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Eric Kolb

@erickolb.me

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Millennial greybeard and World’s Okayest Miniature Painter. Here be dragons (and often the dungeons they’re found in), the occasional stars war, and other tabletop and board game geekery. Find me in #MiniaturePainting and #Booksky.

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Eric Kolb @erickolb.me · 12h

DuckBerg has been invaded by Texas’ National Guard and you’re cracking jokes?

Eric Kolb @erickolb.me · 2d

In the market for a good near-black metallic acrylic paint.

AP Warpaint Fanatics Gunmetal is a dark grey. I like it but I want something darker.

Turbo Dork's Six Shooter gives good results air brushed from primer but I not when trying to hand brush in small amounts.

Any recs? #MiniaturePainting

Eric Kolb @erickolb.me · 2d

Kind, but not nice.

Eric Kolb @erickolb.me · 4d

Thank you!

Eric Kolb @erickolb.me · 4d

Typo in the OP. Leader of a war *band*.

Eric Kolb @erickolb.me · 4d

You can get your own copy of this miniature here: www.etsy.com/listing/1300...

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Eric Kolb @erickolb.me · 4d

A closer view of some of the details of the figure. #MiniaturePainting #DnD #DescentIntoAvernus

A closer, on-level angle of the figure from the previous post. This view lets you see the demon’s face, the cover of the spell book, the medallions, and the staff.

An over the shoulder view of the spell book held by the figure in the previous post.

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Eric Kolb @erickolb.me · 4d

An amnizu, a greater devil in #DnD. This one is Thavius Kreeg in my #DescentIntoAvernus campaign; I brought him back in the finale as a leader of a war and rather than the cowering wimp he was written as. #MiniaturePainting

A painted miniature of an obese green demon with pointed ears and stubby wings too small to allow it to fly. He is bedecked in black robes with a leather breastplate and a green cloth stole. Golden/bronze spaulders are on his shoulders with a string of medallions from one to the other. He is wielding a metal staff. The head of the staff looks like radiant halos spiking outward from a small skull with glowing green gemstones for eyes in the center. In his other arm, he holds a demonic spell book bound in bloody human skin. He has his right foot on a toppled brick pillar and look forwards with a huge malicious grin.

An alternative angle of the same figure.
Here you can see the content of the spell book. The left page has lines of scribble text in brown and red. The right page depicts a magic circle in brown and red.

An alternative angle of the same figure.

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Eric Kolb @erickolb.me · 6d

The name of my company is raising questions that have already been answered by the name of my company.

Eric Kolb @erickolb.me · 7d

A+ four dimensional post.

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Jens von Bergmann @jensvb.bsky.social · 9d

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Eric Kolb @erickolb.me · 7d

Maybe not so much when we’re trying to drum up support for a “coalition of the willing” to go invade somewhere

Eric Kolb @erickolb.me · 7d

This is true but in the Beeb’s coverage of US affairs is usually evenly keeled.

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Eric Kolb @erickolb.me · 7d

Obligatory “rookie numbers” meme goes here

Eric Kolb @erickolb.me · 7d

What a weird way to describe jorts.

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Louise Sugden @roguehobbies.bsky.social · 8d

HERE HE IS!!

Its your favourite BIG mecha grandpa (but tiny)

I really pushed myself on this miniature & learned so so much by painting him as well as I could but also these minis slap and I HIGHLY recommend picking one up to paint!

Hell ye my two favourite hobbies combined!

#gundam #Warhammer

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Eric Kolb @erickolb.me · 8d

People have been sharing these videos of AI nostalgia trash or whatever garbage DHS is circulating, and what gives, folks? Haven’t you learned anything? Sharing the videos isn’t a dunk, it works FOR the creators.

Eric Kolb @erickolb.me · 12d

They’ll probably be tons of fun to paint too. There’s gotta be bootleg minis available already!

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Eric Kolb @erickolb.me · 13d

The heart of melodrama is the bag of groceries in the back of your car during the first turn out of the parking lot.
*swoons in groceries*

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Rob-The D20 Speakeasy @thed20speakeasy.bsky.social · 14d

Found this guy in a box while looking for monster minis for a diorama, figured fuck it, tis the season.
#minipainting #reaperminiatures

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EndoDragon @endodragon.itch.io · 14d

Shovel Knight done and painted! First serious attempt at OSL, lots to learn still as usual.

#blender #3dprinting #miniatures

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Eric Kolb @erickolb.me · 17d

a man in a yellow shirt is sitting in a chair holding a cup and pointing

Alt: Leonardo DiCaprio in a yellow shirt is sitting in a chair holding a cup and pointing

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Eric Kolb @erickolb.me · 17d

Trench Crusade is not my scene, but this wire-bound book of backdrops for tabletop photography of #MiniaturePainting is a really cool idea.

Jon at Handiwork Games @handiworkgames.bsky.social · 18d

Level up your miniatures photography with two books of @trenchcrusade.bsky.social-approved backdrops!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/han... #trenchcrusade

An image of some Trench Crusade miniatures against a new official Trench Crusade backdrop, showing a large ruined building in the distance.

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flumped @flumped.bsky.social · 19d

Wrapped up this guy, I really like how the colorful underpainting comes through 😎

#Warhammer #warhammerfantasy #ageofsigmar #chaos #miniaturepainting #miniatures #warhammercommunity

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Eric Kolb @erickolb.me · 20d

I tried them out and wrote about them here: bsky.app/profile/eric...

Eric Kolb @erickolb.me · 20d

If you’re curious about the new #ArmyPainter #Speedpaint Markers, I’m doing a thread here with my trial experimentation with them. #MiniaturePainting
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