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oki @oki-paints.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Been a while, as I've been focusing on pretty much everything else, but miniature painting, but here we go again! Trying to get this bust finished first, as it's already quite far, so I worked on some highlights yesterday evening! #miniatures #miniaturepainting #bust #miniaturebust #workinprogress

Work in progress photo of a miniature bust of a woman.

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oki @oki-paints.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

If you see this, post green art! 🌷

Photo of a painted miniature. The model is "Pixie" from Ignis Art.

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electriceve (ICantThinkEm) @electriceve.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Sora & Kaiju ready for some fun! 💖 I finished painting these two for the wonderful @roninartsworkshop.bsky.social & I am super happy with how they came out. I had a lot of fun free handing all of the tattoos & having a pair of cute faces to paint ☺️ I need to get back to painting more pinups!

A pinup miniature by Ronin Arts Workshop. It was 3D printed by me and painted by me. Sora wears jean shorts and a bikini top and is holding her pet Iguana Kaiju in one hand and a water gun in the other. She is smiling and has blue, purple and red hair and a tan complexion.

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falchie.bsky.social @falchie.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Turnaround of the bun cart. Sylvanian Families bunnies on an Invader ATV. Ready to do crimes. #sylvanianfamilies #calicocritters #buncrimes #warhammer40k

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Elmer Scarr @elmerscarr.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Happy Friday!! Here is my last post for the week. All angles on the female rogue bust. #miniatures #paintingminiatures #fantasy #dnd #warhammer

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Agn Paints @agnpaints.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Forgot to post. Shes done! #minipainting

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 04/09/2026

Look at my tiny Moon painting! I photographed the Moon with my telescope, then used it as my reference

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tuomaspirinen.bsky.social @tuomaspirinen.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

My article on the importance of giving credit to the creatives. I really hope that the current trend of fading away the creators from gaming products can be reversed: www.trenchcrusade.com/trench-wire/...

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Inside the Trenches - Trench Crusade

In this Trench Wire article, Tuomas Pirinen writes bout the importance of giving creators proper credit for their work.

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oki @oki-paints.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

HUMAN ARTISTS OF EARTH! Use only one photograph of tiny painted toy soldiers to convince people to follow you. #nerdlings #warhammercommunity #miniaturepainting#40k #fantasy #dnd

Photo of a Warhammer 40k miniature "Baharroth"

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oki @oki-paints.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Haha, nobody knows 🤷 (I think it should read 'B', since the other half of the part is that.)

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oki @oki-paints.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Apparently the letters are the painting instructions, B meaning beige and so on!

Photo from a battle droid assembly instruction booklet, showing the codes for the suggested colors.

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oki @oki-paints.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Just sitting here, pondering life.

Photo of a partially assembled battle droid scale model.

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oki @oki-paints.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

The instruction booklet is confused about the bit 23:

Photo of a building instructions of a scale model, with the bit no. 23 having "?" after it.

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oki @oki-paints.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Guess what I found from a thrift store today! #miniatures #scalemodels

1:6 scale model set of Star Wars Episode I Battle Droid on Stap

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tina @christinag.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

This wasn't supposed to be a woolly hat for Dreadnaughts, but it could be!

Warhammer dreadnaugt wearing what looks like a knitted hat

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oki @oki-paints.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

The Sniper Priest miniature has a head option that was inspired by that kind of mask! (Tuomas mentioned it in a comment to this post) bsky.app/profile/oki-...

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Kira Leigh 🏳️‍⚧️ @kiraleigh.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

someone on tumblr said it better than i could

I'm not saying be willfully ignorant. I'm not saying pretend horrible things aren't happening. I'm saying don't destroy your mental health going in-depth and cycling through horror after horror on your phone. I'm saying there is no virtue in making yourself experience other people's traumas because mere awareness is not activism. you inflicting suffering on yourself is not activism.
doomscrolling is literally sapping your energy and focus away from doing anything useful to help other people. you can burn yourself out without ever lifting a finger by exposing yourself to all the bad news in the world and who does that help? no one.

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AbyssGrant - Busy with comms @abyssgrant.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Week 1: Enter the Dragon This was my first submission. I wanted to portray dragons as forces of nature.

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oki @oki-paints.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Non-standard you say? How about completely self-sculpted miniature then? 😁 This is so far the only figure I've made completely from scratch (plus with a few random 40k bits)

Photo of a self-sculpted Warhammer miniature, based on the "Perils Unknown" artwork in the WH40k 9th and 10th edition Core Rule books. This is not a Barghesi!

