“Just remember, kids: shoot the choppy ones, chop the shooty ones.” - Sun Tzu, probably.

step 1: gets fuckloads of money step 2: lose fuckloads of money on 40k models step 3: repeat

@kartoffelsalat0

3 ай бұрын

Step 2.1: get a storage unit for your pile of shame.

@robingraves9517

3 ай бұрын

I tell parents to get their kids into 40K,they wont have money for drugs.

Honestly if someone wants to get into the table top GAME itself not just the models I’d recommend Table Top Simulator. It doesn’t require a lot for a game so a simple family computer can run it, it costs like $10, and you can reasonably play any army. It also stops a person from spending like $200 for a starter game of 500 pt for a single faction and lets you go wild with all the factions. Not only that but if you have an online buddy who is into the hobby they can show you how to play online

@HydraBill57

3 ай бұрын

Table top simulator is such an underutilized resource. Seriously it's the perfect way to get into any tabletop based world and you can do it all for 10 bucks😂

I started with the blood angels omnibus and never looked back

@yanomamo89

3 ай бұрын

I started there too. Blood angels to this day remain my favorite Space Marines.

@evigvandrare

3 ай бұрын

It was the Space Wolf omnibus for me! Especially as a kid, the introduction to the world as Ragnar comes to learn it is great.

@scarecrow2097

2 ай бұрын

Let's goooo I started with Mephisto's trilogy.

@SerKawlin

7 күн бұрын

My first was the Mark of Cathy book when I was 13, I’m 24 now and never regretted

This is a very essential viewing because, whether you intend to paint models, play armies, or just engage with the fictional setting, the process is far more elaborate and obtuse than it needs to be because 40K _insists_ on being based around a tabletop miniatures game and Games Workshop _insists_ on hiking the prices like they have a monopoly on the spice melange.

@CAMSLAYER13

3 ай бұрын

It is just intrinsically based around a tabletop game. The game came first then the built the lore as they went

That Cato Sicarius miniature “ chefs kiss “

I found Rimmys 40k Arma Fusterclucks, got into the art, and then got into the lore, then TTS and painting tutorials. Now I'm trying to get my friends into 40k and to collectively get us into the game.

@clink-at-war2

3 ай бұрын

I started with the dawn of war soulstorm, found Rimmy, and then found adric, now I'm so far into 40k I don't think I'll ever find my way out

@Im-the-greatest

3 ай бұрын

Buy a box and tell your friends about them and the books. There's something in there to get just about everyone hooked.

Failed step 1. Have nobody to play the tabletop with.

@victorvalle7533

3 ай бұрын

Same

@redline841

3 ай бұрын

They can be cool models to set up

World Eaters got me into 40K and even though now they aren’t the best. I will never regret my choice for Khorne’s Chosen!

I decided to start with killteam. Barrier to entry is much smaller with cheaper full teams (depending on what teams) decent starter sets and shorter games. Plus it gives me ideas for when I someday start a 40k army what I like aesthetically and mechanically.

@CodyLundberg

3 ай бұрын

I agree. I am currently playing Kill Team, looking at starting Combat Patrol sometime. Then maybe someday 2000 pts.

@t_hetty1758

Ай бұрын

@@CodyLundberg someday and a lot of money later lmao

Not only am I not completely new to warhammer, but the gaming aspect wasn't my thing. Even still, here's a view and a like Mr. Bones. thank you for your work and I am excited to see more.

ME: consumes a shit ton of lore content, buys iron hands because i like them. Found out that krieg exists, sells eversthing and kitbash and 3d print everything. Love it XD

Rule number one have lot of money. Get a mortgage if you have to. Those resin aren’t gonna pay for themselves.

My first army is/was Tau. I fell out of love with them, and started loving kroot. Hit a wall (until soon obviously) with them. Then i started a Crimson Fists army. Im tired of blue, so im expanding it into a Last Wall Protocol army. Opening up the Black Templars units, if i choose to run BT rules, or want to do a fluffy list while stomping some orks.

I'm new to the table top and started Tyrinids since I was able to get the leviathan box and the swarm onslaught box locally. Played my first game with them and did some reading and realized that the current Tyranids playstyle in 10th was not for me. Shelved that army and started a death guard army since mortarian was the model that made me want to get into the hobby. I love all the debuffs ,attrition, and war crimes. Great video!

