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My first ever miniatures were a box of Fire Warriors as Christmas present 2 years ago from my friends. And now they still aren't painted... Maybe someday..

My first ever mini was a Tau gun drone. My boyfriend had way too many of them so he let me assemble and paint one to see if I would enjoy the hobby.

My first ever models were probably some plastic cars from Dark Future (if anyone actually remembers that?), but my first proper models were the space hulk ones and a blister of the original chaos terminators I bought at the same time. Sadly I dont have any of them now :-(

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My first model was a 4th ed apiring champ. I was 9. he has now gone missing =(

My first model was an Epic Bombard in 1992. Long since disappeared. My first ever 40k model painted was an old Imperial Guard Rapier Laser Destroyer and two crewmen.

Sgtwaz wrote:This is my first mini I ever painted back in 1993 when I was thirteen. I remember being excited about painting it as I needed it for my first game of 2nd ed. against a friend. My illegal force consisted of this guy, 5 swooping hawks and a wraithlord (or eldar dreadnought if you prefer). The red and yellow was done mostly with inks straight on top of the undercoat which I didn't think was wrong at the time .He has been rebased since (poorly) and had the wings pinned only recently which I spent most of the time glueing back as I never even heard of pinning at the time. I decided not to try to repaint or touch up for prosperity's sake. It has to be my favourite mini in my collection as it reminds me of a time when I was actually excited to play a game of 40k.

Baharroth

thirteen? holy crud, that's a very well painted first model. I'll have to take a look at some of your most recently painted models right after I submit this post

I remember putting together the trees that came with some of my younger brother's Tau models. Stabbed myself pretty good getting them off the sprue. That was better than 10 years ago now...

Just started in the hobby for myself... first purchase? A box of necron warriors. Check out the progress in my sig.

My first mini ever painted was a Clan War Phoenix clan Samurai. I have no idea which one.

My first 40K model was probably an Ork boy. No idea which one as its probably sitting in a case with 200 of his brothers.

My very 1st model was a chaos android from space crusade and God knows where its at. I had hair back then... been so long

I traded a Transformer for a handful of fantasy miniatures, a combination of Ral Parthas and Grenadiers - a few orks, hobgoblins, a demon-like creature... there might have been a roper in there too. I still have a few of them in my mini's bin which is like a modern miniatures history lesson.

While I got hooked on 40k very shortly after 2nd edition was released and bought the Marines/Orks starter set, the first GW miniatures I bought were a few packs of Chaos Warriors.

My first minis were Ork boyz about six years ago. I remember glueing them together with PVA-glue on our kitchen table.. You can guess did the glue hold Ahh good times.

DeadestDai wrote:and the original plastic GW Skeletons box set when I was 8.

Oh right, that's true, that was my first models too I remember now. Back then the plastic was beige though, so I didn't think I needed to paint the skeletons

My very first models were one of the original Hive Tyrants and a box of those blue plastic genestealers back in 1994 or so.

My first GW figgies where the 'new libarians' in 88-89?....I thought swords and books...these guys are awsome...then the guy showed me the RT book and I was hooked. I discovered Space Marine and Adeptus Titanicus shortly after ( I am a macross, gundam, robotech, space battle ship yamato fan)....good times...good times....

Saintspirit wrote:

DeadestDai wrote:and the original plastic GW Skeletons box set when I was 8.

Oh right, that's true, that was my first models too I remember now. Back then the plastic was beige though, so I didn't think I needed to paint the skeletons

Heh, yeah - pretty much just painted the weapons and stuck some poorly aimed red dots in their eyes.

It was a box of plastic Skinks for Warhammer fantasy. They were the snap together models, so they were cheap, and I thought they looked cool. I remember talking to my dad (I was pretty young), and planning what I would get in terms of my Lizardman army.

I ended up playing 40k instead.

Mine was a Crimson Fist Dreadnought, but unfortunately there was an incident involving it and my little Brother and a 2.5 Tonne Four-Wheel-Drive = road kill

I was just cleaning out my old cupboard and found a lot of junk, but also a couple of gems! These 3 models were painted like 10 - 15 years ago and I gave up on the hobby soon after. I got back into it a few weeks ago so it was cool to find them.





I also found a brand new box of 13th Company Storm Claws, result!

My first mini would have been Slannhound Handler and Slannhounds. Oh that has been so long ago.

My first model was a Space Marine, I walked into a GW that had just opened and I was looking for Battletech mini's.
I asked if they sold BTech, and left that day a sad panda because they didn't have any...

I went back the next day on a Sunday, there was a 'Mega-Battle' going on, I got to take charge of a squad of marine, and I got hooked!

Bought myself a combat squad, some plastic glue, went and assembled my very first mini that night and thought that it was the coolest thing ever. The detail of the mini and just the possibility for poses I could make with it. It had the Corvus (beak) head, rockin the bolter, and the little pouches that I never used on a marine after this squad.
Then I painted it as a White Consul marine, and realized then that painting white was not my idea of a good time as a beginner. So I switched to some Ultramarines, and then flip flopped with different armies for a while until Codex Space Wolves came out and actually did an army of them and played in the 3rd War of Armageddon where they were destroyed in every game...
Exit Space Wolves, enter BRAND NEW CHAOS!!! WHATTTTT!!! And now I am a Chaos Devout Black Legion.

A box of Lizardman Skinks, I never learnt to play Warhammer, but I still have a soft-spot in my heart for Lizardmen, which is appropriate seeing as there was a time when I could list the period, region, contemporaries of and binomial name of most species of dinosaur.

Just checked eBay and those Storm Claws I just found in my cupboard sell for about £25, on they go!

^my very first Sentinel, nearly three years ago.

Cool sentinel!
Did you end up painting the rest of the model?

My first GW Models I painted were Tactical Marines with Boltguns. I think that was in 2008

My first miniatures in general to paint were the ones from the Khador Battleforce box. That was back in 2007.

My first models were some Black Orcs I bought because my partner was getting into the hobby and I wanted to see what it was all about. It was at the time I was playing WAR online, and I thought Black Orcs in the game looked pretty cool. I bought them only to paint as something we could do together on a rainy afternoon, but it started a long slide down a very slippery slope

My first models I bought with the purpose of making an army were Daemonettes of Slaanesh. After the Orcs they looked so tiny! At that time I hadn't realised the level of detail that needed to be painted on the models. They're still unpainted

My first model was a space marine squad i painted them so badly that i quit the hobby. Then some months later i grew a passion for painting minitures and here i am now winning painting comps at local stores and gaming clubs. practise and passion makes perfect.

I sadly cannot post the picture of my first model as it is not based... (well I can't post in this forum) BUT!

I've got a link the photo in my P&M Blog

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/60/375997.page#3173818

Alfndrate wrote:I sadly cannot post the picture of my first model as it is not based... (well I can't post in this forum) BUT!

I've got a link the photo in my P&M Blog

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/60/375997.page#3173818

It looks great in all honesty, I don't actually mind if the models aren't fully completed, as long as no one else has anything against the photos being put in this forum?