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devolutionary @devolutionary.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

GW has somehow managed to refine the style of design for their two big tentpole games into what I will now refer to as Patreon STL Aesthetic.

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devolutionary @devolutionary.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Behold, a bizarre proof of life. Depression and the world been kicking my ass, progress has been slow, but I've been working through my Ulthwe to add to my existing Alaitoc for 2nd edition. Some still WIP pics. #oldhammer #miniaturewargaming #warhammer40k

A bunch of Eldar Guardians painted as Craftworld Ulthwe for Warhammer 40,000 2nd edition

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devolutionary @devolutionary.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Somehow, someway, Luxon survives. Wild shit.

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devolutionary @devolutionary.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

In my efforts to try and work through my depression and despair at my professional life, I am forcing myself to just apply a spot of paint on a few models as I am able. I'm very much hoping it stops me from feeling like I'm failing by doing nothing at all. 2026 is so good guys, love it!

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devolutionary @devolutionary.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Dangit, I want to see my Ulthwe stuff painted, but I am very much in another painting lull right now, motivation is rock bottom from work stressors I suspect.

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devolutionary @devolutionary.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Digging through my pool of Finnish infantry for Flames of War, trying to figure how to build varied yet comprehensive teams for the infantry company I am working on. I have a great many excess dudes with sticky bombs and molotov bundles.

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devolutionary @devolutionary.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Continuing to fight down the revulsion at work around "maturing our AI usage", why did I not become a carpenter or something?

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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Covid lockdowns demonstrated, in a deeply imperfect way, the possibility of large-scale social solidarity for a higher cause. That is a prime reason why so many powerful people want us to run screaming away from them into the comforting arms of selfish individualist competition.

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devolutionary @devolutionary.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Well that's my weekend sorted with the rapid delivery of The Wendigo, time to figure out some tones across my pedal stack and figure out how I want to manage all this gain.

The Wendigo distortion pedal by Peper's Pedals in Dunedin, New Zealand

The Wendigo distortion pedal by Peper's Pedals in Dunedin, New Zealand, showing the glowing eyes

The Wendigo and Dirty Tree by Peper's Pedals, ProCo RAT 2 pedal, Keeley Electronics Octa Psi, and Electronic Audio Experiments model feT pedal.

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devolutionary @devolutionary.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

With Matariki tomorrow, I get an extra days head start on my winter week off. A necessary period to prevent me from inflicting my true nature on people at work, I intend to play a bunch of Epic, Battletech, and paint up some Ulthwe Eldar. And nobody else is home for 48 hours too? Delightful!

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devolutionary @devolutionary.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

I love when I get spam mail calling me a pervert and they recorded what I'm looking at as though I should be afraid. Oh no, vintage miniatures, vtubers, and Yogscast videos, the shame! Honestly any porn is probably the lesser of incriminating evidence compared to the Hololive brain rot.

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devolutionary @devolutionary.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

The truly unfortunate reality right now is that usage of AI coding tools and tokens is now a metric. I can't afford to not have my job, I have to look after my family. I very much feel like a failure, but that's corporate development life at the end of the day.

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devolutionary @devolutionary.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

After several months, I have completed my minimum for my 2nd ed. Chaos Space Marines Black Crusade. I still need to figure out how to get a full army shot worth a damn, but for now the (best) Thousand Sons are completed #warhammer40k #oldhammer #thousandsons #miniaturewargaming

Ahriman and his Cabal, miniatures for Warhammer 40,000 second edition

Converted rubric marines, miniatures for Warhammer 40,000 second edition

Ahriman and his sorcerer minions, miniatures for Warhammer 40,000 second edition

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devolutionary @devolutionary.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Spent an hour reseating my pedalboard, sorting out a complicated A/B chain, 20+ cables... and there's so much noise that I don't know what cable is causing the issue. Huzzah!

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devolutionary @devolutionary.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

It's always a good reminder to myself that companies being shitty is a good enough reason to not buy their shit. I had very much been eyeing up a new Fender guitar, but I fucking ain't now.

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devolutionary @devolutionary.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

An indulgent excursion into Death Guard for the penultimate contingent in my Black Crusade. Played around with lighting on the plasma gun and added weathering to the rhino, the only weathering Ive done in the entire army. Better photography too I think?? #oldhammer #warhammer40k #miniaturewargaming

Death Guard Chaos Space Marines for Warhammer 40,000 2nd edition

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devolutionary @devolutionary.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Ehhhh. They did that same thing they did with Mk III - worse helmet, worse backpack, and now the added sin of being lazy and not giving it's own jump pack. I'm happy with upscaling and reworks, but these are beloved and well selling designs, so it's a bummer (the damn helmet vent blows)

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devolutionary @devolutionary.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Took over a month, the Noise Marines were profoundly unpleasant to paint. Fabius on the other hand was so much fun to work through. I feel like I do need a tutor for photos though, youtube tutorials and online articles are doing bloody nothing #oldhammer #warhammer40k #miniaturewargaming

Warhammer 40,000 Slaneeshi Noise Marines from 2nd edition

Warhammer 40,000 Slaneeshi Icon Bearer and Fabius Bile from 2nd edition

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devolutionary @devolutionary.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

It took a genuinely concerted effort to reduce my paint range down to just these (excluding some historical, specialist, fluor, and my 90s citadel collection) easily 4x this many pots now in a bix box under a desk.

