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Robin A @arnasonrm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I was fortunate enough to recently find the handful of minis I painted as a kid. This Bretonnian peasant bowman and Moria goblin would've been my first. Nice comparison with my most recent finished one from this year (picked the hobby back up in 2023).

Two painted miniatures. The left is a Bretonnian peasant bowman, the right is a Moria goblin armed with a bow. I painted these when I was 13 and there was no one around to tell us to thin our paints.

Painted miniature of my Druid, Glerendo, for Dungeons & Dragons that I completed this year.

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Robin A @arnasonrm.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

A few glimpses at the lunar eclipse over #yeg in the moments before I got clouded out and then subsequently rained out as totality hit. Ah well

View of a lunar eclipse close to totality through a 5” Newtonian reflector

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Robin A @arnasonrm.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I have also learned a lot recently about the myriad ways that basements can admit water into them. Ask me how I know...

Monthly rainfall statistics for YEG. July and June have each had ~260mm of rain which combined is over a year's worth of rainfall in two months.

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Robin A @arnasonrm.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Into the LA’s Totally Awesome you go

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Robin A @arnasonrm.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Remarkable bumper sticker spotted in a parking lot today

Bumper sticker which reads “My other car was last seen by European whalers in Baffin Bay awaiting good conditions to enter the Arctic labyrinth” with an illustration of a mid 19th century sailing vessel

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Robin A @arnasonrm.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

my first painted miniature of 2026 is an “upgraded” version of my D&D Eladrin Circle of Wildfire Druid, Glerendo. He’s got seven levels under his belt (including a 1 level dip into Cleric) and a few magic items, so it felt like the right time! #dnd #ttrpg #miniaturepainting #minipainting

A painted miniature of an Eladrin Druid. The Druid is clad in green clothing and armour with gold trim and has a blue/purple/black cape. He has antlers and a fiery hair color. He’s wielding a shield and has a fire spirit perched on his arm. He’s striking a dramatic pose with his cloak blowing in the wind while standing atop a bit of ruined and mossy masonry.

The same Druid from another angle, showing a star/galaxy pattern on his cloak

The same Druid, showing details on his shield and a sheathed rapier

The same Druid, from an angle that shows the fire spirit, which is an antlered owl

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Robin A @arnasonrm.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

I have the 2017 version I think which doesn't even have that Netflix button. My issues are that it will very rarely and randomly lose pairing from the Shield, and that it has only four non-directional buttons with one wasted on a google voice assistant I can't imagine anyone on Earth ever using

2017 NVIDIA Shield "gaming edition" with remote and controller

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Robin A @arnasonrm.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

My final miniature painted as a Christmas gift, and my final miniature of 2025! This kingfisher, doing a bit of fishing with his mouse rider, was a fun and fiddly model that is a bit different from most of my usual fare. Model by Rescale Miniatures. #minipainting #miniaturepainting #ttrpg

A painted miniature of a kingfisher fishing with his mouse rider. The kingfisher has teal, white, and orange plumage and has a silver fish in his mouth. He stands on a branch above some rocks, small grass, and a body of water. His mouse rider stands on his back clad in leaf-and-twig armor and is pulling up a bucket of fish for himself.

Other side view of the kingfisher and rider

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Robin A @arnasonrm.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Thanks! That’s very kind of you to say. I can only credit that I try and get a lot of reps in and experiment with new things with each project. I compared the cloak/fabric I did on these guys with my first one, early 2023, and the difference was remarkable

View from behind of the bunny champion and a halberd-wielding Warhammer High Elf

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Robin A @arnasonrm.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

More Christmas miniatures! I painted up the official WoTC minis for Lae'zel and Shadowheart of Baldur's Gate 3 for a fan in the family. I had to find out how Shadowheart's personal quest resolved in order to get the paint job right... #dnd #baldursgate3 #minipainting #miniaturepainting #ttrpg

Painted miniatures of Shadowheart and Lae'zel from Baldur's Gate 3. Shadowheart has white hair (as per one possible outcome of her personal quest) and wields Selune's Spear of Night (my version, anyways). Lae'zel gets some fancy armor with gold trim and a slick two-handed sword.

Another angle on Shadowheart, showing some freehanded decoration on her tabard.

Another angle on Lae'zel, showing off some of the detail work.

Yet another angle on Lae'zel, with slightly better light levels...

