@@necaacen The elves have been powerful over the years but I would not call them the best. We will see how 9th edition shakes out for the pointy yours. I myself play a small jet bike and Farseer army as An excuse to build a handful of wraithlord models. This is this why you collect a few factions. I have a huge towel(tau) army that is my original force, along the way I've added the elves, orcs and Inquisition forces that's Grey Knights in nature these days due to the rules/codex changes....
100%. I've only the barest idea of 40k tbh. (Mostly from growing up on 4chan's /tg/ board) I'd love to see your takes and maybe some recommended starting guides for the diff factions. I always thought the Orks sounded cool for example.
I watched Bucky's 2 part faction video. He goes through quickly to cover all of them in ~2 hours. If PK is up for it, I'd like a in depth explanation of each faction. Crack some jokes about how evil they are, share interesting details. I'm loving the new Wednesday Warhammer series. It's inspired me to get into a new hobby.
An important thing to mention about brushes is maintenance. Any brush, expensive or cheap, will go bad very quickly if you don't take care of it properly. You can google for many guides, but here's some basic advice: Try to safeguard the ferrule (the metal bit that holds the bristles) from paint and excess water. If paint seeps into the ferrule and dries up, it causes the bristles to lose their form, ruining the tip. Therefore, never stick your brush all the way into the paint pot, and instead just try to get the paint on the tip of the brush. Similarly, if you keep soaking the brush in water, the glue that holds the bristles will start to fail. Try to store your brushes in a way that guards the tip, saving the little plastic tubes that come with the brush is a good practice. Also, invest in some brush cleaner soap, such as "Master's Brush Cleaner and Preserver". It might sound like overkill, but once I started using brush soap, the lifespan of my brushes increased several times over. A word about the brushes themselves, I'd advise against buying Citadel or Army Painter brushes, or any brush marketed as "for painting gaming miniatures". They are very expensive, yet of poor to middling quality. If you are only starting out, you can get some very cheap brushes at craft stores, and those will serve you just fine when you are figuring out if this painting thing is for you. Afterwards, I suggest looking for a real art supply store, you can find quality brushes, often at lower prices than Citadel or Army Painter, especially if you pick a brush with synthetic bristles instead of sable. The Windsor & Newton Series 7 brushes mentioned by Vince could be considered the gold standard of miniature brushes, yet they are quite expensive. A complete beginner might be better served with a cheaper brush, especially as they are probably not very practiced in taking care of their brushes yet.
I agree, starting out you don't need a top quality brush. Cheap synthetic art store brushes work just fine when starting out. When you learn how to use a brush well and get more skilled then you can jump over to something like a Windsor and Newton. Even the nicest of brushes will get ruined pretty quickly if you don't treat them well.
*Warhammer Wednesdays! Warhammer Wednesdays!* I am not someone who plays Warhammer Tabletop, just someone who is enthusastic about the absurdity and joy to be gained from satirical exaggerations of grimdark fascism and Skaven Doomwheels, and I'm loving this. Thanks Vince, I feel bad admitting that this is the most engaged with your content I've ever been, but here we are. Also I litterally linked this video to my brother who doesn't play magic because he's more into Warhammer than I am. I will also absolutely watch Pleasant Kenobi Warhammer Lore, I wanna hear you talk Tyrannids and Tau, that sounds like a blast.
A few quick suggestions for people getting started. Tamiya extra thin cement is by far the best and easiest to use glue for putting together plastic kits, it dries quickly, leaves basically no residue behind and can even be used to do things like 'smooth' sanded parts, it also has a brush applicator built into the lid that's far more precise than most alternatives. Tamiya side cutters are also better than the Citadel clippers in my opinion, although there's a fair number of decent third party clippers. Army Painter brushes are also a good, reasonably priced alternative to Citadel brushes for people who're getting started.
Cement meaning plastic cement yeah? Because I do *not* recommend superglue with brush applicator stuff. Dries in seconds, doesn't get into cracks, and you can *not* adjust anything once it's put down! Get a...I think it's "thick" superglue? Or at least one that says 'dries in 10-15 seconds' on the box. Then you've got some time to adjust stuff.
Best advice, even when there aren't major shakeups on the way. Play armies you like, for lore or aesthetics and you'll never truly have a bad time. And play narrative games with like-minded people. Tryhards aren't worth the time.
@@FireSummoner Look into the "Psychic Awakening" series. It's the most current lore event wrapped up with the most recent rules update, so it's a great place to jump into current events.
Xander P. I agree with Douglas, but a short and quick way of seeing lore is lexicanum which is basically 40k Wikipedia. The middle way would be army codexes (which are where the army specific rules are also located so two birds). The LONG way of getting into the lore is the Black Library books, they’re all about 500 pages and offer you glimpses into pretty much every faction out there.
A note on the Windsor Newton brush suggestion. I used to work in GW and teach people new to the hobby to paint, and one of the biggest mistakes in terms of painting was brush care. Too much paint on your brush can ruin it, not cleaning your brush properly can ruin it, paint drying on your brush as you paint can ruin it. To anybody looking to get into the hobby I would strongly suggest not grabbing a windsor newton until you've been through a few cheaper brushes first, citadel ones are fine to learn. Make your mistakes on those brushes instead and then look for the fancier more expensive brushes. Love the stuff Vince!
Not to undercut Vince here, but to anyone interested in Warhammer 40000, a small Primer for new players to have a general idea what each main faction represents in one sentence each: - Space Marines: The genetically improved super soldier legions for the brutal legislation of the Imperium of Man (sidenote: the specific legions of marines differ vastly) - Imperial Guard: Normal men and women that fight for the Imperium alonside huge tanks, but their infantry usually dies by the thousands - Sisters of Battle: Angry female space zealots that dress like nuns with flamethrowers which make up the army of the Imperial church - Adeptus Mechanicus: The steampunk-ish technicians of the Imperium that worship machines and produce all the Imperium's weapons, armor etc. - Chaos Space Marines: Evil and spikey marines serving the demonic forces of the Warp (essentially Hell) and one of the big antagonists. - Chaos Daemons: The demons that inhabit the hellscape of the Warp. - Necrons Ancient Terminators in space with advanced tech and a hatred for the living (but the ideals vary per Necron faction) - Tau Small and blue aliens with advanced robot suits and some of the most powerfull artillery in the setting, but they are more of a east Asian 1984 faction - Craftworld Eldear: Ancient and longlived elves in space with an incredible ego - Dark Eldar: Ancient space elves that have some weird torture fetish and are one of the "evil" factions and are just as egotistical as their "vanilla" counterpart. - Tyranids: Hivemind space locusts that look like they crawled out of the Alien movies and just want to eat all living things and biomatter in the galaxy - Genestealer Cults: Infected and halfbug-like humans that serve the Tyranids in the way of softening a planets defenses before the Tyranids' supposed invasion. - Orks: Big, muscular and green creatures with a almost child-like demeanor that just want to fight things (and eachother)
For anyone who wants to get in to the hobby but is struggling with the price, Adeptus Custodes are a relatively cheap army to collect, only about £200 for a full army, but also can be more expensive if you buy forge world models, you'll learn what that is if you get into the hobby :) good luck
An aspect of the hobby that can be quite fun is homebrewing some lore for your army, which can help you decide how to build it or explain it’s composition. This can be shown through basing or paint jobs and adds a bunch of personality and context to your force. Plus you usually end up with some spare bits anyway. Awesome video!
