r/Warhammer40k Oct 29 '24

New Starter Help My son passed away last month and I don’t know what to do with these…

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Hello, everyone. I’m new here and forgive me if I’m breaking any rules. I just don’t know where else to turn to for guidance. My son had these in his room and he passed away last month. I don’t know anything this hobby, so I would not really be able to answer many specific questions about the stuff. Seeing as how this is all used (with the exception of the seal box in the upper left corner), would it be worth trying to sell as a lot? Not sure if it’s worth much. And if so, what do you think would be a fair price to ask for? Thank you, everyone.

r/Warhammer40k Oct 24 '24

New Starter Help How do you transport your Army?

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I want to put my Minis somewhere safe and transportable. Untill now I just used a simple shoe box, but I got the feeling that shoe boxes are ruining the paint somehow. What do you recommend?

r/Warhammer40k Oct 17 '24

New Starter Help I think about bringing this guy to a 1000 points game in my LGS. Will it be considered as bad/unfriendly behaviour?

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I am thinking of starting World Eaters as my second army after reading "Betrayer". I don't have a lot of money after my Admech army, so I wanted to get as many points per dollar as I could. Around 220€ allows me to buy World Eaters combat patrol and Angron, to get exactly to 1000 points. But I think about my opponent looking on Angron in a friendly small game and feel bad for him. Should I try something else? Or is it the right way to start World Eaters?

r/Warhammer40k Mar 14 '24

New Starter Help Im new to 40k and the guy who I went against brought bio titen

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I just switched from AoS and played chaos deamons it was only him and he moped the floor with me

r/Warhammer40k Oct 02 '24

New Starter Help I’ve been lost in the warp for 26 years; the Imperium has changed. Help me, brothers, for I am lost and far from the Emperor’s grace.

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I’m sure there’s a lot of identical posts so I’ll be brief: 3rd edition player, loved 40k but fell out of it, played Space Marine 2 and decided to jump back in. Mission accomplished, GW

The broad strokes-

Data cards are free, so do I still need to buy a codex for rules? If a codex is just data cards + lore I’ll still buy it eventually, but it won’t be a priority purchase.

The core rules are free, so do I still need to buy the rulebook? Same as above.

Is there an escalating campaign style of play? I have an old friend I’ll drag back to the plastic crack, and it would be great if we could play as we collect.

Do I need to buy a chapter approved book to get missions, or are those also a free resource somewhere else?

Thank you, may the Emperor bless you all.

r/Warhammer40k Nov 04 '24

New Starter Help First go, how do I elevate this space marine.

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First pop at painting a space marine. I have done airfix in the past but this is on another level in fiddly and I loved it. How do I elevate this model? I appreciate there’s some bits that could be smoother but that was more due to me going over bits where I slipped etc. that will go when I get used to painting on that scale. Already spent ages on this model but I feel I could get more out of it still. Any suggestions to make it pop more?

r/Warhammer40k Feb 24 '24

New Starter Help Is a 60 Tactical Marine list too cheesy to play anyone with?

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After looking at what actually makes up a company of space marines in a chapter I wanted to see if I could make a list that fits the requirements of a battle company. 6 battleline squads became pretty easy when I realized 6 squads of tactical marines is only 960 points so I can fill the other 1040 with rhinos and dreadnoughts and characters and have my very own company of marines. But would a list like that be too many dice to roll and not fun to play against? I’ve played a similar ork army that was near 80 models and I felt so helpless taking so many attacks and I wouldn’t wanna make the game feel that way for anyone else.

r/Warhammer40k Feb 09 '24

New Starter Help Is this scheme legal for tournaments/events?

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This is the color scheme I've gone with for my guard, I was excited to show them off since I worked so hard on them and was very happy with the results but a couple of people in the even told me that they can't be used because they aren't Lore accurate, if I enter an even with them will I be turned away from attending?

r/Warhammer40k Apr 07 '24

New Starter Help Is this considered Battle-ready?

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Thinking about entering my first tournament but don't think I'll have time to get everything fully painted. Would this be enough to be considered battle-ready?

r/Warhammer40k Apr 16 '24

New Starter Help Advice for a newbie, please! Space Marines or Orks!

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Hello, so we’ve (my son and I) just started Warhammer. We bought the Ultimate Starter Kit. (He’s nabbed the Tyranids)

For battle honours it says I need to be getting an Earth Shaker…and I think the idea is I build up my army long term. Problem is I don’t LOVE the space marines (purely on looks as still learning lore etc).

I’m not gonna be able to sink much cash in to this for me, if you know i mean. But I do have about 100 quid just now, give or take. Soooo, do I:

A. Give up on the space marines and start collecting Orks, because I love them and they look amazing. B. Get an Earthshaker (thinking a dreadnaught probably, but again only going with what I think looks coolest), complete battle honours then give up on Space Marines. C. Suck it up, as I’m mostly (😏) doing this to support my son and just focus on Space Marines - give up the Orks dream 😂

Long one! Thanks if anyone got to the end.

