Vintage sounds better than old, or past it. I will continue myself to be a ‘vintage human’ from now on.

Let’s look at the bright side: from now on, when you’re searching ebay and the likes for anything “citadel” you won’t get any paints but only miniatures. Until that is when the old paints become “vintage” XD

I feel the tugs on my heart string as the “citadel” branding goes as I look at the first box of Citadel minis I bought from GW all those years ago. I am sure I will still call them Citadel paints to my last day it is a difficult habit to break its still Eldar and imperial guard to me.

However like most people said this makes a lot of branding…[Read more]

@redscope – exactly. Everything is “expensive” nowadays; and eBay is … just plain insane. I bought the Weathertop last around 2010 IIRC, so that’s quite a while ago. Even back then GW would only do them as limited runs; the Seeing Seat I’ve never even seen in person. I haven’t pre-ordered these yet, but I probably will, honestly. When will they b…[Read more]

On the face of it near 50 pounds seems a lot but… It works out to 5 pounds a mini which for a metal figure these days is about average. Crooked dice are on the money with 5 pounds a mini, a metal reaper is 6-8 pounds, wargames foundry about 4 pounds but have a discount blister packs and without going through all 3rd parties 5-8 pounds for a…[Read more]

Not all of Nottingham lies in shadow…..

For example, you can, amazingly, still buy Minifigs, freshly made and no longer lead, through Caliver Books, including esoteric treasures like the quite bizarre Aureola Rococo and Valley of the Four Winds ranges, as well as many figures from Sword and Sorcery (Conan) and even some of the very first Fan…[Read more]

My Citadel/Warhammer paints in dropper bottles. I don’t have a lot, mostly contrasts.

Hey you too, @fightcitymayor  – you’re right; some will see value in these, some will not. That’s life, really, GW or other company. Some like Apple, some like Windows computers. Some people even like Linux! Crazy.