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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 27/09/2026

been at an incredibly inspiring and creatively fulfilling indie tabletop games convention this weekend, called SpruCon. this is the only picture I took

Latex faces available to be traded for miniatures.

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 18/09/2026

might finally be time to start an aos army

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 18/09/2026

might finally be time to start an aos army

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 11/08/2026

I'm especially looking for a home for my tabletop words - I'm on the GW and Trench Crusade partner programmes and have shone a light on a bunch of cool indie games over the past year through interviews and getting hands-on at conventions and events. I also make messed-up Dark Mech conversions.

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 30/07/2026

accidentally started an underground book swap ring at book club so I end up bringing about six books a week to hand out/give back

A pile of six books including Fair Stood the Wind for France by HE Bates, Circe by Madeline Miller, The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro, The Vegetarian by Han Kang, Hunger by Choi Jin-Young, and I Hear a New World by Alan Moore.

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 27/07/2026

this interview transcript is longer than any of my attempts at writing a novel

google docs word count saying 22,148 words

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 27/07/2026

for ay of my fellow wardollies sickos, I've been working on this dark mech conversion recently. still a lot of gaps to fill etc. but liking the silhouette

Belisarius Cawl Dark Mechanicus conversion

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 26/07/2026

been looking for this for longer than I care to admit

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 19/07/2026

inspired by the 🐐 JB printer on the blink and idk what went on with the ink stamps on this one, but I don't hate the effects both are giving

A playing card with a red and yellow background, red and brown stripes, and black text in a white box saying "limited palette" in poor ink printing.

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 18/07/2026

will thread some of my favourites. first up is francis bloody bacon

A king of hearts playing card with collaged elements including Francis Bacon's Figure with Meat and blood effects.

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 17/07/2026

the menacing montessori air fryer can't hurt you the menacing montessori air fryer:

A Montessori air fryer. It looks menacing.

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 17/07/2026

hopped on the hobby trend of collaging playing cards. accidentally spent 6 hours cutting up old copies of edge and gluing my fingers together

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 06/07/2026

living for the pokemon x j league collaboration

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 27/06/2026

I regret to inform you I don't like the Space Elves on Dinosaurs

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 13/06/2026

cannot articulate why, but this is a 100% correct pokemon take

A Reddit post saying "I feel like Conkledurr has extremist views"

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 12/06/2026

Congratulations mate!! Well deserved. Can't wait for more banging emails like this

An email reading, "Actually incredible that I somehow replied to our own alias, but not you"

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 12/06/2026

I'm obsessed with 38-0, this cute browser game where you draft a squad from 11 randomly-chosen Premier League teams, with the intent to win every match in a season. This is the closest I've got with a cracking draft and a scummy 5-4-1 formation. Scored 100 goals and 105 points though.

A score card showing my record, 35 wins and 3 losses, as well as my squad of Wayne Rooney, Eden Hazard, Patrick Vieira, Steven Gerrard, Joe Cole, Wayne Bridge, Vincent Kompany, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell, Pablo Zabaleta, and Petr Cech. Sorry there are so many Mancs in there.

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 22/05/2026

also I saw like a dozen snails climbing trees which feels like a sure sign of witchcraft

three snails, two with lemon yellow shells, clinging to a tree

a well camouflaged snail on a tree trunk

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 20/05/2026

QTP with a gif of the game you’re currently playing 🎮 (the critic's curse)

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 17/05/2026

this fella, the 'knight of umbar' has to be up there

Knight of Umbar' on foot and horseback miniatures

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 11/05/2026

looking at minicompare, the kits aren't even that different in size. get a belly on there, make sure the weapons fit the new datasheet, you'll be sound minicompare.info?chaos-defile...

The old and new chaos defilers next to each other to show scale

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 11/05/2026

the sole offering in my local, liverpool

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 06/05/2026

saw kneecap last night at a tiny venue in liverpool. incredible gig, and I respect them so much for taking so much time out their set to talk about palestine, hold the government to account, and chant "Maggie's in the mud"

Two young men dressed all in black dancing extremely aggressively on stage with the red word FENIAN behind them.

