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@swordandwaistcoat.bsky.social
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They/Them Historical fencer, role player, historian. Makes videos on sword fighting, role playing games, and anything else that takes their fancy. www.youtube.com/@SwordAndWaistcoat Support me at: gofund.me/0dd15359 🥺 👉👈 Fight me?

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Emerald @swordandwaistcoat.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I won’t begrudge people doing state combat as a form of sword hobby. The purpose of swordplay is to have fun and feel like a bad arse, and if doing choreographed sequences with swords does that then it’s valid.
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Emerald @swordandwaistcoat.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A lot of people act like competitive HEMAists are the jocks from a 90s teen film, when really the most common trait amongst competitive HEMA players is a praise kink.
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Emerald @swordandwaistcoat.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Painted the Pox Wretched from Warhammer Quest: Darkwater. For these I followed a tutorial from @warhipster.bsky.social and it worked really well. I really enjoyed doing the bases on these. I feel like the dirty water effect tells the story of Nurgle corrupting the healing springs.
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Emerald @swordandwaistcoat.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"Tournament orientated fencers take HEMA too seriously" Me at my sports centric club: "So for the warm up game today we're going to throw this fish to one another and if you catch it you have to try and slap someone with it."
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Emerald @swordandwaistcoat.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
If you attack like it’s after blow and defend like it’s right of way you’ll have yourself some good HEMA fencing.
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Emerald @swordandwaistcoat.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
What up my people pleasers! Fawning hard or hardly fawning?
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Emerald @swordandwaistcoat.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
So, I’m enjoying Warhammer Quest and I’d love to see more games for it. Though I want a game where the NPCs aren’t the typical fantasy villains like demons or undead, but rather are a faction like wood elves. Having a traditionally “good” faction as the antagonists would be very Warhammer.
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Emerald @swordandwaistcoat.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
First day of the #HEMA afterblow tournament and I have never doubled more in one day.
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Emerald @swordandwaistcoat.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
When you stare into the cat eared abyss, the cat eared abyss stares into UWU.
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Emerald @swordandwaistcoat.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Next lot of Warhammer Quest Darkwater miniatures painted. These are apparently little treasure piles (I think, I’ve not played it yet). Something about them is very Fraggle Rock, and a can’t help but imagine them playing music and singing little songs.
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Emerald @swordandwaistcoat.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Longsword is the D&D of HEMA weapons Rapier is the Vampire the Mascaraed of HEMA weapons.
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Emerald @swordandwaistcoat.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Started painting Warhammer Quest: Darkwater with these mire kelpies. For this I followed a tutorial by @warhipster.bsky.social. I’ve not followed a tutorial before but it’s something I’m trying more and more as I get back into Warhammer to improve my painting, especially with colour theory.
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Emerald @swordandwaistcoat.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
In fair Barovia where we lay our scene.....
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Emerald @swordandwaistcoat.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Painted a wood elf blade dancer from Last Sword miniatures, mounted on a base from Dragon Forge Designs. Been really interesting looking into third party Warhammer models, and also painting a 3D printed mini for the first time. Kinda tempted to make an old world army with this range.
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Emerald @swordandwaistcoat.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Qulathis the Exile from Warhammer Quest Cursed City. Really cool to see a wood elf miniature made for Age of Sigma. As an old wood elf player it warms my heart. She was fun to paint. I really like the whole contrast paint edge highlight technique and it was fun to experiment with basing more.
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Emerald @swordandwaistcoat.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
New miniature. It’s been a while since I painted one, it’s really nice to get back into painting. This miniature was really challenging to paint because she has a whole bunch of hard to reach places. Still very happy with the results.
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Emerald @swordandwaistcoat.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Imagine a matrix sequel that's all about the enshitification of the matrix.
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Emerald @swordandwaistcoat.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
I need a term for #HEMA practitioners that treat HEMA like a sport or game. Sports fencer is already taken and competitive fencer has the wrong implications (to say nothing of the fact that often esotericists are functionally more competitive).
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Emerald @swordandwaistcoat.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Today I managed to resist asking if my HEMA rating would be taken into account in work KPIs, it took a lot of willpower, but I succeeded.
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Emerald @swordandwaistcoat.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Spoilers for invincible but: Does anyone else feel like Thaedus’s is just replicating the genocidal ideology of the Viltrumites? Like he seems overly fixated on destroying them in a way that is not healthy.
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Emerald @swordandwaistcoat.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
The most accurate things about anime sword fighting is that people pause mid fight to talk endlessly about their tactics and techniques.
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Emerald @swordandwaistcoat.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
As a role player I’m the monkey’s paw wish of any game master who wished their players would be more engaged with their lore and world building. I ask endless questions about the world then use that knowledge to mess with the campaign.
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Emerald @swordandwaistcoat.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Pre tournament pizza is the best! What’s your favourite pre-fencing meal?
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Emerald @swordandwaistcoat.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
In a lot of my Roleplaying games I make speak with animals essentially free to cast on the grounds that most animals are dumb as heck and can’t tell the players anything useful.
