22 years in the making
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About the Project
With a bit of luck (and the help of a fellow gamer) I now can join this competition. 22 years ago I bought my first White Dwarf and shortly after that my first paint set.
Related Game: Warhammer 40,000
Related Company: Games Workshop
Related Genre: Science Fiction
Related Contest: Spring Clean Hobby Challenge (Old)
This Project is Completed
One brush to rule them all
So in September 1997 I bought my first White Dwarf (#21 of the German WD) and shortly after that I bought the “Citadel Colour Paint Set” which came with one Warhammer Fantasy Chaos Knight, one Warhammer 40.000 Space Marine and brush.
Like any young, impatient lad (I was 22 at the time) I glued them together and started painting. I had the paints, the brush and no clue on how to do this. I remember priming the miniatures by painting them white with the brush and then applying all paints unthinned and poorly shaken.
But the miniatures are of a simple design and take the paint easily and make the novice painter that I was feel good.
Oh, I think I saw those elves just… this weekend? Haven’t I @warzan? 😉
Reboot
Thanks to a fellow mate from my local club I now have a “brand new” 1993 Space Marine sprue.
Now. just after cleaning it up and mounting it to my priming rig I’m ready to prime!
Priming and first coats of paint
So here I am, going for it. Still unsure if I should stay 100% to the painting instructions or deviate. Priming grey with white zenithial highlighting.
90% old school and 10% new stuff…. GO!
Ultramarine assemble!
NOOOOOOO! All my work! (AGAIN)
Somehow my submission for the project got eaten by web-goblins… so I will now only post pictures. Can’t redo all that text. NOOOOOO!
Third times the charm… *sigh*
And we are ready.
Now that everything has dried I applied two coats of varnish and after that dried I dry brushed the sand and added a bit of detail. Also some more thin lines of wash in certain areas just for the final steps. I call this one done. I hope you like it too.
