Sign in

Enrique Hervás 🇪🇺 ☮️🎲🪐

@ehervas.bsky.social
212 followers 222 following 464 posts

I work as a Lead Game Designer in Malta, and keep a myriad of unfinished somehow-still-alive side projects. Right now I'm focused on Stellar Settlers, a dice rolling strategy game we just produced! Get a copy here: ko-fi.com/s/1300a0f04a

PostsRepliesMedia
Enrique Hervás 🇪🇺 ☮️🎲🪐 @ehervas.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Unexpectedly I found the legendary @johnromero.bsky.social in the Malta Comic Con today and luckily got the chance to chat a little bit about games and the industry :)
John Romero next to a fan (me)
010 0
Enrique Hervás 🇪🇺 ☮️🎲🪐 @ehervas.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Well... I consider Apothecary Ralicia Tabitha done (bar transfers). At least she can wear a helmet to hide her horrible face in public, though that doesn't fix the rest of the problems... I want to think it's all due to a bad white priming. #miniaturepainting #warhammer40k #nerdlings #spacemarines
0133 0
Enrique Hervás 🇪🇺 ☮️🎲🪐 @ehervas.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I played another game of solo #KillTeam a couple nights ago. Escape mission. I didn't manage to escape with enough operatives, so I'll have to repeat the mission. I still find the rules a little fiddly, and the games take me a bit too long, but I'm having fun! I'm looking forward to trying again.
A Kill Team Board with scratch built terrain.
0151 0
Enrique Hervás 🇪🇺 ☮️🎲🪐 @ehervas.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Oh god... She is judging me... I think I'm ready to finish this piece and move on to something less terrible. #nerdlings #miniaturepainting #warhammer40k #spacemarines
Close up of the miniature face, with very visible spots and unwanted texture all over...Full body miniature and alternative (original) head on the side.
081 0
Enrique Hervás 🇪🇺 ☮️🎲🪐 @ehervas.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Slowly getting there... It's a pretty hard (and fun) miniature to paint and I still can't believe how bad it looks up close in the pictures, but I don't see it in real life so... 🤷 #miniaturepainting #nerdlings #warhammer40k #paintingwarhammer
WIP Primaris Apothecary, front view. Improved some details as lenses, purity seals, screens and weapon.WIP Primaris Apothecary, side view.
0121 0
Enrique Hervás 🇪🇺 ☮️🎲🪐 @ehervas.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
From a distance it is not looking too bad, but I've been making some terrible mistakes with this one starting with a super spotty primer... I'm hoping it'll get a bit together as I finish more details... #warhammer40k #nerdlings #miniaturepainting #paintingwarhammer
WIP Primaris Apothecary, in white and orange. The white primer made everything spotty and there are some strands of glue or something hanging about which I can't remove now...
0152 0
Enrique Hervás 🇪🇺 ☮️🎲🪐 @ehervas.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Lots of work ahead, but at least I have started! #nerdlings #miniaturepainting #warhammer40k #spacemarines #paintingwarhammer #warhammercommunity
A tray full of primed miniatures: 5 Incursors, 5 Infiltrators, 4 Intercessors, 1 Apothecary, 1 Librarian, 1 Magus, 2 Ripper swarms. 

The apothecary and the ripper swarm have some base colour on them.
040 0
Enrique Hervás 🇪🇺 ☮️🎲🪐 @ehervas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The Raiders of the Last Dawn #KillTeam as they prepare to enter Hub 09 for a Sabotage mission. Trying using an RGB light for pictures. #nerdlings #spacemarines #warhammer40k #miniaturepainting
A Space Marines Kill Team surrounded by industrial scratch built terrain, with a blue light coming from the left side.A Space Marines Kill Team surrounded by scratch built terrain, with a blue light coming from the left side.
091 0
Enrique Hervás 🇪🇺 ☮️🎲🪐 @ehervas.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I didn't manage to finish but I got around to playing some solo #killteam on Friday night. I'm still super slow, having to consult the rules every five seconds, so I only managed to do 2 turning points before I had to tidy up... But I'm enjoying the challenge! #warhammer40k #nerdlings #spacemarines
My Space Marine takes a shot to finish off their leader.My Lieutenant charged to fight the enemy. A bit of luck in the roll meant dealing a lot of damage without receiving any. But the enemy is still alive.A top down view of a Space Marine after "shooting" and enemy and failing.A top down view of the board after turning point 2. My space marines started well, but I have already lost one of them and another one has received some damage... I could take down two of them, but I haven't gotten any of the objectives yet.
080 0
Enrique Hervás 🇪🇺 ☮️🎲🪐 @ehervas.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This is the same pieces before painting, back in April...
The main structure is a cut out from a Lego Advent Calendar. With some bits of craft foam sheet, wooden bits, straws, cardboard, a lid from an oregano can, zip ties, a cable, and beauty pearl stickers as bolts.
050 0
Enrique Hervás 🇪🇺 ☮️🎲🪐 @ehervas.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I finally got the paints out after a few months of inactivity, and finished a couple scratchbuilt terrain pieces I've been working on (for a long time now). Rust, rust everywhere! #miniaturepainting #nerdlings #warhammer40k #terrainbuilding #scratchbuilding
A rusty sci-fi structure in tan / desert colours with bolts, propaganda posters and panels in blue.

