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Rocky's Human

@rockyshuman.bsky.social
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I am a mid 50's grognard who has been playing RPG's, tabletop wargames and painting minis for a long time. My hands are shaky, my eyes don't focus as well as they used to, but I still love painting minis, but not as well as I used to.

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Rocky's Human @rockyshuman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Today's reading. A lifelong fan of POTA. Even the Mark Wahlberg movie.
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Rocky's Human @rockyshuman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Ok. This may be a minor thing to many of you... but the same game box, the order of quantity of cards to pull is different on some on some of the location cards. Really Paizo? You couldn't do some QC / QA to ensure your cards were consistent in design? It is my OCD issue for sure.
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Rocky's Human @rockyshuman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Friday off. Pathfinder Adventure Card Game from 2017. I played through this when it came out. Enjoyed it. I just got the Goblin character deck. Trying the adventure as a pair of goblins. I do enjoy this game, even though it has sat on the shelf for over 8 years since last play.
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Rocky's Human @rockyshuman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Pulled out the 2016 Doom game from Fantasy Flight games. I also have toe 2004 version, but not painted up. I do love me a tactical RPG dungeon crawl.
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Rocky's Human @rockyshuman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Playing some Mantic Dungeon Saga Origins today. Lots of fun. Heroquest adjacent dungeon crawler
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Rocky's Human @rockyshuman.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
My first game of Cry Havoc in over 40 years pretty much went like I remember. Brutal and fast. A lot of fun.
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Rocky's Human @rockyshuman.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This weekend's project. Figuring out this game. A republication of a 1981 game. The artwork is stellar. The system seems pretty straightforward. I remember playing it back in high school. Let's see how it holds up.
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Rocky's Human @rockyshuman.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Playing some Gloomhaven Jaws of the Lion game to relax this afternoon. A lot of fun. A cooperative tacticle RPG minis game that I have had for a bunch of years and not gotten to the table. Since it is cooperative and the monsters actions are defined by the game and scenarios, it plays solo well.
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Rocky's Human @rockyshuman.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Some light reading this afternoon. I got this several years ago when it first was published and never got around to reading it. Resolving that issue today. Love the movie series. Pretty much love everything with Bruce Campbell in it. I even watched Dusk til Dawn 2 hoping he would have more time
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Rocky's Human @rockyshuman.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Playing some OPR Grimdark Future on my Friday off. I like the OPR rules. It is a simple system without bloat. Pretty brutal and definitely a beer and pretzels level of complexity. I really like games with alternating activations over "I go you go" activations. This is the Kickstarter core set
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Rocky's Human @rockyshuman.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
I am a klutz by nature. When minis are sculpted to be true, things like spears are weak and my big meaty paws can damage them. So... with a Wowstick pen drill and a little bit of brass rod... stuff gets fixed. Now to prime a d paint the brass and continue with the project.
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Rocky's Human @rockyshuman.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Osprey publishing had a big sale. I got some new books. My order arrived today. So many pages to read...
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Rocky's Human @rockyshuman.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
First batch of terrain for Armoured Clash. 10 mm diesel punk 1890's miniatures. I figure I can also use these for Mantic's Epic Warpath... when I get around to painting those up.
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Rocky's Human @rockyshuman.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Thks morning's read. I love the concept of Chaosium's Pendragon RPG much more than I like the game. The knights of King Arthur's Camelot make a compelling tale, but the game's focus on honorable knights is a fabrication and anachronistic at best. Still... the setting is compelling.
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Rocky's Human @rockyshuman.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Taking a break from assembling Armored Clash Enlightened minis to sit outside with the dogs while they sun. Reading this little gem. I have lots of boxes of stuff for Epic Hail Caeser... most needing paint. So many minis. So little time
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Rocky's Human @rockyshuman.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Trust the process is something I need to do e ery time I oil wash minis. Pics of Victrix Rus armored warrior. First pic is base paint. Second Pic is glopped with oil wash. Third Pic is after drying an hour and some removal. Now let them cure for 2 days then add details.
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Rocky's Human @rockyshuman.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Finally priming up the Zombicide Dead or Alive minis. I appreciate that there is a Marty McFly (err Calvin) player character in one of the expansions.
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Rocky's Human @rockyshuman.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
This afternoon's read. Écorcheurs which is supposedly pronounced "Ay-core-sure" 100 years war, 1337 to 1453. I am probably going to use my Barons' War minis from about 100 years earlier. If any of you timecops need to arrest me for non-compliance... Good luck finding me.
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Rocky's Human @rockyshuman.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Some Kings of War 3rd Edition on the table. The minis on the left are GW night goblins with some added green stuff to be a regiment of goblins wearing clown fish and banana armor. Why? Because they are goblins.
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Rocky's Human @rockyshuman.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Oooooooooohhhhhhhh!!!!!! 15 mm epic Zulu vs. British in the 1870's. Thousands of tiny minis each one standing just over 1/2 inch tall to paint. One of my favorite historical settings. Take my money!
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Rocky's Human @rockyshuman.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I generally don't post political posts on social media. But this came in the mail today. American Dictator game. A monopoly style game from Canada where the players essentially try to make as much profit as possible from their political appointments. I have no idea what influenced the design.
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Rocky's Human @rockyshuman.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
So this came in the mail. I have a boatload of unassembled and unpainted minis for a Crusades campaign. I figure the book will become hard to get at some point. I need to get a physical copy of Death and Taxes also. I do really enjoy the Barons' War game.
