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WARNING: PURELY NOSTALGIC AND POINTLESS POST AHEAD
So I was looking through my boxes full of miniatures in preparation for moving out of my apartment and I came across the first box of Warhammer 40k I ever painted. It was a group of Ork boyz who are mostly all broken now and one nob, but it brought back memories of me as an 11 year old kid painting these guys and being so excited by it. So I thought I'd post them here and see if anyone else feels like sharing some pictures of the first models they ever painted! Maybe add some recent models for comparison, just to appreciate how long some of us have been involved in this amazing hobby and far we've come.

This is a fantastic idea! Everybody had to start painting some time and it's nice to see what we have learned over time.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/835708-Comparison.html


I got this goblin from some ancient mail order starter set (a goblin, and elf spearman and a space marine and some paints for those curious). The other models are some old GW gretchin.

Some of my earliest stuff (my first two minis are in the lot):


These guys have been battling the foes of mankind in every edition:


These guys came in the same blister pack, but were painted a couple of decades apart:


Whereas terminator captains have come a long way model wise, and not just my painting skill improving over ~20 years...

Whereas terminator captains have come a long way model wise, and not just my painting skill improving over ~20 years...

Models have come on a very long way.

And that conversion that inspired my duel claw catapracti captain.