How to Warhammer for CHEAP

lol i saved up coz i was lucky enough that my girlfriend was nice to get me an eldar combat patrol. Its all painted up now and its whats got me back into the hobby and playing games again. got enough stuff to get me to 1000 point's with a squad of wrathguard and a spirtseer done. takes me to 755 points . getting there :)

3d print it or buy 3d printed ones.

Can I paint it like Picazo style? 🤣

I just spent a shit ton on tyranids, too much really, but i am already more than halfway through painting and building. I guess its because i loved tyranids as a kid, never got the chance to get into them as it was too expensive, so the drooling for years has made me 100% sure i want a huge tyranid army

I quit going to the game store years ago. I played from the start all the way through 3rd edition. When 4th came out, me and my buddies wanted to wait a while before switching. We liked 3rd and had already spent so much money. Well a few weeks passed and the owner only wanted people to play 4th edition to make us buy more stuff and was being a prick about it. We were still buying magic the gathering, dnd, comics, and other things, we just didn't feel the need to change over to a new warhammer edition. We ended up just buying a couple of tables, built sceneries, and just played at each others houses. Never went back to that store.

Sam might have a over 500 point force.

Good Sam. Let's say he has a 40k Army

Sam could be a friend

Mordheim is a cheap alternative to 40k, if you like small skirmishes. I have had a lot of fun creating miniatures with plastic models from other games.

I’m desperate to find mini’s that scale well with AoS…

Frostgrave and Oathmark minis are fantastic, but your average human knight or Barbarian looks like a Dwarf compared with GW Steelhelm….

Dollar Tree has some great artsy stuff, to just burn through to save monies. (paint for surroudings, paintbrushes, other fun stuff)

If I could go back and start all over again I would probably just do Kill Teams. Basically two good sized squads and a commander. You see I don't have a ton of space to play, literally half a kitchen table 3x4-ft space and a 300 to 500 point Army is the perfect size for that. And while I love both my Dark Angel and Tyranid armies a lot of the stuff that I've crafted isn't even going to see full on tabletop play until I have a bigger place in the next 5 years. That means my Deathwing Terminators, Ravenwing, Dreadnought, and 3 HQs aren't going to see regular play....unless of course I want to make smaller squads using just those characters. For example, I could have my five Deathwing Terminators as a squad with my Master Librarian, Ezekiel as the commander. Or for the simple fact that I'm not even playing using official GW rules. I've actually looked into One Page Rules' Grimdark Future and Firefight, the unofficial versions of 40K and Kill Team. A lot simpler rule set that eliminates a lot of the bloat of the latest editions. Roll to attack, roll to defend, remove casualties, THAT'S IT. Now there are modifiers for some of your dice rolls but they're explained clearly for each character/squad right in their stat line. Or the too long to read version: Play using whatever models you like official or not and whatever rule set you want official or not. If it looks like 40K plays like 40K feels like 40K than it must be 40K. Having said all that besides my Dark Angels and my Tyranids, I also have smaller Kill Teams of Marines (Blood Ravens, Imperial Fists, and Ultramarines) that I made using a 3D printed mold and Model Magic, Orks that I kitbashed using Wizkids miniatures and weapons from my bitsbox, and then Dreadnoughts for my Marine squads kitbashed from action figures from the Dollar Store. If you're creative you can have the armies you dream of. No I won't be able to play in an official tournament but that was never my aspiration when I started this hobby. I just wanted to model, paint, play and have fun.

Help me out here don't plan on playing just painting as hobby for display I used to collect high elves from the aos and dark elves where can I find something close to that or those sets cheap in UK

I’m not looking to save money. But I want to paint a lot of miniatures. What’s the biggest box I can buy?

I was never allowed to get into Warhammer growing up, now that I'm adult I am trying to get into it and explore options. This video has been really helpful in my research. Thank you so much!

There are some models I’ve been stalking on Etsy, and the shop is having a Labor Day sale and is 20% off my basket, is it worth it? I should I just wait and let it slip?

