With my lack of experience in mind, I amassed the improperly built, badly stripped, and other leftovers from my earlier hobby exploits. I decided it'd be better to practice on these sorts of miniatures, rather than the ones I'll be regularly playing with or displaying. I didn't get quite as far as I wanted (I picked a bad time to start painting again, with university wrapping up for me). Oddly enough, my painting techniques were both better and worse than I expected them to be. Here's the half-painted legion of test minis.
As any hobbyist will lament, models never quite photograph properly with all but the best set ups. Honestly, I'm a little thankful for that, as it covers up some of my mistakes. After finally getting the hang of thinning my paints and layering flesh, I was drunk on power and wondering why I had bothered to start with test models.
