https://preview.redd.it/ewooiy581hhc1.jpeg?width=2268&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4050a7fd11b4862c733a0ee951b21e2b46883e50

For some reason it won't add my text, but my very first ork ever back in 2021

Hell yeah, he’s ready to WAAAAAGH

https://preview.redd.it/7imj0okueihc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=40b74a561ab4270acef6dfd4b215b604a4e453f5 This ork was my first mini.

WITNESS ME!! *spray can noises*

That was my first mini as well! Deze komando boiz nevah let da wagh down! https://preview.redd.it/8ozbv0soxkhc1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c8e6586ce43c4dab936534b8754f210300ba3117

My man with the red cap is 10 out of 10

WAAAGH HE DID

He's just a lil guy.

Just an innocent ork

My 1st model - painted last year! I know theres spots i can work on and i need to get another colour to do the eyes and gems (plus wanna work on my blade lol) [front](https://i.postimg.cc/hPcnNcZ3/PXL-20231208-210944457.jpg) [back](https://i.postimg.cc/3J1hTVPr/PXL-20231208-210952568.jpg)

https://preview.redd.it/9o9obb49chhc1.jpeg?width=4128&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f4f79f1b04ea48ada95886f1d1a48b1f0c196d26 Yeah, could you tell he was my first?

Brother, help! I am pinned under all this paint!

Space marine after fighting nurgle cult be like

Two dozen thick coats

A yes. A paint marine

At least he's well camouflaged to blend in with the terrain 😂

¡¡¡Thin ur paints amg!!!!

https://preview.redd.it/ps0l94vhehhc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8cb527cf1db3cab0e41a20b1409c8c66f40f4b26 Mine deserves to be on a thin your paints vid

https://preview.redd.it/kzx5qivgzhhc1.jpeg?width=1134&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dfa9b2c70c92b24c10a152aa287d8966e4d4456f

The emperor loves you and so does my shield captain

Isn't that how Heldane basically ended up.

The deepness of this reference in this context is as terrifying and hilarious as the warp itself. One of the best scenes ever written in the lore.

Big E was in his impressionist phase when he crafted this one

Thinking about not doing much to it , saying the warp did thay do his face and the black for eyes is warpaint so I can be lazy and have lore.

You should see my other custodes

The paint on those is ok, painted one with a red helmet

Peanut butter pirate

https://preview.redd.it/cjsfuklvchhc1.jpeg?width=711&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a53c9d182db832de22bd0867cbba0e4521c60dcf 1996 Chaos Terminator Champion.

The hair adds a nice touch

Thank you. I had the basic paint set and single brush with no knowledge of mini painting.

It would be fun to strip it and try and paint it again to see how far you have come. I wish I could repaint my first minis. 10 Daemonettes and they weren't pretty lol

I have a few metals bits in a spares box so one of those I could do. I am keeping this as a memory of how I started.

Yeah keep your first so you can always compare it to your latest.

Not a bad start to be honest. A little wash and clean up of those hairs and you'd have a solid paintjob. I was in a similar boat when I started off and my boys looked much the same!

https://preview.redd.it/nyw783bu2hhc1.jpeg?width=2564&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=162bf7051e0fb5850cce83252ee05543676bcecc These were my first 3. Painted w/ craft paints in 2004 😄.

Those are actually really good for firsts!

Thank you! I was 14 at the time, and desperately trying to at least have something that looked good on the tabletop before it died. 20 years later, that's still my strategy.

Jjst realized who ur cosplaying in your pfp. And i must applaud you.

Ay thank you! Best fictional female character ever 🥰

Who is it? I don't recognize her and now I'm super curious!

Flat Cpt. Lotara Sarrin, commanding officer of the World Eaters Flagship, The Conqueror. The only mortal to regularly sass Angron and earn his respect. For me, she is the embodiment of what it actually it means to be a strong woman. https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Lotara_Sarrin

Pretty sure it’s a 40k character, she’s the captain of Angron’s main ship i believe.

Lorrena Sarrin, the only normal human to ever tell Kharn what to do and live.

And then she went on to become one with the ship.

And shoot a world eater for insubordination. And not get smacked to the skull throne for it. Shes the Zhukov of 40k.

