Warhammer 40k!

JitteryDragon · **on:** October 12, 2009, 08:11:55 AM

Just wondering if anyone around here collects Warhammer 40k miniatures?

Imperial Guard here

3000+ points and counting.

Compy-Rex · **Reply #1 on:** October 13, 2009, 02:42:43 PM

I almost bought a set of those. The red dinosaur-like things. But I decided not to because of the price. I don't know, $34.99 for a bunch (not sure how many) of un-painted miniatures seems decent, but I wasn't willing to spend that much. I do love miniatures thought, like Dungeons and Dragons, Mech Warrior, and all those other ones.

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #2 on:** October 13, 2009, 03:57:31 PM

I've never played a game of WH40K, but I have read the Wikipedia and Tv Tropes page, and I'm slightly confused by one aspect: do you play as an individual character like in most tabletop RPGs? Or are you a small army composed of lots of pieces? I've never understood this.

Mumbling · **Reply #3 on:** October 13, 2009, 04:18:20 PM

I know a friend of mine who does it, I don't though!

JitteryDragon · **Reply #4 on:** October 13, 2009, 09:52:16 PM

Quote from: LettuceBacon&Tomato,Oct 13 2009 on 02:57 PM

I've never played a game of WH40K, but I have read the Wikipedia and Tv Tropes page, and I'm slightly confused by one aspect: do you play as an individual character like in most tabletop RPGs? Or are you a small army composed of lots of pieces? I've never understood this.

A small army consisting of several units.

An army consists of 'units' and 'squadrons', with a unit usually having 10 or so models in it (some armies have more, like the Tyranids (the aliens) who can have up to 30 in certain units).

Each unit acts as one, so all the models in a unit will move together (they have to stay within an inch of one another), shoot together, assault together... and more than likely die horribly together

You also have heroes (known as HQ), that are usually one model with special abilities and typically good stats (such as being able to be shot multiple times before dying). The idea with these guys is to stick them into a unit to enhance their capabilities.

It works slightly differently for each race, but I can explain further if you want.

Caustizer · **Reply #5 on:** October 13, 2009, 10:31:35 PM

I am also a devoted Warhammer 40K player, and Imperial Guard is my favourite army. I remember when I bought the book just looking at the new Punisher stats made me drool. Now, I have 3 of them in my Army

Do you like making a horde army, a mechanized army, or a mixture?

LBTFan13 · **Reply #6 on:** October 14, 2009, 01:03:53 AM

My brother and I used to collect them. I remember they were so much fun to put together, but the best part was painting them. We had to spray paint them white or black so the color would not show a mix of gray, depending on how the bright the figure would turn out, but actually playing the game was kind of confusing. I think we were more interested in the collecting than the fighting, which was cool with us.

JitteryDragon · **Reply #7 on:** October 14, 2009, 01:23:12 AM

Quote from: Caustizer,Oct 13 2009 on 09:31 PM

I am also a devoted Warhammer 40K player, and Imperial Guard is my favourite army. I remember when I bought the book just looking at the new Punisher stats made me drool. Now, I have 3 of them in my Army

Do you like making a horde army, a mechanized army, or a mixture?

Both

10 Leman Russes (3 Battle Tanks, 1 Demolisher, 1 Plasma Tank, 1 Punisher, 2 Exterminators, 2 Vanquishers), 3 Basilisks, 6 Sentinels, 2 Chimeras, 2 Hellhounds, 1 Banewolf and a Baneblade. I like tanks

+ 80 infantry, 2 platoon command squads, 1 commander squad (+ advisors), 10 Storm Troops, 3 heavy weapon teams, Techpriest, 3 ogryns, tons of special weapons, and closets worth of spare bits.

I should post a pic, but I don't have a decent camera at the moment... and 95% of my models are unpainted, so it's not much of a sight.

Aha... I do have a pic of one of my heavy flamers... just try and picture my entire army looking kinda like that:

Except I don't think I'll be using matte varnish again... Ugh...

Allicloud · **Reply #8 on:** February 25, 2011, 05:24:48 PM

Oh yes, long time player, me.

I originally collected Space Marines, then moved on to Necrons, and right now, I'm collecting Chaos daemons.

Current army list:

1x9 Bloodletters
1x Bloodletter herald
1x 11 Daemonettes
1x Daemonette Herald
1x Bloodthirster of Khorne.

I'll be putting them to the test this weekend, battling my friend.

Belmont2500 · **Reply #9 on:** March 07, 2012, 04:35:54 PM

I tried time and time again, don't get me wrong I'm a fan of Warhammer. Its just that its kind of expensive, the starter kit alone is usually $50 or so.

But if I could get into it. My preferred army would be the Tau.

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #10 on:** September 15, 2012, 08:11:41 PM

I still haven't played, but I am reading the Ciaphas Cain series, and it is some of the most entertaining military fiction I've read in some time. But I get the feeling its comedic tone is not shared by the majority of Warhammer 40K material.