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Ryoga Rocket @ryogarocket.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I've got a gold dragon from some years back, and Big Mek in Mega Armor who likes his gold

A painted miniature of a gold dragon reading a book, with a pile of other books at its feet

An ork Big Mek in Mega Armor with gold and black armor

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Ryoga Rocket @ryogarocket.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Name a Disney princess, wrong answers only

Domino from Marvel Comics picking up a rock and saying "See, that's your mistake, lady. I'm not a super hero." She then smacks the woman she's fighting with the rock, shouting "I'm a Disney princess!" accompanied by a KRACKKK sound effect.

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Ryoga Rocket @ryogarocket.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Due to wrist pains, I've only been able to paint a little bit at a time. So over the past few days, I've been working on batch painting these giff, bit by bit. There's still a little I could have stood to do a bit better, but given my condition, I'm pleased with the result.

Six painted miniatures of giff (hippo people) clad in blue armor with gold accents and red cloaks. From left to right, there's a bard with drums, a druid with a camouflage cloak, a fighter with a gun, a fighter with a sword, a rogue with a dagger, and a fighter with a trident.

A closer look at three of the giff: the bard, the druid, and the fighter with the gun.

A closer look at the other three giff, with the sword, dagger, and trident.

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Ryoga Rocket @ryogarocket.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Quote-post with pics of your Leader/Champion(s)!

Mozrog Skragbad on a Garchomp-colored squigosaur

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Ryoga Rocket @ryogarocket.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Did a little mini painting over the weekend. Here's Reginald H. Tamus of the Giff Hunting Society Batallion, a recurring NPC in my adventures.

A painted miniature of a hippo person clad in a blue uniform, wearing a monocle and holding a blunderbus.

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Ryoga Rocket @ryogarocket.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Update: Dungeon Master and his party of literally random audience members have triumphed over defending MagWest champion The Shipper!

A photo from the CWF match, where a cosplayer dressed as the Dungeon Master from the D&D cartoon, accompanied by two audience members, holds out a large d20 to a cosplayer wearing a large shipping box with faces cut into it on his head, and another box on his crotch.

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Ryoga Rocket @ryogarocket.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Cosplay Wrestling Federation at @magwestofficial.bsky.social in just under an hour! Y’all aren’t ready for what’s coming…

A photo of various props, including two puppets, a giant d20, and a photo of CWF CEO LaShayda Ducree

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Ryoga Rocket @ryogarocket.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Also painted a goblin bard I've played in some Pathfinder games, Hucklebuckle. He's just a humble goblin farmer, working on his farm and strumming his banjo.

A painted miniature of a goblin wearing a bowler hat and playing a banjo

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Ryoga Rocket @ryogarocket.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Finished painting my kobold monk/paladin, L.B. For those wondering: it's not a very good multiclass combination. It took about 13 levels before the build could come online, and his wisdom and charisma are both well below where a single-classed character's would be.

A painted miniature of a half-blue, half-green kobold in a tattered cloak. He dual wields a shortsword and scimitar, which both seem a lot larger in his tiny hands than they would normally.

The same two-toned kobold from the side, showing off more of his green side

The same kobold facing directly at the camera

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Ryoga Rocket @ryogarocket.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

My wrists are still hurting, so I haven't been able to paint anything large. But I picked up this Jimothy mini from a vendor at GenCon and could paint it without pain

A painted miniature of Jimothy the raccoon

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Ryoga Rocket @ryogarocket.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

The Hobbit Magic set came out just a week after my birthday, so my roommate split the cost of a box with me for my gift. I pulled some nice stuff in there, but these two are definitely the best ones I got from the set. Now I just need to figure out what to take out from my decks to fit them in...

The book cover alt art for Gleaming Splendor and the special frame art for Smaug the Magnificent.

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Ryoga Rocket @ryogarocket.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Back from GenCon, and celebrating with a new bundle of the D&D Adventurers League mods I've written on @dmsguild.com! Get all four of my Tier 3 and 4 adventures for just ten bucks! It has gameshows, gauntlets, death dungeons, and more, and it's for sale now: www.dmsguild.com/en/product/5...

The cover for the North Bay Dungeon Day Bundle 2, featuring "four hit adventures for tiers 3 and 4" and promising "action, adventure, comedy, and game shows, all for just $10"

I had to upload the cover as an image because the link wasn't loading it.

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Ryoga Rocket @ryogarocket.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I am officially at the age where I can say

“I’m 37, I’m not old” (as said by Dennis the peasant in Monty Python and the Holy Grail)

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Ryoga Rocket @ryogarocket.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Had a very good haul from Pokemon Go Fest this weekend. Plenty of shinies (even though a lot of them are Pokemon I already had plenty of shinies of), two shiny Mewtwo (one with the special background), and a hundo.

