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My gaming con: www.hotlead.ca
Distracting myself from the collapse of one empire by painting figures for the collapse of another.
@wargamesatlantic.bsky.social 3rd century Romans and Goths. 3 units for #Midgard #SpreadtheLard #wargaming
Inks tomorrow night, then metal bits and touch ups before shields and bases.
@wargamesatlantic.bsky.social 3rd century Romans and Goths. 3 units for #Midgard #SpreadtheLard #wargaming
Inks tomorrow night, then metal bits and touch ups before shields and bases.
February 11, 2026 at 3:17 AM
Distracting myself from the collapse of one empire by painting figures for the collapse of another.
@wargamesatlantic.bsky.social 3rd century Romans and Goths. 3 units for #Midgard #SpreadtheLard #wargaming
Inks tomorrow night, then metal bits and touch ups before shields and bases.
@wargamesatlantic.bsky.social 3rd century Romans and Goths. 3 units for #Midgard #SpreadtheLard #wargaming
Inks tomorrow night, then metal bits and touch ups before shields and bases.
I'm doing up custom card decks for "Snorkers! (Good Oh!)", as you do. (Mainly because I keep getting confused about who's red & black.)
I'm making data cards for each ship class with a plan drawing & the game stats.
Think I can find any for British E & J class DDs?
#WargamerProblems #navalwargaming
I'm making data cards for each ship class with a plan drawing & the game stats.
Think I can find any for British E & J class DDs?
#WargamerProblems #navalwargaming
a cat wearing glasses is laying on a laptop .
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February 11, 2026 at 1:43 AM
I'm doing up custom card decks for "Snorkers! (Good Oh!)", as you do. (Mainly because I keep getting confused about who's red & black.)
I'm making data cards for each ship class with a plan drawing & the game stats.
Think I can find any for British E & J class DDs?
#WargamerProblems #navalwargaming
I'm making data cards for each ship class with a plan drawing & the game stats.
Think I can find any for British E & J class DDs?
#WargamerProblems #navalwargaming
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Ready for action, wherever the front takes him. The @warfulcrumgames.bsky.social Great War figures have some wonderful poses, especially considering how hard it'd be for this poor corporal to signal with a mask on!
#jhbackdrops
#jhbackdrops
February 10, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Ready for action, wherever the front takes him. The @warfulcrumgames.bsky.social Great War figures have some wonderful poses, especially considering how hard it'd be for this poor corporal to signal with a mask on!
#jhbackdrops
#jhbackdrops
From my reading the biggest effect of gas was its suppression and impact on command and control.
February 11, 2026 at 1:28 AM
From my reading the biggest effect of gas was its suppression and impact on command and control.
He's doing proper "knife hand".
"When you point the finger of blame, 4 point back at you."
But when you use knife hand, then "it's all on you Mother F*ker!"
"When you point the finger of blame, 4 point back at you."
But when you use knife hand, then "it's all on you Mother F*ker!"
February 11, 2026 at 1:27 AM
He's doing proper "knife hand".
"When you point the finger of blame, 4 point back at you."
But when you use knife hand, then "it's all on you Mother F*ker!"
"When you point the finger of blame, 4 point back at you."
But when you use knife hand, then "it's all on you Mother F*ker!"
Thanks.
I see an awfully lot of confused & poorly portrayed religion on TV and in games etc
40k is so far removed and so obviously satire the pseudo-catholic imagery doesn't bother me as much.
I see an awfully lot of confused & poorly portrayed religion on TV and in games etc
40k is so far removed and so obviously satire the pseudo-catholic imagery doesn't bother me as much.
February 10, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Thanks.
I see an awfully lot of confused & poorly portrayed religion on TV and in games etc
40k is so far removed and so obviously satire the pseudo-catholic imagery doesn't bother me as much.
I see an awfully lot of confused & poorly portrayed religion on TV and in games etc
40k is so far removed and so obviously satire the pseudo-catholic imagery doesn't bother me as much.
Fair enough.
February 10, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Fair enough.
Huh.
Ok
Of course many priests I've met just laugh at such stuff (movies etc) and don't worry about it.
Ok
Of course many priests I've met just laugh at such stuff (movies etc) and don't worry about it.
February 10, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Huh.
Ok
Of course many priests I've met just laugh at such stuff (movies etc) and don't worry about it.
Ok
Of course many priests I've met just laugh at such stuff (movies etc) and don't worry about it.
I imagine that he's feeling in a shocking state regardless
February 10, 2026 at 9:04 PM
I imagine that he's feeling in a shocking state regardless
I think it's because my phone is old and cludgey
February 10, 2026 at 9:02 PM
I think it's because my phone is old and cludgey
If you don't mind difficult literary reading snd Modernist poetry "In Parentheses" is quite beautiful.
Sort of TS Elliott goes to war.
Sort of TS Elliott goes to war.
February 10, 2026 at 9:01 PM
If you don't mind difficult literary reading snd Modernist poetry "In Parentheses" is quite beautiful.
Sort of TS Elliott goes to war.
Sort of TS Elliott goes to war.
I'm jealous of that bear...
