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Graham Bennett
@thatbennett.bsky.social
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Cis, he/him, father, science advocate, gamer, game maker, and hobbyist. I love creativity and all the mess that goes with it! Opinions are mine.
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Checked my sprues and I had 15 marines just waiting... That's the extra base I need and then two more for a reinforcement upgrade!
Weather even behaved so I could spray and get started on them for #HobbyStreak day 354
Fifteen 8mm scale tactical marines, attached to two sprues, and painted dark blue
January 9, 2026 at 8:43 AM
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New Command and squad leaders finished up for #HobbyStreak day 353! I did a quick total up of everything so far and somehow I need 1 more base of tactical marines to use all my leaders, but I'd then be about 1,500 points... Nice!
Three city themed 8mm scale bases, one with a legion command squad and two with tactical squad leaders, all painted in Night Lords livery
January 8, 2026 at 7:54 AM
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I didn't quite get through all the details, but still good progress on the command marines for #HobbyStreak day 352. I'm particularly pleased with the company banner
Fifteen 8mm scale Heresy-era marines, attached to two pieces of sprue, painted dark blue with black and metallic details. Red details have also been added, partially completing the Night Lords livery
January 7, 2026 at 8:30 AM
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Hah, the weather has been suitably cowed into its usual behaviour, so I was finally able to make a start on a batch of infantry. Decided on some extra squad leaders and a command squad for #HobbyStreak day 351
Fifteen 8mm scale Heresy-era marines, attached to two pieces of sprue, painted dark blue
January 6, 2026 at 9:12 AM
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Four more lil'st danger bots march forth in midnight clad for #HobbyStreak day 350
Four 8mm scale Contemptor dreadnoughts painted in Night Lords livery on round city themed bases
January 5, 2026 at 9:04 AM
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I snuck out and sprayed the Contemptors while the weather's back was turned, so I was able to make a start on them for #HobbyStreak day 349
(My camera fighting for its life to figure out the colour balance 😆)
Four 8mm scale Contemptor dreadnoughts painted dark blue on round bases painted dark grey
January 4, 2026 at 9:08 AM
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Weather wasn't cooperating with spraying more infantry today, so in an escalation intended to scare it into behaving I spent #HobbyStreak day 348 building a set of Contemptors
Four 8mm scale Contemptor dreadnoughts
January 3, 2026 at 7:31 AM
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Finished up the whole batch of tactical bases for #HobbyStreak day 347!
Feeling quite pleased about it really, hit a nice zone getting them done
Four round city themed bases of 8mm Heresy-era tactical marines painted in Night Lords livery
January 2, 2026 at 9:36 AM
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Details done for #HobbyStreak day 346, just the icons and final washes to go!
Here's to a better year for us all
Twenty 8mm scale tactical marines painted dark blue with black and metallic details, still attached to sprue in two groups
January 1, 2026 at 8:55 AM
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With all the armoured transports I've painted recently it seemed high time I add to the rank and file again
#HobbyStreak day 345
Twenty 8mm scale Heresy-era tactical marines painted dark blue, still attached to sprue in two groups
December 31, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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Both Termites finished for #HobbyStreak day 344! Turned into fun little projects and now I really want to find ways to do micro diorama basing for some tanks
Two 8mm scale Termite assault drills painted in Night Lords livery on round city themed bases, each has been cut and placed with additional basing material to simulate them at different stages of bursting up through the ground
December 30, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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Snuck a frazzled @felicia.day the password for the "good wifi" (that we were running the demos on) in the basement of a poorly organized video game press event.
Utterly weird weekend for everyone involved I'm sure.
bolt451.bsky.social Frey @bolt451.bsky.social · Jun 13
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie

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December 29, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Not the most progress for #HobbyStreak day 343, but they're getting there! Decided to adjust the basing a little to better sell the tunnelling and need to figure out how to get legion icons on the lower doors... That's going to be a pain.
Two 8mm scale Termite assault drills painted dark blue with black and metallic details on round grey rubble covered bases
December 29, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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Weather played nice so I've been able to spray and make a start on the two Termites for #HobbyStreak day 342
Two 8mm scale Termite assault drills painted dark blue with black details
December 28, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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A second Termite breaks ground for #HobbyStreak day 341!
An 8mm scale Termite assault drill cut and mounted to a round base, with card and sand added as if it was tunnelling up through it
December 27, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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Snuck in a little time for #HobbyStreak day 340 to work on building up the texture on this Termite base
An 8mm scale Termite assault drill on a round base, with sand and pieces of card to look like it has drilled up through it
December 26, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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Weather has been... Uncooperative today. So instead of more infantry, I spent #HobbyStreak day 339 building some of these funky things and planning how to do some interesting basing with them
Two 8mm scale Termite assault drills. One has been cut at an angle and placed on a round base as if it is emerging from the ground
December 25, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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A good day for hobby, less so for anything else; 2 bases of terminators for #HobbyStreak day 338!
2 city themed bases of 8mm scale terminators painted in Night Lords livery
December 24, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Two bases of assault marines finished for #HobbyStreak day 337! Not pictured I prepped some extra empty bases as well
2 city themed bases of 8mm scale assault marines painted in Night Lords livery
December 23, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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Looked at all of my various project ideas and... just felt like painting more mini minis! So another set of proto-Raptors for #HobbyStreak day 336, including a daring weapon swap on one of them
10 8mm scale jump pack assault marines mounted to strips of sprue and painted dark blue
December 22, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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That's the second Mastodon finished for #HobbyStreak day 335! Which is also the last of my prepped tiny Marines... Time to build some more 😆
An 8mm scale Mastodon super-heavy transport painted in Night Lords livery on a round city themed base
December 21, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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Starting on the last of my pending tiny Marine-things for #HobbyStreak day 334
These Mastodons really are very Astartes in every way - awesome design
An 8mm scale Mastodon super-heavy transport painted dark blue on a round base
December 20, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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5 more party buses finished up for #HobbyStreak day 333!
I should probably get back with some infantry soon
5 8mm scale Rhino transports painted in Night Lords livery on round city themed bases
December 19, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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Progress on this batch of luxury murder taxis for #HobbyStreak day 332
5 8mm scale Rhino transports painted dark blue with black and metallic details on round bases
December 18, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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Absolutely no!
A pop-up from the Bluesky app, titled "find your friends", asking to import contacts from the phone
December 17, 2025 at 9:10 PM