What is it for? No idea!Another similar rusty sci-fi structure in tan / desert colours with bolts, propaganda posters and panels in blue, the picture shows some space marines in the foreground and some genestealers coming from the back in between some other industrial looking buildings.Space marines in the narrow space between these structures are attacked by purple genestealers.Top view of the scene, showing the two industrial structures, the space marines and the genestealers.
2386 0
Enrique Hervás 🇪🇺 ☮️🎲🪐 @ehervas.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Well... here there are some mandatory eclipse pictures (courtesy of my wife who has a phone that doesn't suck). Never seen anything like it. It was really impressive to watch, I'm really glad we could travel to Spain in time! #totaleclipse
Toral eclipse seen with a crowd of people looking at it.Partial eclipse seen captured through tinted glassesPartial eclipse seen captured through tinted glassesEclipse starting, captured through tinted glasses
010 0
Enrique Hervás 🇪🇺 ☮️🎲🪐 @ehervas.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Playing around with these toy soldiers and taking pictures of them is a little pleasure I enjoy from time to time :)
A group of Space Marines in orange and blue armour facing some genestealers blurred in the foreground
0182 0
Enrique Hervás 🇪🇺 ☮️🎲🪐 @ehervas.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Advertise your BlueSky account with a Simpsons GIF
000 0
Enrique Hervás 🇪🇺 ☮️🎲🪐 @ehervas.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Quote with your badass woman!
A female heavy intercessor space marine with heavy bolter.
091 0
Enrique Hervás 🇪🇺 ☮️🎲🪐 @ehervas.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
I obviously haven't listened to the rest. This just appeared in front of me... But let me rant a bit about it. This woman is claiming that 80% of Gen Z are afraid of ordering in a restaurant because they have "menu anxiety".
110 0
Enrique Hervás 🇪🇺 ☮️🎲🪐 @ehervas.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
I took this WIP picture about a year ago not thinking too much but I think it's one of my favourites. It kind of looks like its BW on purpose, but it's just the state of the minis and the platform at the time, all primed with the same spray colour. #miniaturepainting #nerdlings #warhammercommunity
Two WIP space marines orange and purple on a terrain platform. 

The platform and details of the space marines are all primed in the same grey making the vibrant bade colour of the armours stand out.
2131 0
Enrique Hervás 🇪🇺 ☮️🎲🪐 @ehervas.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Isn't this the plot of "Demolition Man"?
010 0
Enrique Hervás 🇪🇺 ☮️🎲🪐 @ehervas.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Oh yeah! Mine is also hidden somewhere in the house, might leave it there to be found by the next tenants.
030 0
Enrique Hervás 🇪🇺 ☮️🎲🪐 @ehervas.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
000 0
Enrique Hervás 🇪🇺 ☮️🎲🪐 @ehervas.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Here there is another one! With an attempt to do some OSL. I'm not sure it looks much like a light glow... I need to practice more... I still want to add some vegetation to them and some propaganda posters as finishing touches. #nerdlings #warhammer40k #scratchbuild #terrain #miniaturepainting
The new build with a liquid tank, next to the previous one.View from the front side.View from the back side, with a control panel and a "red light" with glow around it.
0162 0
Enrique Hervás 🇪🇺 ☮️🎲🪐 @ehervas.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
It's quite far from the inspiration, but I'm not hating it! I was starting to think it woukd turn out horribly. Lots of rust for the win. I just need to finish painting a few more of these, and I'll be ready for the next #KillTeam battle. #warhammer40k #nerdlings #terrain #poorhammer #scratchbuild
A scratch built scifi industrial terrain platform with dark blue panels with a big 09 stencil on the front.
Space Marine for size reference.The inspiration for the build: an 40k style industrial platform terrain full of detail and nicely painted.
0172 0
Enrique Hervás 🇪🇺 ☮️🎲🪐 @ehervas.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Playing around with my latest painted miniatures and the phone camera. #warhammercommunity #warhammer40k #spacemarines #miniaturepainting #paintingminiatures
Insectoid Lancer focused in the center with two Heavy Intercessor Space Marines blurred in the foreground, on an arid landscape with ruins.An Insectoid Lancer stands tall in front of Lieutenant Mara Lasaris, ready to use her power axe.A pack of Insectoid Warriors confronts some Heavy Intercessor Space Marines blurred in the foreground, on an arid landscape with ruins.A pack of Insectoid Warriors confronts some Heavy Intercessor Space Marines, on an arid landscape with ruins, in a more top down view.
1142 0
Enrique Hervás 🇪🇺 ☮️🎲🪐 @ehervas.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
As an experiment, I cut one of the leftover glue crystals into small pieces and added them to this miniature (after painting it). It looks better than I expected, and can be a good tool to add more interest or details to certain pieces. #miniaturepainting #nerdlings #wargames #miniatures
A sci-fi armoured creature miniature with small crystals glued to it all over the armour and the floor.

