Painting Warhammer like it's 1994

Painting Warhammer like it's 1994. Looking back at Second Edition Warhammer 40,000 and the retro paint set of the mid 90s. I paint an Ultramarine Space Marine, a Warhammer Fantasy Chaos Warrior and an Eldar Guardian. Using basic painting techniques, this video is ideal for beginners looking to get into the world of Warhammer.
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[@BroadswordWargaming]

What was your first model? Do you want to see more second edition stuff? I've really enjoyed dipping back into the past, so just let me know. 😀

[@cianosiorain6085]

Og plastic skeleton cav! White plastic sprues for the Laziest of us 😂

[@luketfer]

Mine wasn't straight from GW technically, it was a box of Space Crusade my parents bought me for Christmas as 'my thing' (Dad owned Heroquest and he did all the painting on it etc.) featuring those classic pushfit monopose marines like the one featured here, the old Chaos Dreadnought (which I wish would get an updated kit even if it's just a nostalgia bait one) and so on.

[@LorgarsFinest]

My first model was the old Ulric the Slayer, which I got as a birthday present from my big brother along side his used (but unpainted) 2nd Edition starter box and the Space Wolves codex.

[@tappajavittu]

My first models were the Space Crusade minis, I wish I still had all of them. EDIT: Yes please more 2nd ed stuff! There's too much grimdark edgyness when it comes to warhammer, I need more RT/2nd silliness!

[@jmc7034]

Would love to see the old skeleton horde painted

[@Kathandros]

As someone who got into the hobby as a ten-year old Eldar player in 2nd Edition, I just wanted to say, "You know what you have to do."

[@davidknight2220]

Brilliant takes me back...

[@lnhrlnhr4875]

Eldar : good choice at that time :)

[@user-bm3ts2ql6s]

Poor Eldar still using guys from the 90s

[@BroadswordWargaming]

Haha, Ciara asked if that was the current model! 🤣

[@jonbauml225]

Lol!

[@bobloerakker7010]

Rediculous. They are so important in the lore. Eldar are dope

[@justinmoore8826]

If it ain’t broke right 😂

[@mwnciboo]

They desperately need an update.

[@InsanityCap]

3rd edition Eldar was my introduction to Warhammer. Seeing the beauty of these models makes me want to paint my current models in a more 90's nostalgia. Something that will pop on the field and just bring out the joy of what can be a bit of an over serious game. Thank you so much for the video!

[@JoshmanJoyce]

We bought a housepaint recently for our bedroom and it smelled BANG ON like goblin green. I was 12 again, it was excellent.

[@JackRabbit002]

It's mad I recently helped my Dad clean out his attic and came across some of those old paint pots way past use but it was enough to make me think how cool it was for my Dad getting me into the hobby when I was a little nipper alright fell off in my early 20s and went down the wrong path a little but I thank getting back into hobby to help me get things back together. The Power of Plastic!!

[@jeremiahembs5343]

If any of them are still semi moist the can still be used. A small paint shaker and a rust-proof mixer ball and a little distilled water added will bring them back. They are pretty valuable.

[@themainman2827]

Oldhammer miniatures have a very special magic in their simplicity.

[@_Uh_Oh_]

Very nostalgic, especially when I saw the paint issues - really took me back!

[@patrickbyrne5070]

I’ve not painted them since I was a kid in this era… lovely bit of nostalgia cheers!

[@captaincosmo6157]

That 2nd edition eldar codex is looking in a lot better condition than mine

[@xyonblade]

I love the idea of taking old and new miniatures and painting them in the old color scheme styles, even if the paints themselves are newer. I love the dynamic and bold colors that they used to use. Even some of the cartoony styles of old.

[@onionhat745]

I love the Iyanden scheme. To me, it just screams "classic Eldar."

