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crafty.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy @crafty.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

#HelpWanted #BoostsOK In case you hadn't worked it out, I'm now working on the #USSEnterpriseD. This kit has the windows premoulded into the plastic, but they're about 0.8mm wide, and about 6-7mm tall. I need to find a way to transpose them through to the inside of the plastic, so I can mask […]

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crafty.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy @crafty.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026

The first step in dealing with a problem is admitting you have a problem... I have SO MUCH unpainted (and mostly primed) resin. And a stash of shame of box kits. There's no way I'm getting thru them all any time soon. Therefore, I've disabled AliExpress app notifications on my phone entirely […]

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Stephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

The Declaration of Independence specifies 27 grievances with King George III and Britain. Donald Trump and his regime have committed at least 20 of those same offenses highlighted in yellow. Happy 250, America!

An image of a list of the 27 grievances against King George III in the Declaration of Independence. Donald Trump's regime has committed at least 20 of them in whole or in part, condensed into the list below:
1. He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.
2. He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of representation …
3. He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing … his invasions on the rights of the people.
4. He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; … obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners …
5. He has obstructed the Administration of Justice …
6. He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices …
7. He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.
8. He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.
9. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.
10. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution … giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:
11. For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
12. For protecting them … from punishment for any Murders which they should commit …
13. For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:
14. For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
15. For depriving us … of the benefits of Trial by Jury:
16. For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:
17. For … abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:
18. He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.
19. He has … destroyed the lives of our people.
20. He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us …

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crafty.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy @crafty.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy · 04/07/2026

Completed another bust. A couple of months ahead of the 86th anniversary of the #BattleOfBritain, this one is called "The Few" from Life Miniatures, 1/10th scale. No in progress shots of this, as I was never terribly happy with it "in progress" […] [Original post on mastodon.philtanner.com]

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crafty.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy @crafty.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy · 02/05/2026

[3D model slicing/moulding whinge] I spent yesterday going thru some of my AliExpress purchases, trimming off the mould cast "sprue", and the 3D print resin support struts, and gluing the main parts ahead of priming. And this set, while BEAUTIFUL […] [Original post on mastodon.philtanner.com]

Photo of a finished model. Featuring two gothic novel era women with their hair in messy buns.

The figure on the right is very demure and "Jane Eyre" in appearance, but is recoiling back as the female vampire (similar garb, more flowy sleeves) is diving in towards her neck, pinning "Jane"'s hand back to her shoulder with her grip.

Their bodies are pressed together as they entangle

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crafty.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy @crafty.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy · 01/05/2026

Our intrepid pilot Eddie, added to the plane. #Crafty #Spitfire #AcesHigh #IronMaiden #Revell #Eddie

A full Spitfire photo taken from about 10 o'clock.

Eddie is sitting on the leading edge of the port wing root, facing the camera.

A close up of Eddie sitting on the wing, with the cockpit glass in the background.

A long photo of the fuselage, with standing Eddie just behind the wing root.

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crafty.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy @crafty.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy · 01/05/2026

Finally finished. Reasonably happy with the outcome, only a few minor gripes. #Crafty #Spitfire #IronMaiden #AcesHigh #Revell

View of the Spitfire from about 11 o'clock.

It's in a wheels down, cockpit door open configuration.

It's a Mk2, painted in Battle of Britain era RAF Green, RAF Brown, and sky blue.

View from 9 o'clock high. The markings are standard RAF, with the aircraft identity of DR Z spelling out "Dr Oz" with the fuselage roundel.

The aircraft identity number (666) is painted on a sky blue band just in front of the empanage.

I added the yellow "gas detection" diamond to the port wing upside.

Some light chipping around the ammunition port covers, but i forgot to heavily chip the step area. Ah well. Always somewhere to improve

Photo from about 7 o'clock high, into the fully detailed cockpit (utterly invisible in shadow 🤣)

Photo of the fuselage from the very front, of it sitting on a mirror, showing the underside, which is heavily oil stained (and shown in previous photos).

