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ssnover @shanesnover.com · 03/06/2026

WIP Wednesday on my DAO Tide Titan made from the Sturgeon Hardsuit model by @pipermakes.bsky.social with some GW bits. Lots of remaining detail work like panel lining and little bits here and there, but really happy with how it's shaping up! #Nerdlings

Sturgeon Hardsuit model with sword and shield, mostly painted

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ssnover @shanesnover.com · 31/05/2026

Am I doing this customizable Jedi kit right? @atomicmassgames.bsky.social Running as a DAO Union Revamped Eternal unit in my #OnePageRules force #Nerdlings

Kitbashed Jedi Knight with GW Tau legs and head, 4 Tau fire warriors in the background

Tau Jedi Knight and fire warriors facing down Death Guard mandos

Tau Jedi Knight facing down Death Guard mandos

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ssnover @shanesnover.com · 08/05/2026

Lots and lots of little green soldiers!

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ssnover @shanesnover.com · 28/04/2026

A big HDF Veteran Walker from #OnePageRules and a little Covenant Grunt from #Halo #Nerdlings

Painted Veteran Walker and Halo Grunt miniatures

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ssnover @shanesnover.com · 11/04/2026

A tiny bit more work to do on the base. but the model is essentially done! Running as a DAO Tide Titan in #OnePageRules tomorrow! #Nerdlings #Tau #WarhammerCommunity

Tau R'Varna model painted primarily in light brown with teal secondary colors

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ssnover @shanesnover.com · 30/03/2026

Now that's a nice set of legs! WIP on my R'Varna model #Nerdlings #Tau #WarhammerCommunity

Painted legs for Warhammer 40k R'Varna battlesuit model

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ssnover @shanesnover.com · 20/02/2026

I'm now convinced that they discontinued the R'Varna battlesuit because of how fiddly it was (and how fragile I assume this model will be) #Warhammer #Tau #40k #Nerdlings

Unpainted R'Varna battlesuit model from Warhammer 40k

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ssnover @shanesnover.com · 11/02/2026

Difficult to photograph, but painted up this Garchomp Kaijumon to go into my friend's #OPR Saurian collection #Nerdlings #minipainting #Pokemon Took some small license as the official scheme was just too much blue.

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ssnover @shanesnover.com · 26/01/2026

Productive week of painting between 10 flesh hounds, 5 reapers, 2 more stealth suits, 11 Tau Pathfinders, and Darkstrider! #Nerdlings #minipainting Everything was painted up for 4 player game of #OPR tomorrow.

Painted Pipermakes stealth suits and GW Tau Pathfinders and Darkstrider

Another picture focusing on painted Darkstrider model

A group of 10 GW Flesh hounds models, painted

A group of 5 Reaper models from Kings of War, painted

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ssnover @shanesnover.com · 15/01/2026

Painted up my desert rock terrain from @corvusgamesterrain.bsky.social in prep for a game of #OnePageRules tomorrow. Did my best to match the tones of the rock I saw in Nevada's Valley of Fire State Park! #wargaming #Nerdlings

A squad of Stormtroopers with painted terrain in the background

Tau Fire Warriors emerge from around a large desert boulder to aim down their sights at the Stormtroopers

Another shot of the Fire Warriors next to some desert rocks

Picture of some large actual desert rocks in Nevada's Valley of Fire State Park in morning light

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ssnover @shanesnover.com · 10/01/2026

Test model for my next set of Tau stealth suits. Ghost shrimp from Pipermakes. Really prefer this to the standard model, probably helps that I have a year of painting experience in between! #Nerdlings #Warhammer #OPR #Tau #minipainting

Painted Pipermakes model which will proxy Tau stealth suit

Previous Pipermakes model next to the GW Tau stealth suit

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ssnover @shanesnover.com · 23/12/2025

Looking forward to getting back from the holidays and doing the same! The canyon formations looked great with some Heroscape jungle pieces I had even in PLA grey

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ssnover @shanesnover.com · 17/12/2025

Hosted a fun game of #OPR Grimdark Future yesterday! Matched up Galactic Empire + Fantasy Saurians against Tau + Chaos Daemons #Nerdlings #OnePageRules #Wargaming

Overhead shot of the wargaming table during round 2. Large brawl about to erupt on the middle objective.

