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Tickle me Elrond @ingheanrowan.bsky.social · 11h

Repping the nation of Rauatai for the @jesawyer.bsky.social panel at PAX Aus.

I'm dressed as an amaua Rauataian sailor. I've painted myself blue and am wearing a blue tunic with a red geometric pattern.

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Tickle me Elrond @ingheanrowan.bsky.social · 4d

As a largish woman warrior with a fairly square jaw I feel very seen.

Andy Claaaaaarrrghhhhk, Nerdling Herder @andycruns.bsky.social · 6d

Errrrr

#Nerdlings #TheEmperorExpects

A pair of new space marine heads that feel like they skew female

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Tickle me Elrond @ingheanrowan.bsky.social · 10d

So, if you're in a situation where your partner thinks the thing that brings you joy is stupid and a waste of time, that's an unhealthy relationship. But also I suspect most straight Warhammer guys think it's just the natural order of things because they understand Warhammer to be a men's hobby.

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Tickle me Elrond @ingheanrowan.bsky.social · 10d

But also I was with a partner who initially thought my hobby was pretty cool but later started trying to shame me for it. It sucked and it's part of the reason I stopped doing it for like 5 years.

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Tickle me Elrond @ingheanrowan.bsky.social · 10d

I meet people who are in this situation sometimes and it's not funny, it's really sad.

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Tickle me Elrond @ingheanrowan.bsky.social · 10d

I guess ultimately the "joke" is decades of neoliberalism have made the traditional life goals inaccessible to most millennials and some of them are relying on games to give their life meaning and that's creating tension with their partners.

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Tickle me Elrond @ingheanrowan.bsky.social · 10d

GW playing into it is basically saying "lol we created an impulse to buy masses of overpriced plastic and that's driving resentment in heterosexual couples what a great prank"

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Tickle me Elrond @ingheanrowan.bsky.social · 10d

I can't stand this "joke". It boils down to "ha ha my partner resents my uncontrolled spending on my hobby and I've committed to being involved in a family and I resent how that's taking time away from my hobby isn't that FUNNY!?"

Dicey "Marine Hater Prime" June @diceyjune.bsky.social · 11d

Speaking of nonmedies, can the warhammer content creators knock it off with the "ermahgahd my wife(specifically WIFE. Not spouse) hates it when I buy warhammer" jokes.

That dead horse has been beaten. It's been beaten so often and so long that it's now just a pile of dust and hair.

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Tickle me Elrond @ingheanrowan.bsky.social · 11d

2 real

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Tickle me Elrond @ingheanrowan.bsky.social · 11d

Less durchlaufen more thirstlaufen

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Tickle me Elrond @ingheanrowan.bsky.social · 11d

Liechtenauer is very clear on the bit about revering women.

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Tickle me Elrond @ingheanrowan.bsky.social · 15d

I'm not complaining, there's just a very clear pattern happening here.

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Tickle me Elrond @ingheanrowan.bsky.social · 16d

Oldhammer enthusiast challenge: post an an Instagram reel with music by someone other than Bolt Thrower

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Tickle me Elrond @ingheanrowan.bsky.social · 19d

I'd better start learning the words

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Tickle me Elrond @ingheanrowan.bsky.social · 22d

Not quite finished but I'm pretty happy with the fire I did on this acolyte.

A miniature of an inquisitorial acolyte. They wear an orange robe and goggles. They have a flaming brazier on their back and their left arm has been replaced with a brazier. Their right arm has been replaced with a flamer.

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Tickle me Elrond @ingheanrowan.bsky.social · 28d

Ask not for whom the hurdie gurdies. It gurdies for thee.

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Tickle me Elrond @ingheanrowan.bsky.social · 28d

Of course the advantage of having an all metal army is you could play Warhammer outside on a day like this.

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Tickle me Elrond @ingheanrowan.bsky.social · Sep 9

Underground Love to the tune of Smoke City's Underwater Love

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Tickle me Elrond @ingheanrowan.bsky.social · Sep 9

I don't often say inject this directly into my veins but INJECT THIS DIRECTLY INTO MY VEINS

Star Wars Holocron @swholocron.bsky.social · Sep 8

ANDOR creator Tony Gilroy likes the idea of a Kleya and Vel ‘Nazi hunters’ spin-off series in which the duo hunt after former Imperials following the fall of the Empire with the assistance of Dedra Meero in a Hannibal Lector-esque role.

(Source: youtu.be/mGBXFWvPRsE?...)

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Tickle me Elrond @ingheanrowan.bsky.social · Sep 9

Things I didn't realise I needed until just now.

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Tickle me Elrond @ingheanrowan.bsky.social · Sep 9

I'd call them the strong and the weak but I've never heard those terms for these parts outside of HEMA.

Tickle me Elrond @ingheanrowan.bsky.social · Sep 1

I think Victoria Police need to answer some questions about how and why a Neo-Nazi mob were allowed to engage in a race riot yesterday.

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Tickle me Elrond @ingheanrowan.bsky.social · Aug 28

Rogue Trader era art of space marines frisking a punk. There's graffiti on the wall and the punk is facing it with his arms and legs spread. It's probably a reference to the Romans go home scene from Life of Brian. It also has a distinct homoerotic undertone.

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Tickle me Elrond @ingheanrowan.bsky.social · Aug 28

Same joke but it's Warhammer 40,000: Rough Trader

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Tickle me Elrond @ingheanrowan.bsky.social · Aug 28

Space marines in lipstick and mascara.

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