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Michael Botterill @biggeordiegeek.uk · 58m

A trio of Classic Hills from Txarli Factory for out Holt Action Table, got them painted up last night and finished off today with some grass #Warmongers #BoltAction #BoltActionTerrain #ClassicHills

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Michael Botterill @biggeordiegeek.uk · 4h

I finished the bocage which is my #HobbyStreak entry for day 999!!! This is going to be cool to use for Bolt Action and probably some Napoleonics too #Warmongers #BoltAction #Bocage

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Michael Botterill @biggeordiegeek.uk · 7h

For day 996 & 997 of my #HobbyStreak and I have created a Bocage production line, hope to get these bits finished today #Warmongers #BoltAction #Bocage

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Michael Botterill @biggeordiegeek.uk · 04/10/2026

Yes, I am thinking of live streaming the painting of a Rogal Dorn

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Michael Botterill @biggeordiegeek.uk · 04/10/2026

Days 994 & 995 of the #HobbyStreak and I am exhausted after the holiday, feel like I need another one to recover Anyway the streak continues and I build some AoS models and printed some bocage #WarhammerCommunity #Warmongers

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Michael Botterill @biggeordiegeek.uk · 03/10/2026

Before bed last night, I finished up these last six Grenadiers for the late war Germans to end my holiday painting #Warmongers #BoltAction #Wehrmacht #GermanGrenadiers

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Michael Botterill @biggeordiegeek.uk · 03/10/2026

Had a rather few good game of Hell Let Loose on Wednesday, three wins in a row, including a game in Tobruk, which we haven’t played on in quite a while Though I was on my Steam Deck, so my performance was pretty dreadful! #VideoGame #VideoGameGeek #HellLetLoose

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Michael Botterill @biggeordiegeek.uk · 02/10/2026

Day 993 and the last day of the holiday Working on some more Grenadiers #Warmongers #BoltAction #Wehrmacht

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Michael Botterill @biggeordiegeek.uk · 02/10/2026

A selection of Grenadiers to join the Germans, a mix of models from @warlordgames.com, 3D Breed & Chthonic Bear Cult #Warmongers #BoltAction #Wehrmacht #GermanGrenadiers

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Michael Botterill @biggeordiegeek.uk · 02/10/2026

Another Heer Officer painted, build from the @warlordgames.com kit, this one armed with an Assault Rifle #Warmongers #BoltAction #Wehrmacht

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Michael Botterill @biggeordiegeek.uk · 02/10/2026

Played a game of Just One tonight before our holiday ends, made all the more difficult by Paul’s dyslexia! #BoardGame #BoardGameGeek #JustOne

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Michael Botterill @biggeordiegeek.uk · 02/10/2026

Forgot to post this yesterday for day 992 of the #HobbyStreak, I was working on these Grenadiers #Warmongers #BoltAction #Wehrmacht

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Michael Botterill @biggeordiegeek.uk · 02/10/2026

He had a good afternoon, surrounded by friends, and Reggie was exhausted! But yeah emotionally hard, as we all miss Mary

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Michael Botterill @biggeordiegeek.uk · 02/10/2026

however she gave us money and made us promise to surprise Paul with a train driver experience here on their 5th wedding anniversary Due to health and safety it wasn’t an on the day surprise, but we kept our promise to Mary the best we could

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Michael Botterill @biggeordiegeek.uk · 02/10/2026

Yesterday was a hard day, but a good one, it’s 5 years since Paul & Mary were married here at the Talyllyn Railway But sadly Mary passed to cancer less than a year later, which was to put it mildly devastating to everyone that knew her #TalyllynRailway

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Michael Botterill @biggeordiegeek.uk · 01/10/2026

And finally for tonight, a Forward Observer/Spotter who can bring in that artillery strike or give my Mortars some accuracy #Warmongers #BoltAction #Wehrmacht #ForwardObserver

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Michael Botterill @biggeordiegeek.uk · 01/10/2026

Also from Chthonic Bear Cult, a trio of Grenadiers armed with a Panzerfaust & Rifle #Warmongers #BoltAction #Wehrmacht #Panzerfaust

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Michael Botterill @biggeordiegeek.uk · 01/10/2026

I painted a second MG42 MMG team, really nice sculpt from Chthonic Bear Cult #Warmongers #BoltAction #Wehrmacht #MG42

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Michael Botterill @biggeordiegeek.uk · 01/10/2026

A Medium Mortar Team from Chthonic Bear Cult, I really like using Mortars in Bolt Action, they can be very handy #Warmongers #BoltAction #Wehrmacht #MediumMortarTeam

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Michael Botterill @biggeordiegeek.uk · 01/10/2026

Here is an officer to lead some Pioneers, also from Chthonic Bear Cult #Warmongers #BoltAction #Wehrmacht

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Michael Botterill @biggeordiegeek.uk · 01/10/2026

Finished a fair few models tonight, starting with this Goliath team from Chthonic Bear Cult #Warmongers #BoltAction #Wehrmacht #SdKfz302

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Michael Botterill @biggeordiegeek.uk · 01/10/2026

