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Space marines from the 2nd ed I believe..no pictures though, sorry!

My very first models i painted were a small group of space marine assault troops which was around 5 years ago, they were ok but i didnt have enough equipment to do a better job.

My first was an Ork Warbike that I remember painting without using Humbrol enamel paints straight onto the plastic as that's what I'd done from previous Airfix plane modelling!

My first model was Dire Avenger Exarch that I painted purple and white, I didn't undercoat him or the rest of his squad though.

I painted these guys about 3 years ago (before I realised that they´d invented washes & the like)

The Goff Orks from second edition i followed that painting guide as good as my 11 year old hands and brain could do. I remember running out of black for the last fews boots so some of them ended up with bright red docs haha.

I think mine were the old spacemarine scouts, or it migt have been the really old eldar striking scorpions, I cant quite remember as i was 6 when i started wargaming in the end of 2nd edition

This little number was painted way back when GW dragons were majestic, awe inspiring beasts, rather than the insipid mounts (which even need added armour!!???!!) on offer these days!

I think mine was an old (around 02) Ork boy with a bow... Yes i started as a WHFB dude...

My first model was Leman Russ in a blister pack with his two wolves. painted in all space wolves grey (c'mon i was 11) and i think i bought a pack of blood claws with him.

Mine were a pair of plastic beaky RT marines. A shop in Cardiff called Encounter Games (long gone) used to break up the boxes of marines and skeletons and sell off the sprues individually for £1 each.

Had all my first marines and a few skeletons that way. If you ask me, the 2nd edition marines all in static poses were a backwards step after that.

Here is my first 40K. You can tell because I put the White Scar decal on backwards.

My first models were the plastic Space Marines in the second editon box set. It looked like I painted them with a q-tip, but hey, I had reeally small hands back then...

Some incredible first models on here...

I couldn't post a picture of mine because:
a) it's a long way away from me now.
b) shame.

A 1st edition marine painted with humbrol enamels and a sharpened matchstick for detail, I will let you work out for yourself whether it looked good or not.

My first model, I was 4 years old. Now I'm 15. Wow how things have changed. haha

Leman Russ with his two wolves!!!! Still have it with the not so good paint job!!! Bought that one over 18 years ago!!!!

Good grief I feel old now!

My first painted model was the AoBR Terminator Sergeant. I don't have a camera so no pics i'm afraid :p

1995. It was a gretchin model. It was unprimed. It was terrible.

I learned quickly, took on orks, and painted a very fine bad moon army.

The first miniature I ever painted was the fighter from the 1995 Introduction to Advanced Dungeons and Dragons box set. My parents wouldn't buy me any art supplies, since they didn't want to encourage 'that sort of behavior'. So I went to school (6th grade at the time) and stole an 8-pack of crappy watercolor paint- the kind that comes in a plastic make-up case, and you wet the brush and rub it on the paint to get some. It wouldn't take to the BRIGHT BLUE plastic though, so I primered them in white-out and then painted them again. And again. And again and again and again, until I got enough layers on there to cover up the fact that they were primered in white out.

Thankfully, I was the first of my friends to actually try to paint any of our miniatures (we all played Battletech and D&D at this time) so they didn't look terrible, since there was nothing better around to compare them to. Pretty soon thereafter I bought some testor's paint to paint my Battletech miniatures, and eventually started buying GW paint once I discovered it. But, yeah, started out with white-out and watercolors. Thankfully I lost all those miniatures.

My first model was a painted Eldar farseer that i got in a trade lol

Ah... this makes me regret that I got rid of my first models. I bought the 2nd edition starter box back in the day. I didn't really know what I had, I just remember thinking that all the little toys in there looked cool. I ended up painting all the marines black with silver trim. They ended up with a grand total of 3 colors on them. While painting the orks I discovered how to do washes. Using watered down black paint I detailed their faces. I thought I was pretty clever and wandered if anyone else knew about my secret technique. I remember being very pleased with them until about 2 years later after I had learned to paint. In disgust I traded them at a local hobby shop for something else and I can't even remember what it was.

Good to see some genuine first efforts on here.

Please allow me some sarcasm, as well as to indulge my insecurities regarding painting and modelling.

Sample post:

"This was my first model, painted when I was 2 years old using just boxing gloves and chalk. I was a late developer and hadn't developed full motor control at that time, forcing me to wedge the chalk in my nostril. As you can see, it was before the invention of acrylic paints, my painting has improved a lot since this point. "

Mine were the original Eldar Harlequins that came in a box with some very dodgy artwork on the front. I remember painting them with enamels...I wonder where they are now.

My first mini was a skeleton from Citadel, example from google below as I no longer have the minis from when I first started collecting many years ago.

Wulfen Andy wrote:Leman Russ with his two wolves!!!! Still have it with the not so good paint job!!! Bought that one over 18 years ago!!!!

Good grief I feel old now!

That is exactly the same as my first purchase! Awesome stuff.....

Like 2 years ago i decided to pick some space wolves miniatures, and to "learn the painting tricks" i bought 5 AOBR Nobs.
Those are that Nobs:



The funny part: i ended giving up from SW, and decided to continue with Orkz, Painting some grots right now lol

The PK was scratch build, but im rebuilding it

box of 16 warriors way back in 3rd ed

Here is one of my first models. 20 or so years old

Space Marine on Jetbike, circa 1988

Mine was an Orc from when I started gaming playing d&d. Was painted some years after purchase using the new (well old now) Citadel paint kit had 9 paints in it iirc and I still think I have the hobgoblin orange from it and I know for a fact I have the orc brown. will try and get some pics uploaded. Mini was bought late 70's early 80's.