Revisiting my hobby starting place
History
The other day I was rooting around, and came across the first ever mini’s I painted back in around 1989. At the time I was an avid Dungeons and Dragons player ( something I have recently got back into playing). I got given these mini’s as a gift for Christmas (at least I think it was Christmas). I was about 14 years old. I had never painted any mini’s before, however as the time I had built and painted a lot of Airfix kits. I had started to use humbrol acrylics having moved away from enamels. So that’s where I started.
Finding these mini’s, made me think how far I have come in my painting over the last three decades. This got me thinking, what would it be like if I painted the same mini’s again. There was no way I was going to strip my original mini’s and try again, as I have fond memories of painting these at the kitchen table of my late grand parents house.
So I decided to see if I could get hold of another set of these mini’s, but I had no idea where they originated from, fortunately after posting a few pictures on FB I was able to find out what they were. I then took to eBay to try and track down a copy…and managed to find the blister pack for the princely sum of £13 including postage and packaging… result!!
- Comparison
So first of all let’s compare the mini’s.
The Unicorn
The Mounted Elf
Really not sure why I went for a green face for the elf...strange how your brain works when you are 14 ?The Discounted Elf
Note here it seems that I may have bent the sword arm around on my original model. This was likely done when playing with the model.
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