You are the new Director General, what are you going to commission? We all know I'm killing BBC Sounds in favourite of good old fashioned RSS feeds.

Still running up some extras for CoC2 Far East. With the new rules providing an entrenchment for MMGs, I’m going to work up a few of them using bamboo and air drying clay. And another roadblock using similar materials. #spreadthelard #wargaming #terrain #15mm #CoC

For Sale: 28mm Successor Pikemen with full two command sets (68 x unpainted metal Aventine Miniatures). Probably the best ancient pikemen on the market. Bargain price £65.00

Just saw that Battlefield Redsec advert. Bastards. Now people will A) know why I knock doors with that rhythm and B) think I'm copying the advert. BF2 was such a vibe.

You'd thing with the success of the Really Useful Box in wargames land that someone would make a filterable table. I'm gonna have to do it myself aren't I?

This week's #SundaySix. Got three bands from the 1001 albums list, a cool jazz drummer, Orc Sigur Ros, and the EU5 soundtrack. Good stuff.

Round shields with Celtic designs should fit any army, inspired by pre-Roman Britain, Scotland or Ireland. #3dprinting #fantasy #minis #minipainting #art #nerdlings #wargaming #tabletopwargaming #medievalwargaming #medieval #celtic

@jesslynnrose.bsky.social sounds like your jam

Describe your cat's personality with one photo

Enzo would like the month of fireworks to stop now. The little guy spends most evenings hiding under the bed. Poor lad.

Having a few days away for my wedding anniversary. But there’s still time to get out my travelling paint brushes and plan some very small games of #WhenTheLastSwordIsDrawn

Hear me out Blake’s 7 but Muppets, Vila the only human

@abeewords.bsky.social re one of the Qs on the most recent pod: I'm up for making a curating a spreadsheet of pod recs. Will scratch that itch in my brain and would be useful for folk.

This is adult content in the UK. A plague upon anyone's house that allowed this "moderation" to become the norm. Witless worms the lot of them.

SORRY - dashare.zone ADMIN

@2plus2isjoe.bsky.social I seem to recall you had an affinity for Real Betis, if Im not suffering from CoggyDecs then you might well enjoy this: youtu.be/Q2TfR9_lpmk

Painting enthusiasm is a bit low at present but have produced another unit of Seljuq horse archers this week. Skirmisher types rather than the more usual unit types. 15/18mm 3d printed figures from BattleCat 28mm files - they resize nicely and retain their detail. #wargaming

30 (working) days until I can uninstall Teams and xMatters from my phone. We'll just ignore that my resignation seems to have not been processed properly these last few weeks. Come Dec 19th 5pm Im outta there.

Devilry Afoot - Retreat from Moscow 1812. The Russian & French will face dangers as they try to survive the forests of Mother Russia & all the evil that lurks within. Will be working with @perbroden.bsky.social to create the characters & supporting bits to play a campaign. #wargames #shedowar

My old sabots have gone to my Indian Mutiny Sharp Practice infantry. I still need to finish the cavalry in artillery. Plan is to get them ready for painting for the New Year.

I might be going mad but does anyone know how smoke works in Through the mud and the blood? I only just realised I've never used it before but the scenario I'm planning to play Sunday starts with it. It says it covers an area 122 square but 122 what? Inches? @roundwoodsworld.bsky.social any help?

Messing about with @handiworkgames.bsky.social backdrops. It’s a hobby within a hobby! Addictive too I bet. “Just a few more backdrops/scenic scatter/ picturesque outcrops” and before you know it a whole day and £90 gone! All of the minis and conversion bits are Bronze Age from @fenrisgames.com

HERTS OF LARD 2026!!! I'm now taking names for people who want to either run a game or attend as a player at Herts of Lard 2026 (The 4th one!). It'll be on March 7th 2026 in Rickmansworth Email me [email protected] joebilton81.wixsite.com/hertsoflard-... @toofatlardies.bsky.social

Played #OnBloodyGround with Phil, Jen & Michael last night. Sparta crushed the impudent Persians in a bloody battle that felt closer than it was (killing the Persian general really helped!). Good fun, will have to dust off my Athenians and paint up the Spartans in 2026...

It's a psyop. It's never coming out.

A) no it's not 2) remember that george carlin bit about how stupid the average person is?

Sorry/not sorry, Time-lad.. #WallaceAndGromit #DrWho

Bloody Hell, no wonder K-9 and Company didn’t get picked up.

Oh my!

A reminder for anyone who missed it that I have started doing a video series about how I code in C++ and using DirectX to make 'Ridiculous Space Battles'. Done 2 videos so far, here is the latest one: youtu.be/_rrH6MPrPGM #directx #programming #gamedev

down to the last handful of these models - if you're thinking of entering, get in quick! if you're in the US, go straight to @forgeofice.bsky.social !

Work today

Video games

The voters have spoken

Some shots from Pendulum live in Bristol on Monday. Shot on the iPhone 17 Pro. New 8x zoom lens go hard!

#wip shot of a bunch of the range accompanying Daniel Mersey's Knights of the Round Table game. Now that is a lovely range of 28mm classic (ahistoric, but pretty) Arthurian figures. Hope you like them so far!

We’re the party of people who went to college, and we should refuse to apologize for it.

Dare I venture That most people Are fucking sick Of being abused By the wealthy And by bigots

I think EUV is good if you want to poke a big simulation and see what happens. More econ sim than an RPG like CK3. Is it better than EUIV? Eeeeeh. Probably not if you're a big brain haver. I like early period Paradox games before they add too much shite.

Arsenal have got a FIFTEEN YEAR OLD, Max Dowman, on. He is the first ever person to play in the Champions League about whom you can say definitively he was never in a Woolworth's.

Tell you what. EUV is very stable. If you never unpause and just read the man pages for hours.

So much reading. I've been reading for hours.

One month until Jingle Jam 2025. A nice modern Christmas tradition.

Today's the day!

YES. @mstevnsmj.bsky.social I think you'd enjoy this a lot.

Love to wait over a min to "initialise a container" to just run gitversion. I fear we have veered far from The Golden Path.

Boshed out some priming before it starts raining. Didnt have a relevant colour so this might be quite interesting.