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Sam Manley (commissions: waitlist open for 4th Q 2026)

@sammanleyartist.bsky.social
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Freelance illustrator - private commissions: OPEN WFRP || 40k: Wrath & Glory || Age of Sigmar: Soulbound || 40k: Imperium Maledictum || Private commissions Brit in Germany He/him Contact - sammanley.carrd.co

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Sam Manley (commissions: waitlist open for 4th Q 2026) @sammanleyartist.bsky.social · 22h
Place in Edinburgh, I stopped by for lunch. Q: "Can I order at the bar?" A: "You need to use the app." Alas, I had no connection and the WiFi was down. My being IN THE SAME BUILDING was too big an obstacle for anyone to overcome. I went elsewhere for a fucking great tikka paneer gyro.
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Sam Manley (commissions: waitlist open for 4th Q 2026) @sammanleyartist.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I feel like the TRAIN I’M ON shouldn’t be ‘awaiting’ this information 😆
Digital display on my train - it says ‘next station: awaiting information’
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Sam Manley (commissions: waitlist open for 4th Q 2026) @sammanleyartist.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
On a short break right now, but it looks like I have some HOT, FRESH NEW ART to share next week 😃🎨
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Sam Manley (commissions: waitlist open for 4th Q 2026) @sammanleyartist.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Oh this looks fun. Maybe it's not quite this, but off the top of my head, feels accurate enough.
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
Planescape: Torment
Command & Conquer
Streets of Rage 2
Age of Mythology
Super Meat Boy
Worms
Baba Is You
Medieval Total War
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Sam Manley (commissions: waitlist open for 4th Q 2026) @sammanleyartist.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Deadlines, deadlines! 😀 I have become this guy, my goodness
A robed figure has one visible bionic eye and a church for a face-plate, candles on his shoulders, and he wields a quill pen as he taps away with his other hand on a dataslate.
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Sam Manley (commissions: waitlist open for 4th Q 2026) @sammanleyartist.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Signal boosting!
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Sam Manley (commissions: waitlist open for 4th Q 2026) @sammanleyartist.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
He's just pontiffing his orb.
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Sam Manley (commissions: waitlist open for 4th Q 2026) @sammanleyartist.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Radio silence, because deadlines and NDAs. More art coming soon! I did make goosnargh cakes, though.
A cartoon of me at my desk, with an NDA sticker over the screen.Goosnargh cakes, a kind of shortbread with caraway and coriander seasoning. Honestly really nice!
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Sam Manley (commissions: waitlist open for 4th Q 2026) @sammanleyartist.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Artists! Quote with your city art!
I mean... it's city art! A big ol' nasty dirty grimy city done for the GM Screen for Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 4th edition
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Sam Manley (commissions: waitlist open for 4th Q 2026) @sammanleyartist.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Peanut butter styrofoams, from a Dylan Hollis 1940s recipe. 3 ingredient, simple, and delicious. #baking #cookies #historicalbaking
3 peanut butter meringue cookies rest on a pattered plate on my dining table. They’re white, a little cracked, and streaked with peanut butter.
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Sam Manley (commissions: waitlist open for 4th Q 2026) @sammanleyartist.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
You'll never find out where in America my accent is from! Never, I tell you! Mostly because I'm a Brit. Weird how often people here think I'm anything but, though. I've been called America, Canadian, Australian, and even once *Italian*. Why Italian? No joke - "you use your hands when you talk" 😂
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Sam Manley (commissions: waitlist open for 4th Q 2026) @sammanleyartist.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
HOT FRESH NEW ART! With Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay v5 just released, I have a few pieces to show, including THIS double pager, which is actually a lot of separate pieces (I'll show some together later) 😀 #art #illustration #warhammer #warhammercommunity #wfrp #wfrp5 #medieval
A scroll opens in front of us - it's worn, but has an illustrated border of various foliage, weapon, and skull patterns. It is held down on the right by a series of coins, and a wax seal.

To the left, we see a selection of playing cards, depicting various emperors and empresses.
