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They really were a fantastic kill team - one I do need to pick up at some point for my CSM army.

Thankfully he is released next year, but That Fulgrim model might have just won 2025 already 🤣 Unbelievably good sculpt by the team - can’t wait to buy him!

It is a shame what happened with the blood angels, I just hope they don’t do the same thing with the Space Wolves rumoured for next year!

Very true, didn’t think about that. I’d be tempted to proxy her as a Canoness or Palentine.

Thanks for sharing - I must admit, they’re making some fantastic models for necromunda and it’s something I think I need to explore more next year.

100% They might have a little more freedom in the design process potentially, but they truly are doing an exceptional job right now. Hopefully they were part of the Emperor’s Children design team 🤞

He is a very cool model to be fair - not dived into blood bowl, but I may have to with the number of cool characterful sculpts. Thanks for sharing 🙂

😂 Have you games been impacted that much since the changes?

@TheCommandPhase against world eaters... you bet your ass.

Ah that’s a shame, did any of the other changes make much of a difference?

He certainly did! And ended up in my pile of potential in the process 🤣

Oh bless you - I certainly feel you pain! She is a beautiful model and once I’ve finished building my seraphim she’s next to be built. Have you got and painted her up? Would love to see if you have.

​@@TheCommandPhaseyou pain is not me pain. I'm getting a 3d printer

@@TheCommandPhase Haven't painted yet since it took ages to track her down in a store but she is first up in the New Year!

I’m glad to hear you enjoyed the video! I may have picked up my number 1 AoS model the other day while prepping for this as I have -1 self control… 😅 It was a really strong year for models and I’m hoping 2025 can top it! Any favourite models from the year for you?

@TheCommandPhase oh dear haha! Not another army? 😉

Haha - I’ve had the spearhead in the pile of potential for a while, but every time I popped into GW he kept drawing my eye, so had to be grabbed. Might just be a painting project rather than an army but you never know 🤣🤦‍♂️

To be fair with the new codex and much needed range refresh coming in the new year it’s certainly a good time to think about starting that army for sure!

I guess it depends which models you like the look of the most - both are very psychic and ranged focussed, with the thousand sons being a little more resilient in marine bodies. That being said the Aeldari will be getting their new codex very soon with some really nice new models added to range. I’m sure you’d have a great time with either, but I’d strongly suggest picking the one you like the look of the models the most.

Awesome - glad the video was able to help. They are a really cool army, easy to paint and pretty cheap (outside of forgeworld models) - plus the recent change in the balance update makes the bikes a little more exciting to play too. Have a great time collecting and I’d love to see some of your models once you’ve painted them up. 👍

So you could if you wanted to paint up your space marines as pre-heresy world eaters and think of them as some that remained loyal if you wanted to have the versatility of the Space Marine force. That being said, if you love the world eaters models (which should get a 2nd wave of models in this edition with their codex) then go for them. I’m sure you’d have a great time with either of them - so I’d definitely suggest the army with the models you like the look of the most.

I mean if you start off slowly and just do a unit or character at a time from start to finish I’m sure it wouldn’t be too bad, compared to buying a huge quantity of models in one go. That and using the second hand market to get models is a great way to save money. If you have a games workshop near you, they often do free sessions to learn to build and paint models to try out and see if you enjoy it.

Honestly I wouldn’t worry too much about that. Their combat patrol is fantastic value for money and as you really enjoy the force you’ll find it easier to learn the rules than one you are indifferent about. They’re pretty resilient too so little mistakes as you learn won’t get punished too hard. Hope that helps 👍

To be fair there are a lot of fantastic paint schemes for the tau so if you didn’t want to stick to the white you don’t need to. Infernal brush did a great video on it if you wanted to take a look. The Aeldari are great and they’ll be getting their codex and some nice new models early next year so a great time to pick them up too. I’d honestly pick whichever you prefer the look of the models of the most. Rule of cool always wins 👍

They are yes 👍

In your example, the scout move is still limited to the amount of distance from the scout squad’s specific scout rule even if they are in a dedicated transport that has a movement characteristic that technically moves further. If the transport also had its own scout move distance that was further I you’d then take the larger value. As the scout move is a different type of movement (pre-game) to that you’d do in your movement phase, it’s separate to the move characteristic on the datasheet of the units. Hope that helps clarify it.

@@TheCommandPhase Yes, thank you. I thought as much, "Scout" being a specific unit ability and not a keyword.

@TheCommandPhase reading through the update with friends, someone pointed out that the update actually clarifies this a lot clearer now.

Glad it was helpful!

All of that to say, I'm not intimidated by the price, but I can already see how this hobby could quickly get out of control.

