styates Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 But she's so pretty, Ary!!! I have some like that too, I'll have to find one that might be my first and take a picture of it. I just posted the one that I did because I was playing with my new camera and wanted a fairly small subject to see how it would do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dargrin Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 Santa!! I said that about dwarves. Little pissed off Santas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rex_lyver Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 Here's my first mini ever. A plastic Games Workshop Dwarf Warrior circa 1993. I've been tempted to strip and repaint this bugger many times, but I keep him around for nostalgia sake. The unintended black-lining was an artifact from the black primer. Blindly followed Mike McVey's painting pamphlet and the image on the box he came in. Gotta love the blah green flock base - retro cool! Rex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterCrown Posted November 21, 2004 Share Posted November 21, 2004 This is mine i love her BAD PIC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Tam Posted November 22, 2004 Share Posted November 22, 2004 Well, here is one of my "older ones" Not sure when I did him, but he is one of the first I every did. Crummy picture, but hey, I was still learning to use the camera when i took this picture! LT Here's another, but it's a bit better picture! LT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orchid_Noir Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 As the image states, I cannot, for the life of me, remember which of these was my first........just that these were brand spankin' new releases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastman Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 About 20 years ago, I tried to paint minis with some absolutely horrible results. There was so much of what now is common minis knowledge (clean the mold release off of the metal, remove mold lines, use primer, thin paints and use a clear-coat sealer when done) that no one seemed to know back then. And the only game store in the area only cared that you spent more money, there were no painting classes or paint clubs, and only one line of overpriced paint to choose from (which I couldn't afford as a kid in junior high school, the Polly S model railroad acrylics were a lot cheaper then). So here is an example of 2 of the horrible minis from the 80's (eventually destined for Zaphod's Crappy Mini or Not page when I strip the paint off and give them a real paintjob): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastman Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 As a comparison, this is a recent paintjob on a 20+ year old Ral Partha elf, I think you'll agree it looks a lot better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prophet118 Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 This is mine i love her BAD PIC ive got that mini, but i cant find the base, and i have no super glue..lmao i was hoping to get a larger detailed all together picture, thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72moonglum Posted January 9, 2005 Share Posted January 9, 2005 Here's the first miniature I ever painted. This is the second time I painted him though about a year ago. Imagine however, if you will, a little hobbit covered with Testors paint, no shading, barely in the lines, with bright yellow shirt and bright yellow hair, light pink skin and a dark green cloak. Two dots for eyes and a grey knife (my only attempt so far at non metal painting). Unfortunately, before I started the joys of e-bay, I stripped the mini with Pinesol and repainted him. Here's the present one.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFallen Posted January 10, 2005 Share Posted January 10, 2005 Well, I started painting a long time ago, some 11 years or so ago. Then I stopped. I was still gaming, but not really into the minis. Here are 2 of the first 4 I ever painted. They are Ral Partha figs I think... I am not 100% sure. I only recently (within the last 2 years) took up painting minis as a hobby, and that was due to the quality of the Reaper Minis a friend of mine was using in his game... I am still looking for the first Reaper I did, I know he is around here somewhere. He was a rep of my character. At any rate, here are the earth elemental, and the air elemental as i painted them back in 1990. Fallen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niloc Posted January 11, 2005 Share Posted January 11, 2005 (edited) LOL .... found one :-) Sorry about the image quality ... it was a polaroid, then scanned and cropped, uggh. It's of an Atlas and a Hunchback game pieces from the board game Battletech. I didn't know about primer or acrylics then, paintjob was poster paint on bare plastic. Found a couple nore pics of the Atlas, this is after stripping and re-painting Edited January 17, 2005 by Niloc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratbert_CP Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 These are in a separate thread, but since you're collecting beginning paint jobs... Here's some bad (kitchen lighting on a red surface w/ flash and full-auto, hand-held camera) pictures of my first completed mini (i.e., it's 100% painted, based and even top-coated with a matte finish). Just started with minis, and this was about a month ago (Dec 2004). This is an example piece done for Games Workshop's "Create a Chapter" contest, and it was good enough to get second place, despite the chapter icon looking more like an Orc symbol than a Space Marine symbol... The full size images can be seen by clicking the thumbnails above, or at madLemur.com (forgive the still-default PN site). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_Warlord Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 My Wizard,The First Mini Ever And I Still Have Some Work To Do On It. And After Folks Have Been After Me To Paint A Mini . So Here He Is.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twjolson Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 Way back when I first started painting mini's; I used enamel paints. But then I moved and it was impractical to bring them. After moving I bought a set of GW acrylic and played with them. Here is what I got; no shading, highlighting, or even fine details. I did however experiment with washes, since my previous enamels couldn't be thinned. My photoshop-fu isn't the best, but this pic is pretty darn accurate. I also did a "first mini" in enamels, however it's in the mail and will be here shortly. When I get it I'll take a pic and post it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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