Who plays 40K?

**Papewaio** · 10-06-2005, 21:36

Well I haven't played in years, barring trying to teach Wasabi how to play, after comming home to find my Flamer Marine painted in pastel pink...

Played Rogue Trader, Necromunda (the White Dwarf complex version) and after that I played more roleplaying games and LARP (World of Darkness mainly)... also used to play DnD.

However since moving to Sydney in 2000 I have done no games, just painting and that stopped after going to Taiwan.

One of the reasons I frequent these forums orginally was finding fellow smart strategy players.

Been playing Dawn of War and my brother in law has been making mecha models... so I might get into Tau... but I'm not sure if the new rules are as engaging anymore.

**drone** · 10-06-2005, 22:09

The best (and worst) feature of the older rules was the flexibility and creativeness you could put into your army list, and into your models. But it left the door open to severe cheese, so GW eventually had to dumb it down for balance. There was something to be said for old-school Ork players, you either won or lost in spectacular fashion, depending on the die rolls.

I started out with Space Hulk and reading a friend's copies of White Dwarf in college. Eventually got sucked into 40K proper and Epic. When I moved up here to Virginia, there was a GW store not too far away, so there were always players around. I ended up mainly playing 40K and Warhammer Fantasy, but eventually my job and other interests made me stop. I also think I was going blind trying to paint detail

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Not sure where I would find players these days, I think the store closed down and the players at the local game shops don't seem like the type of people I'd want to play against (too immature, too cheesy, too serious, etc.). Plus, I can only imagine the crap I'd get from my girl for pushing little pieces of plastic and metal around a table for 3-4 hours, or hiding in a room painting for hours on end.

**Zalmoxis** · 10-07-2005, 06:44

I was thinking of getting into it, but after I saw that the guys who make the figures practically change them every year or so, it doesn't seem like a worthwhile investment.

**econ21** · 10-07-2005, 11:09

Originally Posted by Zalmoxis

I was thinking of getting into it, but after I saw that the guys who make the figures practically change them every year or so, it doesn't seem like a worthwhile investment.

On the plus side, the new models tend to be vastly better looking than the old ones. The quality seemed to take a massive leap up around the time of the sixth edititon of Warhammer Fantasy. Have a look some of the older models - e.g. the old Dark Elf corsairs - on E-bay if you don't believe me. Hideous. The newly released Wood Elf archers are a case in point.

**drone** · 10-07-2005, 15:32

Originally Posted by Simon Appleton

On the plus side, the new models tend to be vastly better looking than the old ones. The quality seemed to take a massive leap up around the time of the sixth edititon of Warhammer Fantasy. Have a look some of the older models - e.g. the old Dark Elf corsairs - on E-bay if you don't believe me. Hideous. The newly released Wood Elf archers are a case in point.

They are getting better? About the time I quit playing, the models were getting a little ridiculous. They started upsizing all the accessories (weapons and helmets) which made the models look a little silly. Of course, I'm probably biased here since I had a Chaos Fantasy Battle army from the Realm of Chaos era which, in my not so honest opinion, were some of the best models they ever made. The detail, the evilness, ahhhh.

Now I'll have to take a look at the online catalog to see what the new models look like. Gah!

**econ21** · 10-07-2005, 15:41

Well, they still have disproportionately sized weapons and hands etc. That's kind of a house style.

If you want to see "realistic" figures, look at their Lord of the Rings range - they are very nice.

But have a look at the three Elf ranges (High, Dark and Wood) and you'll see Warhammer Fantasy has some pretty nice looking models. For example, I think these are awful purty (shame they are too useless to warrant me buying for my army):

http://uk.games-workshop.com/highelv...re-gallery/14/

**Meneldil** · 10-07-2005, 18:02

I just had a look to the Wood Elves figures, and yeah, they have quite improved. Too bad there's no Ariel special character anymore.

Edit : Huh, I don't like the Ogre Kingdom. When will they make an middle eastern looking army ?