Another quick note, some people like to use spray on matt varnishes to seal their paint job and bases once they've finished, making them a bit more durable and less prone to chipping. It's not a bad idea, but you want to be very careful about what varnish you use and make sure you try it on a test model before you use it on a whole squad. The old Citadel varnish was called Purity Seal and it was terrible, very prone to clouding up. The current Citadel one is called Munitorum Varnish and it's a lot better, but has a slightly satin rather than matt finish and can still be prone to clouding if the humidity isn't right. I find that Army Painter's anti-shine matt varnish also has a satin finish, despite its name. I personally like to use Tamiya TS-80 flat clear, which is completely matt and has never clouded up for me. Some people swear by Testors Dullcote, which is a lot cheaper than Tamiya TS-80, but I can't personally vouch for it as I haven't used it.
Honestly, outside of the main cast of characters, TTS really doesn't take that many liberties. That is the greatest thing. And the occasional musical numbers are an absolute treat.
@@AsteroidWrangler right? Its great because it a total send up of 40k lore, by someone who clearly LOVES 40k. Even though hes actually creating his own AU and actually progressing the 40k story line, its all true to the lore, in the most hilarious ways possible.
@@TimeTravelingBunnis Real talk, I use the episode on the positive aspects of each of the chaos gods as a legitimate primer, it's that good. GW's own material doesn't really explain that anymore, even though it used to once upon a time.
I started trying to get into Warhammer about a year ago, and I had a hell of a time finding good content explaining each of the factions. TH-cam needs a good faction explanation series.
Addiction he says, while pointing at a medium sized Blood Angels army. I have a gaming table complete with terrain set up in my loungeroom, and a 38,000 point Daemon army, with a smattering of small 1000 point armies for Imperial Guard, Smurfs, Chaos Smurfs, Orks (converted to be a Snotling army, technically) and a few others. If you are addicted, you have a dark future to look forward to my beardy brother.
true story the tau get started box is excellent. a box of troops with enough guys to make 2 squads, an army leader, and a set of 3 sweet battlesuits with a TON of gun options. plus it saves you quite alot of money. If you want to play the shooty supremacy army with almost no melee strength that box is an incredible start. love the video Vince, keep 'em coming!
A good trick for the current start collecting box for necrons is to build your immortals with Tesla carbines and then taking the rods in the left over gauss blasters from the immortals to fill up the empty space for your Necron warriors. You can also use a hair dryer or warm water to heat up the legs of the warriors which will let you move them to a less power squat stance. The Necron start collecting box is a phenomenal deal.
I will love to see any videos you make about 40k. Even your view of the factions and stuff. Seeing your enjoyment for the hobby is helping my own excitement for the new edition and dealing with getting out of the trap of burn out that I fell into.
If your interested in the lore, Leutin09 has an AMAZING channel that goes into it all. As someone who also recently became interested in the hobby, I have just DEVOURED this content out of fascination with the deep, DEEP lore surrounding the hobby. 11/10, would watch again.
I play the Star Wars X-wing tabletop game, and despite the fact that those models come pre-painted, there's a pretty thriving painting and customization community. It can be quite cathartic and satisfying ro make your ships your own, even for something as simple as accent/squadron markings
Since there seems to be a lot of new people here, I just wanna point you all to a TH-camr called Winters seo. He does battle reports which is basically gameplay videos. You get to see some gorgeous armies with a short introduction from the players and some gameplay. Good stuff
As someone who has started modeling at the beginning of quarantine, great to see one of my favourite youtubers get into it at the same time. Having a great time building sisters of battle!
DON'T BUY CITADEL PAINT AND HOBBY TOOLS. You get less paint per unit of legal tender than competitors like Vallejo/Reaper/Army Painter AND Citadel paints come in horrid pots whereas the competitor paints come in dropper bottles that give you more control, preserve your paints, and are far less likely to explode/spill everywhere. Citadel Shade Washes (eg Nuln Oil, Agrax Earth Shade), crackle paints (Mordent Earth/Armegedon Dust/etc), and Contrast Paints are fine though (if over-priced), but smart people transfer them to dropper bottles. But honestly, just get Vallejo paints (the Model Air line for metallic paints), and Army Painter washes. Also, avoid ball bearings if you want to put some agitators in your bottles, even galvanized ones have been known to rust. 2mm stone beads like African Jade are perfect, they have enough heft, won't degrade, and are cheap. Beginning painters also don't need kolinsky sable brushes - gold taklon will be fine, stand up better to your learning curve, and you're going to want it for metallic paints anyway. And they're super cheap, buy in bulk. Cheap make up brushes are also fantastic for dry brushing. Citadel and Army painter brushes won't stand up to the abuse a beginner will put them through, and they're not worth it if you're looking for a "good" brush. A cheap wire cutter is better than most "model sprue cutters" out there. Get two. One for removing models from the sprue, and one for chopping up the left over sprues (more on this later). Tamiya cement glue and Loctite Gel Control super glue are the preferred glues. The Tamiya cement can also be used to clean up creases and any gouges you might've made during assembly/cutting. Chop up bits of sprue and add it to a half used bottle of tamiya cement to make "sprue glue", this hobby hack is even better for filling gaps. Save your sprues, especially ones with rectangular subdivisions. With a little cleaning, they make great frames to add cardstock/cardboard/foamboard for easy terrain. Don't paint terrain with you expensive model paints and washes - cheap craft paint and DIY washes are perfect. This is an excellent video for getting started with model assembly: th-cam.com/video/Dt8hvoHKXrA/w-d-xo.html Happy hobbying, I'll see you on the battlefield.
Quick tip on brushes. A good quality sable hair brush is a great investment. However smaller isn't always better. Size 0, 1 or 2 with a good point should suffice. Also Rosemary & Co series 33 are a great option at a fraction of the cost of the W&N brushes. The other biggest tip for new painters is to thin your paint. A wet palette is a great tool to have and can be made really cheap with a lunchbox, kitchen roll and baking paper. And like with the brushes, citadel are not the only hobby brand. So have a look at other paint manufacturers and tool suppliers. This was something that took me a while to do when I first got in to the hobby and I regret not doing it sooner.
One of the biggest tips I have for new people into the hobby is plan, plan, plan. You may think that there's no point, or its too complicated to immediately start advanced painting techniques or magnetizing your vehicles but I cant stress enough that the quicker you do this the happier you will be with your army. If you buy a vehicle kit like a repulsor or a predator or a wave serpent, having it magnetized as quickly as possible means you can instantly change it suit to your developing game knowledge. If you start off strong with your painting and use techniques like layering, drybrushing and wet blending you'll get better results quicker, leading to more models that you feel comfortable using when your collection is complete.
Hey you randomly popped up in my timeline with your recently 40k videos then I found out you are mainly magic both of which I play and love anyways, great video!
Nice to see the greatest beard in the MTG community getting into Warhammer (seriously your beard would make a Space Wolf proud). Also yes, please talk about the factions/races. Tell us what you think about them. At the end of the day, the best part about the hobby is to talk about what you think is cool and I would love to hear your thoughts on the not so joyous bunch we can find in the dark, grim future. Keep up the good work man!