The crystals are made of glue gun sticks cut down and painted with translucent paints.
1142 0
Enrique Hervás 🇪🇺 ☮️🎲🪐 @ehervas.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
I also took a Battle Pic with the rest of the completed models :D #nerdlings #miniaturepainting #warhammer40k #spacemarines #warhammercommunity
Star Rise Defender Space Marines battling some Genestealers over an arid terrain scenenery.
190 0
Enrique Hervás 🇪🇺 ☮️🎲🪐 @ehervas.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
I finally finished the Heavy Intercessors and took some pics with some background terrain. 😊 #nerdlings #warhammercommunity #warhammer40k #miniaturepaintimg #paintingwarhammer
5 Heavy Intercessors in the colours of the Star Rise Defenders Custom Chapter. Main armour in navy blue and orange accent colour.Heavy Bolter. It's customized with a female dark skinned head with pink hair.Sargeant., with orange shoulder pads.3 Standard Heavy Intercessors.
0141 0
Enrique Hervás 🇪🇺 ☮️🎲🪐 @ehervas.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
I had time to play another game of Solo #KillTeam over the weekend and I wrote another #BattleReport with some sloppy narrative, diagrams and pictures! open.substack.com/pub/themissi... #nerdlings #warhammer40k #spacemarines
A kill team board on a desertic setting, with ruined buildings, scatter terrain and miniatures and some dice and tokens for KillTeam.
040 0
Enrique Hervás 🇪🇺 ☮️🎲🪐 @ehervas.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Lots of issues, still quite a bit of work to go, but these Heavy Intercessors are getting there! #miniaturepainting #spacemarines #nerdlings #warhammercommunity #warhammer40k
Work in progress Heavy Intercessors, in dark blue and orange armour. The two miniatures at the front are pretty much done except for the bases. The 3 behind are missing also details, edge highlighting and finishing the weapons.
1394 0
Enrique Hervás 🇪🇺 ☮️🎲🪐 @ehervas.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
My space marines chapter also has orange as their Secondary Colour Over Dark Blue. And I'm very happy with the combination!
3 Space Marines with Dark Blue and Orange armour, behind a short wall.2 Space Marines with Dark Blue and Orange armour, behind a short wall.A group of Space Marine Intercessors with a Captain I'm Dark Blue and OrangeLieutenant in Dark Blue and Orange Armour
1293 0
Enrique Hervás 🇪🇺 ☮️🎲🪐 @ehervas.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
One of the best ideas my wife had a few months ago was to buy us a couple of "hobby carts". They are really quick to set up and put away, so almost every night, after putting our son to sleep, we get them to the living room and do crafts together for a couple hours until we go to bed.
My Hobby Cart with the miniatures I'm painting at the top, paints in the middle, and other materials, cutting mats, and pieces at the bottom.
0101 0
Enrique Hervás 🇪🇺 ☮️🎲🪐 @ehervas.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
I don't like edge highlighting. It stresses me out and I don't think I'm any good at it. BUT it makes such a difference that I really look forward to see it happen. If only someone else could do it for me... 😅 #nerdlings #miniaturepainting #paintingwarhammer #warhammercommunity
Two Heavy Intercessor Space Marines, the left one with a finished armour and edge highlighting, the right one without edge highlighting.
0302 0
Enrique Hervás 🇪🇺 ☮️🎲🪐 @ehervas.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Some "power crystal" tokens I've done with gluesticks bits following a recipe by Bill Making Stuff. Nice quick and cheap project. TBH, I really like his channel: youtube.com/@billmakings... #nerdlings #miniatures #paintingniniatures
4 crystal tokens made of gluestick bits, stuck to milk carton caps.
1172 0
Enrique Hervás 🇪🇺 ☮️🎲🪐 @ehervas.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Some more progress on the Heavy intercessors. Finished the faces of the Heavy Bolter and the Sargeant, and started completing her, with some additional lighting in the blue and building up the orange. #warhammer40k #spacemarines #nerdlings #miniaturepainting #warhammercommunity
WIP Heavy Intercessors With Heavy Bolter. Miniature has a female dark skinned head with pink hair. The armour is dark blue and orange.WIP Heavy Intercessor Sargeant, male head with bionic eye, painted in light skin and red/blonde hair.
161 0
Enrique Hervás 🇪🇺 ☮️🎲🪐 @ehervas.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Well I'm not unhappy with that #WIP head so far. But it's time to go to sleep. #Nerdlings #MiniaturePainting #WarhammerCommunity #Miniatures
