#freehand is so hard!!!! as much as i love gold edged china i think it was a mistake starting with that aesthetic

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this is the first Space Marine I have ever painted Please Be Kind 😭🤣... during housecleaning I unearthed this old mini my fiancé had as a child and long story short I made him into a teacup, please welcome Brother Connoisseur of the ~*~*~Albertus Regius~*~*~ Chapter

#warhammer 40k #adeptus astartes #space marines #miniature painting #miniature #freehand #royal albert #freehand is so hard!!!! as much as i love gold edged china i think it was a mistake starting with that aesthetic #should maybe have done a more muted gold and not retributor armour everywhere #even better: i should have just gone with pure blue and white porcelain like my ancestors would have deemed rightful 😂 #on a more serious note: does anyone know what era/edition/year this dude comes from? i am a baby fan i know little about astartes #he is not a big space marine he is objectively (i.e. next to a ruler) about 32mm tall and his backpack design is obv. old #there are some other minis we found of the same time period and i will also chinapaint them i think. but later #also discovered some plastic + metal style thousand sons they must be quite old. and smol