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@archaeonick.bsky.social
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PhD researcher | painting minis | digging holes and setting fire to things, sometimes in that order | avatar by @runawayballista | he/him | no pasarán

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Nick @archaeonick.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
the above image with the "Join Covenant?" dialogue box from Dark Souls overlaid
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Nick @archaeonick.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Philomena Cunk explaining that Ferris Manus' lack of iron neck would prove to be a strategic blunder.
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Nick @archaeonick.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
they say he's taken the pills that make you read Gene Wolfe
it's Gene Wolfe
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Nick @archaeonick.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
that tweet from when Jeremy Corbyn got hacked saying "here we fucking go"
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Nick @archaeonick.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
I've been thinking a lot about this quote from Riot Medicine lately
A screenshot of the book Riot Medicine, a medical textbook designed to teach principles and practical medicine, organising and activism at actions. The quote reads: 
"The main conflict had moved away, and when the coast was clear, we all slipped out and went on our merry ways. While it sucked that we all got gassed and some people required more than cursory treatment, it was actually a very sweet moment. Neighbors who couldn’t join us on the streets helped us out, and the injured took care of each other.
There is joy to be found in the struggle."
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Nick @archaeonick.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
My attitude to my Warhammer+ subscription is basically this
A panel from the webcomic Achewood, in which Roast Beef is explaining that he wrote "Oreos" a $10000 check because he "wanted them to have a little walkin' around money"
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Nick @archaeonick.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Worth watching the behind the scenes if you haven't already
A screenshot from the behind the scenes of Adam Troke and Eddie Eccles of Warhammer TV, who are described by a caption as "power armour interpretive dance aficionados"
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Nick @archaeonick.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Birthday candles in their packaging. The candles read "HAPPY BAPPY"
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Nick @archaeonick.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
my ex went to UEA and I was always thrilled any time I got to visit them because it meant staying in T H E Z I G G U R A T
student halls of residence at the University of East Anglia, the iconically stepped ZIGGURATS made of concrete with large glass windows
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Nick @archaeonick.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
lots of photos of the #warhammer equivalent of jumpers for goalposts
a game of Warhammer age of Sigmar being played on a floor, with the edges of the playing area demarcated with black tape. the majority of models are unpainted grey plastic.
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Nick @archaeonick.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
I would love to say Flush Five but in my heart of hearts I know it to be Two Pair
The Spare Trousers joker from balatro
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Nick @archaeonick.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
robot hours are continuing, apothecary white and battlemechs were simply made for each other
A Cyclops miniature from the Battletech setting, painted white with an orange stripe. A Cyclops miniature from the Battletech setting, painted white with an orange stripe.
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Nick @archaeonick.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
it is time for robot
 a banshee miniature for the Battletech miniatures game.
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Nick @archaeonick.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Screenshot of tweet by @macarthurboyd. most people: i find it really difficult to access the health service in a meaningful way

keir starmer: the tenets of ninjitsu warfare will be eradicated from these lands, by decree of the shogun
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Nick @archaeonick.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
my man built like N64 Pierce Brosnan
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Nick @archaeonick.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
all of the announced models are excellent but I'm particularly enamoured with these two Statler and Waldorf motherfuckers
the new vampire lord on nightmare model for Warhammer age of Sigmar. Notably there are two grinning skeletons emerging from the base Close up of the two skeletons, each with a cheeky grin
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Nick @archaeonick.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Extremely excellent game with @shitpost.dev fielding the Catapult That Would Not Die, despite the best efforts of a Wasp with a thousand shivs (6 small lasers)
The iconic strut of a Phoenix Hawk as it swaggers into a Flashman's left arcA wasp fails to do much to a hunchbank while a complicated conga line of my Phoenix Hawk, Kara's catapult and my Rifleman prepare to kick each other in the head. My Warhammer lies stricken on the ground after an ammo explosion that knocked the pilot unconscious, it's probably fine though
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Nick @archaeonick.bsky.social · 22/06/2024
you know I think I'm good actually
screenshot of a tan colour Swatch above an add to cart button. underneath the description says "dead flesh" and has been reduced from 2.75 to 1.50
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Nick @archaeonick.bsky.social · 18/06/2024
you ever want to avoid task and just paint skelington
10mm scale model of a black coach pulled by skeletal horses and driven by a grim reaper-esque skeleton wielding a scythe
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Nick @archaeonick.bsky.social · 16/06/2024
this post endorsed by Katakros, Mortach of the Necropolis
Katakros, Mortach of the Necropolis, and his retinue from Warhammer Age of Sigmar
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Nick @archaeonick.bsky.social · 02/06/2024
finished painting Grom! an all-timer of a model, just a blast to paint from start to finish #Warhammercommunity #AgeofSigmsr
A Warhammer miniature of Grombrindal, The White DwarfClose up of the other side of the axes, showing runes and the gemClose up of the reverse of the model, detailing the red cloak and fallen kruleboys shield on the base
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Nick @archaeonick.bsky.social · 15/05/2024
for WIP wednesday it's The Boy #warhammer #warhammercommunity
A partially painted Warhammer miniature of Grombrindal, the White Dwarf.
