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Tankred von Tarent

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Tankred von Tarent @tankredvontarent.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
My brand new Austrian Hussars, painted as Regiment Nr. 2 „Erzherzog Joseph" in 18mm from Piano Wargames. The models are a delight to paint, and I will continue with another unit of infantry. In the background you can see my austrian infantry.
Austrian Hussars with you, painted as Regiment Nr. 2 „Erzherzog Joseph" in 18mm.
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Piano Wargames @pianowargames.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Hello everyone, It's been a while since my last post here! Last year, I launched an old-school hobby blog as an alternative to social media. I would be very happy if you dropped by and checked it out sometime 😇 wargaming-adventures-blog.blogspot.com
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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
german porn is just so weird
A black Volkswagen Beetle rests atop an upside-down white Beetle.
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Michel Summer @leafandstream.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Some impressions from medieval #Ladenburg: 1. City walls, gate and towers (12th/13th c.), 2. remains of the Carolingian church w. figural details wedged between the 12th-c. tower and later church (Sebastianskapelle). Unfortunately, I couldn't visit the 11th-c. crypt inside the church of St. Gall.
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Ralf "Der Tankwart" Raths @ralfraths.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Unterstreicheritis schon immer ein Problem deutscher Armeen. Nicht auszudenken, was Reichswehr und Wehrmacht mit PowerPoint angefangen hätten.
Ein maschinenegeschriebener Text, der zu 90% unterstricheen ist.
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deMagdeburg @demagdeburg.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Not figures but, for a change, a bit of scenery. Byzantine church from Forged in Battle I found I had. Must confess I can't recall why I got it as I can't offhand think of a need, but was different to paint up 😆 Suggest this for a larger view - youtu.be/OnEATm5NLgs?... #wargaming
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Stoppt die Rechten @stopptdierechten.at · 29/08/2026
Das ist sehr, sehr beeindruckend: @luisaneubauer.bsky.social über ihren Nazi-Urgroßvater, über seine Schwiegertochter, ihre Großmutter, und was das mit heute zu tun hat.
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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The idea of AI “hallucinating” is one I wish I’d had!
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Battle Brush Studios @battlebrushstudios.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Happy Sunday. Don't let the blues get to you - Monday's right around the corner. ;-) Here's some WW2 figures by Empress Miniatures. Great figures. What I like especially about these WW2 Paul Hicks figures (apart from everything else) is the faces. #miniaturepainting #commissions #ww2 #nerdlings
WW2 German miniatures
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KatKatNeugetier @katkatneugetier.eurosky.social · 15/08/2026
Die Menschen sind so an das Auto gewöhnt, insbesondere im ländlichen Bereich, dass sie gar nicht mehr über ihr Handeln nachdenken. Im ländlichen Bereich gibt es kaum ÖPNV aber immer noch die Füße und das Fahrrad. Seit es Pedelecs gibt, sollten auch 10 km weniger das Problem sein.
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Ingwar Perowanowitsch @ingwarpero.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Eine kleine Geschichte des Widerstands: In den USA haben jetzt Klimawissenschaftler:innen, die von Donald Trump gefeuert wurden, die nationale Klimawebsite climate.gov, die ebenfalls von der Trump-Regierung abgeschaltet wurde, komplett neu aufgebaut und unter climate.us neu online gestellt...(1/2)
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Mark Backhouse @markbackhouse29.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I flocked up the 3mm Viking camp and it’s now looking really nice. I love the way the base tells a story and feels alive.
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vor400 (1626) @vor400.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Venedig, 31. Juli 1626 Kriegsprovision / Herzog von Savoy 12.000 Mann / wirbt 10.000 Deutsche / Barbaria: Festung Marmora [1], von den Spaniern besetzt, u.a. von Holländern belagert / Paris: weitere Verhaftungen / Cläven fast ganz geräumt mehr: brema.suub.uni-bremen.de/zeitungen17/...
"Planta de La Mamora": desenho anónimo espanhol, 1621.alte Karte Marokko / Fez, mit Gibraltar und Mamora
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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
One for #RomanRoadsFriday! “Roman Autobahn” uncovered next to the A8 (a motorway in Southern Germany). Achaeologists have uncovered a 90m stretch of the so-called Roman Alblimes road – a key frontier route linking Rottweil (my hometown) and Heidenheim. 👉 www.tagesschau.de/inland/regio...
Excavated Roman road:  large light-colored stones stretching into the distance across an open field.
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Michel Summer @leafandstream.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
It's my favourite time of the semester again: Today I visited the University Library w. my Lampert of Hersfeld class to look at two original charters from the 11th c. issued by the archbishop of Mainz (1043) and the abbot of St. Maximin in Trier (c. 1047), respectively. Charterrific!
Medieval charter with fragment of the original seal. Medieval charter.