Looking forward to more Warhammer Wednesdays!!! A few ideas for you on these: Unit highlights- talk about the choices you make while building a unit (weapon options, what role it would fulfill on the battlefield, is it better at range or melee, anti-infantry or anti-tank, that sort of stuff.) Once you start getting games under your belt you can even throw in stories of their successes and failures in battle. If you start a campaign with your friends you could weave a story about how the campaign is going for each team as you vie for control of a specific planet or system. Easy humor to keep you on brand if at least one team is orks.
If you are scared to spend a lot of money right away, in many countries there's also Warhammer Conquest, a weekly magazine which can get you a nice number of Space Marines and Death Guard minis at a very competitive price, including also paints, brushes and guides to building, painting and playing the minis. That's the way I'm currently going and i'd suggest it to anyone who is interested in at least one of the two factions.
Absolutely here for Warhammer Wednesday! Love seeing your passion and deep dive headfirst into the hobby again. Look forward to seeing more 40k content from you!
Picked up my Start Collecting Orks and Ork Codex after your last video, that led me down the rabbit hole of hours of other WH 40K videos. Looking forward to your upcoming content.
I don't know how available it is now, but Hachette Partworks had a Warhammer 40k magazine series called Conquest which supplied the entire 8th edition boxed set (Primaris vs Death Guard, a chaos faction) as well as a bunch of ancillary models to support those factions, terrain and paints, and painting guides (as well as 8th edition rules) for a phenomenal price. There are guides around to show exactly how much you save vs buying new, so I'd search for those. Forbidden Planet were a great third party source for these magazines, so check them to see availability. Also - locate a nearby non-GW branded game store. Odds are they'll sell GW products for 20% cheaper than GW/Warhammer stores sell them.
Might be fun to see a video showing unboxing a small model through assembly and painting to give a rough idea of a typical process. Got no time for playing, but building and painting might be a fun new hobby (as if I needed any more!)😁
I would love to hear more about the ither factions and getting started. Maybe even painting tips for beginners/ return players/collectors from your perspective.
for people who want to start right now there is still the also 2 good starter sets from 8th edition know no fear and dark imperium (is comes with the 8th rule book but still for the miniatures only is a good deal). the armys are primaris space marines and death guard on both boxes.
I got back into it recently and got out my old Tau army. I once got to the North England Finals of the school league in 2016 with those guys and won best painted army. They got displayed at warhammer HQ Nottingham for a month. Good times. Also yes I'd love a faction video.
I've been putting together a "free" Primaris army for my buddy to learn with / play against my Necrons by flipping cheap lots on eBay and keeping some models every time. You can definitely get a cheap army together by being savvy with second-hand purchases or flipping starter boxes.
Love these 40k videos! I paint models all the time for the occasional game of Kill Team but just love the models and hobby side of it. The lore is some of the best sci-fi out there. Regarding brushes, check out Element Games Kolinsky brushes, their Regiment brush is my favourite to use for basically everything. *edit* also yeah, just proxy the Primaris stuff with what you've got if just playing with friends.
Vince, I have been watching your videos for over two years now, and I feel ashamed for having participated in the shadows. I enjoy everything you do and I admit I too have a Mono Red Tron deck now. Thanks for that! This came at such great timing, I had played Warhammer as a kid, wanted to get into it again and bought a starter set in college. Took it out last night, primed, built and started painting. Could you do a video on basics of painting? Things like mixing water, blending, etc. This is awesome and refreshing content away from those bastards still not reprinting fetch lands. Thanks!
I just got into it via painting (just started painting 2 weeks ago) and going Sisters of Battle. I love the lore and love any video that's a deep dive into the factions.
Anyone wanting to build a small Necron force, I’ve found that Crypteks and Necron Warriors are all you need to start off. Take 2 Crypteks, 2 groups of 12 necron warriors (20 would be better but that will put you back an extra £50) and you will have a substantial deathball. It does have a clear weakness against high armour targets but giving one of your Crypteks the Veil of Darkness and taking the Mephrit dynastic code helps against this, as well as giving you a good early game strategy of simply dropping a squad somewhere and deleting an enemy unit/squadron.
I'm so happy about this new edition, as I love necrons, I started making a killteam for necrons and had so much fun painting them, but didn't had much time to finish it
I've been playing the game since I was 9 (12 years ago), and have totally immersed myself in the lore and know most of it inside out. But yeah I would actually really like you to do a lore video for all the factions, cos you are so fun to watch! And yeah the modelling and painting can be both frustrating and incredibly satisfying, not to mention addictive
If you want the earliest lore of primaris marines it actually does start way back in the Horus Heresy book 17 "Deliverance Lost" where Corvus Corax actually makes the first primaris marines after being given the ability to do so by the Emperor himself. They don't call them primaris marines at that point but they are all but the same bar name.
You should look into Rosemary and Co Series 33 brushes, they are an amazing line of budget kolinsky brushes. I recommend the size 0/10, 1, 2 and 4. I use them in my painting tutorials and they work fantastic.
I've had to get into Warhammer twice (I fell out of it for awhile) and have had to teach many of my friends how to play. Here's some advice I can give you: 1) If you are looking into the different armies and want a good idea of their basic rules, I recommend 1d4chan.org. It's a fan run pseudo parody wiki where you can find entertaining and informative entries on every faction in the game. Importantly though, looking at the "Tactics" page for a faction will give you a solid overview of that armies strengths, weaknesses and special rules. It will also have a breakdown of each unit in that armies arsenal to help inform you what units are good, and which to avoid. The site does use quite a bit of 40k lingo though, so you might need to look back at it once you understand the game rules. 2) Proxy. One of the ways to not waste money is to be sure you like the units you buy. If you're looking at picking up a new unit for your army, you can use D&D miniatures, or even cut out circles of paper to test them out on the tabletop. Just be sure whatever you use is the same base size as the actual model. I'm sure that if you do this at your LGS and explain that you're just getting into the hobby, people will be fine with it. If they're not, you probably didn't want to play with them anyway. A friend of mine used to use his old Star Wars Miniatures to represent his Eldar. It taught him what units the army needed to function so he could prioritize getting them, and Darth Vader was terrifying as an Autarch. 3) I cannot stress this enough: Boys before toys. It is tempting once you get into Warhammer to look up the biggest, craziest thing your army has access to and buy that straight away. Resist this urge. Focus on your basic dudes first. You do not need a Repulsor before you have a few squads of Intercessors. Trust me. Standard troops are typically the best value per box, and hands down the most important aspect of an army.
Your last video and this one have convinced me to pre-order the Indomitus box from my FLGS and give 40k a try. Please do a video on the factions! I'd love to hear them described as only you can.
I love that now one of the few non warhammer related channels I’m subscribed too is just another warhammer channel that I’m subscribed too. Only a matter of time before the professor joins the dark side of plastic crack.
Don’t worry to much about the competitive games. I’ve found most people at your local game store are really chill and helpful and as long as you have passion they don’t care if the models are 3D printed or new models.
