So... Necrons- Reviving robots hellbent on eliminating organic life all over the universe Tau- You may have the best swords in the galaxy, but good luck getting all the way over here. Tyranids- Strength in numbers Orks- Fungus based creatures, that have an ablilty to make things happen if enough of them believe it wil happen. Eldar- Dying race, really fast and can pull off some great deep strikes. Dark Eldar- Resilient fiends that have really damaging melee weapons, and are kinda sorta hard to kill. Harliquins- Space clowns, crazed, and repeating great acts of war that happened long ago. Now time for man Space marines- Jack of all trades/Masters of none, while in base form, if you add chapter tactics they become masters of one specific thing. Imperial Gaurd- We have more men, than they have bullets. Adeptus Mechanicus- Cyborgs, worshiping a machine god, with really advanced weaponry. Adeptus Soroitas- Respect Wahmen. Questor Imperialis- Knightly Houses that will make you remorgage your house for three models. Adeptus Titanicus- 1 model is the cost of half an army, and has more weaponry on it that an Imperial gaurd army has in it. Now time for Chaos Undivided- Like Space Marines but, you have to center your army around one god in order to get a specialised force. Tzench - If you want to have rubric marines, with fire, and dakka, with psychic powers out the wazzo, then this. Nurgle- Shrugging off tank shots? No problem, just a litte costly if ya know what I mean Khorne- BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE MILK FOR THE KHORNE FLAKES CORN FOR THE POPKHORNE Slaneesh- words DO hurt.
Serious answer with no fanboyism: play whatever faction you like looking at. Because you will be looking at them for hours and hours and hours of your life as you buy the models, assemble the models, paint the models, read a codex to learn how to play the models, put the models on the table, move the models around the table, then take the models back off the table. That is a LOT of looking at them, so you'd better like looking at them. You can learn every faction. You can "your dudes" your way to any backstory you want, no matter how good/evil the canon faction is and how evil/good you want to be. You can even find a technically-canon-compatible excuse for female Space Marines (not Sisters) if you want. You can do anything with any army, as long as you like them enough to make them your hobby. THAT is how you choose your army. Take something you like, and make it YOURS using the power of your devotion to your hobby. (Regarding the Female Marines, it's actually not that hard. Get an Arch-Magos Biologis with a copy of the Codex Astartes in his flat, a generation of vat-grown workers where the Y-chromosomes had a terminal genetic error, and a surplus shipment of power armor in his warehouse. Bingo bango, you have female Skitarii counts-as Space Marines)
NEVER pick an army just because it wins tournaments. You buy the tourney list copycat exact and get destroyed by the local mates at the clubstore and get disappointed.
*@Thead The ogre killer* Yes, built your own competitive army so that way scrubs will emulate you. At least that's how I've always approached trading card games, maybe I'll pull it off in Warhammer as well.
@@theadtheogrekiller5629 You buy an army because it stomped others the previous year and everyone will be making armies to counter it. If the rules exploit it took to stomp everyone else was too hard, then the rules will be updated to nerf it. "the highest nail is always the first to be hammered" the saying goes, you would be better of if you coppied the second or third place, as people are less likely to change their aproach to the game to counter them Ideally though, you will learn why the winner stomped everyone else and do just the bare minimal to resist/counter it, all the while you focus on the units that will smash the counters to the previous winner play style, as THEY will be the most common thing for the next season.
There is only one correct answer to this question: You pick whatever you think looks the coolest and you only buy one box of models at a time, until you've assembled and painted them. Unless you're rich and can't be bothered to paint, then you just buy a nicely painted army wholesale. Playing with models is secondary, for two reasons: 1. If you want to play the game, you can typically borrow an army from a friend who's already into it or at a hobby store that has a club or gaming setup. 2. If you don't care about the models, your money is far better spent on a PC and RTS titles like StarCraft or turn based ones like civ or heroes of might and magic. (I'm being somewhat facetious, but it is genuinly good advice. The worst you can do is buy a load of boxes and just give up because you have way too many things to do, ditching the whole thing altogether. It's better to focus on one small project at a time.)