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Emerald @swordandwaistcoat.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
The 6 7 meme is really symbolic of the cost of living crisis. Kids can’t afford 69 as the funny number anymore.
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Orcspiration @orcspiration.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
YOU ARE A TRUE WARRIOR. I AM PROUD OF YOU.
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Emerald @swordandwaistcoat.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Painted a wood elf Wardancer. I’m not sure if I can call this oldhammer since model appeared at end of 4th edition Warhammer & continued until the end of 6th edition. But it was fun to paint.
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Emerald @swordandwaistcoat.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Painted an oldhammer wood elf wardancer. Proper old school Warhammer. I got the same model as one of the first Warhammer miniatures back in the early 1990s (I’ll try and find the original for comparison). Painting this helped connect with my younger self, who would be amazed at who they became.
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Emerald @swordandwaistcoat.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Half painted miniatures always look kinda odd to me, or at least mine do. I'll have some bits fully shaded and detailed, and then other bits are just primer, and the contrast looks really weird.
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Emerald @swordandwaistcoat.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
How often do you parry when you #fence with #rapier? I've been playing it a lot recently and I find that if I try to parry I just end up with tangled swords in a way that goes no where. Is there a way to make parries work?
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Emerald @swordandwaistcoat.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Painted a Wood Elf mage. I feel I’m getting the hang of glow effects now. Also really like how the colours came out. This was one of my favourite Warhammer minis growing up, though I always loved elves. Something about a faction of androgynes or feminine characters appealed to me for some reason.
Painted wood elf mage warhammer miniature. Painted wood elf mage warhammer miniature. Painted wood elf mage warhammer miniature.
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Emerald @swordandwaistcoat.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
So I’ve been told that dipping fries in thick shake or soft serve is mostly an Australian thing. Is this true?
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Emerald @swordandwaistcoat.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Show me how you draw/paint women’s
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Emerald @swordandwaistcoat.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Painted a flying dwarf mini (still learning Age of Sigma lore). With her I was experimenting with slapchop, which I think came out pretty well.
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Emerald @swordandwaistcoat.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Painted a Wood Elf Hero. This is the first fine cast miniature I’ve painted and I’m honestly happy with how they came out. As much as the 6th edition wood elves didn’t grab me as much as the oldhammer ones I do really like this model. Be a cool hero for Warhammer Quest or something.
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Emerald @swordandwaistcoat.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Painted Aenur, the sword of twilight. Was really fun doing the highlights on the cloak, and doing a blue black different ways. Does make me wish there were more elf options for Mordheim though, like I feel elves get a bit neglected in Warhammer. I kinda want to cosplay as this character too…
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Emerald @swordandwaistcoat.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Finished an Eldar Warlock. Really feeling good about my ability to paint blacks with proper highlights. Also getting better at edging highlights.
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Emerald @swordandwaistcoat.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Competed in a teams #HEMA competition over the weekend. My team got gold in both the #rapier and #sabre.
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Emerald @swordandwaistcoat.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Pre tournament Italian consumed. I have a tradition of eating Italian food before a fencing tournament. I don’t know why, but it’s what I do.
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Emerald @swordandwaistcoat.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Just finished the old Alarielle, the Everqueen miniature. I really like painting old warhammer miniatures using newer tools like contrast or effect paints (even if the glow paint didn't work as well as I was hoping). There's something cool about taking old designs and recreating with new ideas.
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Emerald @swordandwaistcoat.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
How much is the difference between High Fantasy and Low Fantasy as genres the class of the protagonists/party members?
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Emerald @swordandwaistcoat.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
It’s too hot. Sky father needs therapy.
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Orcspiration @orcspiration.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
FUCK ICE AND FUCK ALL POLICE
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Emerald @swordandwaistcoat.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Finished Orion, king of the wood elves. Really enjoying painting oldhammer miniatures. It’s cool to see 5th edition warhammer brought to life with things contrast paints. Also hits the nostalgias really nicely since I always wanted big centrepiece models like this when I was young.
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Emerald @swordandwaistcoat.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Completed the old Warhammer Quest Wardancer. If I get back into playing more than opportunistically I’ll probably play boxed games like Warhammer quest where I can put together and paint a variety of models, but not too many as I can’t handle an army’s worth of models.
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Emerald @swordandwaistcoat.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
I got this miniature as an impulse purchase a while back because something about a goth elf chick with a sabre spoke to me. Really happy with how my painting came out, especially with the highlighting the black different ways.
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Emerald @swordandwaistcoat.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Swordy new year!
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Emerald @swordandwaistcoat.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Wouldn’t the fact that doubles still happen under right of way #fencing, which explicitly punishes certain actions that lead to doubles, suggest that no rule set can eliminate doubles.
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Orcspiration @orcspiration.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
I LOVE MY TRANS COMRADES
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Emerald @swordandwaistcoat.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
The mighty nein cartoon is way better than it has any right to be. Really enjoying.
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