We all started somewhere...

[ClockworkOrange]

I went to Warhammer world last weekend and the main thing that struck me (again obviously) is that this isn’t a kids pocket money hobby anymore!

The old blister packs also meant you could buy something with a few pounds, there is sod all on the shelves for less than £20 these days. Inflation yada yada they need more gateway products like the blisters.

 

[MusingWarboss]

The old blister packs also meant you could buy something with a few pounds, there is sod all on the shelves for less than £20 these days. Inflation yada yada they need more gateway products like the blisters.

That is a big factor of the early years, it was priced so you could buy bit by bit and slowly build up to having a unit etc.

Often these days the blister packs that do exist are more expensive than the box sets when you factor in what you get!!

 

[cronevald]

I went to Warhammer world last weekend and the main thing that struck me (again obviously) is that this isn’t a kids pocket money hobby anymore!

The old blister packs also meant you could buy something with a few pounds, there is sod all on the shelves for less than £20 these days. Inflation yada yada they need more gateway products like the blisters.

This exactly. When I first got into GW I would spend a day doing yard work with my grandfather and he'd give me ten dollars at the end of it. Then we'd go into town and I'd turn that into 3-4 blisters of 2-3 models each at the only game store in the area. It was a pretty good deal at the time.

 

[Punktaku]

On a whim I googled about, and found a picture of the first models I ever owned! (Not the exact models I had and painted.). But it looks like whoever owns them painted them in a similar style (thick globby paint and all).

Again, not my miniatures. (They came in a set of 3).

 

[daveh]

even though they are attached to a harpy , boobies heh heh

 

[Punktaku]

That’s what we loved about them (as sixth graders)!

 

[boredlock]

This is probably my first painted mini, or at least from the first batch, should be from somewhere around 1997-99. The Space marines came from some kind of start painting box. One has to start somewhere!

 

[Biggle_Bear]

This is probably my first painted mini, or at least from the first batch, should be from somewhere around 1997-99. The Space marines came from some kind of start painting box. One has to start somewhere!

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I miss those marines

 

[MedMos]

My first two gangs were Van Saar and Ratskins. Both have been repainted, but I have a few pictures of some of the first ratskins I painted.

I still have most of the paints from that first paint set... And that old marine is at my friends house. I might even have a few paintbrushes from back then... I don't spend a lot on hobby stuff.

 

[almic85]

I’ll have to have a dig through my drawers and see if I still have anything older than the Orks in the background of this previous photo.

Old models 1

• almic85
• Nov 25, 2020

Old models 2

• almic85
• Nov 25, 2020

The old Ork dreadnought is definitely the skill level that I used to have as a kid.

I remember having a chaos warrior army that was entirely dry brushed bronze.

 

[Gelugan123]

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• Gelugan123
• May 28, 2023

5th edition high elves

High Elves were my first exposure to Games Workshop, right around the end of 5th edition fantasy. I want to say I was in 8th grade and around 1998. I was not a great speed painter and never completed a viable army. Always had to proxy from my neighbors Empire figures. We moved into Necromunda and Mordheim quickly, though I remember a few fun battles with the campaign system when 6th edition came out.

 

[Stoof]

Another historic artifact found at my parents house.

Needed dreadnought.
Didn't have dreadnought.
Pocket money would not stretch to dreadnought.
3D printing is twenty years in the future.

Clay!

Budget dreadnought

• Stoof
• Jun 24, 2023

 

[Pagumb]

Another historic artifact found at my parents house.

Needed dreadnought.
Didn't have dreadnought.
Pocket money would not stretch to dreadnought.
3D printing is twenty years in the future.

Clay!

Budget dreadnought

• Stoof
• Jun 24, 2023

Excellent! Tribemeet is going to have to expand to a full week to accommodate the clay ambot wars tournament, etc. etc.

 

[Stoof]

More from my parents house. I wanted a dropship as terrain. Certainly no such thing available to buy yet and I couldn't afford it if there was. Behold! The Bottlehawk!

 

[Ben_S]

That looks like something out of Red Dwarf.

 

[MusingWarboss]

More from my parents house. I wanted a dropship as terrain. Certainly no such thing available to buy yet and I couldn't afford it if there was. Behold! The Bott

Bring it to TribeMeet!!

 

[Biggle_Bear]

Another historic artifact found at my parents house.

Needed dreadnought.
Didn't have dreadnought.
Pocket money would not stretch to dreadnought.
3D printing is twenty years in the future.

Clay!

Budget dreadnought

• Stoof
• Jun 24, 2023

Why dont we all just play with stuff of this quality. It would make the hobby a lot more accessible.

More from my parents house. I wanted a dropship as terrain. Certainly no such thing available to buy yet and I couldn't afford it if there was. Behold! The Bottlehawk!

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Space ship tribemeet?

 

[daveh]

dont show gamesworkshop that dreadnougt , they will sue for copyright

 

[Lyndon]

I found these at my parents the other day, my original Orlock gang from back in the 90s. (Well, at least part of it, I'm sure the gang rating was over 4000 at one point and I definitely remember a heavy bolter)

Orlocks

• Lyndon
• Sep 24, 2023
• orlock

My old gang from back in the 90s

 

[Stoof]

Bring it to TribeMeet!!

The BottleHawk in pride of place at the Spaceport!