I play both MTG And Warhammer, with warhammer being my main hobby. Im so glad to see you adding this to your channel! :D You da best beard in MTG AND 40k sir~
I have the same problem with those clippers you just need to keep pushing the handles back up and they work ok ish. Also Raphael brushes are awesome I think it’s the 8404 series, they’re fabulous. Keep the great videos coming
Another great video, thank you. Appreciate the introduction into the model side; always was 'stranded' on the lore side (and vidya games). Would appreciate an introduction to painting and/or a guide to what painting tutorials you watched to get into it. The whole colour aspect intimidates me, and the models I own have a lot more detail than the blocky style of W40k. We're talking chain-mail properly molded on infantry.
Always start with the rule of cool! But be aware about 3 pitfalls: Armies with lots of models are very expensive because on the tabletop they are "cheap" (skitarii, tyranids, daemons). Look who they can ally with and if you want to go that route (while skitarii is expensive they can ally with imperial knights, chaos space marines and daemons also mix well). This is especially interesting for eldar and their ynnari. Elite armies tend to be rather difficult to play because they cant hide behind numbers. So grey knights have a steeper learning curve then spaceys or chaos spaceys or thousand sons. Large kits are usually great ways to get started. Dont worry about the rules, you really need to play to "get it" and dont worry about hyper competitiveness, as long as you arent playing the worst of the worst you should be fine (alsooo models from that eldar kit, I love wraiths but ooof). Be aware of the xodexes and supplemental sets, 40k has some hidden costs
your clipers are not broken. they are supposed to be apart in the middle ;-) that is just the spring that keeps the blades apart ^^ the clipper itself is perfect. especialy the flat side without an angle cut, that leaves virtualy no mold flash behind if used correctly.
Dammit Vince, you magnificent jankjedi, your videos might be the straw that broke the camel's back and finally get me to start 40k. Guess I will have to start watching some painting tutorials...
Few pointers from a long-time w40k player: - Don't buy Games Workshop tools if you can avoid it. There's nothing inherently wrong with them, but they charge a lot (I use some ones I got a few years back before their current ones and they're solid). Testors has some decent clippers, and for the ultimate experience, youc an look into something called a "God Hand" from some Japanese manufacturer (they're supposedly the best on the market). - Windsor and Newton brushes are really good, but if you want somethin a little cheaper and still very effective I recommend Army Painter brushes (if a local hobby shop carries them, dunno about how, or if, they stock in the UK). - Traditional Space Marines will be phased out eventually (not invalidated, just moved to their "Legends" range of rules, which is for casual play only). However, that's going to be a long time from now, so normal marines are an ok purchase, especially for casual play. They are pushing the Primaris hard though, so expect a lot of traditional stuff to be outclassed (looking at you, tactical squad). - Head's up that Indomitus will likely not be push-fit, but their modern models are easy to build, as long as you take your time.
As someone who's never played but always been curious, I second the "faction" videos idea. Would love some analysis like "this faction does blah, their strength(s) comes from blah, their main weakness is blah, they're able to do blah in an attempt to shore up the weakness". I would also love to see your explination of how the game is played. I'm sure there's a ton of these style videos but i love your moto game play videos for the humor and such.
I didn't even know Warhammer existed until I started college and it was crazy expensive back then (20 years ago) so it's funny to me every time I hear people talk about playing Warhammer as kids. I couldn't afford getting into the hobby until Age of Sigmar came out, 5 years ago.
I've been playing blood angels for over 4 years. I have one piece of advice for playing blood angels. Buy yourself as much death company as you can get your hands on. They are one of our best units lore wise and rules wise. Most of the competitive blood angels lists consist of death company and sanguinary guard which are old marines kits with no Primaris equivalent
My wife and I have just started collecting and we decided to pick up the wrath and rapture box, it gives us both 19 models each from 2 different armies and if we need to we can even just smoosh the 2 armies together to make a big 1. We were able to pick the box up for around £70 which feels like amazing value. I can't speak for how competitive either army is but for getting started it's a perfect jumping off point for price and quantity. Also I'll get to play with that badass chick who turned a dead man in to a harp and that's something I'm here for aaaaall day long
Forgot to say, both armies can be played in either 40k or in AOS so you can get an entry point to both games for 35 quid each if you split the box with someone
As a long time Warhammer and ex mtg pit fighter, I'll tell all you right now. All mtg players are good at Warhammer. Seriously. Better than just Warhammer players. You understand resource management, and E.V. I would love if you all came down to my local.
If you want to play the Adepta Sororitas get their discontinued army box it has $400 worth of models for $210 as well as their codex, stratagems, and tactical objectives
I actually started looking into 40k from your last video, and now I have 10 Eldar wind riders, and ready to paint them up!
YES, YEEESSSSSS!
Windriders are such graceful models, top choice.
eldar are the best faction imo, i collect the sigmar fantasy stuff not 40k but if i were jumping into 40k id go for eldar too.
@@necaacen The elves have been powerful over the years but I would not call them the best. We will see how 9th edition shakes out for the pointy yours. I myself play a small jet bike and Farseer army as An excuse to build a handful of wraithlord models. This is this why you collect a few factions. I have a huge towel(tau) army that is my original force, along the way I've added the elves, orcs and Inquisition forces that's Grey Knights in nature these days due to the rules/codex changes....
@@PleasantKenobi you should look up the youtube channel Astartes. If you want to see the best CGI marines ever
Would love a "Factions" video. Really wanna see your take on it.
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100%.
I've only the barest idea of 40k tbh. (Mostly from growing up on 4chan's /tg/ board) I'd love to see your takes and maybe some recommended starting guides for the diff factions.
I always thought the Orks sounded cool for example.
I'd really enjoy watching PK goof on all the factions and lore! Especially from a newbie POV, as it really is all absurd already.
I watched Bucky's 2 part faction video. He goes through quickly to cover all of them in ~2 hours. If PK is up for it, I'd like a in depth explanation of each faction. Crack some jokes about how evil they are, share interesting details. I'm loving the new Wednesday Warhammer series. It's inspired me to get into a new hobby.
I will amplify this thought.
An important thing to mention about brushes is maintenance. Any brush, expensive or cheap, will go bad very quickly if you don't take care of it properly. You can google for many guides, but here's some basic advice: Try to safeguard the ferrule (the metal bit that holds the bristles) from paint and excess water. If paint seeps into the ferrule and dries up, it causes the bristles to lose their form, ruining the tip. Therefore, never stick your brush all the way into the paint pot, and instead just try to get the paint on the tip of the brush. Similarly, if you keep soaking the brush in water, the glue that holds the bristles will start to fail. Try to store your brushes in a way that guards the tip, saving the little plastic tubes that come with the brush is a good practice. Also, invest in some brush cleaner soap, such as "Master's Brush Cleaner and Preserver". It might sound like overkill, but once I started using brush soap, the lifespan of my brushes increased several times over.
A word about the brushes themselves, I'd advise against buying Citadel or Army Painter brushes, or any brush marketed as "for painting gaming miniatures". They are very expensive, yet of poor to middling quality. If you are only starting out, you can get some very cheap brushes at craft stores, and those will serve you just fine when you are figuring out if this painting thing is for you. Afterwards, I suggest looking for a real art supply store, you can find quality brushes, often at lower prices than Citadel or Army Painter, especially if you pick a brush with synthetic bristles instead of sable. The Windsor & Newton Series 7 brushes mentioned by Vince could be considered the gold standard of miniature brushes, yet they are quite expensive. A complete beginner might be better served with a cheaper brush, especially as they are probably not very practiced in taking care of their brushes yet.