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Sam Manley (commissions: waitlist open for 4th Q 2026) @sammanleyartist.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Well, I made the snickerdoodles. Thanks @gileonnen.bsky.social for the help! With brown butter and a little brown sugar, these are slightly crisp, very chewy, caramel cinnamon flavoured bites of autumn itself. Lovely! I do want to try the classic version, though, but that’s for another day.
3 snickerdoodle cookies arranged on a plate, on a wooden table.
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Sam Manley (commissions: waitlist open for 4th Q 2026) @sammanleyartist.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Just an astonishing amount of good work that she did, and so very sad that she is now gone. We really need more people like her.
theguardian.com
Dolly Parton, country star, actor and philanthropist, dies aged 80
Songwriter of I Will Always Love You, Jolene and 9 to 5 also invested millions in child literacy, Covid-19 vaccine development and other causes
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Sam Manley (commissions: waitlist open for 4th Q 2026) @sammanleyartist.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Truly a Legend, but there's always, *always*, one last hurrah! God I love boxnoughts :D
A Dreadnought of the Absolvers Chapter strides over a battlefield, and towers over the broken corpse of a Word Bearer.
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Sam Manley (commissions: waitlist open for 4th Q 2026) @sammanleyartist.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
BAKERS! I would like to make SNICKERDOODLES tonight or tomorrow, but I've never had one (Brit in Germany...), and the recipes are all over the shop in terms of textures and so on (Should I brown my butter? Use dark brown sugar? Go classic?) Have you a recipe YOU love and use? Help a guy out? 😀
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Sam Manley (commissions: waitlist open for 4th Q 2026) @sammanleyartist.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
A half-body commission of a Black Templar from last year. Really fun piece, really great client!
A Black Templar, candles on his backpack, weapon raised, and chains that would make Jacob Marley slink back into the shadows, steps forward with *intent*.
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Sam Manley (commissions: waitlist open for 4th Q 2026) @sammanleyartist.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
If you see this, post your marine-themed art! 😆
Space WolvesAbsolversAbsolvers DreadnoughtAbsolvers Chaplain
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Sam Manley (commissions: waitlist open for 4th Q 2026) @sammanleyartist.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
If you see this, post your marine-themed art!
A Kraken consumes a High Elf ship. Yum.
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Sam Manley (commissions: waitlist open for 4th Q 2026) @sammanleyartist.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Eclipse via lens flare 😆 I had no idea until today that that could even happen.
The partial eclipse, visible in my camera’s lens flare
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Sam Manley (commissions: waitlist open for 4th Q 2026) @sammanleyartist.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Slightly off-centre vegan drunken spaghetti for dinner tonight - strong oyster sauce flavour but notes of chili vinegar, chili, garlic, ginger, basil, and my own addition of fennel to make up for the anise-ish flavour in the Thai basil I don’t presently have. Spicy!
The previously mentioned drunken spaghetti on a white plate, on a wooden table.
Brown vegan beef, paler spaghetti, red chili, yellow sweetcorn, green broccoli and basil, all make this a colourful dish.
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Riola (Commissions open) @riolavar.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
🌻 ARTSHARE time🌻 👏 Wow. I already have 4.50k followers. Let's celebrate. 🤘 Like & repost this post for visibility! 🤘 💎 Share your art, SFW or NSFW 💎 🍀 Tag some friends ( not mandatory ) 🍀 🌞 Support others if you'd like! 🌞 🚫 No N/F/Ts, No AI, keep it SFW #artshare #art #selfpromo
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Sam Manley (commissions: waitlist open for 4th Q 2026) @sammanleyartist.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
We vibe-coding again? 'cause the vote is *tomorrow*. Honestly, the update to the Trending tab is... kind of crap. Worked better when it was vaguer topics.
