Manau Miniatures

Scottish miniature designer.

Working on lots of Picts.

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I now have a free sample mini for my Early Medieval Picts! A bit of a preview of what's to come.

You can find it here: https://t.co/r6gqNglhAv

#pictish #3dprinting #historicalwargaming #scottishhistory

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The monotony of all the Pictish work is getting to me, so I cobbled together a mini based on one of my first D&D characters.

#blender #fantasyminiatures

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@lorem_ipsum_93 @CrimCartier Early Medieval Ireland did the exact same thing, doesn't make it less of an uninspiring choice of name but it is funny how it has historical precedence.

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@OliveEtVinum @Opticaal1 @CrimCartier This is true, we made it up just to sell "haggis" to unsuspecting tourists.

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The fourth and final WIP of my #pictish longspearmen.

Manau Miniatures does not understand feet despite having two.

#blender #earlymedieval #picts #historicalminiatures

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Another few shots of my Pictish warriors all lined up in a shieldwall.

Definitely need to work on more different heads.

#blender #earlymedieval #picts #historicalwargaming

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Here's a printed and painted example of the world(?) famous Rhynie Man!

Printed with the Elegoo Mars 4 Ultra

#pictish #earlymedieval #rhynie #3dprinting #minipainting #picts #historicalminiatures

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If you see this post, post a soldier!

I could never miss out on a chance to spread the good word of the humble spear and those who wielded them.

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You know what? People always praise knights or samurais, and they're all nobles. We should promo some ordinary soldiers!

If you see this post, post a soldier!!

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I would go on to reuse the pose for the Pictish Toisech I released in January (which was actually printable)

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This time last year was when I made my first serious attempt to design a mini, a Pictish king.

#blender #3ddesign #picts #earlymedieval #3dprinting #3dmodelling #historical

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Naturally I forgot many important things such as proportions and the model was almost certainly unprintable, but seeing what success I did have with a first attempt did give me the confidence to continue.

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This time last year was when I made my first serious attempt to design a mini, a Pictish king.

#blender #3ddesign #picts #earlymedieval #3dprinting #3dmodelling #historical

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@BAJRjobs @IanBlackha48094 @4gottnHistory I think it's easy to underestimate just how international a community Christianity was and still is, for the Pictish period Celtic Christianity enjoyed much contact with the Egyptian Copts.

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#Pictish longspears WIP number 3, for this one I'm taking a few notes from the noblemen on the Brough of Birsay Pictish stone.

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@IndieAnalogue I don't think it unreasonable to believe that someone wanted the fort gone.

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Just outside Tillicoultry once stood a hillfort on Castle Craig, where it was supposedly a very picturesque sight.

Unfortunately it was destroyed by quarrying in the 1800s, now nothing remains but a conspicuous dent in the Ochils.

#HillfortsWednesday

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@IndieAnalogue I always tend to assume disregard for heritage over any malicious intent with things like this.

Yet the fort must have been known to everyone involved with the quarrying and yet it continued for decades until the fort was completely destroyed.

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@IndieAnalogue Chances are if it weren't for the quarrying it would have been the most well preserved hillfort in Clackmannanshire.

For me it's the greatest justification for the heritage protection legislation that came decades after, for without it there would be many more similar cases.

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Behold, a man! A Rhynie man!

You can find him here: https://t.co/dnrQXyp2zG

#pictish #historicalwargaming #scottishhistory #picts #miniaturedesign #3dprinting #earlymedieval #alba #vikingage #myminifactory

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@Anglo_Warrior "Dress for the job you want, not the job you have."

Next time I'm in England I better be seeing some Thegns.

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@GaulishThe35998 @amazingmap That can't be right, the map cites the source as a 2011 census.

And besides if the map was counting duolingo users I'd imagine there'd be a larger amount of "speakers" of celtic languages in scotland.