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Ryoga Rocket @ryogarocket.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

On one hand: claws that could remove my head from my shoulders in a single swipe. On the other hand: Big fuzzy kitty.

A photo of a tiger resting on its back, paws raised comfortably

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Ryoga Rocket @ryogarocket.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Got a good haul from Free RPG Day today, including some Pathfinder/Starfinder, Avatar, Daggerheart, and some cool gaming accessories.

A pile of RPG books from today's freebies

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Ryoga Rocket @ryogarocket.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Well, I suppose you could say I painted at least one Space Marine. It's nice of the blue beakies to paint their armors in Deathskull colors. It's like they're made to be looted.

A painted miniature of a Warhammer ork wearing Ultramarine armor

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Ryoga Rocket @ryogarocket.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

I also enjoyed it, so I was really glad when my review got quoted on the trade. However, I must confess, that even though this book was my intro to 40k, I've barely painted a single space marine... I'm an ork player.

The back cover of the trade paperback for the Marneus Calgar comic, where some guy is quoted saying "The world of Warhammer 40,000 trives in comic form, with excellent worldbuilding, character work, and art."

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Ryoga Rocket @ryogarocket.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

The character vs how you made them I spent a lot of time on Ufthak, even just trying to get the colors on the skin right

The cover of "Da Big Dakka," featuring the ork Ufthak Blackhawk

A painted miniature of Ufthak, along with his squig, Princess.

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Ryoga Rocket @ryogarocket.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

The name's Hotman. Flameo Hotman.

A painted miniature of a fire genasi with flaming hair in orange and yellow clothes, wielding a burning rapier. A red guitar sits on his back, and a mirror rests on his side.

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Ryoga Rocket @ryogarocket.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

"We are the Knights Who Say... Ni!" Just painted up these minis. (After I had to deal with a company that refused to actually ship my order until I filed a complaint with my credit card company to get them. Hayland Terrain sucks.)

Painted miniatures of the Knights Who Say "Ni!" from Monty Python and the Holy Grail

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Ryoga Rocket @ryogarocket.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

The Magic/Marvel set has been pretty kind to me so far. I'll crack a few more packs for fun, then just buy the singles for anything else I need.

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Ryoga Rocket @ryogarocket.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Some good pulls from the Magic: The Gathering + Marvel set. The card I wanted the most was Squirrel Girl, and she was in my second pack, so I'm satisfied. Even if the part of me that likes Marvel and the part of me that thinks Magic has gone overboard with Universes Beyond are now at war.

A page from a card binder containing The Sentry, Golden Guardian, The Incredible Hulk, Photon, Living Light, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, The Mighty Thor, Jane Foster, and Thanos, the Mad Titan

Another card binder page with The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Avengers Disassembled with comic art, Show and Tell with comic art, and Unnatural Growth (also with comic art)

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Ryoga Rocket @ryogarocket.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Finished painting up Wazdakka Gutsmek, just in time for Warhammer 40k 11th edition. I also went a little extra on the basing by adding some extra minis.

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Ryoga Rocket @ryogarocket.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Current consensus is: toss a few more scattered corpse bits around, then add a squig tearing off a kriegsman's arm and the fighting snotlings

A jumping squig and unpainted kriegsman placed on the miniature's base

A pair of snotlings wrestling each other

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Ryoga Rocket @ryogarocket.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Making good headway on Wazdakka, but the base is definitely looking empty (and I need to blend the colors together a bit more. So, I'm open to suggestions: what should I decorate the base with?

The base for Wazdakka Gutsmek, featuring rocks jutting out of the ground, a pile of dirt, and the corpse of a guardsman lying on the ground. The crackle paint is starting to work in some spots, but it still leaves plenty of empty space.

The front part of Wazdakka's bike, his upper body, and a grot, all mostly painted but not fully assembled.

Half of Wazdakka's bike attached to the base. It's mostly red, with fire shooting out of the engine.

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Ryoga Rocket @ryogarocket.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Drop something purple Purple’s the sneaky color, so you have to look carefully to see these gitz

A purple and green killa kan painted like Eva Unit O1

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Ryoga Rocket @ryogarocket.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Haven’t been able to do much mini painting lately due to tendinitis, but I felt recovered enough yesterday to pick up a brush and work on this big guy for a game I’ve been commissioned to run.