February 10, 2026 at 7:22 PM
I'm jealous of that bear...
Good point.
I mean, I'm a huge fan of "In Parentheses" which attempts to connect the Western Front with Celtic mythology and heroic tradition.
I mean, I'm a huge fan of "In Parentheses" which attempts to connect the Western Front with Celtic mythology and heroic tradition.
February 10, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Good point.
I mean, I'm a huge fan of "In Parentheses" which attempts to connect the Western Front with Celtic mythology and heroic tradition.
I mean, I'm a huge fan of "In Parentheses" which attempts to connect the Western Front with Celtic mythology and heroic tradition.
True.
Which disinclines me from the game even further.
I'm fuzzy on the legalities between sacrilege and heresy.
It's just a
Which disinclines me from the game even further.
I'm fuzzy on the legalities between sacrilege and heresy.
It's just a
a man is making a funny face while sitting at a table in a restaurant .
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February 10, 2026 at 7:06 PM
True.
Which disinclines me from the game even further.
I'm fuzzy on the legalities between sacrilege and heresy.
It's just a
Which disinclines me from the game even further.
I'm fuzzy on the legalities between sacrilege and heresy.
It's just a
But to circle back to TC, like I'm not an overly devout Catholic and think there's a lot wrong in the Church, but that is verging on, if not fully, Sacrilege.
I wouldn't want them doing shit like that with other faiths, so I don't want them doing it with mine.
I wouldn't want them doing shit like that with other faiths, so I don't want them doing it with mine.
February 10, 2026 at 6:47 PM
But to circle back to TC, like I'm not an overly devout Catholic and think there's a lot wrong in the Church, but that is verging on, if not fully, Sacrilege.
I wouldn't want them doing shit like that with other faiths, so I don't want them doing it with mine.
I wouldn't want them doing shit like that with other faiths, so I don't want them doing it with mine.
JRRT is my moral/philosophical keystone.
February 10, 2026 at 6:15 PM
JRRT is my moral/philosophical keystone.
I'll play it with my friends but it just doesn't hold my imagination. I converted my explicitly VSF vehicles over to Quar
February 10, 2026 at 6:14 PM
I'll play it with my friends but it just doesn't hold my imagination. I converted my explicitly VSF vehicles over to Quar
So if He did, it was probably a hot argument among the Apostles in Judea shortly after the Crucifixion.
Unless the Boss already said "Hey stuffs gonna happen. Hide my family. Here's why."
Unless the Boss already said "Hey stuffs gonna happen. Hide my family. Here's why."
February 10, 2026 at 6:12 PM
So if He did, it was probably a hot argument among the Apostles in Judea shortly after the Crucifixion.
Unless the Boss already said "Hey stuffs gonna happen. Hide my family. Here's why."
Unless the Boss already said "Hey stuffs gonna happen. Hide my family. Here's why."
If He got married and had children, I could see why that would be suppressed.
Enough Roman Emperors claiming godhood, so you wouldn't want a cult rising up around His kid.
Enough Roman Emperors claiming godhood, so you wouldn't want a cult rising up around His kid.
February 10, 2026 at 6:10 PM
If He got married and had children, I could see why that would be suppressed.
Enough Roman Emperors claiming godhood, so you wouldn't want a cult rising up around His kid.
Enough Roman Emperors claiming godhood, so you wouldn't want a cult rising up around His kid.
I openly declare myself a Tolkienist Catholic.
Small acts done with Love and Kindness will save the world.
Eru Iluvatar sends His help in the form of two small hobbits.
Gandalf and Aragorn are just there to make the space for Frodo and Sam to do their thing.
Which makes for a boring game.
Small acts done with Love and Kindness will save the world.
Eru Iluvatar sends His help in the form of two small hobbits.
Gandalf and Aragorn are just there to make the space for Frodo and Sam to do their thing.
Which makes for a boring game.
February 10, 2026 at 5:58 PM
I openly declare myself a Tolkienist Catholic.
Small acts done with Love and Kindness will save the world.
Eru Iluvatar sends His help in the form of two small hobbits.
Gandalf and Aragorn are just there to make the space for Frodo and Sam to do their thing.
Which makes for a boring game.
Small acts done with Love and Kindness will save the world.
Eru Iluvatar sends His help in the form of two small hobbits.
Gandalf and Aragorn are just there to make the space for Frodo and Sam to do their thing.
Which makes for a boring game.
But His children would be human.
So no superpowers.
So no superpowers.
February 10, 2026 at 5:52 PM
But His children would be human.
So no superpowers.
So no superpowers.
Yes.
It's 100% a "me" thing. I have trouble getting past the "but that wouldn't work" and just run with it long enough to invest time in a game.
It's 100% a "me" thing. I have trouble getting past the "but that wouldn't work" and just run with it long enough to invest time in a game.
February 10, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Yes.
It's 100% a "me" thing. I have trouble getting past the "but that wouldn't work" and just run with it long enough to invest time in a game.
It's 100% a "me" thing. I have trouble getting past the "but that wouldn't work" and just run with it long enough to invest time in a game.