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Hello all, please join me in my latest and greatest get rich quick scheme...no wait...that's for another forum entirely...

I'm here to talk about unloved and forgotten models, we all have them, and they can be depressing. This year I planned to change all that after noticing just how out of date my army has got over the past 18 years...

I have a full write up/intro on our gaming blog, which I'll link, but I'll be tracking weekly progress here as well.

http://www.dicedevils.com/2016/01/the-great-army-restoration-part-1.html

For those who don't want to click over to read, the TLDR is I want my army unified and looking better by years' end.

Without adieu, here is my week 1 'Before' picture of the 5 marines that will receive some much needed TLC.



Feedback appreciated and actively sought, either here or in the comments of the blog. Thanks kindly all!

They look decent besides having unpainted parts, a mediocre red paint job and some strange basing. Some new bases, a bath in paint stripper, some clean up and a new paint job will do them right as rain.

 TheCustomLime wrote:
They look decent besides having unpainted parts, a mediocre red paint job and some strange basing. Some new bases, a bath in paint stripper, some clean up and a new paint job will do them right as rain.

Lol yup that's exactly what I said I planned to do in the article! This pic is a 'before' to show where the army ended up. Time to bring them all to the same standard with highlights, some new paint, rebasing, etc etc.

Good luck with the project!

Looking forward to the new improved squads.

EDC

A day late and a buck short, but such is life.

Week 1 is done and over and here are the results!



I won't be winning painting competitions, but I never do anyways, lol.

This is just for me to be more proud of a nice, uniform, cohexive looking army by years end. Maybe even add some stuff later on as the rest gets painted up to standard!

Comments welcomed!

EDIT: I am aware the pic isn't the best, I will work on fixing that by end of weekend.

Week 2 'Before' Picture to show what I'll be tackling this week!

Interesting project! The similar basing really ties them all together. Nice work!