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[Lewiz92]

Theyve re-done the whole paint system.

I'm a little disappointed there's no direct matching between old and new paints and I must say that getting rid of the need to mix takes the skill away.

Not feeling it to be honest.

[DTdante2787]

I was wondering how the new paint stacked up against the old stuff

I have a small amount of the old stuff left, and I augment it with Testors paints, which I personally like working with

[JC 042]

I was just in the store today, these paints are amazing!!! White foundation O_O its so amazing! Im buying at least 30 of them when they release.

[CruciasNZ]

Some of the new paints are great that's for sure. White foundation will certainly make my Raven Guard elite's less painful to paint (White arms and shoulders)

[Darkanis]

It's about time they done this. Their paints have always been crap compared to other brands on the market *cough Reaper Master Paints cough* lol. I have a shit load of the old paints and I use them once in a blue moon. Some of the new paints I was reading about sounds like they may be worth picking up but I will be waiting till I hear some customer reviews.

[CruciasNZ]

It's about time they done this. Their paints have always been crap compared to other brands on the market *cough Reaper Master Paints cough* lol. I have a shit load of the old paints and I use them once in a blue moon. Some of the new paints I was reading about sounds like they may be worth picking up but I will be waiting till I hear some customer reviews.

I could set up a page with all the new paints on it in one column, and reviews of the paint in the other. Be quite a bit of work, but that might help the community out (I would need the reviews given to me)

[Lewiz92]

I wouldn't mind reviewing some.

Though, you would be waiting a while from me because I'm quite happy mixing my highlights for the time being and I don't need any other paints.

[JC 042]

Also do you all know they only added 72 new paints? All of the old ones are still there but with new names and a Slightly different formula.

[Domine Nox]

I am curious about these new paints as I was just in a GW store and their paint rack looks exactly the same as always...

[JC 042]

They released a demo kit of some of the paints, they havnt released them yet.

[DTdante2787]

There are like no stores near me anymore, so I am jealous of anyone who got a demo kit..not gonna lie

[JC 042]

You dont really get any paints, the store basicaly gives you a standard space marine to paint with one of theirs, sadly we dont get to have any yet. But I heard 6 managers were sacked over these paints as they tried to steal them or sell them on ebay.

[CotW]

Theyve re-done the whole paint system.

I'm a little disappointed there's no direct matching between old and new paints and I must say that getting rid of the need to mix takes the skill away.

Not feeling it to be honest.

They did do a direct match between the old and new.

http://www.games-wor...=&aId=21600002a

That shows all the old and new names of the familiar paints. I'm happy with this as the paints are one of the few things I still buy from GW. Foundations and shades are all great! I haven't used other manufactures paints very much but those I did I wasn't a fan of years ago so never went back. I also don't paint to a Golden Daemon standard by any stretch so many other paints are better for that.

[Lewiz92]

Theyve re-done the whole paint system.

I'm a little disappointed there's no direct matching between old and new paints and I must say that getting rid of the need to mix takes the skill away.

Not feeling it to be honest.

They did do a direct match between the old and new.

http://www.games-wor...=&aId=21600002a

That shows all the old and new names of the familiar paints. I'm happy with this as the paints are one of the few things I still buy from GW. Foundations and shades are all great! I haven't used other manufactures paints very much but those I did I wasn't a fan of years ago so never went back. I also don't paint to a Golden Daemon standard by any stretch so many other paints are better for that.

They do mention that, although they've tried to get a match, there s a slight difference between the colours (hence the rename) because they've used a new 'formula'.

[DTdante2787]

That could be a real problem mixing old models painted with the old paints with those painted with the new stuff eh? With the likes of Chaos or Space Wolves 13th Company (which I play), it's not a big deal, but armies that stress uniformity could have issues with that.

Either way, I'd love to try out the new paint

[Lewiz92]

That could be a real problem mixing old models painted with the old paints with those painted with the new stuff eh? With the likes of Chaos or Space Wolves 13th Company (which I play), it's not a big deal, but armies that stress uniformity could have issues with that.

Either way, I'd love to try out the new paint

Apparently, they've made it a near perfect match but I'll be so disappointed if Caliban Green is not a decent match to Dark Angels green; I don't want half of my army a slightly different shade to the rest of them.

I am looking forwards to trying out some of the foundation paints though. Not too bothered about much else, I'll probably still mix my own highlights and what have you.