Got a 2000pt army painted half of it in 3 4ish months and almost burnt myself out... Now it's a great joy to take a day for one mini I will never stop loving this hobby
Similar thing to me, my issue was drugs, but any addiction is addiction. 40k has helped me right out with abstinence and getting my life back on track. Well done for stopping bro 🙌, keep it up my guy.
I started just before covid at the age of 35 and was at about 1000p of Orks. The hobby really opened up for me when I found a local gaming club in germany. I quickly finished my 2000p to participate in Tournaments. At the Tournament I played people from all ages. My first oponent was nearly 70 years old, my second was 15 and my third was around mid 40's (didnt ask him). I even finished at top 20 from 60 people. That was the point when I knew this hobby will last me for the rest of my life. Even my girlfriend was so intrigued that she started painting alongside me and is close to finishing her first Combat Patrol.
I know I’m probably not your age because I’m a stranger on the internet so we have no idea but it’s not the same for me. I was watching one of my favorite gaming CZcamsrs when I saw a video in my feed from him titled “FOR THE EMPEROR| WARHAMMER 40,000 SPACE MARINE” Warhammer was something that I had heard of but was never really into. I knew I was a nerd but didn’t think I would ever be that big of one. I watched the video curiously and I decided to buy the game because it was on sale on steam. I picked it up and I was in love. I spent a day straight playing and beat the game. The universe was so interesting to me and I was so surprised that I had never been into it. That was a year and a half ago and now here I am. I have my Iron Hands on my shelf and a stack of 40K books on my bookshelf. I nerd out heavily on the lore to anyone who will listen and my feed is dominated by 40K. Thank you for listening stranger.
Got in to this after building model kits, friend introduced me to Killteam and I found games like Fallout Wasteland Warfare and then Star Wars Armada... Only downside is how bloody expensive it is.
Magazines used to be the easiest way to get news about your hobbies. I had subscriptions to 4 Wheel Action, Guitar World, Nintendo Power, etc. There was a magazine for almost every interest. Now the internet has all the info you need ands more, but there was something great about anticipating the next magazine issue you were waiting for.
I started with warhammer about 18 months ago, I'm in my 50's. I started reading the books, I bough the leviathan box in August 23 and started painting, I'm only 25 models in, each model is taking about 10 days now, each one seems to take longer as strive for better paint jobs. buying all the paints, getting airbrush and other supplies cost quite a bit but all told, as I paint so slowly its a pretty cheap hobby. I live in London so my total spend is about 2 or 3 meals out. When I complete the armies I'm already planning a table/terrain build... Then I have to find someone to play a game with, Maybe 2026?
I owe a lot to warhammer. The past year has been rough for me, I lost things that I took for granted and a lot of new projects went wrong, I felt stuck, that I wasn't progressing in my life. Painting my minis, and finally finishing my army helped me a lot. Every mini I painted looked better than the last, At least, I felt, I was progressing on something. I also started playing games with my friends, and I now have an excuse to socialize a lot more. I'm slowly getting out of there I think, and this hobby has been at my side since the first step of the road
Thank you for sharing! Personally I started Warhammer in 2020 like so many people stuck alone at home, its been vital for my mental health back then to have something relaxing and engaging off a screen, and I've been painting at least a little every day since then. I truly think its been very positive.
Warhammer is the best Adult toy range out their and the game gives us justification to get together and show off our paint jobs and play with our toys and not feel judged. Thats why i love it, and it also scratches a stratagy game itch like no other. The feeling of tipping the tide of battle in your favor during a 5 hour hame genuinely gives me an adrenaline rush no other game can.
just resumed painting and playing last year after a 20+ years break, and this hobby really gives me some needed balance and fulfillment. I suggest all hobbyists to buy a display case and put it in the living room or workshop. So much satisfaction seeing your own work and progression.
Display cases are great! Mine is in my bedroom right by my bed, and sometimes when I get up I just stay and admire some of the models on it. They’re not particularly good but they still catch my eye
2 glass ikea cases full of painted models is a real talking point when people come round. I have strip lights that change colour round the sides and spotlights. They look awesome. Sometimes I just stand and look at them for a bit.
I love painting, I drive truck at work, so I am not that often at home, and I have long days, which always differ from day to day, but I love this hobby coz you can buy, paint, and build whenever you just have spare time. I can only play like twice per month coz half of the days I can't attent to our local gamegroup, but always when I do, itz flipping awesome.
I really like this point here. a lot of video games today prey on folks' FOMO with limited edition skins or timed events, but plastic toy soldiers will not decay and will still be there for you no matter how long you wait to build, paint, or play with them
Thanks for the video man, a lot of that really resonated with me on a personal/emotional level. Nicely affirming that there are others out there who’ve shared a similar journey that’s brought them back to the hobby. Look forward to diving through the rest of your channel.
This hobby has provided such amazing value to my life and has kept me out of trouble. I enjoy building/painting the most followed by the lore and lastly the gameplay
I just discovered this hobby at the beginning of the year and I'm hooked. So I get where your coming from, have been enjoying all aspects of it so far.
I used to play throughout 8th and 9th edition, but I've since stopped as I found that I was limiting my painting only to what could be used in game and making everything as consistent and optimal as possible. Now that I just focus on building and painting minis I love and being as creative as possible I've rediscovered my passion for the hobby and haven't gone a day without at least a little.bit of warhammer.
