Behold, Vocat Cataegis. My full scale reaver titan. The work of months, I tried today to get some decent photos of it, but goodness it's hard. So please enjoy this 360 turnaround. #nerdlings #paintingMiniatures #adeptusTitanicus #warhammerCommunity #horusHeresy #yesThatIsAnEntireKnightOnTheBase

I have nearly finished my work on Vocat Cataegis, my full scale reaver titan. In the process of building it I’ve taken nearly 150 photos. Tomorrow is photo day for the titan, but I hope you might enjoy this peak into the construction process. #nerdlings #warhammerCommunity #paintingMiniatures

I painted these prototype Compact tanks for Hypersteel Nightmare (still on the docket for production, the last few months have been rough) #nerdlings #findFolkFriday #paintingMiniatures #hypersteelNightmare

Escutcheon of Charles V of Spain https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/12075

DOOMSPIRALL www.kickstarter.com/projects/sou...

So Royal Mail have finally started to charge for collections again, which on the one hand is fair. And it's only 30p, but the fact they do it in a separate transaction means if I'm only shipping one thing, surely it's costing them more to charge me than they're getting.

“Nothing is inevitable” – @cj.shearwood.games #PyConUK

It is day one of @pyconuk.org and I’m very excited to get started with the first day of talks. And more than a little nervous about my own talk at 4:30 on the main stage. Feedback from the rehearsals has been good, although both groups did point out that I can’t call Manchester the Midlands.

Always lovely to see Hypersteel Nightmare in the wild. Ever wanted a breakdown of how the game works? Listen here:

Vocat Cataegis (my reaver titan) is almost complete. There's still a few minor details here and there as well as the base left to finish. I feel like the base maybe needs something more though. What do you think? #warhammerCommunity #paintingWarhammer #horusHeresy #nerdlings #adeptusTitanicus

Vocat Cataegis (my reaver titan) is almost complete. There's still a few minor details here and there as well as the base left to finish. I feel like the base maybe needs something more though. What do you think? #warhammerCommunity #paintingWarhammer #horusHeresy #nerdlings #adeptusTitanicus

Vocat Cataegis is nearing completion! I'm not going to have her finished for the weekend, but it's geting very exciting. #paintingWarhammer #horusHeresy #nerdlings #warhammerCommunity #miniatures #paintingMiniatures

Another "where's the AI code?" question: where's the shovelware? If AI coding is so hot, we should be seeing a flood of crappy little apps, and we aren't. mikelovesrobots.substack.com/p/wheres-the... note this post is from a huge AI bro too

Continuing work on my reaver titan Vocat Cataegis. Spent last night working on the top plate and rendering out all the details here, but still need to write the titan's name on the scrollwork. #paintingWarhammer #horusHeresy #warhammerCommunity #nerdlings #paintingMiniatures

(To the tune of Modern Major General) 🎶 He is the very model of a mini wargames general, He's miniatures of plastic, resin and of old cast white metal. He knows the forms of warhammer and can quote the rules historical, From Marathon to Anvillus, in any scale imaginable, 🧵

Vocat Cataegis might not be walking yet, but her cockpit is nearly done. #warhammerCommunity #nerdlings #paintingMiniatures #adeptusTitanicus

Vocat Cataegis might not be walking yet, but her cockpit is nearly done. #warhammerCommunity #nerdlings #paintingMiniatures #adeptusTitanicus

To celebrate Hypersteel Nightmare being available on Wargames Vault, the PDF is 20% off for the rest of August www.wargamevault.com/product/5328... or hypersteelnightmare.com/product/hype...

It is desperately unfair that I really want a cup of tea, but I know that if I drink a cup of tea that I will either catch fire or melt. Or both.

hypersteelnightmare.com/2025/08/13/g... Are you interested in Hypersteel Nightmare but maybe don't know where to start? Our new How To guide will give you everything you need to know to get started.

With Hypersteel Meatgrinder about to enter layout, we'll be looking for review outlets for it, and for the core game Hypersteel Nightmre. If you are interested, email us at [email protected] or reach out here on Bsky and we'll see if we can make something work. #wargames #indie #miniatures

I'm still very proud of Hypersteel Nightmare, and the new infantry expansion is due out later this year, and so there's never been a better time to get started with tiny tank (and mech, and plane) combat.

