The "Before and After" Thread

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**ChiliPowderKeg**

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Hey Dakkanauts! We all have that one bad painted model we made years ago sitting in our closets the make us cringe in pain thinking about them.

This thread is dedicated to "those" models and redoing them.

Rules are:
1. Submit the first paint job first with the year you painted them in
2. Submit the second Paint job following it.

I'll kickstart this thread with my own terribad model but I must give a-

WARNING BEFORE YOU SCROLL DOWN FURTHER
The awfulness of this model's old paint scheme still makes me writhe so be prepared to see something nasty.

Before: (Painted in early 2008)

After: (Just yesterday 2011)

**Battle Brother Lucifer**

I threw up in my mouth a bit.

All my old ones are gone, So I can't really contribute

**Lint**

Berzerker, different model but you get the idea.
Before ('08):

After ('10):

**Gitsplitta**

Before: (mid 1990's)

After: (2010)

**Scarper**

I like this game! I feel like I should probably give a warning as well, as this is absolutely eye melting, but here's the first model I ever painted from way back when in 2009:

And here he is after a fight with my dog, some replacement parts and a repaint: (finished this a few months ago now)

**Sister_Lucy**

Old SoB squad 1999

New SoB Squad 2010
I actually just painted up a new squad with the same colors. You can click on the pictures to see them larger.

**The Dreadnote**

I might have to give this a go. I'll take a look around and see if I can't find a suitable test subject...

Oh, and CPK - excellent improvement

**Sister_Lucy**

One more!

SoB 1999 before

stripped and repainted with new bases 2010

**kevlar'o**

sweet

**Flying Pooo**

My first mini is on the right (painted mid 2005) and one of my basic tactical marines is on the left (painted around 2009).

Here is something I painted yesterday.

**Killmaimburnkillmaimburn**

Those sisters of battle look so much better and really nicely based Good JOB

**Sister_Lucy**

Thanks a bunch Killma---!

**Happygrunt**

Dont know dates, the the picture is blurry as hell, but here is 2006-2009.

**Astelan**

Great idea for a thread!

I painted my first (now oop)terminators sometime around 2000, they were bleached bone and really awful.

So when the new ones came out in 2005 I decided to paint them green.

Right now i'm repainting the entire squad, bits have been swapped around and repositioned (and new/unpainted DA bits added), but they're still the same old guys.

p.s. Since taking the photo I have removed the MOLD LINE OMG!!

**Wazzdig Dagga**

Couldn't get the image thingy to work but here are the links.
Before: 1999
http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/179395-.html?m=2

After: 2010
http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/163842-Shoota%20boyz.html?m=2

This is the result of painting entire armys with very little available time. It was probably 40 to 50 hrs versus 8 hrs painting time. I get anywhere from 2 to 8 hrs painting time a week in at the moment. Back in my schooldays I'm sure I was able to squeeze 30 hrs out of the week when I wanted.

**HamHamLunchbox**

Wazzdig Dagga wrote:Couldn't get the image thingy to work but here are the links.
Before: 1999
http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/179395-.html?m=2

After: 2010
http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/163842-Shoota%20boyz.html?m=2

those are different minis on the pics.

your supposed to post a pic of a painted mini and a pic of the same mini with a better paintjob.

going to take pics now XD

**Wazzdig Dagga**

Sorry, I didn't realise it would be a problem. Should I delete the post?

**HamHamLunchbox**

Wazzdig Dagga wrote:Sorry, I didn't realise it would be a problem. Should I delete the post?

nah, i was a smart ass sorry.

and i realized i dont have any before shots, so ill post pics of similar minis.

land raider when it was released

land raider from last year

sw from loooong ago

sw from last year

**wyrd boy of da naith**

Well seeing all your wonderfully developed painting skills give hope to my sucking painting heart thank you all sniff.. lolz

**IRPurple**

I wish i had noticed this thread earlyer.... I just started repainting a model bought and painted in about 1998-1999, camt remember when exactly, but it was pretty much my second ever painted model, iv still got a part of it unpainted (its an SM bike and i havnt painted the rider since the earlyer time)

**Skalk Bloodaxe**

I want to play this game! Subscribing and I'll be back this weekend at the latest. I hope. Problem is I didn't take a lot of pics back then and nowadays I don't repaint old models unless I'm recycling them into another force.

*thinking*

... I'll find something. Great thread idea!

**Stump**

here is my go at this.

2008

2010
Still not the best but I feel its a massive improvement.

**Enzephalon**

I recently started the hobby but it was not my frist contact to miniature gaming.
Years ago I bought a second hand box of "Hero Quest".
The guys were already painted. Not to the highest standard I have to admit.
; )

While I did my first approach on Orkboys I did on of those guys besides.
Before (some guy), after (me)

http://img17.imageshack.us/i/pict0033jk.jpg/

Ps.: Mine is the right one....

...just kidding. ^^

**dufflebag**

EDIT

**Battle Brother Lucifer**

dufflebag wrote:EDIT

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**FITZZ**

Some of these afters are really great,nice saves guys.

**McFlufferson**

@ OP

Holy nugglets. You really weren't kidding about the warning. Nice improvement.