Back when the hobby was about being creative and GW didnt take itself seriuosly.
The Golden Demon 1990.
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I've always been more of the collector/builder/painter type of player.
I used to collect all sorts of interesting trash and plastic scraps to make terain.
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The Golden Demon 1991.
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>>44372638
Check out the Dwarf Landship.
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>>44372651
Check out the IG Patrol Boat.
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>>44372656
Very cool
Thanks for the pics OP
What is it about 80's and 90's paintjobs that's so strange? There's just something odd about them. They ALL seem very gaudy. Nothing wrong with that, but almost every old mini I see is painted in the same strange style.
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>>44372681
It isn't called the era of fabulous for nothing, son.
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>>44372723
Check out John Toyers mini, i always loved his style.
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Golden Demon 1992.
I remember how overwhelmed i was by the quality of the painting and the awesome conversions.
>>44372897
I spent hours looking at this dwarf army, admiring the attention to detail that went into eveyr single mini.
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>>44372931
That paintjob on the dragon was just so fantastic, just like the visible energy fields on the termies power weapons.
>>44372942
That dirty ugly paintjob on those chaos commandos makes them look like rotting corpses, fantastic.
And those absolutely over the top orc commandos.
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>>44373005
Thid GD featured so many very different painting styles, like this very dark dragon ogre for example.
>>44372931
That Land Raider is beyond words.
>>44372942
Given the time, the dragon is surprisingly subtle in terms of its color scheme.
The diorama isn't awful, either. Yellow wire for the powerfields is cute, as are the tripping termis. The depth effect for the chasm actually sorta works, too. Curious.
Thank you for all these wonderful images anon. I really should be peeling carrots or something but I'm sat here trying to see how many of these figures I remember instead! I've got.that space.marine captain with the power first and cloak somewhere... I'll have to dig him out!
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>>44373115
Again, John Toyer is just awesome.
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This flame diorama.
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That hive biker.
Nice heaps of shit m8. Like any of this compares to modern miniatures like the Sigmarites or Goretide. Painting is average, at best. Technology has moved on, why don't you?
>>44373222
That nurgle rhino.
>>44373236
Those pink and green termies.
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>>44373360
the listing for the minis and parts used.
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>>44372681
The 80s and 90s loved color.
A person from our era of beiges and grays would take some time to get used to it.
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>>44373394
Now the Gamesday was really awesome that year, check out the 25mm scale (epic 40k) space marine game.
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>>44372588
I came here expecting skiympy 90's fantasy art. Learn your grammar, anon.
>>44372748
For the Empero and the Party God!
>>44373157
is that Legion of the Damned?
>>44374364
Yep.
>>44374462
neat. gonna save that one to my folder. Always looking for model inspiration for that dream army
>>44372588
Thanks OP
It's awesome
Golden Demon 1993.
awesome stuff
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>>44374497
This time its less over the top and less variation in painting styles.
>>44374509
That mounted undead dude is pretty awesome though.
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1994 was the year when painting took a change in direction, look at the extreme fading and hi-lighting.
Also an interesting article by Mike McVey.
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>>44374615
Like the glowing powerfist on the dreadnought, stuff like that wasn't seen before.
>>44373229
Noobs today actually think this, while playing Age of Shitmar.
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>>44374664
Compare this screamer killer with the 1993 one.
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Or the extreme fading on that river troll.
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>>44374746
And thats it for my Golden Demon pics.
So when did having a shitload of banners stop being a thing?
>>44374771
god, I love that old terrain
>>44374607
do you know what the cause was? was it an improvement in tech or models, or simply people getting better at painting and trying new things?
>>44374799
around 4th IIRC, paper banners can get finkiny, and with the skinny banner pole, they snapped if you did not put them back correctly fro transport. They made a small comeback with the molded plastic ones, but with GW not including guides on how to make them out of green stuff, and leaving plastic card/polystyrene as this strange magic material that they only seem to know where to get, rather than using it for robust banners. (spoiler: other hobby shops or general model suppliers)
>>44374921
I think it was probably due to Painting guides and painting sessions in stores, which lay a solid foundation of skills on which people could develop new techniques and ideas.
>>44372588
>WAAAGH ROLEPLAY
WHY ON EARTH ISN'T THIS STILL A THING
MY GROUP WOULD TOTALLY PLAY GROTS
>>44374921
My guess would be that as Golden Demon started to draw prestige it attracted higher standards from other painting competitions like Euro Militaire and some big international shows. The standards now are phenomenal. The prestige value placed on Golden Demon somewhat tarnished in recent years when they choked their own events, but in the late 90s and 2000s it was a big deal.
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>>44375055
Very interesting. It's funny learning about all the history you never hear
>>44374717
What is it about that garish rainbow patternes on the HE that work so well
I love that style
>>44372931
fuckin a
