Mini Firsts

BPI

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Mini Firsts

I\'ve been slowly photographing & moving into new figure cases my rather disparate collection, which until now has been stashed in a multitude of boxes, cupboards, drawers, carrier bags & ice-cream tubs, when I chanced upon this particular Dwarf. Of particular note to me because he\'s the first figure I ever painted with acrylics (Citadel Red Box birthday present!) at approximate age 10. My previous efforts were painted with Humbrol Enamels, all metallics apart from a primary red, my Goblin Wolf Rider with metallic blue flesh still looks odd lol

Here he is...

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Citadel Dwarf Chieftan In Platemail With Sword (head variant 1 of at least 18) Fantasy Tribes Dwarf FTD9 / C08 Dwarfs (20mm Slottabase)


I also have the 1st figure I ever bought but still need to fully identify him, I\'ll post later to rewarm this thread!

So do you still have the first mini you ever purchased / received / borrowed? The first you ever painted? First time you ever won a pin/certificate/rosette/trophy/honorable mention? Notable firsts from way back when, please share...

:beer: B.
 
BPI

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Nice one Alex, I think it\'s interesting to see what model it is that first caught someone\'s eye. B.
 
Dragonsreach

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Originally posted by BPI
So do you still have the first mini you ever purchased / received / borrowed? The first you ever painted? First time you ever won a pin/certificate/rosette/trophy/honorable mention? Notable firsts from way back when, please share...

:beer: B.
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I have absolutley no idea where the first of my \"Modern Minis\" is.
As for the very first one\'s,.........long gone to nephews as toys and thence to who knows where.
My youngest nephew is 28 this year so we are talking history here as well.

However this is the first GD Finalist I ever got.

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BPI

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That\'s great DR, the big gun reminds me of the Harlequin Death Jesters, a set of figures I drooled over in WD but never got hold of, couldn\'t quite bring myself to spend hard saved pocket money on Sci-Fi figures lol Seems to be similar thinking that left me as a fantasy role-player with a collection that\'s 50% dwarves! I kept thinking I could get an army together but they\'ve never actually been fielded :no:

I\'m sure placing at GD is something lots of people are feverishly working toward now, I\'ve never attended but at the end of August GW are having an instore comp so may submit my first mini to competition this year! If I can actually finish something modern from Citadel, I don\'t know how well 1980s Halflings will go down lol

I know what you mean about stuff drifting away over the years, my mini collection is remarkably intact but my books are almost all passed on & I still regret losing the crate of Lego lol

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chivas

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The first mini I ever painted with citadel paints... is the space marine Captain in Terminator armour from the old Box set. I had painted a few things before but using old enamels from my airplane model days.

My first \"honourable mention\" was back when the Golden Demon was held in stores first then by region etc. My model was an Eldar Harlequin I traded with my mate for some of the fantasy minis I had bought (like so many when I started I just bought what took my fancy with no direction or purpose). I never got that mini back and was never compensated for its loss which I recall made my dad very angry with me lol!
 
BPI

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Chivas, what a shame, your first placing mini & you never saw it again. Were you lucky enough to have taken some pictures? B.
 
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exilesjjb

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I have always been very mercenary about my figures selling them to pay for the next generation. I remember my first painted figures were a set of goblins but my first lead were dwarfs, I have pretty much been with dwarfs ever since even have dwarf character on WOW. I guess for me its the memory of what the figures gave me more that the figures themselves I hold on to.
I may have rambled off thread somewhere sorry:D
 
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SkelettetS

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yeah i remember that startbox from citadel, the brush included had the size of a broom totally impossible to paint something decent with.

got a few very old minis at home, painted like 15 yeas ago (and before my 12-13 years break of the hobby) they easily look way more terrible than your dwarf :D
 
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Shadzar

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http://www.coolminiornot.com/24183

First mini mini (non-plastic army man) I bought/painted. Still only got the Testors enamel paint on it, and haven\'t yet found it to update with the wash suggestions given.
 
BPI

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@Exilesjjb - I assume there\'s quite a marked split between us horders & you sellers lol I wonder if it\'s 50:50? Compared to your sensible, keep stuff moving on style, I still have in my figure cases things like, a cigarette tip, that represented a Bedlington Terrier called Lil\'Sheet in a 2nd ed. D&D campaign for months, it was replaced with a Monopoly dog - that\'s also in my cases!

@SkeletteS - go on then, share something from 15 years ago :) this isn\'t a show off amazing painting thread, more of a nostalgia trip. And what\'s a very old mini? My hobby history ain\'t great so I really don\'t know at what point tin soldiers became lead miniatures & as for which decade the first fantasy 25mm figs came out? I\'ll guess medieval knights historicals leading to a dragon? Anyone any ideas?

@Shadzar - excellent, not a mini I\'m familiar with, his mouth looks like candy! If you ever put more paint on him & resubmit you can get your improveOmeter score! (http://www.mainlymedieval.com/ozpainters/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1739)

Cheers folks, B.
 
BPI

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Nice one Matt, that\'s the spirit :beer: How many of us had to learn of undercoat after our first painting attempts? lol

B.
 
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SkelettetS

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okay, could\'nt honestly find my oldest minis but here\'s a few long timers... enjoy

\"be sure not to use to much of that black wash\"
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primer?
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shading and highlight...naaah. but im pretty happy with the eyes!
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BPI

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Hi guys & gals, some more questions...

@Dragonsreach - Did you have an Eldar army/collection underway, do a nice job on the figure & decide to enter him or was he a model that you chose specifically to paint for competition?

@SkeletteS - I don\'t remember the brush with the paint set although it makes sense now that you say it. Seems highly likely that my dwarf was painted with it :) I don\'t recognise your Giant or Wizard figures at all, I guess the Orc is early citadel (is that shield cast or plastic?). I like the Wizard, he looks like the neat, flat kind of paint job that as a child you\'re chuffed to bits with & then get to look back at & ask shade, highlight? Is the Gold paint the old Citadel one, I don\'t think I ever managed to get anything other than a greeny yellow sludge effect, no wonder you switched to yellow for the bracelet!

@Donga - Wow, he had some effort put into him. Is this a standout piece of your older painting or just a representative example? Was the base considered done? I\'m guessing Chaos Beastman but don\'t recognise him. I have figures I\'m painting now that don\'t look this good, quite a mix of colours that all work together, how old were you when you put him together?

Cheers, B.
 
Donga

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@BPI: He\'s a Chaos Champion of Khorne with \'flesh hound\' mutation. He was part of my first chaos army for WHFB, they all had desert sand bases (like his). He\'s not terribly representative of the army, he\'s painted! lol I was 17 when he was done, I nearly have a 7 in my age now (not quite).
 
Dragonsreach

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Originally posted by BPI
@Dragonsreach - Did you have an Eldar army/collection underway, do a nice job on the figure & decide to enter him or was he a model that you chose specifically to paint for competition?
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It was a specific mini just for the comp.
Although I did have an Eldar Army.
 
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