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crafty.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy @crafty.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy · 01/05/2026

Oh! One final photograph. The reason the model was posed on top of a mirror in some shots was so I could get this photo of the whole of the underside (flipped vertically and horizontally for readability). #Crafty #Spitfire #IronMaiden #AcesHigh

The underside of the wings with the text "Iron Maiden" printed on it's starboard ring, and "Aces High" on it's port side under wing - in place of the usual roundels.

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crafty.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy @crafty.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy · 28/04/2026

A standing and sitting pilot Eddie. Weirdly, seated Eddie has "pockets" on his thighs like modern fighter pilots. So I've gone with with, even tho it's VERY not period appropriate. #Spitfire #Revell #IronMaiden #AcesHigh #Eddie #Crafty

Standing pilot on a 35mm base. He's wearing a leather jacket, with a life vest over the top (weirdly).

He's got a zombie/mummy face, as Eddie from the Iron Maiden album cover art. Otherwise normal body weight.

Eddie this time seated, his right hand is thrown up giving a V for victory sign.

He's wearing brown leather flying gloves in this one, but missing his leather jacket.

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crafty.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy @crafty.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy · 27/04/2026

Got some good grime going on now. Judging by the reference photos, the oil should be a LOT darker, and more of it, so I might play with making my own oil mixtures... or will probably just leave it like this. #Crafty #Spitfire #IronMaiden #AcesHigh #Revell

The underside of the Iron Maiden Access High Spitfire, the centre is heavily stained with a "tea brown" oil leaking from the usual suspect (intake just under/behind the engine cowling).

The landing gear is down (or pointing up, as the plane is upside down on it's back showing it's underside).

There's also some black dust weathering from the gun ports and the cartridge ejection ports in the wings.

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crafty.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy @crafty.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy · 22/04/2026

@mu 🤣 I get that it's the weirdest thing to be complaining about a typo in a piece of text that's not meant to be read in the first place, because if you can read any of it, none of it makes any sense even if spelled perfectly.... but it's still going to annoy me regardless 🙄

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crafty.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy @crafty.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy · 22/04/2026

To continue the theme of things that will bug me about this build, but no one else will notice... It's a 1:32 scale build, bigger than my usual 1:72, so I thought I'd put some extra detail into the wheels. I don't have any "DUNLOP" decals, but I _do_ […] [Original post on mastodon.philtanner.com]

Photograph of two wheels, painted and washed. Each has a white decal over the black rubber of the tyre that reads:
'ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT ACCESS PIONT' [sic]

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crafty.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy @crafty.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy · 11/04/2026

Panel liner applied to the underside of one wing. I'm liking the way it is looking for once. Subtle enough it's not obvious, strong enough that it's obviously different to the unlined side. #Revell #Spitfire #IronMaiden #AcesHigh #Crafty

Photograph of the underside of the 1:32 Revell Iron Maiden Spitfire.

The port wing (on the right in this photo) has had a Tamiya Dark Grey panel liner washed over it.

It's looking a lot more varied in tone and "real" than the other wing, as yet unwashed. Both wings had underpainting done for both panel lines and colour variances, which are so just visible and definitely better than a "solid" colour, but the panel line wash has definitely lifted it to the next level.

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crafty.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy @crafty.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy · 08/04/2026

@ErrolNZ right?? I'm fairly sure the Airfix one is correct and matches the RAF pattern, so I'm not sure what Revell is playing at...

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crafty.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy @crafty.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy · 08/04/2026

In things that only I will ever notice or care about, I have followed the #Revell painting guide (bottom). But it "felt wrong" as I was doing it... to the point I checked 3 different times to make sure I'd not confused the two colours. Only after […] [Original post on mastodon.philtanner.com]

Photograph of an Airfix box painting guide on top of the Revell guide, each showing the top side of a Mk2 Spitfire painted in RAF Camouflage pattern A.

The Revell one is mirrored (port wing pattern is on the starboard and vice versa)...

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crafty.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy @crafty.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy · 05/04/2026

Always feels like a frustrating step, priming the plastic from one shade of grey to a very slightly different shade of grey (when it goes on wet, it's literally almost _indistinguishable_, i have to go by the "wetness" look to see where I've done - […] [Original post on mastodon.philtanner.com]

Underside of a MkII Spitfire (Revell 1:32) lying on a very messy spray booth. The right side has been primed in a mid grey (Humbrol #1). The left is raw plastic in a light sea grey colour.

