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Hi Everyone

Just letting you know who I am

I live in Redditch in the center of England, I'm retired and very very new to painting miniatures ( or painting anything else)

I had never tried before , because I have very shakey hands and at 64 the eye sight is not so good either
A week back the local hobby craft shop had a sale on miniatures so bought a box of Skeleton Warriors and a box of Gene Stealers . Then I realised I needed paints but hadnt a clue what colours to buy. I came home with no paints and sat down to think about it

In the end I went online and bought a atarter set of 8 paints, a brush and 5 Lothern Sea Guards , as it all came in one box I didnt need to choose colours as that was done for me .
While I waited for it to arrive I watched lots of vids on YouTube and learned a lot , like how to rest my hands on the table to stop them shaking.
I painted my first lothern guard and compared to what you guys can do I expect its classed as rubbish but compared to what I expected it to look like I was really pleased

It only came with 7 colours and one wash so I didnt have the colours to do highlights and stuff , but it was enough to inspire me

I have now bought the Vellejo game colors suitcase that had 72 pots in a little suitcase . 66 colors, a primer, some varnishes and 3 brushes . I also got the set of washes and the set of Inks.
Being a pensioner that was quite an outlay , but my theory is , I now cant afford to give up.
I dont have any interest in playing Warhammer etc its just the painting I like the idea of , I have been looking at a lot of the Reaper bones and fancy a go at painting some of their dragons. They look good fun and can be done in some nice colours

I do have a question about the vallejo game paints but I guess that belongs in another section of the forum so I shall go look for it now

Bye
Don

Hi welcome,

if we can answer just shoot the question

Welcome indeed, never to old to learn something new!

Do ask any questions you have and also show the Lothern seaguard please!

welcome!

Hi Don

it's a fun hobby for sure and since the guys and girls on here inspired me to paint, i've not put my brush down since

Thanks everyone for the kind replies
I would have replied earlier but I thought I would receive an email to say
someone had replied to my post , but of course that doesnt happen on this forum.
It was only when I came for a look to see who else had joined that I found the replies

My biggest problems are , being old my hands shake very badly
all my life they shook but now as I age they shake worse
and the other problem is eye sight . I have bought one of those visors
with the lenses in front and they do help but I cant wear them for too long
they kind of draw my eyes and give me a head ache .

Skrit asked me in his reply to show a picture of my efforts so far by uploading a picture
and I must admit that worried me after seeing how good the quality of other
peoples work is, but I have been thinking about it and came to the conclusion.
I will never be a good painter, my hands and eyes dont allow me to be, but as
long as I do it to the best of my ability and hopefully if it improves with time as I
learn new skills then I should be happy with the results. So thats the attitude I am
going to take .
When I can find my camera I will upload something

Don

Well

I found my camera and took some pics
If I have got this right then this should be a link to them

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/3kedjd34ehlway8/4j1YKHdQ05

I have already warned you they are not very good , but for now they are the
best I can do

Don

Well as far as i can tell, you're neat as a painter.

I think your painting requires some depth, which means highlights and shadows on some of the areas.

In many areas the paint is quite thick but this is just a matter of practice and getting used to thinning your paints. Also by thinning your paints you'll find highlighting and shading much simpler.

I like working with defined edges to each separate areas, like games workshop models they like to "blackline" distinct edges to define different objects and raised/lowered areas.

Thank you for your comments arctica , your right about the thick paint.
It was only yesterday I read that its important to thin the paint down . I had assumed it needed to cover in one coat but this of course is wrong. Lots of thin coats are better, and easier to apply neatly .

I will give it a go next time I try painting a model
but again thank you for the helpful remarks
Don