Hi Sam and welcome!
We all started at groundlevel, so don’t be too intimidated. Just show what you’ve got and ask questions. Loads of folks here very willing to help and support.
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Welcome aboard, @SamS!
No need to be intimidated by anyone or anything here. We’re all just walking the path along our journey to be better model makers. Everyone starts that journey with their first step, and no matter how long you’ve been on the path, sooner or later, you will learn that it actually (and thankfully!) has no end. And if “perfection” is the goal, the majority of us have long since realized that no one ever reaches it, so the real joy is the JOURNEY, itself.
Be your own toughest critic, but, while you might solicit and even welcome feedback from others, find enjoyment and satisfaction in meeting and exceeding YOUR OWN standards for your work. Don’t build to make other people happy with your results. Build to make yourself happy, whether that happiness comes from the process, “the doing,” or from the product, putting completed models on your display shelf, or from some combination of the two.
Seek and find inspiration and motivation in the work of others, but also seek and find your own style. Don’t be a slave to the stylistic biases and preferences of others. Like and admire what you find personally good in other works and strive to apply what you see to your own work when it fits YOUR OWN style. Otherwise, build what you like the way you like it.
Envision your own results, learn to “see” in your own mind’s eye what you want your model to look like, and when you feel you need or want some help to achieve that vision, don’t be afraid to ask for advice. However, no matter what advice others might offer, remember that you’re under no obligation to actually follow it simply because you asked for it. If someone else’s “way” is not a good fit for your “way,” stay the course and find your own path to success.
Also note that being grateful and expressing gratitude is not a “zero sum game.” Even if you don’t like or want to follow the advice given by someone else, or even when you don’t agree with their criticisms (whether asked for or not), it never hurts or takes anything away from you to simply say “thanks for that” and move along. Assume the best, that someone else cared enough about your work to take the time and effort to write what they did, and learn to move on past it. Even as good as the KitMaker community is, there’s always some post or comment that will make you go “hmmmm…?”
Welcome, again, to a community of more or less like-minded model makers!
I’ll look forward to seeing some of your work when you feel like sharing it!
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Michael, you are an extremely talented phraseologist. You create words and sentences that perfectly describe the atmosphere here at Armorama without speaking over anyone’s head. Your statements are profound without being solemn. It is a true pleasure to read your posts.
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Gosh, Matthew, you’re making me blush! LOL!
I appreciate your sentiments, though! Thanks!
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I agree completely with Matt’s comments but am even less skilled with such phraseology, that’s why mine are usually short & sweet.
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Thanks, Sean! I’d babble on but don’t want to steal any more thunder from this thread welcoming Sam ( @SamS ) on board.
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Welcome aboard Sam. It’s a great place to ask questions and not feel intimidated. So many knowledgeable folks here willing to help.
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Thanks everyone. The comments thus far are a perfect reflection of what I said about how welcoming members are. I’m still in the middle of a move with lots of packing boxes to sort. I’ve found some of my boxes with modelling stuff in them, but a few still to go. Space constraints mean some may stay boxed up a bit longer! The look of disapproval on my beloved’s face when she notes yet another box with ‘models’ written on it is being met with an increasing grin from moi as I note yet another box with ‘handbags’ or ‘women’s shoes’ on it! Thanks again for the warm welcome.
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Hi Sam and welcome to the forum.
Good to have you aboard.
Everyday is a school day and the forum has some top modellers to pick the brains of.
Watto.
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Hi Sam, a bit late welcoming you, but welcome none-the-less, hope you enjoy contributing, 
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Welcome Alicia, hope you enjoy the ‘kitmaker’ site, .
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Certainly appreciating the love but unsure why the welcomes for Ruby and Alicia are coming up as part of my original post. Is it possible to pare them out so they get the welcome they deserve?
Also, I’m still waiting for my removals with my stash in it (apparently takes 3 to 6 months from Bali to Canberra?!) but I found some photos of a couple of dioramas that I put together so you can see where I’m at. Like I said I classify myself at the beginner/early stages of mogelling particularly with regard to blending colours, shading, washes and finishes. Hopefully this upload works but if not, grateful for advice as to how to load photos.
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Pared out.
Those spammers were indeed given the treatment ( 
) they deserved
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I was thinking Alicia and Ruby may have been some of my multiple personalities, but I checked and there’s only Loretta….
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sFBOQzSk14c
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What happened to Sheila? Don’t tell me, there wasn’t enough womb for two?
Those interlopers were all part of the Initiation/hazing ceremony, I reckon Robin organised it. But congrats, you (both) passed!
So your kit’s coming by outrigger from Bali? Or camel train from Darwin?
Nice dios/vignettes, you’re way past Beginner. My only carp would be the shiny uniforms but that’s easily fixed. As for loading photos, on my steam-powered desktop PC I just have a Kitmaker window open, and another window with my photos. Just a matter of dragging/dropping each photo into the text box.
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Nice builds. The building scene will look great with vehicles added to the well built houses and street
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Really nice work here. My favorite is the British armored car and infantry scene- well done!
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