What was your first mini?

[getagrip]

Agree now, but when you are six the crapness doesn't really matter.

So true 

First miniatures:

Esci russian grenadiers and revell french grenadiers. The russians are still in their original paint from 1995, the french are repainted last year as a tryout




First ever wargame miniatures:

epic 40k space marines and tanks, ork battle wagons and ork warband

some of the tanks in the original crappy paint



And the tanks and infantry  how i repainted some of them in 2013

Love the epic minis; it was Space Marine that got me into small scale stuff 

[fred.]

First figures were probably Britians Knights and Saracens - with a very cool wooden castle that my Dad and Grandad made for me. I have no idea what happened to the castle, it seemed to disappear when we moved. There were also some 1/32 French Foreign Legion and Arabs in plastic, but not Airfix.

Then piles of 1/72 Airfix, I particularly remember the big box sets with the coastal defence guns - I remember making huge dioramas across my bedroom - but they weren't games.

We did progress to games with Airfix figures and plastic tanks.

First metal figures were a set of Ral Partha Adventurers - this would have been mid 80s. These were very small figures, 25mm at best, they were small compared with the Citadel figure I got soon after. Can't remember where I got them from - I half recall it was a newsagents?


GetaGrip - I am pretty sure I have a double of your first Orc. Drop me a PM with an offer (cash or swap), and I'm certainly not asking £15!!

[fred.]

We have just started playing Epic !! how things go in circles.

Those yellow Space Marines are OK, but I never really liked the red scheme.

[getagrip]

GetaGrip - I am pretty sure I have a double of your first Orc. Drop me a PM with an offer (cash or swap), and I'm certainly not asking £15!!

Done 

[Ithoriel]

Once upon a time I had a complete chapter of Epic 40K "Banana Marines" (Imperial Fists) plus Titans, Imperial Guard, Eldar and Squats but these days I only have about half of the Marines and Guard plus the Titans, Eldar and Squats. Never did get round to painting the Squats!

[Nosher]

Once upon a time I had a complete chapter of Epic 40K "Banana Marines" (Imperial Fists) plus Titans, Imperial Guard, Eldar and Squats but these days I only have about half of the Marines and Guard plus the Titans, Eldar and Squats. Never did get round to painting the Squats!

Must be a sqaut thing... Ive still got a load unpainted...

[getagrip]

You ought to Ebay them guys; they're fetching silly money 

[fsn]

With the Infantry Combat Group, first German Infantry, and four plastic vehicles including a Centurion.

[Hertsblue]

Minfigs 25mm Chasseurs à Cheval of the Guard sometime about 1970. In my ignorance I painted them without undercoating the metal. Ten years later I repainted them and sold them to a mate. 

[Fenton]

With the Infantry Combat Group, first German Infantry, and four plastic vehicles including a Centurion.

Once I had bought a few boxes of Airfix minis I got the Emplacement set for Xmas with the Pontoon bridge for my birthday a few weeks later.Very happy days

[fsn]

Never did get round to painting the Squats!

Oooh! Nasty!

[getagrip]

Once I had bought a few boxes of Airfix minis I got the Emplacement set for Xmas with the Pontoon bridge for my birthday a few weeks later.Very happy days

Yes to both, those pontoon boats were awesome  

[Fenton]

Yes to both, those pontoon boats were awesome  

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Airfix-A03383-Pontoon-Bridge-Plastic/dp/B0002HZWDG

[fred.]

There was this one too



The same strange mix of WWII infantry and post-war tanks.


Just looking at the airfix website now - its mostly the same stuff - some nice kits and loads of really poor ones - like the super small Sherman.

[fsn]

Still got mine. And the Beach Defence set.