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Szabolcs Panyi @szabolcspanyi.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Hungary’s de-Orbánification continues: President Tamás Sulyok has signed the law removing himself from office and ousting Constitutional Court judges over 70—including court chief Péter Polt, an Orbán loyalist & former longtime chief prosecutor. The illiberal state is ending. www.reuters.com/worl...
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iain madeloso @iain2411.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
St Edward’s Church, Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire. These doors, flanked by yew trees, were the inspiration for JRR Tolkien’s Doors of Durin. “Speak friend and enter”
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Mike Everest @britishbersagliere.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Smashing game against Harry Yates VDV in Berlin for the Team Yankee tournament. Great to see two armies on the lovely Berlin Wall board. #wargaming #teamyankee
Berlin Wall board. From the east looking west . Black line is a demarcation between the next table VDV AA guns in front of the wall Hinds lead a charmed life over the Rapiers Blackburn made precisely one good aircraft in its company history. Buccaneer. And boy was it a good one. The Saints sail down Road next to the wall and shower the battlefield with cluster munitions
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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
#RomanSiteSaturday! The architectural perfection of Timgad, Algeria, is consistently striking in aerial views. The Colonia Marciana Traiana Thamugadi was founded in 100 AD. Its plan, laid out with great precision, is Roman urban planning at its best. 📷 Georg Steinmetz 🏺 #archaeology
An aerial view of the extensive ruins of a Roman town, showing a well-preserved grid layout with stone foundations, streets, and colonnades. Visible landmarks include a large amphitheater, a central forum surrounded by columns, and monumental arches, all set within a geometric network of buildings and thoroughfares.
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Tankred von Tarent @tankredvontarent.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Me (53) and Theo (12) painted our first Space Marines Models. It was fun to teach some hobby skills.
Ultra Marines Infernus Trupp Miniatures
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Chapps @chapps.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
This #Etruscan terracotta votive portrait head of a man is clearly modeled on a real individual. It was part of a votive deposit associated with the Manganello sanctuary in Caere, where people went to pray for healing or thank the gods for recovery. 🏺 1/ Late 2nd-early 1st c. BCE. 📸 me
A male terracotta head with reddish skin tones and residual light pigment over the hair, giving it a grayish appearance today. While initiated from a workshop press-mold, the facial features were heavily hand-modeled to achieve an intense, personalized verism: a high, deeply wrinkled forehead, an asymmetrical aquiline nose, pronounced cheekbones, and prominent ears. Rather than a generic archetype, the piece functions as an authentic individual portrait, likely offering the specific identity of a worshipper to the gods. This refined image attests to the skills and expertise of its sculptor and painter that could artistically rival any Greek or Roman counterpart.

And, yes, people compare him to former US Vice President Mike Pence all the time.
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Nate @nateboyles.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Share your Dark/ Nightime art! #miniature #minipainting
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Oculus Obscura @oculusobscura.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Listed them (open to offers ofc, particularly if I know they’re going to a good home) ebay.io/m/PjNTVM
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Warhammer 40k Genestealer Cults Army fully painted | eBay UK
What you see pictured is what you get. They are painted to a good tabletop standard. Note 2 of the familiar's bases are not painted, I shall do this before sending (Only noticed after taking the images).
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mogsymakes @mogsymakes.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Last time(pictured) we were outside the walls of Pavis, this year we’re going bigger and moving the action somewhere else in Glorantha. Figures by Rapier and Baccus 6mm, background by Jon Hodgson Backdrops. #miniatures #wargaming #spreadthelard #midgardheroicbattles #runequest
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Tankred von Tarent @tankredvontarent.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
I renovated miniatures from a clubs project 15 years ago and added 4 new painted miniatures with models I primed ages ago. The models weren’t treated well but finally ended up painted.
14th century cavalry from Frankfurt – Holzhausen and Weiß von Limpburg, Perry Miniatures 28mm miniaturesKnights of Kronberg, German knights, 14th Century, 28mm modelsHolzhausen knights (actually they were no nobles)Freehand heraldry 28mm. Roses and a crown
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Gareth Beamish @adcpainting.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
[Commission] 28mm Napoleonic Hesse-Darmstadt. Really nice figures from Piano Wargames in Germany.
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vor400 (1626) @vor400.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Frankfurt, 4. Juni 1626 Viel fremdes Kriegsvolk hier / 300 unbewehrte Soldaten den 29.5. hier durch / da Frankfurt viele Soldaten und 400 Handwerksgesellen als Wartgelder annimmt / die Bürger, die man täglich mustern wird, müssen stark wachen / ... 1/3
Detail Frankfurt 1551, mit viel Kriegsvolk
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Dieter Peterlin @dieterpeterlin.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Heute endet der meteorologische Frühling und er war der allerwärmste seit Messbeginn im Jahre 1850. In allen drei Monaten (März, April, Mai) lagen die Temperaturen über dem Durchschnitt, nur Mitte Mai gab es eine kürzere kühle Phase. Geregnet hat es nur 40-50 % der normalen Menge.