A painted miniature of a massive metallic construct, made of steel and gold trim

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Ryoga Rocket @ryogarocket.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Arcade partially inspired one of my favorite recurring D&D NPCs, Paup Quizzem. So we made a few visual nods to him in Paup’s design (mostly the hair and bow tie)

The cover of aD&D adventure, featuring a colorful wizard in a bow tie and the title “The Greatest Gameshow”

A painted miniature of the wizard from the cover

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Ryoga Rocket @ryogarocket.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

So Magic revealed a bunch of new Marvel cards, but the biggest takeaway for me is: Minsc is worthy of Mjolnir, now he can throw hammers and hamsters! Boo is worthy too, but then, we already knew that.

The Magic card “Mjolnir, Hammer of Thor”

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Ryoga Rocket @ryogarocket.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Played a game of Magic the other day, and I don't think I'll ever have a board state as good as Battle Angels of Tyr + Anduril + Lae'zel + Doubling Season + Terrasymbiosis + Sphere Grid again. I somehow made Delighted Halfling an 11/12 beatstick.

A game of Magic: The Gathering in progress, where the player has a combination of cards on the table that will hit every player and power up his creatures very time he attacks.

From top to bottom, left to right: Nadaar Selfless Paladin, Lae'zel Vlaakith's Champion (both of which should have six +1/+1 counters on them but didn't when I took this photo), Delighted Halfling with 10 +1/+1 counters, Battle Angels of Tyr equipped with Anduril Narsil Reforged and 12 +1/+1 counters, Arcane Signet, Doubling Season, Terrasymbiosis, Sphere Grid, and Sol Ring.

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Ryoga Rocket @ryogarocket.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Just got this chibi of my halfling bard/swashbuckler from DemonAtemu, and it looks great! Highly recommend. (And it's to help pay for a very good dog's vet bill, so that's important too)

A drawing of a swashbuckling halfing with a flaming rapier and tricorn hat

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Ryoga Rocket @ryogarocket.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Orkz are all boyz, ergo they lack a gender binary. Some understand the human concepts of “sex and gender,” they just find it quite funny.

An ork flash git painted in the colors of the nonbinary flag

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Ryoga Rocket @ryogarocket.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

There’s so many good options. Wolverine, Nightcrawler, and Gambit are all near the top of the list, of course. But I’m going to go with the one X-Man I’ve been able to cosplay: Doctor Nemesis

Doctor Nemesis, a comic book character clad in a white suit, tie, hat, and face mask, standing over a pile of awful people with needles in their necks

Some nerdy dude dressed as Doctor Nemesis

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Ryoga Rocket @ryogarocket.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

No knights, but I have a ‘naught. So here’s my morkanaut:

A painted miniature of a big red morkanaut

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Ryoga Rocket @ryogarocket.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

I've been dealing with tendinitis for the past several weeks, which has made mini painting difficult, but my wrists are on the mend. So I painted up this Psycho Red miniature to see if I’m recovered enough to do some painting.

A painted miniature of Psycho Red from Power Rangers: In Space.

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Ryoga Rocket @ryogarocket.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

This is probably the most annoying puzzle for a Riddler-themed thing I could have ever come up with. But there is an answer, and the clues are all there. Just don't expect the answer to be all that satisfying.

A series of purple and green boxes with question marks, each sorted into groups of eight.

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Ryoga Rocket @ryogarocket.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

I feel like I’ve seen this before…

My “not involved in human trafficking” t-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt.

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Ryoga Rocket @ryogarocket.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

It’s like this meme except in real life and a reminder of the horrifying reality we currently exist in.

My “not involved in human trafficking” t-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by the shirt.

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Ryoga Rocket @ryogarocket.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Thanks for the shout out, @dmsguild.com! The Paladin’s Gauntlet is available on DM’s Guild here: www.dmsguild.com/en/product/5...

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Ryoga Rocket @ryogarocket.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

It's Easter, so... share your bunnies?

A painted miniature of the killer rabbit from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, next to a pile of skulls and a broken helmet

A painted miniature of the giant wooden rabbit (or Trojan Bunny) from Monty Python and the Holy Grail

A painted miniature of a harengon, clad in a teal hood and orange jacket, holding a sword to the side

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Ryoga Rocket @ryogarocket.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Paladin's Gauntlet hat has arrived! That's right, players can now buy a special commemorative hat both in-game and in real life. (Also available as a baseball cap.) Get it here: www.redbubble.com/i/bucket-hat...

A round brimmed hat with a drawing of a metal gauntlet, accompanied by the text "I Challenged the Paladin's Gauntlet," and the fictional date 1501 DR.

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Ryoga Rocket @ryogarocket.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Use only ONE piece of art to convince folks to follow you

An ork Gorkanaut panted like the Power Rangers Megazord

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Ryoga Rocket @ryogarocket.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

If you see this, drop a hero with a sword

A painted miniature of an aarakocra paladin with white feathers, wings spread wide as he holds a glowing sword aloft and stands atop a tactical rock

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