BlazeBuster
New member
(Pardon the life story!)
Hi Everyone,
First ever post and jumping back into the hobby after 16 years. Boy has a lot changed since I last stepped into a Games Workshop! From model details, to paint, to the game itself.
A little bit of history (If it matters?) As a kid I loved Warhammer40k. Couldn't get enough of it and the lore was so amazing to me. I wasn't huge into playing the game I just wanted to paint/collect cool looking mini's. Back then it was Orks for me! Always loved them.
Once I hit highschool life seemed to take over - I was big into hockey and other sports, and by the time I hit college I was big into partying lol so the mini's were quickly forgotten about. I actually ended up giving my entire Ork collection to a younger cousin of mine who was interested in the hobby.
Fast forward to adult-hood and I went back to school to become a Firefighter (about 7 years ago) which was a long and painful (but amazing) process. Where I am from (Toronto, Canada) this is a very sought-after and competitive career choice. It took everything I had and consumed my life. I was very fortunate to be hired full time about 3 years ago. We got married, bought our first home and are just enjoying each other's company and where we are in life right now.
About 3 months ago I ended up walking past a Games Workshop here in the same plaza as our gym. It sparked an idea in my head and when we came home I was on the computer all night to see where the game was at. To be honest I was amazed it still existed - and not only that but it seemed to be thriving!
I must say it's just great to be back. I truly forgot how much I enjoyed just having a hobby in general (something besides the gym or sports) that I can just sit, relax and concentrate on. My wife has been extremely supportive about it too - we both have a little bit of nerd in us haha. We are huge horror movie buffs, and she already agreed to have some models in display cases in the basement once we finish it. It'll be our nerdy movie studio once we finish
Anyways my apologies for the essay, I've just really enjoyed being at a place in life where I finally have time to enjoy this again. It feels great to be back!
I'm considering actually playing the game this time around, but right now I'm just enjoying painting. I landed on Eldar for 40k because I love the look of the new Wraith Blades. Plus Elves have always interested me. Loved them since the Lord of The Rings came into my life.. and well, space elves lol. I bought a ton of paints, the Craftsworld Codex to start in on the lore again.. and of course the start collecting box.
Just finished up my first Wraith Blade. He has the dual swords.. I love the look of the axes much better, but wanted to just try some techniques out. There is SO much more information out there, different kinds of paints and tools.. It was overwhelming. I found myself doing almost too much research and nervous to dive-in. I didn't want to screw things up, but at some point you just have to put paint on a brush.. so here we are lol
These are my "Saim-Hann Elite". I loved the lore of the Iyanden Wraith Armies.. but loved the paint scheme of the Saim-Hann. My idea is that the Saim-Hann have been training an elite force in secret that they are now releasing onto the battlefields to help them win-back some of their Craftworlds. Kind of a different concept I suppose.
They will be easily identifiable due to their Gold Wraith Bone accents, and I will still be painting regular troops and such with the Saim-Hann colour scheme of Red/White/Black.
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Some points: My brush control needs work, the red turned out too bright/orangey, and I tried too many paint schemes on the swords and clogged up the detail/generally ruined them lol.
Any tips would be greatly appreciated!!
Thanks everyone,
Luke
Hi Everyone,
First ever post and jumping back into the hobby after 16 years. Boy has a lot changed since I last stepped into a Games Workshop! From model details, to paint, to the game itself.
A little bit of history (If it matters?) As a kid I loved Warhammer40k. Couldn't get enough of it and the lore was so amazing to me. I wasn't huge into playing the game I just wanted to paint/collect cool looking mini's. Back then it was Orks for me! Always loved them.
Once I hit highschool life seemed to take over - I was big into hockey and other sports, and by the time I hit college I was big into partying lol so the mini's were quickly forgotten about. I actually ended up giving my entire Ork collection to a younger cousin of mine who was interested in the hobby.
Fast forward to adult-hood and I went back to school to become a Firefighter (about 7 years ago) which was a long and painful (but amazing) process. Where I am from (Toronto, Canada) this is a very sought-after and competitive career choice. It took everything I had and consumed my life. I was very fortunate to be hired full time about 3 years ago. We got married, bought our first home and are just enjoying each other's company and where we are in life right now.
About 3 months ago I ended up walking past a Games Workshop here in the same plaza as our gym. It sparked an idea in my head and when we came home I was on the computer all night to see where the game was at. To be honest I was amazed it still existed - and not only that but it seemed to be thriving!
I must say it's just great to be back. I truly forgot how much I enjoyed just having a hobby in general (something besides the gym or sports) that I can just sit, relax and concentrate on. My wife has been extremely supportive about it too - we both have a little bit of nerd in us haha. We are huge horror movie buffs, and she already agreed to have some models in display cases in the basement once we finish it. It'll be our nerdy movie studio once we finish
Anyways my apologies for the essay, I've just really enjoyed being at a place in life where I finally have time to enjoy this again. It feels great to be back!
I'm considering actually playing the game this time around, but right now I'm just enjoying painting. I landed on Eldar for 40k because I love the look of the new Wraith Blades. Plus Elves have always interested me. Loved them since the Lord of The Rings came into my life.. and well, space elves lol. I bought a ton of paints, the Craftsworld Codex to start in on the lore again.. and of course the start collecting box.
Just finished up my first Wraith Blade. He has the dual swords.. I love the look of the axes much better, but wanted to just try some techniques out. There is SO much more information out there, different kinds of paints and tools.. It was overwhelming. I found myself doing almost too much research and nervous to dive-in. I didn't want to screw things up, but at some point you just have to put paint on a brush.. so here we are lol
These are my "Saim-Hann Elite". I loved the lore of the Iyanden Wraith Armies.. but loved the paint scheme of the Saim-Hann. My idea is that the Saim-Hann have been training an elite force in secret that they are now releasing onto the battlefields to help them win-back some of their Craftworlds. Kind of a different concept I suppose.
They will be easily identifiable due to their Gold Wraith Bone accents, and I will still be painting regular troops and such with the Saim-Hann colour scheme of Red/White/Black.
View attachment 62646View attachment 62647View attachment 62648View attachment 62649
Some points: My brush control needs work, the red turned out too bright/orangey, and I tried too many paint schemes on the swords and clogged up the detail/generally ruined them lol.
Any tips would be greatly appreciated!!
Thanks everyone,
Luke