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Rocky's Human @rockyshuman.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I *DO NOT NEED* more fucking minis to paint or another fucking miniatures game to get in to. However. Warlord Games is teasing a 15 mm epic scale Zulu conflict game. This would be sooooooooo satisfying on so many levels.
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Rocky's Human @rockyshuman.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Plastic model detail comparison. Warlord Games Viking Hirdman on the left, Victrix Armored Rus Infantry on the right. The WG sprue contains 4 bodies. The V sprue contains 6 bodies. Much better detail on the V sprues. Not really that much cost difference. Victrix and Perry are my favorites
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Rocky's Human @rockyshuman.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Playing Fearsome Floors by Rio Grande games.
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Rocky's Human @rockyshuman.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
This mornings read. Really enjoying the Barons' War game and associated material.
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Rocky's Human @rockyshuman.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Taking a quick break painting my Grimdark Future space lizards to start assembling a Victrix Rus warband for Pillage. I teally like these minis
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Rocky's Human @rockyshuman.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Crocodiles with backpack missile launchers for One Page Rules Grimdark Future in process.
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Rocky's Human @rockyshuman.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
To be fair. Highlander is the best movie ever that starred Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery and Clancy Brown. Ever.
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Rocky's Human @rockyshuman.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Thinking this may be the clan tartan for my Victrix Scots.
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Rocky's Human @rockyshuman.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
My Father's day gift from my wife came in the mail today. All the way from England. Lots of inch tall minis to assemble and paint. I do like the Victrix plastic sets.
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Rocky's Human @rockyshuman.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Today's painting project. Space geckos with energy shields for One Page Rules Grimdark Future. Had some fun with the airbrush yesterday base coating them. Now on to details.
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Rocky's Human @rockyshuman.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Five minis done for Dawn: Rise of the Occulites. I really like tje design of these critters. Twenty more of the main factions and a host of minions to go.
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Rocky's Human @rockyshuman.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Getting Bonefields onto the table today. Cute little miniatures skirmish game with lots of old school vibes. Necromancers undead. Undead goblins and undead dwarves. From Hayland Terrain.
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Rocky's Human @rockyshuman.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
The next game for the table is Bonefields. I love the minis. The game seems pretty straightforward. I just wish there was more support for it from Hayland Terrain. The dwark (pink) and goblin (green) undead minis have a design style that appeals to me. Slightly old school a d goofy looking.
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Rocky's Human @rockyshuman.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
I needed a command team for my Axis forces army in Konflikt 47. I found Colonel Klink and Feldwebel Schultz in 28mm white metal. May not be cannon but it works for me!
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Rocky's Human @rockyshuman.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
A local game store liquidated a big selection of an old tabletop miniatures game a few years ago. A lot of nice chunky metal mi is in a style that appealed to me. I didn't care about the game, but ar $2 to $3 per mini, I picked up a bunch so I could have some non-standard monsters on the table
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Rocky's Human @rockyshuman.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Just arrived. My birthday present I won't open for about six weeks. Pillage rulebook and two war bands from Victrix. Do I need another miniatures wargame? Do I need more little plastic minis to paint? Why. Yes. I do. I can stop any time. Really. I can.
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Rocky's Human @rockyshuman.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Playing some Tanks for the Apocalypse by Snarling Badger games this afternoon
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Rocky's Human @rockyshuman.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Came in the mail today. Unfortunately it is only 4 players. One of my favorite movies. Ever.
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Rocky's Human @rockyshuman.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
This morning's read. Frontier Space POD. I loved Star Frontiers when I was on high school.... over.. ahem... 40 plus years ago. I couldn't get Traveller to the table enough because people couldn't understand having hexadecimal traits. But Star Frontiers was something people would play.
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Rocky's Human @rockyshuman.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Konflikt 47 Totencorps assembled and primed. Who doesn't want undead on the battlefield in a Weird War 2 miniatures game?
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Rocky's Human @rockyshuman.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
It was my first try at Monument Hobbies Newsh. Stuff works like magic.
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Rocky's Human @rockyshuman.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Lots of casualties in this little 750 point Konflikt 47 skirmish
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Rocky's Human @rockyshuman.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Working through Konflikt 47 rules today. I have painted a lot of minis to date. I played and liked the WW 2 game this was based on, Bolt Action. This Weird War 2 version really appeals to me. Undead Wehrmacht, spider limbed tanks, American enhanced light infantry, Tesla technology...
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Rocky's Human @rockyshuman.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
A little light reading before going in to fix dinner.
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Rocky's Human @rockyshuman.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Some 28mm terrain painted and clear coated. When the clear coat is completely cured, I will dress them up with some dry pigments to make them look dusty. Looking at playing some Konflikt 47 this week.
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Rocky's Human @rockyshuman.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Working is done for the day. Went with my wife and picked up her nee glasses and grabbed some groceries. Now relaxing on the back patio while the dogs are investigating the yard. Trying not to notice that the lawn needs to be mowed. Focusing on this gem instead
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Rocky's Human @rockyshuman.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Working on terrain today. Need some various stuff for several games i want to play.
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Rocky's Human @rockyshuman.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Reheat of shakshuka for dinner plus some shitake mushrooms. Frida and Maisy split a hard boiled egg. They like eggs. Rocky doesn't care for treats.
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