40K, anyone?

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There's probably already a Warhammer 40,000 thread up here somewhere, but there's so many pages on here, I thought it best just to ask with a new thread.

Whilst it's not what you'd call wallet-friendly, it certainly does entertain me. Anyone on here play? Or do you just love the novels and artwork?

I'm currently in the process of making a Daemonhunters army, comprised entirely of Grey Knights.

I don't have the game, but there's loads of 3d characters available for rendering in 3d art programs...I've got most of the Marine types, and a lot of the weapons, but that's about all I know about it.

It's a very in-depth game, and anyone can play. If you'd like to learn more, here's a wikipedia article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warhammer_40,000

i collect chaos =)
ive been playing for 6 years

Nice, I'd like to test my GKs against some chaos armies.^_^

Are you Chaos undivided, or one of the ruinous powers in particular?

im undivided.
i couldnt choose which god so i ended up choosing none

i actually stopped playing for the past few years as my friend quit playing,so i had no one to play with. but i kept on painting and reading about it.

Ah, Black Legion? Or Night Lords/Iron Warriors, etc?

Yeah, it's a damned expensive hobby, so I've gotten more into the art and storyline. But I've finally got enough models to start playing properly. have you read the Horus Heresy novels yet? All good, except for Descent of Angels, which I thought was very poor.

iron warriors.alot of people get annoyed when they hear i play with iron warriors.
i dont know why.
i havent read any of the novels yet.havent bought anything regarding 40k for the past few years.

Variously to different posts:

22 years man and boy, a wargamer am I. I can field a battalion of Imperial Guard (the original plastic and metal models) , with supporting tank company, A cohort of Death Guard plague marines (all hail Father Nurgle, lord of corruption.) An Orky WAAAGH. A random assortment of Nurgle cultists, and a similar host of various armies for the other GW systems.

It is an expensive hobby, after a fashion, but then how much does a ps3 game cost? How many do you need to have a decent collection, and is it as much as a decent 40k army would cost? I think it s. If anything, it is an improved hobby because (if you have the skills) then miniatures INCREASE in value, as opposed to games, which do not. Also, Ebay and Bring and Buy stalls at conventions can make it much more affordable.

Sadly, whilst GW has a truly marvellous background tale, excellent fiction, outstanding painting and modelling, it suffers from a microsoft-like need to upgrade for profit alone, and frankly higher staff have barely the wherewithal to play the bloody game. much less make important decisions like :what does the consumer want. A case in point is.. plastic Catachans.

When the news first broke that plastic imperial guardsmen were to be released, there was a palpable cheer in the room. How awesome! Affordable guardsmen! Many bits for usefulness, no? Genius plan! A few moments later, the crowd were told which planet those guard would be from.. Would it be Cadia.. with their obviously universal and militarily generic equipment, obviously a standard fit galaxy-wide, taken from the Standard Template Construct (as befiitted the background.) ? Would it be Valhallans.. an exciting mix of ww1 and 2 stereotypes welded into one almost sexy unit? Maybe even the Tallarn.. so reminiscent of Dune (a book drawn on heavily in the background as well) and certainly the nicest of the metal ranges. Maybe it would even be the Mordians, in their gorgeous but utterly unsuitable, yet napoleonic dress uniforms? Even cooler.. they could do Pretorian heads for them! Win of Wins!

No.. It was Catachans. The bastard mutant offspring of everyone's worst memory of gung ho jungle warfare BS, overdone to the nth degree, caricatures of stereotypes of cartoons, and suitable ONLY for a single arean of warfare.. the bloody jungle. Thats right.. in a galaxy of worlds, the only fighting takes place in a JUNGLE.

There was an actual groan in the room.

In their defense, GW leapt up and cried "But its the most popular guard army! It sells the mostest!" And lo, the cynical crowd did point out that Catachans sold the most, because they were the only range with a complete set of heavy and special weapons, and generic command miniatures. Thus the market was forced. But it was too late,and it was years before they actually pulled out the collective finger and made Cadians. Dumbasses.

So, its easy to fall out with GW sales.. they are collective heads of knuckle. But otherwise, I'll always be fond of their products.

Ah, we have a veteran in the house!^_^

What of the plot advancement, sparse as it is? The Golden Throne is beginning to fail... what next?

like playing squad command on the psp,it never got good reviews but as someone who finds strategy games too difficult,found squad command accessible,easier and less confusing.

have also built/painted full pack of tyranids,though no interest in the tt game.

In the event of catastrophic failure, it strikes me that, psychically at least, the emperor has enough belt in the empyrean to actually manifest as a genuine god, akin to the gods of chaos.

In other news, my earlier post was verifiedas today I located about 400£ worth of figures for the princely sum of £35 on the market.

i used to play the tableotp game, but a lack of a shop now stops me from playing it ever again

I used to collect and play, but I never had anyone to play with in my area so I've stopped. I'd love to release my Keeper of Secrets and let it feast once more on the freshly raped corpses of fallen friends and foes, but nobody will help me