Hobby Report - First and Best (so far)! [Group/Open]

[Glitterwolf]

I love to see how people made progress over time.

 

And most important, you can see we all have fun with the hobby.

So cool.

[Mad Jack]

 I used, I kid you not, glossy Testors model paints.  You do not see highlighting on these models; you see light reflecting off a glossy surface. 

 

 I'm pretty sure that most of us who started back in the '70's and '80's started off using the enamels we had already acquired for our plastic vehicle models...

 

I used Testors enamels (mostly flat, but gloss for anything that was supposed to be shiny or wet) AND the old Testors white brushes, lol.

[Kendal]

These are probably my oldest. I started in 2013.

These are some of my models from last year and this year.

[malefactus]

You Young Folk certainly do improve quickly.

This is a WONDERFULLY inspired & inspiring thread. You're not quite the barbarian you profess to be, ub3r.

 

The first miniature I painted was in the late Winter/ early Spring of '63. He has long since gone to wherever Steadfast Tin Soldiers go. SO no beginnings to show & my current piece isn't done

 

 

 

 

 

...or a miniature per say; ergo, the spoiler.

Edited August 19, 2016 by malefactus

[knarthex]

Just thought I would throw in a link to my latest mini...

 

Also the one I am most proud of right now...

 

George

[tiniest rhombus]

The first 2 minis. I can't remember which one I painted first but they were painted on the same day. Craft paints and cheap brushes. Nothing wrong with craft paint when used properly which I obviously could not do back then. A whole 3 years ago. Cheap brushes on the other hand can take a flying leap. You'll pull my sweet sweet Kolinsky brushes outta my cold dead hand.

 

The dragon from the Ravenloft DnD board game

 

And Ragnar (I think that's his name) from the DnD Heros ll box set.

 

 

My mostest favrotiest thing I've ever painted. Tuma (it's not a Tuma) Windrunner.

 

 

[tiniest rhombus]

I'm hoping that more folks will contribute to the display of "I started here, and here I am now".

We all have taken so many trails to get to our respective levels.

I think that these pages are a great inspiration, and a NEWBIE should be directed here to begin

his journey, knowing this is where he can be by simply painting his favorite miniatures !

If you haven't posted, please do, you are making all of us feel proud, and delighted in your progress !

Sorry for the double post but as I was going back through the tread looking at everyone's amazing progress, I came across this gem from Jay the good and wise. QFT my friend

[Bathory]

This thread is the best!!!!

Awesome to see everyone's progress, keep them coming!!!

 

One of my very first minis

 

 

What I am currently working on

 

[pinkymadigan]

Nobody else wants to show????????

I have some time off due to my newest acquisition;

http://forum.reapermini.com/index.php?/topic/70417-my-favorite-mini/

 

I'll be dedicating some of that time to photographing my oldest purge of '04 surviving mini (mostly by accident, not because I liked it or anything), plus all the stuff I knocked out in the past couple months trying to get as much hobby time in as possible before everything changes...

 

Anyway. I'll have stuff to post here soon...

Edited August 20, 2016 by pinkymadigan

[tiniest rhombus]

This thread is the best!!!!

Awesome to see everyone's progress, keep them coming!!!

One of my very first minis

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What I am currently working on

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Yup, so in love with this thread.

 

Your skin tones on her a fanfrickintastic.

[Glitterwolf]

@ Mel,

 

I love that Tuma, but you know that already

 

@ Bathory, Great skintones indeed, looking forward to see her in Show Off soon...

[TheOldGuard]

This is a great topic!

 

I've just been rummaging around in my collection trying to find what I remember to be my first/oldest painted minis - the hardest thing was finding one's which I would have actually considered "finished" at the time (I seem to have a lot of unfinished minis from back then!). Anyway, from the early 1980's (lets say....1982) here's a couple of early efforts:

 

Citadel Miniatures Goblin C13 & Grenadier Type III Demon from their "Monsters" boxed set:

 

 

 

 

And two of my most recent finished minis from 2016:

 

Reaper Zombie Dog Handler 50069 & Cerberus, Hound Of Hell 03423:

 

 

 

I knew absolutely nothing when I first started painting (no priming, shading or highlighting), I did learn about washes & dry-brushing later on which helped a lot but the real game changer for me was learning how to highlight smooth areas using multiple thinned layers of paint.

Edited August 20, 2016 by TheOldGuard

[Lt. Coldfire]

This was my first mini I painted, something like 12-14 years ago:

 

Probably my best:

 

[Glitterwolf]

@ TheOld Guard en Lt. Coldfire,

 

You sure have come a long way!!!

 

Amazing!

[ub3r_n3rd]

@ TheOld Guard en Lt. Coldfire,

 

You sure have come a long way!!!

 

Amazing!

Agreed!