It's the same as the classic saying "Work to live, not live to work" Paint and play to have fun. Don't squeeze yourself into the meta chasing. It only leaves you upset and frustrated It's why I'll never play tournaments and only with friends
I got back into 40k last year after around a 10 year break from tabletop gaming. It's been brilliant, it was like something had been missing for a long time and I've got it back. The amount of time I spend building, painting, playing with my gaming group, even just talking about it makes it a very low cost per hour of enjoyment for me. It's an amazing hobby, or combination of hobbies, and I do feel like my life is enriched by it.
I have been dancing around warhammer for a while. I got into Star Wars miniatures then I got into the middle earth game mainly because it was significantly cheaper than normal warhammer. Then I bought some legions imperialis. Now I have finally fully committed and bought a custodes combat patrol
Hi from France, I came to this hobby recently, I've just assembled my first T'au team. I know it will be a pleasure to paint all of these figurines and I can't wait to see the final result. I'm also reading the Farsight first book, it's perfect because I also wanted to go back to reading, as screens have taken too much part of my time :)
Love the sincerity man. My journey was almost exactly the same - except after LOTR, I went into Fantasy and not 40K. I got into 40K when in 2020. Loved it man
I’m now in my 40’s, first started when I was about 12 with plastic high elves that I painted with Humbrol gloss paints…..! 32 years later I’m still keen, painted my second dark angels army over the last two years, but it is out of my budget these days so it’s hard to justify when I have a family to feed. Still, I get some vicarious enjoyment looking at other peoples projects.
Your comment reminded me of when I started building WWII aircraft after building model cars. I asked my dad why my fighter plane looked strange, I was using gloss paint that I used on cars! 😂
One Page Rules! It’s just so fun and simple enough for you to have your family play with you. You can re-use your old models and you don’t have to buy new ones to keep up with the power creep.
As a huge fan of lego-i build the sets to get the technique than tear them apart and use the peices for my sci fi stories and creations. I get rhe same army building feeling from creating awesome back stories behind my characters in my stories! Really appreciate the video buddy u brought an awesome perspective to the hobby!
you have made tones of valid points. and i think my favourite part about this whole video is the fact that it doesnt have that repetative over the top excitement fake voice constantly yelling at the camera. deff earned a subscribe and ill be back for more!. as long as you dont start yelling promotions at me XD
Started playing in 2004 in 7th grade. I became obsessed with reading my codex fluff stories over and over again. I spent hours making army lists. It was probably the first time I felt that obsession feeling in my brain. It is such an exciting feeling. Played 40k and fantasy on and off through senior year of high school and stopped once I got to college. At 30 years old I had my first child and I wanted a hobby to do in between all of the diaper changes, feedings, and baby naps. I started painting again, and within a couple months I had a fully painted 2000 pt Death Guard army. Ive been obsessed the last 2 years now and got 5 of my buddies also obsessed. Such a great part of my life
As someone who has no interest in the minis or war games per se, being primarily interested only in the fluff, drawn to the lore after looking for something different to classic/modern/post-modern SF & Fantasy literature, Black Library encapsulates such a dense & developed set of universes which are definitely greater than the sum of their parts, and it’s been such a revelation of discovery that continues decades after humble beginnings! Thanks for this video. It gives confirmation and credence to a whole community out there that understands the fascination and simply enjoys escaping to another dimension whether it be the lore, lore videos, painting, game playing or just cosplaying or larping - we are all enjoying human creativity & celebrating our collective camaraderie. Cheers! 🍻
I agree to every word. Such an accurate description of the hobby. Been into warhammer for 35 years. From organizing big tournaments through the 90’s. Scratchbuilding terrain since there wasn’t anything to buy. To nowadays mostly enjoying painting models by myself. People are often curious about the cost and rumour has it’s very expensive. I say it is not compared to what you get in return. If an army takes a year or two to finish and you skip every other night out in the weekends, then you both have the time and money already sort of paid for. And you get to keep all the models!
Never liked audiobooks until 40k. I still prefer reading, but there's a lot of chores to do throughout the day, and knowing Colonel Commissar Gaunt is waiting when those chores come. No idea if I'll ever paint a mini in my life, or play a local game (Kill Team is tempting me tho), but it goes to show just how far Warhammer has branched out. To feel part of a community, and to have so many layers to be a part of.
Been warhammering since 4th edition of 40k and am honestly quite proud of it, and happy to see how it's grown and changed over the past 20 years I've been engaged with it.
My husband has been trying for a few years to get me into Warhammer 😆. I finally caved because I enjoyed watching play on tabletop, bricky, etc. I read The Lion: Son Of The Forest and I've been hooked ever since. He has Votann, Custodes, and a thousand sons army (though just combat patrol with thousand sons) and I have sisters, Dark angels (painting the deathwing assault), and I'm slowly getting minis from the adeptus mechanicus and tyranids. 😆 Yesterday we played some combat patrol and we were like you know, this makes us clean off the table and clean up a bit 😆. It's been a great hobby to get into (and I have so much to paint LOL).