I agree, starting out you don't need a top quality brush. Cheap synthetic art store brushes work just fine when starting out. When you learn how to use a brush well and get more skilled then you can jump over to something like a Windsor and Newton. Even the nicest of brushes will get ruined pretty quickly if you don't treat them well.
"several decades"
*says he's 21*
Ok. Keep your secrets.
I mean, 21 is in 3 decades, pretty sure it's on record he started at 24 weeks old.
This place was clearly named after Vince:
www.forever21.com/
*Warhammer Wednesdays! Warhammer Wednesdays!* I am not someone who plays Warhammer Tabletop, just someone who is enthusastic about the absurdity and joy to be gained from satirical exaggerations of grimdark fascism and Skaven Doomwheels, and I'm loving this. Thanks Vince, I feel bad admitting that this is the most engaged with your content I've ever been, but here we are. Also I litterally linked this video to my brother who doesn't play magic because he's more into Warhammer than I am. I will also absolutely watch Pleasant Kenobi Warhammer Lore, I wanna hear you talk Tyrannids and Tau, that sounds like a blast.
A few quick suggestions for people getting started. Tamiya extra thin cement is by far the best and easiest to use glue for putting together plastic kits, it dries quickly, leaves basically no residue behind and can even be used to do things like 'smooth' sanded parts, it also has a brush applicator built into the lid that's far more precise than most alternatives. Tamiya side cutters are also better than the Citadel clippers in my opinion, although there's a fair number of decent third party clippers. Army Painter brushes are also a good, reasonably priced alternative to Citadel brushes for people who're getting started.
Cement meaning plastic cement yeah? Because I do *not* recommend superglue with brush applicator stuff. Dries in seconds, doesn't get into cracks, and you can *not* adjust anything once it's put down! Get a...I think it's "thick" superglue? Or at least one that says 'dries in 10-15 seconds' on the box. Then you've got some time to adjust stuff.
Be aware that the 40k landscape is changing in a matter of weeks. Pick an army that looks cool and has great lore!
Best advice, even when there aren't major shakeups on the way. Play armies you like, for lore or aesthetics and you'll never truly have a bad time. And play narrative games with like-minded people. Tryhards aren't worth the time.
Any recommendations on where to get into the lore?
@@FireSummoner Look into the "Psychic Awakening" series. It's the most current lore event wrapped up with the most recent rules update, so it's a great place to jump into current events.
Xander P. I agree with Douglas, but a short and quick way of seeing lore is lexicanum which is basically 40k Wikipedia. The middle way would be army codexes (which are where the army specific rules are also located so two birds). The LONG way of getting into the lore is the Black Library books, they’re all about 500 pages and offer you glimpses into pretty much every faction out there.
Thanks to you both, entering with very little so I appreciate the help!
A note on the Windsor Newton brush suggestion.
I used to work in GW and teach people new to the hobby to paint, and one of the biggest mistakes in terms of painting was brush care. Too much paint on your brush can ruin it, not cleaning your brush properly can ruin it, paint drying on your brush as you paint can ruin it. To anybody looking to get into the hobby I would strongly suggest not grabbing a windsor newton until you've been through a few cheaper brushes first, citadel ones are fine to learn. Make your mistakes on those brushes instead and then look for the fancier more expensive brushes.
Love the stuff Vince!
Not to undercut Vince here, but to anyone interested in Warhammer 40000, a small Primer for new players to have a general idea what each main faction represents in one sentence each:
- Space Marines: The genetically improved super soldier legions for the brutal legislation of the Imperium of Man (sidenote: the specific legions of marines differ vastly)
- Imperial Guard: Normal men and women that fight for the Imperium alonside huge tanks, but their infantry usually dies by the thousands
- Sisters of Battle: Angry female space zealots that dress like nuns with flamethrowers which make up the army of the Imperial church
- Adeptus Mechanicus: The steampunk-ish technicians of the Imperium that worship machines and produce all the Imperium's weapons, armor etc.
- Chaos Space Marines: Evil and spikey marines serving the demonic forces of the Warp (essentially Hell) and one of the big antagonists.
- Chaos Daemons: The demons that inhabit the hellscape of the Warp.
- Necrons Ancient Terminators in space with advanced tech and a hatred for the living (but the ideals vary per Necron faction)
- Tau Small and blue aliens with advanced robot suits and some of the most powerfull artillery in the setting, but they are more of a east Asian 1984 faction
- Craftworld Eldear: Ancient and longlived elves in space with an incredible ego
- Dark Eldar: Ancient space elves that have some weird torture fetish and are one of the "evil" factions and are just as egotistical as their "vanilla" counterpart.
- Tyranids: Hivemind space locusts that look like they crawled out of the Alien movies and just want to eat all living things and biomatter in the galaxy
- Genestealer Cults: Infected and halfbug-like humans that serve the Tyranids in the way of softening a planets defenses before the Tyranids' supposed invasion.
- Orks: Big, muscular and green creatures with a almost child-like demeanor that just want to fight things (and eachother)
Im making tyranid, cuz bugs are cool. And i liked Zerg as a child back in the old Starcraft days.
I love tyranids in 40k but I would rather play terran in SC
@@dethem The Swarm will assimilate you sooner or later.
For anyone who wants to get in to the hobby but is struggling with the price, Adeptus Custodes are a relatively cheap army to collect, only about £200 for a full army, but also can be more expensive if you buy forge world models, you'll learn what that is if you get into the hobby :) good luck
An aspect of the hobby that can be quite fun is homebrewing some lore for your army, which can help you decide how to build it or explain it’s composition. This can be shown through basing or paint jobs and adds a bunch of personality and context to your force. Plus you usually end up with some spare bits anyway. Awesome video!
When you make the video on the different factions remember, The Emperor loves all his sons equally, both Sanguinius and the Not-Sanguinius.
*laughs in world eater*
Another quick note, some people like to use spray on matt varnishes to seal their paint job and bases once they've finished, making them a bit more durable and less prone to chipping. It's not a bad idea, but you want to be very careful about what varnish you use and make sure you try it on a test model before you use it on a whole squad. The old Citadel varnish was called Purity Seal and it was terrible, very prone to clouding up. The current Citadel one is called Munitorum Varnish and it's a lot better, but has a slightly satin rather than matt finish and can still be prone to clouding if the humidity isn't right. I find that Army Painter's anti-shine matt varnish also has a satin finish, despite its name. I personally like to use Tamiya TS-80 flat clear, which is completely matt and has never clouded up for me. Some people swear by Testors Dullcote, which is a lot cheaper than Tamiya TS-80, but I can't personally vouch for it as I haven't used it.
Oh no, the lore is silly. That seems intentional though. Im telling you, man, "If the Emperor had Text to Speech" is such a great youtube show.
Honestly, outside of the main cast of characters, TTS really doesn't take that many liberties. That is the greatest thing. And the occasional musical numbers are an absolute treat.
@@AsteroidWrangler right? Its great because it a total send up of 40k lore, by someone who clearly LOVES 40k. Even though hes actually creating his own AU and actually progressing the 40k story line, its all true to the lore, in the most hilarious ways possible.
