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I was given the old How To Paint Citadel Miniatures book and a Space Marine Starter Kit as a gift and have decided to carry on the hobby.

Its about a month later now and they have now released a new version of the book, is it worthwhile getting since i have the old one??

Is there much of a difference?? is the content pretty much the same??

My honest opinion is use the book as a reference but other then that just check here and videos on youtube. If you are new to the hobby and not vert artistic you won't be able to paint like the pros, it takes years of time or an enormous amount of natural talent.

The whole paint range has changed so if you want to follow the GW prescribed method of painting you would have to get the new book and all the new paints.

However.....There is another way......

Vallejo and a few others have matches for all the old paints, you can use the book you have and not have to worry about all the color changes.

Or a 3rd way is to use the techniques you like from the books, learn more of them here on Dakka and other places on the web, and paint your mini's as you see fit.

I assume its a completely different book but if you have the other one its probably not worth it