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Robin A @arnasonrm.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Some alternate views of the toad riding bunny and the captain/"champion" of this group. #minipainting #miniaturepainting #ttrpg

Front view of the bunny "champion"/captain

Rear view of the bunny "champion"/captain, showing off the cloak I worked very hard on ;)

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Robin A @arnasonrm.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Posting some minis that I painted up as Christmas gifts! First up, a small retinue of bunny knights that I gifted to a bunny fan. Had a lot of fun experimenting with the Vallejo TMM! Models by Dragon Trapper's Lodge. #minipainting #miniaturepainting #ttrpg

A set of four painted miniatures, bunny knights. They are wearing green armor with gold trim and purple cloth accents. There is a champion, a banner carrier, a musician, and a toad rider with a lance

The musician bunny, from an alternate angle

The banner carrier bunny, from an alternate angle

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Robin A @arnasonrm.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Some speedpainted/slapchopped minion miniatures for a friend to use in his D&D campaigns. Tried to practice working quickly with good coverage and brush control, took me about 2 sessions. Not bad! #minipainting #miniaturepainting #ttrpg #dnd #d&d #speedpainting

Five painted miniatures of rogues/cultists/assassins. They are painted with blue, green, red, and purple hoods/cloaks/robes

Five painted miniatures. Two are barbarians, one in a burgundy color scheme and the other in orange and yellow. The remaining three are a zombie, skeleton, and possessed person (?) done up with ethereal paint to make them look ghostly

Seven painted zombie miniatures in a variety of clothing colours and undead skin tones

Five painted skeleton miniatures in green, blue, burgundy, orange, and pink

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Robin A @arnasonrm.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

I decided to interpret the Hell Knights as “demons trapped in and animating rusted out, beaten to crap suits of armour that are mostly ill-maintained”

The mace and shield wielding knight up close

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Robin A @arnasonrm.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Haven’t finished a miniature in ages so I’m happy to call these Trench Crusade Hell Knights finished! A fun experiment to see how I could add rust, grime, oil, and some fancier bases to my repertoire. #trenchcrusade #minipainting #miniaturepainting #ttrpg #hellknights

Three rusted, grimy, hellish knight miniatures. They stand amongst concertina wire and hell-blasted trench bits. One wields a mace and shield, the second a two-handed axe, and the third an “ophidian rifle”

The same knights but from behind. They trail heavily rusted chains like capes behind them

The same knights but from a slightly lower POV

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Robin A @arnasonrm.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

I am chilling check this out

Strange haunting vista in Dread Delusion

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Robin A @arnasonrm.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Finished painting up a D&D mini for a friend this weekend. This halfling barbarian packs a mean wallop with his stone hammer in a “low-metal” setting! #minipainting #miniatures #dnd #d&d #ttrpg #miniaturepaintinh

A painted miniature of a halfling barbarian. He is clad in a mix of bone, wood, and leather armour and armed with a massive two-handed stone hammer in the midst of an overhand swing

The same halfling but showing his right side from the front

The same halfling from behind, emphasizing his stone greathammer

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Robin A @arnasonrm.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

The end of the False Spring is no joke here #yeg

Photo of accumulated snowfall on my balcony. I have held up a ruler showing ~4.5 in of snow

The same photo but using the metric side of my ruler, about 12 cm

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Robin A @arnasonrm.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Was out for a coffee and a sandwich earlier rocking the new hat @holtopia.bsky.social got me

It’s me! I am wearing a Star Trek Deep Space Nine “Niners” baseball cap. I have a cup of coffee and I’m wearing some blue-green sunglasses that you can see my hand and my phone in.

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Robin A @arnasonrm.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

feast your eyes on this one Justin

A four storey tall cowboy boot. This giant boot is located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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Robin A @arnasonrm.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

love this! I had a somewhat similar approach when I did two Chaos Legionnaires as "Nurgle-touched"; I went for "90s G.I. Joe Chem Trooper"/"Toxic Trooper" vibes for the accents

Two painted Chaos Legionnaires from the Warhammer skirmish game Warcry: a Hornshield with a Darkiron Mace and a Hornhelm with a Steelbite Axe. I've done them in yellow/green Nurgle colours but with some bright neon green-y accents

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Robin A @arnasonrm.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

So, I’m pretty happy with how these Royal Beastflayers turned out! I’d like to add a “blood river”/“blood swamp” effect to their bases. Any thoughts on how I could do that with Vallejo still water? #warhammer #warcry #flesheatercourts #minipainting #miniatures

Miniature of a Royal Flaymaster - he’s a nasty customer of a blue ghoul with a bloody halberd for one arm and a skin cape

Miniatures of a Ghoulgore Squire, Ghoul Tracker, and Offal Hound. They have pale green skin and are a ferocious bloody mess

Another trio of a Ghoulgore Squire, Offal Hound, and Ghoul Tracker. They have pale purple skin and are also a bloody mess

Final trio of minis - they are a Ghoul Tracker and Beastflayer Baron with grey skin and a Ghoulgore Squire with blue skin skeleton armour

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Robin A @arnasonrm.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Miami Vice has a ton of this as @jessehawken.bsky.social has been chronicling. The left is supposed to be a courtroom and the right is a bathroom in a hotel. Booking my hotel room being like yeah can I get the Giant Mask Over the Tub Suite again?