@@TimeTravelingBunnis Real talk, I use the episode on the positive aspects of each of the chaos gods as a legitimate primer, it's that good. GW's own material doesn't really explain that anymore, even though it used to once upon a time.
"If the Emperor had Text to Speech" is such a great youtube show.
The best.
I imagine it would be a great show to watch while painting minis.
I started trying to get into Warhammer about a year ago, and I had a hell of a time finding good content explaining each of the factions. TH-cam needs a good faction explanation series.
Addiction he says, while pointing at a medium sized Blood Angels army. I have a gaming table complete with terrain set up in my loungeroom, and a 38,000 point Daemon army, with a smattering of small 1000 point armies for Imperial Guard, Smurfs, Chaos Smurfs, Orks (converted to be a Snotling army, technically) and a few others.
If you are addicted, you have a dark future to look forward to my beardy brother.
true story the tau get started box is excellent. a box of troops with enough guys to make 2 squads, an army leader, and a set of 3 sweet battlesuits with a TON of gun options. plus it saves you quite alot of money. If you want to play the shooty supremacy army with almost no melee strength that box is an incredible start. love the video Vince, keep 'em coming!
A good trick for the current start collecting box for necrons is to build your immortals with Tesla carbines and then taking the rods in the left over gauss blasters from the immortals to fill up the empty space for your Necron warriors.
You can also use a hair dryer or warm water to heat up the legs of the warriors which will let you move them to a less power squat stance.
The Necron start collecting box is a phenomenal deal.
Just got some tau and would love your video describing the factions to see what you think of them!!
I will love to see any videos you make about 40k. Even your view of the factions and stuff. Seeing your enjoyment for the hobby is helping my own excitement for the new edition and dealing with getting out of the trap of burn out that I fell into.
If your interested in the lore, Leutin09 has an AMAZING channel that goes into it all. As someone who also recently became interested in the hobby, I have just DEVOURED this content out of fascination with the deep, DEEP lore surrounding the hobby. 11/10, would watch again.
Just getting into this stuff now, and am so excited to be a part of even more of you content. THE ORK BOIS FOR LIFE
I play the Star Wars X-wing tabletop game, and despite the fact that those models come pre-painted, there's a pretty thriving painting and customization community. It can be quite cathartic and satisfying ro make your ships your own, even for something as simple as accent/squadron markings
Since there seems to be a lot of new people here, I just wanna point you all to a TH-camr called Winters seo. He does battle reports which is basically gameplay videos. You get to see some gorgeous armies with a short introduction from the players and some gameplay. Good stuff
I'd add to the getting started list-
Mould line removal tool, (aka scrapey thing)
Wet pallette
Zenithyl priming
As someone who has started modeling at the beginning of quarantine, great to see one of my favourite youtubers get into it at the same time. Having a great time building sisters of battle!
DON'T BUY CITADEL PAINT AND HOBBY TOOLS. You get less paint per unit of legal tender than competitors like Vallejo/Reaper/Army Painter AND Citadel paints come in horrid pots whereas the competitor paints come in dropper bottles that give you more control, preserve your paints, and are far less likely to explode/spill everywhere. Citadel Shade Washes (eg Nuln Oil, Agrax Earth Shade), crackle paints (Mordent Earth/Armegedon Dust/etc), and Contrast Paints are fine though (if over-priced), but smart people transfer them to dropper bottles. But honestly, just get Vallejo paints (the Model Air line for metallic paints), and Army Painter washes.
Also, avoid ball bearings if you want to put some agitators in your bottles, even galvanized ones have been known to rust. 2mm stone beads like African Jade are perfect, they have enough heft, won't degrade, and are cheap.
Beginning painters also don't need kolinsky sable brushes - gold taklon will be fine, stand up better to your learning curve, and you're going to want it for metallic paints anyway. And they're super cheap, buy in bulk. Cheap make up brushes are also fantastic for dry brushing. Citadel and Army painter brushes won't stand up to the abuse a beginner will put them through, and they're not worth it if you're looking for a "good" brush.
A cheap wire cutter is better than most "model sprue cutters" out there. Get two. One for removing models from the sprue, and one for chopping up the left over sprues (more on this later).
Tamiya cement glue and Loctite Gel Control super glue are the preferred glues. The Tamiya cement can also be used to clean up creases and any gouges you might've made during assembly/cutting. Chop up bits of sprue and add it to a half used bottle of tamiya cement to make "sprue glue", this hobby hack is even better for filling gaps.
Save your sprues, especially ones with rectangular subdivisions. With a little cleaning, they make great frames to add cardstock/cardboard/foamboard for easy terrain. Don't paint terrain with you expensive model paints and washes - cheap craft paint and DIY washes are perfect.
This is an excellent video for getting started with model assembly: th-cam.com/video/Dt8hvoHKXrA/w-d-xo.html
Happy hobbying, I'll see you on the battlefield.
Can't wait for 9th edition, my friend and I are looking to get into 40k. I love Necrons and he loves space wolves so this box perfect for us.
It's nice to see you embracing things that bring you joy. Thanks for the content.
Would absolutely love to see a satirical runthrough of the factions! Keep up the good work Vince!
Quick tip on brushes. A good quality sable hair brush is a great investment. However smaller isn't always better. Size 0, 1 or 2 with a good point should suffice.
Also Rosemary & Co series 33 are a great option at a fraction of the cost of the W&N brushes.
The other biggest tip for new painters is to thin your paint. A wet palette is a great tool to have and can be made really cheap with a lunchbox, kitchen roll and baking paper.
And like with the brushes, citadel are not the only hobby brand. So have a look at other paint manufacturers and tool suppliers. This was something that took me a while to do when I first got in to the hobby and I regret not doing it sooner.
One of the biggest tips I have for new people into the hobby is plan, plan, plan.
You may think that there's no point, or its too complicated to immediately start advanced painting techniques or magnetizing your vehicles but I cant stress enough that the quicker you do this the happier you will be with your army.
If you buy a vehicle kit like a repulsor or a predator or a wave serpent, having it magnetized as quickly as possible means you can instantly change it suit to your developing game knowledge.
If you start off strong with your painting and use techniques like layering, drybrushing and wet blending you'll get better results quicker, leading to more models that you feel comfortable using when your collection is complete.
You gave me the final push, to get me started 😂
Did you really start?
@@shadedreaver i did! I am building death guard! I still need to assemble 10 Poxwalkers and a bloat drone, but besides that, My army is half done 😁
Hey you randomly popped up in my timeline with your recently 40k videos then I found out you are mainly magic both of which I play and love anyways, great video!
Nice to see the greatest beard in the MTG community getting into Warhammer (seriously your beard would make a Space Wolf proud).
Also yes, please talk about the factions/races. Tell us what you think about them. At the end of the day, the best part about the hobby is to talk about what you think is cool and I would love to hear your thoughts on the not so joyous bunch we can find in the dark, grim future.
Keep up the good work man!
Pleasant Kenobi explains the factions? SIGN! ME! UP!
