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Dan
@nerdy.tokyo
Tokyo-based hobbyist/player of games/nerd of various stripes | #Warhammer #40k, #minipainting, #Japan stuff | all the non-sports things I don’t post at @aishiterutokyo.bsky.social | he/him | greater/good
Needed an excuse to get out of the house so I’m learning Blood Bowl.
November 2, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Hello from #NovaOpen! Starting my con with the two-day Kimera masterclass. As always I have Japanese KitKats for classmates and fellow hobbying peeps.
August 26, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Great Crusade Mortarion vs. Siege of Terra Mortarion.
August 21, 2025 at 10:09 PM
August 4, 2025 at 10:19 AM
I’ve been neglecting this account and need to do better - who will I be seeing at Nova Open 2025?

Photo tax is the cross stitch project I’m working on to get me in the zone to work on my Capital Palette entry.
August 3, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Finally found where the 2nd iteration of Jes Goodwin Terminators comes from, Vifam 銀河漂流バイファム wear-puppet power armor that gives a hunch backed appearance as the pilot's arms are in the chest area.

Mecha design by Kunio Ookawara and Mamoru Nagano of Gundam fame. Headed by Yoshiyuki Tomino.
July 20, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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I love this
July 18, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Finally started working on my Nova Open Capital Palette stuff!

I might have posted about this mini a while ago but I found it at a secondhand shop in Akiba and it's just such a badass sculpt - white metal and resin from the early 00s.

Still a long way to go but feel good about the shape of things.
July 12, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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Painted a miniature for Roles for Initiative!

@nerdy.tokyo started an initiative where we paint and raffle miniatures based on each session.
Meet Cheesecake Magoo!
June 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Last week I wrapped up two more minis for Roles For Initiative improv D&D show at Tokyo Comedy Bar.

To the left is tiefling cleric Tesla Cybertruck, & to the right is... an actual Cybertruck that served as a setpiece for May's event.
June 30, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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Back blades / crests are a very cool look for Warhammer 40k's Dark Eldar Incubi and Age of Sigmar's Askurgan.

They're drawing from a martial arts fantasy theme, Buddhist statues often have carved mandorlas that way. There's also records of samurai armor having such bladed, antlered back crests
June 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Catching up on posts but recently painted my ratling warpblaster - really tried to push myself to go for table ready but still looking good and I think I succeeded with a combination of OSL and lots of grimy washes.

#skaven #ageofsigmar #warhammer #minipainting #miniaturepainting #aos
June 5, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Been too busy with work to post here but more #skaven dip success from last week. #warhammer #minipainting #miniaturepainting
May 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
40 clan rats based and dirted up a bit! #warhammer #ageofsigmar #skaven #minipainting #miniaturepainting
May 9, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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and the other two elementals from Mythforged! wanted to do some fun crystal stuff with the stone one otherwise he'd just be a pile of rocks

#miniaturepainting
May 3, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Warhammer Store & Cafe Tokyo just announced new rules for the play tables and paint stations. A bit annoying but fair; honestly the fact that they're adding a reservation form is a win.

#warhammer40k #warhammerjapan
April 29, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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April 25, 2025 at 12:35 PM
#WIP on minis I've made the most progress on for my project.

Still not confident in my skin tones on the human rogue... they look kinda there but I always get the sense that my color progression is missing something. Happy w/ the dragonborn chef though!

#minipainting #miniaturepainting
April 19, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Of course the minis I ordered for <redacted> had an attempted delivery A MINUTE AFTER I LEFT THE HOUSE *grumble grumble*
April 16, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Round 2 will be on April 22 at 8PM EST, and for some reason they're teasing more 'news' related to this later this week, I assume related to the hotel block.
nerdy.tokyo Dan @nerdy.tokyo · Apr 11
Tabletop.events completely shat the bed and Nova gave up after 90 minutes and told everyone to come back another day, which means we're going to have a round 2. Womp womp.
The NOVA Open guys really need to jack up their cloud instance on the day that tickets open because, it's just not functional at all.

#battletech #wargaming #tabletopgaming
April 16, 2025 at 12:36 AM
An absolute thrill to meet Borja Calvo Bertrán De Lis and see his Slayer Sword-winning piece at #Warhammer Cafe Tokyo.

He was incredibly generous and spent an hour talking shop with a few of us. Super inspiring and really left me eager to test myself at Golden Demon next year.
April 12, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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I totally thought it was Nara... Never heard of Kashihara. Cool move by them!

Japan's first capital transforms into Street Fighter city asia.nikkei.com/Life-Arts/Li...
Japan's first capital transforms into Street Fighter city
Kashihara draws fans of long-running game series with character statues and cards
asia.nikkei.com
April 11, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Tabletop.events completely shat the bed and Nova gave up after 90 minutes and told everyone to come back another day, which means we're going to have a round 2. Womp womp.
The NOVA Open guys really need to jack up their cloud instance on the day that tickets open because, it's just not functional at all.

#battletech #wargaming #tabletopgaming
April 11, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Oh yeah these came out phenomenally. Just need to do highlights and patch-ups here and there, take off some of that shine with a topcoat, stick'm onto bases, add some dirt and boom these rats are ready for war. #warhammer #ageofsigmar #miniaturepainting #warhammercommunity #minipainting #skaven
April 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
After weeks and weeks of delays and procrastination I oil dipped my 40 clan rats and they look pretty good!

Leaving them out for a few more hours and then I’ll bring them in for cleanups, highlights and basing.
April 10, 2025 at 9:19 AM