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Chris Gibson

@chrisgibsonpaints.bsky.social

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This is my account for my painting and collecting wargames miniatures, as I don't want to "mix the streams". No time for racists, homophobes, transphobes. He/him.

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Chris Gibson @chrisgibsonpaints.bsky.social · 11d

In case you're interested I used these fonts for the zine that I couldn't print (lack of ink).
fonts.google.com/specimen/Jac... and
fontzone.net/font-details...

Jacquard 24 - Google Fonts

Jacquard is an expanded revival typeface from a Victorian needlepoint alphabet designed in Berlin by Heinrich Kuehn circa 1880. Designing typefaces for knitting

fonts.google.com

Chris Gibson @chrisgibsonpaints.bsky.social · 11d

My Ostermark mercenary warband, The Gilded Swine, flexed their muscles at an all day event in Newcastle the weekend. Here they are about to get minced by an undead warband playing the Street Fight scenario. Only one henchman failed to survive the post game so no harm done.

Lots of toy soldiers. One warband is grey and dark red, the other is dressed in yellow and magenta. They are battling in a crowded bottle neck caused by two staircases.

Chris Gibson @chrisgibsonpaints.bsky.social · 11d

Thanks for taking the time to reply.

Chris Gibson @chrisgibsonpaints.bsky.social · 11d

When I tapped out of the hobby, back in the late 1980s, Norse were an acceptable ally for Empire forces ( Ravening Hordes). When did they become only chaos tinged marauders?
Probability right after I left.

Chris Gibson @chrisgibsonpaints.bsky.social · 13d

Nice to meet you.
We will have to arrange a Pirate Vs Ostermarkers face off.

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Chris Gibson @chrisgibsonpaints.bsky.social · 17d

That tartan though

Kev Dallimore @kevdallimore.bsky.social · 17d

298. ‘Big Tam’ Frazer, Department X veteran, from 7TV Crooked Dice. (my second paint of him, Fraser tartan) All done in Foundry paints. Mix of brushes.

Chris Gibson @chrisgibsonpaints.bsky.social · 29d

The Stew Pan Clan assembles to head into Mordheim.
Minis from Old School Miniatures, with a backdrop from @handiworkgames.bsky.social

A group of 9 halflings armed with bows. They are dressed in red and green clothes.

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Chris Gibson @chrisgibsonpaints.bsky.social · Sep 25

D.I.N.G.

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Chris Gibson @chrisgibsonpaints.bsky.social · Sep 21

Thank you.

Chris Gibson @chrisgibsonpaints.bsky.social · Sep 18

Thanks

Chris Gibson @chrisgibsonpaints.bsky.social · Sep 18

Sometimes you just need to launch speed paint onto some metal to get the ball rolling again.
#nerdlings
#jhbackdrops

Two 28mm 'cultist' toy soldiers. They hold large axes, are dressed in black and red robes with metal masks over their head. The scene is in the desert with a ruined Egyptian statue in the midground and hills in the background.

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Chris Gibson @chrisgibsonpaints.bsky.social · Sep 4

Sylvester Stallone, best known for his performance as Subway Thug #1 in Bananas (1971)

Two men in leather jackets have a 3rd man cornered on a subway train.

Chris Gibson @chrisgibsonpaints.bsky.social · Sep 4

Cheese and onion bake?
#alienearth

Two men stand opposite each other. One holds a rectangular pastry.

Chris Gibson @chrisgibsonpaints.bsky.social · Sep 1

@handiworkgames.bsky.social is Mossy Bob on your roster of artists for background books? 😉 youtu.be/nlUYjbfwbLE?...

The Cheap Dragon Show Episode 9: Cheap Backgrounds or GM Screens (featuring Mossy Bob)

YouTube video by Cheap Dragons

youtu.be

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Chris Gibson @chrisgibsonpaints.bsky.social · Aug 5

For eons unmeasured great Cthulhu lay dreaming in his house at R'lyeh, emerging to devour the world ... From a happy meal on the M5

A blue, happy meal soft toy half in it's box. It has a smiling mouth under a tentacle nose.

Chris Gibson @chrisgibsonpaints.bsky.social · Aug 1

@badsquiddogames.bsky.social good morning. Let me be the umpteenth person to inform you that Bad Squiddo got a shout out in the new @tabletopminions.bsky.social video today! Woo hoo.
youtu.be/Dc9dkbgyKa8?...

Were the Wargaming "Good Old Days" REALLY That Good?

YouTube video by Tabletop Minions

youtu.be

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Chris Gibson @chrisgibsonpaints.bsky.social · Jul 31

Deploy emergency fez?

Chris Gibson @chrisgibsonpaints.bsky.social · Jul 28

Hobby brain switched from painting minis to scratch building terrain last week. I've got a ruined house and tower ready to be primed.

Chris Gibson @chrisgibsonpaints.bsky.social · Jul 21

I only found out about the Tripartite Indenture a couple of weeks ago, which I found surprising for the amount of time that I spent in Alnwick as a child en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripart...

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Chris Gibson @chrisgibsonpaints.bsky.social · Jul 19

Thanks. I now think I should have covered the bases too, to integrate them even more.

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Chris Gibson @chrisgibsonpaints.bsky.social · Jul 17

Always use steel to threaten a mystic.
Backdrop from the new desert book by @handiworkgames.bsky.social , midground scatter by @fenrisgames.com, minis from @northstarfigs.bsky.social

A fantasy scene of 2 toy soldiers. One is a person in a black robe holding a staff and raising the other hand stands opposite a person with a sword in one hand and musket in the other. They stand in a desert with a broken Egyptian statue in the background, with rolling dunes beyond that.

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Chris Gibson @chrisgibsonpaints.bsky.social · Jul 16

There's a written up internet protocol to use pigeons (or any bird I suppose), so...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_over...

Eleonor Piteira @eleonorpiteira.bsky.social · Jul 15

Googling 'how to train a carrier pigeon to carry a usb flash drive across the planet'

Chris Gibson @chrisgibsonpaints.bsky.social · Jul 2

Here are a couple of miniatures from The Egyptian Unit for #Silverbayonet. Although I love that the versatile Sci-Fi backdrop book can be used for Egypt, I'm looking forward to having options.

Two Napoleonic era 28mm toy soldiers. They have turbans and red jackets. One has a blunderbuss, the other a musket.

Chris Gibson @chrisgibsonpaints.bsky.social · Jul 2

Deserts! Hot.

Chris Gibson @chrisgibsonpaints.bsky.social · Jun 27

Painted this marvellous wendigo, my first #moonstone figure, a few weeks ago. Then he waited patiently on my table until I got around to putting a twig (log) on his base for him to crawl over.

A humanoid with an animal skull for a head crawling along the ground: face on.

A humanoid with an animal skull for a head crawling along the ground: right hand side

A humanoid with an animal skull for a head crawling along the ground: left hand side