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@archaeonick.bsky.social

PhD researcher | painting minis | digging holes and setting fire to things, sometimes in that order | avatar by @runawayballista | he/him | no pasarán

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a game of Warhammer age of Sigmar being played on a floor, with the edges of the playing area demarcated with black tape. the majority of models are unpainted grey plastic.

a game of Warhammer age of Sigmar being played on a floor, with the edges of the playing area demarcated with black tape. the majority of models are unpainted grey plastic.

lots of photos of the #warhammer equivalent of jumpers for goalposts

25.07.2025 15:26 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

chatting about a game and a hobby that has occupied a load of mental space for five(!) years now. it's a good read! go read it!

25.07.2025 15:24 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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5 ½ Moments when Alcohol Shaped the World Podcast · University of Sheffield Player · A historical podcast series about human interactions with alcohol.

engaging, though-provoking, and like all the best podcasts uses a single topic as a window to shed light on the depth and breadth of human experience. They're all excellent but episode 1 and 2 are especially engaging open.spotify.com/show/2kCYrRK...

19.06.2025 09:39 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
The Spare Trousers joker from balatro

The Spare Trousers joker from balatro

I would love to say Flush Five but in my heart of hearts I know it to be Two Pair

15.06.2025 15:18 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Meet Dominic Sandbrook, historian and Fellow of the Royal Historical Society making an argument here for continuing to drink from skulls.
The context being that Worcester College academics had been drinking from a cup made from the skull of an enslaved Caribbean woman born ~ 225 years ago.

26.04.2025 18:31 — 👍 99    🔁 27    💬 15    📌 7

extremely funny to see all of seven (7) terfs at today's protest. truly, there are many many more of us than you

19.04.2025 15:21 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

[only reading the first sentence] I'm extremely excited to base large parts of my personality on your new media franchise and get many tattoos that are lifted directly from it

18.04.2025 13:50 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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I can't look away bsky.app/profile/worl...

11.04.2025 09:07 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

[opening antiquated tomb] hm. this promises "death shall come on swift wings". but I'm built different

04.04.2025 22:53 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

world heritage site world cup, you say...?

04.04.2025 15:31 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Should have thought of Colleen Morgan! Thanks, your chapter on Town of Light is really helpful on this actually. I look forward to your findings!

04.04.2025 10:59 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
A Cyclops miniature from the Battletech setting, painted white with an orange stripe.

A Cyclops miniature from the Battletech setting, painted white with an orange stripe.

A Cyclops miniature from the Battletech setting, painted white with an orange stripe.

A Cyclops miniature from the Battletech setting, painted white with an orange stripe.

robot hours are continuing, apothecary white and battlemechs were simply made for each other

03.04.2025 15:56 — 👍 17    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

really enjoyed both your essay and the published article you linked on Wurm Online, thanks! reading what you wrote about the physical / virtual dichotomy got me thinking - do you know of any researchers using sensory archaeological approaches to video game archaeology?

03.04.2025 11:24 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

it's the @goonhammer.com writeups that got me interested in the game!

01.04.2025 18:45 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

the Banshee is real, and strong, and they're my friend

01.04.2025 13:47 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
 a banshee miniature for the Battletech miniatures game.

a banshee miniature for the Battletech miniatures game.

it is time for robot

01.04.2025 08:08 — 👍 22    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 1
Screenshot of tweet by @macarthurboyd. most people: i find it really difficult to access the health service in a meaningful way

keir starmer: the tenets of ninjitsu warfare will be eradicated from these lands, by decree of the shogun

Screenshot of tweet by @macarthurboyd. most people: i find it really difficult to access the health service in a meaningful way keir starmer: the tenets of ninjitsu warfare will be eradicated from these lands, by decree of the shogun

29.03.2025 09:38 — 👍 22    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

I missed that, I'll have to catch up!

14.03.2025 15:41 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Save 40% on Shadows of Doubt on Steam An immersive sandbox detective stealth game set in a fully simulated sci-fi noir city of crime and corruption. Think like a private investigator and take on jobs to earn cash on your path to catching ...

Shadows of Doubt! Proc gen immersive sim where you piece together clues about suspects to solve murders in a noir world dripping with cyberpunk. store.steampowered.com/app/986130/S...

14.03.2025 08:39 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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my man built like N64 Pierce Brosnan

13.03.2025 19:23 — 👍 21    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

don't worry, I'm sure they will, just like has happened with film and television - ah. nevertheless,

05.03.2025 16:40 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

wishing many people a healthcare CEO moment

02.03.2025 13:03 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhHHHHHHHHHH

02.03.2025 12:38 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

play warmaster. play warmaster! play warmaster!!!!!!!

05.02.2025 14:06 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Goonhammer Talks Rank And Flank A lot of our writers enjoy lining up little painted weirdos in rectangles and shuffling them around tabletops, and today we’ve got a roundtable of our writers talking about systems...

A lot of our writers enjoy lining up little painted weirdos in rectangles and shuffling them around tabletops, and today we’ve got a roundtable of our writers talking about systems...

04.02.2025 17:00 — 👍 36    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1
the new vampire lord on nightmare model for Warhammer age of Sigmar. Notably there are two grinning skeletons emerging from the base

the new vampire lord on nightmare model for Warhammer age of Sigmar. Notably there are two grinning skeletons emerging from the base

Close up of the two skeletons, each with a cheeky grin

Close up of the two skeletons, each with a cheeky grin

all of the announced models are excellent but I'm particularly enamoured with these two Statler and Waldorf motherfuckers

17.01.2025 09:34 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Extremely excellent game with @shitpost.dev fielding the Catapult That Would Not Die, despite the best efforts of a Wasp with a thousand shivs (6 small lasers)

18.11.2024 11:42 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
6 battlemechs march across the desert

6 battlemechs march across the desert

The Canopians ride out again, this time with a slightly heavier lance fighting @archaeonick.bsky.social‘s Mercenary lance.

#battletech

17.11.2024 15:15 — 👍 10    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 1
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How To Paint Everything: Age of Sigmar Spearhead Terrain Whether you’re a die-hard fan or the launch of the 4th edition has made you Sigmar-curious, one of the most exciting additions to Warhammer Age of Sigmar has been the introduction of a new way to p…

reappearing to say: my article on how to paint Spearhead terrain for @goonhammer.bsky.social is now live! you'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll discover rats in places you'd swear there were never rats before.
www.goonhammer.com/how-to-paint...

#warhammer
#warhammercommunity
#ageofsigmar

05.09.2024 13:09 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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