I agree, and I learnt that Games Workshop itself first designs the models and then the lore, etc. Models always come first! Personally, I love almost all of the armies from all the game systems and I've collected most. I only paint. Top five 40k armies for me are as follows: Tau, Ad Mech, Tyranids, Harlequins, and Orks.
But what if I like the lore but hate the look of the models? What if I like how the models play, but have no intrest in painting? What if I don't like RPGs or mobas or anything of that sort, and love the human element of playing? What if... There is a lot of ways playing a y'know GAME is primary for some people, thus saying that for two reasons Playing a GAME is secondary to the hobby that is like an add on to the GAME is kinda Wrong.
Yes, the hobby is an add on, because the boxes don't come with all the needed paints for painting, they have reference photos on the back, but nothing more. Because they have a line of paints for hobbists, doesn't mean that it is a part of the game, the only army that does that is orks, and yeah red does make things go fasta. They develop Codexes and indexes and rule books for The GAME. They have two apps on the playstore, just for the GAME, they have 1 app for the hobby, you don't have to enjoy painting to play this game, nor do you have to like the game to paint. Also just because they develop the models to look cool, doesn't mean that they are notioning for you to put the hobby first. If I put a pice of shit on the table, and say thats a imperial knight, you would say hell naw. They make models to make them memorable, and more buyable, because not a lot of people will buy a shit looking model. Also, if you just buy paints and no models, there is nothing for you to paint, nothing for you to base, no reason for you to have those paints, YOU HAVE to buy the Models for a GAME before you can do anything with the hobby, thus making the hobby more like a DLC then its own seperate entity. Like gunplas if you know what I am talking about. Soo...
@@asteck113 It's not likely to like lore but hate ALL models, but even then, you can always kitbash/convert to fix whatever you don't like about them. For no intrest in painting you can always keep your design simple (rule of 3 colors) or, if you have money, commision your models. And for human elements, a lot of turn based strategies, like Heroes of Might and Magic 3, have hot seat mode, so you can play with another person next to you.
While I played pc games for years I started taking a interest in the models / painting videos on youtube. Last week or so I have been watching at of battle reports as well. I dont know if Id ever play with them, but the painting aspect looks like a nice challenge.
Armata Strigoi not really because you can physically see where your money has gone. I still have minis from over 20 years ago. I can’t remember all of the nights out drinking I’ve had.
Sup3rSaiy3n fair enough, i have deathwatch, two eldar, spacewolves , loads of necrons and some mechanicus now too, amd some spacemarines and a cadian squad, and the first age of sigmar box set. Most of these are half painted, but i suppose it is called plastic crack for a reason
I have collected almost all of the armies over my life. It's the best thing ever. Although, I got rid of everything a few years ago, so, I don't have much now. Got Necromunda, a small Tau army, lots of terrain, some Fantasy models, an Imperial Knight, and some others, but also countless paints, books, anniversary items, etc. Still, quite a bit of money. Also, making a large Lizardmen diorama now, so, that's £200.
I find it funny how many times my choice of army has varied over the years. It's started with chaos, cause I though, marines are cool, but spiky marines with a splash of daemonic possession are cooler. Later I started collecting both dark eldar and necrons, because I thought the models were gorgeous. The dark elder style is so sharp and deadly looking, while the unflinching legions of machines with the eerie glow of thier weapons makes necrons look awesome. Then I basically went between the 3 for the longest time, until the adeptus mechanicus and imperial knights were released. For years I had wanted an adeptus mechanicus army, and I finally got my wish. They're the only imperial faction I collect but they're so cool thematically I couldn't resist. It's been a long journey with gw and honestly I can't wait to see what the release next! (Might even get make an adeptus ministorum army when plastic sisters come. The ultimate army of religious fanatics sound fun to model!)