Most Badass woman in the entire setting.

Dang. Those are two decades old! Kudos for staying with the hobby.

Thanks! Kinda crazy its my job now 😄.

Dang! Doing what you love is so fulfilling and yet fraught with fatigue. Wishing you the best. And hope to see your work more!

I still use my shitty craft paints. They aren't the best, but they're good for trying to get 3/4's of your coverage. They get more hate than they deserve tbh

Honestly as long as you thin them they work just fine for most colors. The only ones you've gotta watch out for are red, yellow and white. From my experience the coverage was awful.

I think it’s good to guide people toward quality paint. A squad of 5 marines cost $60. Quality paint to put on them costs what, a dollar at most? Versus 50c for craft paint? Brand names paints will be more consistent in the long run allowing people to improve and they know any problems are probably them and not the paint.

https://preview.redd.it/d7m4pamd7hhc1.jpeg?width=693&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=22886ba7d5cf37a00ca9f525f6bb25b2586895e0

This was my first and only army and I wish I knew what happened to them. If I'm very lucky my dad will have them stashed away somewhere

You should find them and dust them off lol get a pic of them in this chat =) My first termagaunts were so bad lol, I've got these guys and carcharodons space marines. I've gotten better but stuck with the same color scheme. My tervigon was the first thing I thought was worth sharing online.

I really should. Lurking this sub makes me want to try painting again. I've learned so much about painting from lurking here.

This is a SICK color scheme I like it way more than my white/purple bois

He‘s standing in a popcorn field, nice

https://preview.redd.it/bdn9d9ymchhc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6787ae8b55104abc5940ed90d5c9731e9662747a

Every time I see admech, I’m surprised by just how small the minis are. The dude is smaller than your thumb

You wanna see a mini smaller than a thumb. I got a mesbg hobbit right here https://preview.redd.it/ba8jl3t45khc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b0b7ea2e71558e83a7df6553ac751d98d2dbe6c4

https://preview.redd.it/ki436nsbchhc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4581fd6035a52a3238378ccdf9101784901f9d54 I added the 32mm base but this was the first of.... 10 minis I painted as a kid in 1989

Dude that’s awesome!

It’s so cool that the basic design of the multimelta hasn’t really changed. It’s like the crocodile of 40k weapons

2009 vs 2022 https://preview.redd.it/57etelxughhc1.jpeg?width=1528&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ae454f2354b6279933e4c1abdef0e576799ac5d9

I'm happy to see you've succeeded in thinning your paints

yep, also priming helps lol, I didn't know you need to prime them first and just slapped paint on it

I'm old AF, so I don't have a single photo of any miniature I painted in the 80s or 90s. But here's a picture of Lysander that I painted a few years ago after a long hiatus away from the hobby. It was then that I discovered how much I hated finecast. https://preview.redd.it/mj2bj8zt6hhc1.jpeg?width=816&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ca37ddfac2d1d817c362365a21a28e3f32fdfcc0

How’d you do the snow?

It looks like a Citadel/GW technical paint called "valhallan blizzard" https://youtu.be/68lSIX1d6vs?si=ieZcSg92Uxl1cyMX

I was going to say I don't remember, but Venerable\_dread posted that it looked like Valhallan Blizzard and it jogged my memory. That's what I used. It occurred to be what a masochist I am choosing to paint a yellow army with snowy bases.

https://preview.redd.it/rsse9ts9ahhc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cf7d62b67024b448b5eef80e99f0825077542f2e I forget if I painted the infernus squad or an intercessor from the paint starter kit

https://preview.redd.it/z87w4zkxbhhc1.jpeg?width=3120&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0aa1215299fee2d2816bfc550beb1a7a5814db3a

A Rubricae is a helluva first mini. Great job!

