Hello there

[Hamel]

Joined recently and I just wanted to say hi.
I am new the miniature wargaming but I hope to really get into it.

[Psychosplodge]

Hello, come to the oubliette we have new tangents ;)
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[Wolfshade]

Hello and welcome aboard!

After 5 posts you can get enhanced privileges so you can start to do sightly more!

What do you play?

[Hamel]

Currently I am not playing anything.
I got the WH40k Dark Vengeance box when it came out and still didn't finish painting up the models (because of other life priorities) and now that I heard how much Dark Angels and CSM suck I am kind of on the fence there.
I thought about maybe playing the smaller games (like Warmachine or Malifaux) because they are cheaper and seem more balanced then 40k but I am unsure which one to pick up (or to just stick with 40k and bite the bullet on the money thing)

[Psychosplodge]

Well there's plenty of choice in 40K, you don't have to use the DV DA as DA, you could always go own chapter and use codex space marines...

[Wolfshade]

The big advantage to 40k is that there are a lot of people who play it.
I personally would stick with it. I am not sure I would agree with you about CSM, their codex is still quite nifty and modern. The DA one similiarly, and both are very capable of winning games.
A lot of the time the reason why an army "sucks" is just becuase it has an older codex so that people are used to the tricks, whereas with a new army people are less familiar with it so they are more difficult to beat.

Though of course I am terribly biased having been playing for far far too long. We are more than happy to help with lists and stuff or tips if you like.

[Hamel]

Sure, I would like that.
Truth be told, before getting into it I wanted a SoB army but that is WAY too expensive (Hoping for plastics in my life time) so I settled for getting the starter box and now going back into it I hear how much White Scars are better than DA.
The other thing I was thinking about it to get into Tau since I want to do a giant robots army (paint them up in Getter Robo colors) but the robots are pretty pricey and I wouldn't even know which ones are good.

[Wolfshade]

With your Dark Vengance box you could always proxy them as white scars.
"We" think that there will be plastic SoB in the foreseeable future. The modernising eCodex is a method to run down existing metals so that once the stock runs low enough then launch the new one.
Stripping miniatures from eBay is a cheaper way to get more models.

[Hamel]

Stripping miniatures from eBay is a cheaper way to get more models.
I still need to know which one to buy (and to find ones that are not overpriced)

[Wolfshade]

I still need to know which one to buy (and to find ones that are not overpriced)

All of them!

Hmm, my style may not be applicable.

[Hamel]

All of them!

Hmm, my style may not be applicable.

LOL. If only I had that kind of money

[Wolfshade]

LOL. If only I had that kind of money

That is the limiting factor thankfully, otherwise I would be knee deep in marines.

[Psychosplodge]

I'd be knee deep in grey plastic... do they count as marines still on the sprue?

[Wolfshade]

They aren't grey, they are all painted codex grey...

[Psychosplodge]

lol
launch a colour, sprue grey just to really mess with people.

[Wolfshade]

I painted the inside of a rhino codex grey once, halfway though I couldn't tell what had been painted or not.

[Psychosplodge]

you painted the inside?
Why not just glue the doors shut?

[Wolfshade]

I was trying something new and exciting on a rhino with opening rear hatch ready for a land raider. In the end I glued the doors shut.

[Psychosplodge]

lol

You chose wisely...