I'd honestly recommend going with space marines, I'm in between armies right now, because my first army was Necrons, and it just burnt me out that I would get a crumb of support, and felt like all the lore was too vague(it mostly being the war in heaven). I'd also say this was before I got into the Infinite and the Divine story, but even then I feel no inclination to get into them again after that

I started with the Orks the Evil Suns, back in the day. I then joined the Marines and never had anyone to play with after that, but I would have gone AdMech with my second army maybe Knights? As soon as the Novels came out I started buying those to get my 40k fix. So I get how hard it can be to start especially with the reading, best advice is to pick a faction and look for books about them and branch off from there. Yet another great video still working my way through your colab video, but keep up the great work, my money is being well spent and I am here for the long run. If you ever make it to Maryland or DC let me know I would love to buy you a beer

Cant even open the search bar without clicking notifications xd

For anyone looking for a guard army my personal recommendation is the Tempestus Scions. They’re basically elite special forces which you can use as an army unlike karskin. They’re simple and easy to use while hitting hard. Their guns can penetrate ceramites. Tenth edition gave them lot of buffs. They’re overall fun to play.

I saw the funny sister of battle from TTS mumble “genestealers” and now I praise the 4 armed emperor

I came into it by watching Luetins videos on the Emperor. His way of telling the story got me seriously hooked and A LOT of money have been spent since then.

I started with a minis (my first set was the ultramarines smh) and I got the Ventrus books, later I got into Chaos and painting, just sharing my experience. If you're wondering why I switched to Chaos, I just like the way they look compared to the loyalist minis, plus, I like the Night Lords!

Hi Arthur! Feedback on your editing: 1. It has improved a ton during the past few months! 2. The still inserts of models and such could linger a little longer! They are more interesting than the panning wallpapers, in my opinion. 3. When used exclusively the said wallpapers can get dry. Have you considered inserting gameplay / cutscenes here and there? 4. I love the background music😂 never change it✋ Where did you find it? Looking forwards to seeing the channel grow!

That you're getting more then one army line felt personal Me buying the World eaters combat patrol building and kit bashing both invocatus and the chaos lord out of the bits and doing all the jakhals now before I do the khorne berserkers I am doing up the kill team starter set so yeah up to 3 small ones (Don't look at the leviathan intro set they'll never see the light of day if I can help it)

In terms of ease of access, I'd go KZread videos, then Wiki articles, then either videogames or books depending on what you prefer, then any tabletop army that looks the coolest.

Started Horus Heresy, met Nathaniel Garro, started on the grey knights and I was hooked

My first army was a custom space marine chapter that is a successor to the Ravenguard. I love my Phobos units and won’t ever stop repping my sneaky boys!

I love Warhammer, been into it for around a decade, i love collecting a Painting and building an army, I love learning about the lore, but I've never played the tabletop game

Honestly what I ended up doing was making a hobby notebook and getting small kits from each faction (this was after I got two boxes of Drukhari that I ended up not really liking) But now I've gone through most of them and I have a much better understanding of what I like and what aesthetic I vibe with Also if you're not sure what army you'd like, check out Kill Team, its a much smaller investment and has representation for every faction

Necrons are a decent starter faction. They're pretty tough and therefore somewhat forgiving gameplay wise, have a good variety of models without tipping into decision paralysis levels like marines, and can be the easiest army to paint that still teaches you skill and technique. Outside that, codex compliant marines are solid and very easy, chaos marines are more difficult to paint but still a good choice, and I'd throw orks in as well since they have a pretty distinct identity and are pretty easy to grasp but still have depth to their roster and play style if you want it. I started with Space Wolves because I liked the Nordic/fantasy barbarian flair, but that was before Primaris. I really don't recommend picking up any divergent chapters besides Black Templars right now, they're all either waiting for updates or have very unstable rules like Deathwatch.

My first army was Necrons, since 9th Ed they have become much more rounded then before, in my eyes at least making for a great army to start. And if you are worried about painting, just go with the basic silver and green that the army had before 9th.

I started with orks and never looked back. Who needs a shooting phase when you can drop buckets of melee with cheap chaff.

I think imperial guard is a decent place to start. Thier concept is very intuitive, they have a lot of unit diversity, and they have a multiple great book series to start learning the setting with. They slant shooting but that's honestly more intuitive than melee and they aren't without punchy units if you want to fix bayonets.

Printed a whole custom, non-squatty Grey Knights army 3 weeks ago. First army ever, and I love them. Grey Knights are not great right now, but rule of cool. I read The Emperor's Gift, and never looked back. We are sorry for the Months of Shame.

I would say a great first book would be The Infinite And The Divine. It’s Necrons, but it’s only one of a few necron books. And because it’s Necrons, and especially because it’s Trazyn and Orican, they have a lot of the setting’s history just as a part of things. You get to see a little touch of pretty much everything the galaxy has to offer thanks to Trazyn and his pokeballs. They have some fights with the eldar (exedites specifically), space marines, orks, genestealers, and even other Necrons. You get to see what life is like on an imperial planet over thousands of years of its history. And it’s all done in a very fun and enjoyable read that’s as close to outright comedy as the setting gets. 11/10, great starting point, just know that not every book is going to be as good as it.