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devolutionary @devolutionary.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

You know it's been a day at the office when the first thing I do when I walk in the door is pour a vodka. I know it's not a healthy coping mechanism, but man, getting lectured by former senior management at Air NZ is enough to make anyone's cringe meter go off the charts.

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devolutionary @devolutionary.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Fucking no, that's stupid on every conceivable level. The fuck are you smoking, GW?

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devolutionary @devolutionary.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Undiagnosed, but I did just get fixated all day on making my own map of the 40k galaxy M41 because all other versions were just terrible for what I wanted.

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devolutionary @devolutionary.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

The noise marines are proving to be painful to finish. I am not enjoying them, and they are holding up the queue. I do however need to get them done, so hopefully this week. Hopefully. Ugh.

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devolutionary @devolutionary.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

World Eaters done! Kharn and his 8 sacrifices I mean chosen warriors. The plastics were the worst part, while Kharn was a bloody delight to work on. I've really found the joy of working on characters ever since I did Vulkan years back #oldhammer #warhammer40k #miniaturewargaming #worldeaters

Kharn the Betrayer and 8 Khorne Berzerkers of the World Eaters Legion, Warhammer 40,000 2nd edition Chaos Space Marine miniatures

Icon Bearer, Aspiring Champion, and Khorne Berzerker of the World Eaters Legion, Warhammer 40,000 2nd edition Chaos Space Marine miniatures

Kharn the Betrayer of the World Eaters Legion, Warhammer 40,000 2nd edition Chaos Space Marine miniatures, the man with the coolest helmet, axe, and plasma pistol of the era and perhaps still.

Exalted Champion of the World Eaters Legion mounted on a daemonic Juggernaut of Khorne, Warhammer 40,000 2nd edition Chaos Space Marine miniatures

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devolutionary @devolutionary.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Been a hot minute since I busted out Blender and thought about firing up my printer, especially since I printed all the arms and backpacks for my vintage projects. But hey, Orks need to fly...

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devolutionary @devolutionary.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

I'm so annoyed at how boring the new 40k Ork kits are that I'm hate buying the old boyz kits before they are gone. I know that isn't exactly a statement, I know it's still giving them money, but god dammit the new Orks are such a mundane meh for my tastes. Grumpy, unreasonable old man mode ends.

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devolutionary @devolutionary.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Black Legion element complete, giving me a Chaos Lord in the form of Abaddon the Despoiler and his bodyguard to lead my Black Crusade. On to the marked legions next (and waiting on tools for better photography) #oldhammer #warhammer40k #miniaturewargaming

Black Legion Chaos Space Marines for 2nd edition Warhammer 40,000

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devolutionary @devolutionary.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Terminator trim is hell, lightning is love - really fun to get these done, and good learning now before moving into painting Abaddon and his bodyguard next. 4 Legions down, 5 to go. #oldhammer #warhammer40k #miniaturewargaming

Night Lords Chaos Space Marine models I painted from the 2nd edition of Warhammer 40,000.

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devolutionary @devolutionary.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

I don't think miniature wargaming and model painting is really the space to be calling folks Luddites when they disapprove of your AI plagiarism and auto-colouring of classic art works. You're in the wrong fucking space buddy, we paint dolls with little brushes.

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devolutionary @devolutionary.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Working in tech in 2026 is more soul crushing and depressing than I ever could have imagined.

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devolutionary @devolutionary.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Iron Warriors contingent complete. It was nice to have a relatively easy paint scheme for once, aside from the damn stripes. 30 year old decals are also always flawed in application, but that's OK, they're neat either way. Nights Lords next? Lightning... #oldhammer #warhammer40k #miniaturewargaming

Iron Warriors Chaos Space Marines for 2nd edition Warhammer 40k, featuring a Predator and a unit of 3 Havocs

Iron Warriors Chaos Space Marines for 2nd edition Warhammer 40k, left side shot of the Havocs

Iron Warriors Chaos Space Marines for 2nd edition Warhammer 40k, right side shot of the Havocs

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devolutionary @devolutionary.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

As I'm building up a pool of 4th/5th edition Empire stuff, I have a hankering to rebuild a ton of 5th ed Bretonnia, which I don't need because I already have a large 6th edition Bretonnian army and help me please I have issues.