Considering getting back into the hobby, Haven't played since the transition between 3rd & 4th used to play Black Legion. Just drafted up a 2,500 point Chaos army last night, I'm running them as Iron Warriors just so my warlord can have Fleshmetal Exoskeleton but I'll probably give them a different paint scheme. That being said I've seen a few 8thEd Battle Reports and I'm really liking some of the Tau stuff, the species that collectively said "Fuck Grimdark, this is a Mecha Anime now"
Sounds like my kind of cats! Just seems like such an expensive hobby and I live in a rural area with no available hobby shops. As much fun as it looks I'm just not sure it's available enough for me. Alas.
When you read their fluff it’s REALLY difficult to miss the creepy rapey glee they have when torturing someone... they definitely enjoy it lol. Remember that they act like Eldar before the fall, arrogant and believe they are above everything. They torture humans like that creepy kid who tortured cats but with much more finesse
I know my stuff pretty well, but this is amazing Your 1000% correct - a video like this guiding people where to start in the tabletop is perfect 👌 Thank you. Even though I already have 4 armies hahah😂 What’s your top 5 favourite factions Comment below.
Tzeench daemons nurgle daemons khorne daemons slaanesh daemons and chaos undivided also i love thousand sons noise marines death gaurd and word bearers
Fighting with a flashlight!!! :o ooo-errrr Great overview of all the factions! Given all the new armies that Age of Sigmar are getting at the moment is 40K ready for a new faction? I know some of the older armies are well overdue an update (Eldar and Orcs for starters). Personally I would like to see all the Eldar get a restart. Jes Goodwin's models and art are amazing but the models look and feel (almost 30 years?) very old now. You hit the nail on the head with Orcs. Watching the last Mad Max film all I could think of was "this is what Orcs should look like"! I'm keeping my fingers crossed the new codex will be supported by a few new models.
Wow. I remember when the Xenos races were treated independently and equally from the Space Marines/Imperial Guard. Now the Humans have like 8 factions and the way you were talking about them it made Chaos/ every other faction seem like an afterthought.
Top tip: I bought my rulebook on eBay for £14 (new sealed) because people buy a bunch of dark imperium sets and sell the bits in it seperately after keeping what they wanted. A lord of corruption is £3.99 for example. Foetid bloat drone is £7.5 (but only has the one weapon option). And so on.. for grandfather nurgle !
Thank you very much. I have been painting and collecting Space Marines for quite a while, but never played the game. Thanks to this video i now know that the color-scheme i've always used is called "Rift Stalkers" :D
That doesn't really make them distinct from any other army in the lore. "Has lost sight of what virtues they aspire to" is true for EVERY faction. Including Chaos Marines. And, just like every other faction, you're allowed to play a subfaction of "good" Mechanicus if you really want to, because that falls under "your dudes" and your dudes are whatever you want them to be
Thanks man, this video is just what I needed. Ordered Dark Imperium as an entry point into the hobby three weeks ago (Huge reason, as you said, was the rulebook for 40€ ). Now, while still waiting for the delivery(god I hate the amazon marketplace!), i'm thinking of which army to go with. Your video gave me a great quick look into all the factions!
Wow im more confused now than before i watched this 🤔 I used to collect space marines when i was younger but never even played a game. I am now considering blood angels or space wolves, but i like the psychic chaos stuff too. What to choose lol.. took me a month to settle on a warcraft race 😯
Jaxson lueschen. If it's not a professional game but a friendly match with a friend you can do whatever you want, Games Workshop is not going to monitor your private game!
you paint your models as you please... if you want copper necrons, the characters should fit the colour scheme... unless you want the character to clash and pop and have "resale value".
