Learning Development Librarian @uniofnottingham. CILIP @infolitgroup member. Information literacy and AI in HE. Historian and dabbler in comics and weird fiction; occasional poster of 40k miniatures. He/him.https://bsky.app/profile/joshmrodda.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/joshmrodda.bsky.social/post/3mw6abt6w4s2cTaking a break from my Battle Sisters to sail the seven… space. Testing out a colour scheme for some ultraviolent #redcorsairs. Yarrr! 🏴‍☠️ #miniaturepainting #warhammercommunity #warhammer40k #nerdlings23 Sep 2026 07:37 +0000at://did:plc:2v24j7ftxfazo3plzhriydu7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw6abt6w4s2chttps://bsky.app/profile/joshmrodda.bsky.social/post/3mvurunv2zs2uFinally finished my punk Celestians! Sister Tilde, Champion of Saint Nimue, and Sister Tenebrea of the Three Mothers join Erinna of the Blind Raven, Hocusa of the Lighthouse and Nix Vadra of the Flayed Man. #warhammer40k #warhammercommunity #miniaturepainting #sistersofbattle #adeptasororitas19 Sep 2026 13:26 +0000at://did:plc:2v24j7ftxfazo3plzhriydu7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvurunv2zs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/joshmrodda.bsky.social/post/3mvrkfnudws2vDay 2 of asking #IKEA to investigate the disappearance of Mr William Bookcase and the strange arrival of one Trofast, whomst I never ordered.18 Sep 2026 06:34 +0000at://did:plc:2v24j7ftxfazo3plzhriydu7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvrkfnudws2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/joshmrodda.bsky.social/post/3mrsom76pzk2qIf you’re reading this, go listen to Fitzcarraldo, to experience just a fraction of what the planet lost today. RIP Glen Hansard. https://music.apple.com/gb/album/fitzcarraldo/1609108150?i=160910839129 Jul 2026 19:41 +0000at://did:plc:2v24j7ftxfazo3plzhriydu7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrsom76pzk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/joshmrodda.bsky.social/post/3mqjmoizeb224One of my earliest and most enduring academic role models, wonderfully portrayed by Sam Neill. I never became a palaeontologist, but I doubt I’d have had the career I did without this performance.13 Jul 2026 11:47 +0000at://did:plc:2v24j7ftxfazo3plzhriydu7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqjmoizeb224https://bsky.app/profile/joshmrodda.bsky.social/post/3mq7brjsyz22nThrough heatwaves and colds and other real life things, I have finally finished the third of my punk Celestians - Sister Nix Vadra of the Flayed Man. Pretty happy with her shield design! #warhammer40k #warhammercommunity #nerdlings #miniaturepainting #adeptasororitas #sistersofbattle09 Jul 2026 09:06 +0000at://did:plc:2v24j7ftxfazo3plzhriydu7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq7brjsyz22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/joshmrodda.bsky.social/post/3mnhpcrmgrk2fGot the second of my punk Celestians finished! Sister Hocusa of the Lighthouse joins Sister Erinna of the Blind Raven in my Inquisitor’s squad of elite bodyguards. Three left to go! #warhammer40k #warhammercommunity #nerdlings #miniaturepainting #sistersofbattle #adeptasororitas04 Jun 2026 13:14 +0000at://did:plc:2v24j7ftxfazo3plzhriydu7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnhpcrmgrk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/joshmrodda.bsky.social/post/3mm4ugsu6ac2nGot the first of my punk Celestians painted. Going to aim for a different design / totem from my homebrew lore on each of the shields (the Superior has the Blind Raven). #nerdlings #warhammer40k #warhammercommunity #miniaturepainting #adeptasororitas #sistersofbattle18 May 2026 12:21 +0000at://did:plc:2v24j7ftxfazo3plzhriydu7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm4ugsu6ac2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/joshmrodda.bsky.social/post/3mlld4yoolc2tLord Inquisitor Fabian “Farsight” Kadath of the Ordo Xenos. A character who’s been living in my head for 20+ years, about to get an upgrade. #warhammer40k #warhammercommunity #nerdlings #inquisitor #inq2811 May 2026 12:56 +0000at://did:plc:2v24j7ftxfazo3plzhriydu7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlld4yoolc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/joshmrodda.bsky.social/post/3mkslvlivd22cInquisitor-Canoness Leda Jiangton of the Ordo Hereticus. Group portrait with her students Mariel West and Anathem Haight. West is a very minor conversion of Captain Sargotta (new legs!), but feels very inquisitorial! #warhammer40k #warhammercommunity #miniaturepainting #nerdlings01 May 2026 16:56 +0000at://did:plc:2v24j7ftxfazo3plzhriydu7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkslvlivd22chttps://bsky.app/profile/joshmrodda.bsky.social/post/3mk7xpqftic2m“Contact with the Lapis Magpies has now been declared a mark of heresy” With the Truth Seeker done, I’ve finally