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devolutionary @devolutionary.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

My Word Bearers contingent for my 2nd edition Black Crusade. Two things noted - there are some weird strands I can't see with my naked eye, and I need to learn why I can't take decent pictures after following all advice short of "buy a DSLR" #warhammer40k #oldhammer #miniaturewargaming

Word Bearers Chaos Space Marines for 2nd Edition Warhammer 40k

Word Bearers Chaos Space Marine Dreadnought for 2nd Edition Warhammer 40k

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devolutionary @devolutionary.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

I never really looked at Daemons in the 90s, so this stat line was very confusing to me and contradictory to everything I am used to Nurgle being.

A screenshot from the Codex: Chaos from 2nd edition warhammer 40k of the Plaguebearer stat line

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devolutionary @devolutionary.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

First 2e Chaos unit done, a Veteran Alpha Legion squad protecting a Sorcerer. Next up probably the Word Bearers, or maybe some WHFB work. Posed as ever on the wonderful terrain work of @doctorspork.bsky.social #oldhammer #miniaturewargaming #warhammer40k

Chaos space marine veteran squad with a sorcerer for warhammer 40k 2nd edition

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devolutionary @devolutionary.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

I feel like my past 16 years as a professional developer in corporate tech has reached a decision point, and it is eating me up. I can't not get paid, my family and others rely on me, but it all feels like giving up on the part of the job I actually love, the creation process.

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devolutionary @devolutionary.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Sometimes if I wonder whether I am being too much of a purist with my era specificity in models. Is it really such a crime to have a 6th edition cannon in a 4th edition army? Do I need those very specific weapon parts? Yes. Yes it is.

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devolutionary @devolutionary.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Shit, at least I get a reformation of Nevermore that sounds sick with a vocalist who does justice to Warrell's legacy.

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NEVERMORE 2026

YouTube video by Ola Englund

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devolutionary @devolutionary.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Every day it's another horror to make you want to leap. Or stay in bed. Shit's a real struggle mentally, emotionally, and I'm still living in relative comfort in my little south pacific hideaway.

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devolutionary @devolutionary.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Neat! Looking forward to building a French force, I really like this period technologically. This makes Monday a bit nicer for sure #flamesofwar #miniaturewargaming

The Blitzkrieg book and Maginot Line box for Flames of War Early War period

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devolutionary @devolutionary.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Me: after 2 months of 6mm, I need to paint a nice, easy, simple army. Also me: 5 different colour schemes on the most detail cluttered miniatures of the era, that sounds fine. I am dumb.

Collection of 2nd edition Warhammer 40k Chaos Space Marine models

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devolutionary @devolutionary.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Trying to decide what palate cleanser I want to paint next. I feel like I should paint some of my vintage 90s stuff, but I might just have to do the all plastic Grey Knights so I can enjoy the simplicity of metallics.

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devolutionary @devolutionary.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Another barrage of mid-tier photos but it's a second EPIC army completed for the year, this time my Orks. Much like my Tyranids, I have a ton of models left I can add (and I forgot to include my Slasha Gargant), but this is plenty for now #oldhammer #epic40k

Ork horde consisting of a Goff Clan, Bad Moon Clan, Kult of Speed, and a Mega-gargant.

Kult of Speed, my Fighta-bommas, and some of the Goffs

Goff lads and da Warboss with their trukks, wagons, and da Skullhamma

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devolutionary @devolutionary.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Ah the inevitable "you need to start getting familiar with AI tools" talk. I have been anticipating this and I am glad I only mildly showed my immense loathing.

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devolutionary @devolutionary.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

I don't know how modern 40k players play it with how fucking boring the tables are. I just saw a photo of a decent tournament - 25 identical tables. Comp wargaming is just the worst form of wargaming for me.

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devolutionary @devolutionary.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

I wish people were OK with not liking the music in video games. I have been super enjoying #Warframe, but it feels like I need to be sycophantic about their songs to not get looked down on. Was even worse with #FFXIV. Let people discuss without lying, be OK with different tastes. That's art.

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devolutionary @devolutionary.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Just spent NZ$440 on some on sprue models from 1990. Sounds like a lot. But then I look at Legions Imperialis battle forces costing that much for fewer models and I'm like no, no, this is perfectly fine as a price point, and I much prefer little biker dwarves.

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devolutionary @devolutionary.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

My post-Christmas end of year army is done in very speedy fashion. I enjoyed trusting the process and pushing simple contrast on these very small Epic miniatures for use in 2e Epic/NetEpic as Hive Fleet Behemoth. Now I need to paint some blue lads to fight #epic40k #oldhammer #miniaturewargaming

Tyranids for Epic Space Marine, notably the bigger, more monstrous aliens

The swarm for Tyranids for Epic Space Marine

Some closer shots of the swarm to show the scheme and contrasting colours

Some closer shots of select big bugs for my Tyranids, including Synapse

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