Tom Pollard

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[Tom Pollard @Splagbot]

@Rares_Gabi @FoundGore50172 The Venerable Dreadnought is a cool model. I really like the inscriptions on the chassis on that kit as well. It was such a great piece of detail.

[Tom Pollard @Splagbot]

People in the comments are missing the point here. In terms of points value, this is short a few hundred.

But, the Space Marine side of the box felt weak. Like they knew it had to be SM's, but they'd run out of new things to Primaris.

It wasn't bad, it just felt uninspired.

[Taco the White ᐰ - WBS Mode @Taco_the_Train]

Just saying, this would have been a WAY better launch box. #Warhammer40k

[Tom Pollard @Splagbot]

@EaterOfBrushes The 40K section was pretty underwhelming, tbf. If that was all they were going to show, I'm not really sure why they bothered.

As a Cadian player, I was happy with the new guard vehicles. They were pretty cool. Add some bikes to the range and I'll be a happy man.

[Tom Pollard @Splagbot]

@MarcusCVance Spatha.

[James Donkin @james_donkin]

I finished this Dankhold Troggoth last week and took some photos today. Really pleased with how this one has come out, particularly the colours and base. #WarhammerCommunity #ageofsigmar #miniaturepainting

[Will Pollard @WillboWorkshop]

Still quite a bit to do, but I'm fairly happy with progress so far.

#PaintingWarhammer
#40K

[Will Pollard @WillboWorkshop]

Latest Red Corsair Raiders article on Patreon, including a wee rant about the Imperium's obsession with cloaks.

#patreoncontent
#PaintingMinis
#RedCorsairs
#40K

https://t.co/c1tVt9Sdwi

[Tom Pollard @Splagbot]

No idea why, but my gym workout was super hard today. Everything just felt harder than normal, and I had to put tonnes more effort into everything.

[Tom Pollard @Splagbot]

@opti_x @hy_wemmy Absolutely.

When I started taking my fitness seriously I didn't have the money for the gym. I found a Calisthenics channel on YouTube and worked out in my living room.

Yeah sure, food is expensive at the moment. But there's always something you can do.

[Scott Jeschke @ScottJeschke]

If "Hollywood is cooked" then so is everyone peddling/making these kinds of AI videos. The natural sales funnel for something like this doesn't sustain itself with just "creators", especially when they are self cannibalizing their own skills. It's going to cut right to the end user. A monthly subscriber will type a prompt on their Disney Plus app "Action comedy, where Tom Cruise plays Iron Man and Sydney Sweeney is Black Widow"-- and they will get a full garbage movie on-demand that they can click play and watch after a five minute wait. And it's even more bleak than that. Because no one else will watch it. There will be no cultural conversation about it, no event, no interest, because everyone else who is lacking in taste will be making their own on demand nonsense. This is why it's very foolish for self-professed filmmakers to align themselves w this current marketing push from AI companies. They'll go down with the ship they are hitching a ride to, all while burning bridges with fellow creatives whose careers they ruined

[Will Pollard @WillboWorkshop]

I haven't plugged my Pinterest stuff for a while, so here it is, getting plugged.

Loads of cool pictures and all it will cost is a wee bit of your time.

https://t.co/r76yF3jOYa

[Memory Medieval @MemoryMedieval]

There has been a lot of discussion about art and patronage here lately.

I have strong opinions but let me say this.

I have gathered three other people into a team to bring you the best non-academic essays relating to medieval history.

Our goal is to pay authors to write for us. I would also like to pay the editors who are working with the authors to make sure our output is world-class. And we want to bring you a very high-quality print version before the year is out.

All in service of revitalizing an interest and enthusiasm for medieval history.

If you'd like to just subscribe for free, enjoy the essays, and comment/share, we will appreciate that. We want you to enjoy.

While of course I appreciate yearly reader subscriptions, my goal is to find fifty people who can support this publication while we ramp up at the founder rate of $1,000 per year. Yes, that's $50,000 per year.

Whether you are a casual reader or want to be a founding member, you can pledge at the substack (link in my bio)

I will spend $11,000 over the next year on the authors who are writing for us. If I pay the editors at the same rate as the authors, that will be another $33,000.

As you can see, this is not a get-rich-quick scheme for me but a project I believe in.

Every day I see videos of OnlyFans or Crypto people who are raking in tens of millions. Surely there are fifty people out there who enjoy medieval history with plenty of resources who would like to support a noble project such as this?

I guess we will see.

Myself and the editors have put in the work on belief in the mission.

Thank you for your support.

[Polly Becker @PollyEBecker]

20 UK literary agents you can submit your novel to right now https://t.co/mKEkQ5y1S3

[Tom Pollard @Splagbot]

@MedievalScholar Absolutely, I'd read that.

[Tom Pollard @Splagbot]

Yep.

One open tab, leads to another. Before you know it I'm on an epic journey of discovery that ends up with me reading about something totally unrelated to what I was looking for.

Then I bookmark the tabs for later, then I forget about them.

[mayerr @ymmayerr]

Do y’all actually look things up when you don’t know something?

[Tom Pollard @Splagbot]

Love this movie. Watched it so many times over the years.

To my mind it's the best telling of Arthurian legend in film. The soundtrack was on point and kindled my interest in classical music. With a magnificent cast to boot, it's a classic.

[Retro Recall (☥𝐃𝐁) @RetroMoviesDB]

Excalibur (1981)

Any fans?

[Tom Pollard @Splagbot]

@RetroMoviesDB Love this movie.

Great visuals, soundtrack and cast. One of my all time favourite movies.

[Will Pollard @WillboWorkshop]

Willbo's Workshop has a website. It went live yesterday and I don't mind admitting I've had a fair bit of anxiety about this post.

It's quite modest at the moment, but there are a few busts that I've painted for sale there if you fancy taking a look.

https://t.co/QFuJSBm8aZ

[Will Pollard @WillboWorkshop]

New post on my Patreon, Willbo's Workshop.
https://t.co/U0l6H3sauG

[Will Pollard @WillboWorkshop]

New stuff on my Patreon. If you fancy a look, it's still super cheap, but there's some free content too.

https://t.co/y9ndeMC9X7