My army begins! This afternoon I painted my first two space marines:
It’s a bit out of focus (my digital camera’s great, but doesn’t do extreme closeups very well), but you can get the gist of it…I painted two Ultramarines according to spec. They’re a little sloppy, but that’s to be expected from my first try, especially considering that I haven’t picked up a brush in many, many years (unless it was to apply said brush to my teeth).
Most importantly, I had a great deal of fun painting these little guys. It was a quiet, relaxing way to spend an afternoon…almost peaceful (and yes I’m aware of the irony in that statement, considering that I’m building models of weapons of unimaginable horror). I’m going to experiment with the other Ultramarines that came with the starter paint set (I’m going to see if I can do battle damage and texturing…I figure I have nothing to lose), but then I’m going to move on to Battle for Macragge, and I can do so knowing that I have a willing (or at least, willing for now, anyway) person to play against — Heather has volunteered. It remains to be seen if she’ll like it at all, but if nothing else, I’m going to have fun putting the whole thing together.