This hobby has saved me numerous time for over 20 years. through addiction and out of addiction through a marriage and through divorce, through hard times and through good times. for all of games workshops flaws, i do owe then alot and a massive thank you for keeping my sanity levels in check over 2 decades.
Couldn't agree more. Currently occupied with painting my first ever Chaos Knight, and god if it isn't a project on it's own. It's very fulfilling though, and I've been having a blast trying out things like freehanding for the first time. I wouldn't call it my technically most impressive model (haven't done any OSL, NMM or anything like that) but it's probably my new favorite model, even if it isn't finished.
Just got into this about a week ago with the Introductory Set, I have the Marines and ‘Nids assembled and primed (I did get an x-acto knife and can of primer) primed and first coats of Macragee blue laid down. Been listening to some WesHammer to familiarize myself with the overarching lore and bring me up to speed. I think I’m hooked lol well at least enough to take my local table top shop up on their offer of a pretty heavy discount on one of their remaining Leviathan sets. I been messing around with Lego and collecting Comics as healthy alternatives to doomscrolling but I think Warhammer might be where it’s at.
Just bought my first box (Cadians) of miniatures since 3rd edition. The amount of content, the community and the huge amount of resources online really helped to pull me back in after all these years. Only gripe is who the hell are the Astra Militarium? We’re the Guard thank you very much!
I first got into the hobby when i was 10 in 2010. Was visiting my biological dads family in wales and saw the christmas white dwarf in a little newsagents. Asked if i could get it and the rest is history. I did leave the hobby when i became a teenager, cant remember exactly why but it was probably down to a few factors. I came back at the end of 2022 and its one of the best decisions ive ever made in my life. I will forever be in this hobby now. Thank you GW, for your genius creation.
I feel the same as someone who has autism I Have trouble communicating with people But if I can share a passion with them i can talk for days about lore Just general love for the things I like I have heard of warhammer 40k from some kids from my school But never looked into it Until the day a game shop open in my area I was ecstatic And of course warhammer 40k was there Finally decide to get into it I bought magazine With my first lieutenant Dirty gary And fell in love with the game ever since Although I don't have anyone to play with I do enjoy collecting the models and painting them Still waiting on the fable 2 game one day
To clarify On what Army Pacifically the dark angels My favorite chapter Space marines Just got myself Some Death wings So excited Never got anything with terminator armor Before
Toy Master used to be a great place for me to get some of my warhammer! Especially when Toy Master closed and sold off loads of their stock nice and cheap back in the day!
I started with the Battle for Maccrage starter (honestly the worst one in terms of contents, only a tac squad and some gaunts and genestealers, but the intro to the hobby through the literature made it worthwhile) Then a month or two later I got the first white dwarf issue I ever owned, USA issue 307 and there was an a showcase of golden demon winners, and best of all a massive diorama of a lizardmen temple city being attacked. it blew my mind and made me get interested in the hobby.
Even though I have a lot of things I strongly dislike about the way GW has been acting these recent years, I still owe a lot to warhammer and I love this IP.
I couldn’t agree more. I have been in and out of the hobby since 89. Played all the games, 40k, fantasy, and blood bowl. Love it, and there is nothing really like it. The cost is really the only downside but 3d printing is starting to fix that.
this video inspired me to buy a 3D printer and print my own armies. I used to play Warhammer 40k back in highschool but stopped since I had no time and money, and now I'm not much better off in that regard but fuck it right? life is too short to not do what we love.
It is a remarkable hobby. And I think it's an elite tier hobby as well. You can argue "only rich kids buy Warhammer", but if you compare it to any other hobby over a long period of time this is simply not true (maybe drawing is cheaper ok, but compare it to any music instrument or soccer club or whatever). And I think what makes it elite tier is that you commit to painting a whole army, learning something new and if you don't learn, because you have done it literally hundred of times you do the next elite tier thing: hone your skill. You keep your brain active, you are determined and you are consistent and it takes effort. And you have to be deliberate about things and go through a lot of information. And only smart people (and I think there is even a study showing it) put effort into something that isn't as prestigious and flashy to the casual person. So yeah, there are many very good reasons why you can call this hobby elite tier.
I walked into a Warhammer shop after 23 years, and almost fainted when I saw the prices.Before you have a decent army , Including all the paint one must buy, it's either raising children or playing Warhammer ;)
Warhammer is a great hobby if you'd able to exercise self control on the purchasing side lol Take it from me it's very easy to overspend; I'd recommend having a plan to pick up models incrementally after you first get into the hobby instead of splurging all at once
I didn't quit drinking but I got into warhammer to help me reduce my intake. I needed something to focus on aside from gaming as I found it far too easy to just roll out of bed, turn the computer on and grab a beer out the crate. There have still been a couple of down sides. For one thing I've always been a completionist and the thought of not completing something is a source of anxiety. This goes up to the point that I generally avoid or over invest in something depending on if I think it's possible to "complete". Secondly it has completely killed my enjoyment of video games. I get excited by the thought of playing them but then the ever nagging voice saying "this is just a cloud of 1s and 0s" kicks in and kills it for me. As you said, it's just not as tangible.
