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Manau Miniatures @manauwargames.bsky.social · 22h

Bonus WIP: Rivets. I modelled this helmet after the Benvie stone as well as Anglo-Saxon helmet finds in Wollaston and Coppergate (minus the cheek guards). #Earlymedieval #Blender #Pictish #miniaturedesign

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Manau Miniatures @manauwargames.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#WIPwednesday brings another Pictish swordsman, plus some swords! Taking notes from finds dating from before and during the Viking age. #Earlymedieval #Blender #Pictish #miniaturedesign

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Manau Miniatures @manauwargames.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#WIPWednesday coming at you with some tassels! They weren't the easiest to figure out how to do but I got there in the end. #Earlymedieval #Blender #Pictish #miniaturedesign

A Pictish swordsman with a tasselled tunic and hood, wielding a round shield.

The back of the Pict swordsman, showing the scabbard on his sword belt.

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Manau Miniatures @manauwargames.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I can't believe I've reached 100 followers! I thank everyone who has deemed my WIPs (and sometimes finished works) interesting enough. I never really thought I'd make it this far.

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Manau Miniatures @manauwargames.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

You didn't get a #WIP on Wednesday so you're getting it on Thursday. Mainly the cloth details and shoes are on the to do list for swordsman #1, so I'm going to put him to the side for the time being and take care of the other 3. #miniaturedesign #historicalwargaming #blender #earlymedieval

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HouseQuay @housequay.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Finally built the waist

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Manau Miniatures @manauwargames.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Pictish art includes many figures with decorated tunic hems, though trying to replicate this while keeping it within the realm of actually paintable detail isn't the easiest. I'll definitely need to check the test prints to see if it is too small to paint. #earlymedieval #blender #miniaturedesign

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Manau Miniatures @manauwargames.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Another set of extras, this time its decorated #pictish shields, some of these are taken from the few examples on Pictish stonework, but others are based on Pictish art in general. You can find them here: www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-pr... #earlymedieval #3dprinting #historicalminiatures

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mogsymakes @mogsymakes.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

A characteristic of GB minis (unusual at the time) was that they were open-handed to receive separately cast weapons - a variety of period-specific swords, spears and axes . #miniatures #wargaming #grippingbeast #nerdlings #spreadthelard

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mogsymakes @mogsymakes.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

With yesterday’s sad news that Gripping Beast is planning to close its doors, expect a series of Beast appreciation posts from myself. This company helped to change the face of early medieval (AKA Dark Ages) wargaming… #miniatures #wargaming #jhbackdrops #midgardheroicbattles #spreadthelard

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Manau Miniatures @manauwargames.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

There's not been many #WIPWednesday 's thanks to the past few weeks at work kicking my ass. But I thought I'd go back to something I had been meaning to do for a while, a freebie #Kobold with a gonne.

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enkinaru.bsky.social @enkinaru.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

realized that Orsha-Haas looked not Heroic™ enough compared to the rest of the troops, so had to do something with that (the answer is banners. it's always banners) #miniatures #scifi #nerdlings

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Ash @santanaelchan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

trust

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Chris, Ontos Games @ontosgames.co.uk · 06/09/2026

That's now the last of the one hundred special A3 posters out in the world! It's Dwarfin' Time!

An A3 full colour poster in the style of the 1996 Power Rangers movie.

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Manau Miniatures @manauwargames.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Just spent a week fussing over accurate sword belt suspension. This is why everything takes so long. I hope everyone's looking forward to the complete Pictish army set release in 2050. #earlymedieval #blender #miniaturedesign #picts

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HouseQuay @housequay.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Now the end scenes of Transformers 1-3 feature the monologues and the singing of two legends we've lost

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Manau Miniatures @manauwargames.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

The MyMiniFactory Summer Sale is here, as such there is 20% off everything in my store. Extra bang for all your Kromer. www.myminifactory.com/users/ManauM...