In the end, for the tabletop, you're going to have to paint a butt load of models. So, while the way an army plays is a consideration, you need to select an army that has an asthetic that will keep your interest or you'll never finish it. If you're new to the hobby, I'd recommend picking up a random plastic box and splitting it up in 3 or 4 groups, and trying different paint schemes on them. That way you know what you're getting into before you try to build a full army. Or, if you're lazy, but want to play the game do necro or space muhreens. Spray a solid base black, rough spray your chosen color, then you just add highlight color. Me, well my main army is IG, with vehicles. But I started with space Marines and got really bored painting them, so I have a few squads of them. Done a couple squads of mechanicus, done a couple squads of Eldar, done a squad of necro (omg necron are boring to paint, but you can do an entire squad of them in less time than it takes to hand paint camo on one IG trooper).
Grandfather nurgle will protect me and tzeentch will help me see their plans while khorne will give me strenght to destroy them as slaanesh just does slaanshi things
I dont like how these videos talk exclusively about the fluff and asthetics but not the mechanics. I want to know which army does what, how they play, which traits they have, what sets them apart, who is strong in what and what weaknesses they have, etc. Like with the Imperial Guard the introductory bit was "They are the best army for tanks."
THIS! I can't decide between Blood Angels, Ultramarines, Tyranids, Necrons or Orks? I have no idea how they play at all and don't want to be stuck with an army i hate.
Chaos are the evil guys... Nice one :). More like one of the shades of evil that lurks in the grimdark of the 41st millenium. Next to super space sex elves, space inquisition and space orcs :)
I am new to warhammer 40K. I bought the book seperatly because from what I had read on the internet, i knew right from the start that I wanted to get Imperial Guards as a starting army. Everything about them enthuses me. Any Imperial Guard players out here that could kindly recommend me which units, or set, to get for starters?
Super, I think all your videos are great. The only suggestion that I would have if you are targeting new players would be a rules video (if you have one and I missed it, my apologies). You do a great job with unit specific tactics videos, but maybe a video outlining basic tactics employed by specific armies. Also, one of the video types that has really helped me in 8th (and 7th as well) are list building videos. Breaking down different ways to build a list, placing them in detachments that maximize their command points etc. Keep up the great work!
I've been playing Orks as my first faction/army and I love my orks, but for the sake or variety i have been thinking about starting a new army. Any suggestions?
@@stephenholloway3418 Marines, i'm going to see how they play and I like the fact that they have so many chapters and variety and range. I know it's popular but I see why.
To make your hobby has longer life span: 1) Theme of the army 1st 2) model quality 2nd 3) gameplay 3rd Love the model, then go for gameplay. GW hasn't got relatively pleasent rulebooks most of the time, prepare to make a few house rule to make gameplay slightly playable. Although 8th edition starts to make sense.
I think Ill go with Necrons. You get a lot of models for less money in general, at my lgs i can get a box of 12 warriors for less than 30 bucks which holy shit
I do feel that some of more resilient armies like Death Guard, Necrons and all flavors Space Marines (both Imperial and Chaos) in general are best for beginners as those are less punishing when you make mistakes. That said Tau are rather easy to play as well since they pretty much sit around and shoot everything that gets into they line of sight.
Sup3rSaiy3n I'd say hobby aspect but that's covered pretty well by other people and also lore but again covered really well. So either put your spin on the above or make a new niche for yourself. Sorry for being vague.
Tony Zou not at all, thank you for the feedback. I love making the vs videos, painting guides, army so far, size comparisons and rules re-reviews so there will be more of those with different twists coming to the channel.
I've read their novels from the Black Library...also am lazy in painting things or not talented in making things pretty... So I choose Grey Knights... Oh and they look cool as well being the angry gray daemonbusters that they are... If I have more money or sell one of my kidneys my next buy would be plastic sisters... Gonna have that grey knight and battle sisters loving...
Personally, I love the Tyranids! They are indifferent to politics, religion, or chaos. Their only focus is consuming bio-matter! Their battle tactics include aerial, underground, and charging en masse across the battlefield with slashing limbs and ranged bio-weapons!
Hoa to pick your army: go buy Tabletop Simulator on Steam for the base price of 20$, download/Subscribe to Warhammer 40K content that contains various armies, then play around with them in games to see which ones you like.
