Kelly Kim posted several weeks ago with photos of some of his older models. When I read it, I thought this was a great idea and wanted to post mine too, but for me, none of my good looking models are much older than 3-4 years ago – I only started caring about painting that recently!
I’m moving next month so I need to get rid of stuff I don’t need and that includes a bin of ancient models that I’ll never use again. Before giving them away on Facebook, I took some photos.
This is an indication of how much you can improve if you try. I painted these models about 14 years ago, maybe 15 or 16. I had a GW standard brush, a paint set of 8-10 colours, and no idea what I was doing. Last weekend I won a trophy for Best Single Miniature (obviously, not for these models…). You too can do it, with practice, patience and perseverance!
A unit of 20 witch elves. I remember being really proud of the red haired lady in the front.
These spearmen decided to *cough* swap sides. High Elves from the ooooollld High Elf vs Goblin box set. My brother played the Orcs and Goblins when we first started! You can see the old Armour Wash on their chainmail!
Dark Elf Sorcerer! I don’t remember being proud of this model, but looking at it now, I think it’s the one that I would most be able to fix up without to much effort.
Double bolt thrower! PEW PEW!
These are pretty hideous models. At the time, harpies were flying beastmen with T4 and W2. I had no idea how to use them, but they didn’t die nearly as quickly as the rest of my elves!
I think this is the model I spent the most time on, although you’d be hard pressed to tell. I was so excited to finish my Dark Elf Lord on Cold One that despite (probably) dying every game, he was in the list every time.
You can do it!
2 Comments
Kelly
August 26, 2013 at 5:08 pmKudos for taking pics of your old paintjobs. It’s pretty humbling, to look back and see where you came from. And anyone who starts developing a bit of an ego for being a great painter should take a second to look back at their first few paintjobs and realize where we ALL started off. New painters shouldn’t be ashamed of their paintjobs… they should be proud. The first steps are often the hardest and most significant, and often the only thing between a “newbie” and a Golden Demon are the qualities you mentioned: Practice, Patience, and Perseverance.
Craig Fleming
August 27, 2013 at 10:03 amThanks Kelly!
Ties in nicely with a comic I was reading this morning, strangely enough: http://zenpencils.com/comic/90-ira-glass-advice-for-beginners/