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Martin Takaichi @beepluck.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I don't know what happened, but I guess I'm an #Orktober guy now? The dangers of rummaging in your old boxes I suppose. Suddenly you find yourself starting a small Blood Axe force. #nerdlings

A bunch of Rogue Trader era space orks in a basecoated but not painted state. Specifically models from the Space Ork Raiders box, with a couple of additional oddboys, heavy weapons and a dreadnought. Oh, and an old inquisitor model that I'm thinking about using as the Warboss's human advisor.

Photo of the original three Ork books from the Rogue Trader era. Waaargh Orks, 'Ere We Go and Freebooterz.
Pulled these from the shelf and started reading. Great fun!

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TekknoNerd - Commissions open @tekknonerd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Voyager, walking on those tiny legs.

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Martin Takaichi @beepluck.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Me and a buddy split a box of (60!) Victrix vikings, and some archers, to use with some different historical game systems. Here's the first batch of painted beardies. This should be enough for most skirmish games. Looking at Svarta Korpen, Dux Brittanniarum, Pillage, Ravenfeast etc. #nerdlings

About 20 vikings, on a grass table mat with some trees and a road. Two rough groups of warriors, and four archers.

The leader has a raven banner behind him.

Closer shot of one of the groups, showing the more heavily armed raiders, the chieftan and a berserker.

Shot of the second group, with some spear wielding vikings.

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tits andronicus @tambourine.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

saw some mummers today in amazing costumes. great basketry on display. this happened while i was hanging out in a temporary folklore gallery space. sidmouth in folk week is just like this

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Martin Takaichi @beepluck.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Eldritch eh? Hmm... Yardu, The Terror With a Thousand Legs, and Nosferatu from MYTH. And to round it out, a giant Stoorworm from Infinity: TAG Raid. #Nerdlings #FindFolkFriday

The undead giant Yardu, from the board game MYTH. A large warrior skeleton, missing his lower jaw. Sculpted in a slightly cartoony style, and painted to match.

A bunch of crawlers, from the board game MYTH. Arthropods(ish) of different sizes. With the Terror With a Thousand Legs - looking somewhat like a mix of a catterpillar and a spider - watching over its minions, as well as her giant spider lieutenant.

Sculpted in a slightly cartoony style, and painted to match. Most are brown or khaki, with black gleaming eyes, bright green poison sacks, and teal claws on the scorpions...

Nosferatu, from the board game MYTH. Together with a bunch of his smaller skeleton minions.

A vampire inspired by the classic Nosferatu film, sculpted in a slightly cartoony, almost chibi, style. WIth small and short legs and oversized torso and head. Clothed in black except his bright red cape.

A gigantic scaly worm-like creature with a large gaping maw, rowed with sharp teeth. It's coiled around a rock outcropping and has apparently crawled out of the ground near a mining facility.

Painted in a green tinged khaki with a flesh red mouth.

From Corvus Belli's Infinity: TAG Raid.

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Martin Takaichi @beepluck.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Started experimenting with alternate ways to achieve the khaki colour scheme I use for innies. Khaki basecoat, grey weapons/details, light drybrush > weathering > gloss coat > enamel+burnt umber pigment mix > remove enamel > details+basing > dull coat > cockpit > done! #battletech #nerdlings

A battlemech lance - Warhammer, Atlas, Blackjack and Archer.
In a khaki colour scheme with grey weapons and a _lot_ of wear and tear and dirt.

A battlemech lance - Wraith, Locust, Phoenix Hawk and Wasp.
In a khaki colour scheme with grey weapons and a _lot_ of wear and tear and dirt.

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Juan Tcho-Tchoa @juanochoa.eurosky.social · 29/05/2026

I *hate* that they made things so shitty I feel actual joy when one of their rockets explode, even though my earliest memories are of wonder at the achievements of space programs.

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John Savage @johnsavage.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Racers start your engines! More to do but it’s starting to come together! #Orklands #Gaslands

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ianthemouthofmadness.fenrisgames @fenrisgames.com · 16/02/2025

Crossing the Streams can absolutely be a good thing, especially if Lego + Battletech. hansenbricks.com

King Crab battlemech built from Lego, in a white and grey colourscheme.

Catapult from Battletech, again built in white and grey Lego.

Third Battletech model built from Lego: this time, the Uziel.

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🎃Farmer GaddAAAHH!!!!🎃 @farmergadda.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

If you've been bit by the space bug after seeing the newest photos from Artemis II, might I suggest you read a trio of sci-fi children's comics from the 80's based on Classic Lego Space?