So what I will say to start with is that I would pick the army you like the models the most for as this will keep the enthusiasm to learn both the modelling and gaming side of things a lot easier than ones you aren’t quite as keen on. Each of the factions are fairly well balanced these days so not too much to worry about there. If you like the Ad Mech, I’m sure you’ll be able to figure out a way that works for you to build/play them. They may be a little tougher to build/paint than space marines but I use that as a benchmark of ease. Gameplay wise, you’ll be surprised how quickly you can pick things up through playing. Votann are a great army too - granted I’m a little biased as I collect them. While they may not have the biggest range (still plenty to make a good army), they’re all new models so look fantastic and they should be getting a wave 2 of models soon, I’m hoping for sometime next year with their codex. They certainly aren’t weaker than space marines, just a slightly different (higher toughness, less wounds) profile overall with different strengths and weaknesses. They are a fantastic shooting army, with some nice melee options in the Hearthykyn and Berserkers. Plus use transports a lot too to make up for their slightly slower movement. Dark Angels wise, again another really good army. Utilising a lot of the space marines book with specialist units they have access to in their codex. Deathwing have had a lot more love recently with new models, compared to their ravenwing counterparts. They’re a slightly tougher army than typical marines again, plus their new sculpts look great. Like I said at the start of the message, I’d honestly pick whichever you like the look of the most over everything else. There are cheaper ways to pick up models to make things more budget friendly so try not to think about that aspect if you can. Hope that was some help!

@@TheCommandPhase Thank you! This definitely helped. I'll probably stick with ad mech and I'll keep everything you said in mind. Im excited to start my journey lol

@A_Traffic_Cone you’ll have to let me know how you get on. Look forward to hearing about your progress 👍

@@TheCommandPhase of course! Hopefully in a few months I'll have a small army put together. It's crazy how much 1 small conversation can help. I won't forget you man ✌️

@A_Traffic_Cone I’m glad I was able to help a little. If you ever have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out 👍

Unfortunately you can’t mix chapters with their own book/indexes with each other I’m afraid. That being said, if you played Blood Angels or Space wolves, bar a few units that you can’t take (which are explained in their codex supplement/index) you can take a lot of the generic (non chapter specific) units from the Space Marines codex. Hope that helps 👍

So if you head to the Warhammer 40K downloads on the Warhammer community website you can find the Space Wolves index. There are some Space Marine units that you can’t take if you wanted to run the Space Wolves index detachment and later on their codex which I think comes next year (Tactical Squad; Assault Squad; Assault Squad with Jump Packs; Devastator Squad; Command Squad; Apothecary) - but everything from the starter set is good to paint up as Space Wolves should you wish to. The the rumours are there is a big range refresh for the space wolves coming next year, so if that is an army you’re looking to start, I’d personally stick to picking up the units from the Space Marines codex that you want to run. I know it’s a fair way away, but we could be getting new thunderwolves, characters and a fair few other bits which would make for a welcome upgrade from the dated models we have now. That being said if you wanted to have a generic space marines force that you just paint up as space wolves for now, there is nothing stopping you doing that as paint schemes don’t lock you out of anything. It’s only if you wanted to run the Space wolves detachment. Hope that helps.

@ thank you, this helps. Would I have to find a separate book with the stats for space wolves. Also I noticed the set came with what looks like lord Calgar. Can I paint him as a space wolf as well?

You can download those for free on the Warhammer community website under the downloads section for 40K and indexes. www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/downloads/warhammer-40000/ I think in the starter set it’s a terminator captain rather than calgar (he’s got twin power fists) so feel free to paint up as a space wolf. If you wanted to try adding pelts and fur to it with green stuff (loads of tutorials online and fairly easy to do) to add more space wolfly goodness to it. No need to though, only if you’d like to.

Black templars are a great force - hope you have a great time collecting them 👍

@@TheCommandPhase i kinda changed my mind And i am going to do Tau army

@Bedqs That’s fair enough - hope you enjoy it 🙂

All are great choices, do you have a favourite set of models from the 3?

So Space Wolves are rumoured to have a big range refresh next year to a fair number of their units (Thunderwolves, Dreads, Characters and a few bits more). So if this is a faction you’d like to jump into I’d look at the units from the Space Marine codex that could pair up nicely with the Space Wolves. They are a great army and lots of conversion opportunities too with adding runes and pelts and so on to really make your units your own. Hope you have a fantastic time collecting if you do start them 😀

That would be the 3rd edition starter box - but those models are all good for this current edition. Plus the rules are free online too for the new edition so all good 👍

Thanks, glad to hear I did a decent job! Do you have a top 3 for your favourite faction?

My two factions are sister and tyranids, in terms of iconic models I think you nailed it on both! It’s a hard fight between hormagaunts and genestealers for iconic infantry unit for me and I personally think the walking hive tyrant is more iconic than the winged even though I love the model!