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Highmont (He/They)

@highmont.bsky.social
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I'm a miniature painter and (occasional) wargamer that largely focuses on Warhammer 40k and BattleTech. I have started posting shorts to my YouTube channel. Streams and long-form content soon? www.youtube.com/@Highmont Take care of yourself!

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StowGnar | Streamer & Thought-Haver @stowgnar.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Republicans don't even have policy positions anymore; they just promise you $5000 and look at you like this. (Still image from my upcoming trippy YouTube Poop style video, Dump-Iz-a-Looza, Part 1. Prepare your eyeballs.)
Tronald Dump lookin' all sad and desperate and bloated (thanks, Tilt and Pan controls) and incredibly not based while begging for votes via literal bribery.
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Nethar6 @herrnethar6.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Don't have Battletech, but this Nonbinary Warforged Paladin is always ready to stand up for Justice and Inclusion
Warforged Paladin with the Nonbinary Pride flag wrapped around their waist and the hilt of their greatsword

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Battletech Queer Community @battletechcom.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Hey there folks, I'll admit, I've been a bit slack when it comes to this account, so I figured I'd stir the pot by doing another pride mech roundup. Have you got any Battletech pride mechs painted up? Drop em in the replies and I'll be sharing them. Thanks y'all!
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Shepherd Bemeu @bemeu.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I'll always take the opportunity to share Gay Norton and Justine Allard!
Justine and Norton square off!Trans Pride CenturionPride Rifleman
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Hikari Kenzaki @hikarikenzaki.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Not physicals, but my MW5 mechs are all repping this paint
Highlander, pink and blue flames on white chassisStalker, pink and blue flames on white chassisCenturion, pink and blue flames on white chassis
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Ashley/Nyx, Actually Employed Now @ashleymorgan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
My small ComStar mech force I took to a Flames of Orion game at Dungeon Fest this year, the bi mech didn't survive the first activation of the game
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blimp (Katie), hobby tourist → MFF @blimpeh.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
CMDR BLIMP AND MY TRANS FIGHTS RAVEN READY FOR DEPLOYMENT 🫡 bsky.app/profile/blim...
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Belzée 🏳️‍⚧️ Studio HeroQueer @sheroqueer.com · 25/08/2026
The Flashman !
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Kaiju - Monstrous Non-Binary ⚧️🦖 @enbykaiju.itch.io · 25/08/2026
It's been a few months since I last did any painting, but I'm absolutely here to spread the love with some of my favorite queer 'Mechs 🏳️‍🌈 These 'Mechs stomp with pride!
Two #Battletech Timber Wolf miniature 'Mechs. One small, the other much larger. Painted in trans pride colours of blue, pink & whiteBattletech miniature mechs painted in trans pride colours
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Cruball @thecruball.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
All hail the Rifleman 8D of the definetly not ( they totally are though ! ) trans icons that are the ghost dogs and my classic pink pony which I’m tempted to give to the ghost dogs
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Highmont (He/They) @highmont.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Here's the two Pride 'Mechs that I painted up this year! <3
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Highmont (He/They) @highmont.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Said behavior #2
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Highmont (He/They) @highmont.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Said behavior #1
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Highmont (He/They) @highmont.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
It's so fun to make serially harassing chuds cry on the internet because you called them out for their behavior! Yeah, I was blocked so I actually didn't get this notif. Thank you @blimpeh.bsky.social for it though. I needed the laugh!
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Highmont (He/They) @highmont.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Right? I just couldn't help but chuckle as I was writing my response with my morning coffee.
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Highmont (He/They) @highmont.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Can't even let people have a nice thing? It would be funny if your comments weren't so damned imbecilic.
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Highmont (He/They) @highmont.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I knew my LGS was cool, but damn. I guess it really is "out of this world."
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Highmont (He/They) @highmont.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Hmmm... I wonder if the creative director is in charge of logistics? 🤔
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Highmont (He/They) @highmont.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Obviously you do, buddy. If all your replies mean anything.
