It all started with about 1200s into total war: Warhammer 2, which got me into watching Total war: Warhammer streams, got me to start mixing warhammer lore into my D & D games, then I started playing Vermintide 2 and loved it, to listening to the Gotrek and Felix audio books. It would seem that I haved transformed into a bit of a Warhammer fancomrade. When I was a kid I was always into warhammer minis, but I never had the money to get enough to put together an army and ended up using them mostly as minis for when we switched from AD&D 2nd edition to the more mini focused 3rd edition, but now with my renewed interest in the lore and universe, I have been playing with the idea of getting into it a bit more seriously and putting an actual army together and playing. First, since I am more familiar with the fantasy universe, I was looking into Age of Sigmar, but I just wasn't quite happy with it. One of my favorite factions are Druchii and I wasn't really happy with the options for that. I have been looking now at 40k more and I am starting to settle in on the idea of Chaos Space Marines.

All this history aside, I have a few questions about what is involved in getting into this sport.

  1. What all would I need to get started? The rulebook and the relavent codex/ices? One of the starter sets?

  2. How many miniatures would I need to be able to play a reasonable battle? If I got the starter set how much would I need to add to that or would that be a reasonable way to start to learn the rules?

  3. What are good resources for learning to paint them nicely?

  4. Does anyone have any good tips on how to get started on DIY terrain? I think in the country side and was thinking about collecting moss and shit.

  5. Any other tips, tricks or pitfalls?

I don't know if anyone in the community even plays this game, but I thought I was throw it out there.

  • DirtbagVegan [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Not a wargamer, but I like doing minis and terrain for D&D

    Good painting focused YouTube channels:

    Goobertown Hobbies

    Midwinter Minis does a lot of easy speedpainting tutorials he also has a good how to play and some battle reports

    Miniac

    Lyla Mev

    Broadsword Wargaming

    There's tons of other beginner videos out there on painting, including official Games Workshop tutorial.

    Terrain tutorials and builds:

    Black Magic Craft Hestarted out mostly doing D&D focused stuff, but recently got into 40k, and is building some plague marines.

    Miscast

    Wyloch's Armory makes a ton of stuff for D&D and Warhammer

    Geek Gaming Scenics

    Also I'll go really off the rails with a recommendation. If you try 40K and like it, but you don't see yourself playing at a stores in sanctioned play a lot, and just want to play with friends, look into resin 3D printing. You can keep printing armies for a long time and though the cost of entry is high and it can be a lot of work, you will save a lot in the long run vs GW prices. But used models on Facebook marketplace or Craigslist are good ideas.

    Also if you don't want to buy books, but want to dip your toe in, check out Grimdark Future by One Page Rules, which is meant to be a faster and lightweight version of 40k that you can play with any minis you want.

      • DirtbagVegan [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Not an expert at this part, since there's some dubious IP issues with trying to get models around GW's copyrights. MyMinifactory is a big website for printable models, as is thingiverse, but I think a lot of the Warhammer stuff is elsewhere. If you check out the printedminis subreddit, there are a lot of good looking fully printed warhammer armies there. Not sure where people obtain the files exactly, but you could ask around.

        Do your research, though. There's a lot of stuff involved in resin printing, so it's not for everyone. I have one, so I can answer some questions.