Go to Ebay UK, there's more warhammer stuff on there than US Ebay and the postage will be much less too.A Weakgeek said:
Warhammer 40K : Mayby a new hobby?
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I never found much appeal in the tabletop game, though I must say I love painting the figures still. I have many old LOTR ones at my parents house still, and I would spend more time just perfecting the paint job on one model than I ever did actually playing the tabletop game with them.
Before even considering picking up the Warhammer TT game as a hobby, you should really ask yourself this question:
[HEADING=3]Do you hate your money and desperately want to be rid of it?[/HEADING]
If so, 40K is definitely for you! I routinely hear stories about TT gamers blowing sums of money that could easily purchase a functioning automobile on their army of miniature figurines which they then had to painstakingly assemble/paint/mount/etc - it is a very expensive and time-consuming hobby.
For the sake of my cash flow it's a good thing I'm largely immune to the appeal of the table-top side of 40K - I know myself well enough to realize I'd never have the patience to sit down and properly assemble an army (also as a 40K lore nerd first and gamer second, the abstractions the table-top rules apply to combat actually strike me as non-canonical since they are designed for balanced competition rather than in-universe accuracy), but if you have a lot of disposable income to burn and a passion for sort of hobbyist activities that owning a 40K table-top army entails, the rules themselves aren't really the obstacle you have to overcome.
[HEADING=3]Do you hate your money and desperately want to be rid of it?[/HEADING]
If so, 40K is definitely for you! I routinely hear stories about TT gamers blowing sums of money that could easily purchase a functioning automobile on their army of miniature figurines which they then had to painstakingly assemble/paint/mount/etc - it is a very expensive and time-consuming hobby.
For the sake of my cash flow it's a good thing I'm largely immune to the appeal of the table-top side of 40K - I know myself well enough to realize I'd never have the patience to sit down and properly assemble an army (also as a 40K lore nerd first and gamer second, the abstractions the table-top rules apply to combat actually strike me as non-canonical since they are designed for balanced competition rather than in-universe accuracy), but if you have a lot of disposable income to burn and a passion for sort of hobbyist activities that owning a 40K table-top army entails, the rules themselves aren't really the obstacle you have to overcome.
The starter pack you're refering to comes with a book to help you get started in addition to the small rule book.
And only start it if you're actually gonna continue it and stick at it, or it's just a massive waste of money :/
And only start it if you're actually gonna continue it and stick at it, or it's just a massive waste of money :/
Ehh....as interesting as the W40K universe is, your interest is best limited to reading the (really good) books and playing the upcoming video games, not the tabletop game.
1: Its complicated, and that complication leads to a lot of arguments and trickery if not playing against people you explicitly trust. (Or have an eidetic memory for the rules)
2: Just getting TO a game is ridiculous. Assembling, painting, moving, collecting, designing terrain......all this costs money, and has to be done before you can even play a damn game. And if you have poor artistic skills, those first two things can be a real *****, since a lot of the figures ARE NOT PRE-ASSEMBLED, AND ARE NOT SNAP TOGETHER. Then painting, which can end very badly if you don't have artistic ability.
3: ITS FUCKING EXPENSIVE AS SHIT. The starter kit alone is $100. Then the pieces get really expensive - faction tanks (Predators, Leman-Russ, Fireprism, etc.) cost $40-$50 each, individual squads anywhere from $20-$50 a squad (Space Marine Devastators, Warp Stalkers, etc), and then Heroic units cost $40+ for a single piece.
4: Its going to be hard to play. The hobby shop is dying out, simply due to the economy. Meaning that the most chance you'll have to play is in tourneys, with wealthy friends, or if you decide to be generous and let them use your pieces.
Basically, its expensive, complicated and time-consuming. You're better off doing something else.
1: Its complicated, and that complication leads to a lot of arguments and trickery if not playing against people you explicitly trust. (Or have an eidetic memory for the rules)
2: Just getting TO a game is ridiculous. Assembling, painting, moving, collecting, designing terrain......all this costs money, and has to be done before you can even play a damn game. And if you have poor artistic skills, those first two things can be a real *****, since a lot of the figures ARE NOT PRE-ASSEMBLED, AND ARE NOT SNAP TOGETHER. Then painting, which can end very badly if you don't have artistic ability.
3: ITS FUCKING EXPENSIVE AS SHIT. The starter kit alone is $100. Then the pieces get really expensive - faction tanks (Predators, Leman-Russ, Fireprism, etc.) cost $40-$50 each, individual squads anywhere from $20-$50 a squad (Space Marine Devastators, Warp Stalkers, etc), and then Heroic units cost $40+ for a single piece.
4: Its going to be hard to play. The hobby shop is dying out, simply due to the economy. Meaning that the most chance you'll have to play is in tourneys, with wealthy friends, or if you decide to be generous and let them use your pieces.
Basically, its expensive, complicated and time-consuming. You're better off doing something else.
Well to me, this is a big part of the appeal! I love painting and assembling the little things.Paragon Fury said:
EDIT: Also the starter kit here is only 60 ?