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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Happy Defenestration of Prague Day to all who observe. #earlymodern
17thC engraving of a group of men trying to throw two nobles out of a window
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John Savage @johnsavage.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Great day at the Partizan show today with @jaje7406.bsky.social & Charley Walker presenting an old but rather good game from Too Fat Lardies “Charley Don’t Surf”, their company level Vietnam ruleset. Golf 2/5 fought their way through to the MACV compound during the early stages of the Tet offensive
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Szabolcs Panyi @szabolcspanyi.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
🇭🇺 With crowds gathering outside Budapest’s Parliament building to cheer the regime change, the new parliament is first inaugurated, followed by a vote electing Péter Magyar as Prime Minister of Hungary. 📸 @telexhu.bsky.social
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Szabolcs Panyi @szabolcspanyi.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
🇭🇺 Péter Magyar will be elected Prime Minister of Hungary today at ~2:30pm, after MPs take their oath and the new parliament convenes. 👋 Viktor Orbán is no longer PM or MP. 🇪🇺 For the first time in over a decade, the EU flag will fly on the Parliament building in Budapest.
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mogsymakes @mogsymakes.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Terrific test play of my Battle of Lewes 1264 scenario in preparation for Partizan with chum Tom. Using Midgard Heroic Battles, the game went the full six turns and was full of drama. #miniatures #wargaming #spreadthelard #midgardheroicbattles #nerdlings
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Mike Everest @britishbersagliere.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
With the release of the new BP44 armoured train rules from Battlefront, Nathan and I thought we would give them a whirl! Suffice to say, a magnificent, completely ridiculous thing. Its rules are a bit squiffy, but honestly, against a willing opponent bringing a themed army, they are great! #trains
Battlefront Armoured train model entering the battlefield Close up of the train thundering down the track, about to engage soviet forces4ft long. Its a big deal!
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Hideyoshi Atheling Darrol @atheling.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
All Early Byzantine Units Thus Far post 9- Extra Heavy Infantry: Info on how I painted them up here: justaddwater-bedford.blogspot.com/2021/08/pain...
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Olli Werewolf @owolf.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
A squad of #Quar Crusaders advancing with armored support from a Ailthean tractor. #Nerdlings #JHBackdrops
Scenic photo of Quar miniatures with backdrop
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Tankred von Tarent @tankredvontarent.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Had a nice game with a Swedish friend visiting against his wonderful polish army fielding two winged hussar units.
Wargame in 15mm polish winged hussars against Transylvanian Lancers in mondivian Service.
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Tankred von Tarent @tankredvontarent.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
I started painting a Cossack task force for #byfireandsword and I am pretty happy with the first unit on a scenic base. #miniaturepainting
Cossack Moloitsy wargaming miniatures in 15mmCossack Moloitsy wargaming miniatures in 15mmCossack Moloitsy wargaming miniatures in 15mmCossack Moloitsy wargaming miniatures in 15mm back view
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 17/04/2026
It’s been a blast! 🤩 #SicherheitshalberLive in Mainz.
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The Crusader Project @crusaderproject.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
The Pope dealing with critics of his interpretation of theology.
Depiction of the first burning of the stake in the course of the inquisition in Portugal, 1540.
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monstars.bsky.social @monstars.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
The Hero of our time - Cursed support man
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Für sachliche Politik @sachlichepolitik.eurosky.social · 12/04/2026
138 Sitze und 72% ausgezählt.
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Tankred von Tarent @tankredvontarent.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
The Hungarian people empowered the Tisza party to roll back all right wing autocratic laws and fight corruption. I am so proud of you. Büszke vágok rátok! #tisza #hungary #szabadság
View on the parliament in Budapest, Donau, Chain Bridge and Citadel during night.
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Jon Worth @jonworth.eu · 12/04/2026
😂 They have a Tisza van driving around Felcsút
Jon selfie in front of a Tisza van
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Armin Wolf @arminwolf.at · 12/04/2026
Heute findet in Ungarn die wichtigste Wahl Europas in diesem Jahr statt. Sie wird zeigen, ob in einer „illiberalen Demokratie“ der Machthaber nach 16 Jahren noch abgewählt werden kann, obwohl Wahl- und Mediensystem massiv unfair für die Opposition sind.
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Tankred von Tarent @tankredvontarent.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
My wife and kids are Hungarian, luckily you can have multiple citizenships in Europe. This is the most important day for Hungary, Europe and for democracy against corruption and against autocracy since 1989. #ruszkikhaza #o1g #magyarország
The Hungarian Colors flying over the Citadel in Budapest.
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Lars @herrvonspeck.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Rabea Rogge, die erste deutsche Frau im All, hat einfach einen W20 mit rauf genommen. #PNPDE #Spaaace
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Louise Sugden @roguehobbies.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
A zoomy for your viewing pleasure 🙂‍↕️
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