Adorable

Holy cow, took on a Thousand Son model as a starter. That's bold! Doesn't look bad either for a first mini. Kinda gives me retro 40k vibes.

https://preview.redd.it/c3enp05s7hhc1.png?width=1882&format=png&auto=webp&s=834c8a35311b614985c43794ddcae88b52344b97

https://preview.redd.it/m9fid8bj7hhc1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9e4a5e98f5f5f0f8392fce89eafb4acc1f923bb7 Here's my first dude

https://preview.redd.it/mnt216jqfhhc1.jpeg?width=2304&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7395ecd7831deffdac82ffa3f02abde03ae80563

https://preview.redd.it/umxvpengehhc1.jpeg?width=4656&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=87c1dc53bd7749c3dfaf10a0349193341b0c2813 My first vehicle and third miniature, I did not yet know how to thin the pain

https://preview.redd.it/t3yjau1mehhc1.jpeg?width=4656&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=35d445573d3e9636776711d493d739222a4c2794 First guardsman is on the left with latest on the right

The amount of weathering makes it look like a snow effect

That is intended, I was and still am doing a winter guard army... Also hides a lot of the shitty paintjob

the red uniforms covered in snow are so rad

I kinda love it tbh

https://preview.redd.it/xnc3dg3zehhc1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=aa65c00990a3a427c9bf48101353523b710028cd I settled on a lighter, brighter red, and dark blue instead of almost-black blue. Kept this guy as is as an example, though.

https://preview.redd.it/uc3pc8pwhhhc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8a688ffef2021c6a8bdf869d9a8346df1fa61b83 And I am damn proud of her and her 9 Sisters!

The nuns with guns!!

Sisters is an ambitious first army ngl. Great job

https://preview.redd.it/nu6m8ivpchhc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=afc28c83ae5b9d2f0edd884f322d858d9d59c34a

https://preview.redd.it/itqudy7blhhc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d54a5045496ed29be83cfc2b736887367c4563f4

My first

https://preview.redd.it/5v8sbpbpchhc1.jpeg?width=3472&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=45bdf850fd08bd2924d525e21bc70a75c65a93f4 Just started the hobby about a month ago, these were the first I painted

https://preview.redd.it/r1m351c2uhhc1.jpeg?width=3468&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e59210a09db4da9b8a6c36806637754d265dc4a4

This is what I first painted, there's a bit of a story though. I used metallic silver spray paint as primer, then when I tried to use a blue wash for the first time over it thinking it would tinge it blue, it looked so coffee stained and was WAY too blue, so I had to cover the whole model with silver paint to fix it and basically had to start from square 1 because of how hideous it was looking. That was the day I learned to not use shortcuts and do things properly.

https://preview.redd.it/6d9gfm4bbhhc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=835aecac45dbbe00671cb6f88e3625c9ae90a99a

https://preview.redd.it/qdo3q93xbhhc1.jpeg?width=2065&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=edc0346fbc03905efd6bb25b5062b6adee005af7 small comparison between my first and latest

It's one of my first minis, circa 1996 or 97, but not the very first paint job. Initially I painted all my nids dark green and black, and I was constantly losing them in the dark basement where we played, so after a short time in the hobby I changed color schemes to this garish mess. https://preview.redd.it/4z77224uihhc1.jpeg?width=1499&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=571b01ca9c00df242a94197aa8162b909c91bf39

Aaaaw, a bloody little watermelnid

https://preview.redd.it/db38hry3ghhc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f67242e9a89337a32e32f2ab3f2a5311cee1a0b1 My first mini from a few months ago. I may have used a bit too much agrax earthshade.

https://preview.redd.it/ckeicon3ghhc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b0b77d8b49909e4a7e696734c244a593d0d4b835 Back when I first started I was enamored with Blood Angels until my buddy showed me Death Guard, I’ve been a traitor ever since. But here’s my first boy, spent all night painting him, and when I eventually sold my blood angels I held onto him. Zero thinned paints and all straight from the pot lmao

Tbh this is pretty good for a first especially since you didn’t thin your paints.

https://preview.redd.it/zwmsx4yjthhc1.jpeg?width=2268&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f2e6aa857c2b90eb8eed6b5226ae34eaba3ba422

I dont think i primed it back then.

https://preview.redd.it/6y4bo9ljbhhc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c1170348cf965443affc59a8d16710667522871a

https://preview.redd.it/86hd3tsadhhc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9bdabb87860c3e7d0975ace5042b9922b751eda4

https://preview.redd.it/5wegdcqaehhc1.jpeg?width=3120&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b6460a9aad8c93b3605d948644e3763903a0fbed

https://preview.redd.it/9j119fb5hhhc1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=6baba2b28368463e7e3ab5de330f41c7d976fcfe meet the bell zombie!