Looking forward to more Warhammer Wednesdays!!! A few ideas for you on these:
Unit highlights- talk about the choices you make while building a unit (weapon options, what role it would fulfill on the battlefield, is it better at range or melee, anti-infantry or anti-tank, that sort of stuff.) Once you start getting games under your belt you can even throw in stories of their successes and failures in battle.
If you start a campaign with your friends you could weave a story about how the campaign is going for each team as you vie for control of a specific planet or system. Easy humor to keep you on brand if at least one team is orks.
For the beginner,don't forget the importance of priming your minis. You can use spray can of primer which will help the paint stick to your figurines
If you are scared to spend a lot of money right away, in many countries there's also Warhammer Conquest, a weekly magazine which can get you a nice number of Space Marines and Death Guard minis at a very competitive price, including also paints, brushes and guides to building, painting and playing the minis. That's the way I'm currently going and i'd suggest it to anyone who is interested in at least one of the two factions.
Absolutely here for Warhammer Wednesday! Love seeing your passion and deep dive headfirst into the hobby again. Look forward to seeing more 40k content from you!
Picked up my Start Collecting Orks and Ork Codex after your last video, that led me down the rabbit hole of hours of other WH 40K videos. Looking forward to your upcoming content.
Happy you are enjoying WH40K so much!
A faction rundown and/or a "PK Slow Paint" would be fun to see from you
I don't know how available it is now, but Hachette Partworks had a Warhammer 40k magazine series called Conquest which supplied the entire 8th edition boxed set (Primaris vs Death Guard, a chaos faction) as well as a bunch of ancillary models to support those factions, terrain and paints, and painting guides (as well as 8th edition rules) for a phenomenal price. There are guides around to show exactly how much you save vs buying new, so I'd search for those.
Forbidden Planet were a great third party source for these magazines, so check them to see availability.
Also - locate a nearby non-GW branded game store. Odds are they'll sell GW products for 20% cheaper than GW/Warhammer stores sell them.
Might be fun to see a video showing unboxing a small model through assembly and painting to give a rough idea of a typical process. Got no time for playing, but building and painting might be a fun new hobby (as if I needed any more!)😁
If you're looking for Primaris devestators: Hellblasters, Suppressors, Eliminators, and the new Melta guys from Indomitus work well.
I would love to hear more about the ither factions and getting started. Maybe even painting tips for beginners/ return players/collectors from your perspective.
I'm super excited about this section of your content. I just recently started a adeptis sororitas army and was super hyped to see this.
for people who want to start right now there is still the also 2 good starter sets from 8th edition know no fear and dark imperium (is comes with the 8th rule book but still for the miniatures only is a good deal). the armys are primaris space marines and death guard on both boxes.
As a Warhammer 40k player who has only just painted his first models, it's refreshing to see someone else who also is getting into the plastic crack!
Yesss, factions explained please! I've watched too many of those kinds of videos already, but your brand of humor would make it excellent.
I got back into it recently and got out my old Tau army. I once got to the North England Finals of the school league in 2016 with those guys and won best painted army. They got displayed at warhammer HQ Nottingham for a month. Good times.
Also yes I'd love a faction video.
Give that bright tank a wash with Agrax Earthshade, the sepia won’t be dark enough.
I've been putting together a "free" Primaris army for my buddy to learn with / play against my Necrons by flipping cheap lots on eBay and keeping some models every time. You can definitely get a cheap army together by being savvy with second-hand purchases or flipping starter boxes.
I’m extremely glad you are doing Warhammer. I just started myself with orks.
I've recently got into warhammer aswell for the same reasons as yourself! It is an addiction my nostalgia hit is with orks!
The Space Wolves Primaris - Start Collecting box is great! I'm in a similar spot, getting into 40k after years of just watching.
Love these 40k videos! I paint models all the time for the occasional game of Kill Team but just love the models and hobby side of it. The lore is some of the best sci-fi out there.
Regarding brushes, check out Element Games Kolinsky brushes, their Regiment brush is my favourite to use for basically everything.
*edit* also yeah, just proxy the Primaris stuff with what you've got if just playing with friends.
Ditch citadel, embrace vallejo
Returning after a 22 year hiatus. Thanks for popping up at the right time.
Vince, I have been watching your videos for over two years now, and I feel ashamed for having participated in the shadows. I enjoy everything you do and I admit I too have a Mono Red Tron deck now. Thanks for that! This came at such great timing, I had played Warhammer as a kid, wanted to get into it again and bought a starter set in college. Took it out last night, primed, built and started painting. Could you do a video on basics of painting? Things like mixing water, blending, etc. This is awesome and refreshing content away from those bastards still not reprinting fetch lands. Thanks!
Working on a Thunderfire Cannon and Techmarine Gunner for my Salamanders as I watch this, tbh
The real question here is what you “Reprint Fetchlands” motto for this franchise will be.
"Make new Eldar models"
@@llahsram555 "Plastic Aspect Warriors You Cowards!" on a shirt or we riot.
Seconding "Plastic Aspect Warriors you cowards!", the perfect combination of an existing meme and truth
Make the rules text digital and free or at least cheaper
"Update non-imperial models from 90's you cowards"
I just got into it via painting (just started painting 2 weeks ago) and going Sisters of Battle. I love the lore and love any video that's a deep dive into the factions.
Anyone wanting to build a small Necron force, I’ve found that Crypteks and Necron Warriors are all you need to start off. Take 2 Crypteks, 2 groups of 12 necron warriors (20 would be better but that will put you back an extra £50) and you will have a substantial deathball.
It does have a clear weakness against high armour targets but giving one of your Crypteks the Veil of Darkness and taking the Mephrit dynastic code helps against this, as well as giving you a good early game strategy of simply dropping a squad somewhere and deleting an enemy unit/squadron.
I'm so happy about this new edition, as I love necrons, I started making a killteam for necrons and had so much fun painting them, but didn't had much time to finish it
You can get really cheap models on ebay if you are lucky/patient, its easy to strip the paint on bad paintjobs too (using isoproponyl)
Picked up a start collecting box of Adeptus Mechanicus when it came out. Just need to paint em!
I've been playing the game since I was 9 (12 years ago), and have totally immersed myself in the lore and know most of it inside out. But yeah I would actually really like you to do a lore video for all the factions, cos you are so fun to watch! And yeah the modelling and painting can be both frustrating and incredibly satisfying, not to mention addictive
If you want the earliest lore of primaris marines it actually does start way back in the Horus Heresy book 17 "Deliverance Lost" where Corvus Corax actually makes the first primaris marines after being given the ability to do so by the Emperor himself. They don't call them primaris marines at that point but they are all but the same bar name.
Yea solely off the back of your video I have found out I have several friends that play and I am looking at picking up a Adepta Sororitas army now.
You should look into Rosemary and Co Series 33 brushes, they are an amazing line of budget kolinsky brushes. I recommend the size 0/10, 1, 2 and 4. I use them in my painting tutorials and they work fantastic.
happy to see this in your content - the cross-over is always a good thing lad!
I've had to get into Warhammer twice (I fell out of it for awhile) and have had to teach many of my friends how to play. Here's some advice I can give you:
1) If you are looking into the different armies and want a good idea of their basic rules, I recommend 1d4chan.org. It's a fan run pseudo parody wiki where you can find entertaining and informative entries on every faction in the game. Importantly though, looking at the "Tactics" page for a faction will give you a solid overview of that armies strengths, weaknesses and special rules. It will also have a breakdown of each unit in that armies arsenal to help inform you what units are good, and which to avoid. The site does use quite a bit of 40k lingo though, so you might need to look back at it once you understand the game rules.
