Heretek

@heretek.bsky.social

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Paint minis, play card games, promote socialism. Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Aotearoa. He/Him.

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Toad, from Marvel: Crisis Protocol, in his hideous yellow and purple costume.
An Ultramarines Praetor in Cataphractii armour, pointing offscreen at something that's going to get chainsawed.
Seventh Sister from Star Wars: Rebels saying "Unexpected. But not unwelcome."
The Space Marine Captain from the new 40k Armageddon box. He's been converted to have an axe from the Victrix Honour Guard and a Horus Heresy Invictarus Suzerain shield.
The baggage train carts for preorder on the New Zealand Warhammer site, for a crisp $156.00 NZD.
Close-up of the head of a claw-hammer, with red lines crudely added to show where the light is hitting in the poster being discussed.
Obryn the Bold from Warhammer Underworlds: Shadespire. A Stormcast Eternals Liberator in warm, golden armour with purple shoulder pads and leather details. He has been lightly kitbashed to have a great axe instead of the normal hammer.
Tweet by @BravoCoolee which reads: Twitter the only place where well articulated sentences still get misinterpreted. You can say "I like pancakes" and somebody will say "So you hate waffles?" No bitch. Dats a while new sentence. Wtf is you talking about.
The 5th edition plastic Chaos Warriors. All hunchbacked and scrungley
The cover of 'City of Last Chances' by Adrian Tchaikovsky. The first book in the aforementioned series.
That one Norman Rockwell painting. You know the one.
Translation not translating
The Arch-Heretek Nomen Ryne from Dark Heresy first edition (he might be in 2nd, I don't know). He is a cyborg dressed in tattered brown robes, wearing a mask that looks like a pale, expressionless face with closed eyes. Four mechadendrites curl around him, two with small claws, one with a syringe, ans one with a human brain floating in a jar of green liquid.
Imodane, the Pyrohammer 2RR Legendary Creature - Human Knight Whenever an instant or sorcery spell you control that targets only a single creature deals damage to that creature, Imodane deals that much damage to each opponent.
Rhydon heretek "Rhydon lawnmower."
Out of the Tombs Enchantment At the beginning of your upkeep, put two eon counters on this enchantment, then mill cards equal to the number of eon counters on it. If you would draw a card while your library has no cards in it, instead return a creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. If you can't, you lose the game.
The T-1000 impersonating John Connor's mother on the phone in Terminator 2, to which I have crudely added a speech bubble.
The cover of White Dwarf issue 249 (AUS/NZ) bearing an illustration of a Catachan Jungle Fighter. Features this issue include Yarrick vs Ghazghkull in the Arena of Death, the debut of the Land Raider Crusader, and the conclusion of an epic two-part, multi-table battle report series around the Third War for Armageddon. Timely, given we're heading back there for 11th edition.
Ultramarines Vigilator for Horus Heresy
The cover of 'Blood in the Machine' by Brian Merchant. It's a history of the Luddite movement.
The metal Wulfen released during the Eye of Terror campaign
The audio of an exercise by Labour candidates and supporters in the Wellington region on how to avoid answering difficult questions from the public has been widely leaked.
An Adeptus Titanicus Reaver Titan in the grey and yellow livery of the Legio Gryphonicus, armed with a power fist and melta cannon. The Titan has one foot in the road, while the other is braced up on a raised plaza as it draws back its fist to strike.
G.I. Robot from Creature Commandos narrowing his eyes, saying "That's what a Nazi would say."
Run history screen for an Ascension 10 clear with the Ironclad in Slay the Spire 2
An Mongrel omnimech flanked by a pair of Adder omnimechs, all in desert camouflage
Thank you for writing to the Leader of the Opposition, the Rt Hon Chris Hipkins MP for Remutaka I will pass on your message As vou're aware, the NZ Labour Party does not support this. Bill The Government should be focused on the cost of living, including the price of food, electricitv, and petrol, not divisive, headline grabbing topics. Labour stands in support of our transgender intersex, non-binary whanau, and the wider rainbow community Labour has a strong history of standing up for rainbow issues and we do not support the discrimination and exclusion of our rainbow communities. We appreciate vou taking the time to write . Ngā mihi Nui