[@BroadswordWargaming]

It really is. I'll be doing all of my old boys on that scheme 😀

[@tyguy6296]

i didn't get into 40k until i was like 20. right about when 5th edition was hitting the store. I always feel like I missed out when I see how the hobby used to look. the models are objectively way better now, but I wish I had the experience of caking thick vibrant paints onto low detail figures and then setting up these wacky looking battles with my siblings and friends. back when the lore was being roughly pieced together, and when the only place you could find 40k anything 40k was the shop. anyone who grew up with that, I hope you appreciate it

[@adammoore251]

Great Paint job. The coverage on that yellow is fantastic. "Scowls over at Flashgitz Yellow"

[@flippen721]

Getting nostalgic from watching mg this. I remember painting with my friends while looking at the promotional material from the store with the terrain looking like cactie with long red spikes. And reading all the different codexes. Good times!

[@Buggsy1061]

You know you've got to paint that army now!!

[@BroadswordWargaming]

100%. I'm so excited about it too.

[@jasonmoon4916]

The moment of silence after cracking it open....man takes me back to when I was 8....great video.

[@mayofrench5170]

I still have Snakebite Leather, Space Wolves Grey and Bad Moon Yellow in those pots. Amazing how GW had flip caps that worked back in the day.

[@FarawayPictures]

I've still got some citadel paint older than those when they came in circular plastic pots.

[@judgedreddthelaw3418]

The nostalgia just hit me right me in the feels ❤️ brilliant video

[@TheCotzi]

90 was the time of 40K o loved the most and i still habe my first ever paintet mini in my army most people love it so you see my progress

[@dougsundseth6904]

Micro Sol and Micro Set were absolutely available in the '90s. It's possible that I still have a bottle or two from that era (though I wouldn't be surprised to see the fluid all gone through the sides of the plastic bottle. If I were to guess, I suspect the sweet smell is propylene glycol, which is most commonly seen in non-toxic antifreeze and is also often used as a thinner in acrylic paints.

[@CAMSLAYER13]

You can even use a bit of isopropyl alcohol as micro sol

[@Uppernorwood976]

This was the era I played 40K, the pre-internet days. I had no idea you were supposed to thin the paints, I just put it on neat 😅 It’s amazing they didn’t look even worse than they did!

[@lostsanityreturned]

I love 2e's style... which is weird as I used to hateeee it back in the 90's. But now, fantastic

[@BroadswordWargaming]

Absolutely this. I have only recently started to genuinely love it.. must be getting old haha.

[@ShemBoothSpain]

that smell of the plasiticy paints from the 90s, i was there too! Blood Angels

[@eoindotcom]

So good. Such a wiff of nostalgia

[@phoen31]

I still have a ton of those space marines there in a box in the netherrealm of my closet, I think I have a few of the paints as well. This is the version I first played in.. Back then I didn't understand shading or really had any idea how to paint.

[@harazhangf5782]

The minis are great. But that base is perfect. Loved the video.

[@tomsteer3485]

Ahh the memories. I still remember the even older Citadel sets with the round pots, the hex ones still seem new to me 😂

[@PanConQueso001]

Just in KZbin I can find a grown man sniffing paint from 1994. 10/10 content.

[@Stuffandstuff974]

GW are really missing a trick not selling those old paints even just on the website. Same with you I got into the hobby in the 90s. I'd love to buy those old sets simply for nostalgia.

[@NaglfarCommando]

Good to see the Eldar looking EXACTLY the same lol

[@huwtindall7096]

It's probably nostalgia but nothing captured my imagination like 2nd Edition 40K. The art work was Grimdark but the models were full on colourful and leapt off the table. Made it easy when actually gaming with the pieces!

[@Mikhavoc]

damn this takes me back... great video

[@Perchpole]

Fabulous. More please!

[@rat-matt-miniatures8705]

More 2nd edition stuff? Id be more than happy with that :D Maybe a model from each faction?

[@maxbrandt6]

Those whimsical 2nd edition days when the Warhammer minis looked so cartoony!

[@jamesragsdale3069]

Absolutely great, fun video.

