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Teacher, maker of things, army reservist, idle fellow. He/Him. I build commissions from time to time. Check out my blog if you like overthinking hobbies: https://warhammeradjacent.wordpress.com

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I swore loudly when it popped up.

06.08.2025 22:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Amazing, maybe that could be a space st Vincent where Poe disobeys orders and leaves the line to attack Thrawns flag but in so doing is unpredictable (unbalancing the meticulous Chiss) and buying the rest of the fleet an advantage.

06.08.2025 21:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh come on, surely we could have had space Copenhagen and space Nile?!

06.08.2025 18:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Quite, or that there are TTOs and countermeasures emerging all the time. It’s like the designer of the panzerfaust announcing that their millions of tubes will defeat allied armoured formations as though the crews, commanders and planners don’t get a say.

06.08.2025 13:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sure, but as you pointed out it’s performing the same role as conventional air power and artillery. That’s why I don’t buy this drones as a game changer idea, they are another tool and very useful but anyone who thinks they are an alternative to conventional forces is making a mistake.

06.08.2025 13:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

At which point conventional forces come in until the other side runs out (or you can destroy their capacity to build more). Ultimately it’s still a form of ablative armour surrounding g conventional forces.

06.08.2025 05:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Their argument presupposes nobody developing any sort of anti-drone countermeasures, jamming or indeed just having sufficient conventional resources to deal with the β€˜master plan’ they keep going on about like some sort of pound shop Bond villain.

05.08.2025 22:03 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What I don’t get is how these people can’t see that this ends up with two sides hurling cheap autonomous drones at each other until they run out and the side with the most effective conventional weapons wins.

05.08.2025 17:51 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Now less camouflaged @warlordgames.com Col Newman

05.08.2025 15:54 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just got back from a holiday near St Nazaire and to celebrate I made a start on this figure of Col Augustus Newman VC from @warlordgames.com

05.08.2025 13:02 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Linocut by Hazel McNab β€˜Last Light’
Size 47 x 64cm.
www.hazelmcnab.com/products/las...

05.08.2025 06:22 β€” πŸ‘ 138    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 0

Beautiful work from Matt!

03.08.2025 19:09 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Great article, maybe more policy should be based on data…

03.08.2025 07:17 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That’s what gets me, even in their resentment they sound so dumb!

02.08.2025 06:34 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

2 weeks away with t’army, almost 2 weeks away camping with my family; my god I need to paint something!

02.08.2025 06:30 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I think one of my summer projects will be planning a 4 day battlefield study to the crossing of the Po and battle of the Argenta Gap. Has anyone on here done such a tour?

01.08.2025 08:20 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Didn’t Slovenia have strong views on the Epstine files?

01.08.2025 08:19 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s Batman syndrome - he sees problems and wants to fix them but only in ways that make him look cool and exciting.

01.08.2025 07:21 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s a really neat demonstration of the fact that people see a lot of professions as β€˜content generation’. The human element doesn’t matter as long as the content gets generated. Everything else aside, that’s a route to a soulless society.

31.07.2025 17:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My beloved wife picked a camp site β€˜that should’nt have much military history nearby’

Oops…

30.07.2025 17:42 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We have a similar problem, I think the history of how we got here is pretty interesting but we should definitely spend more time studying the Argenta Gap than Rommel.

30.07.2025 07:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Airfix Ferret all done and nice and clean as I think it looks rather smart like thisβ€¦πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈπŸ‘

29.07.2025 15:27 β€” πŸ‘ 109    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 0

A mate of mine found one in a shed at Stowe school

29.07.2025 20:43 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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On holiday, there are bunkers!

27.07.2025 06:47 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you’re a student who can process information and use it to inform decisions without AI you’re really going to stand out among your peers at some point in the near future

26.07.2025 05:14 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That’s gorgeous!

22.07.2025 05:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

She did manage to knock me down

19.07.2025 18:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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nobody has. ever been this excited for me to come home

18.07.2025 22:20 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I remember our copy arriving and my dad going through highlighting stuff he intended to tape or watch. Then we were allowed a look.

14.07.2025 07:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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