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Cancon 2015!

Annnnd now a big Announcement! In just over a week Ex Manus Studios will be at Cancon! Our first appearance at a gaming convention we will be at table 3 in the link corridor, so if you are there feel free to drop by and say hi. Our sculptor Pendix, has been pried away from […]

Happy Holidays

Wishing all our friends and followers a happy holidays! Well, it’s fair to say we’ve been pretty quiet here at Ex Manus last few months. But we want to assure you all that we are still here, and still taking and shipping orders over the Christmas season. We have been keeping busy behind the scenes […]

Armatures

Armature used in sculpting a tabletop miniature

Hello Again! Sorry about the delay on this Blog post, but we are finally here and just in time (thank goodness for a month with 5 Mondays). This week I’d like to talk about armatures. What are armatures? Think of them as the skeleton within a miniature (or larger sculptures). They are usually made of […]

A Bump in the Road

Pendix Here, When I started this blog I made commitment that I would be posting regularly on the first & third Monday of each month. Up until now this has gone pretty well, however this week I’ve been moving house. And that is a hell of a lot of work, which also limits time behind my […]

The Material Question

Miniatures production materials comparison

Pendix here, chief (and only) sculptor of Ex Manus Studios. This week I wanted to talk about the materials we (and by we, I mean the industry) make miniatures out of. This is a subject I’ve seen discussed a lot online, and with my love of miniatures & background in manufacturing, I thought it was […]

Absolutely SMASH!ing

SMASH cosplay - The Wild Thornburys

Last weekend I attended the first major convention since the launch of Ex Manus Studios; the SMASH! Manga and Anime convention. Accompanying me were my close friends and fellow artists & stall-holders: Fox & Talen Lee of Invincible Ink. I’ve been attending local anime conventions on and off for more than a decade now; I […]

Restocked

Just a quick message to let our followers know that we have received a new batch of stock, and we are no longer out of the Outlaw Gunslinger & Karu – Professional Sniper.

SMASH! 2014 Aftermath

Our time at SMASH was amazing. We had loads of awesome con goers stop by our table, we saw some excellent cosplay, and got to meet other awesome Australian artists. We endeavoured to tweet about it but were largely thwarted by technology (namely my phone), but my fellow Arts Eclectic booth holder Talen_Lee did a […]

SMASH! 2014

Ex Manus with Arts Eclectic at SMASH! 2014

We are going to be at the SMASH! Sydney Manga and Anime Show in Parramatta tomorrow and the day after. If you are there you should totally rock on down to see us and our friends: Fox Lee (Bite Me Graphics) and Talen Lee (Press.exe) at table 21 in the Artist’s Circle (look for Arts […]