Returning to Guard after 15+ years

[duz_]

One suggestion as someone who did something similar upon returning to the hobby

 

Keep him as a reminder of how far you've come

I regret stripping all my Mordians and repainting them and only having a few crappy pics to reference how I've progressed

 

This is harder with models no longer in production

[Thoridon]

He was sitting in acetone within minutes of me posting that.

 

I had a lot of badly painted models from my youth, and it would be a shame not to use them now. Considering I started painting before I was 10 I had the whole spectrum of crappy paint jobs, through to those that weren’t too awful before I stopped.

 

I might save a couple of old models with my earliest paint jobs but to be honest if I can repurpose something I probably will.

 

I feel I have a more relevant progress journey from when I picked things up again 4-5 years ago to now, where I can see a definite difference. These are all done in my mid thirties, not when I was 9-10-11 and slapping humbrol enamels on in thick layers.

 

Will bear that in mind though, if I find one I can set aside for nostalgia :)

[MedicMike0708]

I must have missed back when you posted in August, nice to see another original Forgeworld Lightning still vying for air superiority. They’re rare now and the components are long long OOP

[Thoridon]

I really like the original Lightning model :) There's just a lot of cleanup needed on it as the resin quality was quite a bit worse than we have on new FW models. Various panels warped, parts not fitting together cleanly, air bubbles and so on. I have some more milliput work to do on that before I can start the painting but it'll be worth it. I'm not sure if the warping and so on was from the casting or due to sitting in its box for ~20 years.

 

I think the only modification I made was magnetising a new plastic autocannon under the nose to fit the current rules. That and magnetising a new flying stand as I'd obviously lost the original.

[Thoridon]

The original Valhallan Colonel got a little milliput resculpt over some plastic Cadian parts to make him different from the replacementl:

 

 

Should look like a bit of fur trim once it's painted, hopefully!

[WarriorFish]

Very nice, small changes can go far with a bit of effort nicely done :tu: Once he's painted up I think he'll look suitable different :)

[Thoridon]

New Colonel is about done:

 

[Thoridon]

And the first 20 Valhallan infantry:

 

 

I have some eyes to do on the infantry but I’ll wait until all 40 are done and do a batch of eyes at once.

[duz_]

I've always loved the look of Valhallans I almost collected them instead of Mordians

Paint job looks great really like the power sword effects :tu:

[Bjorn Firewalker]

Fine works. Where'd you get the colonel's bolt pistol? (Warily eyes the skulls.) It didn't come from a Chaos Space Marine kit, did it?

[Etheneus]

Nice ones. Makes me want to change up my cadians a bit.

[Thoridon]

Thanks :) The Colonel’s bolt pistol is part of his sculpt. His right arm and the pistol are a single piece.

[Hiroitchi]

Looking great man

[Thoridon]

Finished the last of my Catachan infantry (until Ripper arrives from the made to order):

 

 

A couple of the old Schaeffer’s Last Chancers used here.

[Thoridon]

And the next batch of Valhallans:

 

 

Not all in focus but that gets the heavy weapon teams done :) These are fixed as mortars and autocannons, unlike the Praetorians and Catachans which are magnetised.

[duz_]

Those Valhallans look amazing! I hope you have an awesome snow themed board for them to play on too! :D

[Thoridon]

Will need to make one!