Hey guys.
I haven't played or collected
40k since I was a teen and I have missed it but had no friends to play with and constantly have banter with since leaving school. However my new job seems to be full of mad
40k players! Heretics and xenos the lot of them but it has renewed my vigour for the hobby. I'm a bit annoyed I couldn't find all my old models (I had some forgeworld flyers and super heavies back when they were resin!) but oh well. I couldnt have picked a better time to start playing either! with the release of the new Rulebook. Oh i feel like a giddy schoolboy all over again!
So I promptly bought some paints and a bunch of Guardsmen and chimeras and then...to my surprise I found an old christmas present whilst searching for my old army.
My old paint collection that my parents got me. As you can imagine a lot of them are on the verge of being unusable. So have spent the last few hours reviving them. I have done 13 so far and 3 have been too far gone to resurrect . If your paints are getting a bit gloopy then all you need is a kettle. Some coffee stirrers and some hand moisturiser.
Here are a few examples and a brief walkthrough (although most probably know how to do this anyway) Notice they are very clumpy and have lost almost all moisture
So close to drying that you can quite happily hold them upside down without fear of ruining your 1 year old kitchen counter that your partner forced you to buy and fit!
Lets take my shadow grey for this one. I really wanted to show an example of something that would not be reviveable but after going through all the paints I couldnt find any more! so losing 3 paints in nearly 15 years isnt too bad I guess and the really bad one that came back to life i didnt take pictures of :(
First of all take your coffee stirrer (or similar instrument) and get as much of the paint back into the pot as possible.
Make sure to get all around the edges as well. You will need all this gloopy stuff to melt into the water. The more of this you get into the pot now the thicker your paint will stay and the more room for error you will have.
After that boil your kettle and as soon as its boiled, carefully pour some into the pot. You don't need much just a quarter of the pots worth (if that makes sense). Then grab that stirrer and show that paint that the emperor doesn't allow cowards in his imperium! Stir it, scrape the sides of the pot to make sure you get any partially solid stuff off there and then carry on stirring. Remember, this isn't a cup of tea. You be vigorous with it you want to get all that paint separated and to mix evenly with the water. If you have some big clumps in there then mash them and split them up with the stirrer. Once you've given it a good beating then close the lid. Wipe the pot of excess paint and shake that mother! Shake like you mean it. Kick it across the room, play fetch with it with the dog.
Then open it back up and stick the stirrer in there and make sure theres no clumps left. If there are then quickly mash them up and stir some more. Be quick though, that water wont stay warm forever!.
And voila! This is the consistancy you want (At least this is how i like it anyway) Its pretty close to what the new paints I bought are.
Moisturise your hands afterwards.
With any Luck I Will have a nice collection of 84 paints and washes
DarkMistro 
Klan Zaw Klan: 4000pts
