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Andrew Oates

@captainsquarebear.bsky.social
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Woodworker, Lab Tech, Miniature-Painter, Pixel Artist, Sailor, Bear. Probably a few more things, but I can't recall.

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Andrew Oates @captainsquarebear.bsky.social · 11h
Trenchtober - 2 - Curse ( Trench Crusade, Morktober) Those who are cursed with leprosy within the faithful realms often join up with the knights of Saint Lazarus. I was thinking about running this warband, and was going to arm them with shield and automatic pistol, as I figured that could be fun.
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Exeunt Press 💀🎲 @exeunt.press · 02/10/2026
Q: What if I miss a day or I’m late with a prompt? It’s OK to miss days, post late, and ignore any and all deadlines. Some have finished months after October ends! A MÖRKTOBER participant is never late, nor are they early; they finish their prompts precisely when they mean to. 🧙‍♂️ #MÖRKTOBER
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Andrew Oates @captainsquarebear.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Trenchtober 2026 - 1 - Goat Here is the first drawing for Trenchtober 2026, A yoke fiend of the Court of the Seven. for better quality (if you want the PNG), I am also posting these on my old deviant art. www.deviantart.com/sleeping-dem... Cheers!
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Andrew Oates @captainsquarebear.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I have really been enjoying the game "Big Walk". just walking around with friends, solving puzzles, getting lost, herding cats, being silly. Perfect kinda game.
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Andrew Oates @captainsquarebear.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
With the hell week behind me, I am trying to get back on track, and that means getting ready for daily drawings in October. This years is going to be "Trenchtober" (trench crusade pixel art). After careful consideration and list-pondering, I will be using the 2026 Morktober prompt list. Cheers!
Its been a while since I posted a pixel art thing on this website, I really hope the compression isn't too bad, and it doesn't look shite.
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Andrew Oates @captainsquarebear.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
After a brief week lost to sickness and no internet, its back to Trench Crusade. Getting ready for the first game of my local groups Carcass Front campaign tonight. Wish me luck, its the first outing of my New Antioch "Lorrainian 303rd - Redsky Battalion", complete with 3d-printed Adrien helmet.
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Andrew Oates @captainsquarebear.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
WELL. It has been quite the week, my router/modem/internet-box died, and my phone went on the fritz, and then I got sick, and then put out my back. When it rains, it pours it would seem.
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Andrew Oates @captainsquarebear.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Decided to be a handy-man when I got home from work today, I fixed a kitchen drawer that was very broken, and then made an extension to my wargames table-top, so I can have bigger games (or 2 3x3 game mats simultaneously). Should make Wednesday night games night even better.
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Andrew Oates @captainsquarebear.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I've been making a lot of preserves in the last month or so, mostly jams, apple butter, and a whole variety of stuff. But I just had a full batch of pear-ginger jam not setup properly, and will probably have to be thrown out. Sad times.
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Andrew Oates @captainsquarebear.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
We had a few games of trench crusade this last week, including some of the new carcass front stuff. That Nineveh Novus scenario is fun, but the lunatic monks hit like a truck. Most fun part was using puppet master to pull my opponent out of melee with the monks, good laughs all around. Cheers!
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Andrew Oates @captainsquarebear.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Had some trench crusade games at the house this evening. The one pictured was Great Hunger against Eire Rangers, where the rangers just squeaked by, destroying the supply caches. My buddy wants help making a better great hunger list, so now I'm trying to figure that out. Potentially fun stuff.
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Andrew Oates @captainsquarebear.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Last week I set up a wargaming board for trench crusade that I was really very happy with. Since only one game got played on it, I may try and re-make it this week. I also got a fancy gunboat printed (an stl by Nate Feyma), and I now have to hype myself to paint it. Artillery witch for scale.
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tuomaspirinen.bsky.social @tuomaspirinen.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Also this is my favourite illustration from the Carcass Front book. It brings me great joy:
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Andrew Oates @captainsquarebear.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Our Trench Crusade games day was a success! Everyone got at least one game in, and some got several. one giant game went for over 3 hours, featuring a standard New Antioch vs. The Great Hunger, battling for control of the high ground. Overall a very great 12 hour day of games. Cheers!
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Andrew Oates @captainsquarebear.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Tomorrow I'm hosting a trench crusade games day for my local group, with 2 tables setup, a bunch of possible scenarios to play, and I think 7 to 9 people attending throughout the day. Should be a fun time!
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AC Bibby ⚧🐊📖 @acbibbyac.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
If I were hosting a #trenchcrusade event at my house this weekend, what kind of themed sacks should I serve?
