@althetrowel.bsky.social
Reformed archaeologist, policy geek and gaming geek.
That was probably Dark Sphere’s old Waterloo branch in Lambeth. Other side of the river but only a 20 minute or so walk from Orc’s Nest. Unfortunately it closed during the pandemic.
11.04.2025 09:57 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0New branch of Element Games has just opened on Drury Lane near Covent Garden. That Orcs Nest and Forbidden Planet are all within 5-10 minutes of each other.
11.04.2025 08:52 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 0
A Rogue Trader Imperial Guard Commander painted with deep red armour and charcoal fatigues. Holding a plasma pistol in one hand and magnoculars in the other.
4 1990s era Atillan Rough Riders. Riders are dressed in red great coats riding dappled grey palomino horses
5 Space Marine Scouts from the 1990s Ultramarines game. 1 is a sergeant with pistol and chainsword, 1 has a heavy boltgun, the others have pistols and knives. Painted with dark olive armour and beige accents.
Ooh blast from the past I can do. Models are all from the last millennium, paint work early 2020s.
28.03.2025 10:37 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0With my painting skills, it is only art if doing a colouring in book was also art. Or maybe a paint by numbers kit. The majority of the artistic expression has been done by someone else. I’m following some techniques to create colourful game pieces.
For others, it definitely can be.
A Leman Russ Battle Tank in grey and red urban camouflage.
Tanks are chonky.
08.01.2025 00:45 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0www.warhammer.com/en-GB/shop/I...
Still available…
And proving even professional painters struggle with eyes!
A Space Marine Lieutenant in dark olive green Phobos armour
A Space Marine Captain in dark olive green Phobos armour
A Space Marine Blade Guard Lieutenant in dark olive green armour
A Space Marine Biologus Apothecary in white armour with dark olive green pauldrons.
My paint flinging massively slowed down in Autumn, but was really pleased with some of the characters I completed.
20.12.2024 12:37 — 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0I think it’s more like a quadrilemma / quintrilemma with having a
moderately balanced diet at 4 and effective school-age parenting at 5. Showing up for parents evenings, phonics workshops, nativities, sports days etc takes a chunk out of number 1.
A space marine chaplain in a natty shade of black on a motor bike.
How about a murder preacher on a bike?
15.11.2024 22:17 — 👍 15 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
An Imperial Guard Officer in red body armour and grey fatigues with a plasma pistol in one hand and binoculars in the other.
An Imperial Guard psyker with bushy eye brows and a deep red coat.
Squad 2 of the Warstovian Expeditionary regiment of the Imperial Guard, in red body armour with grey fatigues.
Old school Atillan Rough Riders in red jackets riding grey Palamino horses.
Ooo I have some red.
14.11.2024 19:53 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
An OG 90s Cawdor Gang painted in blue and red.
An old and dusty 90s Land Raider in Dark Angels colours.
A small force of Warhammer 40,000 Rogue Trader era and 2nd edition Space Marines in Dark Angels colours.
A mostly 90s triptych painted c. 1993-1996. A couple of newMunda gangers have snuck into shot.
20.09.2024 16:11 — 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
A Leman Russ Tank with grey and red urban camouflage
A Chimera transport with grey and red urban camouflage
An Infantry Squad in grey fatigues and red armour
The 1st Warstovian Expeditionaries like grey two ways with a splash of red.
06.09.2024 17:58 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0The whole episode is on 4OD. Watched it this morning.
22.05.2024 18:23 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Melange and a pastry from a Strock or Anker is my usual in Vienna, but normally there for work so just localising my commuter habits.
And if asked ‘Mit schlagobers’ is usually the right answer when getting hot chocolates or strudel.