A work in progress Heavy Intercessor with a dark skinned female head with pink hair. Front.A work in progress Heavy Intercessor with a dark skinned female head with pink hair. Side.
0162 0
Enrique Hervás 🇪🇺 ☮️🎲🪐 @ehervas.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
I finally managed to play some solo #killteam after more than a year of preparation 😅 It was very a short encounter but pretty fun! I want to write a battle report kind of thing, I'll share it when I finish it. #warhammer40k #nerdlings #warhammercommunity #spacemarines #genestealers #miniatures
View of the initial state of the board, Space Marines in the center, being ambushed by Genestealers from the side.3 of the Genestealers, over a ridge.A fight between a genestealer and 2 intercessor warriorsA genestealer attacks the Leader of the Space Marines Kill Team, Lieutenant Mara Lasaris
0102 0
Enrique Hervás 🇪🇺 ☮️🎲🪐 @ehervas.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
The primer dried quickly so I was able to get them table ready in two sessions (2.5-3h). They can use a bit more paint, highlights and some dust effects, but for a very quick (and cheap) build it's not too bad! #warhammercommunity #nerdlings #miniaturepainting #warhammer40k
Space Marine behind some pipes.From the top tWo buildings / some pipes and a cylinder tank.From the side tWo buildings / some pipes and a cylinder tank.
0101 0
Enrique Hervás 🇪🇺 ☮️🎲🪐 @ehervas.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
What do you mean "Bad End"? Elon Musk died after spending most of his money in good deeds... How much better can be the Good End? 😂
110 0
Enrique Hervás 🇪🇺 ☮️🎲🪐 @ehervas.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Now I'm building some small and modular piping and scatter buildings with some straws, cardboard and food trays. Took me about 1h to plan and build but I think the buildings could use more details. It'll be likely 3 sessions... #warhammercommunity #nerdlings #spacemarines #warhammer40k
Bits of unpainted scatter terrain:
- Cylinder with attached pipe - made of straws and some bottle caps.
- 2x Separate pipes - made of straws
- Long building - Crackers box with attached fruit packet cap
- Plank - Made of cardboard and orange "foam"
- Small Building - Strawberries packaging + cardboard bits.Same things with a different configurationAnother configuration
040 0
Enrique Hervás 🇪🇺 ☮️🎲🪐 @ehervas.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
I could play this game all day, and still wouldn't be 100% happy with my choice. But these are 9 of the most influential games in my life.
Lemmings
Flashback
Neverwinter Nights 
Max Payne
Day of the Tentacle
Quake
Sensible Soccer
Need for speed High Stakes
Spore
010 0
Enrique Hervás 🇪🇺 ☮️🎲🪐 @ehervas.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Final result of the "quick" cardboard #trashbash #terrain. Looking decent after painting, I wish I'd done a better job with the tape, as it shows a bit everywhere. I'm pretty happy with how the doorway ended up! #warhammer40k #warhammer #miniaturepainting #nerdlings
A ruined building made of cardboar bits, with a blue rusty door, pipes and vents. Space marines for size reference.Detail of one of the inner walls, featuring a screen with a map of Auran Vex, metal plates bolted to the wall to cover one of the windows and a cable pipe.Detail of the front with the door removed on the entrance. The door has two small panels on the right: one Red with some pretend text and a Green one with a handprint.A battle picture featuring two space marines partially covered with a stone wall, with the building slightly blurred on the background.
0254 0
Enrique Hervás 🇪🇺 ☮️🎲🪐 @ehervas.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Finished these tokens and goal markers for #killteam, made from scratch materials. #warhammer40k #warhammercommunity #nerdlings #miniaturepainting
A bunch of game tokens / goal markers with a Space Marine for size reference.Detail picture of a Comms Device / Computer, with a Matrix like screen.A Blue and Orange standar on a pile of skulls.
060 0
Enrique Hervás 🇪🇺 ☮️🎲🪐 @ehervas.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Eco or Color? Our next Stellar Settlers #PrintAndPlay #boardgame will come with two versions of the game board. For those who prefer to save ink, the board and player tokens can be printed in shades of grey over white. Or you can choose to print a colorful galactic panorama! #gamedesign 🎲✂️