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Manau Miniatures @manauwargames.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Another intermission, where I randomly got the idea to model another thing not specifically war related. In this case it's a river currach, similar to the Welsh coracle, a small boat. #Earlymedieval #Pictish #Blender #Miniaturedesign

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Ystlund Miniatures @ystlundminis.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I was in need of some animals/objectives thusly I give you; The Skanderan Furvole. The Furvole is a large domesticated rodent. Originally from the northern iceplains, they are clad in wooly fur and is the main staple of meat and cloth for most people. #Fantasy #Wargaming

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Manau Miniatures @manauwargames.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

#WIPWednesday Still throwing stuff at the wall to see what sticks, annoyingly there isn't much to go by for Pictish swords. #Picts #Blender #Earlymedieval

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Confessio Amantis @confessorprofessor.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

York hasn't been this unprepared for a boat cruising into the city since the mycel hæþen here.

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Chris, Ontos Games @ontosgames.co.uk · 07/08/2026

Not going to this event simply cos of the AI flier. Anyway, I'm already busy on the ... ꟻth August?

A really mangled AI flier, with what might be "9 - 9 August Hexham" on it.

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Manau Miniatures @manauwargames.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

#WIPWednesday Testing out posing for the #Pictish swordsmen. Still trying to figure out what works. Should I make the swords separate to allow for variation in posing and type? #Blender #EarlyMedieval #Picts

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Manau Miniatures @manauwargames.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

MMF has introduced different currency options, so now all my minis are listed in proper British pounds, not these newfangled American "dollars" (Terrible name, I would have called them alloas). This has also come with a slight price increase.

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Manau Miniatures @manauwargames.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I have a feeling the Pictish swordsmen are going to be a bit more trial and error with the posing, I think their status demands something a bit more dynamic. #Pictish #Blender #Earlymedieval

A 3d model (Very early in progress) of a sword wielding Pict with a Pictish square shield.

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Manau Miniatures @manauwargames.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

The shieldwall comes together nicely, next on the agenda is the Pictish swordsmen, which should allow me to delve into the fancier aspects of fashion for the Picts. #earlymedieval #tabletopwargaming #minipainting

8 Pictish axemen and spearmen organised into a (rather small) shieldwall, equipped with large round shields decorated in several different designs.

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Manau Miniatures @manauwargames.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Back at #WIPWednesday with more heads! With all the variations of helmets available I figured I could instead to two sets of helmeted heads, one covering the 6th-9th centuries and the other covering the 9th-12th centuries. Here is some of the latter.

4 3d modelled heads with helmets from the 9th to 12th centuries, including several Norman style single piece conical helmets.

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Manau Miniatures @manauwargames.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Here is the unarmoured Pictish warriors with spears all painted, plus the decorated round shields. Once again printed with the Mars 4 Ultra. #3dprinting #picts #earlymedieval #minipainting #historicalwargaming #alba #vikingage #historicalminiatures #tabletop #pictish

4 3d printed models of Picts with spears and round shields.

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Ystlund Miniatures @ystlundminis.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

WIP Cleric lord, a religious leader and landowner. #Wargaming #Fantasy

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Manau Miniatures @manauwargames.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

After doing many historical minis, labouring over trying to make sure things are as accurate as my knowledge allows, it feels good to work on something fantasy, where I can justify design choices as "I think it looks cool".

An armoured captain with an eyepatch holding a pole arm in one hand and a pistol in the other.

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Manau Miniatures @manauwargames.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The early medieval spearhead set is out already! Literally just the longspear set I just released but as individual spearheads to be attached on poles.

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Manau Miniatures @manauwargames.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Well after snapping the spear off a mini I was just about to paint I think I'll just completely switch to using brass rods. I'm not salty in the slightest.

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Manau Miniatures @manauwargames.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I thought I'd test out using brass rods and by my great genius (total coincidence) that 1.5 mm brass rods perfectly fit into the hands of my Pictish longspearmen. So I'll definitely get around to making individual spearhead variations of the spears I already released.

A 3d printed mini of a Pict

A brass modelling rod is being used as a polearm shaft

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Manau Miniatures @manauwargames.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Not much to report for #WIPWednesday, since the the previous WIPs managed to escape development hell. I do however have these early medieval helmets, where I intend for them to be part of an extra set of Pictish heads.

