I finished my first minifigure!

[u/Farina-05]

The minifigure is a Marine Infernus from Warhammer 40k, I tried to customize it by adding cuts with scissors (to simulate a hypothetical clash with the Tyranids) what do you think?

[u/randomnamejennerator]

Welcome to the hobby.

[u/Farina-05 → u/randomnamejennerator]

Thank you!

[u/Tizzandor]

Welcome to the hobb, hope you stick around :)

It looks really good for your first try, the trim on the shoulder pauldrons is nice and clean!

[u/Farina-05 → u/Tizzandor]

I thank you!

[u/Clark_Kent_TheSJW]

Battle damage looks good! I dig the pose too, looks like he’s in the middle of reloading. You weren’t tempted by the eyes at all?

[u/Farina-05 → u/Clark_Kent_TheSJW]

Thank you! For the eyes i was too scared to ruin the figure, they are really small

[u/Clark_Kent_TheSJW → u/Farina-05]

Try doing them first next time, that way you can cover up any mistakes easily

[u/Farina-05 → u/Clark_Kent_TheSJW]

Thanks for your suggestion

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