As some may know, a company called Coat D'Arms once produced GW's paints for them back in the day and when GW moved on, Coat D'Arms continued to sell the same colors under different names. If you already knew this, good on you, but for those of you who didn't know this, check out their Web site at this link.
Now when you go to their homepage, be mindfull that the contact info is at the bottom for British, US and German distributors. If your local shop doesn't carry these paints, then this is who you call to find a store that does or to try to get the hook up.
Other companies carry very similar colors, including Vallejo, but if you are looking for the real old school paint then check out the links. Now I turn it over to you; have you had a hard time with missing paints? How did you solve it? Have a few pots of Coat D'Arms? Tell us what you think or write a review and send it to us!
So far it's more 'how do I make use of these Old Paints' rather than 'what do I do without my Old Paints' - I'm not that fussed about uniformity in my collections so I suppose I'll just approximate and keep going.
ReplyDeleteThat said, I tend to cling to my surviving Old School Paints like a particularly angry limpet. I still use the Ork Flesh Wash I panic-bought three pots of when they stopped making it, and Bilious Green appears on almost every Cryx model I've ever done. I've also finally found a use for that nasty Flesh Wash they used to make - over grey primer, it's great for leather.
I still have all my old Inks although I seldom use them. I think the new washes are far superior. I had to use Tentacle Pink for my Horrors but I run out. Fortunately, Vellejo's Squid Pink is a good alternative (even though it's missing that sweet taste of Tentacle Pink). I usually try to find some alternative from the Vallejo range and it has worked for me so far.
ReplyDeleteFor the old Leprous Brown, I use Vallejo's Filthy Brown.
ReplyDeletecolors.silicon-dragons.com is an excellent resource.
excellent! I'm almost out of my fiery orange.
ReplyDeletethanks great help
ReplyDeletePeople need to understand that inks and washes are 2 very different things. Gws just stopped making inks and started making washes. Inks are no joke.......inks and your local art store should sell them
ReplyDeletehmm I think I still have a pot of tentacle pink
ReplyDeleteI loved the old GW paints. Mostly, for the pots, those are SO superior. Luckily, I found a british e-store where to buy 100+ empty paint pots for all my current paints. Yep, those old pots, that nowadays CdA, P3, FoundryPaints and formerly GW used, for every single colour I have. =D
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