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Highmont (He/They) @highmont.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Going out on a limb here and saying, I HIGHLY doubt that Peter here can answer your "questions."
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Highmont (He/They) @highmont.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
If you would like to see him pre-OSL, here it is! The whole idea was to have the force in a war-torn city with heavy neon noir. If you thought the solo map from exploring New Mombassa in Halo 3: ODST, combined with Daiyu from Kenobi, that is the feel I am going for!
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Highmont (He/They) @highmont.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Last post was 20 days ago? Weird. I needed a hobby win. I am working on the trim for my CSM and I just can't get through it. So I picked up this little Clone tonight and tested my Republic army scheme on him. It came out so much better than I expected! #miniaturepainting #SWLegion #StarWars
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Highmont (He/They) @highmont.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
I've really detached from social media huh? Well, I am still painting and stuff. Currently working on about 900 points of Chaos Space Marines and deciding on the next project after that. I also started playing WoW again, really enjoying the next expansion. God, it is weird posting here.
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Valk @einherjarvalk.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
my family out here calling themselves "the hunted" are you for real right now hey, remind me: which of us had to flee our home state because of the policies promoted by that fuckass and which of us just put a new pool in at our house?
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Highmont (He/They) @highmont.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Something happened earlier that could have been seen coming from a mile away. For years, that rhetoric has stoked the worst in our society. Leopards feasted on faces today. I just fear what comes next.
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Highmont (He/They) @highmont.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
There is no such thing as perfect Gloomspite Gitz fan art. *looks at r/gloomspitegitz* I stand corrected. Credit to u/CME_T. #AoS #Warhammer #gloomspite #fanart
GROT AKIRA!
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Highmont (He/They) @highmont.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
So, oops? I got up my Techmarine video the other day, but I was away for work, so I didn't even think about posting it here! Here you go! I do think I found my red recipe for my Lumineth when I get there though... That came out PRETTY! youtube.com/shorts/WLhej... #warhammer #40k #minipainting
The shading is just so *fun* on this guy!I love the posing. Like he is gripping with his hand and the claw is mimicking his movements.The shoulder pad does stick out here, but honestly, that is a fun level of contrast.I almost only used one metal color and I quickly realized that was a mistake! The bronze really looks great here!
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Belzée 🏳️‍⚧️ Studio HeroQueer @sheroqueer.com · 01/09/2025
Feeling great to be back to my old paint style !
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Highmont (He/They) @highmont.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
I love this!
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Highmont (He/They) @highmont.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Where I ended up tonight-ish. I did the steel color after this. I made the right call on this scheme, omg.
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Highmont (He/They) @highmont.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Okay, so I fell in love with sponging as a technique. I am so glad I picked up a 32 pack of makeup sponge wedges for under $2, because why not? Let's take this to the next level!
I started with the green, and while I need some better control, it is BEAUTIFUL.The beautiful blends that came from literally just tapping a sponge and layering is AMAZING.
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Belzée 🏳️‍⚧️ Studio HeroQueer @sheroqueer.com · 31/08/2025
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Highmont (He/They) @highmont.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
This is my 100th painted mini for the year! He is Da Great Gold Git, more of a force of destruction for Da Dank Uns in Ghyran. He is an ancient grot that was consumed by da shroomz, but still lives to follow the Bad Moon! youtube.com/shorts/OOWtB... #minipainting #warhammer #ageofsigmar #AoS
I don't think he is *quite* done yet, but I have to think about how I would go about working on that part.The gold armor was deceptively easy. Gold with a purple wash, then reinforcing the recesses with brown and picking out the brightest spots with another gold. Pretty!He looted a screaming shield from the Kruleboyz, and loves to harass their fingas as they stalk their swamps!All of the weathering here was fun to play with, because I actually find doing that really hard!
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SPOOKY Martlet_Fan_64 🐈‍⬛🐦🩵🐁🧡🌊 @zenithmartlet.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Hey Firefox users.
Screenshot from a Tumblr post by ralfmaximus: Mozilla, in its finite wisdom, embedded LLM bots into recent versions of Firefox for the vitally-important purpose of… naming tab groups. Now, some users are noticing CPU and power usage spikes caused by a background process called Inference.

