Don't forget that there have also been a lot of improvements in photography and publishing compared to 1987. Pictures from old WDs are probably a shadow of what that miniature actually looked like. Mike McVey talked about how he changed his painting style to incorporate the now dominant tricks like 'edge highlighting' because in an era when they were literally cutting out and taping Polaroids to paper documents to prepare them for publishing, you simply could not see a lot of the subtle effects he was doing previously.
It’s been remarkable coming back to the hobby after I drifted away in the early 90s. (I’ve been sucked back in by my daughter.) The innovation in paints and techniques and the growth in ambition are really quite something.
I’ve got much more into it in last few years and feels good to be back! I never really left but for a few years was more just reading novels and White Dwarf
Don't forget that there have also been a lot of improvements in photography and publishing compared to 1987. Pictures from old WDs are probably a shadow of what that miniature actually looked like. Mike McVey talked about how he changed his painting style to incorporate the now dominant tricks like 'edge highlighting' because in an era when they were literally cutting out and taping Polaroids to paper documents to prepare them for publishing, you simply could not see a lot of the subtle effects he was doing previously.
It’s been remarkable coming back to the hobby after I drifted away in the early 90s. (I’ve been sucked back in by my daughter.) The innovation in paints and techniques and the growth in ambition are really quite something.
Oh Michael, I noted this helpful comment on a recent post - https://exploringwarhammer.substack.com/p/warped-marginalia-january-to-march
I’ve got much more into it in last few years and feels good to be back! I never really left but for a few years was more just reading novels and White Dwarf