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Justin Đoàn @soundaholism.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Close enough, welcome back Mirror's Edge

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Mac's Lore @macslore.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

So I found out today that on this month, 33 years ago (HOLY F-), the original version of #StarWars: X-Wing was released on floppy. Which means I have an excuse to repost my own version of the X-Wing box cover art. #blender #b3d

X-Wings by Angry Rancor
Tie Fighters by Daniel
Rendering by Mac's Lore

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Martin Takaichi @beepluck.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

I seem to remember someone having run (or planned to?) Jovian Chronicles using Tachyon Squadron. Now pondering doing the same thing myself, so curious if there's some JC>TS conversion work that's already been done. Could it have been @rivetgeek.aggregatecognizance.com maybe?

Art from Jovian Chronicles, by Ghislain Barbe. A Flight of CEGA Syreen exo-suits (big honking space robots) are streaking through spce, with some Uller missile cruisers in the background.

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ジェフえもん @jefuemon.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

And just like that, I'm (99%) finished. Next photos will be official.

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Mark Rushford @markrushford.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

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Flintlock. Why do all these nerds follow me? I'm not a nerd. @flintlock.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

The *actual* old school revival we need in RPGs is that glorious post Vampire pre D20/Magic period when everyone was putting out stuff like In Nomine, Unknown Armies and Underground.

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Wyrd Science Magazine @wyrdscience.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Ok, so the Traveller 5e news is… well it’s whatever. Not really worth getting too exercised about I’d say about BUT thanks to looking up previous d20 iterations of Traveller my life has been #blessed to discover what may be hands down the single greatest piece of RPG art I’ve ever seen.

The Traveller d20 Characters & Combat handbook featuring a nattily dressed bipedal wolf & his diet belushi mate going HAM with their laser guns

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Tristan is painting spookily @tristanwelsh.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Use only one piece of art to convince people to follow you!

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Deity Miniatures🖌️🎃 @deityminiatures.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Drybrushing this evening whilst with Alien on in the background. Hope to get the red on tomorrow!

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Doctor Spork @doctorspork.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Me too, that was why I had to make the full set.

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Mongoose Publishing @mongoosepublishing.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

The crew are suited up and making their way to the launchpad. The Pioneer RPG Kickstarter starts in just 4 hours! Sign up to join the crew right here and be ready for the launch: www.kickstarter.com/projects/mon... The countdown has begun! #ttrpg #TravellerRPG #Pioneer

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Martin Takaichi @beepluck.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Picked up some essential terrain making materials. You know, for that cutting edge, never-seen-before style eye catchers to really enhance the tabletop! #nerdlings #oldhammer

A photo of a pack of toothpicks (sharp on both ends!), a bottle of Mod Podge and a pack of styrofoam balls in a variety of sizes.

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Martin Takaichi @beepluck.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Alright, I think it's time for another batch of robits! #nerdlings

A photo of an Oppressor Command walker from Dropzone Commander. Stomping down a downtime street, with smaller, crab like Prowlers scuttling around it. Above them, dropships with more Prowlers are coming in.

Painted in purplish and greenish metallics, with glowing red eyes.

Photo of a SSU heavy walker from Dust Tactics/Warfare. Two legged machine with two large cannons for arms, painted in the vein of Russian tanks during WW2. Fairly weathered and worn.

Photo of two Jaguars, two Iguanas and a Weasel mechs, and a squad of infantry from Heavy Gear by Dream Pod 9.
These are in 1/144 scale, so there are three infantry per hex base, and the mechs are about 2-3 times the height of a person.

Painted in classic Northern tan with dark grey accents and metallic weapon and engine details. Bright blue sensor "eyes" and red missiles.

The Ariadna company/faction of Deathmatch: TAG Raid from Corvus Belli. A large, crab-like and fairly industrial looking TAG (mech), a smaller catterpillared drone, and three infantry.

Painted in typical ariadnan green, with yellow accents.

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Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

This is a REALLY good video that gets into the *specifics* of how AI is degrading our information environment and putting truth further out of reach for the average person / the population as a whole

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Martin Takaichi @beepluck.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Hell... might as well go through and just post robits for a while. #nerdlings

Three battlemechs, in tan colours with dark brown accents, and grey weapons. Scuffed and beat up!
A Thunderbolt, a catapult and a Shadowhawk.

The Nomads faction from TAG Raid by Corvus Belli. Besides the infantry (and small, boxy remote) the main actor is the large miner mech. Painted in a dark red with white and black accents. The mech carries a drill and a heat cutter.

A bunch of really tiny mecha from jovian Chronicles / Jovian Wars by Dream Pod 9, on flying stands. These are the smaller version released a few years ago, not the larger scale ones from the 90s.

