Alistair Smith

@alistairsmith

Mid-life crisis: return to OSRPGs, painting and general escape from the mundane. Happiness through imagination and camaraderie. He/him. #grognard

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Alistair Smith@alistairsmith· Jul 15

Saw the yeti scalp in Khumjung Monastery and one of our Sherpas swore that his aunt had been chased by a Yeti when she was bathing in a stream.

Yeti scalp. Reddish brown fur, with a parting. Stored in a locked box with a glass front.

Alistair Smith@alistairsmith· Jul 11

Stapleless staplers. The way forward for anything up to 7-8 sheets.

Alistair Smith@alistairsmith· Jul 10

Heresy, mutation, siege, religious zealots. All the ingredients for a grim and dark romp in @bentobitt.bsky.social Black Powder & Brimstone. My latest pamphlet adventure out now. The Girl They Would Burn. www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

Cover of pamphlet for The Girl They Would Burn. A woodcut scene in which the sky burns above a city , people look up in horror.

Alistair Smith@alistairsmith· Jul 9

I think you make a great point. They make my painting look good.

Three fighting ducks. Left duck wears a blue gimp mask and carries an axe and a blue and red shield. The one on the right has crested helmet. The central duck, the wonderfully named Drake Pliskin, has a vicious looking sword and a bandage over one eye.

Alistair Smith@alistairsmith· Jul 5

Forced to go out on Halloween so their parents could go to the pub, the dread on these poor mites’ faces is obvious. Authentic turnip lanterns show the connection to ancient Celtic tradition.

Children with turnip lanterns, Halloween ca 1981. A small blond girl is dressed as a nurse. A taller boy as a very camp pirate. 🏴‍☠️

Alistair Smith@alistairsmith· Jun 30

Beynac

Alistair Smith@alistairsmith· Jun 12

But Johnny Walker is from Kilmarnock.

Johnny Walker hoarding at Edinburgh airport ‘welcome to the home of the world’s number 1 Scotch whisky’.

Alistair Smith@alistairsmith· Jun 5

Black cocker spaniel looks straight at you.

Alistair Smith@alistairsmith· Jun 2

Oh damn. I missed ‘World Outlander Day’ yesterday. Should have worn my kilt!

Promotional email from Caledonian Sleeper showing a train crossing a Scottish moor. The train features a vinyl wrap of Outlander stars.

Alistair Smith@alistairsmith· May 28

Beautiful day to hike the Lairig Ghru in the Cairngorms - if junior hadn’t broken his collarbone ten days ago. Still. Nice to be in the Highlands in the sun.

The Cairngorms in the sun. In the foreground a road and the sign form outdoor shop. Trees on the other side of the road and then the mountains, some still with snow.

Alistair Smith@alistairsmith· May 26

Getting closer to the point where I can bring Ronin rpg to the table. Just need more mooks and villains. #JHbackdrops #badsquiddogames

Five samurai step forward agains a backdrop of trees. Left to right: a female samurai in a blue kimono with a sheathed katana, a hammer wielding samurai in black and blue armour, an armour less samurai with wild hair and a ready sword, a bowman in green armour and a daimyo resplendent in blue and purple armour and crested helmet. .

Three samurai at the ready. A fierce woman warrior flanked by masked and armoured fighters in splendid helmets.

A warrior monk flanked by two female warriors in silk kimonos, swords at the ready. The left hand one in pink, her companion in yellow.

The Blood Sorceress and her undead samurai thrall await battle.

The Sorceress has a purple dress and red skin. She wields a ferocious katana and has long antelope horns.

Her thrall smells of the grave, his armour and clothing dark and dirty. He wields two swords and has a helmet with stag antlers.

Alistair Smith@alistairsmith· May 26

Son knows the things that will make me happy - on a trip to Berlin he doesn’t send a pic of the Reichstag, or the Brandenburg Gate, but genuine Vita Cola, the East German Coke alternative. #ColdWar

Bottle of Vita Cola, red label and cap, label has lemon on it.

Alistair Smith@alistairsmith· May 24

Am going to Aviemore this week and one of the wonders there is a shop selling AI generated football pictures of Highland Cows in Celtic and Rangers tops. You’d have to be on acid to think you’d want to buy them.

Pictures of Highland Cows in Rangers and Celtic football kit with trophies (yes really, I haven’t been on the drugs). They’re AI generated and in a souvenir shop in Aviemore.

Alistair Smith@alistairsmith· May 22

Crna Kraljica. Last time I had this excellent dark beer was on holiday in Croatia last year. #beersthatcouldbeanosrscenario

Alistair Smith@alistairsmith· May 8

Will Zenobia, photographed today do? #jhbackdrops @handiworkgames.bsky.social @badsquiddogames.bsky.social

Empress Zenobia makes a point to her subjects. She wears a blue dress by Timon of Thebes and a purple throw by Zabdas of Palmyra. Her jewellery is of gold and her staff of authority may have been an ancestral
Heirloom.

Alistair Smith@alistairsmith· Apr 25

Confirming yes. Very acceptable.

A full English breakfast (in Wales) featuring egg, bacon, sausages, beans, toast and (sadly) tinned tomatoes. Tasty tho.

Alistair Smith@alistairsmith· Apr 20

Some of the ones with axes could be Ukko if you wanted, and could accept him having a daft big axe.

Goblin queen Borga the Cruel with three of her axe wielding minions. Borga has a helmet with red feathers and a lot of bling on her armour. The boys have axes and Bronze Age/Iron Age style helmets.

Alistair Smith@alistairsmith· Apr 17

Yellow. A jolly colour.

A ghoulish figure in a yellow cloak, its face masked and its skin green its staff is a leech.

Alistair Smith@alistairsmith· Apr 17

Post the best picture you have ever taken of your pet

Little black spaniel puppy looks at camera directly.

Alistair Smith@alistairsmith· Apr 14

Post your favourite film from the year you turned 18 1990. Miller’s Crossing.

The movie poster for Miller’s Crossing.

A man in a dark coat and hat holding a gun stands over another man in his shirt, kneeling on the ground. They are in an autumnal forest with leaves all over the ground.

Alistair Smith@alistairsmith· Apr 11

Share a preacher, nun, or priest.

Miniature priest wearing a grey vestment with white bib raising his finger and exhorting the people to mend their sinful ways.

Alistair Smith@alistairsmith· Mar 25

Post a non-religious picture you consider holy.

The horde of Minas Morghul rides out. Orc warriors surround the Witch King, while in the background the tower rises, circled by Na Nazgûl on a Fell Beast. Looming in the background is a Baleog. It’s the cover of the Middle Earth Role
Playing Game.

Alistair Smith@alistairsmith· Mar 25

I have those ladies painted up as the Destiny Angels, and have a whole chunk of lore I wrote for why there are Dark Angel derived female marines. Every so often I bring it out to annoy the Neanderthals.