"To ensure the safety of both our customers and our staff in Swatch stores, we kindly ask you not to rush to our stores in large numbers to acquire this product." Ok, I won't then. www.swatch.com/en-gb/royal-...

Finished this model today. Im impressed at how good it looks to be honest, happy to have it as an ornament! Got no excuse not to carry on with the Vikings now. tbh I've been trying to get this out of the way so I could. 😁 Cast some walls the other day! #modelling #trains #rokr #nerdlings

Mama, just killed a man Put a gun against his head, pulled my trigger, now he's dead Mama, life had just begun But now I've gone and thrown it all away Mama, ooh, didn't mean to make you cry If I'm not back again this time tomorrow Carry on, carry on as if nothing really matters

QTP with a game you played as a teenager. Before, during, and after being a teenager. The box image from CivII still makes me feel all warm inside.

Quiet evening at the local shops. #photography #paving

Made Choc-chip Hotcross Buns yesterday. Have to make my own now as after two got snaffled by the dog (over 12 months), I banned dried fruit from the house. (In case you didn't know, saltanas can be leathal to dogs - just one can be enough) #cooking #baking #chocolate

For those of you wondering where my Viking painted efforts went 🤔 Well they have been delayed while I built this model kit, I was kindly given. Done the engine, got the tender to do still, then back to my Norsemen! #modelling #trains #rokr

Overcast and wet today, so we decided to try somewhere new. Went to Doxey Marshes nature reserve on the N edge of Stafford. Not been for decades, and I've missed out - its beautiful, and has good paths! Here is some Hawthorn. #photography #stafford #uk #phonephotography #nature

Absolutely fascinating read, and well written covering a difficult subject well. Would recommend for all history or film fans! Going to be working through the other blog posts, thank you @schurke8112.bsky.social

Really impressed with how well these came out! The moss around the base of the tree made it look like a model, and the light was ideal. #photography #phonephotography #tree #moss

Moss and shadow on rough tree bark. #photography #moss #light #texture #phonephotography

Sobering thought. "The site of reactor No 4 will not be safe again for another 20,000 years." Looking back the other way, ".. humans 20,000 years ago... Stone tools were essential for hunting, butchering, and processing food." www.mikegravel.org/what-were-hu...

I can almost feel meme starting here. Receptionist: Hes grouchy. Doctor: Groucy? He' got IBS! You got IBS? Receptionist: No. Doctor: No? Then stop chattin' about it.

I've been out with the dog this evening. Took a few pictures round the railway, and a couple of them came out ok. #photography #railway #monochrome #blackandwhite #phonephoto

Which movie outfit would you borrow for a day I'm not sure I could pull off the look, but im willing to try!

Apparently tagging the bot @realfollowers.bsky.social will tell you how many of your followers aren't blocked, banned, or otherwise not seeing your posts. Just for interest really.

Looks pretty awesome. Wish I had time to learn this!

Does anyone else feel like TV ads are a form of punishment inflicted on them by the advertisers?

Love some good #statistics, particularly about population. The animated chart of population by gender and age since 1841 is particularly cool. Thanks @sophiecarr.bsky.social for posting.

If I knew about #postboxsaturday I would have saved this for today.

School Easter Holidays!

Some night photography again. It didn't work as I had envisioned it 🤣. No flash, but looks like there was. So I played with it. Monochrome then slightly recolourised. Its at least a mildly interesting trio. #photography #monochrone #phonephoto

Walk on Cannock Chase this morning with the dog and toddler. Lovely sun and fantasticly quiet off the busy, beaten tracks. #woodland #forest #walk #photograph #phonephoto

Another day and another step forward. Did the gold detailing with Retributor Armour, and then washed with Agrax Earthshade. I was hoping the wash would help to make them look less plastic, I think it worked! Happy with the result. #pillage #miniature ##nerdlings #modelling

Well that was a rubbish link card! Movies from the year you were born.

