Friday, 23 August 2013

Citadel Washes - a lucky find



Yesterday Sue and I visited Pershore to see the Pershore Plum Festival and have a picnic at the side of the river. On the way back we stopped at Alcester (pronounced Ulster) and after a quick stop at the Roman Museum walked up the High Street.

I dropped in to a new toy shop called Your Place and picked up these first edition Citadel Washes for £2.00 each. They were not on the fully stocked paint rack but in a small plastic tub to the side. I know that these Washes are currently going for 'silly money' on E-bay and I consider them a true find. Badab Black and Devlan Mud being two of my favourite washes along with Gryphonne Sepia.

I now have enough to last me some considerable time. A really lucky find!

Tony
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9 comments:

  1. painterman24 August 2013 at 01:08

    Oh lucky man!
    Those two shades, plus Ogyrn Flesh are so useful and the new replacements come nowhere near do they...
    Simon.

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  2. Dannoc24 August 2013 at 02:05

    With you there - a good find.
    I was in the Aylesbury Games Workshop a week ago (first time in about 3 years) and the best priced things were the paints. The figures were another thing so so expensive. The worst I saw was 4 plastics in a pack for £24 !!! I just bought the paints - no wonder it was so quiet in there. Dan

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  3. Michael Awdry24 August 2013 at 02:31

    Oh well done, they were my favourite too; currently sourcing replacements.

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  4. Sean24 August 2013 at 06:37

    Great find Tony. Very lucky.

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  5. David Wood24 August 2013 at 07:40

    So jealous! I have most of one pot of Devlan Mud left....

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  6. Squirmydad24 August 2013 at 09:55

    That stuff lasts forever if you remember to close the lid. I'm still using most of the inks I bought in '88 and a few washes from '90.

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  7. J Womack, Esq.24 August 2013 at 11:53

    You lucky b*****d! I miss my Devlan Mud like a fat kid misses his cupcakes. Can't find it anywhere.

    So far, the best replacement has been Army Painter's Strong Tone in the dropper bottle.

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  8. Tony25 August 2013 at 00:54

    Truly a very lucky find.

    I have browsed wargame shows and E-bay for odd bottles, but they do seam as rare as hens teeth.

    I would not have expected to pick up new bottles - after all these bottles have been out-of-production for some years.

    Tony

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  9. Stefan (aka. Monty)25 August 2013 at 23:12

    You're a lucky man.
    It's a shame that GW stopped producing them...

    Cheers
    Stefan

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