[@Del_S]

I think those Guardians were the first minis I painted as my own ones. It was also my first experience with the dreaded Metal-Plastic Hybrid mini with the optional Catapults, though in fairness the Guardians are one of the tamer ones of that sort. Still have them and a small army of 2nd ed eldar stuff to be salvaged someday.... I "converted" one of those Chaos Warriors for use as a Chaos Lord. IE I glued a Plasma Pistol onto it. The fact he was extremely short even beside 2002 era Marines is probably why he was so angry.... Plan to convert him into a Master of Executions or something similar. Cos, y'know, why should the Leagues hog all the angry shortarse energy?

[@vectorwho5283]

I remember drybrush that chaos warrior with mithril silver and feel like an absolutely Da Vinci. 🤣 Ahh the memories, I still use some of those paints actually. 🥰

[@shilohyoung2247]

We love seeing eldar models that are still in the range today 🥲🥲🥲

[@RobotShield]

Ha, still got these eldar gaurdians as Beil Tan and space marines as Dark Eldar x

[@ItsFourLokoFriday]

I wonder if anyone has made minis in the style of oldhammer 40k. If someone has, that I would cop in an instant.

[@thoughtengine]

I had that set!

[@graefx]

Glorious 2nd Edition vibrancy.

[@thedarklordrevan]

amazing work

[@BroadswordWargaming]

Thanks! 😀

[@golfghost7582]

Ah, I too fondly remember sniffing paint when I was a kid. It's not about all the cool minis we painted, but all the brain cells we lost along the way.

[@nimdro]

Wow such nostalgia

[@snoborde93]

you should do a video where you paint new models like old ones

[@garypatterson2857]

Is that the striking scorpion rune on the guardian's helmet? Got too many Eldar in my pile of shame (almost all 1st ed models, squads of all aspects, exarchs and phoenix lords, the original two boxes of harlequins, the jetbikes, the harlequin jetbike with the huge face, the 1st-ed war walker and dreadnaught, and the original avatar - the little one with the spear). One day I'll strip back the few (badly) painted ones and do the lot properly. Seeing that 2nd ed guardian painted up brings back some lovely memories!

[@agentduck9285]

I prefer the older style ngl. And I wasn't actually alive when it was a thing, so that's not nostalgia talking. I just genuinely think the older designs and paint schemes are way cooler and more interesting than the modern ones.

[@andrewharper1609]

The original range of paints were all non toxic acrylic, there were no nasties in them. The models were lead, not the paint.

[@Lordvader1212]

Great video !

[@PheonixPariah]

Is that Chaos Warrior using part of the original Chaos Knight model from the 89 HeroQuest game?

[@arcyniminimagik]

this video should be called "smelling wh paints like it's before my rehab"

[@JustBearly]

Any advice on finding retro styled paints? After all, the real deal is pretty expensive, so I'm looking for some good alternatives

[@rrwholloway]

Is there a way to paint the miniatures to achieve the 90s style, but using modern paints and techniques? I want the vibrancy of the 90s look, but without the infuriating need to be ultra careful with the yellows!

[@hamishhogg9198]

Please do the eldar army 🙏

[@ZzzyaxTheCuber]

Not the spiky polystyrene balls 😂

[@jvjammer1]

Is there a place that you'd suggest to get ahold of older Warhammer models if you know of any?

[@jackowsky86]

Tip of that brush gives me anxiety xD

[@BroadswordWargaming]

It's has 3 tips.. It's a speed painters dream! Haha. Yeah, it was the original brush that came with the set, so not in the best shape.

[@jackowsky86]

@@BroadswordWargaming Great life hack xD And yeah - Citadel brushes used to be terrible xD

[@elocmada]

entertaining! comment for the algorithm.

[@TheCotzi]

and i buy the old paints seald on evay all the time

[@Bobcat173rd]

Old warhammer looks so cartoony. The 90's were very colorful.

[@andrewharper1609]

Honestly because you were just using the starter set you did a neat job with them well done. Back in the day I would have used Ultramarine Blue with Moody Blue as the mid tone with Enchanted Blue as the highlight with added white for the edge highlight.

[@JackDespero]

Smell is one of the most powerful senses. You may "forget" how something smells, but the moment you smell it again, a torrent of memories and emotions come forward.