Shot of a courtroom from a Miami Vice episode. I think it's from S2E18 "The Fix". The room is a dramatically lit purple with bizarre grey cube-y desks and accents

Shot from Miami Vice S2E17 "French Twist." We are in a WILD room as far as set design goes. The guest star, a French Interpol detective, is in a raised bathtub with black tile. There are pastel purple and green walls and a black-and-white checkerboard bathroom floor. Oh, and there's a HUGE Noh mask (like, person-height?!?) hanging on the wall of the bathroom.

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Robin A @arnasonrm.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Reposting my “Punch Santa” mini, a birthday gift from @holtopia.bsky.social that I painted around Christmas last year. Merry Christmas! #minipainting #miniaturepainting #santa #miniatures

A painted miniature of Santa (or someone dressed like him?) with his arms up ready for a fight.

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Robin A @arnasonrm.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Earlier this week I cleaned up and finished up this D&D Satyr. I think I started painting him in a session over a year ago but never finished. He just needs a bit of static grass on his base and then is ready to go! #miniaturepainting #minipainting #d&d #ttrpg #dnd

A satyr, a jolly/raucous fey creature in D&D. He has the upper body of a human and the lower body of a goat, but also has horns sprouting from his head. He has a green jerkin, blue hair and a blue beard, a blue and brown tabard, and carries a sheathed sword and a pan flute.

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Robin A @arnasonrm.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Detail of the red (fire) head and a bit more of the body. Mini painting is often a pretty solitary hobby so it's fun to find a way to make it something I can do with others in person! #miniaturepainting #minipainting #dnd #tiamat

face-on view of the red (fire) head. It is mostly red with some black, ashy highlights

detail of the body and wings, showing the freehanded patterning on the body.

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Robin A @arnasonrm.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Detail of the black (acid) and green (poison) heads. We tried to go for a "poison frog" look on the poison head, what do you think? #miniaturepainting #minipainting #dnd #tiamat

side view of the black (acid) head. The head is black with some yellow-greenish acid-y highlights

Side view of the green (poison) head. The head is green with black spots and mix of red/orange/yellow detailing that (hopefully) suggests a poison dart frog or other poisonous reptile

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Robin A @arnasonrm.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Detail of the blue (lightning) and white (ice) heads. One friend did the base layers, I did some contrast layers and shading, and another friend did all the lovely detail work and freehanding. #miniaturepainting #minipainting #dnd #tiamat

View of the left side of the blue (lightning) head. It is primarily blue with yellow accents suggesting the crackling of electricity

view of the left side of the white (ice) head. It's white with some icy blue highlights and accents

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Robin A @arnasonrm.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Detail of Tiamat's base: I did the base, save for the "fallen adventurer"/"sacrifices", contributed by my D&D group. #miniaturepainting #minipainting #dnd #tiamat

detail of the Tiamat base. four fallen adventurers are visible. The base has multiple channels of lava flowing through an ashy landscape as well as numerous dead plants

another detail of the base, from the back left side of the mini

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Robin A @arnasonrm.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Finally showing a mini I've had done for awhile: Tiamat, the Queen of Dragons is here! This was a team effort that my D&D group contributed to. The model is mz4250's Tiamat model, found here: www.thingiverse.com/thing:2733797 Closeups below! #miniaturepainting #minipainting #dnd #tiamat

front view of Tiamat, the Dragon Queen. She is a large, 5-headed dragon with a red body and red wings standing on a base covered in lava, ash, corpses, and dead plants. The heads are (L to R) black (acid) green (poison) red (fire) blue (lightning) and white (ice)

The same mini, slightly zoomed in on the heads, from a bit to the mini's right

The same mini, slightly zoomed in on the heads, from a bit to the mini's left

The same mini, from above, showing off the freehand detailing on the wings. I also have a warhammer wood elf Eternal Guard next to Tiamat to show the scale.

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Robin A @arnasonrm.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Was a bit snowed in Saturday so I worked on my Royal Beastflayers. Here’s two finished Ghoul Trackers just in need of a base and some blood fx! #warcry #minipainting #warhammer #warhammercommunity #flesheatercourts

Front view of two small full minis. One has purple skin and the other a sickly green

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Robin A @arnasonrm.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Right now my only group of painted Chaos minis are my Undivided (is that technically a thing in AoS?) Chaos Legionnaires, but I decided to paint 1/4 each in the four monogod color schemes! I have the Claws of Karanak in my backlog waiting to collect some skulls though....

