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Gavin @schofig.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

About to watch the hit Tom Cruise movie Digger.

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Gavin @schofig.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

the boys are back in town

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Gavin @schofig.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I feel like it's the same little gang of sheep each time I see them, but I'm sure that's just my imagination.

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Gavin @schofig.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Saying that, the discworld flowchart pales in comparison to this monstrosity that warhammer fans throw at people.

A very consulted flow chart of the reading order of the Horus Heresy books that looks like a family tree.

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Gavin @schofig.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I'm actually working on some gold minis right now - my Sanguinary Guard aren't finished yet but they are very golden!

A set of sanguinary guard in gold, not yet finished.

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Gavin @schofig.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Another building finished.

There's now a pair of large ruined medieval style buildings

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Gavin @schofig.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I almost finished one of the two buildings, I just need to let it dry overnight before I add a bit of weathering.

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Gavin @schofig.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Next up in the painting queue is some terrain.

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Gavin @schofig.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I've painted an entire Mordheim warband - the game was just coming out when I started and it was always something I wanted to do but for some reason I never did it.

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Gavin @schofig.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

A quick test paint scheme for some chaos warriors.

A chaos warrior in bronze, red and green

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Gavin @schofig.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I've grabbed an old archer to test out some new gold paints, I wanted something that looks less ancient and weathered than the gold I used on Dante. I think it might work.

A golden archer next to a golden space marine.

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Gavin @schofig.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

As an aside to all this talk about GW making models invalid, here's the two example armies from codex space marines from 3rd edition, pretty typical forces from the time. How many of these models are no longer usable? Surprisingly few.

The two example armies from 3rd edition codex space marines.

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Gavin @schofig.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Here's some examples from my army I've been collecting for a few decades of the older models and the newer models that it's suggested you use them as a stand-in for. They're basically the same thing. The old stuff hasn't been 'invalidated' because it no longer has seperate rules from the new stuff.

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Gavin @schofig.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

We should have "MUBI confirms watchlist of movies you must watch to catch up on the lore before you can understand the concept of love" clickbait headlines.

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Gavin @schofig.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

It's making it sounds like it's a press release telling people they need to go and watch this homework immediately, but it's just a suggestion on a streaming service like these ones.

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Gavin @schofig.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Last night I painted the cream, red and skin on a couple of empire soldiers. I just need to do the rest now!

A soldier in a lansckrekht style uniform with a gun

A soldier in a lansckrekht style uniform with a sword

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Gavin @schofig.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Had a good time at the local castle watching a production of Romeo & Juliet. Definitely recommend watching it if any of their upcoming shows are near you. www.thedukestheatrecompany.co.uk

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Gavin @schofig.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I have no idea why this is my lock screen, but it is. It's a photograph I took of Stockport that went through some sort of photo editing filter thing about 4 phones ago, and I've just kept it.

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Gavin @schofig.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I forgot to mention that I also painted this dwarf, whose skin isn't this vibrant IRL. It's a heroforge model and I find those a bit annoying to paint, everything just seems so flat on them. It's a friend's D&D character and I painted it following the colour scheme he came up with.

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Gavin @schofig.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I've painted up the wizard animal guy from the Dragonbane Kickstarter.

A wizard holding a jar of blue, with little creatures

The same wizard, now surrounded by goblins

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Gavin @schofig.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I like my little Rohan Man.

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Gavin @schofig.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I really can't be bothered painting the walls here yet, but I have at least bought blinds with flowers on them and got a load of plastic plants on top of the bookcase.

Some blinds on windows with a teal and red pattern

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Gavin @schofig.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I was visited by the seagulls.

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Gavin @schofig.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

I'm not really a beach person but I keep going to beaches.

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Gavin @schofig.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I also met a little bird on my afternoon walk yesterday.

A little brown bird with an orange chest.

A view of a pier and the sea through trees.

A view from a clearing of the sea in the distance.

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Gavin @schofig.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I've introduced my cat to her new sisters.

A Calico cat rubbing her face on a Lego cat box.

A Calcio cat next to a cat shaped doorstop.

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Gavin @schofig.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

The most important upgrade has been a small paddling pool for the seagull chick who lives outside my window. Unfortunately the other two didn't make it through the heatwave but I think I was able to save this one.

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Gavin @schofig.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Some pictures from last night's walk

A view looking down a road on top of a hill with a town and hills in the distance

A view of the top of a hill by the coast

A view of a road along the side of a hill by the coast

A view of the sea as seen from a road going along a hill

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Gavin @schofig.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Here's a few older models / older paintjobs.

A metal pointing space marine from 3rd edition

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Gavin @schofig.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

You are of course also welcome to visit and meet Signal the Cat, who should be one of the top attractions in town.

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Gavin @schofig.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Some of the food from the Blue Elephant, which is my favourite Indian I've tried in town yet.

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Gavin @schofig.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Checked my phone and here's some pictures of the fish and chips from Tribells, plus some pictures of the pizzas from Johhny Doughs - however these are all from 2023, I know Tribells are still good but I've not been back to Johnny Dough's yet.

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Gavin @schofig.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

My new kitchen friend is back.

A herring gull at the window making a face.

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Gavin @schofig.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Just had some lovely metal miniatures from @heresyminiatures.com arrive in the post, can't wait to paint some of these up.

A metal miniature that looks a bit like John Hurt

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Gavin @schofig.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

There is already pre painted injection mold terrain on the market (Dungeons & Lasers), the colour is applied to a sprue using UV. This looks like the same process. Definitely comes on a sprue, the pictures of the sprue leaked.

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Gavin @schofig.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

I really like it for use on the desk because it's a lot shallower than the nail polish racks, although you can't beat those for the sheer volume of paint they hold so I have a bunch of those above head level.

A desk with paints on shelves above the desk

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Gavin @schofig.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

It's looking good. Have you considered... little hats for the paints? It sounds daft and takes ages, but I've found it really useful.

A rack of Army Painter paints all with little 3d printed hats painted in the colour of the bottle

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Gavin @schofig.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

I also really like this bard because I think the ludicrous orange coat worked out quite well. I wish I was able to reliably paint eyes though, I just don't have the control to do that.

A human in an orange coat with red boots

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Gavin @schofig.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

I should also share this duck I painted, because I love it.

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Gavin @schofig.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

A couple of other older paintjobs I did as test models that just sit on my shelf now. I can't even remember what I was testing with these guys. The fire dragon works OK but I think just a little more effort could have made it really pop. The yellow gems in particular have been done badly.

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Gavin @schofig.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

A set of Warhammer skellingtons I painted a whole ago to see if I liked using Vallejo Model Air paints by brush. They were pretty nice paints but I preferred other ranges.

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