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oki @oki-paints.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Thanks! 😁 I originally planned on just making a plain linen shirt, but at the last minute got the idea of using that floral fabric as well, and that made a huge difference!

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oki @oki-paints.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

I haven't been posting miniatures for a bit because I've been doing sewing projects instead. Just yesterday finished this linen shirt! I guess I should change my account name to "Oki-has-too-many-hobbies" 😅 #sewing #linen #hobbies

A close-up photo of a button up linen shirt.

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falchie.bsky.social @falchie.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Kitten walker. Sylvanian Family / Calico Critter kitten in a Hermes Sentinel from Warhammer 40k. #miniaturepainting #gamesworkshop #warhammer40k #sylvanianfamilies #calicocritters

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CryoCheese @cryocheese.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

It is done!! Inspired by the 2003 codex cover art "Eye of Terror" by Karl Kopinski Made for a local painting challenge with Abaddon assigned per dice roll and the theme "treasure". (crushing Cadia is a "treasured moment" for him 😇) #minipainting #warhammer40k #abaddon #eyeofterror #osl #cadia

Full frontal photograph of the finished "Eye of Terror" piece based on the iconic artwork by Karl Kopinsky.

It features Abaddon the Despoiler, standing in flames surrounded by his black legion - visualized through converted epic scale marines - holding and crushing the planet Cadia in front of a backdrop that shows the Eye of Terror spiral galaxy in pink, magenta, purple and blue coloration.

Close-up photograph of the sword Drach'nyen, which is part of the "Eye of Terror" miniature piece based on the iconic artwork by Karl Kopinsky.

It also shows the arm and shoulder of Abaddon the Despoiler, who is standing in flames in front of a backdrop that shows the Eye of Terror spiral galaxy in pink, magenta, purple and blue coloration.

Two side-by side side views of this piece based on the iconic artwork "Eye of Terror" by Karl Kopinsky.

It features Abaddon the Despoiler, standing in flames surrounded by his black legion - visualized through converted epic scale marines - holding and crushing the planet Cadia in front of a backdrop that shows the Eye of Terror spiral galaxy in pink, magenta, purple and blue coloration.

Vertically split comparison of the iconic artwork "Eye of Terror" by Karl Kopinsky (right) and my version (left) for which I used a backdrop plinth, the modern miniature of Abaddon the Despoiler, with sculpted planet in powerclaw as well as a number of Imperialis "epic scale" marines.

It shows Abaddon the Despoiler, standing in flames surrounded by his black legion holding and crushing the planet Cadia in front of a backdrop that shows the Eye of Terror spiral galaxy in pink, magenta, purple and blue coloration.

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Stannis @unitedpackage.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

I think AI users are becoming a thing on Bluesky. Anyone else seen this? #nerdlings

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oki @oki-paints.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

This is a cat checkpoint; relinquish your most recent cat picture on your phone! He's just chilling there 😊

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oki @oki-paints.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

WIP update. Been a bit since I last painted, but today got some progress. #miniatures #miniaturepainting #bust #miniaturebust #art #workinprogress

Work in progress photo of a miniature bust.

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oki @oki-paints.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Yep, that was obviously a leading question, so correct me if I'm wrong: If I take a photograph -> I'm an artist. I trace over that same photograph -> I'm no longer an artist.

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oki @oki-paints.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Okay, I guess that clears that out. Just out of curiosity, what is your opinion about photography as an art form?

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oki @oki-paints.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

I mean, that's literally what you said. I'm not really here to argue about the ruling in the original post, but to argue against the idea that "if you exclusively [x] you're not an artist"

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oki @oki-paints.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

and that doesn't feel right to me. Saying that someone isn't an artist purely based on the method they use doesn't sit right with me.

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oki @oki-paints.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Maybe I missed some nuance, but the part of your original message that bothered me was the "if you can't draw without tracing, you're not an artist". The implication of that would be that one would need to have a certain skill level (e.g., in drawing) before they could call themselves an artist

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oki @oki-paints.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Just to bring up an example. My understanding is that there is a rich history in usage of camera obscura and other such methods for tracing, so I feel it's a pretty wild take to say someone wouldn't be an artist if they exclusively traced their paintings

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oki @oki-paints.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

I would be ready to argue that Johannes Vermeer was an artist, even if he traced all his paintings (as is widely believed)

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Leslie 🏳️‍🌈 @chaoticfey.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

At this point, if you use ChatGPT or any other GenAI apps for anything be it E-Mails, writing, generating images or other things; please UNFOLLOW me. I don't want you here, I don't want you to interact with me. My art is not for you. If you want to ruin the world, do it far away from me.

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