First Miniature completed - Back in 2015 . . .

I finished this mini a few years back, it is the first miniature I've ever built or painted.  It turned out pretty decent, and it was a good learning experience.  Obviously it needs some improvement, especially in the shading and highlighting, but on the table it looks pretty good.  I also had a very hard time with the decal, I had to re-apply it twice, but I think I got it now.  The decals on my next run of minis went much better.  I'm not going to change anything on this one, it's going down as a first attempt for historical purposes.

The base was originally a 25mm base supplied with the kit.  When GW decided to change the base size on these kits (to make way for the Primaris models), I decided to be OCD and cut all the 25mm bases off the models and re-base them on 32mm bases.  Overall, I like the way the bases turned out, again it was a good learning experience.  I'll be using Slate rocks for future models.

First miniature built!

Short post....it's a bit late. So there he is, my first Space Marine.  My plan is to start with the more "vanilla" space marines, then move onto some of the customization options, finishing up with the Sargeant.  It was nerve wracking and already a learning experience.

Going to do all ten in this squad individually, that way I can learn from each one and apply what I learned to the next model.  Overall I'm pleased with how it turned out, I had a bit of a problem gluing the bolter and two arms in place all at the same time.  I'm sure there is a better way to do it, I think I'll post for some advice on Dakka Dakka to what other modelers do at this stage.  I ended up with a bit of plastic cement getting on the trigger hand, hopefully I'll be able to do some filing to clean it up.  So that's it for now....it will be fully cured in the morning. Hopefully I applied the plastic cement correctly so I have a strong bond.