[@ArstKoben]

Recently got back into the hobby and smelling the glues and paints again was a trip down memory lane

[@szinyk]

I'm most impressed that you were able to find a set of 1994 paints that aren't solid rock.

[@ancientgraybear]

Oh my lord, these are great. There is a huge amount of nostalgia in this video. This needs to be 2 hours long. Goblin green and all the other great paint names.

[@BroadswordWargaming]

All the nostalgia. It's time to get cracking on the 2nd edition eldar boys now! 😀

[@Ymgarl]

They renamed goblin green? Do the paints even still have the same naming scheme?

[@ancientgraybear]

@@Ymgarl GW could not trade mark Goblin or Green.

[@Predwyn_the_Swole]

@@Ymgarl The original Goblin Green is renamed Warboss Green, but it's not actually the same. Apparently a 1:1 mix of Waaagh! Flesh and Moot Green get's you pretty darn close to the original Goblin Green.

[@adamwood3220]

Tune in to watch Olly literally huffing paint! In all seriousness, excellent video. Really appreciated the nostalgia, I remember buying this exact same set back in the mid 90s.

[@user-ko3tv7jl2r]

I'm still using a bunch of original paints from back then...I think some of the colours are excellent still. Elf Grey, Crimson Gore, Tentacle Pink, still up there with the best!

[@BroadswordWargaming]

That sounds like a great collection.. don't tempt me to hunt down more haha.

[@howardcyhful]

Guy literally spent minutes sniffing paint lmao

[@_tensketch]

This took me back to painting blood angels terribly as a 10 year old. I'd like to see more 2nd edition stuff, but what I wouldn't mind seeing is a follow up to this video where you take the three models seen in this video and do the same schemes but with modern paints and techniques. Be interesting to see the old models with a modern look.

[@JackRabbit002]

Hey Blood Angels will always be the Marines to me First Space Marine image I ever saw! A long time before the sea of blue you see now!

[@duckypresents]

Same I was horrendous at painting.

[@exmrn22]

I think videos like these should make many enthusiasts happy. The painting guys show you grand schemes of light, shadow, and how to make the perfect metal gleam on a back pack after 100 layers of paint - and there we have 90s vintage models in their simplistic yet enjoyable colors. Just shows you don’t have to treat all your models like a Golden Demon entry, and you can be happy with just a basic scheme and an enjoyable paint session.

[@zombiesparty1]

I would love to see more retro warhammer video ! I'm becoming obsessed with it also and I just bought a chaos metal dreadnought minutes ago ! great stuff !

[@BroadswordWargaming]

Ah amazing. I have to say, I didn't appreciate it at the time (or even 10 years ago) but I've suddenly started to love it.

[@saladforbrains2335]

This video almost made my cry. My dad used to take me to the local games store on the weekends for a new mini, playing with my brothers on the patio floor… the excitement of looking through the books and trying to replicate the paint jobs… simpler times.

[@Cuthbo]

Definitely more 2nd edition stuff please! These vibrant colours are needed in these dark times

[@DaneSaysStuff]

Oh my that censored brush dip was great! Awesome work! Maybe some day I'll actually paint this 2E box set I have collecting dust. I would love to see more 2E stuff, I miss the fanciful character that 40k had back then. Not a huge fan of the hyper-realism of the modern day.

[@SheolAbaddonus666]

I'm going to get a set of miniatures next month. I've accepted the fact that my first painting will be poopoo, but that's part of it.

[@graysonhartfield4191]

You’ll do great! My first marine was awful, but I kept him because he was my first. I’ve gotten to see my progress, and it’s quite encouraging. My other minis have to stare at their misshapen and clotted brother, and I get to see how my skills have grown. Looking forward to that for you!

[@themainman2827]

Oldhammer miniatures have a very special magic in their simplicity.

[@xJAWAx]

Just the names of the old citadel colors really brings me back. I still remember seeing 40k models for the first time at a hobby store and instantly fell in love. I didn't even believe that models on the box could even be hand painted. It's been such a journey since then. I love this video, it made me remember my whole hobby adventure.

[@burningphoneix]

I wasn't aware of Warhammer back in the day, can someone explain to me why everyone loves Goblin Green so much?