Deadass 40k brought my friendship group closer together, even my dad started doing airfix so we'd have something in common lol Stupid as it sounds 40k changed my life for the better, if I weren't spending my money on 40k it'd literally go on drugs or JoJo merch lmao
To me, I need a little bit of different things. I find it unhealthy to be playing single video game, or build single giant Warhammer army. Neither Warhammer or my favorite video games feel like waste of time, but I have to constantly have an option to do different things. That's why I'm playing through like 4 video games now, but also I am building like 4 Warhammer warbands, which are smaller projects then building army. Figuring out that this approach works best for me, took me some time. That's why I'm sharing it, so maybe it will work for others too
I dunno it's kinda bad for you I'd argue. If I have to feel guilty about buying 3 plastic soliders that cost more then food and gas it kinda sucks. Then there's the marketing, GW preys of people who have bad financial habits 🙋🏽. It's rough but there is worse things one could be into
Been into Games Workshop since 1985. My babysitter got me into it. ...you can laugh if you want but it's always been a type of religion to me. ... Friends and associates who poked fun at me have all gone on to be alcoholic's, drug addicts and many more dead by their own hands way, way before their time. ....if the hobby ever stopped or my interest in it stopped there would be a vacuous gap in my existence.
🤔While the Hobby & Setting is great, do not be too quick to heap *_Blind Praise_* onto the current iteration of the very *_Corporate_* side to the Warhammer Inc. Company as it were. (🔍don't take my word for it, do your own research🔎 & listen to testimonials of those who have worked @ & left the Company..... + past nefarious things the company has done to the community at large......it paints a _very _*_different_*_ picture._ )
One Page Rules > GW/WH (beautiful models + overpriced conmen + never available + throwing away books as soon as they're delivered because they changes the rules. FU!)
Got in at start of 8th I now have art studio Table of Ultimate gaming 7 2000pts Army's I painted an built 200 audible books all horus Heresy an 40k I own all the current killteam books and Codexes I've spent countless hours and over $40k in the 5ish years I been in no stopping anytime soon
I wouldn't say elite. Elitist definitely. Popular definitely. Warhammer is like designer brands: expensive, quite unattractive, underpaid employees (except for the top tier), worthless products (they trash quite a lot of unsold plastic just to understand how much they value it). But of course, you could do worse (Moonstone for example is even more expensive and offers arguably less). You could deffo do better (Infinity for example).
sorry but anything after 7th ed is heresy i may collect miniatures from time to time but since Primaris ive absolutely hated GW for trying to make my favorite hand sculpts dissippear
Remember that Warhammer=/= miniature wargaming just like D&D=/= RPG or Monopoly=/=board games. There are so much better games in the genre out there, the market is overflowing with excellent, modern games, so it's not like you have to put up with these oldschool, outdated, tedious designs. And I mean Warhammer, D&D and Monopoly in equal measure here ;)
People scoff at the amount of time it can take to paint a miniature but then they spend triple that amount scrolling on social media, or sat watching television achieving nothing.
tons of space. lots of money. fragile gamepieces. need to be built and painted. requires high skill. long play sessions. constant updates. anticonsumer company. complex transportation. toxic color vapours. antisocial nerd stigma. needs deeply invested like minded people. needs friendly and spacious game shops. brutal, complex and unforgiving world lore and setting. sounds great to me;)
Got a 2000pt army painted half of it in 3 4ish months and almost burnt myself out... Now it's a great joy to take a day for one mini I will never stop loving this hobby
It took me two years to have 2k painted on the table. 😂
4 years in and just got 2000pts
I was painting 1 mini in 1-2 months) was very hard to start and finish painting each possessed model
its good to take your time, your minis will look so much better
Meanwhile it only took me 2 months. Yes I spent 6 hrs a day on the army
I quite drinking and needed something to focus on and 40k has been so great.
Same. Painting models really helped.
Be cheaper drinking wouldn't it 😂😂😂 jk good on you for kicking the habit
Warhammer is great. Just don't pay GW for it. They've turned into another insufferable woke company.
Similar thing to me, my issue was drugs, but any addiction is addiction. 40k has helped me right out with abstinence and getting my life back on track. Well done for stopping bro 🙌, keep it up my guy.
I started just before covid at the age of 35 and was at about 1000p of Orks. The hobby really opened up for me when I found a local gaming club in germany. I quickly finished my 2000p to participate in Tournaments. At the Tournament I played people from all ages. My first oponent was nearly 70 years old, my second was 15 and my third was around mid 40's (didnt ask him). I even finished at top 20 from 60 people. That was the point when I knew this hobby will last me for the rest of my life. Even my girlfriend was so intrigued that she started painting alongside me and is close to finishing her first Combat Patrol.
That is brilliant 👍
For people our age, the story is always the same "I saw this magazine at the newsagents"
I know I’m probably not your age because I’m a stranger on the internet so we have no idea but it’s not the same for me. I was watching one of my favorite gaming CZcamsrs when I saw a video in my feed from him titled “FOR THE EMPEROR| WARHAMMER 40,000 SPACE MARINE” Warhammer was something that I had heard of but was never really into. I knew I was a nerd but didn’t think I would ever be that big of one. I watched the video curiously and I decided to buy the game because it was on sale on steam. I picked it up and I was in love. I spent a day straight playing and beat the game. The universe was so interesting to me and I was so surprised that I had never been into it. That was a year and a half ago and now here I am. I have my Iron Hands on my shelf and a stack of 40K books on my bookshelf. I nerd out heavily on the lore to anyone who will listen and my feed is dominated by 40K. Thank you for listening stranger.
