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She/Her 🏳️‍⚧️

✨ Painting slowly, spiralling quickly ✨
And, of course, the hardware!
September 9, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Obligatory pictures of our challenges from the weekend. I actually really liked this system once I'd gotten my head around it, although we did only get a 2 turn game 3 after a particularly nail-biting clash with an Archmagos
September 9, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Had a wonderful weekend of hobbying, catching up with lots of friends, and realising that maybe 3rd edition Horus Heresy is actually fine? Good even?

Somehow Lloyd and I also won best warlords, which was a very pleasant surprise!

#HorusHeresy
#Warhammer
September 9, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Streak 3 Day 6 🔥- And that's 5! The one on the right is looking a little too bright, but after the pin wash is done I'll edge highlight and then go back and get my grading right.

#ThousandSons
#HorusHeresy
#HobbyStreak
August 12, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Streak 3 Day 5 🔥 - That's some more colours down on tactical 4. I have noticed they're getting brighter as the squad goes on, so I may have to double back and properly re-highlight.

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#ThousandSons
#HobbyStreak
August 12, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Streak 3 Day 4 🔥 - Much more exciting, got some more paint down on another tactical, and brightened up the other 2 to match a bit more closely.

2 more left in this batch, then pin washing time. Once these are done, I need to get some Wolves going.

#HorusHeresy
#ThousandSons
#HobbyStreak
August 10, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Streak 3 Day 3 🔥 - Not nearly as exciting as yesterday, but it looks like the heavy bolters for the Shadowsword printed nicely.

Not quite sure how, since the supports went a bit crazy.

#HobbyStreak
August 9, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Streak 3 Day 2 🔥 - Absolutely loads done today, feeling very positive. Got some more layers down on the 3 tacticals from yesterday, and managed to do a bit of work on the Shadowsword conversion too!

#HorusHeresy
#ThousandSons
#HobbyStreak
August 9, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Streak 3 Day 1 🔥 - Took a day off, and back at things with some layers down on the remaining TSons in this batch.

I'm very keen to get going on the Shadowsword, and not just because of the looming deadline, so I'll be doing some modeling tomorrow!

#ThousandSons
#HorusHeresy
#HobbyStreak
August 7, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Streak 2 Day 23 🔥 - Shadowsword's stripped and very conveniently broken apart for what I want to do.

Will start taking measurements and designing parts tomorrow. Maybe paint some more TSons too.

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#HorusHeresy
August 5, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Streak 2 Day 22 🔥 - A total departure tonight in the light of the very exciting Legacies list released today.

Dug out a *very* old Shadowsword to strip it of its now 3 layers of paint. Will hopefully be showing off a lot more of this tank as I try to convert it to match the LI design.

#HobbyStreak
August 4, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Streak 2 Day 21 🔥 - I'm doing it! I'm batch painting! The days of painting one marine's leg in totality are behind me!

Desperately trying to remind myself not to do the metallics before I varnish everything this time.

#HorusHeresy
#ThousandSons
#HobbyStreak
#MiniaturePainting
August 3, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Streak 2 Day 20 🔥 - Every day I feel more that I need to get a lightbox.

Saw I'd done nothing on marine 1's legs, so started some highlights going there.

I said I'd put it down to keep the batch moving, so got some preliminary colours down on marine 2.

#ThousandSons
#HorusHeresy
#HobbyStreak
August 2, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Streak 2 Day 19 🔥 - Pushing the contrast a bit more on this first tactical, but I said I'd paint these in batches and this is where I'll leave this one to dry.

#ThousandSons
#HorusHeresy
#HobbyStreak
#MiniaturePainting
August 1, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Streak 2 Day 18 🔥 - Properly getting colours down on my first batch of 5 and it feels so good after so many days of just building marines.

Trying to work with a more ice-yellow top-end for my highlights to avoid the ash/dusty effect I got on my tester.

#ThousandSons
#HorusHeresy
#HobbyStreak
July 31, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Streak 2 Day 17 🔥 - Well well well, Colourforge really knocked it out of the park with this one.

Had to get a little closer than I'm used to, but the colour is vivid, the finish is perfect, and I've still got a good 2/3rds of the can left!

#ThousandSons
#HorusHeresy
#HobbtStreak
July 30, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Streak 2 Day 16 🎉 - I have stared into the drilled bolter hole, and the drilled bolter hole has stared back.

Why did I decide all 5 needed drilling on every bolter?

#HorusHeresy
#HobbyStreak
#ThousandSons
July 29, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Streak 2 Day 15 🔥 - My fledgling Thousand Sons are on the very cusp of being ready for priming!

Sculpting's all done, last few printed bits just need gluing down (excluding the last khopesh that seems cursed), and then a lot of barrel drilling tomorrow.

#ThousandSons
#HobbyStreak
#HorusHeresy
July 28, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Streak 2 Day 14 🔥 - While I think the goal of priming tomorrow is going to be a bit of a stretch, everything being built is now dangerously close!

#HorusHeresy
#ThousandSons
#HobbyStreak
July 27, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Streak 2 Day 13 🔥- Wrote this up last night and then fell asleep, whoops.

Tactical Squad 1 is built! Planning to hit it hard tomorrow and get Squad 2 and the HSS sorted.

Goal is to prime on Monday!

#ThousandSons
#HorusHeresy
#HobbyStreak
July 27, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Streak 2 Day 12 🔥 - Not much time today at all, but found a few minutes to get another tactical together.

Slow grow challenge starts tomorrow, so hoping to hit it hard on Sunday and get things all built up then!

#ThousandSons
#HorusHeresy
#HobbyStreak
July 26, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Streak 2 Day 11 🔥- Not loads again tonight, but that's another tactical marine for the pile, some gaps sculpted over, and the third autocannon ready to fish for rending hits.

#HorusHeresy
#ThousandSons
#HobbyStreak
July 24, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Streak 2 Day 10 🔥 - Tactical Squad 1 is now half way! Really enjoying these MK2 kits, despite the slightly insane frame layout.

#ThousandSons
#HorusHeresy
#HobbyStreak
July 23, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Streak 2 Day 9 🔥 - Not a lot this time, but got a pair of autocannon marines together. Really pleased with how they're looking!

I did slightly over enthusiastically remove the supports on one of the helmets; some restorative sculpting will be needed.

#ThousandSons
#HorusHeresy
#HobbyStreak
July 22, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Streak 2 Day 9 🔥 - Big day of building, all the torsos are made up, the test print of remix of my favourite autocannon design fits beautifully, and there's even a fully constructed tactical marine!

#ThousandSons
#HorusHeresy
#HobbyStreak
July 21, 2025 at 11:28 PM