Just now I was rummaging through my DVD cupboard and pulled out a little white tub... And found my first ever painted minis.
So let's have some firsts!
The first figure(s) you ever bought yourself?The first figure(s) you fully or partly painted? (if not the same?)
Bonus Round: The first figure you thought, "Yeah, you know what? I'm proud of that!"
If you don't have pics, that's okay too - I thought I'd lost my guys to the attic.
My first ever figure was this old thing: (
Not my pic)
I've never painted it because I was going to paint it with my father... Over 15 years later and we've never got around to it. I should.. do that.
[Uncomfortable realisations]
He should have a rider and a standard, I gave those to a friend, assuming I'd never want them. Absolutely my favourite monster figure I own for so many reasons.
The first figure I ever painted was this... chunky little woof-woof, bought for something like £1.50 at the first war-games show I ever attended. I thought he was marvellously feisty.
Happy to see me happy, the pet chemist bought a pair of scenic bases, and a Westwind Loup Garou to go with. We sat in my tiny student flat the next day and he very patiently showed me how to paint (he'd do one flagstone and I copied it onto the rest, and so on).
I believe it's a Cur & King resin base, I thought it was reet natty:
I'm yet to do a real "I'm proud of that" figure, the one I was most happy with was entered into a local
GW painting competition and stood on by a child.

I still have it, but redoing the entire thing killed my buzz.