Got in to this after building model kits, friend introduced me to Killteam and I found games like Fallout Wasteland Warfare and then Star Wars Armada... Only downside is how bloody expensive it is.
Hero quest and then space crusade…
Magazines used to be the easiest way to get news about your hobbies. I had subscriptions to 4 Wheel Action, Guitar World, Nintendo Power, etc. There was a magazine for almost every interest. Now the internet has all the info you need ands more, but there was something great about anticipating the next magazine issue you were waiting for.
Hehe. Yeah.
For the past year Warhammer has been one of my great joys in life and it has gotten me through some tough times
I started with warhammer about 18 months ago, I'm in my 50's. I started reading the books, I bough the leviathan box in August 23 and started painting, I'm only 25 models in, each model is taking about 10 days now, each one seems to take longer as strive for better paint jobs. buying all the paints, getting airbrush and other supplies cost quite a bit but all told, as I paint so slowly its a pretty cheap hobby. I live in London so my total spend is about 2 or 3 meals out. When I complete the armies I'm already planning a table/terrain build... Then I have to find someone to play a game with, Maybe 2026?
Snot goblin is doing future proof terrain on kickstarter right now if u wanted to check out his terrain, it looks really good
Find a local game store!
I absolutely love the hobby! It makes me feel so zen when I sit down in my chair and paint the night away while listening to audiobooks.
I owe a lot to warhammer. The past year has been rough for me, I lost things that I took for granted and a lot of new projects went wrong, I felt stuck, that I wasn't progressing in my life. Painting my minis, and finally finishing my army helped me a lot. Every mini I painted looked better than the last, At least, I felt, I was progressing on something. I also started playing games with my friends, and I now have an excuse to socialize a lot more.
I'm slowly getting out of there I think, and this hobby has been at my side since the first step of the road
Thank you for sharing! Personally I started Warhammer in 2020 like so many people stuck alone at home, its been vital for my mental health back then to have something relaxing and engaging off a screen, and I've been painting at least a little every day since then. I truly think its been very positive.
Warhammer is the best Adult toy range out their and the game gives us justification to get together and show off our paint jobs and play with our toys and not feel judged. Thats why i love it, and it also scratches a stratagy game itch like no other. The feeling of tipping the tide of battle in your favor during a 5 hour hame genuinely gives me an adrenaline rush no other game can.
Not even close... there are far better options.
just resumed painting and playing last year after a 20+ years break, and this hobby really gives me some needed balance and fulfillment.
I suggest all hobbyists to buy a display case and put it in the living room or workshop. So much satisfaction seeing your own work and progression.
Display cases are great! Mine is in my bedroom right by my bed, and sometimes when I get up I just stay and admire some of the models on it. They’re not particularly good but they still catch my eye
2 glass ikea cases full of painted models is a real talking point when people come round. I have strip lights that change colour round the sides and spotlights. They look awesome. Sometimes I just stand and look at them for a bit.
awesome feeling indeed guys !
I love painting, I drive truck at work, so I am not that often at home, and I have long days, which always differ from day to day, but I love this hobby coz you can buy, paint, and build whenever you just have spare time. I can only play like twice per month coz half of the days I can't attent to our local gamegroup, but always when I do, itz flipping awesome.
I really like this point here. a lot of video games today prey on folks' FOMO with limited edition skins or timed events, but plastic toy soldiers will not decay and will still be there for you no matter how long you wait to build, paint, or play with them
Thanks for the video man, a lot of that really resonated with me on a personal/emotional level. Nicely affirming that there are others out there who’ve shared a similar journey that’s brought them back to the hobby. Look forward to diving through the rest of your channel.
Just came up on recommended and really enjoyed listening. Subbed and look forward to more
This hobby has provided such amazing value to my life and has kept me out of trouble. I enjoy building/painting the most followed by the lore and lastly the gameplay
I just discovered this hobby at the beginning of the year and I'm hooked. So I get where your coming from, have been enjoying all aspects of it so far.
I used to play throughout 8th and 9th edition, but I've since stopped as I found that I was limiting my painting only to what could be used in game and making everything as consistent and optimal as possible.
Now that I just focus on building and painting minis I love and being as creative as possible I've rediscovered my passion for the hobby and haven't gone a day without at least a little.bit of warhammer.
It's the same as the classic saying
"Work to live, not live to work"
Paint and play to have fun. Don't squeeze yourself into the meta chasing. It only leaves you upset and frustrated
It's why I'll never play tournaments and only with friends
Thanks for sharing. Great video!
I started collecting wh40k about a year ago and this is the best hobby.
Hell yes. That tangible outcome was key for me. I still love my video games, but doing something with ones hands is so great!!!
I got back into 40k last year after around a 10 year break from tabletop gaming. It's been brilliant, it was like something had been missing for a long time and I've got it back. The amount of time I spend building, painting, playing with my gaming group, even just talking about it makes it a very low cost per hour of enjoyment for me. It's an amazing hobby, or combination of hobbies, and I do feel like my life is enriched by it.
It's so calming to just sit down and assemble models, coming up with kitbashes, or just painting minis
Thanks for sharing! Good luck with the channel!
