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Mike Everest
@britishbersagliere.bsky.social
Wrestling, History, Metal, Wargames, RPGs, Toy Soldiers, Italian and British Great War.

Nerd.

He/Him
First 12 Morannon Orcs bashed out. Not going to lie, my intention with my ‘evil’ armies for LOTR is to take time on the big characters and pieces, and then absolutely rip through painting a million orcs for it. Lots of baddies for the heroes to chop through!

#lotr
#wargaming
December 15, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Oliver Cromwell gets ready for his position on our tree. An annual tradition.

Yes I’m aware he actually enjoyed a good party :D
December 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Cracking pose on this Gamling figure. I’ll be powering through a big pile of Morannon orcs soon as well.

#lotr
#wargaming
December 14, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Took a punt on some 3D printed buildings from ‘Highland3D Printing’. These are their Berlin appartment blocks. I think they came out really well for my Berlin Brigade stuff!

#teamyankee
#wargaming
December 13, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Crikey. @speedballbailey.bsky.social Vs Kyle Fletcher may very well be tipping into my top three matches of the year. What an absolute belter wrestling match!

#aew
#wrestling
December 13, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Absolutely without fail, if I push a pull door, I say 'school for the gifted there'
as a fOrMeR giFtEd KiD this was a huge hit when the teacher hung it up in the enrichment room in the second grade
December 12, 2025 at 8:21 PM
101 Forward control for the Berlin Brigade all ready. Big thanks to seb for the modular print (the canvas top has a roll up side for Rapier missiles as an option). This one will be a FOO.

Infantry and 432 for scale in the pics.

#wargaming
#teamyankee
December 10, 2025 at 8:05 PM
All finished! ‘He’s on me!’
‘I’m on him’ all finished for my dad. A trio of fighters from tumbling dice models.

Light isn’t great in my house, but waiting for a break in the rain in daylight outside means… March.

#ww2 #micromodelling
December 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
The series this picture comes from is one of the best sets of ATS shots from the war. I love the look of ‘got you, you bastard’ on her face.
#OTD in 1942. ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service) Corporal Vivian Ashby was engaged on the plotting of the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau during the Channel action. #WW2 #HISTORY
December 8, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Rohan Royal Guard. Tricky figures to paint I found. I’ve never been great at doing all the shimmering metallic stuff and the notion of spending 50 hours in purgatory doing NMM on scale armour isn’t for me. Green cloaks have come out well, though fighting in something that long is ill advised!
#lotr
December 8, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Finished these last night. Arguably my favourite models GW ever produced. Eowyn the shield maiden, and Eowyn in the battle for Helms deep. I’ve painted them loads of times before, but these are specifically for MESBG next year. No surprises, im doing Rohan.

#LOTR
#wargamjng
December 6, 2025 at 9:49 AM
WIP of my dads Xmas present. It will have 3 aircraft fighting over the South Downs far below. Rookie mistake of not ordering enough Perspex rod, but that’s an easy fix that I can get more by next week.

Me109 chaser is complete and the saviour spitfire ready too. Not long now!

#ww2
#diorama
December 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM
With a voice like a Melodic Siege engine that crushes ancient walls in its wake. Nina lead Lowen last night into an astounding set of Sumerian doom metal.

Life affirming shit. Felt the emotion and sound wave push into the pillar behind me.

Incredible music.

#metal
#ancient
December 5, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Recently, one of our players completed a campaign with her first character. During the game, her characters Mentor was slain in the final battle in a moving scene.

I comissioned @carnaby.bsky.social to make a stained glass window of him as a Birthday gift for her.

Absolutely amazing.

#realart
December 3, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Rapier Missile systems. I’ve done them in a park in Berlin to give a bit of colour. The cables are made from pipe cleaners I removed the fluff off. Lovely models!

#wargaming
#berlinbrigade
December 1, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve been to:
Steeleye Span (1st)
Megadeth
Anthrax (best)
Public Service Broadcasting
Castle Rat (most recent)
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to:
AC/DC
Paul Weller
Deep Purple
Joe Bonamassa
Rammstein
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve been to:
Madness
Marillion
Pink Floyd
Depeche Mode
Roxy Music
November 27, 2025 at 8:31 PM
This is really powerful. Six months after I got together with my now wife, she was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma. We are now nearly 20 years down the line. I’ll never forget the feeling 2 weeks before our wedding in 13, her official cure report coming in.

Good tears.

A ride I never want again
November 26, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Hadleys hope? Seems like an absolutely okay place to work until retirement.

Playing the new Alien roleplay game. Absolutely gorgeous art as per and the book looks like an 80s Haynes Manual. Perfect.

#ttrpg
#alien
November 25, 2025 at 8:03 PM
‘What’s your location?’
‘Passing a BMW on the Potzdammer strasse!’

All four on the floor!

Buccaneers ready to rock for Team Yankee.

These guys look absolutely badass!

#teamyankee
#berlinbrigade
November 20, 2025 at 6:28 PM
‘I don’t know what it is but it’s weird and it’s pissed off’

This is awful
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 10:34 AM
‘Hello control we are at cruising altitude on the Autobahn to Berlin now. Just about to overtake a Mercedes’ in the fast lane’

Buccaneer number one table ready. Got some hazard markings to paint on, but otherwise, this one is ready!

#teamyankee
November 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Berlin Brigade air support thundering in at 0 feet.

Blackburn Buccaneers in 1:144 scale for team Yankee. Game wise, these will be stand ins for Harriers.

Fantastic 3D prints from Quentin, a chum who was with me at Warfare today in Farnborough!

#wargaming
#airpower
November 15, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Reposted by Mike Everest
did not expect the site of Thomas Beckett’s murder to be memorialized in a fashion that is quite so fucking metal
November 12, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Wolfgang and his Bratty wagon! The absolute staple and legend of Soltau. Master of manhandling his Mercedes’ grill van across the tank rutted training grounds of west Germany. Supplying enough Sausage and cold Pils to the soldiers of the BAOR that he paid for a caravan park for his daughter!

#15mm
November 13, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Jamie Hayter is the Wrestling Equivalent of a 9.2 Inch Howitzer. Absolutely magnificent levels of violence on Blood and Guts last night on @aewontv.bsky.social

#Wrestling
November 13, 2025 at 7:29 PM