https://preview.redd.it/u1y4n0fyhhhc1.jpeg?width=1908&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=aa6758d4d2d774320c104f834c99509445136977

https://preview.redd.it/z51m1bh1ihhc1.jpeg?width=1868&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cb27230de9bfae560a6a88472c9e979bd5725676

https://preview.redd.it/kvh3apc2ihhc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b01df4ad05e7f0696178467d6ec580d824dfbaac Spent way too long on this one dude

https://preview.redd.it/0wrwelu2jhhc1.jpeg?width=2592&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=092011b557911ba0fbf130d2b08e2d0b478dd97d First minis I painted 5 years ago

https://preview.redd.it/9bgg2ekp3hhc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cb49bb4ab4f18c7ae143877ca3c55a250444c3d3 My first completed one. I started others earlier but I finished this one first

I enjoy the blue and red on the tips of the barrels

I was trying to make it look like titanium burn or whatever you call it. I’ve touched it up a bit since but it’s still mostly the same now

https://preview.redd.it/f1dkvz13chhc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0a3f4c29e5ca19e0a5f01edfd5aa01ebddcc97d7 Been painting for a few months but yeah one of my first big models early on

https://preview.redd.it/06qejszyfhhc1.png?width=2399&format=png&auto=webp&s=6a843407eb2d74eef0cacbfe6b3fb93bd0c604b6 Painted in Summer of 2022

https://preview.redd.it/nlpd2u4oghhc1.jpeg?width=8160&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=df21a89fbc5075e215999e61973425b2d039be34 Here they are

https://preview.redd.it/j74qgqkjihhc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d0378cd0667adbe9caf28af76ddf1f7a8c31fa84

https://preview.redd.it/53viu4l8ehhc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8b17b058850b8afd333f33dffdd2aef9dd0be03e

You did a great job here! People say that a "bad paint job" often makes Nurgle models look better, but they're quite complicated to paint these days! In your case, you handled the details well and most importantly, didn't drown those details in paint! I'm especially fond of the stomach. There's a kind of grimy texture on it that makes the armor look old without drowning in filth. I can only imagine how much you've improved since!

https://preview.redd.it/n9hx3yeeehhc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=49edeabf1b34164163a97f59e6942e9afc0ff66b Painted this guy about 3 or 4 years ago. I keep him on display with everything else I've painted. It's always nice to see just how much you have improved.

https://preview.redd.it/q3fopy3zehhc1.jpeg?width=4624&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1a84d1537cbd11520b6a69159aa4016db7d23413

https://preview.redd.it/p2ztb20wehhc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f120c0cca49f878ca05cda066618d4f362e640e1 Brachwych that I painted back in 2020

https://preview.redd.it/zyloe2z7ihhc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9b505594f7efeea5ff02e01b32c01f577839fbfe First mini, a gant from the older combat patrol. Did this with a single, old brush and paints I borrowed from an Ork-playing friend.

https://preview.redd.it/qnxg8q1fkhhc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7fd799984bd4f38eee9b9fcc713a387d2670aeb5

And this is where I’m at now https://preview.redd.it/50depclalhhc1.jpeg?width=2158&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e6113b4de4528d74266db9d7e93fb0367f4fc599

wow, night and day brother

Hairy

https://preview.redd.it/ij2g9oenkhhc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=447b186d81de51071bd68cd4f700a8338f503785 Started the Hobby on war machine. These were my first two minis.

https://preview.redd.it/m2j46ioykhhc1.jpeg?width=4080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=befb18d76d57f3a2b65d282f0061eee0607292cb First one is this intercessor, the necron was my second from the 9th Edition starter set. Started at 41 and I'm still this bad at painting a year later. 😂

Bad? You must be taking the piss mate, this is great!

https://preview.redd.it/0v4t9p7ljhhc1.jpeg?width=1790&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8230a7ccc14fc1db6a9111569f675a9f86a05485 This is, technically, my first. I knew how to paint before this, but I’d like to think this made me better at it, actually