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Sam Manley (commissions: waitlist open for 4th Q 2026) @sammanleyartist.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
COMMISSIONS ARE OPEN :D Some projects are coming to an end* so I have space for new work from September! Hit me up for your private commissions, details in the image included. Companies - need some artwork? Let's talk! My portfolio is cara.app/sammanley *the Warhammer work continues :)
My rate sheet, with amounts for portraits, half-bodies, and characters, as well as additions and more complex cover illustrations
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Babe&Oak @babeandoak.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
✨ 💫 19k Artshare 💫 ✨ • Introduce yourself • Share your work, links, shop • RP, TAG, SHARE, COMMENT • SFW only • Any Al gets an insta block - I'll repost throughout the day 🎨 #artshare
Artshare graphic of my Diana Altar Prayer Card and my Corvus and Crater pieces spliced together in the middle with the Babe&Oak logo over the seam and a large title with border that says 19K ARTSHARE. The number has radial white lines around it. At the bottom is a black rectangle with the url for my link site :
BABEANDOAK.CARRD.CO
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Sam Manley (commissions: waitlist open for 4th Q 2026) @sammanleyartist.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Updated my image for Hire Human Artists Maybe I should update my header here, but I do love the AdMech icon...
My Hire Human Artists header, a tryptic, with GW/C7 Space Wolves on the left,  a Blaze Servants icon for Highlands Miniatures in the middle, and a GW/C7 Absolvers Dreadnought on the right
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Sam Manley (commissions: waitlist open for 4th Q 2026) @sammanleyartist.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Critiquing is an art in and of itself. What was the goal? The current skill level? The nature of the person, and the approach would they best respond to? It is good to hear informed critique. You are, though, never required to heed any given random piece of advice. And never give it unsolicited!
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Sam Manley (commissions: waitlist open for 4th Q 2026) @sammanleyartist.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Listening to a recent @eyepatchwolf.bsky.social video, the words "frictionless creativity does not exist" hit hard. You have to engage in the process, and sometimes it's great, sometimes it's awful, sometimes it's just *weird*. And my god it's worthwhile, whatever your creative outlet of choice.
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Sam Manley (commissions: waitlist open for 4th Q 2026) @sammanleyartist.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Dwarf Doing his damndest to look like the definite article.
A brick of a dwarf, shield in one hand, other hand resting on an upturned double-bladed axe.

You'll never be like him, and that's just something you'll have to come to terms with. My apologies.
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Sam Manley (commissions: waitlist open for 4th Q 2026) @sammanleyartist.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
The light was striking yesterday evening.
By U Kottbusser Tor, the hot low evening sun shines under the raised ubahn.
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Sam Manley (commissions: waitlist open for 4th Q 2026) @sammanleyartist.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Couple of pieces from the Macharian Requisition Guide for the 40k ttrpg Imperium Maledictum
A miner in her quadbike speeds along
She parallel parks better than you doUh... guy in a walker platform spears a massive tardigrade, presumably to add to the collection in his net.
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"commission me" -heron @thxnywy.art · 30/07/2026
haven't done one of these in a while and I'm up early so let's #ARTSHARE post your favorite recent pieces! tag your buds! kiss each other on the mouth! or don't! whatever!
ART SHARE
repost - tag - interact
no ai sfw-ish
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Sam Manley (commissions: waitlist open for 4th Q 2026) @sammanleyartist.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Genuinely sorry to read of the nonsense happening in US food supplies right now, but it go me wondering what I’d do if I had to cook lettuce. I found this soup recipe - a little bland but still nice, and then you get to the seasonings which, while basic, really lift the dish.
Black pepper, nutmeg and lemon juice elevate this onion carrot lettuce soup. The bread has summer savoury butter.
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Sam Manley (commissions: waitlist open for 4th Q 2026) @sammanleyartist.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
A private commission of a Bretonnian adventuring party, from late last year. I like the more chilled-out vibe that was requested here. #art #warhammer #commission #illustration
A Bretonnian adventuring party gather around a campfire, in-between adventures
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Sam Manley (commissions: waitlist open for 4th Q 2026) @sammanleyartist.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
With Lex Imperialis out for the 40k ttrpg Wrath & Glory, I have some re-printed pieces to re-share! Good lord these chums have been published a lot o.O
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Sam Manley (commissions: waitlist open for 4th Q 2026) @sammanleyartist.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
A phal! Hot as hellfire (1.66 ghost peppers, with seeds) + 1tbsp pataks chili pickle, but you get a ton of underlying deep flavour. I had it with a cucumber mint cumin raitha, and a mango ayran. If you love chilies, this is worth a try!
Rice, and a phal, on a plate. Topping are sliced scallions, raitha, and cilantro leaves.
