huge crablike claws used for shovelling prey into said mouth. It’s painted with black and turquoise carapace with yellow markings, purplish white skin with red markings, and virulent pink mouthparts A Tyranid Haruspex, a huge monstrous creature with a vast, distended jaw featuring many writing tentacles and a grasping, prehensile tongue. It has huge crablike claws used for shovelling prey into said mouth. It’s painted with black and turquoise carapace with yellow markings, purplish white skin with red markings, and virulent pink mouthparts
May 5, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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Novamarine Assault Intercessor grenadier finished and ready to throw grenades or whatever it is they’re supposed to do in Kill Team, I dunno
#PaintingWarhammer #WarhammerCommunity #40k #Painting40k #KillTeam #SpaceMarines #Novamarines #KillTeam #Badab #miniaturesmonday
A space marine painted in quartered bone and blue, with painted battle damage across their equipment. They’re holding a black pistol and throwing a grenade with a bionic arm, which is trailing a cloud of red smoke A space marine painted in quartered bone and blue, with painted battle damage across their equipment. They’re holding a black pistol and throwing a grenade with a bionic arm, which is trailing a cloud of red smoke A space marine painted in quartered bone and blue, with painted battle damage across their equipment. They’re holding a black pistol and throwing a grenade with a bionic arm, which is trailing a cloud of red smoke A space marine painted in quartered bone and blue, with painted battle damage across their equipment. They’re holding a black pistol and throwing a grenade with a bionic arm, which is trailing a cloud of red smoke
April 28, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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He’s a bit yellow at least!
A Scythes of the Emperor Space Marine captain, with yellow and black armour, a cream cape and flame and horse head motifs
April 11, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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So last year an acquaintance sent me a whole bunch of their spare Nid bits - it took a little while but I painted them a thank you & with help snuck it into their queue…
#PaintingWarhammer #WarhammerCommunity #Tyranids #40k #Warpshadow #Leviathan #Painting40k #MiniatureMonday
A tray of half-painted Tyranids with a painted Neurolictor hiding amongst them A Tyranid Neurolictor painted in black and white with red accents A Tyranid Neurolictor painted in black and white with red accents A Tyranid Neurolictor painted in black and white with red accents - it’s ’photographed’ on a dusty red planet with grey Imperial ruins behind them. Dust swirls around them and their exposed brain glows with psychic power
March 31, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Working through the Kill Team we have a Heavy Intercessor gunner! Gravis armour has such excellent shapes :)
#PaintingWarhammer #WarhammerCommunity #40k #Painting40k #KillTeam #SpaceMarines #Novamarines #KillTeam #Badab
A Space Marine Heavy Intercessor with a Heavy Bolter. They are wearing blue and bone quartered power armour decorated with decals showing their Imperial and Novamarine allegiance. Their armour and equipment is battered and scratched. A Space Marine Heavy Intercessor with a Heavy Bolter. They are wearing blue and bone quartered power armour decorated with decals showing their Imperial and Novamarine allegiance. Their armour and equipment is battered and scratched. A Space Marine Heavy Intercessor with a Heavy Bolter. They are wearing blue and bone quartered power armour decorated with decals showing their Imperial and Novamarine allegiance. Their armour and equipment is battered and scratched. A Space Marine Heavy Intercessor with a Heavy Bolter. They are wearing blue and bone quartered power armour decorated with decals showing their Imperial and Novamarine allegiance. Their armour and equipment is battered and scratched.
March 28, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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These Raveners are feeling very old all of a sudden 😂
Three Tyranid Raveners, painted in black and white with turquoise, yellow and red accents. They’re writhing in a red desert surrounded by imperial ruins
March 28, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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…thanks to hive_delta for the second body and claws! - to max out my sneaking quotient for Hive Fleet Typhaeus
A Tyranid Lictor, painted in black and turquoise carapace with yellow markings, and purplish white skin with red markings, standing on rusty Martian looking ground A Tyranid Lictor, painted in black and turquoise carapace with yellow markings, and purplish white skin with red markings, standing on rusty Martian looking ground A Tyranid Lictor, painted in black and turquoise carapace with yellow markings, and purplish white skin with red markings, standing on rusty Martian looking ground A Tyranid Lictor, painted in black and turquoise carapace with yellow markings, and purplish white skin with red markings, standing on rusty Martian looking ground
March 17, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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Not been posting much but have managed some painting this month - a pair of Lictors…
#PaintingWarhammer #WarhammerCommunity #Tyranids #40k #Warpshadow #Leviathan #Painting40k
A crouching Tyranid Lictor, painted in black and turquoise carapace with yellow markings, and purplish white skin with red markings, standing on rusty Martian looking ground A crouching Tyranid Lictor, painted in black and turquoise carapace with yellow markings, and purplish white skin with red markings, standing on rusty Martian looking ground A crouching Tyranid Lictor, painted in black and turquoise carapace with yellow markings, and purplish white skin with red markings, standing on rusty Martian looking ground A crouching Tyranid Lictor, painted in black and turquoise carapace with yellow markings, and purplish white skin with red markings, standing on rusty Martian looking ground
March 17, 2025 at 8:04 PM