Loved those lord of the rings battle games books. I had an edition that covered a miniature board of Helms Deep and Moria. Was obsessed.
Great video, thank you a lot for what you've said 😄 it's great to see the good this hobby has done
I have been dancing around warhammer for a while. I got into Star Wars miniatures then I got into the middle earth game mainly because it was significantly cheaper than normal warhammer. Then I bought some legions imperialis. Now I have finally fully committed and bought a custodes combat patrol
Hi from France, I came to this hobby recently, I've just assembled my first T'au team. I know it will be a pleasure to paint all of these figurines and I can't wait to see the final result. I'm also reading the Farsight first book, it's perfect because I also wanted to go back to reading, as screens have taken too much part of my time :)
Love the sincerity man.
My journey was almost exactly the same - except after LOTR, I went into Fantasy and not 40K. I got into 40K when in 2020. Loved it man
I’m now in my 40’s, first started when I was about 12 with plastic high elves that I painted with Humbrol gloss paints…..!
32 years later I’m still keen, painted my second dark angels army over the last two years, but it is out of my budget these days so it’s hard to justify when I have a family to feed. Still, I get some vicarious enjoyment looking at other peoples projects.
Your comment reminded me of when I started building WWII aircraft after building model cars. I asked my dad why my fighter plane looked strange, I was using gloss paint that I used on cars! 😂
One Page Rules! It’s just so fun and simple enough for you to have your family play with you. You can re-use your old models and you don’t have to buy new ones to keep up with the power creep.
What a wonderful video! Love your content!
As a huge fan of lego-i build the sets to get the technique than tear them apart and use the peices for my sci fi stories and creations.
I get rhe same army building feeling from creating awesome back stories behind my characters in my stories!
Really appreciate the video buddy u brought an awesome perspective to the hobby!
you have made tones of valid points. and i think my favourite part about this whole video is the fact that it doesnt have that repetative over the top excitement fake voice constantly yelling at the camera. deff earned a subscribe and ill be back for more!. as long as you dont start yelling promotions at me XD
Glad this came across my algorithm :) and easy sub for sure
Started playing in 2004 in 7th grade. I became obsessed with reading my codex fluff stories over and over again. I spent hours making army lists. It was probably the first time I felt that obsession feeling in my brain. It is such an exciting feeling.
Played 40k and fantasy on and off through senior year of high school and stopped once I got to college.
At 30 years old I had my first child and I wanted a hobby to do in between all of the diaper changes, feedings, and baby naps. I started painting again, and within a couple months I had a fully painted 2000 pt Death Guard army. Ive been obsessed the last 2 years now and got 5 of my buddies also obsessed. Such a great part of my life
I started collecting and painting minis this year, at 32. Planning to start actually playing next year 😅
I still remember I got 3 rd edition from Argos for Xmas.
thanks for the positive uplifting video🙂
As someone who has no interest in the minis or war games per se, being primarily interested only in the fluff, drawn to the lore after looking for something different to classic/modern/post-modern SF & Fantasy literature, Black Library encapsulates such a dense & developed set of universes which are definitely greater than the sum of their parts, and it’s been such a revelation of discovery that continues decades after humble beginnings!
Thanks for this video. It gives confirmation and credence to a whole community out there that understands the fascination and simply enjoys escaping to another dimension whether it be the lore, lore videos, painting, game playing or just cosplaying or larping - we are all enjoying human creativity & celebrating our collective camaraderie. Cheers! 🍻
I agree to every word. Such an accurate description of the hobby. Been into warhammer for 35 years. From organizing big tournaments through the 90’s. Scratchbuilding terrain since there wasn’t anything to buy. To nowadays mostly enjoying painting models by myself. People are often curious about the cost and rumour has it’s very expensive. I say it is not compared to what you get in return.
If an army takes a year or two to finish and you skip every other night out in the weekends, then you both have the time and money already sort of paid for. And you get to keep all the models!
Never liked audiobooks until 40k. I still prefer reading, but there's a lot of chores to do throughout the day, and knowing Colonel Commissar Gaunt is waiting when those chores come. No idea if I'll ever paint a mini in my life, or play a local game (Kill Team is tempting me tho), but it goes to show just how far Warhammer has branched out. To feel part of a community, and to have so many layers to be a part of.
Been warhammering since 4th edition of 40k and am honestly quite proud of it, and happy to see how it's grown and changed over the past 20 years I've been engaged with it.
My husband has been trying for a few years to get me into Warhammer 😆. I finally caved because I enjoyed watching play on tabletop, bricky, etc.
I read The Lion: Son Of The Forest and I've been hooked ever since. He has Votann, Custodes, and a thousand sons army (though just combat patrol with thousand sons) and I have sisters, Dark angels (painting the deathwing assault), and I'm slowly getting minis from the adeptus mechanicus and tyranids. 😆
Yesterday we played some combat patrol and we were like you know, this makes us clean off the table and clean up a bit 😆. It's been a great hobby to get into (and I have so much to paint LOL).
This hobby has saved me numerous time for over 20 years. through addiction and out of addiction through a marriage and through divorce, through hard times and through good times. for all of games workshops flaws, i do owe then alot and a massive thank you for keeping my sanity levels in check over 2 decades.