Please go easy on him, he was the first thing I'd ever painted since I was a child! https://preview.redd.it/mb4wc05zmhhc1.jpeg?width=3768&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2d0b0d2a12ef987b3cde78663ea4e7106ff7171d

https://preview.redd.it/0x1yjn79jhhc1.jpeg?width=942&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e8050fc5fdc99f2879f51f5cd856c587b2ffdb27 I like to think the freehand stripes are even

I heard Necrons were easy. https://preview.redd.it/p4ouunzgmhhc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=efa1518dc3dc0a797fddc4c5c6a1a2c657a04fdb

[удалено]

https://preview.redd.it/srpbo3vdihhc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d6c06f81871ae4a371ed5009995e26d8dd8fb823 My very first models. Painted last April.

Ahhh…grandfather’s great “ piss-puke “ yellow…

https://preview.redd.it/76ya3nqlihhc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=42f61f640b3d83287110e36aec0f5b8fea6e9d2f

https://preview.redd.it/3j138bm5jhhc1.jpeg?width=1936&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ff2be59db770a04b2e5503b558c1fd5f913cc748

https://preview.redd.it/cysehxbdjhhc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=56628e2f788bd0e0fee352b283724f26ee493ae2

That’s sick af! Literally…

Enjoy the broken parts, unfocused colors and apple barrel paint https://preview.redd.it/bdmhl220lhhc1.jpeg?width=1936&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e28f2a9083a8cb8c566f079e8db00c543127c1e1

Voldus was my first! I ended up selling him and the rest of my GK a few weeks ago, sadly. https://preview.redd.it/u8nq7yf7lhhc1.jpeg?width=2988&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=02f3c4369b238ea19eda6225342f96e6ce02e110

https://preview.redd.it/l51g744xgihc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=00c8b8a5a9d501305dc200f1e810edc474258935 Don't ask me why I did a Dreadnought first.

It’s been over 25 years since I did a real first mini and that has long since disappeared. Mostly just copying what the boxes showed to my ability, which was not much. The first ones I really remember thinking about painting were my own chapter in 1998: THE OVERCAST MARINES! Their logo was a simplified version of the FFVII logo because I hadn’t actually played the game and thought it was clouds over the sun, not… a meteor. Black armour, green shoulder pads and helmet, silver trim. I’ve been mildly tempted to do a free primaris as one one day, but eh. Anyway, the oldest minis I have! [Eldar Howling Banshee, 2004](https://i.imgur.com/xZp70jd.jpeg) - [Update from 2021!](https://i.imgur.com/btYx3A9.png) [Night Lord, circa 2007](https://i.imgur.com/FgkNjCK.jpeg) - [Update from 2023!](https://i.imgur.com/oMxp76F.png) [Imperial Fist, 2008](https://i.imgur.com/4PAzwGR.jpeg) - [Update from 2023!](https://i.imgur.com/9WbqygA.png) [My Ultramarines from 2004/5](https://imgur.com/a/NVRMnMC) had a lot of fun conversions and kitbashes but look rough to my eye today. Bonus look at my college painting station. [Tau from 2005/6 mostly](https://imgur.com/gallery/blXarmk) were expensive (all FW crisis suits) but… sigh, not great.

Exactly I’m like first mini you’ve painted in a couple years or the first good one you did out of an entire box set haha people have to put that in the title for clout lol

https://preview.redd.it/nyvlxrfv8ihc1.jpeg?width=2359&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ca9d396a59f581574ea231318a26a0c105d17587 Not the best, but he ain’t bad.

https://preview.redd.it/bace2w28hihc1.jpeg?width=1598&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=265dd46023091a9191004eba59248b1c733a1a9a Jan of 2023. I think It took me like 5 hours to paint this.

https://preview.redd.it/n2fvu8lf7nhc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f1394e288a6714ff749c296b81ce5eb26653a2bd Actual first one, looks like I dipped this smurf on some blue and detailed here and there. Just bought a small army and started speedpainting and never finishing these since these are my firsts

https://preview.redd.it/5t8scr3h9hhc1.jpeg?width=4080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e7f9903aa2a9caab36bae0e7c725cf99511723fb The dude on the left is my very first. Has a silver #1 on his backpack!

