Four Pictish warriors with spears with the title: Manau Miniatures Early Medieval Picts Unarmoured Warriors with Spears

Four Pictish warriors with spears with the title: Manau Miniatures Early Medieval Picts Unarmoured Warriors with Spears

Four Pictish warriors with spears with the title: Manau Miniatures Early Medieval Picts Unarmoured Warriors with Spears

Four Pictish warriors with spears with the title: Manau Miniatures Early Medieval Picts Unarmoured Warriors with Spears

The Early Medieval Pictish Spearmen are now released!

You can find them here: www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-pr...

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

And the women who forged these? The skáldkonur: the women skalds.
Steinunn Refsdóttir (Iceland, 999) mocked a Christian missionary with metrically flawless verse about Thor wrecking his ship. 4/7
#Skáldkonur #WomenPoets #VikingAge

A dramatic, black-and-white head-on view of the Oseberg Viking ship’s curved prow, displayed under a vaulted ceiling at the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo. The intricate wood carvings of the rising prow are mirrored by a distinct spiral-shaped shadow on the white vaulted wall.

#FotoVorschlag
Klar Schiff » Shipshape

The #Oseberg ship, a #Viking #longship that dates back to approximately 820 CE



#OsebergShip #VikingShip #VikingAge #WoodenShip #history #ship #ShadowPlay #spirals #monochrome #BlackAndWhite #BlackAndWhitePhotography
#MinimalistPhotography

Insular mount from Agdenes. Lead models from the Viking Age used for the serial production of cast bronze jewellery have so far been found at only a few sites in Norway.

Maixner, B. (2026). Implications of recent metal detector finds for the interpretation of King Øystein’s Harbour in Agdenes, Norway. Fornvännen, 121(1).
Was this site an important seasonal market place?
#OpenAccess #Archaeology #VikingAge
doi.org/10.66449/for...

A view of a warp-weighted loom with weaving in progress. The loom ismade of wood, the weaving is a natural linen. An overhead lamp shines down on the weaving.

Detail view of my hand holding the selvedge of the cloth at the fell line.

This is a canvas weave (a form of plain weave). The filling is a singles tow linen that passes over warp pairs (in this project, the wefy os #4 towgarn, warp is a commercial 20/2 linen). This image shows the top of the weaving, from the starting border down about 8 inches of woven cloth. In the first several inches of the weaving, you can see how I was struggling to come up with the most effective sequence of weft picks, placement, and beating in, and how the quality of the weaving improves (a little!) in the several inches of weaving at the bottom of the frame.

In the closed shed, beating up the weft with a wooden weaving sword.

Linen sailcloth weaving. Truth: my favorite part of weaving is setting up the loom; all the hours of filling a web -- not so much. Have to devise little tricks for myself to stay at the loom.

#Weaving 🧶 #warpweightedloom #vikingage

Now Available: "From Farm to Viking-age Trading Centre" studies the excavation at Glyn, Llanbedrgoch, revealing rich early medieval evidence, shedding light on Wales' 5th–11th century transformation.

💻️: https://tinyurl.com/uehdweyu

#medievalhistory #excavation #vikingage

The Viking Armada That Invaded the Caspian : youtu.be/5bpZCs980k4

#Vikings #IslamicEmpire #MedievalHistory #VikingAge #AbbasidCaliphate #NorseHistory #Seville844 #BjornIronside #NormanConquest #ArabHistory #MediterraneanHistory #UnleashFacts #HistoryDocumentary #ForgottenHistory #VikingRaids

I’m sharing the first minute of my short film.
The full version will be available soon on YouTube…

#FenrirUnleashed #VikingAge #NordicMythology #TheRiseOfTheFairhairDynasty

Black and white photograph of the pommel and upper blade from a sword. An example of the detail is on the side, black and white checkered pattern in a diamond shape on half, and then diamond filigree on the other side. Text at the bottom reads: "Figure 2. Handle of the "large" sword from Chorna Mohla. After: SAMOKASOV 1916: 22, fig.26"

Black and white illustration of a sword with decorated pommel, engraved blade. Text reads: Figure 5. The "large" sword from Chorna Mohyla drawing; illustration by A. S. Dementyeva. 1. Handle, 2. Side View; 3. Possible reconstruction of the pommel base; 4. Bottom of the pommel; 5. Upper cross-plane; 6. Reconstruction"

Everything sucks, but here's a cool sword

#vikingage #rus #chernihiv

www.academia.edu/81531174/S_K...

Here are the Unarmoured Picts with Axes all painted, plus the decorated round shields.

Once again printed with the Mars 4 Ultra.

#3dprinting #picts #earlymedieval #minipainting #historicalwargaming #alba #vikingage #historicalminiatures #tabletop

Viking Age mass grave with dismembered bodies and trepanned giant found near Cambridge

More information: archaeologymag.com/2026/02/viki...

#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #anthropology #Vikings #IronAge #vikingage

The set of unarmoured Pictish warriors with axes have now been released!

You can find them here: www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-pr...

#3dprinting #picts #earlymedieval #historicalwargaming #wargaming #alba #pictish #vikingage #historicalminiatures

Oh hey I did my first YouTube video in over a year where I sat in my backyard 4 days after getting surgery making a historic #VikingAge recipe for Leek & Onion Soup (which some sources claim were used to triage gut-wounds) & tested whether I was gonna survive. I did, btw 👍
youtu.be/Ro6Zf-ypZRI?...

With #ValentinesDay just around the corner, how would you look for #love in the #VikingAge ?

