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[WildColonial Boy]

I started painting miniatures back in the late 80's, maybe early 90's.
I have been through many a pot of paint in that time. Some finished completely, others that have gone hard and crusty and needed throwing. However I STILL have one pot of paint that I bought back in the early 90's that I still use today.
Its a colour that doesn't get a lot of use but is great for tongues etc.
Titillating Pink!
Pot must be 25-30 years old yet just keeps hanging in there.

Curious if any other "old timer painters' have a trusty old pot of paint??

 

[Warden]

I started painting miniatures back in the late 80's, maybe early 90's.
I have been through many a pot of paint in that time. Some finished completely, others that have gone hard and crusty and needed throwing. However I STILL have one pot of paint that I bought back in the early 90's that I still use today.
Its a colour that doesn't get a lot of use but is great for tongues etc.
Titillating Pink!
Pot must be 25-30 years old yet just keeps hanging in there.
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Curious if any other "old timer painters' have a trusty old pot of paint??

None quite that old, most of the paint I have is about 8 years old right now.

...although I did have a pot of Chestnut Ink from 2002 on my shelf up until about a year ago, finally had to retire it after I used it all up!

 

[Padre]

I have several pots of older paint kicking around. I know I have several pots of bilious green and leprous brown somewhere as those were the primary colors for my first Tyranid army.

 

[the dark wanderer]

I still have a lot of old colours, nearly all of them still usable. The problem is the change of the names over time, but I've found nice tables for that:

https://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Paint_Range_Compatibility_Chart
https://becko.tabletop-minis.de/Tipps/Farbtabelle

 

[btrain16]

I have a few pots of old-school Polly S Metalline kicking around still...