Hi, I'm starting this thread to record my rediscovery of miniatures, painting and games. As a child/teenager i dabbled with
40k (2nd ed) and Wharhammer Quest
https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1634/warhammer-quest (classic, from the 90s). Whether this descent/awakening now is about a mid-life crisis or finding pleasure and a creative outlet is as much your guess or mine...
Basicaly, the story is my folks were clearing out the last of my old stuff at their house. That turned out to include a near complete box of Warhammer Quest from the 90s, 2nd edition
40K (most of the ork army), a 500-100 pt
40k CSM army and sundry bits and bobs. Oh and some sadly dried up paints. Opening the
WHQ box and looking up the crazy prices people were paying for it on ebay made me not think of the cash i could earn, but how precious this thing i already had was.
My child self never got round to painting even a quarter of the
WHQ box's 90+ minis. With the resources of an adult and the time/bordeom provided by lockdown, I fancied trying my hand at some painting again. I bought a starter set of Vallejo
GC paints (more in that single pack than i think i ever owned before!), some modest brushes from army painter and started off with the doorways. I won't bother to post those, they're grey grey grey but i did some dry brushing and washes, even trying some rust effects.
Then came the notion of painting up the rest of the units. Starting with the snotlings, rats and bats before working up to the bigger and more interesting/risky minis (skaven, goblins, orcs and Minotaurs - then finaly the heroes).
[I'm putting a pin in the post here and will return with pics and more later]