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Laura Bates @scops947.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Went 2-1 at the First Founding AoS one dayer today with Kruleboyz, three great games. Kruleboyz are a lot of fun but my brain hurts now.

A game of AoS in progress. My sludgeraker and a lone boltboy are facing off against some ogor cavalry.

A game of AoS in progress. Some gutrippaz are preparing to charge a unit of dryads on a board with mushroom themed terrain.

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Laura Bates @scops947.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Took Morgok's Krushas to an Underworlds tourney today, lost my first game but then submarined to 4-1 and took third. Sometimes it is nice to play a less thinky warband and just charge things.

Two orc miniatures from the Morgok's Krushas Underworlds warband. They're painted with yellow armour and green skin.

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Laura Bates @scops947.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Here is the only photo I remembered to take, not the most exciting shot but it accurately reflects my 'run away and stand on objectives' play style.

A game of Warhammer Underworlds. Two Brethren of the Bolt fighters are standing on treasure tokens at one end of the board and two Kamandora's Blades fighters are at the other end.

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Laura Bates @scops947.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Great day playing Burrows and Badgers, my group of bandit otters did not cover themselves in glory but they had fun trying.

A pirate otter miniature for Burrows and Badgers standing next to a house terrain piece.

A game of Burrows and Badgers. A big fight is happening between several otter miniatures, a beaver, and a squirrel.

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Laura Bates @scops947.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Had an amazing weekend at the Shadowcon narrative event for AoS, five great games against lovely people, and lots of fun solving puzzles and trading relics. #ShadowCon25

My Seraphon army on its display board. They are painted in a pink and blue colour scheme with white cobblestone bases.

My Slann starmaster model. The Slann has been replaced with a Tzeentch wizard holding a frog mask in front of his face. He is posed in front of a ziggurat terrain piece.

A photo of one of my games. Three skeletons are standing in the arch of a bridge terrain piece.

A photo of one of my games. An aggradon lancer is facing off against a wolf rider.

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Laura Bates @scops947.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Spent some time this week revisiting some of my fyreslayers, which were the first army I painted for AoS, and refreshing the basing and some of the highlights. First time I've gone back to an old paint job, but I'm much happier with them now.

A magmadroth and some hearth guard berserker models from Games Workshop. The magmadroth is painted bright orange.

Two magmadroths and some hearth guard berserker models from Games Workshop. The magmadroths are painted in a red and green colour scheme.

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Laura Bates @scops947.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Finished a unit of raptadons for my Seraphon. I love these models, but gosh they took a long time to paint.

A unit of raptadons miniatures from Games Workshop. They are bird like dinosaurs, painted blue with pink crests.

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Laura Bates @scops947.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Great weekend at Mercia Madness, went 3-2 and got best painted and best overall. Five fun games against lovely opponents.

Two gold warhammer shaped trophies, one labelled best painted and one labelled best overall. The Be'lakor model from Games Workshop is standing between them.

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Laura Bates @scops947.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Made some decent Seraphon painting progress recently. #WarhammerCommunity

Five Games Workshop saurus warriors. They are painted with purple crests, blue skin and pale gold metallics.

Three Games Workshop aggradon lancer models. The riders are painted with blue skin and the mounts with purple skin. The bases are painted as white stone.

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Laura Bates @scops947.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

My main AoS project this year is to expand my Seraphon army out to 2000 points, this bastiladon is the first new model I've added. #WarhammerCommunity

A bastiladon model from Games Workshop (looks like an Ankylosaurus dinosaur), painted in a pink and blue colour scheme.

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Laura Bates @scops947.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Got my Kruleboyz tower painted up, think I'm out of excuses for not getting them on the table now. #WarhammerCommunity

The Kruleboyz terrain piece from Games Workshop. It's a wooden tower with a swampy base. There's a crude wooden face at the top which is painted purple.

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Laura Bates @scops947.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Painted up the Jaws of Itzl for Warhammer Underworlds. #WarhammerCommunity

The Jaws of Itzl warband for Warhammer Underworlds. They are painted with blue skin, purple crests and pale gold metallics.

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Laura Bates @scops947.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Painted Borgit's Beastgrabberz for Underworlds. Very happy with how the colour scheme worked out, they were fun to paint. #WarhammerCommunity

The Borgit's Beastgrabberz warband from Games Workshop. There are four goblins and a troll, painted with purple skin, blue clothes and orange as a spot colour.

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Laura Bates @scops947.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Finished 3-2 at Big Bristol Brawl after two wins on day 2, very happy with that. I had five fun games against lovely people. The slaves to darkness manifestations are absolutely terrible though, never running them again! #WarhammerCommunity

Four Chaos Chosen are fighting Lord Kroak, who has taken eleven wounds.

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Laura Bates @scops947.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

I'm 1-2 after day one of Big Bristol Brawl, three fun games and starting to get my head round S2D. #WarhammerCommunity

My Chaos Chosen are fighting the dragon Krondys, on a lava themed table.

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Laura Bates @scops947.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Had a very fun day at the Warhammer Underworlds clash at Warhammer World, went 4-2 and came 22nd out of 124 which I'm very happy with. Great to see so many people at the event.

A photo of a Warhammer Underworlds game in progress.

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Laura Bates @scops947.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

These are the last of twenty Gutrippaz I've been working on, looking forward to painting something new now. #WarhammerCommunity

Five Games Workshop Kruleboyz Gutrippaz models. One has a banner and the other four have shields, which are painted purple.