3D models of 6 helmets based off 5th - 9th century originals

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Manau Miniatures @manauwargames.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Here's the Pictish longspearmen all printed and built up! Soon to be painted... #3dprinting #mars4ultra #resinprinting #historicalminiatures

4 3d printed miniatures of Pictish dark age spearmen

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Manau Miniatures @manauwargames.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Breaking News: I'm a clot and I forgot to fix the scale of the heads again. This will happen again in the future.

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Ystlund Miniatures @ystlundminis.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

WIP more mammoth, still tweaking a few details here and there and deciding between some stuff but we are getting somewhere. here depicted is both a war mammoth with a driver, and a regular wild one, both will be available. #Fantasy #Wargaming.

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

if England lose this theyre gonna execute tuchel at heathrow upon landing

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Manau Miniatures @manauwargames.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

How is France getting served it's worst defeat since 1870.

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Ystlund Miniatures @ystlundminis.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Tööööööt WIP, war mammoth (or just a regular mammoth) #Fantasy #Wargaming

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Manau Miniatures @manauwargames.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

A little known fact about the St Andrews Sarcophagus is that it prophesied the arrival of Weird Al.

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JewelKnightJess "R" Us 🎲🖌️🎮 @jewelknightjess.com · 15/07/2026

Today I am mostly going to be edge highlighting ultramarines

A scruffy man stands in front of a old shed surrounded by old tyres and waste

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Manau Miniatures @manauwargames.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

#WIPWednesday One thing I hadn't really thought of until now was having variations in height among the minis, I want to keep it subtle so they don't stand out too much but the extra height on the longspearmen wielding overhead does help them reach over the shields at the front.

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Bob Marshall @bobmarshall.co.uk · 14/07/2026

Hi #PortfolioDay! I'm an Architectural Illustrator and 3D Artist from Edinburgh, Scotland. I work with historians and archaeologists to reconstruct our nation's built heritage assets using archaeological and measured survey data and by developing detailed 3D models. Website: bobmarshall.co.uk

A digital reconstruction of Dun da Lamh – an Iron Age Pictish Hillfort near Laggan, Badenoch, Scotland, by Bob Marshall. © Badenochstorylands.com / Cairngorms National Park Authority 2020

A digital reconstruction of Baldow (Easter Raitts)–a post-medieval township near Kingussie, Badenoch, Scotland, as it may have looked in the mid-1700s, illustrated by Bob Marshall. © badenochstorylands.com / Cairngorms National Park Authority 2020

A digital reconstruction of the chambered cairn monument at Easter Delfour near Alvie by Bob Marshall. © badenochstorylands.com / Cairngorms National Park Authority 2020

A speculative digital reconstruction of Tor Alvie hillfort near Aviemore, Scottish Highlands, by Bob Marshall. © badenochstorylands.com / Cairngorms National Park Authority 2020

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Prosper Tipaldi 🌱🌿 @prospertipaldi.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Hey #PortfolioDay! I'm Prosper, an illustrator and concept artist based in France. I specialize in history and fantasy! 🌱🗡️ 🌐 linktr.ee/prospertipaldi ✉️ prospertipaldi@gmail.com

A painting of a knight in a fourteenth century inspired armor, wearing plate armor with a bascinet type helmet and black and green clothes with dagged ends. He is wielding a one handed arming sword and shield.

A drawing of a knight in plate armor with a sallet helmet toped with a golden dragon. Over his armor is a red cloth embroidered with the Blackfyre three headed black dragon. He is wielding a two handed pole axe

A drawing of a woman in plate armor. Her clothes displays the red and black Targaryen three headed dragon, embroidered with yellow flames. She is wielding a wing shaped halberd

A drawing of a woman in plate, mail and scale armor, with green clothes. She is wielding a two handed war hammer and a wooden shield, displaying the house Mormont coat of arms from A Song of Ice and Fire, a black bear on a green background. The visor of her bascinet helmet is open.

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caledonianforge.bsky.social @caledonianforge.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Here’s a wee video of Nicky making a pendant based on the Pictish Burghead Ring. Hope you’re all enjoying the summer (even if the weather is a bit dreich like it often is here in Aberdeenshire)!

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