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Fingers crossed they at least made silicon molds of these things.

There is a community made set for orks, eldar and tyranids for LI, also there is epic armageddon (or epic UK) which is updated, and you can play with those models and bases. At this scale I would recommend priming grey+white cenital (warm the cans with water first), contrasts, drybrush, and oil wash, then also texture paste and pigments for the bases as done here

What about Golden Fluid Acrylics?

Something you'll never do again? It's just old coat d'arms paint...they still sell it in those original containers :D

Yikes im feeling old, I had both those sets 😐

I was 1 year old.

I love the ideas your channel comes up with!

Let's be honest - there is no overlap in the Venn diagram showing people who were listening to Kylie and people who were painting Warhammer minis in 1989.

It's not 35 years ago!! It's like... wait.. oh.. oh no.. Great stuff though despite making me feel old :D

For me it is the smell and tast when repointing the brush tip😂

Not wearing gloves Is brave

I'd love to find a color match to the teracota and the marine dark blue paints

Lovely stuff Oliver! That was a wonderful time in the wayback machine. Amazing to see these sets back in action. That striking scorpion looked ace!

Terra cotta was one of my go-to paints for shading faces. Never used it for power armour 🤔

That eldar is great. I am impressed by how some of these paints cover so well.

Best way for doing rich yellows back in the 90s was using Fiery Orange, highlighting with white, to get this peachy look. Then Sunburst yellow on top. Super rich yellows and keeping with the brighter colours/style of the time. Also worked well over a black undercoat. And every model seemed to have to have some red on it. Don't know why, but it was hard to find something without it back then. Still have a sealed Polished blue and a swamp brown. from the early 90s.

Still use these..except that chain mail..stuff turned into a glob almost immediately right after i bought it..

The old colours were not bad. In general, as far as I remember, the paints from the 90s covered better then the ones from 1989. (although compared to today's ones the coverage was still not that good). They were very durable, even when they dried out you could easily reactivate them with some water. My brother and I did this several times. I am not sure if it is true, but I have heard that the first citadel colours were sort of the same the british army used for the markings on their tanks and therefore they were so steady. I have painted my first 30 Space Marines (20 Rogue Trader and one Blood Angels Tactical Squad box, 2nd edition) with Blood Angels Orange as their base colour, because I thought at that time this was the official correct colour for them. It was really hard! :D My brother had Space Wolves and the Space Wolves Grey from that time was awesome! I still have one bottle still sealed, at least I can hear the paint is still fluid when I shake it, however I am still not sure if I should open it. Maybe I will paint some Space Wolves some time in the future :)

I had that ork and eldar paint set. I’ve been trying to find it for years. It’s amazing you have it!

Speaking as an old man, I feel the mistake you're making is painting these like a modern painter, with modern expectations. These paints were NOT designed with thinning in mind. Pot-to-brush was actually a selling point Citadel used back in the day. So if you're disappointed by the number of coats that's kind of on you. That said, Blood Angels Orange was always pretty crappy...

Lovely. The space marine I think should go further with edges and highlights.

I remember buying those paint sets I think they were the third or fourth paint set released along with a basic paint set and an expert ink set

I love the squat ork and your paint job really makes me stare at his gaping maw. He's adorably feral.

"When you think of terrain you're generally thinking of Games Workshop stuff." No. I very much don't. The one time I've seen any was at an old world tournament where they had a few of the ancient towers and houses pulled out of storage.

I can only dream of having such a talent as you have ☺☺

i love the orc model, hes such a goober

fun video :) I ♡ Terminators, Tactical Dreadnought Armour does it for me xD plus the thought of searching scary space hulks.

pops open 35yr old citadel paint - fantastic and useable right away opens a new modern citadel paint - seperated and 50/50 if can even be used How times change...

The figures look great! it is nice to see these figures painted in original colors. Thanks for sharing this.

I’m chubbin up over here ❤

Ah the good old days, when Citadel made paints called 'Orc Brown' still have a pot on in my paint rack.

those 89 paints were by far my favourite Citadel ones, was sad when they changed them for the worse

Thank you , Oliver . I Was there , 😉 🐺Loupis Canis .

Love the artwork on those paint boxes, such fond memories looking at them in all the feww brochures that GW handed out.

I had that paint set, and the one with the golden demon on the front.....loved them :)

Great memories. I recall just not knowing what to do with bad moon yellow, the poor coverage combined with my lack of control of the other colours was not a good combo. Snakebite leather though I recall very differently, presumably erroneously... Great walk down memory lane. Thanks!

u look like a British actor i knew he was in a few things. black adder the young ones my apology if I seem rude ...I've got my old ragnar and a squad of gray hunters i was going to retro paint might put them in a diorama. thank you for the inspiration.

Can't do this without go fast red

I had my first encounter with Warhammer 8-10 years later but I still remember the feeling when I went into the store. Love me some nostalgia!

Following the guide has a slight underpants gnome quality to it: step 1: undercoat step 2: basecoat step 3: shade step 4: 'eavy metal Incidentally, have you seen the Nostalgia '88 range by Warcolours? I'm a fan.

loved it!!! nostalgia is my cup of tea!

Good vibes, good life! 🌈

Coat d'arms paints by Black Hat Miniatures are the closest to the originals you can get these days.

Have you tried to add medium to this old paints ? the pigments are still there they just medium to revive them...

The company that made those paints is still going, look up Coat D'Arms paints. They still do all the old colours, and have added a load of military colours too.

That was one of the best videos on the subject of the wargaming hobby that I have seen. I applaud your efforts, enthusiasm and above all your honesty about how hard it can be. I wish you both every success in the future, and thank you very much for sharing your experiences with us.

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May be she can take look in rule book or army list to look for odther armes models.picture . An ide of rofly how thay look

Wow, the eldar really stood the test of time. I think they are looking great. Goblin Green bases are mandatory for these old models, really gives them the old school vibes 😂

Very cool. Painted in 2024 but you could fool the folks at antiques roadshow