Trees, Tales, and Sacred Groves: Meet Visiting Researcher Colin Gioia Connors - Department of Culture, Religion, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies What can ancient place-names tell us about our modern relationship with the land? This month, we are delighted to introduce Dr. Colin Gioia Connors, a folklorist and medievalist whose work uncovers th...

"The words we use matter."

We sat down with Colin to talk about trees, tales, and the intersection of folklore and the climate crisis. Read the full conversation on the OCEH blog:

🔗 www.hf.uio.no/ikos/english...

#EnvironmentalHumanities #VikingAge #Folklore #EnvHum

A cloaked Pictish warrior with a spear and shield.

Here is the free Pictish warrior all printed and painted.

Once again printed with the Mars 4 Ultra.

#3dprinting #picts #earlymedieval #minipainting #historicalwargaming #alba #vikingage #historicalminiatures #tabletop

A free sample mini for my Picts is now avaliable!

You can find it here: www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-pr...

#3dprinting #picts #earlymedieval #historicalwargaming #wargaming #alba #pictish #vikingage #historicalminiatures

If I had to pick only one resource to recommend for those interested in seidr or the mentality during the Viking Age, it would be this one!

Hugely fascinating, full of nuanced information and archaeological data. I refer back to it frequently!
#historicalfiction #vikingage

A quick #GRWM #VIKINGAGE style.

youtube.com/shorts/OH520...

This review had me near to tears because the reader has seen right into the book I was trying to write.
#VikingAge #Celtic #historicalfantasy

The Early Medieval Pictish Shield Pack is now released!
Includes 4 different shield types with 4 variants each.

You can find them here: www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-pr...

#3dprinting #picts #earlymedieval #historicalwargaming #wargaming #alba #pictish #vikingage #historicalminiatures

KnoxvilleRose on Etsy
#VINTAGE: A History of The Vikings by Gwyn Jones - Oxford University Press 1968
knoxvillerose.etsy.com/listing/1436...

#vikings #nordic #norse #germanic #booksky #ancienthistory #heathen #mythology #academic #nonfiction #scholarship #scandinavia #denmark #norway #vikingage

Here's the printed examples of the Pictish Command models for the early medieval period.

Printed by the ELEGOO Mars 4 Ultra

#3dprinting #picts #earlymedieval #minipainting #historicalwargaming #scotland #wargaming #alba #pictish #vikingage #historicalminiatures #tabletop

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Gunnarr and Bjǫrn and Þorgrímr raised this stone in memory of Þorsteinn, their brother, who was dead in the east with Ingvarr, and made this bridge.

#runsten #runestone #swedishrunestones #history #culturalhistory #vikingage #ironage

A painted miniature of a Pictish nobleman with a decorated square shield and a sword.

A painted example of one of the Pictish Command minis.
Printed by the ELEGOO Mars 4 Ultra.

#3dprinting #picts #earlymedieval #minipainting #historicalwargaming #wargaming #alba #pictish #vikingage #historicalminiatures

Rollo Of Normandy, The Viking Who Humiliated A King And Changed Europe Forever | Flipboard talesofthemiddleages.com - In the early 900s, the Franks had a Viking problem. Specifically, a Rollo problem. This towering warlord from Scandinavia had spent years raiding up …

flip.it/jmxZIs Rollo was a towering Viking warlord from Scandinavia who had spent years raiding along the Seine River in Paris. King Charles had an idea that was to change history. #history #frenchhistory #thenormans #vikingage #thevikings #medievalperiod #vikingraids #france #flipboardusergroup

This is one of my favorite #VikingAge artifacts. I like to imagine a Norse trader spotting it at some post near the Black Sea, half understanding that this was some unknown god, and hanging onto it because it couldn’t hurt!

My photo shows a bronze Buddha statuette sitting on a double lotus flower against a grey background in a glass display case. The bronze is now light green in colour, but would originally have appeared like burnished gold. The Buddha is sitting cross-legged with feet upturned. His right hand rests against his knee and his left arm is raised holding his monastic robe. A raised dot on the forehead represents Buddha’s third eye. His expression is serene, with smiling lips, and eyes gazing ahead. His facial features were highlighted with silver, tin, and black niello. There is glass residue in the eyes and the raised dot on the forehead was highlighted with a layer of gold. Height 8.4 cm, width 6.4 cm. It was probably made in the Swat Valley (present-day Pakistan) in the late 500s-mid 600s. It was excavated from Viking-age settlement buildings dated AD 800. It isn’t known how it arrived at its final destination but this exotic object travelled far, hinting at far-flung trade routes. I saw the Helgö Buddha on display at the British Museum’s ‘Silk Roads’ exhibition in October 2024, on loan from Historiska Museet, Stockholm.

A small and exotic Buddha found far from home in #VikingAge buildings on the Swedish lake island of Helgö.

Probably made in the Swat Valley, the Buddha travelled some 5,000 km from its place of origin, encapsulating the idea of long-distance trade during the Viking Age.

#Archaeology

A render of 4 armoured early medieval Pictish soldiers.

The command models for the early medieval Kingdom of the Picts/Kingdom of Alba is now released!

You can find them here: www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-pr...

#3dprinting #picts #earlymedieval #historicalwargaming #wargaming #alba #pictish #vikingage #historicalminiatures

✨ Two Viking Age oval brooches which were used in a practical way by women to pin up the straps of their overdresses.

They came in pairs - one for each dress strap - and are often found in female graves dating from the Viking Age (c. 790-1100 CE). 

📷 Photo by mararie.

#Vikings #VikingAge #History