New to Figures and to the Forum

[Cbl12886]

Hello, my name is Blake Lasslett and I just wanted say hello. I am new to the forum and fairly new to figures. I used to model a little when I was younger and now I am 18 and looking for a hobby. I recently purchased a Tamiya 1/16 Elite Infantry figure which I am working on right now. I also purchased some Warhammer figures on ebay and a Pegaso Teutonic knight from Colorado Miniatures. I have not received them yet but I will painting the Warhammer figures first for practice. I am very interested in painting and sculpting (Which I will be trying due to John Neill's sculpting contest on Armorama.com).

-Blake

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Welcome to the Planet, Blake!

Hope you will enjoy it here.

Im not sure it Warhammer figures are good to practise upon, I find them hard to paint. My suggestion for starting out is good sculpted 54mm or 1/35 figures.
A good sculpt is so much easier to paint and assemble. Not that Warhammer have many parts.

Cheers

 

[Roc]

Blake, you have found the right place, you will enjoy it here.



Cheers
Roc.

 

[garyjd]

Blake, Welcome to Pf. Paint whatever it is that interests you, regardless of scale. The fact your eyes are younger than a lot of us should make thos Warhammer figures not too difficult to paint.~Gary

 

[Roy]

A big welcome to the Planet Blake...great to see you have given yourself a few different choices..
good luck in trying all the various scales..

All the best....Roy.

 

[mikec55]

Welcome aboard Blake. If you want relatively inexpensive 54mm guys to practice on, you can't go wrong with buying a bag of plastic soldiers produced by Barszo. They have soldiers from different eras in great action poses. Just slap a little primer on 'em & off you go.

Mike

 

[Cbl12886]

Thanks for all the greetings guys.

Uruk-Hai - The problem with most 54mm and higher figures is they are to darn expensive. I purchased a few Warhammer Fantasy Bretonnian knights and archers for around $1.50-3 each on eBay.

mikec55 - I am really only interested in Roman, Medieval, and WWII eras, which Barszo doesn’t carry.

-Blake