This week we’ve got some of our new Sci-Fi ranges for your Monday Motivation, absolutely fantastic work on show here by Connor Shearwood. #mondaymotivation #10mm #pendraken

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I needed some more colour in my heresy collection, so I'm looking at making an Emperor's Children allied force. Started the test marine last night, and one of the things this force is going to do is have entirely bare heads. #warhammerCommunity #nerdlings #paintingMiniatures #horusHeresy

Ahhhhhhhh fuck it I'm pushing the button !!! Please repost, back & tell your friends ?! 🥰 www.kickstarter.com/projects/mol...

to disable the fucking AI chatbot in Firefox: * go to about:config * set browser.ml.chat.enabled to false

So last week a tiny RPG system came to me in a dream and I decided to finally write it down, after using it run a quick oneshot with @richarddcoates.bsky.social. Behold Overshoot, a one page TTRPG, all you need is eight D6, six cards from a standard deck and some way of tracking your characters.

So last week a tiny RPG system came to me in a dream and I decided to finally write it down, after using it run a quick oneshot with @richarddcoates.bsky.social. Behold Overshoot, a one page TTRPG, all you need is eight D6, six cards from a standard deck and some way of tracking your characters.

No, Adobe, an AI summary of this dress pattern PDF will not, in fact, save me time.

Nearly finished on these wall panels for the Reaver titan interior, books are now fully painted and just awaiting weathering, and the second wall panel has the second Easter egg in the form of doom. #warhammerCommunity #horusHeresy #miniatures #paintingMiniatures #nerdlings

Nearly finished on these wall panels for the Reaver titan interior, books are now fully painted and just awaiting weathering, and the second wall panel has the second Easter egg in the form of doom. #warhammerCommunity #horusHeresy #miniatures #paintingMiniatures #nerdlings

When I found a pub with an inverted normal map. (If you understand what this means, you have to repost.)

More reaver progress tonight: painted the two weapon servitors, and installed one of them in the wall panel. Next up is weathering and final details on the wall panel, and then I can move on to the other side. #warhammerCommunity #miniatures #paintingMiniatures #adeptusTitanicus #nerdlings

More reaver progress tonight: painted the two weapon servitors, and installed one of them in the wall panel. Next up is weathering and final details on the wall panel, and then I can move on to the other side. #warhammerCommunity #miniatures #paintingMiniatures #adeptusTitanicus #nerdlings

Getting started on painting the reaver titan, starting with the interior. And starting the interior with one of the side panels. Painted in a dirty off white, it's about half done, and also includes the first of (hopefully many) easter eggs.

Getting started on painting the reaver titan, starting with the interior. And starting the interior with one of the side panels. Painted in a dirty off white, it's about half done, and also includes the first of (hopefully many) easter eggs.

Could you help us out? It's been one of the quietest months in a decade, and partly I believe it's because people don't know we exist! Hi! I'm Annie! I run Bad Squiddo Games! We hand sculpt & hand cast 28mm scale models of women, critters, scenics & occasionally a man! www.badsquiddogames.com

There's a lot of awesome stuff planned to come out from @epigram.games in the next couple of months, and even secret things not mentioned here.

Leg day has finally come to an end! It’s taken longer than I was hoping but the Reaver Titan legs are now fundamentally built. The armour panels are being kept separate and it will have a couple of its joints reinforced before I start painting it, but it’s progress! #warhammerCommunity #horusHeresy

The games design counterpart is we make up rules for the guy, and then get mad that he doesn’t behave in play how we expected him to.

It's been a month since UKGE, so it's time for an update on the State of the Epigram, the new periodic column on all things past and future here at Epigram Games: hypersteelnightmare.com/2025/07/04/s... This time: UKGE, miniatures, medals and new rules!

I didn't like having to write this at all.

Something that keeps coming to mind is that whilst I don't want all MPs to strictly be solicitors, I would like it if the people who made our laws understood how the law works, and understood what the laws they pass actually did.

Interstellar visitor confirmed. #A11pl3Z is now known as 3I/ATLAS. It is only the third confirmed object from beyond our solar system.

Luv to discover Sendgrid has discontinued their free tier because emails didn't send.

So I've got a talk this year at Pycon UK, talking about the history of the luddites, and how it applies to modern software development. I had a very rough early draft, but in the 3 months since I wrote it, a lot has changed and I'm finding it harder to end it on a productive note.

Those of you who've followed me for a while know I generally only run a sale for an unplanned expense, not for regular bills like workshop rent or materials. So here's a 20% discount to help me pay for an unexpected emergency vet bill for Fenris co-pilot Oz. Use code OZVET20 at checkout. Thankyou.

I am looking for a short piece of heavy metal music to license (paid) for a project, and I would love to get it from a small indie band. If anyone has any recommendations, I am all ears. Reach out here or at [email protected]. Reposts for reach appreciated.