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crafty.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy @crafty.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy · 28/03/2026

Currently working on the Revell 1:32 "Aces High" Iron Maiden Spitfire kit. Which I'm hoping is not their usual 1:32 Spitfire MkII with the Eddie figurines thrown in (which is likely, because they're on their own sprue, in their own cellophane packet, cast in a different coloured plastic). The […]

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crafty.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy @crafty.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy · 07/03/2026

[Nazi references. Strong language. USPol] I finished this model a month or more back. But the world was so utterly fucked, it felt like it was no longer a pointed take on world events, and instead felt like it was making light of the serious […] [Original post on mastodon.philtanner.com]

A bust figurine of Trump as an ork wearing a blue suit, with a swastika arm band visible.

It is mounted on a base of a waving flag depicting "Old Glory", except the stars have been replaced by a white swastika, at 45°, on the blue backing.

Behind Trump is a technical looking sci-fi device with a Adolforc head atop it.

Across the front of the base is the word "Erblast" painted in a typical German 30s typeface.

The same shot as the previous model, except the head positions have been swapped.

Now Adolforc is complete, with Trump's head behind on the contraption.

Similar to the first photo, with Trump back as the complete bust - now with the "glass and brass" cover over Adolforc's head, in true classic Frankenstein style steampunk equipment look.

Heads reversed again. Closer look at Trump's head inside the glass tube.

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crafty.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy @crafty.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy · 19/02/2026

Did a quick #Napoleorc bust. Quite enjoying this series of figurines. #miniatures #miniaturePainting #Crafty #orkz

Front on photograph of a WarHammer style ork dressed as Napoleon Bonepart

Similar photo but from higher up looking down onto the figure's face

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Dr H @drh.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2025

Closer views of 2 of the Rescue Terminators. One has a black theme going on his weapons. I added the hanging scroll cases. And for his base I included a Genestealer's hand sliding a floorplate over. Will he notice in time? The other is armed with a assault cannon […] [Original post on dice.camp]

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Dr H @drh.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 14/02/2026

Two more of the Rescue Terminators. One has a thing for large decorations; he came with the thing on one leg and the skull/reath on the powerfist. So I added the eagle/skull thing atop his armour. The other has a classic hazard-striped powerfist and a cable […] [Original post on dice.camp]

Blood Angels Terminator with powerfist and storm bolter.

Blood Angels Terminator with powerfist (in a fetching hazard-stripe patten) and storm bolter.

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Dr H @drh.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 17/01/2026

Last photos of the Junk pile shelter. I "hid" a gem inside the large pipe as a "hidden gem" amongst the scrap. #TabletopTerrain #JunkPile #Rust #DrH

Close up of the junk pile with the hidden gem peeking out of the darkness of a pipe.

View of the bedding and fire-pit under the junk pile.

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crafty.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy @crafty.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy · 12/01/2026

[Nazi orc head] Hmm. Turns out I should've measured my height tolerances before randomly kitbashing something cool looking together 🤣 I've had to dig out half the height of the platform already, which hides almost all the cool stuff... and makes life a lot more challenging....

Adolforc's head, inside a jerry-rigged tube frame. In order to fit his head inside the "glass" section, all but the very top of the previous SciFi contraption is hidden.

A view without the outer frame, showing how much of the contraption is buried...

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crafty.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy @crafty.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy · 12/01/2026

A bit of a scratch build sci fi platform thing to go on top and hopefully hide most of the cracked mess. Built from a cog wheel from some Xmas toy or other, an exhaust vent (possibly an F14?), some undercarriage strutting, a B17 bomb lock, the lid of […] [Original post on mastodon.philtanner.com]

Same, but rotated 90° to the right (anti clockwise viewed from the top)

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crafty.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy @crafty.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy · 11/01/2026

Well.... bugger. That wasn't crackle paint, and that's not the liquid vat effect I wanted to achieve. 🤬

A greenish yellow top to a metallic cylinder, which has cracked and peeled up, and looks like a VERY dry creek bed

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crafty.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy @crafty.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy · 08/01/2026

[Nazi symbology] Well... I took a pause on this work due to the horrific attacks in Sydney last week. I spent a long time second guessing how the figure would "read". But today's news (along with Venezuela) has made it even more clear than ever that […] [Original post on mastodon.philtanner.com]

A circular base, held on the fingers of one hand, so slightly larger than the palm of a hand.

