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Offline stone-cold-lead

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Old paint jobs
« on: March 01, 2014, 04:20:58 PM »
I've seen plenty of painters post pics of their old paint jobs from back in the day but I thought I'd stripped all my models long ago. Turns out a few had missed the jam jar.



Not my first attempts but the earliest examples I've got left. Probably done when I was 15 or so.

A bit more waffling on my blog.

Offline The Dozing Dragon

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Re: Old paint jobs
« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2014, 04:39:46 PM »
Nice! I'm not sure I'd want to post my own old painted pics though  :D

Offline DeafNala

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Re: Old paint jobs
« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2014, 04:59:09 PM »
Not bad at all...I know quite a few Folk who have yet to reach that level of brushwork. The checked hose is OUTSTANDING. GREAT RETRO WORK!
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Offline stone-cold-lead

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Re: Old paint jobs
« Reply #3 on: March 01, 2014, 05:22:21 PM »
Nice! I'm not sure I'd want to post my own old painted pics though  :D

You should have seen my very first paint jobs! Citadel cybermen slathered in silver enamel and lightly drybrushed black. Took me six months to realise I was supposed to drybrush the black with silver!  lol

Oh, and my very first attempt at stripping paint involved filing the paint away! Almost knackered a snotling pumpwagon doing that (found all the bits a few years ago and with a little work I think it'll be alright).

Offline FramFramson

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Re: Old paint jobs
« Reply #4 on: March 01, 2014, 05:25:03 PM »
Yeah, those are damn good. The skin on knight in particular is something I'd be perfectly happy with as a result. The armour also looks pretty decent.


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Offline warburton

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Re: Old paint jobs
« Reply #5 on: March 01, 2014, 10:56:28 PM »
They are about my current standard! Nice work.

Offline Dr Mathias

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Re: Old paint jobs
« Reply #6 on: March 01, 2014, 11:00:46 PM »
Not bad at all. I haven't been able find my first stuff, mostly Grenadier and Ral Partha. I think I have a chaos dwarf from when I was 16 or so.
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