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@lukeshaw.bsky.social

I write for Warhammer Community, and I also do other things. All views my own, naturally.

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Wasn't he in Solo?

10.08.2025 17:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A limited edition copy of the novel โ€˜Abraxia: Spear of the Everchosenโ€™ by Chris Thursten. A stylised relief depicts a horned woman in armour flanked by a burning spear and her war-beast.

A limited edition copy of the novel โ€˜Abraxia: Spear of the Everchosenโ€™ by Chris Thursten. A stylised relief depicts a horned woman in armour flanked by a burning spear and her war-beast.

Black Library do such lovely work with these limited edition hardcovers and itโ€™s really exciting to see my first in the wild. Abraxia: Spear of the Everchosen is up for preorder next Saturday!

10.08.2025 17:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 98    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Congrats! Glad you enjoyed it. Store staff are all lovely, my partner started at HQ recently and enjoys manning the painting station a lot.

10.08.2025 12:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I enjoy any hobby I choose to do myself, that isnโ€™t on a deadline. So I sympathise with you.

10.08.2025 12:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

but my enemies? Scoundrels who must be brought to account - you can help for the low cost of a paypal donation.

10.08.2025 12:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐ŸšจHAPPENING NOW: Hundreds arrested in Parliament Square in protest organised by Defend Our Juries

The arrest of otherwise peaceful protesters is a violation of the UKโ€™s international obligations to protect the rights of freedom of expression and assembly.

1/3

09.08.2025 16:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 529    ๐Ÿ” 280    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 27    ๐Ÿ“Œ 48

Completely cracked. Pensioners and people quietly holding signs arrested for terrorism. Completely spineless.

Seem to remember a very different result to the Far Right riots earlier in the year.

10.08.2025 07:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A photo from the game Scrandle where players have to vote on which food item got more people saying it was scran, than not. On the left is a piece of bread with a suggestion of cheese named "Cheese Panini" on the right "Sausage and Bread", which is correctly attributed to a lonely slice of bread with forlorn sausage next to it.

A photo from the game Scrandle where players have to vote on which food item got more people saying it was scran, than not. On the left is a piece of bread with a suggestion of cheese named "Cheese Panini" on the right "Sausage and Bread", which is correctly attributed to a lonely slice of bread with forlorn sausage next to it.

Scrandle may be the finest game that exists on the world wide web.

09.08.2025 21:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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ๅคงใใชใŠๅฐปใ€‚ใŒใ‚“ใผใ‚‹ใžใ„ใ€‚

translation:
I have a large buttocks.

09.08.2025 23:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 125    ๐Ÿ” 29    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Somehow the ""cheese" "panini"" won against an actual panini with cheese in i t later. The people have no taste.

09.08.2025 21:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A photo from the game Scrandle where players have to vote on which food item got more people saying it was scran, than not. On the left is a piece of bread with a suggestion of cheese named "Cheese Panini" on the right "Sausage and Bread", which is correctly attributed to a lonely slice of bread with forlorn sausage next to it.

A photo from the game Scrandle where players have to vote on which food item got more people saying it was scran, than not. On the left is a piece of bread with a suggestion of cheese named "Cheese Panini" on the right "Sausage and Bread", which is correctly attributed to a lonely slice of bread with forlorn sausage next to it.

Scrandle may be the finest game that exists on the world wide web.

09.08.2025 21:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

People tell me that Solovair boots are the ones to get!

08.08.2025 23:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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08.08.2025 15:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

what a face!

08.08.2025 12:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Marc Maron is absolutely right here

08.08.2025 08:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 596    ๐Ÿ” 187    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
four small warhammer dirty metal shields with with bone and skin replacing heraldry

four small warhammer dirty metal shields with with bone and skin replacing heraldry

Did a little work on some resplendent heraldic shields tonight.

#WarhammerCommunity

07.08.2025 22:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 32    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is an attempt to remove trans people from public life and no other spin on it should be accepted.

08.08.2025 08:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 316    ๐Ÿ” 164    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Yeah, the 50/50 Yriel/Skrag and Macragge/Calgar bottles are common.

Andy from the WH+ army and battlefield team has dozens of custom mixes on his desk for speed painting too. Pre-thinned Rhinox!

08.08.2025 09:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It was quite common back in the day for Forge World painters who weren't on the 'Eavy Metal team to use those paints, but these days it's nearly all Citadel - but the Archive does suggest a few alternatives that might be useful in terms of consistency/quality.

08.08.2025 08:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think it's a very interesting topic and I would also love to see a wider array of recipes more easily accessible.

I think with the EM team being much bigger now (but still incredibly busy) it's a bit different to the days of Mike McVey or Darren L and Tom W listing off recipes.

08.08.2025 08:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It is helpful for that yep, but I think they can be as restrictive as the can be helpful if all you take away is a list of paints. Youโ€™re an artistic guy whoโ€™s done lots of fantasist stuff outside of miniature painting so I imagine you sidestep that a little!

08.08.2025 08:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Painting Ushoran โ€“ How โ€™Eavy Metal Paid Tribute to the Mad King - Warhammer Community A paint job fit for a Mortarch.

which is why articles and videos they cover them tend to be long, cos the though process behind it all is as important as the final recipes.

Hereโ€™s one I did for Ushoran a few years ago:

www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articl...

08.08.2025 08:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A colour, glazed down twice, highlighted up a few times - perhaps with some glazing - with mixed that desaturate/warm/cool the final tone for colour theory reasons, and rendered to match the materiel. Simply following the steps without the theory is skipping a lotโ€ฆ

08.08.2025 08:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Also as someone who spends a lot of time hanging out in the Infernal Brush discord a common thread is people asking for recipes before trying their own or applying a recipe from another mini - itโ€™s a bit like cooking in that for the pro chefs theyโ€™re guidelines based on principlesโ€ฆ

08.08.2025 08:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Using wholesale other brands here and there a lot would probably cause issues with finish and if youโ€™ve seen EM stuff in person they always have a remarkably consistent finish despite rarely being varnished (for photography reasons)

08.08.2025 08:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Having spoken to the team many times, theyโ€™re mixing lots of Citadel - stuff like the deepkin flesh and death guard green paints were based on mixes they developed in-house for those ranges, for example.

Infernal Brush used Citadel, but sometimes with his own preferences mixed in here and there.

08.08.2025 08:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I didnโ€™t see the second post at time to response! ๐Ÿ˜

I imagine itโ€™s largely down to time. Interviews, articles and videos that cover this stuff adequately take a long time, for a small audience, but theyโ€™re clearly getting more popular so maybe it will be expanded upon one day.

08.08.2025 08:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The YouTube channel is just aimed at a lower level, because most people donโ€™t want to do the endless mixing and glazing required, and EM recipes only get you so far unless you can replicate the brush control and principals behind them. Which is what CCM is for on WH+.

08.08.2025 07:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
'Eavy Archive An unofficial collection of accurate paint schemes!

โ€™Eavy Metal recipes are shared from
time to time on WarCom, in White Dwarf, and Citadel Colour Masterclass.

Thereโ€™s loads of them collected by on eavy-archive.com

08.08.2025 07:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

just a twisted little glimpse into the dark minds at Capcom. A full look would make anyone go insane, haha.

07.08.2025 23:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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