A man in a green, orange, and white balaclava singing to the crowd.

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 17/04/2026

call me For You because it's another Print(s) debut this week shoutout to @wyrdscience.bsky.social for being rad and commissioning three pieces for this issue, including this feature on Kamping Kitbash and reviews of Trench Crusade and the Discworld TTRPG support independent media ✊

The cover of Wyrd Science, featuring a purple skull with mushrooms growing out of it.

A double page spread from Wyrd Science including a big photo of people kitbashing and the article on the other page is headlined Scouting for Toys. Like Scouting for Boys, get it?

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 16/04/2026

Figuring out the best viewing order for the Lord of the Rings with the new films: Unexpected Journey Desolation of Smaug Battle of the Five Armies Fellowship of the Ring (pause at 32:08 when Gandalf leaves the Shire) Hunt for Gollum Finish Fellowship Two Towers Return of the King Shadow of the Past

Gollum in his cave lit by a shaft of light. The Lord of the Rings The Hunt for Gollum is written in gold at the top.

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 15/04/2026

one of my 2026 resolutions was to write for edge received my debut issue today

Edge contributors page with my name underlined in red. That's not in the actual mag, unfortunately.

My article, Poetry in Motion. Buy Edge to read it without the blur

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 12/04/2026

Won a painting competition with this fella this weekend. Converted from a garden ornament with brass rod legs, plastic components, sculpted additions, kitchen roll for cloth, mod podge gore.

A person with a sheet over their head riding a brown and green bird. Their title, Lord Ortolan, is painted onto the base.

The person has cut open the bird in front of their saddle and is eating it's flesh.

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 02/04/2026

I'm pretty sure my interviewee didn't say this, but now it's all I can hear in the recording

an interview transcript reading "Cool. Stunning cock. Thank you very much for your time."

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 31/03/2026

wearing the same fit as my profile picture today

Timothy Dalton smiling in front of a picture of Timothy Dalton smiling in Hot Fuzz.

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 22/03/2026

unbelievably funny headline

A new York times article with the headline: What are jacket potatoes and why are the English waiting hours for them?

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 12/03/2026

somehow used my connections (a pal who works for legoland) to bag the only good pokemon lego set without having to buy the 600 squid charizard monstrosity

The Pokémon Lego set of eight Kanto gym badges, boxed, in a child's pram.

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 11/03/2026

My new hobby is picking up old picture frames from charity shops to put the art I'm collecting in. I've got so many lovely pictures from tattoo artists/conventions that deserve better than a generic Max Spielman frame. Pictures by: Darryn Daggers, me, Jack Newton.

A red cloaked tech priest with a glowing servo skull in a brown and gold frame.

A black and white drawing of a Napoleonic soldier with a garlic head in a brown and gold frame.

Five drawings of servo skulls in a gold frame.

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 06/03/2026

some of these were easy choices, some more difficult. bound to think of a no-brainer in three seconds. two. one...

My top nine games, Disco Elysium, Celeste, Citizen Sleeper, Titanfall 2, Before Your Eyes, Sable, Heaven's Vault, Pokémon SoulSilver, and Fallout: New Vegas.

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 05/03/2026

he's done it again folks, he's got a 10,000 word transcript for an 800 word feature

Google Docs word count showing 11,688 words.

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 01/03/2026

here's a glimpse at the kind of analysis you can get from me

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 01/03/2026

that's not counting the themed spirits, which cost £45-50 a bottle (I must consume the forbidden oil)

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 01/03/2026

there are eight themed pints on the menu, plus a cider. a pint of each would set you back about £50 so I'd need expenses paying on this one

Bugmans bar menu showing a range of thematic drinks

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 01/03/2026

I'm at warhammer world this weekend, mostly because my little guy is featured in their mass-participation battle (cool!) but I've been sidetracked by their range of warhammer-themed pints who's going to commission me to taste test every one on the menu?