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Andrew Oates @captainsquarebear.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Just a little WIP today, a Polish TKS tankette, made appropriately weird-war, and awaiting a paint scheme. With two Wargames Atlantic figures for scale. I was jokingly thinking of using this as a mechanized heavy infantry for trench crusade, as it would be funny.
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Andrew Oates @captainsquarebear.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I got the rocky cliffs terrain done, and am pretty happy with how they turned out. Then last night they got used in some trench crusade games, where we finally played the Dragon scenario. It rampaged around, destroying a whole lot of terrain, and remaining undefeated by the end. Good times!
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Andrew Oates @captainsquarebear.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
So the latest issue of Wargames Illustrated has a Trench Crusade unofficial mercenary, the Maori warrior. I think this is awesome (both the Maori, and magazines making third party TC content). His battlekit says he is armed with a Taiaha (a spear of some sort), but it does not give a statline.
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Andrew Oates @captainsquarebear.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Another lovely day of working on minis (and terrain). I am waiting on my cliffs basing to dry, but in the meantime I finished a forklift and pallets for scatter terrain. I also finished a bog giant, so I can make my lion rampant dark age force into a dragon rampant force (bowman/halfling for scale)
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Trench Crusade @trenchcrusade.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
++ JOIN OPERATION LEVIATHAN ++ From the 7th to the 28th of September, we will be holding a worldwide campaign for Trench Crusade: Operation Leviathan! Find out more about this epic, globe-spanning campaign & how to take part here: www.trenchcrusade.com/trench-wire/...
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Operation Leviathan is Coming! - Trench Crusade
In this Trench Wire article, Jervis Johnson introduces and explains the Operation Leviathan Worldwide Campaign for Trench Crusade.
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Andrew Oates @captainsquarebear.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
I've gotten up to a fair bit the last little while. I finished a giant tank for trench crusade (the Dragon), which took a while to get done. I also started on some rocky terrain for the high ground scenario (and hopefully for lots of other games too). I also made a lot of jam. Cheers!
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Andrew Oates @captainsquarebear.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Today I am going all in on making preserves. Apple butter has been slow-cooking for 6 hours already (just 4-5 more to go), and now I'm making some blackberry jam. there are also plums in the fridge for jam, but I think that will be tomorrow or later. Tis the season.
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Andrew Oates @captainsquarebear.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
A few random miniatures things from the last little while; a food truck finally painted up, a complete (24 point) Quar weird war army for Xenos Rampant (with a human auxiliary light infantry), and a Monitor ship printed and primed for my ongoing harbour terrain for Trench Crusade. Cheers!
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Andrew Oates @captainsquarebear.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
I am apparently responsible for getting people into trench crusade. Excellent!
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Andrew Oates @captainsquarebear.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Yet more miniatures! Some dark age archer and slingers, a Mordheim halfling, I finally finished all 6 dark age cavalry I had built (for Pillage or Lion rampant), and my current court warband for Trench Crusade (yes, no praetor or saint). I seem to be finishing random projects on my shelf, hooray!
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Andrew Oates @captainsquarebear.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Alrighty, got the proper photo-box out, and took some finished pictures of my Albigensian Host - my trench pilgrims for Trench Crusade. Mostly kitbash and proxies, and a lot of fun to make. These models also spent Way to long sitting unpainted on my shelf, as I couldn't decide on a colour scheme.
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Andrew Oates @captainsquarebear.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Ah, turns out I did get some good pictures of one of yesterdays trench crusade battles, I just somehow missed them. I still didn't get any good pics of my battle, where my heretic naval raiders were getting trounced by my friends Court warband. What a shame.
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Andrew Oates @captainsquarebear.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Had more fun trench crusade last night, and although I did attempt to take pictures of the battles as they went, the pictures were too blurry. I did manage the gameboard beforehand, and some pics of my newly finished Trench Pilgrims (my Albigensian Host). Cheers!
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Andrew Oates @captainsquarebear.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Successfully washed my vehicle in the front driveway - while people were wandering past, and somehow managed to avoid any comments of "you missed a spot" or "can you wash mine next?". Truly shall wonders never cease.
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Andrew Oates @captainsquarebear.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Had a few games of Trench Crusade at the house today, first I played my New Antioch against my buddies Court, followed by a rematch where another friend used my warband (he forgot his own). Both fights were real close, which always makes for the best battles. I also finished a sloop, cheers!
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Andrew Oates @captainsquarebear.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Just finished up some more fellows for trench crusade (some more trench pilgrims and ecclesiastic prisoners), as well as some docks and such. The docks are from the lake town terrain set from GW, and it went together really nicely. I may have to get more. Productive couple days.
