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minis for a first-timer

Anonymous Wed 26 Nov 2008 12:37:00 No.3065319 View View Reply Original Report

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Alright smar/tg/uys

I'm thinking of buying a few 40k minis for Christmas this year. the thing is, they are going to be the first minis I've ever bought. I'm not really looking to get a whole 1500-200 point army or anything. It's probably going to be a single troop level squad to start with.

What does /tg/ recommend for some one who's only experience with miniatures is painting a lance of battletech minis 4+ years ago?

pic kind of related, it's an example of my traditional canvas painting

bears

bears Wed 26 Nov 2008 12:40:00 No.3065328 Report

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buy the box set. Its 60$ jsut as much as a vidja gaem.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 26 Nov 2008 12:41:00 No.3065335 Report

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Judjing just by the complexity of the models, Spess Mehreens and Elfdar look simple (to me.)

Just bought my first squad a couple days ago (Chaos Thousand Sons) and I have yet to paint them, but they don't look too hard. I've been painting pewter DnD minis for a while now, though - the only thing that intimidates me is the transfers, as I've never used those before.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 26 Nov 2008 12:44:00 No.3065344 Report

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you don't have to use the transfers... But they aren't hard anyways. Just find a good pair of tweezers and some warm water. They're designed to be simpler than painting a symbol freehand.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 26 Nov 2008 12:46:00 No.3065354 Report

Quoted By: >>3065359 >>3065418

>>3065328
OP here

Assault on Black Reach? SPESS MAHREENS aren't what I had in mind. I was looking at that 5 model Imperial Guard Cadian package: http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat1300109&prodId=prod1400022

If I were to make an army I think it would be IG.

Conscripts Gary

Conscripts Gary Wed 26 Nov 2008 12:48:00 No.3065359 Report

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>>3065354
5 guardsman is a very, VERY small number. While we'd normally recommend the battleforce, perhaps the standard troop box would fit your needs better.

Conscripts Gary

Conscripts Gary Wed 26 Nov 2008 12:53:00 No.3065375 Report

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>>3065359
also, looking at what you posted, those things are snap-together. That gives it the advantage of you not needing glue, but we still recommend the 20-man box. Lots of customisability in that thing.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 26 Nov 2008 12:57:00 No.3065392 Report

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>>3065375

I'm also interested in doing customization and conversion, if my initial forays into building and painting minis goes well enough. The minis are definitely the part of 40k I'd enjoy, as opposed to actually competing in matches.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 26 Nov 2008 13:05:00 No.3065418 Report

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>>3065354
the 5 guardsman blister isn't worth shit except one scenario: you're COMPLETELY new to the game and want to see if you like painting enough to stick around for it. This doesn't even affect the modeling aspect since the snapfits are unposeable.

5 guardsmen for what was it... usd$8?
So $1.60 a guardsman

Whereas a 25 guardsman box is $35
$1.40 a guardsman

of course the xbawkshueg boxsets will be the cheapest overall but for small sets the snap-fits aren't a particularly good deal

IMO the snap-fits only fit in certain situations - you don't have money and have special models you want to use but are JUST shy of the restrictions...

like you have 7 Spess Merehns including a sergeant, special and heavy weapon, but you need a 10-man squad to field them, and you don't need all the bits from the box of 5/10 multipart models, so you buy a snap-fit of 3 SMs and call it a day.

Personally I have an enormous bitz collection so I'd just grab the box (last tally I had over 75 assorted plasma gun bits - not pistols).

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 26 Nov 2008 13:12:00 No.3065439 Report

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>>3065418

unposeable? damn. well, I guess I'll look at the Cadian Shock Troopers squad for starters after all.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 26 Nov 2008 13:18:00 No.3065472 Report

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look on ebay, or whatever auction site your country happens to have. You can usually pick up brand new minis for up to 50% off the retail. If you are really keen, you could even buy some kids entire army for dimes on the dollar. They usually are painted like shit but nothing some Easy Green can't handle and they are usually quite new cos the kid quit after being beaten for his first game ever. I got 3000 points of space marines that way.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 26 Nov 2008 13:30:00 No.3065514 Report

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>>3065472

Ebay, wow, god damn. The first item on the list is a 2000+ point CSM army for (currently) $120 CAD

A single £150 box set on the GW website would cost me $280 CAD

Conscripts Gary

Conscripts Gary Wed 26 Nov 2008 13:38:00 No.3065546 Report

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>>3065439
Excellent choice. Make sure to get glue, paint, and at least one hobby knife. A Guard infantry sprue, of which there are 4 in that box, contains the following bitz:

5 legs
5 canteen/ammo belts
5 grenade/ammo pouches
1 helmet
7 heads (1 sergeant, 1 vox)
1 flamer canister
1 flamer
1 grenade launcher
5 lasguns
1 chainsword (left-handed with rank stripes)
1 laspistol (right handed)
1 grenade launcher
1 large ammo pack
1 grenade-holding arm (right)
1 vox-set
5 torsos
and the requisite arms that go with the weapons.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 26 Nov 2008 13:44:00 No.3065568 Report

Quoted By: >>3065578 >>3065584

>>3065546

>A Guard infantry sprue, of which there are 4 in that box, contains the following bitz:

Wait, so a single sprue contains all of that, or all 4 sprue's add up to that?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 26 Nov 2008 13:46:00 No.3065578 Report

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>>3065568

Ah, yes, I'm looking at that "hobby starter" kit that includes the basics you'll need for painting/sculpting.

Conscripts Gary

Conscripts Gary Wed 26 Nov 2008 13:48:00 No.3065584 Report

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>>3065568
Each sprue has everything that we listed

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 26 Nov 2008 13:55:00 No.3065607 Report

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>>3065584

Yeah, I should read the actual product listing before saying anything.

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