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The Venerable Weed

@simonberman.bsky.social

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Tacoma, WA Owner, Strix Publishing strixpublishing.com President of the Brush Wielders Union brushwieldersunion.com Cohost & writer: Galaxy in Flames podcast and blog galaxyinflames.com Digital Curator, Newark Museum of Science & Trucking

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The Venerable Weed @simonberman.bsky.social · Oct 18

Intro post! I'm a professional tabletop games writer, podcaster, & hobbyist. Most recently I was as a principal writer on the Dune: Adventures in the Imperium RPG.
I run the brushwieldersunion.com an organization of miniatures painters of all skill levels!
I also own strixpublishing.com
#warhammer

Brush Wielders Union

The Brush Wielders Union is a community of like-minded miniatures gamers dedicated to playing their games fully painted and supporting one another in their craft.

brushwieldersunion.com

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Gonders @gonders.bsky.social · 11h

We were betrayed at Calth but at least there's 5 of us left.

#warhammercommunity #nerdlings #horusheresy

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The Venerable Weed @simonberman.bsky.social · 3h

Thanks! I sure wrote a lot of words about space mans.

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Suitably Spoopy ProtoMillennial @leadpaintshed.bsky.social · 3h

Can a circle of spores druid travel along a mycelial network? Do they commute to work in this way? Mass transporetation?

The Venerable Weed @simonberman.bsky.social · 5h

Containment breach

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The Venerable Weed @simonberman.bsky.social · 4h

Fuck yeah

The Venerable Weed @simonberman.bsky.social · 4h

Sticking with Broken Helix when I get to them. I think I’ve cracked the paint scheme but need to do a tester.

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The Venerable Weed @simonberman.bsky.social · 5h

Containment breach

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The Venerable Weed @simonberman.bsky.social · 5h

Very pleased. At a glance they seem accessible and robust with a good emphasis on kit bashing. Kept the flavor from 2e but streamlined and sensible changes. I think the new detachment system is really helping here.

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The Venerable Weed @simonberman.bsky.social · 6h

I miss fewer things about living in Capitol Hill every year but the fact that I no longer live within walking distance to eat that monster is driving a stake through my heart

The Venerable Weed @simonberman.bsky.social · 8h

Hey everything I know about Argentina I learned from History of the Occult!!

The Venerable Weed @simonberman.bsky.social · 13h

Very pleased to see the new #HorusHeresy Blackshields rules PDF is out and it looks great at a glance. The Build a Bastard Workshop is one of my favorite parts of the game and I'm glad to see it released so early in the life of this edition. Gonna finally adapt my old warband idea! Pt 2 coming soon!

World Building in Someone Else’s World – Building Blackshields Pt. 1 – Galaxy in Flames

galaxy-in-flames.blubrry.net

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Gonders @gonders.bsky.social · 1d

There ya go. A Dreadnought

#warhammercommunity #nerdlings #horusheresy

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merritt @merrittk.com · 1d

i wrote an instruction manual for a fictional CD-i game where you play as an executive at a company that produces RC cars in the 90s 1900hotdog.com/2025/10/nerd...

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merritt @merrittk.com · 1d

this week on the Dogg Zzone i try to explain the early 90s tabletop game RIFTS and how a lunatic RPG writer from Detroit shaped my creative sensibilities

1-900-HOTDOG @1900hotdog.bsky.social · 1d

You can also watch @seanbaby.bsky.social, @brockway.bsky.social, and @merrittk.com discuss RIFTS on our animated podcast. It's on YouTube and also sometimes mysteriously on your television, which you could have sworn you unplugged? youtu.be/ZmwaYxqeIYo

Dogg Zzone 9000 - Episode 248, RIFTS with Merritt K

YouTube video by 1-900-HOTDOG

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Oakbound Studio @oakboundstudio.bsky.social · 1d

New Redcap releases for Orctober.

#goblins #orcsandgoblins #oldhammer #oldhammercommunity #thewoodsminiatures #thewoodsskirmish #orcs #orctober #oathmark #frostgrave #warhammer #warhammerfantasy #warhammerfantasybattle #wfb #kingsofwar #mordheim #wfrp

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 1d

I don't like him personally, but David Simon on AI is the final word on the subject.

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electriceve (ICantThinkEm) @electriceve.bsky.social · 1d

I’m painting live! Gonna be painting this orange man (the good kind) - come chat ☺️

www.twitch.tv/electriceve

A WIP shot of an Aeldari fire dragon Warhammer miniature

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Gav Thorpe @gavthorpe.bsky.social · 2d

Copy of Battle with Model Tanks, by Donald Featherstone and Keith Robinson. Book cover with model tank battle across a scenic battlefield.

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Grem, of 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐏 🔜 MCAtlanta! @gremlin.world · 4d

I will never not repost this

(Sound on for maximum effect)

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The Venerable Weed @simonberman.bsky.social · 2d

Please don’t tempt me I can’t do another game right now oh god

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God’s one true wargame

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JewelKnifeStress 🎃🎲🖌️🎮 (She/Her) @jewelknightjess.com · 2d

Asking this again!

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The Venerable Weed @simonberman.bsky.social · 2d

Chicago will defeat the Texas National Guard by luring them into an Acme brand cage trap with a single aromatic Italian Beef.

Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 2d

Don’t think these Texas National Guard guys are going to be chasing any immigrants around Chicago on foot

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Peter Grønfeldt @petergronfeldt.bsky.social · 2d

I intended to start painting these guys back in late spring, but other projects got in the way… but no time better than #Orktober … and honestly #Nerdlings I’m getting way too much joy out of painting the Ork half of 97 Epic starter box!

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The Venerable Weed @simonberman.bsky.social · 2d

I cannot be trusted during a @shoutstudios.bsky.social sale.

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Kristi Yamaguccimane @wapplehouse.bsky.social · 2d

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