Nostalgia

[Koppi]

In the german Sweetwater Forum there is a nostalgia thread about your first gaming and miniatures experiment. A really great idea.
Surely I had to write something about my special experience.
My first experience was with my buddy Bernd, playing with his fabolous Timpo collection. We shot with mini explosives – here is a picture I don’t know the correct english word https://www.feuerwerkshop.de/images/product_images/popup_images/322_0.png -.
There was a lot of fun playing that game.
In the report you can see my first miniatures. I’ve painted them in a blue-white-red colour scheme, today – but not than - the colors of my favorite hockey team, and in green-yellow: The football team of my little village „TUS Fortuna Kottenheim“ was green-white, but I had have problems painting white colour. So I had used yellow instead.
After that first wargaming experience we returned in the sandpit, playing cowboy and indian as „reenacters“.
Later on I’ve started connecting 1/72 miniatures, planes and ships.
In the report you can see my first toy soldiers, my first painted 1/72 figures (German Afrikakorps), my first 1/72 army (Airfix Gauls), planes, ships and more of my youth.
And  some pictures from my childhood.
The report is only in german. But the pictures are explained.
Have fun with the pictures.
Maybe it's also interesting for YOU, to show your veterans, here in that thread. For me, it would be funny to see your first miniatures or armys.
Retro is up to date. So, come on, share your pictures with me.

http://thrifles.blogspot.de/2016/12/kinner-seid-ihr-schee-am-spiele.html

[Malebolgia]

My first EVER miniature, painted 21 years ago on a boring rainy Sunday. I had no model planes left I wanted to assemble & paint, homework was finished and I was bored to death. So I dusted off my Heroquest and painted one of the miniatures. Now that...was...cool. One thing led to another and here we are now:



A lot of the detail was "painted" with an Indian ink pen. Used that for two years or so to do stuff like eyes, small dots, etc. Worked well enough, until my brush skills improved enough.