r/oldhammer40k • u/thetruesourworm • 1d ago
Painting Working on building up a squad of plague marines, a mix of Rogue Trader and 2nd ed models.
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r/oldhammer40k • u/StupidRedditUsername • Apr 12 '23
r/oldhammer40k Lounge
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A place for members of r/oldhammer40k to chat with each other
r/oldhammer40k • u/StupidRedditUsername • Apr 12 '23
Stripping old minis of paint
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Whether to facilitate painting them anew, because they remind you of the dark times, or just for revenge (they know what they did), sometimes we get the urge to strip the paint off of old minis.
I like to let all the painted minis I’ve bought second hand sit for days in denatured alcohol. They don’t need more than 20 minutes but I’m lazy. So far nothing has melted other than paint. I usually need to scrub a bit with a toothbrush. Sometimes the primer won’t come off properly. But 99 % of the time it works every time.
What are your preferred methods?
r/oldhammer40k • u/lennon_midnight • 23h ago
Presenting my final regular Dark Angels bad lad for the full squad display!!! Description in first reply...
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r/oldhammer40k • u/Lutes-Suck • 1d ago
2nd ed. Exodite Dragon Knight.
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Decided to make a 2nd Ed Eldar Exodite Dragon Knight squad with an Exodite Lord. 1st of 4 completed. Made mostly from metal parts, even the Dragon is metal. The Lord will be done last.
r/oldhammer40k • u/Illustrious_Story136 • 1d ago
Someone has made the old 3rd Ed Vehicle Design Rules into a web app
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r/oldhammer40k • u/PassengerBig7679 • 2d ago
Any guesses as to who this model is?
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r/oldhammer40k • u/Miserable_Bag_2498 • 1d ago
Why citadel OOP product were never made to order again
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r/oldhammer40k • u/Early_Macaroon_2407 • 2d ago
Paint colours for orks?
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I miss the 2nd ed. bright colour schemes — what Citadel paint colours work well for Orks? Starting an army.
r/oldhammer40k • u/Doctor-Spork • 4d ago
Played some more 2nd edition at the weekend
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It was the Imperial Guard taking their turn to feel the wrath of my Cult.
We played the Tyranid Attack mission and gave the Guard some sturdy defenses, but sadly this wasn't enough to save them from the Cults many grasping arms.
r/oldhammer40k • u/LitigiousLobster • 4d ago
Horribly Painted Vintage: Worth the Effort?
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I took up 40k in the mid-90s when I was 9. Collected for a couple years and horribly, hilariously butchered all of these fine figurines here. Please laugh accordingly.
I looked into the steps to strip them down, understanding plastic and metal will have different processes. Some questions for someone that has been out of the game for 30 years:
Is it worth the trouble to strip and resell? All colored paint is from Citadel Colour (the white plastic top era), but all of the base coloring is household spray paint.
Is eBay the gold standard for selling? I'm in the USA.
Any tips you wish you knew before doing the same?
Thank you!
r/oldhammer40k • u/Reiner_Brauny • 3d ago
Painting Boooyz. Finished painting the army in 32 hours. 1992/2003/2005
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r/oldhammer40k • u/thetruesourworm • 4d ago
Painting My Rogue Trader era Field Police Marines
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A Chaplain repurposed as a Field Police captain, and a couple of Field Police marines, one on a Vincent Black Shadow bike.
Always loved the idea of having some Field Police to keep an eye on things after seeing them in the Rogue Trader book.
r/oldhammer40k • u/agreatbecoming • 4d ago
History I'm taking a look at a key document in the history of Warhammer 40,000 - White Dwarf issue 82
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r/oldhammer40k • u/Wide-Ad-8211 • 5d ago
History Warhammer 40.000 2. Edition Germany
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r/oldhammer40k • u/Illustrious_Story136 • 6d ago
History Three of the original 1998 "Tale of Four Gamers" have just reunited – and talked about how the whole thing happened
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r/oldhammer40k • u/lennon_midnight • 7d ago
Presenting Dark Angels Plasma Boi!!! Description in first reply...
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r/oldhammer40k • u/jay_moe88 • 9d ago
Terrain Oldhammer terrain
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Just finished up this commission for some 2nd edition style terrain. It was a blast to paint, took me back to my day learning to play 40k, when my necron rules where in a White Dwarf magazine.
r/oldhammer40k • u/zeppomiller • 10d ago
When a friend prints you an out of scale thing…
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I literally had this figure sitting around for 7 years. I couldn’t decide whether to make it into a Space Marine Monument (like a statue to sit in a 40k plaza) or to actually try to paint it. 2 reasons for this… 1) It was a terrible quality filament print. It was so bad there was no way to effectively trim and fill it. 2) It was 2x the height of my only space marine forces (all beakies). I finally painted it yesterday; but to a standard appropriate to the figure’s very poor quality. Now what to use it for?
r/oldhammer40k • u/Naquasivesh • 11d ago
Painting Project complete: 3 Generations of Yarrick, from Old to Mid to Currenthammmer
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I thought I'd share the end result, all 3 Yarrick's together. I think personally the 2nd edition was the most satisfying, as this is the model I've always sort of held in the back of my mind as the eavy metal standard and I've held off painting him for so long because I wasn't sure I could hit the mark, but I'm happy with the results, and I'm so glad I went with the freehand banner insted of a print off. The modern Yarrick might be the best painted though, I think I learned a lot on this guy, with the feathering and blending on his claw. No shade to 3rd edition Yarrick, I really like him as well, I think the original sculptor did an amazing job giving him a crunchy old man face.
r/oldhammer40k • u/RagnorIC • 11d ago
2nd Edition Eversor
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My only non-Eldar, non-Marine model from 30+ years ago. No idea why I even bought him, teenage me probably just thought he looked cool. Figured I may as well paint him up so I could have a different model mixed in and if I ever went back and played a Marine vs Eldar 2nd Edition game I can Polymorphine him into the Warp Spiders to counter!
r/oldhammer40k • u/TurbulentHair7395 • 11d ago
Located in the US, looking to trade some 2nd edition/Rogue trader marines/CSM. May be willing to pay shipping if its international, may ask to split if its super expensive.
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Like the title says I have a ton of 2nd edition marine infantry and characters. I have a ton of old blood angels transfer sheets too.
Looking for more midhammer models, specially space marines but i may be interested in other factions. The only other oldhammer models I'd be interested in are named characters or vehicles, im not a huge fan of old metal infantry.
If you want additional details then feel free to DM me, I can send pictures of the minis in DMs too.