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This is my painting and wargaming hobby profile. Mostly painting, barely wargaming.

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Coming soon: Dead Man's Hand - PLASTIC MOUNTED US CAVALRY - 28mm scale 28mm scale hard plastic US Cavalry models for Dead Man's Hand, the game of Old West skirmish mayhem!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/dea...

05.03.2026 12:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Great choice for inspiration. I've still got my copy. Boiled down john blanche and grim dark for sure. Malicant and the arco flagellant were great miniatures.

05.03.2026 21:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

These look great Ste! Absolutely awesome ๐Ÿ‘Œ

05.03.2026 21:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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My painted Zees team for #dreadball i finished recently. Really like them and thr scheme not far from what I painted thr MVP about a decade ago lol. Scheme is based on a 1999 planet of the apes soldiers armour. Really happy with them, shame they're so small its hard to see all those little details!

28.02.2026 23:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A plastic depth horror from #mantic I've had for years. Lots of layers of wash over this guy. Doesn't look too bad. I use him for things like #draculasamerica, #Ghostarchipelago and anything with a bit of #Cthulhu.

22.02.2026 07:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 13 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Mounted characters for #deadmanshand. Really enjoyed painting these. Really love painting the great escape plastic horses. These are lee van kickstarter, john bridges and Ely Fergus. Enjoyed painting them all

15.02.2026 22:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 22 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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My "professor", El Rayo and Chinese civilians for #deadmanshand the professor was great to paint. The Chinese civilians have so much character, they look great. My favourite is El Rayo, love a mexican character in westerns. Sucha. Cool miniature.

09.02.2026 21:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 12 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ah thank you. Their not perfect but they're close enough for me. Appreciate that!

03.02.2026 23:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Cheers thank you pal!

03.02.2026 23:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Definitely based on Sadie. All the plastics are great, but there was something about this one i thought was just that bit better. Thank you for the kind words!

03.02.2026 23:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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My finished gunfighters 2 for #deadmanshand I'd use these as daughters of the west. The paint schemes are loosely based on the women of the Vanderlind gang. I love the miniatures. The plastics are great fun to put together and are so full of character. Really happy with these as a posse!

03.02.2026 20:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 17 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Getting inspired to paint my next batch of #dreadball and characters so went through my box and loads of teams and MVPs. I forget what I've painted and who I've based schemes off sometimes. Definitely Rinzler and Quorra, plus gold news read from Orion and Blinky from #BuckyO'hare.

28.01.2026 19:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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My painted up Pinkertons and Butch and Sundance for #deadmanshand. Really enjoyed painting these. Pretty proud of the trenchcoats on the pinkertons and getting Butch and sundance to look like they have the right outfits took a few watches of the film. Shame aye ๐Ÿ˜‰

22.01.2026 08:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 15 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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My painted up #deadmanshand Buffalo Soldier add-ons, extras from the gunfighters and gunfighters 2. Really liked painting them. Wanted to keep the plastic ones as different from the main posses I put together of them.

15.01.2026 19:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 12 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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My shan-meeg Starhawk team for #dreadball painted up. As they are Asterians i didn't want to do any old dpace elvesor eldar themed colours. I went with inspiration fr9m babylon 5 and tried to paint them up like G'kar and Narns. Skin should have been a bit more orange maybe.

09.01.2026 13:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Saloon raiders and Stagecoach Mary, plus a vampiress from @badsquiddogames.bsky.social. I really enjoyed painting up these well dressed ladies and the challenge of silkyish garments for the vampire for my old west games. Mary came with an info card that was really cool, nice drawing on it too.

02.01.2026 17:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 17 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
An illustration of the goddess Athena, wearing a crested helmet, with a round shield depicting a gorgon in one hand and the other stretched out open in front of her, and an owl flying behind her.

An illustration of the goddess Athena, wearing a crested helmet, with a round shield depicting a gorgon in one hand and the other stretched out open in front of her, and an owl flying behind her.

๐Ÿ˜ As we look forward to 2026, here's an art tease for our exciting new launch this February โ€“ Warriors of Athena.