Couldn't agree more. Currently occupied with painting my first ever Chaos Knight, and god if it isn't a project on it's own. It's very fulfilling though, and I've been having a blast trying out things like freehanding for the first time. I wouldn't call it my technically most impressive model (haven't done any OSL, NMM or anything like that) but it's probably my new favorite model, even if it isn't finished.
This rocked, thank you.
Just got into this about a week ago with the Introductory Set, I have the Marines and ‘Nids assembled and primed (I did get an x-acto knife and can of primer) primed and first coats of Macragee blue laid down. Been listening to some WesHammer to familiarize myself with the overarching lore and bring me up to speed. I think I’m hooked lol well at least enough to take my local table top shop up on their offer of a pretty heavy discount on one of their remaining Leviathan sets. I been messing around with Lego and collecting Comics as healthy alternatives to doomscrolling but I think Warhammer might be where it’s at.
Just bought my first box (Cadians) of miniatures since 3rd edition. The amount of content, the community and the huge amount of resources online really helped to pull me back in after all these years.
Only gripe is who the hell are the Astra Militarium? We’re the Guard thank you very much!
They couldn't trademark it so they had change it... didn't want to fight another dumb trademark battle
@@william9557 ahh gotcha, that’s excusable then.
I first got into the hobby when i was 10 in 2010. Was visiting my biological dads family in wales and saw the christmas white dwarf in a little newsagents. Asked if i could get it and the rest is history.
I did leave the hobby when i became a teenager, cant remember exactly why but it was probably down to a few factors.
I came back at the end of 2022 and its one of the best decisions ive ever made in my life. I will forever be in this hobby now. Thank you GW, for your genius creation.
I totally agree. What’s your favourite faction to paint atm
I feel the same as someone who has autism I Have trouble communicating with people But if I can share a passion with them i can talk for days about lore Just general love for the things I like I have heard of warhammer 40k from some kids from my school But never looked into it Until the day a game shop open in my area I was ecstatic And of course warhammer 40k was there Finally decide to get into it I bought magazine With my first lieutenant Dirty gary And fell in love with the game ever since Although I don't have anyone to play with I do enjoy collecting the models and painting them Still waiting on the fable 2 game one day
To clarify On what Army Pacifically the dark angels My favorite chapter Space marines Just got myself Some Death wings So excited Never got anything with terminator armor Before
I got into it with LotR as well, with the Mines of Moria box set.
Great Story mate great video
Toy Master used to be a great place for me to get some of my warhammer! Especially when Toy Master closed and sold off loads of their stock nice and cheap back in the day!
I don't remember them being sold in supermarkets but they are currently available Boyes.
Great video sir.
I'm to have myself both an Ork and Chaos/Nurgle army sooner or later
I started with the Battle for Maccrage starter (honestly the worst one in terms of contents, only a tac squad and some gaunts and genestealers, but the intro to the hobby through the literature made it worthwhile)
Then a month or two later I got the first white dwarf issue I ever owned, USA issue 307 and there was an a showcase of golden demon winners, and best of all a massive diorama of a lizardmen temple city being attacked. it blew my mind and made me get interested in the hobby.
jaja 5:55 one of the tanks loks like it has de Guatemala Flag, I love It.
As someone with 11,000pts of marines/knights/tyranids I agree.
One could even add 'music' to the hobby tier. Check out Bolt Thrower - Realm of Chaos and War Master
Even though I have a lot of things I strongly dislike about the way GW has been acting these recent years, I still owe a lot to warhammer and I love this IP.
I couldn’t agree more. I have been in and out of the hobby since 89. Played all the games, 40k, fantasy, and blood bowl. Love it, and there is nothing really like it. The cost is really the only downside but 3d printing is starting to fix that.
this video inspired me to buy a 3D printer and print my own armies. I used to play Warhammer 40k back in highschool but stopped since I had no time and money, and now I'm not much better off in that regard but fuck it right? life is too short to not do what we love.
It’s much better than video games or CZcams binging.
It is a remarkable hobby. And I think it's an elite tier hobby as well. You can argue "only rich kids buy Warhammer", but if you compare it to any other hobby over a long period of time this is simply not true (maybe drawing is cheaper ok, but compare it to any music instrument or soccer club or whatever). And I think what makes it elite tier is that you commit to painting a whole army, learning something new and if you don't learn, because you have done it literally hundred of times you do the next elite tier thing: hone your skill. You keep your brain active, you are determined and you are consistent and it takes effort. And you have to be deliberate about things and go through a lot of information. And only smart people (and I think there is even a study showing it) put effort into something that isn't as prestigious and flashy to the casual person. So yeah, there are many very good reasons why you can call this hobby elite tier.
Great perspective piece. But the Discord link appears to be invalid. :(
Thanks! Try that discord.com/invite/8kCr7x2n
I walked into a Warhammer shop after 23 years, and almost fainted when I saw the prices.Before you have a decent army , Including all the paint one must buy, it's either raising children or playing Warhammer ;)
Warhammer is a great hobby if you'd able to exercise self control on the purchasing side lol
Take it from me it's very easy to overspend; I'd recommend having a plan to pick up models incrementally after you first get into the hobby instead of splurging all at once
I didn't quit drinking but I got into warhammer to help me reduce my intake. I needed something to focus on aside from gaming as I found it far too easy to just roll out of bed, turn the computer on and grab a beer out the crate.