[@BroadswordWargaming]

Honestly, I don't really know. I guess goblin green was the colour we used to paint the base rims, particularly for WarhMmee Fantasy. At some point, that changed to black (and brown). It's reminiscent of an era, I suppose.

[@Rayder2341]

2 minutes in and we are already huffing paint

[@OdysseyGamingOfficial]

As someone who is new to the hobby. Even I can appreciate how unique and cool the 90's art was. Very unique compared to a lot of things today although maybe not as "grimdark" it's a nice change of pace.

[@BroadswordWargaming]

Sucn a cool style right?!

[@chiefchurpa5739]

brilliant stuff... ive got a bunch of these old paints aswell as some glazes/washes , a few are the cylindrical tubs too (dont know if there earlier paints in the vid or later) , they were my brothers, he bought them but never got into the hobby.. yess they do hav a distinctive smell tht reminded me of painting my heroquest and original bloodbowl models......def more of this style content,,,im 14 again...even if its only until the effects of the paint vapours wear off

[@hotdogplayzhalo]

Please do more 2nd edition! I love oldschool painting videos. They make me want to get all my old metal minis painted up and used in a game!

[@darrenmcwilliams7291]

Brings back some memories. I can almost smell those paints! Lol. My favourite army was Bretonnians with the Green Knight, King Louen at el.

[@DarcFalz]

"Welcome to the channel. Watch me huff paints!"

[@christophersteen1873]

They didn't have spray base coats back then, sorry should have hand base coated, do-over.

[@tabletop-mini-showcase]

This was my first paint set and models, I think I was 12 when I got them for Christmas. this video brought back so many memories, thank you :)

[@JayFFAFAlesanaES]

Great job dude! This was like watching the process for how GW painters did it for the box art. :)

[@arandomlostsoul753]

They turned out great, especially the eldar! Would love to see even more like that!

[@theblindartist8345]

You talk about the smell of these old paints and I could vaguely remember it. It brought back memories of a ten year old me sitting at the dining room table slapping snakebite leather on rows of skaven warriors without a care in the world except for how well they would do against my friends' wood elves and empire. My, how time flies.

[@scottadkins9902]

Still have some of those old paints, they still work. Must be the lead 😂

[@BroadswordWargaming]

Tasty lead!

[@tightning]

A full army in this style would be incredibly nostalgic. No crazy details or excessive technique, just clean basic colours, and it will look fantastic.

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you , Broadsword . Cheers Oli' just a FYI , I was painting minis in 1994 ! (still have ,and use the paints ) And it was no way as nostalgic (for me) as it was for you , I was painitng minis in 1974 ! My fist minis were Ral-Pather fantasy , a cave troll . In 74 we used enamil paints , ☺ 🐺

[@loupiscanis9449]

Not another SMURF ! 😤 🐺

[@ReviewWingsDSP]

The smells always bring the past right back to me.

[@BroadswordWargaming]

It is always best to smell the past!

[@Ironfist85hu1]

2:12 "It smells like... *sniff* smells liiiike... *taste*... like... lead. Oh." :D

[@BroadswordWargaming]

💀

[@Ironfist85hu1]

@@BroadswordWargaming Jk ^^ Sry, couldn't skip it. :) Btw I miss those names too. :)

[@couchslouch13]

I was amazed by static flock when I first saw it after years of basing with sawdust!

[@BroadswordWargaming]

It was some high tech wizardry!

[@jebstuart4004]

Sunburst yellow was the worst paint ever produced. I remember being very disapointed with it....

[@BroadswordWargaming]

It's terrible and has zero coverage. Fun to play with again.. sort of.

[@Kylored]

I want to try out this style of painting on my idoneth deepkin models. But I'm afraid it wont be good because those models are far more detailed. Do you have some tips for that?

[@BroadswordWargaming]

I would try and keep it simple. Don't overcomplicated or put too many colours on the model. Get your base coats on and take it from there. The Idonect models are lovely, but do have a lot of exposed skin, so make sure you find a colour that works for you (and is easy to replicate). :)