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Sam Manley (commissions: waitlist open for 4th Q 2026) @sammanleyartist.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
CSD in Berlin - ‘a difficult situation’ the news said, but everyone remained calm. I’m not actually sure what happened, and I’m at a safe distance now, but I hear a lot of sirens.
The main stage with an evacuation warning.
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Sam Manley (commissions: waitlist open for 4th Q 2026) @sammanleyartist.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Dwarf King, Dwarf Queen, paired up paintings. Love illustrating a grumpy little block o' beef! From Lords of Stone and Steel, for Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay
A Dwarf King. He's a cube of a lad.A Dwarf Queen. She's a cube of a lass.
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Sam Manley (commissions: waitlist open for 4th Q 2026) @sammanleyartist.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
HOT FRESH NEW ART! From the just now released Sylvania - The Cursed County for Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, this is Mannfred von Carstein, directing war plans!
Mannfred stands in front of a battle map, his generals around him. He grasps a scroll and gestures aggressively, indicating a call to war.
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Sam Manley (commissions: waitlist open for 4th Q 2026) @sammanleyartist.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Hey friends living in the UK, would you care to add your signature? Fuck these damn data centres.
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Sam Manley (commissions: waitlist open for 4th Q 2026) @sammanleyartist.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I drew Jimothy! Love you, buddy!
Very obviously not Jimothy, this is my reverse mermaid sketch that I bring out every now and then.

I know, I know, but without a note here *someone* is going to see the post and think I uploaded the wrong thing, so alt text is really serving a double purpose here.

Anyway, be good, don't be quite so hard on yourself, and tell your people you love 'em.
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Sam Manley (commissions: waitlist open for 4th Q 2026) @sammanleyartist.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Staring down weekend tasks like
Champions of Chaos face off against a Kharibdyss in a combat arena, in this piece for Carngrad Adventures for Age of Sigmar: Soulbound
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Sam Manley (commissions: waitlist open for 4th Q 2026) @sammanleyartist.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Of the 10 eggs in this carton: 2 so far in cracked so unknown, 1 single yolk, 7 (!) double yolks, including the 4 for my lunch scramble. Good heavens!
A bowl of 4 double yolk eggs
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Sam Manley (commissions: waitlist open for 4th Q 2026) @sammanleyartist.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Hey there, I'm Roy Schwip Schwap! 😂
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Sam Manley (commissions: waitlist open for 4th Q 2026) @sammanleyartist.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Never a bad time to re-share the Chaos icons I painted for C7, they've been used in a fair few books now 💀
Chaos god icons for Khorne, Tzeentch, Slaanesh, and Nurgle
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Sam Manley (commissions: waitlist open for 4th Q 2026) @sammanleyartist.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Repost of a private commission from last year, I really had fun illustrating this techpriestess. #art #painting #artist #digitalart #illustration #warhammer #WarhammerCommunity #warhammer40k #commission
A Techpriestess, holding an Aeldari weapon,  looks condescendingly down on the viewer. A lasgun servo-skull hovers be her shoulder.
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The Dammitch - Artist and Streamer @thedammitch.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
If you are commissioning an artist, and want a specific pose, don't run to genAI to try and make it for you. Draw a stick person. Stick person poses are beloved among all artists. We can see exactly what you want. Do not fear sending the stick person. The stick person is magical.
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Sam Manley (commissions: waitlist open for 4th Q 2026) @sammanleyartist.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Clacton, you have the chance to do the funniest thing here - please, please unite and simultaneously kick out Farage while also putting Binface in the Commons.
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Sam Manley (commissions: waitlist open for 4th Q 2026) @sammanleyartist.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
A snowy piece to help cool you off! But, we have another one coming and we all need to look after ourselves, and each other. Slower work? That's okay. Lower energy? That's okay.
Dwarfs on a snowy mountain are basically where we all wish we were.
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Sam Manley (commissions: waitlist open for 4th Q 2026) @sammanleyartist.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
OK, god damn it's hot out there, and this weekend looks scorching. Friends - stay cool, stay indoors, stay hydrated, and check in your people who might struggle more in this weather, especially if you're in a no-AC region.
A burning brazier, with a sun icon on it, in front of a metal sun symbol.
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