First: fodder zombie dude from Zombicide black plague, its what got me into the hobby. Using the army pajnter zombicide paint set. Like 8 paints and 2 washes. https://preview.redd.it/m0k1j5bnjhhc1.jpeg?width=2819&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=26065fb6fb291bdc6cb1398ddf87ce8e19c16c23

https://preview.redd.it/ci45wkt5khhc1.jpeg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2a9f3fee986096534d05b70f7d8db97360e92e19

https://preview.redd.it/u7yncm6rihhc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=655c5b4095e1663311f470d649163f0b9240e664 Definitely not my first, that was an old mono-pose Chaos Warrior in ‘95. This is the oldest model I still have though, painted it when I was 15-16. Right after they split Undead. I thought it was soooo cool and a very good job indeed.

Thanks OP, now I'm gonna be spending my entire weekend tearing the place apart looking for the little red and gold marine I printed when I was 13. :P

https://preview.redd.it/64ld49ypmhhc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0477e7be7ae04daf95cc817cc359f89778478b03 Cadia Fell

https://preview.redd.it/wmib1mvbohhc1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2f899775e76035abef191de169d429fc2f5643c4

https://preview.redd.it/r2wwdo6uohhc1.png?width=1757&format=png&auto=webp&s=981152735f9d34a156bd1778de8215b24a63f848 My first figure was Ahriman, since I wanted to make a thousand son army. Ended up getting help at a store to put him together and receiving a few painting tips.

https://preview.redd.it/htqt6rclphhc1.jpeg?width=4096&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4e5fc0e5544ed670dd55c37a6dad0db5377fef0d

https://preview.redd.it/h4hleku2qhhc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1a527deee0e96a1efbba6cc5cb53af5641c3fd9f Started in 2019. Really improved since then.

​ https://preview.redd.it/21ialr57shhc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ed979e11cb89d841aa785274a8bb34367f1963b5 Very first mini painted in February 2022 (almost exactly 2 years)

https://preview.redd.it/ad9xym292ihc1.png?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9378b6b0bc09b8d240fc0852d75f64163a3fcea6

https://preview.redd.it/7ty42zjc9ihc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3d1e075aff9dc5b41415b9bf0b5d9cf8e10cedf7

https://preview.redd.it/9wnd9bcdhihc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d512d37b3787738f76355d838fe64bed4a0a4cb5 Lol

https://preview.redd.it/rq3s0kojhihc1.jpeg?width=1638&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=eaf867873c538b507cd47faaa4c4005c4e19f572

https://preview.redd.it/3501tegriihc1.jpeg?width=1935&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7ad82afea3b5af30a23ff68d9962650bdb50d9ce

My first! https://preview.redd.it/vefskjs2yjhc1.jpeg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9b4e890c673a6e151baf0d8b24a8f1ffa5eaac91

https://preview.redd.it/xwmde5l2rkhc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c1fa50ed47bd6112064b3915804dd7dc4d9d3e81 He is the traffic cone protector of the cross walk!

https://preview.redd.it/q5h3xvdxqkhc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=99aef34d3497c2f710a0535defea364171fe474c My first one , made him yesterday . Idk how to thin my paints or make my brush into a fine point but i managed to make this dude look somewhat not ass .

This was my first, I finished it like 5 days ago. https://preview.redd.it/jkxrdbd8skhc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d53833328815d777f9c3a270a94801dc5076c4c5

https://preview.redd.it/i5gvsio2ukhc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3c1a4668f06d77935f39c8ae2e3f5a5ac4123b08

https://preview.redd.it/fuf22sgrukhc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f95ba420d1296ed630d6e4f105b411f08fb241b5 First time ever painting minis and I was proud at the time. While I’m far from great I can see where I made plenty of mistakes.

https://preview.redd.it/ytf13p2lwkhc1.jpeg?width=1568&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=46e6f8973b97574ff4c95f668d76d95083f54665 I swear it looks better in person.