There have still been a couple of down sides. For one thing I've always been a completionist and the thought of not completing something is a source of anxiety. This goes up to the point that I generally avoid or over invest in something depending on if I think it's possible to "complete".
Secondly it has completely killed my enjoyment of video games. I get excited by the thought of playing them but then the ever nagging voice saying "this is just a cloud of 1s and 0s" kicks in and kills it for me. As you said, it's just not as tangible.
Damn shame that the Games Workshop is now trying to turn it into a PG12 Star Wars-like... thing.
3200ish points of Death Guard. Deciding on a new army.
"People weren't on the internet in the early 2000s", yeah, maybe if they were 7 years old. :D
cool vid, +1 sub
I find the same satisfaction from.Warhammer a engaging fun addiction. Prefer painting and modelling than watching TV for hours on end.
Deadass 40k brought my friendship group closer together, even my dad started doing airfix so we'd have something in common lol
Stupid as it sounds 40k changed my life for the better, if I weren't spending my money on 40k it'd literally go on drugs or JoJo merch lmao
I love hobbying the game not so much, beautifull sculpts tho!
I got into it because I recently broke up with my ex and it is helping me cope
Spending money on a girl ❌
Spending money on warhammer ✅
To me, I need a little bit of different things. I find it unhealthy to be playing single video game, or build single giant Warhammer army. Neither Warhammer or my favorite video games feel like waste of time, but I have to constantly have an option to do different things. That's why I'm playing through like 4 video games now, but also I am building like 4 Warhammer warbands, which are smaller projects then building army. Figuring out that this approach works best for me, took me some time. That's why I'm sharing it, so maybe it will work for others too
I'm the same! Variety is the spice of life
40k < AoS
Both rules and models wise.
One of the last great survivors of british culture
I dunno it's kinda bad for you I'd argue. If I have to feel guilty about buying 3 plastic soliders that cost more then food and gas it kinda sucks. Then there's the marketing, GW preys of people who have bad financial habits 🙋🏽. It's rough but there is worse things one could be into
Weshammer and pancreasnowork got me into warhammer one of my favorite hobbies now
Wanted to watch but audio is way too low
A dripping faucet is louder than you out of a speaker
Hey nerd, your discord link doesn't work 😢
discord.com/invite/FJF39Pcy
@@podger_minis thanks!
Warhammer prevents STDs
40k is leng especailly the novels.
I sold up everything in 2008 because the hobby became unsustainably expensive for me.
Been into Games Workshop since 1985. My babysitter got me into it. ...you can laugh if you want but it's always been a type of religion to me. ... Friends and associates who poked fun at me have all gone on to be alcoholic's, drug addicts and many more dead by their own hands way, way before their time. ....if the hobby ever stopped or my interest in it stopped there would be a vacuous gap in my existence.
It’s an elite tier hobby till GW deletes your army
OPR + A decent 3D printer > Anything GW
🤔While the Hobby & Setting is great, do not be too quick to heap *_Blind Praise_* onto the current iteration of the very *_Corporate_* side to the Warhammer Inc. Company as it were.
(🔍don't take my word for it, do your own research🔎 & listen to testimonials of those who have worked @ & left the Company..... + past nefarious things the company has done to the community at large......it paints a _very _*_different_*_ picture._ )
One Page Rules > GW/WH (beautiful models + overpriced conmen + never available + throwing away books as soon as they're delivered because they changes the rules. FU!)
Got in at start of 8th I now have art studio
Table of Ultimate gaming
7 2000pts Army's I painted an built
200 audible books all horus Heresy an 40k
I own all the current killteam books and Codexes I've spent countless hours and over $40k in the 5ish years I been in no stopping anytime soon
I wouldn't say elite. Elitist definitely. Popular definitely. Warhammer is like designer brands: expensive, quite unattractive, underpaid employees (except for the top tier), worthless products (they trash quite a lot of unsold plastic just to understand how much they value it). But of course, you could do worse (Moonstone for example is even more expensive and offers arguably less). You could deffo do better (Infinity for example).
Maybe not anymore... (for me one decade ago)
sorry but anything after 7th ed is heresy i may collect miniatures from time to time but since Primaris ive absolutely hated GW for trying to make my favorite hand sculpts dissippear
Horus heresy my friend!
Remember that Warhammer=/= miniature wargaming just like D&D=/= RPG or Monopoly=/=board games.
There are so much better games in the genre out there, the market is overflowing with excellent, modern games, so it's not like you have to put up with these oldschool, outdated, tedious designs. And I mean Warhammer, D&D and Monopoly in equal measure here ;)
People scoff at the amount of time it can take to paint a miniature but then they spend triple that amount scrolling on social media, or sat watching television achieving nothing.
tons of space. lots of money. fragile gamepieces. need to be built and painted. requires high skill. long play sessions. constant updates. anticonsumer company. complex transportation. toxic color vapours. antisocial nerd stigma. needs deeply invested like minded people. needs friendly and spacious game shops. brutal, complex and unforgiving world lore and setting. sounds great to me;)
Warhammer is an Elite tier hobby with an Abysmal company running it. That is the caveat.
It's just the rules and game aspect that is utter shit. The minis are great.