finished my Deathwatch squad (and a display base to boot!). Backgrounds by @handiworkgames.bsky.social! #killteam #warhammer40k #warhammercommunity #nerdlings #miniaturepainting [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Apr 2026 07:07 +0000at://did:plc:2v24j7ftxfazo3plzhriydu7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk7xpqftic2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/joshmrodda.bsky.social/post/3migh65yljs2r“They were seen at Mons Angelus, voiceless, shielding the XIVth from the Magus’ Corsairs. And on Callis, in the tunnels of the Brotherhood of Life…” Finished the Light Bringer. Just 1 left now! #killteam #warhammer40k #warhammercommunity #miniaturepainting #nerdlings [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Apr 2026 10:09 +0000at://did:plc:2v24j7ftxfazo3plzhriydu7/app.bsky.feed.post/3migh65yljs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/joshmrodda.bsky.social/post/3mib56vvqxk2pHere’s an update on Operation Turn Huron’s Lads into a Legionaries #killteam. Still got some Sororitas and Deathwatch to finish before any of my heretic scum get paint on them, but I’m happy with these guys so far! #nerdlings #warhammer40k #warhammercommunity #accidentaldoomguy30 Mar 2026 07:27 +0000at://did:plc:2v24j7ftxfazo3plzhriydu7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mib56vvqxk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/joshmrodda.bsky.social/post/3mhqlunjfbs27I’ll have to re-sculpt the sole of his boot, switch out every arm / weapon, do some tricky head swaps, and trim down all the scenic bases, but after all… why not? Why shouldn’t I turn the Huron kit into a Legionaries #killteam…? #nerdlings #miniaturepainting #seriouslysomebodystopme23 Mar 2026 17:35 +0000at://did:plc:2v24j7ftxfazo3plzhriydu7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhqlunjfbs27https://bsky.app/profile/joshmrodda.bsky.social/post/3mhio47caoc2i“And when he heard the first whispers of the Magpies’ fate, Inquisitor Kadath wept. For he knew that his own star would wane, and that the greater danger would be forgotten.” Tome Cleanser done. 2 Lapis Magpies to go! #killteam #warhammer40k #warhammercommunity #miniaturepainting #nerdlings [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Mar 2026 13:53 +0000at://did:plc:2v24j7ftxfazo3plzhriydu7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhio47caoc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/joshmrodda.bsky.social/post/3mgmlw6bmbs2d“When they returned, the Webway had coated the Magpies’ void-black armour with stardust, and had shown them for what they truly were. Damned.” Taboo Breaker and Mind Hunter finished. 3 to go! #killteam #warhammer40k #warhammercommunity #nerdlings #miniaturepainting09 Mar 2026 10:00 +0000at://did:plc:2v24j7ftxfazo3plzhriydu7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgmlw6bmbs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/joshmrodda.bsky.social/post/3mf4z7o54lc2nFinally putting my #librarian / #informationliteracy hat back on to flag up two fantastic new episodes of the Chatting Info Lit podcast, produced by the #CILIP @infolitgroup.bsky.social New Professionals. https://on.soundcloud.com/LR07R52qy3KqPqlAu0 https://on.soundcloud.com/z96gGMQiB2LnHtnoRY18 Feb 2026 11:50 +0000at://did:plc:2v24j7ftxfazo3plzhriydu7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf4z7o54lc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/joshmrodda.bsky.social/post/3mf2yempwok26The first actual space marine I’ve painted in… maybe 20 years? A Deathwatch Demolisher, on secondment from the Lapis Magpies (they specialise in finding and destroying forbidden knowledge). 1 down, 4 to go…! 😬 #killteam #warhammer40k #warhammercommunity #miniaturepainting #nerdlings #deathwatch17 Feb 2026 16:29 +0000at://did:plc:2v24j7ftxfazo3plzhriydu7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf2yempwok26https://bsky.app/profile/joshmrodda.bsky.social/post/3mds6wsj6rk2bSaint Nimue, Carrion Hawk of the Maelstrom, patron and protector of the Chantry. Or, “What if I made a Legion-of-the-Damned-inspired Elden Ring boss and then made her the crux of my entire army?” #warhammer40k #warhammercommunity #nerdlings #miniaturepainting #sistersofbattle #adeptasororitas01 Feb 2026 11:08 +0000at://did:plc:2v24j7ftxfazo3plzhriydu7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mds6wsj6rk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/joshmrodda.bsky.social/post/3mdiuoslsrc2zBeen easing back into painting after an injury, but in the meantime, here are the Radical Inquisitorial Agents I simply HAD to build using the new Necromunda hangers-on box. Particularly fond of the tome-skull using a guy as a walking lectern… #killteam #warhammer40k #warhammercommunity #nerdlings28 Jan 2026 18:10 +0000at://did:plc:2v24j7ftxfazo3plzhriydu7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdiuoslsrc2z