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Escobear

@rnminiatures.bsky.social
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Husband, father, engineer, wargamer, and painter of plastic.

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Escobear @rnminiatures.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Bought this poster from WW2 for $40 (mine is a little beat up). Due to its size (36”x48”) the frame will be $120+. Looks like it might be a little bit before it goes up on the wall.
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Escobear @rnminiatures.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Love to see it.
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Escobear @rnminiatures.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Currently wondering if I could convince my wife to let me buy this…
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Escobear @rnminiatures.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Break out the green stuff!
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Escobear @rnminiatures.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Worked with Bernhard over at Sieben Schwaben Spiele to make some arm decals for my Georgian Legion for the Texel Uprising. Got my India Legion decals from them. 100% recommended.
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Escobear @rnminiatures.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
I think I decided it will be Texel and I’ll throw in a couple of cavalry squads. No reason they wouldn’t requisition some farmer’s horses for their fast attack raids.
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Escobear @rnminiatures.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
We’re planning on Poles/Soviets for doubles!
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Escobear @rnminiatures.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
I thought Texel could be a cool one. German models using Soviet rules but doesn’t have the horses I’m looking for.
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Escobear @rnminiatures.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
That a good one. I was looking at something where I could challenge myself paint wise, particularly with cavalry. I was tossing around Camel Corps, SS Cavalry, or Philippine Scouts.
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Escobear @rnminiatures.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
I thought I knew what I wanted to build for my next 500 point Bolt Action list but now I’m not so sure. The theme is “Forgotten Fronts.”
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Escobear @rnminiatures.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
The internet is an amazing thing. Looked up the stampings on the shells and it looks like they were both made in France at two separate factories (Marseille and Issy-les-Moulineaux). One in 1914 and the other in 1916.
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Escobear @rnminiatures.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Yeah! 75mm shells. I need to double check the stampings on the bottom but they look like WW1. Got the pair for $75!
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Escobear @rnminiatures.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Picked up a couple of things from a local auction today. Pretty excited to get these lamps rewired and polished up!
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Escobear @rnminiatures.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
I’m sure that @clogfather.bsky.social could recommend a few places.
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Escobear @rnminiatures.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Stopped to see the USS Hornet on my trip to San Francisco. Unfortunately it’s closed today.
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Escobear @rnminiatures.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
It was a Black Library limited edition from the early 2000s. I think it was limited to 500.
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Escobear @rnminiatures.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
More and more of this AI shit popping up on Facebook, Patreon, and Kickstarter. Wish they would ban it on Patreon and Kickstarter since it goes against the idea of being creative.
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Escobear @rnminiatures.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Seems too sensible to me, especially considering they are listed in the amount of work that has already been done.
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Escobear @rnminiatures.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Got 3 tables in the works right now and I need to figure out what order to do them in. They are: 1. Winter Eastern front with farmhouse, fields, and trees. 2. DDay farmhouse with barn and cow pastures. 3. Pacific theater USMC air base with tents and F4U Corsairs. I need to just pick one and start.
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Escobear @rnminiatures.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Also the fact that he used “dug” to describe how he felt about the movie in two successive sentences really irks me for some reason.
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Escobear @rnminiatures.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Ah yes. We all know how little Star Wars fans actually care about “canon homework.”
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Escobear @rnminiatures.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
On a more serious note it does look really good.
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Escobear @rnminiatures.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Not yellow enough!
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Escobear @rnminiatures.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
The company that I work for made components for Liberty Ships durning WW2 so it was cool to see them represented in a Merchant Marine exhibit.
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Escobear @rnminiatures.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Also saw this marine uniform which game me an idea for when I decide to make a marine force. They would put shapes around their numbers to designate units and other markings around the outside to designate ranks. Not sure how it will look in 28mm but it’s an interesting concept.
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Escobear @rnminiatures.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Some more from today.
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Escobear @rnminiatures.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
WW 2 Museum in New Orleans today!
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Escobear @rnminiatures.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
May the Fourth (Armored Division) Be With You
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Escobear @rnminiatures.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Mmmm…forbidden crunchy peanut butter…
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Escobear @rnminiatures.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
My son won a copy of the Battle of the Bulge Starter at Adepticon and we both ended up buying some units to fill out the army some, so yeah.
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Escobear @rnminiatures.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Spent a couple nights building some Flames of War tanks and last night building these winter FJ for what I would like to be a Chain of Command campaign. Already planning on pivoting to something else though…
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Escobear @rnminiatures.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Great job on this. Looks amazing!
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Escobear @rnminiatures.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Seem to have developed a case of carpal tunnel in my right hand. No pain, just numb fingers. Would not recommend.
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Escobear @rnminiatures.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
That’s pretty much how I’m gonna handle it right now. For some reason I feel like building Flames of War, so why not?
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Escobear @rnminiatures.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
.moneen. - that’s a blast from the past…
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Escobear @rnminiatures.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Well that timing worked out perfectly. The National WW2 Museum is having a VE Day commemoration with a discussion about the C-47 and Spitfire next week while we’re there. Managed to get a pair of tickets for me and my son.
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Escobear @rnminiatures.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
I usually get a burst after I finish a tournament too - which is why I did so much Shatterpoint recently. My problem is I have a variety in my backlog. A single project would probably help a lot.
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Escobear @rnminiatures.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
I usually have no problem finding something, it’s just my mind thinking I could or should be working on other stuff.
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Escobear @rnminiatures.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Those sound like 100% valid things for myself.
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Escobear @rnminiatures.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
I’m pretty sure that’s what it is. I have so many projects going on and I want to start but it’s almost analysis paralysis because I don’t have a ticking clock telling me what to work on.
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Escobear @rnminiatures.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
I find myself in a rough hobby area. If I have nothing that I’m working towards like a tournament I have almost no ambition. Does anyone else have that issue?
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Escobear @rnminiatures.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
If I squeeze the dropper bottle a little harder more should some out. - Me just about every night
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Escobear @rnminiatures.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Next months Soldier of Fortune. Thought it was Zeitsev at first be he already has a model. My new guess is Lyudmila Pavlichenko.
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Escobear @rnminiatures.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Clan Kryze is finished up for Shatterpoint. Although all of this Shatterpoint was a nice distraction I’m ready to paint some olive again. These models are beautiful and not hyper detailed, so the paint goes onto them so easily, but since I haven’t played in 2 years it’s hard to keep motivated.
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Escobear @rnminiatures.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
You gotta challenge yourself somehow with how easy it was to assemble!
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Escobear @rnminiatures.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Been to a few US museums and it’s fairly similar with their US Olive Green when they have all their uniforms lined up on a rack.
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Escobear @rnminiatures.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
With Commander Wolffe and the rest of the Wolfpack finished up that means I’m done with clones for now. I opted not to paint the design on their shoulders or do anything too intricate on Wolffes helmet. Maybe I’ll go back some day and change that.
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Escobear @rnminiatures.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Historical players tend get a bad wrap when it comes to this. I can say in my years of playing Ive never had a rivet counting issue like that. The closest I’ve gotten was in the opposite direction - someone complimenting me for the correct color. Granted most of what I play has been Bolt Action.
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Escobear @rnminiatures.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Love those models. They are so fun to paint!
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Escobear @rnminiatures.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Nice forward observer you’ve got there.
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