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Matthew Hipkin

@wikkiddevil.bsky.social
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Happily married, homeschooling a son, practicing and coaching Taekwondo and Kickboxing. Old git who plays Battletech, Infinity, and Frostgrave amongst other games. I paint more than I play, but it keeps me out of trouble...if broke.

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Matthew Hipkin @wikkiddevil.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Okay, I see. My son has played Sun and Moon, etc, to death, I thought this may be a new challenge for him. But this is not for him. The frustration of his pokemon dying would be too much for him. The switch would go out the window,and he may not remember to open it first.
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Matthew Hipkin @wikkiddevil.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Please translate into old person. I'm planning on buying this for my son.
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Matthew Hipkin @wikkiddevil.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I have been playing with heavy foil, home printed decals, and brass rod. There *may* be a dreadnought in the works... #wh40kpaint #minipainter #orks40k #roguetrader40k #badmoons #Nerdlings
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Matthew Hipkin @wikkiddevil.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Oh, I got this from Screwfix in the UK.
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Matthew Hipkin @wikkiddevil.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
If you're looking for a fast effective paint stripper for your mini painting, this stuff is superb. It's safe on metal, hard plastic isn't phased by it, and resin came through undamaged. For the record, this base is a poured resin, not a print. #minipainter #warhammer #warhammer40k #nerdlings
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Matthew Hipkin @wikkiddevil.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The Wartruk is ready to roll! The antenna pennant will have to wait until next weekend. It looks pretty good, considering it started off as an incomplete, charity shop wreck. #wh40kpaint #minipainter #orks40k #roguetrader40k #badmoons #Nerdlings
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Matthew Hipkin @wikkiddevil.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The Wartruk is so nearly finished! A couple of hub caps (the front ones are missing),and I need to scratch build a whip antenna because a pennant is needed, of course. Then, a final weathering pass. #wh40kpaint #minipainter #orks40k #roguetrader40k #badmoons #Nerdlings
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Matthew Hipkin @wikkiddevil.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Wartruk wip! There's still a way to go on this charity shop salvage job, but it's starting to look the part. #wh40kpaint #minipainter #orks40k #roguetrader40k #Nerdlings #badmoons
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Matthew Hipkin @wikkiddevil.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
It's an oldie, but still a favourite of mine.
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Lukasz Kowalczuk @elkowalczuk.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Remember
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Matthew Hipkin @wikkiddevil.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
You are most kind.
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Matthew Hipkin @wikkiddevil.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Boyz! Start yur enjinz! Driver and gunner for my wartruk are done. The gunner has arms, don't worry! The truk is upgunned with a pedestal mounded twin heavy bolter à la the wartrack. I just need to build it now... #wh40kpaint #minipainter #orks40k #roguetrader40k
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Matthew Hipkin @wikkiddevil.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
If you see this, show your orange art. #Nerdlings #infinitythegame #infinityyujing #infinityguija
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Matthew Hipkin @wikkiddevil.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Where the poly cement had been used liberally, some have what looks like early onset Nurgle's Rot. When the sand is dry, I'll prime and see what I can do with them. The sharp eyed will notice I didn't have enough arms, so I had to raid the spares. #wh40kpaint #minipainter #orks40k #roguetrader40k
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Matthew Hipkin @wikkiddevil.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
My next project alongside my Gorka Morka war truk salvage operation. 10 RTB13 Space Orks salvaged from Ebay. They were *abused* in a previous life. Held together with Uhu and poly cement, which left them with layers of sticky brown gloop in the joints after being stripped and disassembled.
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Matthew Hipkin @wikkiddevil.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
I think I can get this down to 2 hours each as a batch.
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Matthew Hipkin @wikkiddevil.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
I have been working out a fairly quick generic boyz colour scheme that I can batch paint. This can be tweaked to fit a specific clan. Three colour layers and a wash per main component. The face has extra highlights, and magenta glaze. #wh40kpaint #minipainter #orks40k #roguetrader40k #Nerdlings
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Matthew Hipkin @wikkiddevil.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
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Matthew Hipkin @wikkiddevil.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Dry fitted in place.
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Matthew Hipkin @wikkiddevil.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
After a couple of hours measuring, cutting, and glueing, I have a working replacement for the missing bulkhead on my charity shop salvage trukk. Plasticard,Tamiya extra thin, and sticky jems from The Works. #wh40kpaint #minipainter #orks40k #roguetrader40k #Nerdlings
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Matthew Hipkin @wikkiddevil.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
The photos might help I suppose...
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Matthew Hipkin @wikkiddevil.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
I managed to find a new on sprue O.G. ork trukk. If any of you fancy scratch building one, I took some photos on 10mm graph paper to provide some measurements. If you need any more pictures while it's still on the sprue, let me know. #wh40kpaint #minipainter #orks40k #roguetrader40k #Nerdlings
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Matthew Hipkin @wikkiddevil.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
If you see this, post a knight. No one said the Knight had to be alive!
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Matthew Hipkin @wikkiddevil.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Warboss Gengitz Kaan of the Badmoons is ready to lead his WAAAGH against the puny lesser races of the galaxy! He needs some boyz now. #wh40kpaint #minipainter #orks40k #roguetrader40k #badmoons #Nerdlings
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Matthew Hipkin @wikkiddevil.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Thank you, you are most kind.