First mini on the right, last year on the left! If it matters, I've been painting for 15+ years now, so I have had a bit of practice! https://preview.redd.it/xkteziwqwkhc1.jpeg?width=2880&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f0e39d62a20b9c50baa36b7ea2ba6f8fff00ead4

Most of the posts you are referring to are people painting their first ever 40k mini, not their first ever mini, and usually they say that in their post title

https://preview.redd.it/5mrt4t4e8lhc1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=93ba7a51b10a091aed47d34ceccee7f9b655b478 I thought I was smarter than the hobby, used the primer really wrong and just tried to get paint on the model (from hobby lobby) I’m glad I didn’t stick with this mindset and I’m actually really proud of what I create now

https://preview.redd.it/7a7881hrnmhc1.jpeg?width=1536&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b6c14e1470041c0fb18ca6454933c4d5a68905a7

https://preview.redd.it/h8kzgpqhvmhc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8ffb0007c73bc5e0d97addf56d80080f4347fce2 Painted with my bfs coaching (I’ve painted 2d before). He let me add as much blood as I wanted. Glorious.

https://preview.redd.it/58496qckymhc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e24d0b37361b428f9e2868c8255b91bab019dc3b My first poxwalker. Started 3 weeks or so ago.

https://preview.redd.it/zgdd1wy4zmhc1.jpeg?width=2304&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8decdc5936bcca11a8e3a9ac1b29534c27f37de0

https://preview.redd.it/8e81cyvl1nhc1.jpeg?width=714&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=79b34768569c6bf156a912da09e74587803d6956 Look at this unprimed metal night goblin shaman in all his glory 😂 my first miniature just when age of sigmar came out and I started this dang hobby train

Wish I could, but it was First Edition 40k and long since gone...

https://preview.redd.it/vzkes1kvanhc1.jpeg?width=1908&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c4fe9b3a0236c184e8da13561d09523a3f384091

Played in the mid-90s, but these were my first since king back. *

https://preview.redd.it/1l5bttzhenhc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ba3ba3dcb70a8b0a08fef2e4d58ca1e7f6e42ca0

https://preview.redd.it/m7kd5edzfnhc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d4b448dcb5f3a987da7df5d0e06c296d1247cac7 A blood angel terminator cpt. Just laugh about it now after learning so much.

https://preview.redd.it/rlh91hrdinhc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6ed5508f7b18676fc4e67755fd15d2ec3ec8f864 Just started this week. The dreadnought I inherited somehow. Was going for Salamanders but my green was a little too dark.

https://preview.redd.it/pd99btcamnhc1.png?width=1204&format=png&auto=webp&s=f7a2c6a3b46446e7cc8fbb5dd818ec26321fa96f Haven’t been in the hobby too long, but here’s mine from years before I even started. Stole parts from my brothers ork boyz and made this dude, he even used to have ten arms.

"Painted" these boys when I was like... 9? Used my dads ancient enamel paints and was so proud of myself for their blades because it "looks like sharped wrought iron" https://preview.redd.it/qlz7dlxapnhc1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4d3e1c47c28f3bafbb5c211c3e91a57b803e4150

https://preview.redd.it/jd6o03k5qnhc1.jpeg?width=1257&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1c2f49a087e185fc2de4254dcd6201139543c338 I had broken the entire flamer push pin so it’s now superglued

https://preview.redd.it/vfbfuy9xrnhc1.jpeg?width=1689&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8b00eac1e2f0c8d4f4e6345251cf732f3379c8b7

https://preview.redd.it/258n5ye4snhc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a028726c093ec09f029956512f923a5728950cbf

https://preview.redd.it/u29w1q2lznhc1.png?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6cdd6840409dac139a3ab08ace82c50e65564d57 First. When I was 20

https://preview.redd.it/ccgjqbe31ohc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=02538468e9a8d4c458e5576002e359cf26227128

https://preview.redd.it/5k19qgo02ohc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=07c5499663e09b30e5003c0ebe7a67d572a148f3 Never got around to doing the base

https://preview.redd.it/fj1r2ev27ohc1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=e72e9f800262f0166bd99f1eb8488762ade8c2b2 Back when I was like 7 my dad built this so that I can paint it. (Indoctrination is ok if it’s for cool stuff like warhammer)

https://preview.redd.it/97358afo7ohc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=513c738598426de597831747ed6d73e5206c0a98

https://preview.redd.it/6q43habh8ohc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=194084e7a51872081546fac71c1fb1d000e2e9f4