Blue in VT
Baron
Captain Crooks":nwy0fdje said:
Look AWAY from the Dragon...You DO NOT need another Dragon....Just say NO to More DRAGON...
Blue
Brutal childhood paintjobs of the 80s
- Thread starter Skyrak
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Look AWAY from the Dragon...You DO NOT need another Dragon....Just say NO to More DRAGON...
Blue
Captain Crooks
Baron
Blue in VT":2rt0ee67 said:Captain Crooks":2rt0ee67 said:
Look AWAY from the Dragon...You DO NOT need another Dragon....Just say NO to More DRAGON...
Blue
NYAAAAAARGH!! MUST HAVE DRAGON! OUT OF MY WAY! *crashes through wall*
Count Von Bruno
Baron
Great thread, some of the paintjobs aren't that bad really- I'd have crapped my pants in pride (as opposed to shame) if I could have turned out a Heroquest Wizard like that in 1991
These Heroquest greenskins were the very first minis I painted, done in humbrol enamel if I recall correctly.
My brother helped me out, I honestly don't remember but considering they are reasonably neat he probably did the wristbands etc
I had more HQ monsters from back in the day up until a few years ago- I had the undead rising out of pot plants on my verandah.
It either rained a lot or I hosed too much and they ended up washed out of the pots- I managed to step on them while blind drunk (destroying them and really hurting my foot)
Here's a Space Crusade marine I date to late 93 or 94, so I'm about 12 here and (surprise!) have pledged allegiance to Space Marines and Wolves in particular as you would expect from a boy that age.
The Blood Angel is the free mini from WD 166, painted by my brother- I still have the homemade banner too.
When he painted it for me I thought it looked absolutely amazing...looking at it now poor old Sarge's face appears to be made of porridge
These Heroquest greenskins were the very first minis I painted, done in humbrol enamel if I recall correctly.
My brother helped me out, I honestly don't remember but considering they are reasonably neat he probably did the wristbands etc
I had more HQ monsters from back in the day up until a few years ago- I had the undead rising out of pot plants on my verandah.
It either rained a lot or I hosed too much and they ended up washed out of the pots- I managed to step on them while blind drunk (destroying them and really hurting my foot)
Here's a Space Crusade marine I date to late 93 or 94, so I'm about 12 here and (surprise!) have pledged allegiance to Space Marines and Wolves in particular as you would expect from a boy that age.
The Blood Angel is the free mini from WD 166, painted by my brother- I still have the homemade banner too.
When he painted it for me I thought it looked absolutely amazing...looking at it now poor old Sarge's face appears to be made of porridge
Bane
Vassal
This thread is very funny, with some "lovely" paintjobs to boot. I always wish I had my original models (my first were Troglodytes covered in enamels), but alas... Next weekend I'll be getting the paints, brushes and some neglected models out for my two year old and I to work together on.
This still happends to me on occassion too. I consider myself to have quite good manual skills so I have no idea how i can lose such control of the paintbrush and I'm mortified as it flies through the air and leaves a small smear of titillating pink or such on the wall! I'll blame my daughters if I accidentally leave some for my wife to discover...
phreedh":3mvhocw3 said:
This still happends to me on occassion too. I consider myself to have quite good manual skills so I have no idea how i can lose such control of the paintbrush and I'm mortified as it flies through the air and leaves a small smear of titillating pink or such on the wall! I'll blame my daughters if I accidentally leave some for my wife to discover...
Karak Norn Clansman
Baron
Skyrak, I wouldn't be ashamed in the least to enter tournaments with most of your childhood paintjobs. You obviously had the knack for this sort of thing early on.
My first early 2000s paintjobs are... of varied quality. I'm still quite content with Thorgrim and Thorek, whilst the enthusiastically over-glued and over-painted plastic 6th ed Dwarf Warriors are a different story entirely.
My first early 2000s paintjobs are... of varied quality. I'm still quite content with Thorgrim and Thorek, whilst the enthusiastically over-glued and over-painted plastic 6th ed Dwarf Warriors are a different story entirely.
Count Von Bruno
Baron
I found these the other day
I knew I had a mini with a blood stained weapon around somewhere!
The Bad Moon attempt seems to have bile on his
I knew I had a mini with a blood stained weapon around somewhere!