2) Proxy. One of the ways to not waste money is to be sure you like the units you buy. If you're looking at picking up a new unit for your army, you can use D&D miniatures, or even cut out circles of paper to test them out on the tabletop. Just be sure whatever you use is the same base size as the actual model. I'm sure that if you do this at your LGS and explain that you're just getting into the hobby, people will be fine with it. If they're not, you probably didn't want to play with them anyway. A friend of mine used to use his old Star Wars Miniatures to represent his Eldar. It taught him what units the army needed to function so he could prioritize getting them, and Darth Vader was terrifying as an Autarch.
3) I cannot stress this enough: Boys before toys. It is tempting once you get into Warhammer to look up the biggest, craziest thing your army has access to and buy that straight away. Resist this urge. Focus on your basic dudes first. You do not need a Repulsor before you have a few squads of Intercessors. Trust me. Standard troops are typically the best value per box, and hands down the most important aspect of an army.
And my guardians were storm troopers and clone troopers
Your last video and this one have convinced me to pre-order the Indomitus box from my FLGS and give 40k a try.
Please do a video on the factions! I'd love to hear them described as only you can.
I love that now one of the few non warhammer related channels I’m subscribed too is just another warhammer channel that I’m subscribed too. Only a matter of time before the professor joins the dark side of plastic crack.
Don’t worry to much about the competitive games. I’ve found most people at your local game store are really chill and helpful and as long as you have passion they don’t care if the models are 3D printed or new models.
I play both MTG And Warhammer, with warhammer being my main hobby. Im so glad to see you adding this to your channel! :D You da best beard in MTG AND 40k sir~
Love that you are starting these videos. I don’t have any experience with Warhammer 40k but really interested in some of the alien factions
I have the same problem with those clippers you just need to keep pushing the handles back up and they work ok ish. Also Raphael brushes are awesome I think it’s the 8404 series, they’re fabulous. Keep the great videos coming
Another great video, thank you. Appreciate the introduction into the model side; always was 'stranded' on the lore side (and vidya games). Would appreciate an introduction to painting and/or a guide to what painting tutorials you watched to get into it. The whole colour aspect intimidates me, and the models I own have a lot more detail than the blocky style of W40k. We're talking chain-mail properly molded on infantry.
I'd love your take on all the factions, and as an avid Necrons fan, these new models have me gushing like the Niagara Falls
Always start with the rule of cool! But be aware about 3 pitfalls:
Armies with lots of models are very expensive because on the tabletop they are "cheap" (skitarii, tyranids, daemons). Look who they can ally with and if you want to go that route (while skitarii is expensive they can ally with imperial knights, chaos space marines and daemons also mix well). This is especially interesting for eldar and their ynnari.
Elite armies tend to be rather difficult to play because they cant hide behind numbers. So grey knights have a steeper learning curve then spaceys or chaos spaceys or thousand sons.
Large kits are usually great ways to get started.
Dont worry about the rules, you really need to play to "get it" and dont worry about hyper competitiveness, as long as you arent playing the worst of the worst you should be fine (alsooo models from that eldar kit, I love wraiths but ooof). Be aware of the xodexes and supplemental sets, 40k has some hidden costs
"after several decades, I'm getting back into Warhammer" But Vince, aren't you only 21?
your clipers are not broken. they are supposed to be apart in the middle ;-) that is just the spring that keeps the blades apart ^^ the clipper itself is perfect. especialy the flat side without an angle cut, that leaves virtualy no mold flash behind if used correctly.
I'd like to see your take on the factions. I've been a fan of both MTG and Warhammer for some time. I'm happy to see you and others get into 40k.
Citadel contrast paint is amazing for new painters it is pricey but makes it alot more approachable
Just found your channel and I like your warhammer content! I've been chipping away at painting for years and am just getting back into it.
Dammit Vince, you magnificent jankjedi, your videos might be the straw that broke the camel's back and finally get me to start 40k.
Guess I will have to start watching some painting tutorials...
Awesome stuff. We very much plan to do the same :) Tyranids are my jam!
the week before your last vid I bought some custodes off a friend, 4 veratus preators, 2 achilles and plenty of guards.
Few pointers from a long-time w40k player:
- Don't buy Games Workshop tools if you can avoid it. There's nothing inherently wrong with them, but they charge a lot (I use some ones I got a few years back before their current ones and they're solid). Testors has some decent clippers, and for the ultimate experience, youc an look into something called a "God Hand" from some Japanese manufacturer (they're supposedly the best on the market).
- Windsor and Newton brushes are really good, but if you want somethin a little cheaper and still very effective I recommend Army Painter brushes (if a local hobby shop carries them, dunno about how, or if, they stock in the UK).
- Traditional Space Marines will be phased out eventually (not invalidated, just moved to their "Legends" range of rules, which is for casual play only). However, that's going to be a long time from now, so normal marines are an ok purchase, especially for casual play. They are pushing the Primaris hard though, so expect a lot of traditional stuff to be outclassed (looking at you, tactical squad).
- Head's up that Indomitus will likely not be push-fit, but their modern models are easy to build, as long as you take your time.
This may sound weird, but I would be down to watch a painting stream.
As someone who's never played but always been curious, I second the "faction" videos idea. Would love some analysis like "this faction does blah, their strength(s) comes from blah, their main weakness is blah, they're able to do blah in an attempt to shore up the weakness".
I would also love to see your explination of how the game is played. I'm sure there's a ton of these style videos but i love your moto game play videos for the humor and such.
I didn't even know Warhammer existed until I started college and it was crazy expensive back then (20 years ago) so it's funny to me every time I hear people talk about playing Warhammer as kids. I couldn't afford getting into the hobby until Age of Sigmar came out, 5 years ago.
I've been playing blood angels for over 4 years.
I have one piece of advice for playing blood angels. Buy yourself as much death company as you can get your hands on. They are one of our best units lore wise and rules wise.
Most of the competitive blood angels lists consist of death company and sanguinary guard which are old marines kits with no Primaris equivalent
My wife and I have just started collecting and we decided to pick up the wrath and rapture box, it gives us both 19 models each from 2 different armies and if we need to we can even just smoosh the 2 armies together to make a big 1. We were able to pick the box up for around £70 which feels like amazing value.
I can't speak for how competitive either army is but for getting started it's a perfect jumping off point for price and quantity.
Also I'll get to play with that badass chick who turned a dead man in to a harp and that's something I'm here for aaaaall day long
Forgot to say, both armies can be played in either 40k or in AOS so you can get an entry point to both games for 35 quid each if you split the box with someone
As a long time Warhammer and ex mtg pit fighter, I'll tell all you right now. All mtg players are good at Warhammer. Seriously. Better than just Warhammer players. You understand resource management, and E.V. I would love if you all came down to my local.
If you want to play the Adepta Sororitas get their discontinued army box it has $400 worth of models for $210 as well as their codex, stratagems, and tactical objectives
I would highly recommend getting an airbrush, it makes painting so much easier and more fun. You will make your army look pro.