Perspective of the same moment behind a pack of Bloodletters eyeing the center objectives. Some cheeky Gecko scouts managed to teleport onto the center objective to claim it for the Greater Good. Hungry Gators eye them from the background.

Same moment as previous, but from behind a pack of Reapers waiting in the woods for a chance to grab those Scout Troopers off their speeders.

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ssnover @shanesnover.com · 17/12/2025

Does everybody's bottle of Vallejo Silver break like that?

Bottle of silver paint with a broken twist top

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ssnover @shanesnover.com · 15/12/2025

Finally ready to call these bloodletters done after having some fun getting their swords painted up! #OPR #Nerdlings #Warhammer #minipainting

10 bloodletter models and a skulltaker model from Warhammer 40k, painted

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ssnover @shanesnover.com · 11/12/2025

A squad of 10 Imperial Scout Troopers painted up for stealth in the Endor jungle from #StarWarsLegion. I'll be running them in my #OPR army as Human Defense Force Veterans like my Stormtroopers #Nerdlings #minipainting

10 painted Scout Trooper minis from Star Wars Legion

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ssnover @shanesnover.com · 11/12/2025

Death Guard #Mandalorians I'm adding to my #OPR Dark Brothers army as Veteran Assault Brothers #StarWars #Legion #Nerdlings

Six painted Death Guard Mandalorian minis from Star Wars Legion

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ssnover @shanesnover.com · 06/12/2025

I stayed up waaayy too late finishing Isles of the Emberdark last night so today is going to be a slow quiet day of painting and listening to Crying in H Mart #booksky #cosmere

Hardcover book, Islas de la Ascuaoscura (Spanish translation) by Brandon Sanderson

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ssnover @shanesnover.com · 13/11/2025

I went to a festival in Valencia where they were burning constructed statues in the middle of intersections of streets less wide than that. Firefighters were standing by to spray trees nearby, but there's no way they were getting large trucks in there.

Large fire in the middle of an intersection during Les Falles in Valencià.

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ssnover @shanesnover.com · 28/09/2025

Anyone experience this issue with #Garmin sleep score where it thinks I slept for 32 hours? (but has the right time range though certainly not the right stages). I have a 3 year old Garmin Instinct 2. I've seen this happen about once per week for the last month

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ssnover @shanesnover.com · 24/09/2025

After a bit of a break I managed to get some paint on models! Still very WIP, but I love these Nightstalker Reaper sculpts! #Nerdlings #OPR

5 partially painted Nightstalker Reaper minis from Mantic Kings of War

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ssnover @shanesnover.com · 20/09/2025

Managed to get a Catalan copy of Mistborn book 1 and my brain is fried after 4 pages. Probably should've picked something easier but this is the hockey stick part of language learning I guess 😅

Paperback copy of Fills de la Boira by Brandon Sanderson (Catalan translation of Mistborn 1)

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ssnover @shanesnover.com · 12/08/2025

I know these things weren't meant to be based individually, but maybe Mantic could've narrowed the stance just a teensy bit... Building some more units for my #OPR Daemon army #Nerdlings

Grey unpainted Nightstalker Reapers from Mantic

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ssnover @shanesnover.com · 08/08/2025

As soon as I added the gold trim, I understood why people like chaos armies. Just have to top the base and Karnak is done! #Nerdlings #Warhammer #40k #Daemon

Games Workshop Karnak, three headed demon dog, painted

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ssnover @shanesnover.com · 07/08/2025