Find books about factions you're interested in? *looks nervously at Votann*

I really feel like the best introductory novels would be the Ciaphas Cain novels. It introduces you to all sorts of situations with a consistent primary protagonist to serve as an anchor, and he's an amusing and likeable character.

One simply doesn’t get into Warhammer you fall down a rabbit hole

The first army comment made me laugh in the middle of the office. Though I am more into skirmish games so I have... Lots more smaller Killteam/warbands/Bloodbowl Teams so still spending all they money, but more on different paints

Necrons are simple enough to pick up, good enough to master, got a bit of everything... My first army was Ultramarines 'cos my favorite color is blue and I liked their bombastic nature. I've since switched to Raptors because of their pragmatic approach to conflicts and Tyranids because I have a lot of the models from starter boxes and painting them like Xenomorphs appeals to me 😊 great video 🤘🏻

Started with the Necrons back in 5th edition and to this day I have never branched out. I have multiple Necron armies of various different Dynasties but I've never touched a different species and am perfectly happy with my cranky old metal skeleboys.

My first army was Emperor's Children cause I loved their paint scheme, even homebrewed my own chapter of cannibalistic marines that turned bodies into wine. the biggest tip i have is DO NOT PICK AN ARMY WITH CHECKER PATTERNS AND THIN YOUR PAINTS

now i just gotta figure out how to play the game

Great summary.

I would really like a part 2 video about kill team as a starting point

"The Grey Knights are Psychic Spam" Man... I wish. They're just mainly movement with some alright melee

Finally, someone i can relate to about the death guard.

I always say “what kinda stories do you like?” - If it’s triumphant heroes standing against evil in the face of overwhelming odds and uncertainty, pick the Guard. - If you like adventure and exploring lost ruins and recovering a long lost golden age, Ad Mech - if you like the best of the best using questionable methods to achieve impossible victories, pick Astartes - you like anime, and especially Isakai anime, Custodes - you like stories where champions of god and faith depend both against its enemies, it’s sisters for you

For me, it was a very slippery slope starting with the Death Corps, then the Bog E himself, then the sheer op scale of titans sealed the deal

Knew I wanted to start with Space Marines, but couldn’t decide on a Chapter as there were parts of several I liked but didn’t like one completely so I’ve made my own Chapter which has been awesome both in terms of modelling and diving into the lore as I write some of my own

A book I recommend starting with is the Night Lords Omnibus.

Could you make a tier list of best factions to start with?

I started listening to the Horus heresy books while I work. Not sure if it's the best place to start but I've been enjoying them so far. I'm on "Flight of the Eisenstein" now.

@jared30

2 ай бұрын

Fulgrim has been my favorite book so far I'm on thousand sons rn

@Watermelon_Enthusiast

2 ай бұрын

@@jared30 same, just got to the council of nikea part

@jared30

2 ай бұрын

@@Watermelon_Enthusiast lol literally painting some tzangoors rn just got to part 2. Cheers mate.

What’s funny is when I first started 40K stuff I grabbed a small army starter when I was the second most depressioned I’ve ever been and thought “man it would be cool if this game had names characters and lore” man was my mind busy after I found out the truth.

It doesnt matter where you start, simply look around the lore for something you like, hyper fixate on it and learn all you can, expand, learn, collect, play from there

Read the first guant’s ghost book and didn’t even know what 40K was. I just picked it up. A kid at my high school, around 2001, asked me if I played and I was like, play what? Hooked a week later.

I got into the books a couple decades ago. Don't have the time or money to get into the gaming hobby as much as I'd like to. Plus nobody to play with around where I live. But I still love the lore via reading and KZread videos

The way I’ve most often used since it worked on me is to spout off stupid facts about the Orks and then give a few prodds here and there if they show interest in the rest of the lore.

Whatever army looks cool to you. Rule of cool rules over all.

I see many of you commenting on the price of 40K. I think for around 2000$ you can have a large size army & all the books , paint & tools you need to keep you busy for quite a while. I think its very reasonable especially if you compare to other hobbies. I snowboard quite a bit & that's about 1200$ for your board & bindings 500$ for your boots 800$ for your snow suite 200$ helmet & 250$ for maintenance tools . At that price you don't even have your pass which depending on where you are is between 350 - 1200 $ a year. You could do the same exercise with many others like fishing , paintball , airsoft , biking etc... If you think about all the different activities you can do they all cost thousands of dollars. 160ish dollars a month is not that bad. No?

