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Manau Miniatures @manauwargames.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#WIPWednesday presents the final swordsman of the set. Now there's just a boatload of details I need to figure out. #Earlymedieval #Blender #Pictish #miniaturedesign

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Manau Miniatures @manauwargames.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

1 billion shillings to the driving instructor industrial complex

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

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 · 27/09/2026

Skips the 10 minutes of all the incompetent squires fumbling around you as well.

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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 · 19/09/2026

If only Bluesky had an edit post function 😞

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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

I'm willing to admit that I have been quite obsessive with my attention to detail, after all nitpicking other Pictish miniatures was part of why I decided to make my own.😅

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

I was inclined to do so at first but I've been researching for a reenactment impression recently so I might as well aim for the best my research will allow.

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

They're clearly planning the Robin Hood cinematic universe

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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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Manau Miniatures @manauwargames.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I recall seeing something about a re-enactor making a reproduction of a Pictish riding shoe with tongues on the back and front. Unless you're super anal about accuracy I'd say the legs are fine, maybe excluding the ones with leg wraps.

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Confessio Viaticum @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

Don't forget the boxes for all the unfinished models! 😅

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

My body is a machine that turns newly bought tabletop games into hardcover paperweights.

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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 · 25/07/2026

I think the deal is that the Warrior Ethos™ alone doesn't get you very far, and throughout history many generals have screwed up massively by thinking their soldiers being the toughest around makes up for a lack of proper planning.

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

History was invented by Osprey Publishing to sell the Men at Arms series.

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

And it's all free to download from MMF: www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-pr...

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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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