Nostalgia - First model of your life.

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**jcichon**

This was one of my first models, though it's really not this forums cup of tea. It was the first figure I had ever won a medal for at a national show. The pics are terrible but it still sits in my display case though space marines are starting to surround it!

**Rayvon**

Mine was a Tentacle Pink Titan from adeptus titanicus in about 1990.

**Las**

jchichon, that is awesome!

**jcichon**

Thanks Las but I have come a long way since then. I see soooo many flaws with that paintjob! But I will always cherish that one. Now if I can just get better painting mini's!!!

**TiB**

3rd ed. CSM battleforce. Because more spikes was more awesome back then.

**Rimmy**

the first model miniature I ever tried, was actually from an Epic 40K starter box. I still have the box and my original works! LOL I will try and post pics of them.

I painted them with a paint pen..... that did not turn out well

**burgerking ork**

I painted my first model during second ed. it was an ork boy...can't seem to find him

**FifthChaosGod**

First model Iowned and painted was an easterling from LOTR.

**highisland**

A box of 36 (really, 39) plastic Space Dwarfs. I assembled and painted like two of them, then moved on to other armies before giving up the hobby completely near the end of high school. Found the box years later and after long-since selling off my other armies to friends. Now, I've decided to get back into 40k with my new(old) Squat army.

**palehorse**

My first.Space Marine Rouge Trader box set!I repainted them about 10 years ago.Not very good.I should go back and base em at the least.lol.Cool topic!

**AustonT**

I'm pretty sure these are my first and second 40k models

**rayrod64**

Dwarf Lords of Legends

http://www.solegends.com/citboxes/bc3dwflords/index.htm

still have them in my army

**Dullmohawk**

a small box of Goblins for fantasy, five with spears and five with bows. They're still a part of my O&G army to this day

**The Mad Tanker**

A Space Marine Landspeeder from the 3ed starer box. It was constructed with Elmer's Glue (we were dumb back then) and has held together up until today!

**Sarpedon_702**

Space Marine Terminator Chaplain.

**Samus_aran115**

My first model was a single pose CSM. I accidentally painted him word bearers because I thought the colors looked nice, and now I paint most of my chaos marines that way! I had trouble with the eyes, but you know. The first model I painted

I still have him. He can fit into my other word bearers units.

**Warboss Imbad Ironskull**

Ulric the Slayer, bought him and the Space Wolf codex because they where the cheapet things I could find at the time.

**Thunderfrog**

My first model was one of the newer Eldar Pathfinders.

Fond memories.

**Vermillion**

An RTB01 plastic marine

Pity the only paints commonly sold near me when I got em were humbrol enamels... urgh they ended up ugly, not sure where they ended up. Thankfully the second box I bought paints with them

**darkdm**

Back at the end of 2005 (back in 4th ed), I bought a box of CSM. Built and painted a squad of mixed weapons because I didn't know I couldn't. Still regretting that I ever got rid of them.

**W.Ho.P.S.**

This is my one. It was summer of 1998 I think (quite confused on BG it might be a BA mixed with Legion of Doom).
Then I restart the hobby a coupple of years ago, I found that model in the cellar and I rework it (I leave the flame on power fist cause it is cool

)....

**fleetwolf**

What an awesome post!

**BrotherOfBone**

The first model I painted, was the special mini set with 5 ultramarines in it, a brush, and the paints, they looked so bad xD

**perezba7**

My first model ever was the IG Catachan Lt with bolter. I purchased him about 14 years ago from a comic book store in NJ. I actually
just repainted him to better standards. Been hooked on miniatures ever since

**djdakkadakka**

A SM Land Speeder Storm was the first one I bought, assembled and painted all by my lonesome. It took me almost two weeks because I put so much love into it. Now it would take me a few hours.

**epicwalrus**

My first model was a necron warrior when I jumped into 40k and bought a necron battleforce about half way through 4th edition.

**DieselJester**

My first 40K model was a Black Templars Emperor's Champion that I bought just because I thought that it looked cool back in like '97 or '98. I might have to go back and touch it up a bit and then reseal it since it's paint is starting to chip.

First model ever that I did by myself was a Ral Partha TDR-5S Thunderbolt from Classic Battletech that I bought with my allowance back in the late '80s, early '90s. All I know is that it had to be earlier than '94 when I bought it.

**Mr.Omega**

Any of you guys remember this?

Way back, back when 40k was still in 4th edition, there was a brief run of official GW magazines to promote the LOTR movie trilogy. I bought quite a lot of them and they came with.... *GASP-SHOCK-HORROR* free models (iirc they were extremely cheap and only had about 90 pages) and my first of which was Isildur. I did an alright job on him, looking back, until one day I decided I'd try blood effects and it looked like he'd stuck his sword in a bottle of tomato sauce.

I bought the odd box of Last Alliance guys and Gondor Warriors but never got into it, and the gaming hobby was practically non-existent in my area by the time I got into the gaming side of things. Seriously, the Gondor Warrior shields and the frustration I had painting them probably killed off my passion for LOTR singlehandedly.

I look back at my Grima model though and I wander what the hell possessed me when I painted it, I'm still surprised at how well It came out.

**Celtic Warrior**

My first minis were the Judges from the Judge Dredd line ooooh gotta be 20+ yrs ago.

CW

**morfydd**

Revell B-29 back in the 1970's ..it no longer exists ..after building it and painting it and making it look good ..it got launched with two Size C Model Rocket Engines and some fire works on it the following 4th of july ..Made a pretty show ..not much was left ...