Started with helsreach alongside a cain book and never looked back

I wanna start with chaos knights because it can be a starting army with one model and has melee shooting and in the case of the Abominant it has some physic powers.

Start by visiting your local hobby shops as a child for years, always finding your eyes drawn to the disturbing grim dark posters of rat men covered in sores and heroic space marine last stands adorning the walls. Let that stew for a few decades in your braun space THEN Jump in around 30 head first when you have the resources and time to enjoy said rat men!

You just have the most delightful voice

I wanted to get into 40k but it was daunting. I gave Space Marine a try but I was too confused and nothing clicked. Finally I gave the game a second chance and I still just couldn't understand the appeal. When there was a reference I would go to the wiki and be bombarded with lore that further disconnected me. It took me reaching the big bridge charge toward the end for it to click. 40k isn't about lore, it is just about the vibe. Bringing together cool things and cool ideas, looking death in the face right along side your friends and charging on. Since then I found that I particularly vibe with the Salamanders. I was sad that I couldn't find a chapter that fir black and red, alot of black and white, but not black and red. Lo and behold the Salamanders successor chapter, the Black Vipers. Match made in heaven for me. I haven't started the tabletop because I'm in gradschool and games workshop is too expensive. But I did get the whole salamander series of books for Christmas and I'm having a blast reading it when I can.

I got into it cus I liked watching if the emperor had a text to speech device as a kid despite knowing absolutely nothing about 40K at the time

I am not here to play smartass, but the best possibility to start gettin´ into this fantastic universe without regretting something is to just play the computer games. There are so many computer games out there ranging from awful to just beautiful. You are into strategy? Try Dawn of War. You are into Action? Try Boltgun. You are in RPGs? Try Roque Trader. If any of those games makes you hunger to learn more about the universe, just go for it. If not, you had a good time playing a good computer game. I started with Hero Quest and Star Quest (German names) but quickly got into the computer games like Warhammer 40000: Chaos Gate from 1998. I just loved it for the gameplay AND the lore.

i'd argue that making up your own chapter or army with it's own aesthetic is actually better for beginner players because like, beginner's aren't going to know why to care about what each marine chapter means, aside from the colour scheme. Chances are too that beginners are gonna be like, a group of friends in high school, and making up their own little guys with their own reasons to fight each other makes more sense than trying to conform to something that already exists. It's a very modern mindset to want to lock in to the existing lore and styles in order to be able to connect with a wider scene online or in game stores, imo.

There is an entire universe of history and lore. Here are some tips that I would recommend: 1. Learn about our own history! We are in the WH40k history, so by learning what has happened irl, know that it happened in WH40k with some minor twist or flavor, and the Emperor probably is running around. 2. Like real life historians pick a point that sounds interesting to you. Find a figure or event then find all the accounts and books involving them or it. 3. Watch lore channel videos. 4. Read the Horus Heresy series.

Also, I returned the hobby in 10th as Black Templars, cause they look cool af, I loved the lore and characters, the esthetic of chains on weapons ( or all over the place ), candles , and that knights no fucks given feel they ooze.

My first army was tyranids and to be honest I STRUGGLED playing games for like two years because every bugs data sheet is totally different and arbitrary. My second army is carcharodons using raven guard sucessor rules, the different armor types each having a set profile makes memorizing everything so much easier. Finally feel like I'm figuring this game out a lot better now, pretty soon I think I'll be ready to give my nids a second try and focus on them for a while.

Started with lore videos, then I heard the book Day of Ascension. Still haven't played the game, but I would love to start with nids or gsc.

Never ever get TS as a first army. Weeks of painting of one unit if you are a perfectionist. Just pick tyranids, get 4 contrast paints and and show people how good of a painter you are XD. It was a fuckin catharsis to paint full leviathan box.

I started with Ultramarines omnibuses and Legion of the Damned. First army: LoD, run them as I wish. Second: Neccies.

Sorry for being late but for you i started liking night lords, thx man one day i will buy an army of those guys

I wouldn't start with Deathwatch, getting a grasp on their rules is a new challenge every edition. But space marines are a good start (just don't paint yellow)

Custodes are a great first faction. Limited weapons choice, simple style of play, and an extremely low skill floor.

as a new player, i don't think there's a "best faction" to start with. As a new player you just gotta watch some lore videos and videos on how certain armies play, and than based upon that you pick an army that you think is cool and stick with that one in order to slowly build up to a 3000pts army. I chose Chaos Space Marines because i'm a contrarian, like their lore (veterans of the long war) and i really like their miniatures + they offer a wide variety of minis and ways to play. Wanna go balls to the walls with melee, world eaters Wanna go full magic, thousand sons Wanna mix-match a bit of everything, black legion

Started with Mechanicus cause I'm a nerd, seconded Thousand Sons because I am a nerd that likes magic, now I am working on Tzeentch Daemons because I want something I can run with my Thousand Sons while maybe giving AoS a try once I've built up enough. Plastic crack everybody.