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Nick @archaeonick.bsky.social · 15/05/2024
every time I think about this issue I start hootin' and hollerin' uncontrollably
Three panels from Vader Down by Kieran Gillen and Jason Aaron. In the first, a voice bubble from off-panel tells Darth Vader "You are surrounded!". The second shows hundreds of rebel soldiers converging on Vader. The third is a close up of Vader, igniting his lightsaber, who responds: "All I am surrounded by is fear. And dead men."
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Nick @archaeonick.bsky.social · 26/04/2024
Happy birthday! Thanks for all you do, I always enjoy your work!
Image of two seperate boxes of birthday candles which, placed next to each other, spell "HAPPY BAPPY"
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Nick @archaeonick.bsky.social · 14/04/2024
this just in: gigs are cool and fun (Ana Tijoux, the village underground)
Photo of Chilean rapper Ana Tijoux with her band, taken at a concert
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Nick @archaeonick.bsky.social · 17/03/2024
WIP: what if i were to simply drushbrush all things, forever
A stormcast eternal miniature painted to look made of stone. They are hefting a large stone crossbow with the bolt glowing red.
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Nick @archaeonick.bsky.social · 17/02/2024
Panel of John Constantine saying "I hate this business. If I didn't hate getting up in the mornings more, I'd chuck it all in and get a proper job tomorrow. from Book 2 of the Books of Magic by Neil Gaiman, art by Scott Hampton, lettering by Tod Klein.
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Nick @archaeonick.bsky.social · 01/02/2024
Having an absolute blast so far, thank you! Apologies if there's another bug report option, but I couldn't find it - I've asked a question of Brother Aleric and it seems to have softlocked the game, I can't progress the fialog further or interact with any doorways or paintings
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Nick @archaeonick.bsky.social · 26/01/2024
Very small and spooky knights, qualifying thanks to a banner
10mm skeletal and spectral knights from the Vampire Counts faction for Warmaster, riding skeletal horses. One of the skeletons is carrying a checked blue and yellow banner, which has the emblem of a winged chalice spilling blood.
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Nick @archaeonick.bsky.social · 17/01/2024
The AoS sculpt designers are untouchable imo. This is visual storytelling, too me
A miniature from Age of Sigmar depicting a goblin being eaten by a red bipedal squigA scarred goblin wearing a giant squig skull around their head and shoulders, wielding a sickle in one hand and a spiked club in the other
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Nick @archaeonick.bsky.social · 11/01/2024
I would like to still be on holiday please
Photo of a broad river on a frosty, foggy day, with trees looming from the mist in the middle distance
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Nick @archaeonick.bsky.social · 11/01/2024
happy birthday, hope you have a good one!
Photo of two sets of birthday candles shaped like letters. The first set spells Happy and the second set Bappy
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Nick @archaeonick.bsky.social · 09/01/2024
Getting big into Warmaster lately, something very satisfying about how much faster to paint the small models are. Otherwise I need to get back to my poor neglected votann
A broad shot of an army of miniatures for Warmaster, which are smaller than most games workshop figures and typically feature two "strips" of six miniatures per base. The army is undead and features ranks of ghosts, skeletons, dire wolves and skeletal knights, led by a female vampire on horseback.A vampire riding a zombie dragon for warmaster. There is a British pound coin for scale, approximately an inch high, which reaches the head hight of the dragon.A Kahl for the Leagues of Votann for 40k, a faction of space dwarves. This one stands on a molten lava base and is pointing with a power fist, while on their back they have a large green banner with white heraldry.A tiny Arkanaut Ironclad smaller than a thumbnail, a flying boat for the skyfaring dwarves of the Kharadron Overlords faction from the Age of Sigmar. The tiny boat has been photographed in front of the much larger full-scale version which is used in the game, both of which have been painted in the same style and scheme.