Top left corner is a a blue square, with a white swastika symbol offset at the military 45° diamond angle. The rest of the base is painted in red and white stripes, depicting "Old Glory" (or "the stars and stripes" / "stars and bars" US flag), as it was shown in the series "Man in the High Castle" (a fictional alternate reality set where the Nazis beat the Americans to the nuclear bomb, and won WW2, dividing America between them and the Japanese. Well worth a watch if you haven't (it's on Amazon Prime)).

The base undulates like a flag in the wind.

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crafty.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy @crafty.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy · 06/01/2026

Finished a quick bust while I was on leave, mainly while waiting for inspiration to strike on how to complete my other in progress #Orkz... So here's my most recent, which I've (somewhat) randomly titled #OrkvilleWright. I know the eyes aren't right […] [Original post on mastodon.philtanner.com]

A Kromlech KRBU001 Ork pilot bust.

It's looking straight into the camera.

Knowing that the Imperium is the fascist future regime, i decided to go with a WW2-era "Western allies" pilot (as clearly that's who was fighting against the fascists back then).

He's front on facing the camera, with standard green ork skin, but a very unhealthy pink/ red lips. He's wearing a sheepskin lined leather flying jacket, a checkered neckerchief and flying goggles perched atop his forehead.

He's mounted on a base with grass tufts visible, and an orkish tracked vehicle with 3x ww2 style green bombs stacked on it.

His eyes are standard humanoid blue (think "Paul Hollywood" if you've seen The Great British BakeOff) with round pupils

A view from his left (about his 10 o'clock) showing he is also wearing a leather flying helmet(cap).

A view from his right side (about his 3 o'clock).

Not much more is revealed here, except a slightly better view of the tracked bomb vehicle

A view from higher up, looking down onto the base to show various bits of ork-decorated aerial vehicle parts, with lots of nuts & bolts holding repair panels in place and rust.

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crafty.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy @crafty.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy · 06/01/2026

@Moah I know you're not asking for suggestions, so forgive me if I'm speaking out of turn, but I think a "David Attenborough blue shirt" would work well, and a forest green for the gloves.

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crafty.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy @crafty.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy · 04/01/2026

If I was after a resin printer to print new figures for painting (nothing game scale, 1:24 at a minimum, more often 1:12 "upwards"), what's my best bet these days? Things to bear in mind: 1) I'm a newbie, so KISS* 2) I don't have a Windows device, so compatibility with Linux is required 3) I […]

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crafty.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy @crafty.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy · 18/12/2025

It was pointed out to me that the hair (moulded on the original figurine) was wrong, parted on the wrong side, and a different style. So I took a scalpel to it, and then some Green Stuff... They had a point, i think it's a lot more "recognisable" now. Agree? #WIP #Crafty #Orc

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crafty.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy @crafty.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy · 15/12/2025

Working on an idea for a new piece, but I'm not convinced it's working as well as I expected/ hoped. Question to you all (boosts for wider reach and replies requested/wanted/welcome); what do you think of when you see this? - and how obvious was it […] [Original post on mastodon.philtanner.com]

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crafty.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy @crafty.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy · 10/12/2025

@erikcats lol. That last bit is not actually on the model, I think it's just a feature of the shadows cast by the light 🤣 Here's a different background with different camera settings...

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crafty.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy @crafty.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy · 10/12/2025

In time for the season, I managed to finish my #zombie #Santa & Rudolf. (Sorry for lack of alt text... honestly not sure how to describe what you're (not) looking at. #altTextHelp #altTextForYou?) #Crafty

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crafty.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy @crafty.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy · 04/12/2025

[Satirical WW2 Nazi reference] I've ordered some new resin during AliExpress' Black Friday sale. One of the pieces is "Adolforc" and I'm thinking I'm going to go with an orange skin tone (with pale eye rims and neckline) instead of orc green. I am […] [Original post on mastodon.philtanner.com]

An image of the "Adolforc" model. As the name suggests, it's a bust of an orc figure dressed in the style of Adolf Hitler in a brown "citizen uniform".

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