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Laura Bates @scops947.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Fantastic weekend at Brotherhood with Team Rollmodels, we finished in the heady heights of 18th out of 22 and I had five great games.

A photo of the Rollmodels team at the Brotherhood Age of Sigmar event.

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Laura Bates @scops947.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Great first day at Brotherhood, three fun games against lovely opponents. Team Rollmodels have lost every game, but two of them were very close.

A Games Workshop Khorne manifestation model, painted in very shiny metallic silver.

A game of Age of Sigmar in progress, Ossiarch Bonereapers Vs Nighthaunt.

A game of Age of Sigmar, Ossiarch Bonereapers vs Kharadron Overlords.

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Laura Bates @scops947.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

This is everything I painted in 2024. I jumped around different projects a lot! Think it works out as about 125 minis and some terrain. #WarhammerCommunity

A collection of painted Games Workshop miniatures on a table. There are over 100 models including Nagash and King Brodd.

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Laura Bates @scops947.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

My holiday hobby project is some more Gutrippaz, five down fifteen to go. #WarhammerCommunity

Five Games Workshop Gutrippaz models, painted with purple shields and swamp themed bases.

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Laura Bates @scops947.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Finished Gunnar Brand & friends, they were fun to paint. Darkoath can go on the list of possible future armies. #WarhammerCommunity

Five Games Workshop Darkoath miniatures. Four are on foot and one on a horse. They are painted with desert themed bases, light coloured cloth and copper armour.

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Laura Bates @scops947.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Ended up going 2-3 at the Kingdom in Flames GT, but came away with best sports and best overall which was unexpected. Five great games against lovely opponents, big thanks to @trogghammer.bsky.social for TOing.

A Warhammer store champion trophy and a certificate, posed next to an Ossiarch Bonereapers model.

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Laura Bates @scops947.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

1-2 after the first day at the Kingdom in Flames GT with OBR. Three fun games against lovely opponents, looking forward to day two tomorrow.

A photo of a game of Age of Sigmar, Ossiarch Bonereapers Vs Kruleboyz. There is a big fight going on with multiple units from both sides including Katakros and a sludgeraker.

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Laura Bates @scops947.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Painted up Abraxia. I have no painted Varanguard so I'm not likely to be using her in a game any time soon, but she was fun to paint. #WarhammerCommunity

A Games Workshop model of Abraxia, an armoured woman riding on a large lizard beast. She is painted with black and gold armour, and has a red kraken on her shield.

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Laura Bates @scops947.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Finished up Zikkit's Tunnelpack. Got a whole week to paint something else before the next Underworlds warband drops now. #WarhammerCommunity

A skaven mini. He's wearing a mask and carrying a big drill, and is painted with blue cloth and bronze armour.

The Zikkit's Tunnelpack miniatures for Warhammer Underworlds. They are painted with sand colour bases, blue cloth and bronze metallics.

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Laura Bates @scops947.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Got another two of the skaven Underworlds warband painted up. Just Zikkit to go now. #WarhammerCommunity

Two skaven minis. One is on foot carrying a bomb, and one is riding in a wheel with a large spike. They are painted with blue cloth and bronze metallics.

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Laura Bates @scops947.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Painted the Emberwatch. Gotta paint fast to get the starter set Underworlds warbands done before the next one drops. #WarhammerCommunity

Three Stormcast Eternals minis, painted with red and gold armour and dark green cloaks.

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Laura Bates @scops947.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Played my first game of Embergard, it good. Though it's very weird experiencing familiar game mechanics and aesthetics but with zero understanding of how the decks and warbands play in the new edition.

A game of Embergard with a Stormcast warband taking on a gitz warband.

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Laura Bates @scops947.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Finally got round to painting these Morghast Archai, hopefully not just in time for a points hike.

Four Morghast Archai models. They are large armoured skeletons with wings, painted with grey bone and green armour.

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Laura Bates @scops947.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

And the rats are done, easy to build except the Doomwheel and I'll let that off for being such a cool model.

Five rat models in green plastic. One is riding inside a wheel.

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Laura Bates @scops947.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Got my copy of Embergard this morning, exciting! The Stormcast weren't too fiddly to build but did have some horrible mould lines.

The box for the Warhammer Underworlds Embergard game. It's green with a picture of a Stormcast fighting a skaven.

Three Stormcast Eternals models in blue plastic. Two have crossbows and one has two short swords.

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Laura Bates @scops947.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Playing some Spearhead, first time seeing the gargant Spearhead in action. It looks fun but the killbow did a lot of work into it.

A photo of a game of Spearhead. A man crusher gargant is fighting some Kruleboyz.

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Laura Bates @scops947.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

Think these are the last warband I painted.

The Brethren of the Bolt Underworlds warband in a purple colour scheme.

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Laura Bates @scops947.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

Final tournament of Underworlds 1st edition today, I went 4-1 with Xandire's Truthseekers. Sad to have played maybe my last games of this edition, but excited for Embergard now.

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Laura Bates @scops947.bsky.social · 26/10/2024

Had a fantastic day at #ShadowCon24, an AoS narrative event. My army of duardin and Sylvaneth spirits has had three hard-fought and fun games against excellent opponents.

A Spirit of Durthu model for Age of Sigmar

An Age of Sigmar game in progress, a converted horrible contorted monster creature is fighting some duardin.

An Age of Sigmar game in progress, a Spirit of Durthu and some duardin are fighting against a Black Coach and some other ghost models.

An Age of Sigmar game in progress, a Steam tank model is facing off against some chaos knights.

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