Lol the 'pro painted comment 😂 so true
Some blotchy 3 un-thinned colour atrocity 500% more than rrp 😂

Can you cut out the miniature expenses by just printing or drawings characters on "tokens" and such, or are there issues that exists if a full model is not present? Asking as someone interested mostly in trying the tabletop game part of warhammer primary with friends and family.

do have to say, as someone with adhd this hobby is honestly the best, maybe not money wise but the sheer selection of troops and organization it's just so fun building list and fighting my armies, and i get the whole backlog thing but for me personally i feel like i still want at least one of every army because i like playing different styles on different days

Ah, I was just looking for like used or out of playability space marines to practice painting lol

Kimera paints are a brilliant way to save money and learn color blending, you can blend any paint but they aren’t super pure so you can get odd mixed results, kimera paints are one pigment per paint and you can make any color with 1 60$ set I think. Also I’ve saved tons in primers and clear coat cans by getting an airbrush. Long run it will save money :)

I have been looking into warhammer for a while. I have a lot of experience painting my own hand made terrain and dnd miniatures. Do you think I’d fare well painting warhammer miniatures

Sucks even harder when you're in another country, and the already overpriced product becomes RIDICULOUSLY more expensive.

All I wanted was a small Ultramarine (My favorite loyalist Space Marine faction) squad, with maybe a unique looking captain, and boy oh boy.
I checked the price for the captain alone (Not including paints, brushes, all that jazz), and the price sky-rocketed to a third of a minimum wage (delivery fee included)

Very sad, but hey...

Don't buy washes it's like a drop of paint a drop of dish soap and water FFS. There more detailed recipes online. Definitely use everything in the dollars store. Chalk powder make a good dry paint. Clear coat nail polish is a really cheap way to seal a piece...

Please don't kick off the channel for this, I go to our hardware shop, and buy paint pot samples (Various colours), for my terrain painting, large vehicles etc

3d print ?

I first use cardboard insted of real units to try how is going in combat. So buy only what I tested.

... does it worth it to pay 105dollar for some plastic miniatures ?

Man if I can just proxy stuff I’ll use Lego minifigs for my chaos army

Some stuff in the pet stores for aquariums would probably work great for bases and terrain

Beer and Burger Basement Bash

been watching your videos since 2018. love em. during hard times i know i can come here and always feel consistently better about life

My favorite part is building the model so rip me

I barely have any extra money but I really want to get into warhammer and my local 40k store sells $30 per space marine, how do I get into this cause as of now I have maybe $50 budget for this

Cheapest way. Print them on paper. No need of minature

One of the best ways, I think, to save money on 40k is to search for the used minis.
Either already painted, unpainted but assembled, or just still in sprues. The big thing is that typically used models can be obtained for half the price of a new one (GW list price), and if you're not too picky on the paintjob, you save money and time on painting the models, if you're in a bit of luck.

But this is my favourite way.

a professional is just someone who sells their craft. If someone says they are a pro and people are buying their things, even if it's not the best job, they're still a pro.

Saving money is fir simps

Too late . Im $600 in on my kruleboys. No regerts

Pro Tip: If you happen to be taking the advice of this wonderful channel and find yourself collecting sand from a local park, but someone approaches you and says "You can't steal the park's sand!", simply reply "Well, can I have some from your v****a then?"

Save money by using a Resin 3D printer >.>

My local store doesn't hassle anybody about their models and tables are generally first come, first serve, unless they have a scheduled event that night, in which they reserve the tables they need. And they ain't going out of business anytime soon with this model either.

You talk about small GW stores and it makes me think of the oldest one on this side of the planet in Geneva Illinois. I think it's going on 25+ years now. The company won't upgrade them to Warhammer and it even still has the original wallpaper and Ultra Smurf on the bathroom door. Anyways, last time I was there they had at least 7 heavy duty old school full size gaming tables that had been made out of wood. I go to the closer store now and they use those little modular tables that can also be used to hobby. The company deffinately pushed for less gaming and more sales.

I have found that Warhammer is a very effective form of birth control. It repells most women. That is a net savings.

*cheap or cheaply, not 'for cheap'

Painting and basing cheap five dollar DnD wizkid minis is a good soft entry to the hobby.

Ebay is your friend

I don't participate in the model aspect of the hobby but God damn did I enjoy this video.