Your oldest/newest submissions to Coolmini!

[Jericho]

Hey guys, just a random thought:

How about we share our oldest submission to the gallery. It should be a fun way to compare and contrast to see how far we\'ve come.

My oldest? A Salamander sergeant, image #670.

My newest? Arwen, image #183437.

Going from blacklining and a single edge hilight to blending, more confident freehand (obviously not on this mini per se), \"juices\" and toying with zenithal lighting, I\'m pretty happy with the last 7 years\' progress.

Who\'s next?

 

[SJB]

Oldest

http://www.coolminiornot.com/1160


Newest

http://www.coolminiornot.com/191014

Biggest difference is probably the photography. I don\'t think my painting has improved in leaps and bounds since then though I can probably get the results with less trouble now.

 

[darklord]

heres my first submission

and newest, 2 and a half year later:

 

[green stuff]

My first submission (but not first mini) :

My newest :

I think I take more time to work on details and composition, but I\'m still struggling with photography.

 

[Amazon warrior]

My first:

And my lasy (painted) mini:

I think I\'ve improved in several areas, but photograhy isn\'t one of them! lol

 

[No Such Agency]

My oldest submissions are not entered in the order they were painted, and my latest was a quickie and isn\'t my best work, so this won\'t say much about me I\'m afraid

 

[hakoMike]

February 05

June 08

 

[Manus]

oldest

newest - should say I only made the base for this, the mini was painted by the girlfriend

 

[generulpoleaxe]

i went from things like this (nov 05)

to things like these (nov 07)

still improving as well thanks to helpfull advice and lots of practice from a lot of people.

 

[supervike]

Cool thread!!!


My first:

my last:

 

[AinuLainour]

First -

My latest pics are balls so here is my smexy templar, which was the last fully painted figure.. (just before the latest two):

 

[Sukigod]

My First:

And Latest...

Huge change here. Highlighting, shadowing, inks, starting to get the hang of blending/layering. I owe it all to this site!

 

[DaN]

I like this idea

First

And latest (Completed! lol) submission

 

[BarstoolProphet]

I only have three submissions, as I\'ve only been painting a short while, and photographing for even less time.

Plus my middle submission is also my best, by the scores.

 

[generulpoleaxe]

Originally posted by BarstoolProphet
I only have three submissions, as I\'ve only been painting a short while, and photographing for even less time.

Plus my middle submission is also my best, by the scores.

don\'t worry mate, i haven\'t painted a display standard mini for a while now.
it\'s only quicky ebay stuff that goes in my gallery.
just post away mate

 

[freakinacage]

hmm my first space marine and frst completed mini:

to a toxic jested by mad puppet, using weathering powders etc:

 

[Jike Ichi]

Really great thread here! Some of you guys really made giant leaps. Leaves me with hope!
I have not many minis uploaded now but here we go.

Standart I was painting before I found CMON:

And just some months later after reading nearly every article on this side and making my first ever entry to a competition:

Still a long way to go. So many techniques to master and even try for the first time...Damn I wish I had more time.

Well and my photography sucks real bad. My camera has no special features, so its always hard work to get some useful photos.

 

[nick232]

April 07

May 08

 

[Jericho]

Wow, there\'s some pretty drastic improvements in the thread already Of course some of us *cough*SJB*cough* were born with brushes and sculpting tools in our hands, but hey that\'s cool

 

[Roger Bunting]

Well, I\'ve not got any submissions yet or pics of any finished minis since returning to the hobby, so I shall just marvel at the improvements made by others for now.