This solo/co-op wargame from the award-winning creator of Frostgrave explores the realms of Greek myth: https://bit.ly/4rJDFIf

๐Ÿ“† 26 Feb UK // 24 Feb US
๐ŸŽจ Hazem Ameen

02.01.2026 16:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 37 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Just seen I've been given a runner up award in the #ontabletop Community awards for painting so much of my dreadball stuff. I did enjoy painting them and I think that has helped. Also I should probably keep using one name for everything, I've used Gaiseric08 since I left school.

28.12.2025 15:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Great escape games' Dead mans hand the man with no name. Blondie I painted up. Pretty happy, no where near perfect.

Great escape games' Dead mans hand the man with no name. Blondie I painted up. Pretty happy, no where near perfect.

Merry Christmas guys. I'll put up Blondie from #deadmanshand #greatescapegames. Pretty happy with him, not perfect by a long shot, but happy with him. I do fancy doing one of those 9 panel shots with things painted this year, but dead mans hand is my hyperfocus and would make up most of the panels.

25.12.2025 18:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 11 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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My #deadmanshand Cavalry Kickstarter came today. Couldn't wait to get it open and have agood look through. Was lucky enough to get the update for the pledge manager mid day yesterday. Recieved in less than 24 hours. Amazing service from #greatescapegames! Models look amazing! Can't wait to assemble!

18.12.2025 18:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Dreadball nameless team, the Kalimarin Ancients. Really enjoyed painting these and loved how alien and gribbly they were. The temptation to go with a cthulhu theme was really strong, but I found something from stellaris I really liked and stuck with it.

12.12.2025 12:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 10 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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06.12.2025 11:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 10 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Finished basing a few characters for dead mans hand. Their horses are lovely to paint. Got to be said. I finished tuco from the good, thr bad and the ugly, Calamity Jane from Deadwood plus the dead cavalryman from Draculas america.
##deadmanshand ##greatescapegames #draculasamerica

06.12.2025 11:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 12 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Dreadball coaches and side characters. Love the character of these guys. The lady in the middle i used the box art for colour scheme. The 2 zees in the trenchoat pretty much painted themselves. The water worm i loosely based on Slurms mckenzie from Futurama! Wimmy wham wham wazzle!

29.11.2025 23:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 11 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This lovely badger was such a joy to paint. As soon as I saw him I knew i needed him but also he would be quite challenging for my skill level. I really like his character and he goes so well with the shrew. Definitely proud of this guy!
##burrowsandbadgers

22.11.2025 18:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 30 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Cheers thank you man. Did work hard on some details but yeh, definitely fun to have and paint. Just realised autocorrect changes Dobbs to Dobby lol

16.11.2025 16:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Elmer and dobby, commentators for Dreadball. An unnecessary piece maybe, but full of character essential for me for the feel. It's not a sports game unless youve got commentators, coaching staff, med bots, cheerleaders and plenty of fans. Really enjoyed painting these guys.

16.11.2025 08:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 10 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Wagon leader shea brannon miniature from 1883 out ahead of the rest of the posse. Painted to tabletop level. Pretty happy with him.

Wagon leader shea brannon miniature from 1883 out ahead of the rest of the posse. Painted to tabletop level. Pretty happy with him.

The full Pioneer posse from Great escape games for Dead Mans Hand. Painted well, really happy with the overall look.

The full Pioneer posse from Great escape games for Dead Mans Hand. Painted well, really happy with the overall look.

The rest of the posse in focus with shea brennon  in the foreground. Great miniatures, happy with how they've come out.

The rest of the posse in focus with shea brennon in the foreground. Great miniatures, happy with how they've come out.

My Pioneers posse for #greatescapegames' #deadmanshand painted up. I really enjoyed painting these guys. The miniatures capture the characters really well. The series was such a great watch and when these were coming out I had to pick them up. Such a cool eclectic posse!

10.11.2025 10:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I did wonder if that might be the case. Right way up definitely helps. Trying to zoom in, save the picture upside down, then thinking I could see one with his tongue out made me question if they were zombies for the cursed stuff. Lol

07.11.2025 15:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Is it me or do the heads on the bottom seem, zombie like?

07.11.2025 09:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0