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Not 20 years painting it but 20 years of not painting anything apart from walls in my house

Ok I have finally finished my first Marine, only took 4 days lol. Ok I do work and have a kid to contend with so thats the reason. So be gentle with the comments :p Also, it's been over 20 years since my last painting of a model. I did the basic Ultra marine colour and added some mud/sand colour to the feet or lower leg sections. I only have two brushes, one that came with the starter paint set and one other that I got in the shop, I think one is slightly more thinner, pointier than the other but still not fine enough for the detailing work, hence some dodgy application on some areas. I wanted some oily, burnt area on the back pack so added a bit of black and a dryish brush to add the effect, came out ok I guess. I have no things to make a proper base so a little textured paint had to do. Once I get back into this game more I will invest in some scenery items to make things like bases and what not

Overall I am quite pleased with this first attempt. I have started one other marine and based is brown. Going for a rusty/golden look. The first strike set I got was just to practise my painting before I invest in a proper army.

[/code]marinesmall2 by chris sharples, on Flickr

[code]marinesmall by chris sharples, on Flickr

Your forum links don't work properly, but your images on Flicker look good. Welcome back to the hobby!

How do I add an image to this post/thread etc?

[img]where its located [/img ] with gaps closed.

I think there's a conflict with the code from Flickr as i can't code the image in.
Had a look though & pretty good!