#israel #palestine : #war / #gaza / #blockaderunner / #humanitarianaid / #solidarity

„The Spring 2026 #GlobalSumudFlotilla is organized around six interlinked targets:

1. Helping to Break the Siege: Directly confronting the illegal blockade and asserting the right of Palestinians to access their coast and the world beyond it.

2. Delivering Life-Saving Aid: Delivering large-scale humanitarian aid, including food, baby formula, school supplies, and medicine (…).“

https://popularresistance.org/global-sumud-flotilla-announces-launch-of-its-spring-2026-mission/

Global Sumud Flotilla Announces Launch Of Its Spring 2026 Mission - PopularResistance.Org

The Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) announces the launch of its Spring 2026 mission, a historic escalation in civilian-led maritime action to break the illegal blockade of Gaza. Moving beyond previous aid delivery efforts, this mission represents a strategic shift toward a sustained civilian presence and the establishment of a replicable model grounded in international law and Palestinian leadership. A primary focus of the 2026 mission is the deployment of a specialized medical fleet. Carrying more than 1,000 healthcare professionals and stocked with life-saving medicines and equipment, this fleet aims to stabilize Gaza's healthcare system and support the efforts of local medical teams who have endured two years of genocide.

PopularResistance.Org

ROUND 2 Poll 64

Ilha dos Espiões (TMX Portugal Ltda)
Blockade Runner (Thorn EMI Video)
3D Chess (Bill Bennett)
Ataque (TMX Portugal Ltda)

1983 GAME OF THE YEAR
Top two games to go through to next round

#GameoftheYear1983 #ZXSpectrum #SinclairZXSpectrum #RetroGaming

#IlhadosEspiões #BlockadeRunner #3DChess #Ataque

Ilha dos Espiões
0%
Blockade Runner
10%
3D Chess
30%
Ataque
60%
Poll ended at .

ROUND 1 Poll 156

Blockade Runner (Thorn EMI Video)
Sumer (Dominic Ferard)
Galakzions (Mikro-Gen)
Centipede (Nigel Bland)

1983 GAME OF THE YEAR
Top two games to go through to next round

#GameoftheYear1983 #ZXSpectrum #SinclairZXSpectrum #RetroGaming

#BlockadeRunner #Sumer #Galakzions #Centipede

Blockade Runner
11.1%
Sumer
0%
Galazions
66.7%
Centipede
22.2%
Poll ended at .

I finished a thing!

Bandai 1/1000 scale Rebel Blockade Runner, aka the Tantive IV, the very first ship seen on screen in Star Wars history

Snap together kit, no glue used, tiny bit of filler on one or two seams, hand painted with a mixture of sprays, acrylics, washes and pastels. Depending on how big your screen is this might appear larger than life.

#ScaleModelling #BlockadeRunner #Bandai #starwars

Bandai Blockade Runner progress, almost done weathering and dirtying up with washes and pastels.

Basically adding new layers of subtle and not so subtle. Looking a bit more worn that at the beginning of A New Hope but hopefully not the dreaded over weathered

#Bandai #BlockadeRunner #starwars #TantiveIV #ScaleModelling

More progress, base painting and panelling just about done. Red parts suitably distressed with a toothpick, almost ready for washes and final weathering with pastels and maybe oils

#starwars #Bandai #BlockadeRunner #TantiveIV

Blockade Runner panel progress. Still a few to colour in, and started scraping back the red to match the studio model.
It's funny, every build of this I've looked at online the builder has also chosen to paint the markings rather than use the stickers

#starwars #Bandai #BlockadeRunner #TantiveIV

I'm handpainting all the markings because while this is Bandai and generally awesome, it's also aimed at entry level or casual builders, and the markings are provided as self adhesive stickers rather than waterslide decals, which I don't trust long term, especially over curves.
I've also discovered an awesome continuity detail on the underside - the bays for the escape pods like the one that R2D2 and C3PO get to Tattooine in, with some of them missing.
#BlockadeRunner #TantiveIV