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So I got my brothers kid in to the game for Christmas and he decided to start an Eldar army and this is his first paint job.

I wish i was a jerk.

I am just jealous. I am very impressed for a first mini.

How old is said brother? It's not a bad job, has he painted models before (non-miniature gaming related)?

That's very very good.

I still remember my first mini, though i wish i didn't

His an old man and no he has not painted models before.

Ah, so you're bent out of shape because someone older than you who has never done it before, did it better than you could?

Welcome to life. I'm kinda glad my little brother and I live in different states (he actually is a jerk).

Your brother has some skills there.

pretty damn good first effort!

haha i do get your anger though, it sucks when you spend so much time perfecting (or trying to perfect) stuff and someone comes along with no experience and just gets it straight away

@Chromedog: Got sarcasm?

@MDizzle: Got plenty of sarcasm.
I'm an Aussie, it's what we do. You can take my sarcasm when you can pry it from my cold dry wit.

Just sounded to me like "I introduced my brother to this and WAAAAAAAA! he's better than me.".

Nice to see it isn't.

Now when I say "I hate my brother" I mean it. I really can't stand the alcoholic thieving little mongrel.

I am sorry to hear that mate. I am really proud of his work that's why I posted it.

Wow that's super good. I remember my first mini... the Bolter was a solid Mithril Silver

It's a great start!

My first mini was from the original Heroquest set, painted with oils into an unrecognizable mess. I don't know where it is but i suspect that the paint is still not dry....

I'm a jerk and I still can't paint that good.

When sarcasm is used in text format, its good to have a smiley at the end.

Yes, nice mini. Very simple, clean lines. Looks like he sprayed most of it? Works for me!

chromedog wrote:@MDizzle: Got plenty of sarcasm.
I'm an Aussie, it's what we do. You can take my sarcasm when you can pry it from my cold dry wit.

Just sounded to me like "I introduced my brother to this and WAAAAAAAA! he's better than me.".

Nice to see it isn't.

Now when I say "I hate my brother" I mean it. I really can't stand the alcoholic thieving little mongrel.

I think you need a hug man. Really. They have pills for that


I have to say its a pretty nice first attempt thats for sure. I mean you can tell its mostly spray paint but still that looks pretty good

Chromedog? Sarcastic? Noooooo!

Sarcasm detector? Yeah that's a useful device.

He did not spray an inch of this model guys

Wow, that's a great first model! I'm especially impressed by the intake grilles. My hat goes off to him!

There is a bright modelling future i see for him! well done!

Meh, it's ok. He really needs to drill out the barrels <--- see the smiley

That is clean work. An army done thus would be excellent. Learn to tape the canopies and paint them though, a clear canopy like that really detracts from an otherwise decent model.

http://www.swannysmodels.com/Canopies.html




The canopies can also be painted on the reverse side too, to show through a nice color, like blue, and make them solid, this removes the need to paint the pilots, if desired.

Stay at it!

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Dessloch wrote:Wow that's super good. I remember my first mini... the Bolter was a solid Mithril Silver

AAARGH *flach backs* The halcyon days of happy-noob warhammer
All silver bolters ftw

Wow, I'm guessing he had some previous artistic experience?

chromedog wrote: You can take my sarcasm when you can pry it from my cold dry wit.

LMAO!

Other than a good thumping (now that he's older and slower than you ), there's only one thing to do...get better than him!

My first model was hot pink............. how did he do this? Is he blessed by a Chaos God or did he exchange his soul for painting skills? Or is he just talented?

That is a great first mini. Is he just REALLY patient at getting things right, or did he have any experience prior 40k? I drew loads before I began painting, and that helped a lot with brush control at fine levels. (I draw...very finely detailed...at very small sizes)