Movies from the year you were born. It was a good year! Raiders of the Lost Arc Mad Max 2 The Cannonball Run But topping all those: www.imdb.com/title/tt0081...

Share a green character for St Patrick's day.

Probably would have been better for me to repost this one... but now you two! Thats how important Childrens hospitals and hospices are! More important than a coffee (most of the time anyway 😆) #charity #fundraising #childrens

Always happy to spread the word about childrens hospice and hospital charities. They really are a very worthy cause. If your family ever need one, you will know why they are so important. Thank you, Journeydude (@scottishinsider.org), keep up the good work!

Made small progress today, just some leather detailing on these guys that I had missed. Look closely 🔎 Question: Why is my brush getting so trashed? How long should they last? Should I be washing it more thoroughly while painting? ##nerdlings #pillage #minature #modelling #learning

Does anyone else get excited when they see maps with hexagons on them? #hexagons #maps

Its been a few weeks! But finding time is hard, although im not letting that be an excuse! Red is "Wild Rider Red", the wood "Nazdreg Yellow", Im wondering who names these 😆 Lots of missed bits touched up too. The red won't be used again #nerdlings #pillage #miniature #modelling #viking

Not read it yet, but downloaded the FREE pilot of a new minimag from #Vitrix, hoping it will feel like modelling even though I don't get time 😆 #pillage #nerdlings #miniature www.victrixlimited.com/products/shi...

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Just found @andrews-walks.bsky.social ! Absolutely stunning pictures. Always loved the Lakes and might have to convince the family thats where we need go on holiday.... i'll work on the whole move-up there. #lakedistrict

In case you need to know.

Drop an album that was important to you when you were 19. Fun facts: It turned out I was actually 20, but this is what I first thought of. This is the international cover, the one I had. Its better than the US one 😁 New York City Cops track was dropped ftom the US album because it was 2001

Post a picture of a tree you took Got to be that tree from Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves!

If you see this post a character that starts with L (Someone had too)

This sounds right up my street! Will hopefully remember to keep my eye on it. #heritage #charity #preservation #history www.wamphraychurch.com

Another week, another (brief) chance to progress my Vickings. This time with Doombull Brown for the leather. Still not consistent with watering it down. Also, on closer inspection, Im not sure that guys arm looks right 🤣, better pics though #pillage #nerdlings #learning #miniature #modelling

Still looks the same today! www.instantstreetview.com/@50.966103,-...

Just realised that I didn't include the paints. They were spray undercoated with "Zandri Dust", the metal is all "Iron Hands Steel", and the blue is "Macragge Blue" #nerdlings #miniaturepainting #learning

Making progress! Sprayed them, and actually put some colour on too. The base fell off one, no sign the poly-cement had ever been there, the paint refused to go into the chainmail links, and the Painting handle XL has no grips for 25mm bases! #learning #nerdlings #pillage #miniature #modelling

While Im not sure how this would work in practice, its a signal that we will no longer accept big tech companies riding roughshod over out laws and values. @libdems.org.uk www.libdems.org.uk/ageratings

Post a picture of the venue where you saw your first concert and name and the artist. Wolverhampton Civiv Centre Levellers Not my pic, but is the same venue and group thanks Ian Ware from Flickr, who ever you are.

My excuse for not spraying my #miniatures was that I had no stick to hold them. Magnetised bases and a steel strip on a piece of wood, its even got panel pins to stop sliding (in case the spray moved them), no more excuses. .. Its too dark now 😆 #modelling #pillage #wargaming #nerdlings

Its actually looking better now its fully dry. But the stones (from the cast) are a bit too uniform - kinda look a bit like breeze blocks 😆 The cast wasn't supposed to be ancient stonework so I can't really fault it. #nerdlings #miniature #scenery #pillage

Still on my journey to (re)learn miniature modelling. Sticking to scenery for now - because its ready. Not too unhappy with how this turned out (but not showing you the other side 😆🫣) - steps and paint to follow. #pillage #miniature #scenery #wall #learning