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Matthew Hipkin @wikkiddevil.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Thank you.
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Matthew Hipkin @wikkiddevil.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
That's the painting finished. I'm just waiting on the arrival of tufts and static grass. I'm also going to add a little pigment powder to the base when it's 'grassed'. I shall call him Warboss Gengitz Kaan of the Badmoons. #wh40kpaint #minipainter #orks40k #roguetrader40k ##badmoons #Nerdlings
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Matthew Hipkin @wikkiddevil.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
The Bigboss is very nearly finished. I still have niggly bits and details to finish. I am also waiting on 'dead' static grass and tufts to arrive for the base. Now he needs a name! Comment with your suggestions please. #wh40kpaint #minipainter #orks40k #roguetrader40k #badmoons #Nerdlings
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Matthew Hipkin @wikkiddevil.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I now have this stuck in my head... You must suffer too! m.youtube.com/watch?v=6f78...
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King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - People-Vultures (Official Video)
YouTube video by Flightless Records
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Matthew Hipkin @wikkiddevil.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Yellow gunz is cool. Anyone says diffunt gets a zoggin' crumpin' I think hazard stripes would be appropriate for his big choppa'! I'm on the home straight. #wh40kpaint #minipainter #orks40k #roguetrader40k #badmoons #Nerdlings
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Matthew Hipkin @wikkiddevil.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Brilliant, thank you.
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Matthew Hipkin @wikkiddevil.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Very much appreciated, thank you.
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Matthew Hipkin @wikkiddevil.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Thank you for the link.
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Matthew Hipkin @wikkiddevil.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Okay, not WD131. That's just how to convert a Battlewagon...
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Matthew Hipkin @wikkiddevil.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Calling all Space Ork Bigbosses. Does anyone have the instructions from WD131(?) for scratch building the O.G. Battlewagon? If not, does anyone have a Battlewagon and can measure some dimensions for me, please? #warhammer40K #spaceorks #battlewagon #roguetrader40k #Nerdlings
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Matthew Hipkin @wikkiddevil.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
I have some old (2/3rd ed?) plastic ork vehicles somewhere... I need to find them and see if they are salvageable. This guy will need someone to boss around when he's finished.
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Matthew Hipkin @wikkiddevil.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
I'm planning on scratch building one of these. Would you mind giving me some dimensions for this wagon, please?
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Matthew Hipkin @wikkiddevil.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
What started off as tinkering to get out of a painting funk seems to have escalated a bit 😆 His tabard is finished in a fetching pastel yellow with black flames, and the leather is done. Metals next, I think. #wh40kpaint #minipainter #orks40k #roguetrader40k #badmoons #Nerdlings
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Matthew Hipkin @wikkiddevil.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
I decided this Warboss was not destined to be a Goff. He seemed to display a sunnier disposition. His shoulder armour is about done. #wh40kpaint #minipainter #orks40k #roguetrader40k #Nerdlings #badmoons
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Matthew Hipkin @wikkiddevil.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I managed a little more ork fettling this evening. I'm fairly happy with his face now, and I have made a start on his tabard. #wh40kpaint #minipainter #orks40k #roguetrader40k #Nerdlings
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Matthew Hipkin @wikkiddevil.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
With those hoods, they look like they have something to hide. Something to confess, perhaps?
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Matthew Hipkin @wikkiddevil.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
I have been struggling with my painting/model building mojo of late. I decided to grab an old mini I don't particularly care about and put some paint on it to get out of this funk. So far, I like it. I may even finish it... #spaceorks #roguetrader40k #wh40kpaint #minipainter #Nerdlings
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Matthew Hipkin @wikkiddevil.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Presenting my finished Airfix/Heller Erich Hartmann in his Bf109k in 1/72 from the Aircraft of the Aces special editions range. I learned a lot. I made many mistakes. In the end, it doesn't look too shabby. #Nerdlings #airfix #airfixmodels #modelkits #messerschmitt
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Matthew Hipkin @wikkiddevil.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
I needed a change from painting miniatures, so I dug out an old @officialairfix kit from my pile of doom. This is a 1999 reboxing of a 1959 vintage kit! Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX as piloted by Johnnie Johnson, in 1/72 scale. #airfix #airfixmodels #modelkits #Spitfire #Nerdlings
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Matthew Hipkin @wikkiddevil.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
@desirablecalamity.bsky.social
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Matthew Hipkin @wikkiddevil.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Postie has been. Another one off my Battletech 'Unseen' bucket list! The Grand Crusader has arrived. #battletechminiatures #battletech #paintingbattletech #battletechalphastrike #battletechgame #Nerdlings
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Matthew Hipkin @wikkiddevil.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Well, at least he's a bon vivant.
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James Spader: This Is Gonna Be A Gas
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Matthew Hipkin @wikkiddevil.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
The Crankies
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Matthew Hipkin @wikkiddevil.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Post them up when you're done!
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Matthew Hipkin @wikkiddevil.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Hi, it's VallejoModel ColourEmerald 70.838. Black added for the shading, white added in increasing amounts for the highlight progression. I wasn't happy with it initially as it came out too blue, so I applied a filter with VMC Park Green Flat 70.969 to tweak the hue.
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