Not the best Giancarlo Esposito has ever looked (turns out I'm over 100 minis deep and only just painted my first human face), but happy with a quick evening paint job fit around run club. Moff Gideon on the hunt for the child with his Dark Troopers #Nerdlings #StarWarsLegion #Minipainting #StarWars

Star Wars Legion models of Moff Gideon and several Dark Troopers, painted

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ssnover @shanesnover.com · 25/07/2025

My TIE fighter has been getting a nice flat coat of Ash Grey lately

Painted TIE fighter model, 1:48ish scale

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ssnover @shanesnover.com · 24/07/2025

No decals on the helmets, but I'm going to call these 5 Inferno Squad minis done for now! Running them as Dark Battle Brothers in #OnePageRules #minipainting #StarWars #Nerdlings

5 Star Wars Legion models from Inferno Squad, painted

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ssnover @shanesnover.com · 21/07/2025

Denver alphabetizes the N-S street names in the western half of the city and that makes navigating very easy. E-W are numbered.

A screenshot of Google Maps showing Denver street naming conventions.

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ssnover @shanesnover.com · 20/07/2025

Managed to pull out a win tonight in a game of #OnePageRules Grimdark Future. The Galactic Empire managed to out-gun the regeneration of the Necrons, maintaining a sweep of three quarters of the field. #Nerdlings #OPR #StarWars #Necrons

The Stormtroopers just before being massacred by the Necron Tri-scorpions

The TIE fighter continuously harassed anything that approached the middle of the battlefield with deadly missiles. Vader and his retinue of assassin droids hit through squads of Necrons like a bus.

The not quite painted Inferno Squad lays down fire on the slowly advancing Necrons from a perch.

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ssnover @shanesnover.com · 18/07/2025

Since it's been about a year since getting into the miniature painting hobby based on my picture metadata a little retrospective is in order! In that time I've painted 102(!) minis from GW, OPR, Star Wars, and a couple others! Here are some of my favorites. #Nerdlings #Minipainting #Wargaming #40k

My first squad of painted figures, a squad of Tau fire warriors from the Combat Patrol box! Painted July 2024.

The Tau Coldstar Battlesuit from the second Tau Combat Patrol box. I spent a lot of time getting the yellow just right and the panel lines visible without resorting to Agrax Earthshade like I did on my first Combat Patrol. Circa February 2025.

A squad of OPR Saurian Gators that I painted for a friend. Just took this picture since I apparently never got a picture of them with bases painted. Circa October 2024.

My second squad of Star Wars Legion Stormtroopers. I painted my first one in a hurry so I pushed myself to get the armor on these guys just right and while it took some back and forth covering up mistaken black paint on white armor I'm really happy with the result! Painted July 2025.

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ssnover @shanesnover.com · 15/07/2025

Picked these Stormtroopers up on Friday, which makes them the quickest sprue to tabletop ready box I've picked up to date! #Nerdlings #OPR #OnePageRules #minipainting #wargaming #StarWars #Legion

Unit of painted Star Wars stormtrooper miniatures

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ssnover @shanesnover.com · 11/07/2025

I also got my flight stands today and have begun trying to figure out how to feasibly put this thing on the table while keeping base, body, and wings separate for transport (magnets and wire 😬) Any tips? #Nerdlings #OPR #StarWars #Legion

Legion scale TIE fighter model, partially painted on flight stand and base

Same TIE fighter model separated into wings, body, and flight stand. Magnets and wire visible

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ssnover @shanesnover.com · 11/07/2025

Tiny bit of paint on my printed Imperial Troop Transport to get it nice enough to put on the tabletop for a game of #OPR. Zenithal primed and a splash of color and it looks nice enough I think! #Nerdlings #StarWars #Legion #minipainting

Painted miniature of Imperial Troop Transport from Star Wars with three Stormtrooper models from Star Wars Legion

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ssnover @shanesnover.com · 06/07/2025

Painted up an escort for Vader: a retinue of HK-87 assassin droids which I'm running as Dark Destroyers with Energy Swords in OnePageRules #Nerdlings #OPR #StarWars #Minipainting