Painted in classic CEGA colours, that also happen to coincide with Zeon colour scheme from Gundam. Light green on the trooper mechs, a red and white prototype, and a couple of black and grey special troopers.

A group of seven Yu Jing remotes, and their mechanic handler, from Infinity, by Corus Belli. They're all four legged, kind of beetle like robots with various functions. Originally inspired by the tachikoma from Ghost in the Shell, these are a bit more spindly though.

Painted in dark grey and off-white and based on urban style bases. They're placed in a cyberpunk cityscape.

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Martin Takaichi @beepluck.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Hmm... I should make another battle report some day. While it takes a fair bit of time, I remember really having fun with this Dust Warfare after action report! firebroadside.blogspot.com/2013/09/dust... #nerdlings

A top down photo of a game of Dust Warfare in progress. I've added things like arrows to show movement, and little muzzle flashes and explosions to show who is attacking who, and damage done.

The table is made up of a crossroads and a number of ruined buildings, surround by trees and hedgerows.

A small (150 points) SSU army for Dust Warfare. Two squads of infantry, two "gun tractors" and an artillery walker. They're placed on my friends game table, that's themed to Weird War II.

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Andy Hemming @andyhemming.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Robots…

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Tammi, yeah, that one. 2.1 @tammi.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Azure Raptors Female Space Marines - Intercessor squad. #40K #Nerdlings #TheEmperorExpects

Azure Raptors Female Space Marines - Intercessor squad.
Five Marines in pale blue power armour. A bit chonkier than the girls in Phobos Armour, with slightly bigger guns, but still with fabulous hair.

Azure Raptors Female Space Marines - Intercessor Sergeant. She has a big gun hefted onto her left thigh, a side-shave haircut the colour of strawberry ice cream, an orange bionic eye, and she's pointing very firmly off to her right with two fingers of her right hand. "Over th- No. Over there. Over. There. THERE!! Over there, yes. See where I'm pointing? Yes? Yes, I'm smiling, but I'm furious. By the Emperor... OVER THERE!!"

Two Azure Raptors Female Space Marine Intercessors. They're both quite stern even though they have fabulous hair. The one on the left has a grenade launcher. Her friends probably call her Boomer and she looks sick of it. *Foomp* goes another grenade. Her friend has floppy yellow hair and doesn't say much.

Two Azure Raptors Female Space Marine Intercessors.
The one to the left is shouting something as she reloads her frankly massive gun and her companion has hers held high. She looks quite stern and a bit scowly. Her short-back-and-sides is bright red and swept back. You know, I'm not sure any of these girls are straight.

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Martin Takaichi @beepluck.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Sneak peek of classics to come. My first test turned out ok. Not going for the super vibrant 90s look, but certainly not the modern Blood Angels either. More of a 90s leaning middle ground. Of course, the poor slob needs some squad and company markings. But that's for later. #nerdlings #oldhammer

A photo of a mono-pose plastic Space Marines that came with the 2nd edition of Warhammer 40k. Painted as a Blood Angel, so red with an orange tint, yellow aquila on the chest, green eyes and black bolter.

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Martin Takaichi @beepluck.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Got some classics painted! Here together with their inspiration. We'll see how they fare in the 2nd ed 40k game I have coming up! There are some detailing left (markings, back banners), but eh... good enough for a quick snap! #oldhammer #nerdlings

12 Eldar Guardians with shuriken catapults organized into two squads of six. They are a mix of Rogue Trader era one-piece sculpts, and the metal body with plastic arms combo.

Supporting them is the original Distort Cannon with crew.

They're painted as Alaitoc, so clear blue armour and yellow helmets. Since all the non-helmeted Eldar we see in Dave Gallagher's Alaitoc painting have red hair, I thought I'd do the same here.

Dave Gallaghers painting from the 90s, showing a host of Alaitoc guardians supported by Dreadnoughts, Dark Reapers and a Warlock on a volacnic planet.

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Kinell @sinistercinemastudios.art · 28/08/2025

This is some of the hardest shit I've seen in my life

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👻BOOryan BlessDeAd🎃 @bryb.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

I don't know why this lad is building a subterranean city for cats, but I'm all for it.

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Martin Takaichi @beepluck.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Been slowly building more parts for my RDL for Obsidian Protocol, and now have enough to run some small test games. Just need to give them some paint first. Am thinking industrial and grimy! The mechs are the same scale as the Infinity minis in the shots and come with magnets. #nerdlings #mecha

Photo of four unpainted, industrial looking mecha, about 10 cm tall, with various weapons equipped. A couple more heavily armed with HMGs and two lighter with close range weapons.

