Hi, all, from Oxfordshire!

[ingw0]

Hi, all! Classic forum fare here: long-time lurker, first-time poster, pleasure to make your acquaintance!

Like many, I was into Warhammer as a kid - even have a brother who worked for GW in the 90s - fell out of the hobby for many years when my interests shifted from toy soldiers to music, band t-shirts and beer, and then, finding myself with loads of time during COVID, got back into the hobby in a big way.

Recently made the shift from 28/32mm to 10mm with some of Pendraken's Hill Dwarves, and immediately fell in love. Have since picked up more additions to the pile of shame/opportunity than I'd like to admit, and having a blast. It's taken me a while to get used to painting in higher contrast and steadying my shaky hands to pick out the lovely, teeny tiny details, but I feel like I'm getting the hang of it. Plus, being able to bash out a base of soldiers in my lunch hour is great for the dopamine hit!

Being a painter foremost and gamer second, I'm not particularly au-fait with a lot of rulesets, gaming mechanics and the like, but if anyone local did want to show a noob the ropes, I'd be up for a game or two (until I'm inevitably thrashed and never play again).

Hope you're all well!
Sam.

[Steve J]

Welcome on board Sam .

[fsn]

Welcome.

Photos please. Always good to see someone's brushwork. 

[Leon]

Welcome to the Forum!

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Hello and welcome

[d_Guy]

Welcome to the forum

[paulr]

Welcome Sam

Pictures, we like pictures

[Orcs]

Welcome to the forum Sam. If you want advice ( and sometimes even if you don't ) the forumites will help out where they can.

[ingw0]

Cheers for the warm welcome to the forum, chums!

As requested by fsn, here's a photo of my latest completed base of Pendraken bits; a small start to a potentially very large project! One unfavourable thing I have found since starting 10mm is that it's a bit awkward to get my camera to focus on objects that are so small, but I think you get the gist.

[Techno 3]

Welcome, Sam.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Hi Sam - enjoy

[Steve J]

Well those ECW chaps look rather spiffing Sam .

[John Cook]

Well those ECW chaps look rather spiffing Sam .

Yes they do.  Welcome to Pendrakenworld.

[ingw0]

Thanks, John and Steve, for your kind words! I'll be honest I've surprised myself with these ones; I'm a mediocre painter at best in 28mm, so feeling like a pro in 10 is a nice feeling!

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Small scale is easier, and generally looks better

[ingw0]

Small scale is easier, and generally looks better

Very wise words indeed!

[Orcs]

Small scale is easier, and generally looks better

As the Bishop said to the actress.

[paulr]

     

Very nice choice of palette on those ECW pikemen

[Ben Waterhouse]

Welcome!

[Chris Pringle]

Hi Sam! May I invite you along to the Oxford Wargames Society? We meet most Mondays and roughly one Sunday a month at Wolvercote Village Hall:
https://oxfordwargamessociety.org.uk/dates.html

My corner of the hall is all historical battles, but there's another group of us who regularly fight fantasy battles and have a lot of fun. I'm sure you'd be made welcome.

Chris