The Bad Moon attempt seems to have bile on his
Count Von Bruno
Baron
O Fortuna-ato, Carmina Burana 
MoodyGit
Serf
Captain Crooks":n53r5j6n said:
I have just read this on Facebook and there's my dragon.
Top of page 7. Still have statue but small dragon missing head! Must of needed for something but no idea what.
http://www.fantasypartystore.com/downlo ... er1987.pdf
Captain Crooks
Baron
MoodyGit":2zc6dkuu said:
Well, it's one step closer...
I was going to post these pics in another thread, but I think here is where they truly belong - and I do this with the utmost respect, not by way of making fun or being insulting.
These two ogres belonged to Robin Dews, who you may remember as being the editor of White Dwarf magazine in the early 90's (issues 140-189). He painted them some 20 years ago or more according to him, and their time-ravaged features probably bear witness to many epic battles. Or maybe just rattling around in a drawer for a decade. Anyway, here they are!
I will eventually strip them, to give them a new lease on life, but i'll leave these here for posterity...
Bluey Zarzov
Vassal
DrM
Serf
This is a hilarious thread.
I'm not much of a cameraman, but I'll try to get some photos to go on here, although the 'best' examples have definitely been stripped now, I've still got some real gems knocking around I'm sure.
A few years ago I bumped in to an old 'gaming mate, we got chatting and he offered me his 'shoe box of old lead', which I nearly bit his hand off for. I recall him not being much of a painter, back in the day, so he used to beg the rest of us to paint a few figures for him, he once 'commissioned' me to paint a couple of prize figures, I spent hours and hours on them, and was so proud of the paint job I did on them - remember parents and friends saying how I should enter them in to the Golden Demon Awards because they were 'so good' etc... Then, nearly 30 years later, they came back. After telling my wife how these were the 'best' figures I'd ever painted, ever, we opened the box and looked at them together... 'Oh' says the wife 'that's disappointing, all you've got there are some that were painted by a six year old, look at the eyes on them, and what is all that red stuff, blood? You'll want to strip those!'... erm... I'm sure 'average' painting standards (and paints) have improved over the years.
I'm not much of a cameraman, but I'll try to get some photos to go on here, although the 'best' examples have definitely been stripped now, I've still got some real gems knocking around I'm sure.
A few years ago I bumped in to an old 'gaming mate, we got chatting and he offered me his 'shoe box of old lead', which I nearly bit his hand off for. I recall him not being much of a painter, back in the day, so he used to beg the rest of us to paint a few figures for him, he once 'commissioned' me to paint a couple of prize figures, I spent hours and hours on them, and was so proud of the paint job I did on them - remember parents and friends saying how I should enter them in to the Golden Demon Awards because they were 'so good' etc... Then, nearly 30 years later, they came back. After telling my wife how these were the 'best' figures I'd ever painted, ever, we opened the box and looked at them together... 'Oh' says the wife 'that's disappointing, all you've got there are some that were painted by a six year old, look at the eyes on them, and what is all that red stuff, blood? You'll want to strip those!'... erm... I'm sure 'average' painting standards (and paints) have improved over the years.
Lestodante
Serf
My first experience on painting (with enamels).
The HeroQuest wizard was re-painted over an already painted model made by a friend's father.
Currently repainting all the HeroQuest staff
The HeroQuest wizard was re-painted over an already painted model made by a friend's father.
Currently repainting all the HeroQuest staff
Lestodante
Serf
phreedh":2o5fbtbt said:Not the first I painted either but one of the earliest I have a photo of:
...He's gonna get it too!
Now really curious to see the 2.0 version!!
Count Von Bruno
Baron
Chico":19rlmvot said:Skyrak":19rlmvot said:
Eat it?
"Oh, I see- if you cut it this way you get three, quarter pound burgers...and that's a good deal! SPAMBURGER! SPAMBURGER!"
Captain Crooks
Baron
Chico, the robot is trying to assimilate you!! :s
Asslessman
Baron
If you want a real brutal childhood paintjob, here are some orks that were first painted by me and then were used as targets with my brother for our airsoft gun practice. It may not clearly show but they had several impacts all around. I hope you appreciate the heavy drybrush on the skin