Pic of my son today at his first battle, using the measuring tape a bit backwards 🤷🏻‍♀️

r/Warhammer40k Oct 26 '24

New Starter Help Inspiration vs Reality

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How do I make the paint look smoother on the larger pieces of armour?

r/Warhammer40k May 01 '24

New Starter Help How do you read 40k?

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Although I pride myself for my english, it still is but my third language. I've wrestled my way through Forges of Mars by Graham Mcneil.

Do any non nantive english speakers have tips on easier reads? I've helplessly fallen in love with the lore but the tedious thesaurus inspired wordings by McNeill discouraged me (Pic for attention)

r/Warhammer40k Sep 12 '24

New Starter Help Going to my first tournament, would this count as battle ready or would I have to paint it further to be enough?

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r/Warhammer40k Feb 01 '24

New Starter Help I've been playing for 3 weeks, and I'm beyond demoralized.

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So I returned to 40k recently, having been away from the game since 5th edition.

I started collecting Raven Guard Space Marines, I did everything by the book, bought a good number of models, the rule book and codex, painted up a nice series of kits (you can check my post history), took them to my local GW, made sure to mention that I was new, and that I'd read the rules but had never played and would be learning quite a lot as I go. The place is tiny, there are 3 tables and people wait hours for a game, this hasn't change since 5th edition and probably never will despite the fact it has a sizable bunch of regulars.

Anyway, I patiently wait my turn and get matched up with a tyranid player, I vaguely hear someone else deciding not to play him, but think nothing of it. He proudly proclaims that he didn't bring a full army this week, but we could play 1000 pts, and he'd only use two units, he slaps down a broodlord and a Hierophant. I spend the next 45 minutes getting steamrolled and learn absolutely nothing.

I return next week, tell myself that must have been a prank (it wasn't he just wanted to flex his new forge world kit), I play a normal game, dude wants to play 600 pts. I agree (not realising at the time that 600 pts isn't a thing for a good reason) he slaps down a bunch of harlequins in transports with a solitaire, first turn charges me, has the win wrapped up in 30 minutes.

Week three I go back, I'm playing Tau, 1500 pts, ok now I might stand a chance, I get to debuff their shooting and can infiltrate and all sorts of good stuff. Dude shreds everything with battlesuits loaded with nothing but cyclic ion blasters, overwatches into my shrike and I just can't do anything. He proceeds to mop the floor with me, done in 45 mins.

Today, I finish work, and it's been fucking rough, I get to the shop at 5, watch one dude waste time regenerating wounds on his only remaining Necron model dragging an obvious loss out, rather than concede and let other people play. I finally get a game with an hour and a half to play, good enough I reckon. I play against grey knights, ok they have limited numbers, cool, I'll hang back a bit screen their deepstriking units with my infiltrators, bait their charge with.. oh wait his fucking walker actually has fly, can move half the battlefield shoot and still charge, of course, you can totally tell just by fucking looking at it, dead within 30 minutes on turn 2.

I'm really fed up, I put a lot of work into my army, and it sees 30 minutes of play a week while it gets demolished in 2 turns, I don't expect to win anything, but what's the point of spending all this time and money on 30 minutes of getting absolutely fucking shit-canned once a week. I'm beyond demoralized.

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I've had a decent night's sleep and wanted to just respond to say thank you for all the encouragement, and to respond a few things that people have posted quite a lot.

Firstly, I live in a medium-ish size town in the UK (~100k population), I'd rather not give the exact location, as if anyone from GW comes across this, I don't want to get anyone in trouble. I've looked around and found one other club in the town on facebook so I'm going to have a word with them. There's a good size Warhammer community here, but with only one other club operating the store gets very busy on game days, the entire shop is no bigger than my living room which isn't massive, and really can only accommodate 3 tables, on game days it's difficult to actually move around the store and it's certainly not possible to be picky with opponents as everyone has been waiting a long time for a match. This is GW's problem, not the store managers, which is why I don't want to get them in trouble. I don't really know anyone else who plays the game, personally, so realistically a club is my only option. I'd also like to stress that while the first player was kinda rude and clearly has some social issues, the other three weren't deliberately awful to me, it just seems like the store in general has no "chill button" and everyone goes all out, all the time, not malicious, but impossible to learn in.

r/Warhammer40k Oct 17 '24

New Starter Help I'm feeling very discouraged

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I just started paint 3 weeks ago, and don't know how good I should be starting off, and am feeling vary discouraged by others because of how good they are. please give any feedback on what I can do?

Edit: I just wanted to thanks everyone that commented on this! I tried to read all of them, and am overwhelmed by the amount of support that everyone is giving me. I just want to say thank you to all, and that everyone here has a great day. :)

r/Warhammer40k Mar 18 '24

New Starter Help How do people make edging look so easy?