The text of an email I sent to Chris Hipkins. It reads as follows: "Dear Minister Hipkins, I'm writing to you today both as one of your Remutaka constituents and as a member of the queer community in Aotearoa New Zealand to express my disappointment in your response to Jenny Marcroft's private member's bill passing its first reading yesterday. To transgender people in this country, this bill is far more than a "distraction". It is yet another attack on their rights and dignity from a government that has decided to appease a reactionary few at the expense of a vulnerable minority target. I have seen you comment in the past that Labour does not want to get involved in a culture war. The reality is that the culture war is already here. From the visit by transphobic, far-right agitator Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull in 2023 to NZ First's attempt at a "bathroom bill" in 2024, the battles are being fought. This bill simply represents the opening of a new front. I was pleased to see your Labour Party colleagues Camilla Belich and Glen Bennet take a strong line in the House last night, and I hope that in the coming days you will express similarly unequivocal support for the trans community. Sincerely" And then I've cut off the part with my full name, because I'm not using it on Bluesky where potential employers might see it.
Clip from The Two Towers of Aragon telling Theoden that open war is upon them, "whether you would risk it or not"
Prussian Stoßtruppen for Trench Crusade, armed with a flamethrower. He's wearing buff-coloured armour over a green jacket and grey fatigues, with a grey cloak wrapped around his shoulders. His belt, boots, and gloves are a dark brown leather. He's posing with one foot up on a tactical rock formed from rubble, wood, and a sandbag.
Run history screen for Slay the Spire 2, showing a Defect run that cleared Ascension 10.
An AI summary from Google of TOP's AI policy. I'm aware of the irony, but the actual article is paywalled.
$72 of your finest New Zealand Dollars for a single Vostroyan
A single Vostroyan for an eye-watering seventy-two New Zealand Dollars
Umbral Six, the Warhammer Plus miniature; a Vindicare Assassin perched in the broken head of a statue.
A run history screen for Slay the Spire 2 showing a Regent run that completed Ascension 10
Delete your account
A Cerberus Tank Destroyer in the colours of the Ultramarines Legion, struggling to fit into the confines of my small photo box.
Yui from the anime K-On! wearing an All Blacks jersey and a silver fern bucket hat, holding a Big Ben pie in one hand and a Speights in the other, standing in front of a marae. Text at the bottom reads "New Zealand mentioned" in all-caps.
A skeet defending Israel's genocide in Gaza
The information card for the statue in my previous post's photo. The sculptor was Antonio Corradini, and the name of the piece is "La vestale Tuccia." The rest of the information is too small and fuzzy to read easily. Apparently I wasn't working with a great camera 10 years ago.
A veiled sculpture, I believe of a Vestal. Her garments seem to cling to the body beneath, showing the features of her face, breasts, and abdomen.
Different angle of the Space Marine Captain, with the scabbard for his power sword highlighted by yellow circles
StS2 run history for the Silent successfully clearing Ascension 10
A screenshot from Slay the Spire 2 showing an Ironclad run that cleared Ascension 10
Prussian Yeoman with glockenspiel for Trench Crusade, he's lifting his drumstick high whilst power posing on a horned skull. He's wearing grey battledress with red piping; boots, gloves, webbing, and gas mask of brown leather; and a buff helmet.
Screenshot from Bluesky showing that I'm blocked by why.bsky.team
Screenshot showing that I'm why.bsky.team
The newly previewed jump pack Chaplain from the 11th edition 40k starter set, cropped to focus on a purity seal attached to one of the thrusters. Instead of hanging down from the wax seal and then folding back over itself with the motion of the model, the parchment is blowing straight back like a streamer.
G.I. Robot, from Creature Commandos, narrows his eyes and says "That's what a Nazi would say"
Ultramarines Contemptor Dreadnought, armed with gravis multi-melta and power fist
21. Some cultures have produced vital advances; others remain dysfunctional and regressive. All cultures are now equal. Criticism and value judgments are forbidden. Yet this new dogma glosses over the fact that certain cultures and ndeed subcultures...have produced wonders. Others have proven middling, and worse, regressive and harmful
A quintet of Prussian Stosstruppen for Trench Crusade. From left to right they're equipped with: tank-splitter and grenades, sword and grenades, trench club and axe, axe and severed head, and shotgun.
The metal Chaos Knights from 6th edition
My game grid picks
Prussian Feldkaplan for Trench Crusade, with submachine gun, sword, and trench shield.
Two boxes of Trench Crusade miniatures: Sniper Priests and Prussian Stosstruppen
Image of a hand making a "jerk-off" motion. It is captioned "[dismissive wanking gesture]"