Ugh. Reminder again for Firefox users to visit your about:config page, search for the browser.ml.chat.enabled key, and set that to false:

If yours says true then double-click it until it reads false.

Doing that turns off the AI chatbot features in Firefox, but also the stupid new LLM tab-naming feature that's rolling out
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Highmont (He/They) @highmont.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
It's like how I try to sneak magenta into every 40k scheme I've been painting lately! And by God, those scales took it well!
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Highmont (He/They) @highmont.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
This is what I LOVE about Gloomspite Gitz. They look great in so many schemes and I'm kinda jealous that I didn't think of this scheme before I started Da Dank Uns!
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PiggyNukka @piggynukka.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
I don't believe it but also
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Belzée 🏳️‍⚧️ Studio HeroQueer @sheroqueer.com · 29/08/2025
Worked on the pink highlights and the cartoony cloak ! Pretty happy of the result !
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Jaskeleton 💀 @jaskel.side6.space · 28/08/2025
That Crunchyroll would willingly put a Social Media person in this position.
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Highmont (He/They) @highmont.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Here is the final lance of my first company of the Outworlds Alliance's 1st Long Road Legion! This #BattleTech scheme is super fun and there are several ways to go about it. This was my first decal attempt and I think it worked! youtube.com/shorts/3k2F-... #minipainting #miniatures
I *had* to show that these guys were a part of the Raven/Outworlds Alliance *somehow*!While stamping was limited on them, I think it turned out pretty well here! I need to do more!
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Highmont (He/They) @highmont.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
It's been a minute since I've posted a completed project. Last week I took a vacation and spent most of it building, painting, and playing #40k lol. Here is my Lieutenant with Storm Shield! I need more Veterans because I love those sculpts! youtube.com/shorts/ZMGgW... #warhammer #minipainting
I tried doing the robes a bit differently here and I think they look okay, but not great. More cloth practice is needed! Where do I get that... Hmm...I always love these shields. The Captain with Relic Shield will be fantastic to paint too!Party in the front, business in the back? It is weird now much like an Intercessor this guy looks like from this angle.If we get more Neo-Volkite weapon options in the future, I'm going to have to redo my recipe. This one looks okay, but I need to build upon that. I want this thing to look white hot.
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Highmont (He/They) @highmont.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
As I head into a week of vacation, I started it off right by building my Abaddon (mostly, at least the subassemblies) and kitbashing my Chapter Master! I have my first game for this break tomorrow, then I will probably be painting and building a ton! #40k #warhammer #miniaturepainting #kitbashing
I was honestly surprised by how much I enjoyed putting Abaddon together! That was so nice!My Chapter Master was fun too, but more for the fact that I needed to dig for the right parts!I started with a base Jump Pack Captain. I wanted a power weapon and plasma pistol, but the kit options just weren't doing it for me!To the bits box!

And that led to me chopping his arms to have a Stormcast spear and a Hellblasters plasma pistol, with switched hands! And of course I had to add a few gubbins!
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Fred Scykhe @scykhe.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Just to be clear
Love miniatures hate fascism
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Highmont (He/They) @highmont.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
It is surely stamped. I wish I was able to freehand that lol
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Highmont (He/They) @highmont.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Here is my Lieutenant with Combi-Weapon! Between this and the Terminator Captain from Leviathan, I REALLY want to paint some Tyranids! Though I still don't know what scheme I would do. Hmmm... I have some CSM to paint first! youtube.com/shorts/BQYlv... #40k #miniaturepainting #warhammer
This guy looks so freaking serious, doesn't he?This was my first attempt at barrel bluing. Though I have some Infernus Marines coming soon so I need to step up my game!Guh. That Tyranid arm guard was so fun to paint. Definitely the highlight of the model!I actually forgot to paint the blood on the knife when I was wrapping up! I started cleaning up and noticed that the blood was still painted white!
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Tammi, yeah, that one. 2.1 @tammi.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Let's go, girls... Mentor Legion Infiltrator Squad finished! Ten Female Space Marines in scuffed-up power armour, with metal heads from @statuesque.bsky.social and lots of minor changes and tweaks. #Nerdlings #40K #TheEmperorExpects
Five Female Space Marines of the Mentor Legion in scuffed-up power armour. Their colours are dark green torsos, white limbs, and red shoulder pads.
Top left, Trooper with a silenced bolt pistol.
Top right, Trooper with a bolter.
Bottom right, Trooper with a heavy bolter.
Bottom left, Medic with a bolter and med dispenser.
Centre, Sergeant with bolter and comm unit.Five Female Space Marines of the Mentor Legion in scuffed-up power armour. Their colours are dark green torsos, white limbs, and red shoulder pads.
Top left, Trooper with a shotgun.
Top right, Trooper with a silenced bolter.
Bottom right, Trooper with a bolter dropping a pink smoke grenade.
Bottom left, Trooper with a bolt pistol and combat knife.
Centre, Comm Specialist with bolter and combat uplink.
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Highmont (He/They) @highmont.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Thank you! I really enjoyed putting it together!
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Highmont (He/They) @highmont.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
It's weird exactly how long these guys have been "done" but I hadn't shared them out. But these minis were my testers for @goobertownhobbies.bsky.social and @ebayminirescues.bsky.social Stampin' Plates! I have a lot to learn! youtube.com/shorts/JHy7d... #40k #warhammer #miniaturepainting
They were also rescues, and I think I did a decent job at cleaning them up! Definitely not perfect, but decent!There are 2 main things to learn with Stampin' Plates.

The pick up and the placement! I'm hoping I eventually learn how to do this well!
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Highmont (He/They) @highmont.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
My friend @zahra-the-bard.bsky.social put out this article today on her blog! I can't wait for Gothic to get here and this is some great insight into the box! Jealous of those Gen Con goers! zahrathebard.neocities.org/posts/battle... #battletech #gothic #miniatures @battletech.bsky.social
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BattleTech Gothic: First Impressions
As a long-time (literally thirty years) fan of BattleTech, it's been amazing watching a game that I saw almost wither up and die…
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Highmont (He/They) @highmont.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Yeah, no. I saw that video and that was 100% AI. Dumb. Learn to animate your own shit. Stop stealing people's work.
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