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Tim Linward
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He/him. Staff writer with Wargamer.com, non-fiction forthcoming via Strange Attractor. Lover of everything tabletop. Left-wing; black lives matter, trans lives are human lives.
Got Wargaming news? Contact me on tim.linward@wargamer.com
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Decided to read some TS Elliot, found The Hollow Men on a poetry blog, saw it had comments turned on, discovered this rollercoaster of a comment. Holy shit.
May 19, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Zeo Genesis test models courtesy of @zeogenesis.com They were a pleasure to paint - I wrote up an article about them for Wargamer: www.wargamer.com/zeo-genesis/...
A model of a massive hunch backed mustard yellow war mech, or Zeo, with four arms holding two massive guns, from the game Zeo Genesis. A trooper from the game Zeo Genesis with a blocky helmet and an auxiliary robot arm holding a drone part. A trooper in mustard yellow armor holding a massive dark green cannon for the wargame Zeo Genesis Four blocky yellow robot drones each with three segmented robotic arms and a selection of weaponry, from the wargame Zeo Genesis
April 11, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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Lots of experimental materials in this build, #nerdlings - a felt board base, with supports from an fdm print covered in plaster bandages to make ruined walls, and some press moulded magic sculpt to give textures.
A work in progress model of a ruined building made from a selection of different materials. A work in progress model of a ruined building made from a selection of different materials. A work in progress model of a ruined building made from a selection of different materials, including molded milliput, plaster, and felt board
February 22, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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This is what a healthy penis should look like.
A Tyranid pyrovore, a large mite like creature covered in plates of armor, with a huge biological weapon bulging on its bag.
February 20, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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A photograph of me painting on the train yesterday - thanks to the nice art professor who took the pic!
A white man with short scruffy hair and glasses paints toy soldiers in a train carriage
February 13, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Thanks to a kindly art professor, I have photos of me doing the thing
A white man with glasses sits on a train painting miniatures
February 12, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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Away we go!
A pink hand holds up a part painted orange miniature in front of a train window - another train is visible outside.
February 12, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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Right! I'm on a Cross Country train to Bristol Temple Meads, I've found an unreserved table seat, and the dragons are back out.
A plastic carry box with jumbled paints and miniatures open on a train table beside a skull shaped paint palette and an open water pot
February 12, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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40 minutes in, five fire dragon bodies with the first base coat on, the sun is rising.
Five small models and a paintbrush in a plastic carry box, in front of a train window, a residential area outside.
February 12, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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Two fire dragons with a single layer of 'orange flare' basecoat on them, painted on a moving train. On par with my normal tidiness.
Two part painted Aeldari miniatures, painted a dull orange, beside a brush, and sitting on a skull shaped paint palette
February 12, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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This can only end well.
A reflection in a darkened train window of a white man with glasses, black hoodie, and short dark hair, sitting at a train table, with an open hobby kit in front of him.
February 12, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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Pack opening in #PokemonPocket, got this cutey
A Pokémon TCG pocket illustrator rare card for a Mesprit, a creature with pink floppy ears, big eyes, and two long tails ending in leafshaped tips
January 30, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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Aw yeah! Delighted to show off the new Swooping Hawks I painted up, courtesy of GW. I'm very fond of this Aspect Shrine, mostly from how much fun they were to play in Eternal Crusade - these new kits were really rewarding to paint.

#adwip #warhammercommunity #aeldari
A unit of Swooping Hawks, Aeldari warriors with grey armor held aloft on anti gravity wings
January 24, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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@bengineering.bsky.social, how did you get to cameo in the new Like a Dragon game?
A screenshot from Dunkey's stream of Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth. The main character, a Japanese man with spiky hair and a Hawaiian shirt, poses for a photo while surrounded by a group of oddballs characters, including one dressed as a parrot, one as a pirate, and one as Macho Man Randy Savage
January 24, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Two more profound wrong'uns for my Black Grail trench crusade warband
Two miniatures of obese, malformed humans bulging with fleshy growths, spilling out of tarnished baroque armor
January 14, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Some work on Bestiarum miniatures for use as a Black Grail warband in Trench Crusade. Had a test game last night and they were fun!
Models of undead monsters - funged infested zombies, a skinny dog creature, a huge warrior with fungus growing from his shoulders and his innards hanging out
January 10, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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Somewhat unrepresentative, as my daughter used it for painting pictures last night!
A paint palette covered in a thick crust of paint
January 5, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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Some more work finishing up models sitting on my desk - a converted Nurgle blight drone. What a cheery chappy! #nerdlings #paintingwarhammer #nurgle
A converted Blight Drone model for Warhammer 40k - a hovering war machine with a three barrelled gun, and a body like an armoured fly. A converted Blight Drone model for Warhammer 40k - a hovering war machine with a three barrelled gun, and a body like an armoured fly.
December 27, 2024 at 2:23 PM
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Ran out of filament midway through printing one of these hideous icons, so roughed up the end, sealed it off with putty, and then... Well, you can see how I decided to paint it. #nerdlings #trenchcrusade
A model of a gruesome idol painted to look like green jade, beside another idol, broken, apparently bleeding A model of a gruesome idol painted to look like green jade, beside another idol, broken, apparently bleeding A model of a gruesome idol painted to look like green jade, beside another idol, broken, apparently bleeding
December 26, 2024 at 10:55 PM
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Bakaaawk! Finally finished painting a TTCombat cockatrice.
#nerdlings #paintingminiatures. Lovely kit, took me literal years to get round to it.
A painted model of a cockatrice, a monster with the head and body of a chicken, a long tail, and horns.
December 24, 2024 at 6:48 PM
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Here's what the poor thing looks like now... It's seen a lot of use since I wrote the review.
A closeup on a model painting desk, with a brush stand on the left, various scale models, and a Brush Rinser in the center. This is a strange cubic construction with a small water well on the top, and a cylindrical water tank - it is designed for cleaning brushes and storing dirty water afterwards.
December 22, 2024 at 9:10 AM
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Some of the friends I've been working on - an Urbanmech, some Fallout crates, and a couple of Space Marines who have shed their Salamanders livery to join the sons of Dorn. Fallout STLs provided by Modiphius, a couple of paints provided by Green Stuff World and Trans Atlantis Games.
A Battletech Urbanmech figure, a short walker with a ball shaped torso and a small cannon and missile launcher, painted in desert camo. A model of a stack of ammo tins, trunks, and crates, on a rough wooden pallet - 3d printed Fallout scenery by Modiphius. A group of three Space Marines, led by a red armoured Techmarine. A Space Marine Phobos Librarian wearing a camo cloak over his blue power armour.
December 22, 2024 at 8:59 AM
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Work continues on the hobby desk. I have /so much stuff/ to sort and make brutal decisions about...
#nerdlings
A hobby desk covered in tools and miniatures. There are a variety of storage solutions for paints and tools all around it.
December 20, 2024 at 9:44 AM
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My new setup for #paintingwarhammer and other small things. Not in its final state - I have paint racks to build, which will necessitate moving some things around #nerdlings
A setup for painting miniatures - a desk surrounded by shelves containing hobby supplies, racks of paint, and similar. There is a green cutting mat on the desk, and a grey office chair beside it.
December 16, 2024 at 9:10 AM
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Got a squig oodie for my birthday and yeah, this is how you can expect me to look henceforth. This is my soul, externalised. #nerdlings
Bespectacled, middle aged white tabletop games author Timothy Linward turns while wearing a Warhammer squig oodie, a large red hooded top with an embroidered toothy grin on the front, a fleece lining, and two small horns on the hood.
December 5, 2024 at 8:36 AM