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**Ossified**

In 1987 I got both the WFB3rd and 40KRT rulebooks for christmas. It started an on-again, off-again relationship to the hobby that only relatively recently was left on for good. I picked up my first pack of minis in January 1988, 5 citadel warriors for £2.50. I kept one and gave the rest away. In cleaning out some of the boxes in the attic last week I found him again. He's been repainted a couple of times but I still have him.

Does anyone else still have theirs?

Edit: got the price wrong. It's the age you see ...

**Nevelon**

I’m not sure what my first mini acquired was, but was a chunk of grenader lead. Which is in the basement somewhere, either one of my early paintjobs, or still just sitting around.

My first painted minis are in this batch:

The dwarf with the spear over his shoulder is the first IIRC, followed shortly by the guy next to him with the mace/shield (who came in my first paint set, from Ral Partha.)

Timeframe is in the mid/late ‘80s.

**Ossified**

Those are fantastic! I'm loving the elementals.

**Whittlesey40k**

Pretty sure my habit started with Hero Quest one Christmas (probably '89), and Space Crusade the following Christmas. SC lead me to 40k.

I've still got HQ and all the expansions and recently repainted my player characters -

My first 40k models were a bunch of RTB01 marines, second hand from a guy at school. I still have them and have recently stripped them, rebuilt them and undercoated them. Not got as far as putting any paint on them yet though.

**Ossified**

Those heroquest minis *frustrated sigh* I wish I had held onto mine. You can't go wrong with the first beakies...

**Fieora**

They are hiding in a toolbox in my storage closet atm, but I still have my little moria goblins ^^
Came from the LotR magazine thing, collected all those for years ^^
Dad was so happy when I got started in the hobby xD

**Nevelon**

Ossified wrote:
Those are fantastic! I'm loving the elementals.

They hold a special place in my heart as my first foray into both drybrushing and washes. And as minis go, held up reasonably well over time.

I’ve also got some old RTB01 beakies in active service, and am in the process of striping some old ones to join my Ultras.

My oldest GW minis are still sporting their original BA paintjob. Only about half these guys are still red, as this is an old picture..

**Sammoth**

Not the very first but, old none the less. I am surprised I even held onto these after taking many years off from painting /playing.

**Elbows**

Nope. Nothing remains of my early years (Ral Partha lead figures I purchased to use with Hero Quest when I was around 9-10 years old).

**JamesY**

Heroquest, like a few others. Still got most of them, and thanks to a generous best man, I have a complete, unpainted copy complete with all expansions. My wife wasn't quite as thrilled with the gift as I was.

**Tedcase**

Ossified wrote:
5 citadel warriors for 50p.

**Ossified**

Nevelon wrote:... My oldest GW minis are still sporting their original BA paintjob. Only about half these guys are still red, as this is an old picture.

Now that's a marine army!

Sammoth wrote:Not the very first but, old none the less. I am surprised I even held onto these after taking many years off from painting /playing.

I always loved that traitor captain. It was the overly thick bracers, like the current ravenwing company champ model.

JamesY wrote:Heroquest, like a few others. Still got most of them, and thanks to a generous best man, I have a complete, unpainted copy complete with all expansions. My wife wasn't quite as thrilled with the gift as I was.

Is your best man looking for new friends?

Tedcase wrote:
Ossified wrote:
5 citadel warriors for 50p.

My mistake ... 50p Each

Spoiler:

**MechaEmperor7000**

First mini I ever got was some 2nd edition Nurgle Plague Marines.

They still serve me faithfully to the present day, about the only CSM that still perform not-stupidly.

**chromedog**

I think I still have my first citadel miniature somewhere.

My first EVER miniature, though, not so much. They were 15mm models for the Traveller game back in the 80s.

**DeffDred**

My first attempt at painting models was a skeleton warrior from a board game that had figurines that would fight over a map and be put into a castle tower with an axe handle that was cranked to make a new model come out.
If that horrid run-on sentence makes any sense... I painted him using my sisters nail polish.