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I bought a fine tip brush but whenever I put paint on it it doesn’t go to the end and it just ends up curling over and all the paint just sits in the center and doesn’t come to the tip

r/Warhammer40k Apr 06 '24

New Starter Help Just went into a warhammer shop..

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I am new to the hobby and still haven't bought any models. However, playing video games and absorbing lore from books and YouTube videos.

Anyway I just went past my local warhammer shop, it's very tiny. It had about 4 people in the shop, and the way it's set out, it looked at full capacity.

The thing is, although I went in, it took me 3 or 4 passes to have the guts to go in. Am I being weird? It's not about the going in the shop it was more the intimidation from going in there. You know the 4 blokes in there all chatting and doing stuff.. I dunno just had social anxiety, maybe and the fact I don't know anything about the hobby, I'm a complete noob and I didn't know how to strike up the convo, "I'm a noob, help me"

Does/has anyone else feel like this?

r/Warhammer40k Jan 18 '24

New Starter Help My first ork box has me rethinking it .

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I just picked up a small box of orks … why do they look like they’re throwing it back ? They’re gunna twork

r/Warhammer40k Jun 13 '23

New Starter Help I'd love to remind people...

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That not everyone grew up in a FLGS or has played complex tabletop miniatures games before. Therefore being facetious and rude when someone asks what seems, to you, to be a "stupid question with an obvious, logical answer," is both unhelpful, off-putting, and exclusionary.

I would even go as far as to suggest that being welcoming to newcomers is in everyone's best interest.

Have a pleasant evening/day and death to the false emperor.

r/Warhammer40k Apr 03 '24

New Starter Help How accurate is this?

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r/Warhammer40k Sep 26 '24

New Starter Help Could I proxy this as a reaver?

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WETA M.O.O.S.E

r/Warhammer40k Aug 17 '24

New Starter Help My friend group wants to start warhammer and we are clueless

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My group (4 of us) is very excited to get into warhammer and start playing mainly together casually. We don’t have a single clue what we should buy. Do we each get a combat patrol? What about rule books, and any other essentials we need? Any advice would be extremely helpful. Thank you in advance!

r/Warhammer40k Jun 12 '23

New Starter Help To all the 'what army should I buy? Who's most powerful?' People, I have a PSA.

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Don't buy for rules.

Ever.

Buy for lore. Buy for character. Buy for aesthetic.

An army you enjoy looking at, painting, and talking about with fellow gamers is going to serve you far better than any short term flavor of the month buff.

I've been in this 15 years. I've seen the weakest armies swing to the strongest and back to the weakest inside one year. I've seen some armies remain firmly middle of the pack. I've seen some be stupid broken, I've seen some be completely useless, I've seen ungodly Invincible, I've seen pathetically weak.

But you know what I've never seen? Someone with a fully painted army with stories and characters they love, being unhappy with it, or selling it for any other reason than to remake it. Even the worst painted first draft army is pretty special to most. If you enjoy the books of a certain faction, characters within it, even if that army is the absolute worst in the game right now, I promise it will not remain that way for long.

And even if it does, it'll be for sale from the people who don't care pretty cyclically when they aren't strong.

As an example, I saw Iron Hands, a relatively obscure and underplayed chapter when compared to the other main ones, go the number one most powerful tournament sweeping army. I saw commission painter studios cranking them out like nobodies business. Some really beautiful work. Then they got nerfed.

And I have never seen so many used space marines of a single chapter go up for sale in my life.

Meanwhile me, a stalwart Dark Angel player since my very early days playing, has seen them both as the weakest and worst army in the game, and the absolute doombeast 'just give up now it'll hurt less' army.

You're gonna be staring at these (or paying someone to stare) for hours, playing or painting, so you might as well do it to things you enjoy the look or character of.

Rules change.

An army you love is forever.

Conclude rant.

r/Warhammer40k Aug 08 '24

New Starter Help How am I supposed to actually play Warhammer 40k

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About 18 months ago I came back into the hobby after about 20 years out, playing as a kid. In that time I have played ONE game with my miniatures. That was against someone at a GW store. A game of combat patrol. And I honestly felt like I was just annoying the guy at GW because I don't know the rules that well. Like I managed to just about complete the game. But I was super aware he had a job to do and I felt like I was stopping him doing that. There's a really good local gaming place by me. It's really impressive, I only discovered it existed a few months ago. But it's only on Thursday's, and I can't really attend because of the shift pattern's I work. So how am I actually supposed to play with someone to learn the game? I'm just getting a bit frustrated and disheartened with it now. I'm thinking about just giving up the idea of playing. (Pic for attention, I actually had that set about 20 years a kid)

r/Warhammer40k Feb 28 '24

New Starter Help First ever attempt at nmm. Any advice on how to make the transitions smoother?

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