philheckler
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So i've just restarted painting minis after almost twenty years , here's my first serious effort , hope you like it..<br><br>
Savage Orc Shaman
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minimart
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welcome back to the addiction...hopefully not too many small hands to play with things when you are not looking judging from the pink pail...lol nice work, like was mentioned about the mold lines... I understand wanting to jump right into the fun stuff 
kepp it up and keep having fun
Mike
kepp it up and keep having funMike
philheckler
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Thanks for the kind words , i painted this model over about four , two to three hour sessions , i've got to admit , i rushed the basic prep a bit and didn't sort the mold lines.... (i was so eager to start painting)... anyway it's a mistake i wont make again.... i'm really looking forward to painting more models... i'm planning on tackling this one next...
http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat630008a&prodId=prod1160145a
A little bit about me - I'm 43 years old Married man form Wales uk , electronic engineer by trade.. i used to paint citadel mini's in my late teens (those were the days before the slotted plastic bases..) recently i stumbled upon a games workshop thread on a computer tech forum.... one thing led to another and i'm suddenly itching to pick up a brush again and start painting - one thing i do regret is throwing my old miniature collection away when i moved house a few years ago... would have been great to strip off the old paint and freshen them up..
http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat630008a&prodId=prod1160145a
A little bit about me - I'm 43 years old Married man form Wales uk , electronic engineer by trade.. i used to paint citadel mini's in my late teens (those were the days before the slotted plastic bases..) recently i stumbled upon a games workshop thread on a computer tech forum.... one thing led to another and i'm suddenly itching to pick up a brush again and start painting - one thing i do regret is throwing my old miniature collection away when i moved house a few years ago... would have been great to strip off the old paint and freshen them up..
me_in_japan
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I was in a similar(ish) situation to yourself a few years ago. I'd painted/gamed a lot throughout my teens, but then packed it in (and sold most of my minis) when I went to uni (other priorities arose...) and hadnt touched it until my mid/late twenties when I saw an old copy of Realm Of Chaos in my branch trainer's bag. One thing led to another and we agreed to have a game of Blood Bowl.
7 years later, I now have 8000pts of eldar (including a titan), 4000pts of dark eldar and about the same in Nurgle Marines, two warmachine armies, a malifaux crew and god knows how many odds-n-sods minis that I bought because "I really want to paint that" (but havent yet...).
BUT, what I also have is a great group of friends who I would never otherwise have met, and in fact if I imagine what my social life would be like here in rural Japan without them, I would be a bit sad and lonely, I reckon.
So yeah - welcome back to the hobby, mate It'll cost you your soul, but you'll get some good mates out of it
7 years later, I now have 8000pts of eldar (including a titan), 4000pts of dark eldar and about the same in Nurgle Marines, two warmachine armies, a malifaux crew and god knows how many odds-n-sods minis that I bought because "I really want to paint that" (but havent yet...).
BUT, what I also have is a great group of friends who I would never otherwise have met, and in fact if I imagine what my social life would be like here in rural Japan without them, I would be a bit sad and lonely, I reckon.
So yeah - welcome back to the hobby, mate
It'll cost you your soul, but you'll get some good mates out of it 