My first GW model was Kharn the Betrayer. I bought him way back in 1996 along with a box of 5 plastic 2nd ed. khorne berzerkers.

**Skits**

While these aren't the first miniatures I ever painted (though they're close to!), they are the first ones I ended up owning! Usi and his accompanying squad of Rubricae were the start of my ever-expanding Thousand Sons army, and will always have a special place in what passes for my heart.

**SixT4Pixels**

My oldest minis are some 2nd or 3rd ed ultramarines, still sporting their original blue/yellow colour scheme. If I can find them I'll probably strip them down and implement them into my Dark Angels army.

**ZergSmasher**

My first ever gaming miniatures were probably the contents of the Clone Strike Starter Set from Wizards of the Coast's Star Wars Miniatures game. I remember the exclusive figures were Jango Fett and Obi-wan Kenobi (and yes, I still have them, plus some 2000 other miniatures from that game). My first GW miniatures were 12 Moria Goblins from the Mines of Moria paint set. One of those is the first miniature I ever painted (if I can dig him out, I might just post a very cringe-worthy picture).

**Agamemnon2**

I started with the 2e starter set, so my first minis were monopose space marines. Of those, only one remains. He'd lost his original backpack and weapon, but I gave him a new flamer (from a Necromunda Enforcer of all things) and gave him a backpack with a special unique honor scroll to denote his veteran status. He also received a red helmet in honor of his long years in the Emperor's service.

**Albino Squirrel**

I do still have them. It was a set with some plastic Tyranid Warriors, Genestealers, Space Marine Scouts and Terminators.

You can see the Tyranid Warriors here: http://adventuresinminiaturegaming.blogspot.com/2010/07/old-tyranid-warriors.html

I painted those much, much later. The first miniature I remember painting was either a plastic space marine sergeant from the 2nd edition 40k box, or one of the Genestealers from that first set I bought. Both turned out really terrible, but I don't have any pictures of them.

**Sauragnmon**

My first miniature I still have, Somewhere. He's one of the old pewter Sargent models, the one with the bionic arm holding a chainsword up. I actually have both versions of that model, the Standard Marine and Legion of the Damned versions.

**JetmechNOR**

Still have my first model somewhere... currently moving to a new place...
But I remember I got a CSM armed with Autocannon back in the summer of 2000. Remembering it because some guy I worked with back then was shocked that a big guy like me at the age of 18 was still "playing with toys".

I'll get a photo once I find him.

OJJ

**jhe90**

A poor battered captain, who has moved abit, has one hand backwards, a sword arm too high who can not fit a pad on and covered in glue all over back!

Still keep him, still a captain power sword, bolt pistol.

**Eldarain**

Technically yes. I still have my 5th edition Imrik and Alarielle.

They were part of my first purchase... Imrik, Tyrion, Teclis Tiranoc Chariot and the Everqueen and Handmaidens box.

To say I didn't have a handle on how the game worked would be an understatement. 20 years early for AoS I guess

**Red_Ink_Cat**

Yep. Darksword Miniature's Thief of Hearts (Winged Female Thief Archer). Still sitting up with the rest of my DND mini's making them look better.

**malamis**

10 years this october with the metal Axe Terminator Librarian.

I've used him maybe 8 times.

**EverlastingNewb**

Since i only started.. hm, 1 1/2 years ago? It's still part of my army; my Khorne-Metal-Box:

**The Grumpy Eldar**

Yeah. Though it's more than one miniature as it's the Black Reach box set.

**eosgreen**

man i wish i did. it was dark angels followed by black templar. cant remember if i purchased dark angels and then painted it black templar when i got a hold of the special edition emperors champion or bought new models

i was painting pure white on top of black and it looked awful.... i saved a few models from my first fantasy army though and its really cool to see your skill change in such obvious fashion

i started 13 years ago on and off

**Eilif**

There were a few others, but my first 40k mini was the basic metal Marine with Meltagun (Sculpted circa 1993 or so) which was shortly followed by the 2nd edition 40k set.

Still have 'em.