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Joanna & Olaf
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(she/her & he/him) We are two artists, Joanna and Olaf, miniature painters and sculptors for 3Dprinting!

Check out our MMF: myminifactory.com/users/olafminiaturesbits

No printer? No problem! We have physical bits for you here: olafminiaturesbits.etsy.com
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Next shield painted!
How do you like it? 😊

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November 20, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Heater shields work great for freehands. First one done, 4 more to go!
Hope you like it! 😊
November 19, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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This is why you test print! Insufficient supports led to a misprint- line on all the shields.
Otherwise, the designs look good, so one more test print with adjusted supports and all should be fine!

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10 shields designed for converting miniatures, 5 halfling shields, and 5 spiked shields
November 15, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Another set of shields printed!

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November 12, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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When the duty calls, Halfling noble houses march to war sporting traditional clan heraldry!

These shields look so cute that I am inspired to collect a Halfling knight-themed army!

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3d sculpted Halfling shields with food-related heraldry (sasuages, pig, chicken, rooster and fork crossed with knife)
November 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Oval and rounded Celtic shields printed and ready for painting.
What shield do you want to see next?
Ancient? Medieval? Fantasy? Or something else?

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3d printed resin oval Celtic shields for converting historical or fantasy miniatures.
November 10, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Viking wooden shields painted! Nothing fancy, just a bit of washes, drybrush and edge highlights. I also used filters to differentiate the planks' hues.

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5 wooden round shields for miniatures, 3d printed and painted.
November 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Round shields with Celtic designs should fit any army, inspired by pre-Roman Britain, Scotland or Ireland.

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Round shield for miniatures with Celtic designs.
November 8, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Fleur de Lys shields printed nicely!

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Fleur de lys 3d printed shields for historical wargaming miniatures.
November 6, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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Next in line are the crusade era, 12th-century flat top kite shields.
3d renders and iconography that I used for inspiration.

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Medieval ilustration depicting soldiers (c. 1180) using flat top kite shields and regular kite shields. Below that are sculpted shields for converting wargaming historical miniatures.
November 5, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Viking Age Nippology- sounds like a proper research topic :P
November 5, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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What painting style do you prefer? Smooth blends or rough and textured?

I like the more painterly look with visible brush strokes, and it is not only because I hate blending! :P

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Dragon wing from a dark elf warhammer miniature painted in reds and ochres with lots of texture.
November 4, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Viking round shields printed quite nicely. Time to slap some paint on those!

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3d printed Viking Age round shields for 28-32 mm scale wargaming miniatures
November 4, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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Lion heraldic shields wip. No details yet, but the layout is looking good.💪
These are a heraldic fantasy, but I plan to do the proper historical designs as well!

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Heraldic shields with lions- 3d sculpted blockouts ready for surface detail and final adjustments.
November 2, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Scary skull for Halloween. Are you working on any scary/ spooky project this week?

Hope you are having a good weekend!

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Creature Caster King of ecstasy back view showcasing painted skull armour piece and purple cloth/ tabbard.
November 2, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Old paint jobs - Sylvaneth, still my favourite colour combination - pink and emerald.

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Treeman and dryads for Sylvaneth from Age of Sigmar.
November 1, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Another set of Viking-style shields is done. I am trying to alternate between fantasy and historical designs, as both are interesting subjects to work on!

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3d sculpts of round Viking shields with ornaments- patterns around the shield boss.
October 31, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Progress on the terrain pieces! Some are almost finished- like the cemetery walls, others still need lots of work, mainly the forests and pallisade.

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Wargaming terrain pieces in various stages of painting.
October 31, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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Panoceania, Military Orders from Infinity. Painted a while ago.

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Blue and red Infinity PanO models on violet and yellow bases.
October 27, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Sunday- it's a great day for a less demanding job - like painting terrain. I got the preshading done, and now I am ready to apply oils and filters.

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White preshading on a hull red base done on a bunch of terrain pieces- forests, rocks, pallisades and cemetery walls.
October 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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The shield saga continues with Viking round shields.
The Viking Age was my favourite period to study, and it is nice to browse archaeological finds for inspiration again.

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3d sculpted Viking wooden shields with different types of shield bosses.
October 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Axes to pair with the dwarf shields. I am going to sculpt hammers as well to cover the typical dwarf weapons.

These are the rough concept sketches- to guide and inspire the sculpting process.

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Fantasy dwarf axes- sketches to help and inspire my sculpting process.
October 25, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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Today I am painting terrain! Prime time!

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Pieces of wargaming terrain primed brown and red. There are forests, cemetery walls, ork palisades and rocks with bone scatter.
October 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Concepts for November release- dwarven shields.
I will have a set of bits for fantasy dwarves as well as historical set of bits based on the Morgan Bible iconography (suitable for 13th-c knights and peasants).

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Black and white sketches of fantasy dwarf shields.
October 24, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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Blockout done for Fleur de Lys shields, time to work on those details!

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Nine heater shields with fleur de lys designs- 3d sculpted for 3d printing.
October 23, 2025 at 7:01 PM