Two A4 pages with a game board, the left one has the elements with shades of grey over a white page, the second one shows the board elements overlaying a picture of a galaxy.
060 0
Enrique Hervás 🇪🇺 ☮️🎲🪐 @ehervas.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Yesterday I did a "quick" #WIP cardboard / #trashbash #terrain build with a removable door. Needs a few more details and painting. Made it without much planning and measuring, and trying to avoid very complex shapes... Let's see how it ends! #warhammer40k #warhammer #miniaturepainting #nerdlings
A 8"x7" Sci-Fi ruin made with cardboard, masking tape, foam and plastic leftovers, with some Space Marines as scale reference. The building is done in two pieces that can work as separate ruins. Front door is closed. Detail of the front door removed.
0191 0
Enrique Hervás 🇪🇺 ☮️🎲🪐 @ehervas.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
I finished painting a squad of 5 of these 3D printed "Space Bugs" I got from Etsy. The intention is to use the as #KillTeam NPOs. They make a good antagonist for my Space Marines, quite imponent due to their size. #nerdlings #miniaturepainting #miniatures
A squad of Space Bug like creatures with bone pieces and prismatic blades on their weaponsSpace Marines blurred in the foreground facing the squad of Space Bugs.
0111 0
Enrique Hervás 🇪🇺 ☮️🎲🪐 @ehervas.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Oh no... Yesterday I had a really good idea that has nothing to do with my current open projects... But... I... Need... To... Make... It... #gamedev #design #gamedesign #gameproject #sideproject #noooo
Lots of kids struggling to swim with an "unfinished project" caption, while a mother is turning to another happy kid with the caption "new project"
1194 0
Enrique Hervás 🇪🇺 ☮️🎲🪐 @ehervas.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
I must admit I'm having fun building some markers out of bits, cardboard and using milk carton caps as bases. #warhammercommunity #warhammer #warhammer40k
Some miniature objective markers made of plastic bits and cardboard, next to a space marine for reference:
- Boxes under tarp
- Screen panel / computer
- Banner on a mountain of skulls
- Ammo Crate
- Smoke Grenade
030 0
Enrique Hervás 🇪🇺 ☮️🎲🪐 @ehervas.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Lots of good takes on the text, but IMHO this is one of the most important ones for devs (and people) to understand. The vocal minority is a minority after all, and their opinion rarely matches the rest. Changing what they don't like tends to make the game worse for everyone else.
An extract from the text that says "The stark reality is that only a tiny fraction of any player base is in social and the ones that provide feedback aren't a representative sample of the overall player base."
010 0
Enrique Hervás 🇪🇺 ☮️🎲🪐 @ehervas.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
My next batch of #SpaceMarines ready to be painted (not sure when I'll get to them though). But I must admit I'm liking how these heavy intercessors look! The kick-ass woman with the heavy bolter can end up being one of my favourites. #Warhammer40k #paintingwarhammer #nerdlings #warhammercommunity
5 Heavy Intercessor Space Marines, assembled, unpainted. The heavy bolter has a custom female head bought in Etsy, and the Sergeant has a head coming from a Sternguard Veteran set (I think), I didn't like the ones included in the set.
0120 0
Enrique Hervás 🇪🇺 ☮️🎲🪐 @ehervas.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Some old-school (circa 2004) #Genestealers with an as-fast-as-I-could paint job. Could use a bit more polishing, but they'll do for now! #paintingminiatures #warhammer40k #nerdlings #paintingwarhammer #oldhammer #warhammercommunity
A pack of Genestealers from a 2004 box, painted in white, purple and pink, with dark shading. Lateral closeup view.A pack of Genestealers from a 2004 box, painted in white, purple and pink, with dark shading. Top down view.
0293 0
Enrique Hervás 🇪🇺 ☮️🎲🪐 @ehervas.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
I registered for a local #miniaturepainting exhibition that starts tomorrow and spent last weekend's spare time building some display bases for my best #spacemarines paint jobs. I found nescafe gold lids are the perfect size! #warhammercommunity #nerdlings #warhammer #40k
In the front 3 Space Marines over display bases created with nescafe lids of two different sizes painted black with terrain features on top.

In the back a Space Marines Squad on a rectangular cardboard display terrain patch, with a watercolour backdrop.
0202 0