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Nick @archaeonick.bsky.social · 04/01/2024
Doing this vampire lord was extremely fun at this scale, especially the wings on the zombie dragon! I will never, ever do a full size Warhammer one
A small miniature of a zombie dragon perched on a rock, emerging from a swamp. There is a vampire rider in black armour holding a red lance. The model is placed next to a British pound coin for scale, which reaches to the head of the dragonAlternate angle of the miniature, showing the red shield of the rider and the bloody fangs and claws of the dragon.Close up of the dragon's head, in which the glowing green eyes of the skeletal dragon are clearly visible.Shot of the rear of the model, showing rents in the drahon's skin. The skeletal wings with tattered membrane stretched between bone are clearly visible.
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Nick @archaeonick.bsky.social · 19/12/2023
Posting has been scarce lately, here's WIP skelingtons as an apologies
Miniature skeletons that have been partially painted. One skeleton is holding a banner with a symbol of a gauntlet dripping blood, under which I've written DIE in very, very small letters.
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Nick @archaeonick.bsky.social · 08/11/2023
He's exactly as funny as you would expect for someone who can't take jokes about his tax evasion
Quote from an interview: "I was publicly shamed for tax avoidance and it was very clear what I had to do: say sorry and pay it back. I didn’t have to. It was entirely legal. But morally I paid everything back. It was as if I’d been on PAYE all the way through. I did that, and then people took the piss, which is the modern equivalent of being in the stocks. I took a tomato to the face from Sean Lock."
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Nick @archaeonick.bsky.social · 07/11/2023
Poh-tae-toes
Two paper bags of freshly dug potatoes, still covered in soil from being dug up.
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Nick @archaeonick.bsky.social · 04/11/2023
The Great Support Clean has begun
An array of 3d printed scale  miniature zombies, ghouls and skeletons, with the printing supports still attached.The same ghouls, skeletons and zombies laid out, some having had their printing supports removed.
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Nick @archaeonick.bsky.social · 07/10/2023
Synthfest 2023 let's goooooo
Close up shot of a modular bit of synthesiser called the TROMMELMASCHINE with several knobs and jacks for patch leadsMid range shot of a cabinet featuring many modular synthesisersA small synthesiser the size and shape of a pocket calculator, with a liquid crystal display showing a factory machineAn enormous set of many cabinets with patch cables everywhere, connected to a keyboard played by a long-haired demonstrator
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Nick @archaeonick.bsky.social · 07/10/2023
Finally got a piercing, the start of my rapid decline into rock-'n'-roll and keeping cigarettes in my rolled up sleeves
It's me! I have a big dark beard and short curly hear, and I'm turned to show a new stud in my left ear.
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Nick @archaeonick.bsky.social · 01/10/2023
Admiral photoshoot
Close up of the model flying boat the miniature is holdingClose up of some crystals under the model's boot, surrounded by snowRear shot of the miniature, showing a bulky backpack device with several knobs and cablesA Kharadron Overlords Admiral miniature for Warhammer age of Sigmar. She is clad in blue and silver armour and is holding an enormous hammer in one hand and a model flying boat in the other.
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Nick @archaeonick.bsky.social · 01/10/2023
Me showing off my cool toys to anyone who will listen
A Kharadron overlords miniature for age of Sigmar. The dwarf is clad in extensive blue and silver armour, holding an enormous hammer in one hand and a model of a flying boat in the other
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Nick @archaeonick.bsky.social · 01/10/2023
Birthday candles that spell out Happy Bappy
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Nick @archaeonick.bsky.social · 17/09/2023
I've made this gag elsewhere and I'll keep making it for that sweet, sweet Warhammer clout
A miniature flying boat the size of a thumbnail, held up in front of a much larger scale version of the same boatTimothy Dalton in Hot Fuzz, standing in front of a photograph of himself dressed identically and with the same expression
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Nick @archaeonick.bsky.social · 18/08/2023
Normal idiots going about their regular business smashing the statues of all other gods
Two miniatures decorated in hues of pale blue and greens the figure on the left is brandishing a hammer and chisel of obsidian, while the figure on the right is wielding two knives, one dripping with red blood. Both have pale blue masks.
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Nick @archaeonick.bsky.social · 13/08/2023
Particularly enjoyed doing the feathers, wet blends make you feel good at painting but importantly are also extremely easy
Close up detail of the miniature above showing a ring of feathers attached to a necklace on the serpent. The feathers are multicoloured and transition between greens, reds, blues and purples
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Nick @archaeonick.bsky.social · 13/08/2023
Warhammer in the form of big (small) angy
Close up of a Warhammer miniature featuring a dwarf with two axes leaping from the head of a sea serpentClose up of a Warhammer miniature featuring a dwarf with two axes leaping from the head of a sea serpentClose up of a Warhammer miniature featuring a dwarf with two axes leaping from the head of a sea serpent
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Nick @archaeonick.bsky.social · 22/07/2023
Warcry WIPs. WIPscry?
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