8 Chaos Legionnaires - they are an Undivided warband but I've painted 2 each in Nurgle, Tzeentch, Khorne, and Slaanesh colours

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Robin A @arnasonrm.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

If you see this, repost something with fire! Here's the four seasons of my Eladrin fire-hurling Wildfire Druid, and his fox/kitsune Wildfire Spirit! #minipainting #paintingminiatures #dnd

Four versions of an Eladrin Druid: Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter

the Eladrin Druid (in fall colours) with his Wildfire Spirit, a kitsune/fox made of falme

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Robin A @arnasonrm.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

some growing pains on Bluesky this week I think!

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Robin A @arnasonrm.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

taking this opportunity to repost my frosty minis: a Wildwood Ranger, Eternal Guard, Eladrin Wildfire Druid, and Flail Snail. I have the Claws of Kharanak in my backlog and I'm thinking of giving them winter bases to contrast the Khornate colors... #warhammer #dnd #minipainting #warhammercommunity

A Wildwood Ranger, Eladrin Wildfire Druid, and Eternal Guard in winter apparel with frosty blue bases

A painted miniature of a Flail Snail, a D&D magical snail with flail antennae and an antimagic shell. I have painted it in a sort of Super Metroid-y color scheme with a purple body, blue shell, magenta antennae, yellow tentacles, and a frosty winter base.

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Robin A @arnasonrm.bsky.social · 11/10/2024

Had a little treat come for me in the mail today. @jessehawken.bsky.social you can mark down another copy of this sold thanks to your recommendation #miamivice

The blu-ray box set “Miami Vice: the complete collection”

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Robin A @arnasonrm.bsky.social · 11/10/2024

what all of my friends are doing this weekend 👇

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Robin A @arnasonrm.bsky.social · 12/09/2024

Been sitting on this video of Mark Hamill as Christopher Blair saying YOLO in Wing Commander for months waiting for Bluesky to get video. #wingcommander

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Robin A @arnasonrm.bsky.social · 12/09/2024

Your minis look great! Our shambling mounds look like they could be distant cousins given the toadstool patterning…

A painted mini of a shambling mound, an iconic D&D monster

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Robin A @arnasonrm.bsky.social · 28/08/2024

I’m heading out of town for awhile so I’ll be putting the mini brush down for a bit. But here’s my WIP Centaurion Marshal, which I’m trying to style in the colours of Asterius from Hades. C&C welcome! #warcry #warhammer #minipainting #ttrpg #asterius #hades #ageofsigmar

Front view of a four-armed centaur marshal done up in silver, gold, purple, pink, and turquoise. He’s armed with a spear, mace, net, and axe and ready to marshal Chaos legions

Asterius, the Minotaur, from the excellent roguelike Hades

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Robin A @arnasonrm.bsky.social · 04/08/2024

Finished the last miniature for my Eladrin Wildfire Druid, Glerendo. I painted one mini for each season and here's Glerendo of the Summer! #minipainting #dnd #miniatures #ttrpg

A miniature of an Eladrin Druid casting a fey spell. He is dressed in summery, beachy colors

The same Druid but from a reverse angle - the sigil on his shield is a smiling sun wearing shades

The same druid with two wood elves (a Wildwood Ranger and an Eternal Guard) in a similar color scheme

All four versions of the Eladrin Druid: Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter

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Robin A @arnasonrm.bsky.social · 27/07/2024

Getting a respite from the heat and the smoke this weekend

My cycling sunglasses and a pint of “crisp ale” from longroof brewing

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Robin A @arnasonrm.bsky.social · 16/07/2024

Narrowly avoided getting bonked on the head last night by my condenser mic when the c-clamp mount for my boom arm came apart. Ever see one break like this before?

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Robin A @arnasonrm.bsky.social · 10/07/2024

Just snagged a pair of these based on the recs in the article

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Robin A @arnasonrm.bsky.social · 02/07/2024

I could’ve started the Elden Ring DLC this weekend but instead I spent that time shading, contrast paint layering, and drybrushing a 5-headed dragon - see my WIP with Eternal Guard For Scale (EGFS) #wip #dnd #minipainting #tiamat #miniatures

Front view of a WIP painted miniature of Tiamat, a five-headed dragon that is one of D&D’s most iconic Big Bads. I put a wood elf spearman (Eternal Guard from WHFB) in front for scale

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