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Andrew Oates @captainsquarebear.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
The other night I was watching a friends art stream, and painting minis, and apparently I should not have sat on a padded kitchen chair for nearly 5 hours. My back was so sore that I spent most of yesterday just sitting in my giant comfy "grampa-chair" recovering. Still painting, of course.
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Andrew Oates @captainsquarebear.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Had an intro game for a new trench crusade player the other day, which came out pretty evenly by the end. New Antioch vs. Iron Sultanate. I am in the process of making another HMI, and also trying to figure out how to make a better sultanate list (any suggestions welcome). Cheers!
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Andrew Oates @captainsquarebear.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Back with another Trench Crusade game, this one featured an ongoing hurricane of blood, obscuring ranged attacks and impeding charges (presumably all the mud). My Pilgrims fought against my buddy's Court, and somehow I steamrolled him. First time my pilgrims have accomplished anything, Hoorah!
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AC Bibby ⚧🐊📖 @acbibbyac.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Why work on second novel in a series when you can start a new novel that has WW1 ghost tanks roaming Doggerland!
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Andrew Oates @captainsquarebear.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
And some more Trench Crusade minis finished; A second Artillery Witch (the one with the pistol), some Trench Pilgrims finally finished (I was debating a colour scheme for too long), and an AoS Knellmage that I'm going to use as an Observer and a Chorister (for their respective forces). Cheers!
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Andrew Oates @captainsquarebear.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
On Sunday, my local gaming group decided to have a John Blanche inspired painting get-together, and I kitbashed and painted this fellow. I think he's some sort of cyborg/mutant that could be found in an underhive. Mostly made from 40k bits, but the head is from a warmachine steamjack of some type.
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Andrew Oates @captainsquarebear.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Whole lotta stuff in this post and the next few. I have had a nice a busy week! First off, the Trench Crusade battlefield from the other day, my friends battled their New Antioch against the Court. They had to set demo charges in each others deployment zones, and Court took the day.
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Andrew Oates @captainsquarebear.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Rest in Peace John Blanche, his art inspired us all. My game group is going to have a Blanchitsu style painting party at the local nerd shop this Sunday. I think that's the best way for us to show our respects.
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Andrew Oates @captainsquarebear.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Tonights trench crusade was actually between two friends of mine, playing Court of the Seven (with some proxy units) and New Antioch. The highlight of the whole game being a Goetic warlock being blasted into oblivion off the central tower, after just TPing up there with the LT (the LT fell 12")
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Andrew Oates @captainsquarebear.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Trench Crusade board set up for tonight, I wanted to mix my normal fantasy and trench board stuff, and I think it worked well. Hopefully I remember to take some pictures during the actual games (I usually get caught up in play, and forget).
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Andrew Oates @captainsquarebear.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
We are nearly done my season at work, just the last bits of maintenance and such. I am so ready for some off-time, being able to sleep in, and then instead to tons of house maintenance. Also more time for nerd stuff, that will be fun.
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Andrew Oates @captainsquarebear.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
I swear I do more than just play trench crusade... just not tonight. Had a game around some town walls, where my Heretics were victorious over the perfidious New Antioch. my priest pushed several enemies off walls with puppet master, my wolf did great, and the enemy LT hid under a ruin. Grand time.
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Andrew Oates @captainsquarebear.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
A somewhat chill night, listening to podcasts and assembling some more miniatures. Most of them are reinforcements for existing trench crusade warbands, but I also had some objective markers. I am much more tired from work than I first realized, maybe basing will be done tomorrow.
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Andrew Oates @captainsquarebear.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Had a fun game of Trench Crusade the other night, using a homemade scenario with a randomized artillery barrage in between rounds. Even though I lost on objectives, my Lieutenant in machine armour soaked up 25 blood markers through the game, even getting bloodbathed to no effect. MVP.
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Andrew Oates @captainsquarebear.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Been a busy week or so here, but I managed to have friends over for some trench crusade last night, with a custom scenario I am in the process of making. Bit of a painting slump, but I did finish some wretched for my new Court of the Seven warband, so that's good
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Andrew Oates @captainsquarebear.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
I recently got some Blood and Plunder plastic sloop kits, and I am busily converting one into a river ship for Mordheim. Using a bunch of terrain bits and bobs from the warhammer manor house kit, and generally trying to add battle damage and decay. Good times!
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Andrew Oates @captainsquarebear.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Well, the small local convention went well! I had a couple setups for Trench Crusade, and a table for Pillage and Dragon Rampant. I got in so many games of trench crusade, and am stoked for more. Even got to use my new grail warband (just a lord of tumours, and the rest grail thralls). Great Fun!
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