Having all the options as the Space Marines sure is fun, but it can be dauting as a newcomer to chose between that crap ton of units available. I think having too much choice can be overwhelming; same thing for the loadouts within Deathwatch killteams. Custodes was my first faction, I think its a good starter, even better than marines. Here's why: - Its one of the cheapest faction, probably the cheapest unless you dip your toes into formerly ForgeWorld resin stuff. The Combat Patrol is also very good points-wise (hopefully it stays as such!); - You have tough models which hit hard and are multi-role. This is a very forgiving playstyle. Sure they are not the best at shooting, but you will learn the basics of positioning and be incentivized to plan a path to reach the enemy without being punished too hard for poor moves. The only thing you lack is psychic, a footnote in 10th edition; - Limited choice of models that are all mostly well-rounded makes it hard to go wrong with purchases; - The models are gorgeous but also very easy to paint, its encouraging to get nice results as a new player

I bought Boltgun knowing barely anything ab WH40K. I love fps's so I was like "ah hell yeah, new shooty shooty" but like I have this thing where I have to learn ab the universe something is in bc then I just feel like I don't belong. I spent a week learning about lore before I played the game and basically immediately fell in love on day one of lore vids. Through courage and honour we march for Macragge, we shall know no fear. Btw.. Ultramarines are my boys, gotta love my blue berries lol. I know it's literally the easiest thing bc they are the poster boys but I like the Roman vibe lol

Play the best chapter with the strongest Primarch… SPACE WOLVES! Get WRECKED!

If the army that you want to start with is kind of a bitch to paint would you recommend learning with a simple unit first or just send it and re paint them once you have more experience?

I found death guard for my first and only army I got the codex for

What if you just like the models and lore but don’t want to play the game? What would be a good place to start?

What about a Chaos Marine army. Nothing aligned, not strictly Thousand Sons, World Eaters, or Death Watch, but just Chaos Undivided? That allows you to encounter every aspect of the game just the same as playing Space Marines.

So Is building a termagant only army okay? I just like the dino bugs with guns

I'm going to a game store this weekend. Bout 95% sure I'm starting with Black Templars

I started with a guy talking about how cool te W40k universe is in 2ndary school and played the DoW DC

Dawn of fire is an excellent read

In terms of models, I say it depends. I would honestly pick Kill Team or Space Hulk in terms of board games. Kill Team gives you a lot of options and is cheap model wise. Space Hulk is just an awesome game tonplay and wish we got more of. Video games, you have plenty to play. Books (After giving some fun youtube videos) - 40k: Dante, Night Lords trilogy, and Necron books are a must read for me. - 30k: Horus Rising, and then wish the person Good luck from there.

I bought model kits for four separate armies (two for 40K, one for AoS, one for Old World) and I'm still putting together my Black Templars! LMFAO

Great video once again! One hard disagree though: Necrons are in fact a GREAT beginner army. Not having any psychic shenanigans is almost a non-issue in 10th edition, but Necrons offer something in all other aspects of the game, are reliable in almost everything they do and relatively forgiving on top of it, and also easy to paint for a beginner. As for Deathwatch: I would rate them as pretty terrible for beginners. There are tons of special rules to keep track of, you can seriously shoot yourself in the foot by "just randomly building models from a box" and they are NOT easy to play. The potential for early frustration is huge with Deathwatch, something you want to avoid at all cost at the start.

Crimson fist omnibus and been happy since

Started with Sisters of Battle bc the Exorcist is the illest shit I've ever seen. Haven't been upset about it once. Sure I win a little less than half the time but it's fun as hell.

I too like the iron snakes 🐍!

Tyranids were my first faction in 40K back in 5th edition. I wouldn't recommend them now due to their insanely low availability unless you know good places to buy them. Half of their line, roughly, has been sold out on GW's site for months.

I was thinking of going Imperial Guard for my first Army until I read Lion: Son of the Forest Now thinking on investing an AdMech or Black Templars army

I started by buying the Custodies and Tau kill teams and playing via OPR. Just to get the hang of table top war gaming

Combat patrol is 500 points? I'm interested in doing missions. I played the first round of spacehulk. Now I want Terminators and bikes. Tanks are next