A couple of 28mm miniatures for scale.

A photo showing one of the mechs taken apart. The kit comes with magnets for waist, arms and backpack. When you build your mech you also put together the model. When an arm gets destroyed you remove it. Very smooth!

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Shawn Tomkin @shawntomkin.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Cosigned. They can take em dashes out of my cold, dead keyboard. What else am I going to do — start using semicolons?

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Susanah Grace @susanahgrace.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

From now until the end of July, CHVLR is 50% off on itchio! susanahgrace.itch.io/chvlr Get yourself a summer bargain and experience the tragedy and terror of being a teenage mecha pilot! #ttrpg #tabletop #gundam

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CHVLR: A Wretched & Alone Game by Susanah Grace

Just get in the robot.

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Martin Takaichi @beepluck.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Took some time to paint the crew of the Normandy for the Mass Effect board game by @ithayla.bsky.social and @ericlang.bsky.social. Daughter curiously watched the progress and is now eager to try the game. She knows nothing of ME, so it'll be fun to see how she takes to the story and characters!

Photo of the painted miniatures for the game. Liara, Tali, MaleShep, Wrex, FemShep and Garrus. Each is in their default/starting gear and colours.

I've replaced the moulded bases with clear acrylic ones, to make them match the terrain they're on, and not obscure board details.

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Martin Takaichi @beepluck.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Fresh off Traveller generation.

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Cheddar Bay Buzzkill @tomslackerman.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

I needed a second axis for this question.

An x y axis chart showing which muppets would be good vs bad at piloting a gundam and which would enjoy vs not enjoy piloting a gundam. Miss Piggy is highest for enjoying and being good at piloting. Gonzo is highest for enjoyment and lowest for pilot skill.

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Notorious RBMK @comraderobot.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

if i can be y’all’s dad for a second: one of the most important things I’ve learned is that acquiring a skill is literally uncomfortable that awful moment where you feel confused and stupid and embarrassed? it means you’re about to learn something. and it’s *mandatory* if you want to get better

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Robert Rose @robear.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

A couple vertical crop renders of my #StarWars Clone Wars-era Skipray Blastboat model from last year. Modeled in Maya, textured in Substance Painter, rendered in Blender. Pretty low poly. Just for fun I also used 3 kitbashed Star Trek greebles, imagining that ILM in the 90s might have done the same.

A rear view realistic 3D render of a Skipray Blastboat, an oddly-shaped starship from Star Wars Legends, with a white and desaturated-red colorscheme and a rotating rear wing section, on a gray backdrop.

A front view realistic 3D render of a Skipray Blastboat, an oddly-shaped starship from Star Wars Legends, with a white and desaturated-red colorscheme and a rotating rear wing section, on a gray backdrop.

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Amanda Wong @amandawtwong.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

I would personally prefer a higher budget just 'cause I support reasonable production conditions and not working long hours, but yes, I do think Star Trek loses something if it doesn't have at least a few completely insane clunkers due to writers desperately trying to fill a 26 episode order.

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Martin Takaichi @beepluck.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

I've had a bunch of Nomads (Corregidor to be precise) stashed away for more than a decade now, and suddenly felt the urge to get a force table ready. Mainly so my Yu Jing have something to fight in demo games! This is 200pts where I can easily switch between the Remote and McMurrough (werewolf).

A group of metal Nomad miniatures for Infinity by Corvus Belli. Not yet undercoated.

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Feez @feez.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Turn A Gundam: The Memory of First Wind—Interview with Syd Mead (Spring 1999) "I consider myself lucky to be able to work on Turn A Gundam. Director Tomino appreciated my enthusiasm and my attention to detail." tsukinomayu.com/2025/05/19/t...

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Diogo Nogueira - Lead Game Designer - White Wolf @diogooldskull.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

I am writing a manifesto a about making the shit you want to make! I started making it for @jellyfishlines.itch.io’s jam: itch.io/jam/the-ttrp... So I made this cute banner for it and I am calling it “Just Make 💩!” Below I share some of thr thoughtful shit I wrote! #Writing #TTRPG #DnD #Art 1/X

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Andrew Beauman | Hope Dies Last @andrewbeauman.com · 16/05/2025

Making games... it's a slow process. Every time someone pays for my previous game or comments on my itch page it helps tremendously. FAR beyond the few dollars or words, they encourage me and they help promote a small business online. andrewbeauman.itch.io/battle-school

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Battle School by Andrew Beauman

A Team-Based TTRPG

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