Three miniature painted assassin droid models

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ssnover @shanesnover.com · 06/07/2025

Painted up some wargaming terrain from @corvusgamesterrain.bsky.social that I saw featured on Eons of Battle. Not super happy with the red I chose (wanted Craftsman toolbox look) but everything else came out great! #Nerdlings #OPR #StarWarsLegion

Four pieces of painted wargaming terrain consisting of cargo sled and various boxes and containers piled up to provide cover

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ssnover @shanesnover.com · 05/07/2025

Since it's the Empire's birthday today I built two TIE fighter kits which will go in my OnePageRules Dark Brothers list. I even magnetized the wings for transport. #wip #nerdlings #StarWars #Legion #OnePageRules

Two "miniature" TIE fighter models primed black with Star Wars Legion Vader standing in the foreground for scale

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ssnover @shanesnover.com · 16/06/2025

Ah it seems I misremembered. The Subaru has badging for "SUBUWU," but the plate is actually "WAIFUWU"

Subaru Forester with license plate "WAIFUWU" and lots of anime stickers

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ssnover @shanesnover.com · 15/06/2025

Managed to sneak an important vote in before I move!

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ssnover @shanesnover.com · 04/06/2025

I love getting to the part where the army is painted to tabletop standard and I can start polishing small details like the nearby grass clumps starting to light from a hover jet #Nerdlings #StarWarsLegion

Complete set of painted Imperial Dark Troopers from Star Wars Legion

Two imperial dark troopers from Star Wars Legion

Same two troopers, focusing on the slightly charring grass tufts near their flames

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ssnover @shanesnover.com · 29/05/2025

They're still in need of highlights, but happy how little work is required to get a brick of these ready for the table #OPR #Nerdlings #StarWars #Legion

Painted Star Wars Legion stormtrooper models with textured bases

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ssnover @shanesnover.com · 17/05/2025

In-progress birthday gift for a friend! Last step is to add some orange lines for all of his Strava runs which I'll not post so as not to dox him #Nerdlings

3d printed and painted island of Oahu on a painted blue canvas

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ssnover @shanesnover.com · 12/05/2025

Test model stormtrooper before I paint both squads. Process felt very messy, but came out nice enough for infantry in the end. #Nerdlings #StarWars #Legion

32mm Star Wars Legion miniature of a Storm Trooper leader, painted

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ssnover @shanesnover.com · 20/04/2025

Finished up a TX-225 occupier tank and finally figured out how to paint white armor on the stormtroopers in a way that won't drive me insane #Nerdlings #StarWars #SWLegion

Model of an imperial tank from Star Wars, painted.

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ssnover @shanesnover.com · 16/04/2025

Painting up some Star Wars Legion models which I'll be running as Dark Brothers in #OPR pretty soon. Darth Vader and a group of Dark Troopers #Nerdlings

Star Wars Legion Darth Vader mini, painted. Mess in background

Star Wars Legion Dark Troopers, painted. Mess in background

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ssnover @shanesnover.com · 05/04/2025

Putting together some paper craft buildings from Fat Dragon Games this afternoon for a game of #OPR Age of Fantasy #Nerdlings

A group of several medieval style buildings made of cardstock. Hot glue gun and xacto knife also visible

Same paper craft buildings but with two 28mm miniatures from GW and OPR set among them to show scale

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ssnover @shanesnover.com · 27/03/2025

Working on my Sky Ray proxy from Hivemind Minis. $1 craft paint and panel liner goes pretty far #Nerdlings #minipainting #OPR #Tau #40k

Partially painted miniature warship. Roughly painted yellow with well defined panel lines filled with black ink. Messy painting bench in background.

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ssnover @shanesnover.com · 26/03/2025

The geckos did well in their last game so I painted another squad of 5, this time in a nice vibrant Moonlake Coral #Nerdlings #OPR

5 painted Saurian Starhost geckos from OnePageRules

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