Have you see @evewrestling.bsky.social? An old school friends is one of the organisers, it’s pretty cool, but all the events are in the Deep South

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Michael Botterill @biggeordiegeek.uk · 01/10/2026

Day 991 of the #HobbyStreak and my attention has been turned to these Grenadiers armed with rifles and Panzerfausts #Warmongers #BoltAction #Wehrmacht

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Michael Botterill @biggeordiegeek.uk · 01/10/2026

Realised I need a better way to charge my stuff when travelling so grabbed this reasonable cheap three in one charger for my phone, watch and AirPods, so far it’s working pretty well #PhoneCharger #MagSafe #AppleWatch #AirPodsPro

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Michael Botterill @biggeordiegeek.uk · 30/09/2026

Enjoyed a game of Carcassonne with Lindsay & Megan Of course Megan won thanks to their fields #BoardGame #BoardGameGeek #Carcassonne #BGG

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Michael Botterill @biggeordiegeek.uk · 30/09/2026

Finished this MG42 MMG team from @3dbreed to help flesh out the late war Germans #Warmonger #BoltAction #Wehrmacht #MMGTeam

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Michael Botterill @biggeordiegeek.uk · 30/09/2026

Day 990 of the #HobbyStreak and I am painting up a Goliath for the Germans #Warmongers #BoltAction #Wehrmacht

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Michael Botterill @biggeordiegeek.uk · 29/09/2026

We played A Fake Artist Goes To New York from the wonderful @oinkgames.bsky.social This was supposed to be a squirrel!!!! #BoardGame #BoardGameGeek #AFakeArtistGoesToNewYork #BGG

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Michael Botterill @biggeordiegeek.uk · 29/09/2026

And finally for tonight an RKX Fallschirmjäger sample model, I got the Kickstarter but figured I should try the sample model before I print and paint the rest #Warmongers #BoltAction #Fallschirmjäger

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Michael Botterill @biggeordiegeek.uk · 29/09/2026

A German HQ unit with two officers and three escorts from Chthonic Bear Cult #Warmongers #BoltActipn #Wehrmacht

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Michael Botterill @biggeordiegeek.uk · 29/09/2026

Finished a Forward Observer from Battle Cat Miniatures Nice little group of models, and these are for my Late War Germans #Warmongers #BoltAction #Wehrmact #ForwardObserver

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Michael Botterill @biggeordiegeek.uk · 29/09/2026

We played Thunderbirds today, a great co-op game from Matt Leacock which really captures the spirit of the show Lots of fun and we managed to beat the game, although it was tight at times! #BoardGame #BoardGameGeek #Thunderbirds #ThunderbirdsTheBoardGame

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Michael Botterill @biggeordiegeek.uk · 29/09/2026

Went to the zoo yesterday, saw the tigers get fed, which was cool, and a very chilled out bear #WelshMountainZoo #Zoo

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Michael Botterill @biggeordiegeek.uk · 29/09/2026

Slight mistake, these are actually from Cthonic Bear Cult!

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Michael Botterill @biggeordiegeek.uk · 29/09/2026

Slight mistake, these are actually from Cthonic Bear Cult!

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Michael Botterill @biggeordiegeek.uk · 29/09/2026

And finally for tonight, a Grenadier from 3D Breed armed with an SMG that he is reloading #Warmongers #BoltAction #Wehrmacht #GermanGrenadiers

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Michael Botterill @biggeordiegeek.uk · 29/09/2026

Also from RKX a Panzerschreck team to give me some anti-armour #Warmongers #BoltAction #Wehrmacht #Panzerschreck

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Michael Botterill @biggeordiegeek.uk · 29/09/2026

I got finished this Sniper Team from RKX for the late war Germans, my first time painting a full zeltbahn in buntfarbenaufdruck #Warmongers #BoltAction #Wehrmacht #SniperTeam

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Michael Botterill @biggeordiegeek.uk · 29/09/2026

Finished the PaK 40 to join the late war Germans, nice model, this one came from 3D Breed #Warmongers #BoltAction #Wehrmacht #PaK40

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Michael Botterill @biggeordiegeek.uk · 29/09/2026

Day 989 of the #HobbyStreak and we are now working on these German commanders and escorts #Warmongers #BoltAction #Wehrmacht

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Michael Botterill @biggeordiegeek.uk · 28/09/2026

This guy has always been a massive piece of shit

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Michael Botterill @biggeordiegeek.uk · 28/09/2026

The worst thing about Muse is that the band Muse had the handle for years and Meta just went and changed it so they could steal it from them

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Michael Botterill @biggeordiegeek.uk · 28/09/2026

The UKTC always make poor decisions, terrible organisation

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Michael Botterill @biggeordiegeek.uk · 27/09/2026

Day 988 of the #HobbyStreak and I am focused on late war Germans whilst on holiday, so here is a PaK 40 I started today #Warmongers #BoltAction #Wehrmacht

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Michael Botterill @biggeordiegeek.uk · 27/09/2026

Had a little game of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Fluxx, Megan won with Wrongs Darker than Death or Night #BoardGame #BoardGameGeek #BGG #Fluxx #StarTrekDeepSpaceNine

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