the group im loosely a part of meet around once a month for a game, but we all head to WHW since its more central to where we all are Some of the folks come through stoke from Manchester way, but he has fallen out of Warhammer since 10th edition
Same, though it is more like 2nd/3rd edition for me... FB or Discord groups would be a good start, especially if you can filter or find a local group. My next port would be local minis / games stores. It always used to be the case (pre-internet / old fart days) that gaming shops would have a board with local notices for groups/games. Your local university might also have a gaming society and there may even be local organisations that have a gaming "section" within them such as The Dragon Freemason lodge that we have here in Nottingham.
also what armies do you have and what game size do you enjoy playing ? im over 10k for my Knights, Tyranids and possibly my Tau ( and guard if you are ok playing with some AHEM less than GW models
I'm happy to play any size game, but like to stick to 2000pts as that seems large enough to have a decent amount of units, but not too large (and is the value GeeDubs balance around). I don't mind about using WYSIWYG or proxies! At the end of the day, it's more about just actually playing games than strict adherence to anything. Absolutely open to custom scenarios and allied teams versus one super army or whatever. Armies (mostly still unpainted): World Eaters (with some War Dog allies): 2000pts ready Chaos Space Marines (Daemon Engines): 2000pts ready Chaos Daemons: 1000pts ready, 2000pts in the works Chaos Knights: 2000pts ready Necrons: 1000pts ready, 2000pts in the works for mid April Blackwatch (Black Templar/Deathwatch hybrid): TBD! Warhammer World is not far from Stoke at all. If you and your friends are willing, maybe I can come along and have a trial run at one meet up!
I like 2-4k, back when I actually knew the rules you could chug through those kinds of games without too much faff and have time to have a laugh. I kind of miss it, but I don't miss transporting miniatures
I might be on a dark path… I’ve been dipping my toes into the shallow end of the very expansive pool of 40K lore… I had OG Blood Bowl when that came out in the early/mid 90s, but I never really got into 40K. My brother’s been doing it for years, he’s at the store in Cwmbran every Saturday, either playing or helping run games for others. I did play a couple of games with him via Tabletop Simulator a few years back, but I’ve booked a table at Firestorm Games on Friday to do it “properly”. That dark path may have a rather abrupt end however, because holy balls is this stuff expensive…
It certainly is these days, but there are ways around that, depending on how you want to go about things: 1) Ebay "rescues", plenty of bits and pieces out there that you can get good deals on. You would probably need to strip the paint (easily done) and there may be damage that needs fixing, but nothing that clippers, files and glue cannot fix. 2) Unofficial proxies - there are a lot of excellent alternatives to the GW products out there, that Genestealer Patriarch that I posted above is by a 3rd party and was a little cheaper for what I think is a better model. With each release that GW does, the 3rd party sculptors and 3D print community almost immediately pop out a range of models that look very similar and are armed in the same way - awesome if you are set up for 3D printing, but also great if you are not as they are invariably a good bit cheaper to buy. Using them in your games is a complete non-issue unless you want to play at GW stores or in official events. 3) good old cards and tokens as substitutes. I have seen games played with base-sized bits of paper with "ork boy" written on them as stand ins for models. There are pictures of troops out in Afghanistan playing with rocks. Ok, so not ideal, but it gives you are really quick and easy way to try a few games and see if it works for you. Chuck in some stacked books for hills, a tin of beans for a silo, and so on, and you are right back there in the early days. Now personally, I am not a gamer. I have not played 40k in almost 26 years. I have had a couple of games of Blood Bowl (one of which was against one of the current game's designer at the Nottingham Centre store which was fun), but I mainly paint and collect bits and pieces.
Honestly in terms of actual tabletop gaming, I’m probably more interested in Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game than 40K. But my brother doesn’t have minis for that, only 40K and Age of Sigmar Funny you should mention that… I’ve got a bonus coming soon, I’ve been tempted by getting a 3D printer for a long while (I came super close to pulling the trigger around Black Friday), and there’s a bunch of new printers releasing soon that are aiming to compete with Bambu Labs…
you would be more than welcome to pop along to join us for a game or 3 Sadly everyone ( including myself is currently down with the winter bugs if you are planning to print Mini's you should be looking into Resin printers ( and all of those complications and washing machines ) because as good as FDM plastic printers are, they are just not there for Minis yet
The messy faff and toxic products involved with resin printers is exactly why I’ve never wanted one . And I think you’d be surprised at what an FDM printer can do these days. I watched a video the other day (which I’ll never find again now) showing the difference between a 0.2mm and 0.4mm nozzle when printing minis on a Bambu A1. There’s still some very slight evidence of layer lines, but the detail was incredible. Besides. I don’t want a 3D printer for miniatures. I just found it ironic that @Almightyrastus mentioned 3D printing when I’ve recently been discussing upcoming 3D printers…
Honestly, ebay and third party sellers because they have at least some discount. Buying direct from GW is reserved for things I can find literally nowhere else. Ebay does carry the risk, though, of getting recasts if they're suspiciously cheap. Once you start, though, you'll find yourself scratching your head as to how you ended up with three unpainted armies before long.
I fell back into the '3D Printer owner' life, and ended up with a bunch of the Ketamini's female heads that, at 115% scale (although I think I might prefer 110%..) fit marine bodies. How well you ask? I'll let you be the judge, because upon seeing them in my hand my immediate response was 'oh these need to go on some Blood Angels immediately'. I am also a huge fan of taking pictures, looking at them, and going "I guess I'm less done than I thought because I see spots I missed"
Finally managed to get one of the Malstrain Alpha models. Not a particularly big kit, but still 22 separate pieces of resin... Not the most pleasant thing to put together. Made a pretty good start on the painting though and so far, pretty enjoyable. Plenty more to be done, but liking how things are going.
Jesus wept, and I thought the Lady Haera model was absurd, that really takes the cake. I feel like at this point I've painted way more Blood Angels than someone who doesn't have a Blood Angels army should really have painted..
Picked up a bunch of GW minis and painting gubbins recently... That mould line scraper has got its work cut out for it... The Blueberry Boys are fine, they look really clean... The MESBG LotR minis, on the other hand, are going to need a lot of work... Was very disappointed with the quality of them. My brother's into Warhammer in a big way; he mentioned that the MESBG stuff really doesn't get a lot of attention, and a lot of the miniatures in production are the original designs from not long after the films were released. Yeah, I see that now, because I spotted the copyright year on the sprue: 2003...! So considering I was only really interested in MESBG, I was a bit pissed. There are newer designs for MESBG... but they're from The Hobbit or The War of the Rohirrim... which I'm not really interested in. So... fine... I'm still gonna paint 'em and see how I get on, but I'll be starting with the Blueberries in order to 'get my eye in' a bit - it's been 25+ years since I've done this sort of thing...! At least they didn't cost the earth.