I don't needs any video tell'n me which Army tuh chuse. Iz simple, you choose the one with the most WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH in it!
Boy Peppel i know it’s 10 months later, but... I’d say necrons are a great start for painting. Tau are also not too bad, since you do A basecoat and usually one colour overtop, and they look pretty sleek. Space marines are great for sure, as they are easy to pick one colour scheme and go from there. You can slowly but surely get better as time goes on as well! Ones to avoid I’d say is orks...so much green and so many little bits and very ramshackle looking. Lots of flavour, but tedious when you have to paint 100-200 units! Tyranids are the same thing as orks. Imperial guard aren’t too bad to paint but there’s a lot of them to paint. A person could burn out quickly after painting hundreds of models. There’s a lot of great painting guides on UA-cam as well! Check them out!
So I am considering the necrons, but I am a bit worried the gameplay around them will be a bit stale because I am guessing they will have to rely a lot on the regeneration ability? Wondering if anyone can comment on this. I have never played before.
Got one box of Deathwatch, just a Kill-Team. Put them together how I wanted, and now I've decided to play Orks. Their attitude is so great for me. Picked up a box of Nobs and a box of Boyz. Any suggestions for my next purchase, under 200 dollars American?
Hi, really thinking about getting into Warhammer both from the model building and painting to the game aspect, is the Dark Imperium a good place to start? Is the 8th edition rules quite new or is the 9th around the corner.....thanks for any advice
Cmdr Snake Hi. Yes the Dark Imperium set is a good place to start. I would also recommend visiting your local store if possible. Just don’t let them pressure you into buying anything. 8th edition rules came out last year in June. 9th are probably 3 or 4 years away. They are the simplest rules so far imo.
Last year I was completely new to Wargaming with "Shadow War: Armageddon" I made Kill Teams for Tau and AdMech, once 8th ed came out I started expanding on my AdMech in order to play 40K. I prefer AoS though...
4:30 I know, I know, Bolters are supposed to be big but come oooon! And this is even a Primaris for Big E's sake, even in a regular Astartes arms this is way too big
I want to get into the hobby but looking for a defensive like faction and ranged. Not to big on melee. So torn between Tau, space marines, and IG; thought about the blood Angel's or space wolves but seem to be more melee than anything. But Skitarii aren't off the list either. Anyway, any suggestions?
My list so far: 1. tyranids but I never gonna start an army because the budget 2. space marines - blood ravens - black templars - smurfs 3. chaos marines - black legion - thousand sons - death guard Can someone help me
Love the channel but I thought this video was really bad. You should have thought through what you were going to say and described the universe that the game is set in first. Any new player is not going to understand who the Emperor is, what a Primarch is, what Chaos is without some explanation. If I were you I’d delete this video or re shoot it. Just my honest opinion.
*Their main weapon is a flash light* lol
*THEIR SECONDARY WEAPON IS A BANEBLADE* lol
Imperial guard: *switches the flashlight on*
Tyranid: *SCREECH*
Literally same thought
It's tru tho, their main infantry weapon is a flashlight. Those poor bastards
So...
Necrons- Reviving robots hellbent on eliminating organic life all over the universe
Tau- You may have the best swords in the galaxy, but good luck getting all the way over here.
Tyranids- Strength in numbers
Orks- Fungus based creatures, that have an ablilty to make things happen if enough of them believe it wil happen.
Eldar- Dying race, really fast and can pull off some great deep strikes.
Dark Eldar- Resilient fiends that have really damaging melee weapons, and are kinda sorta hard to kill.
Harliquins- Space clowns, crazed, and repeating great acts of war that happened long ago.
Now time for man
Space marines- Jack of all trades/Masters of none, while in base form, if you add chapter tactics they become masters of one specific thing.
Imperial Gaurd- We have more men, than they have bullets.
Adeptus Mechanicus- Cyborgs, worshiping a machine god, with really advanced weaponry.
Adeptus Soroitas- Respect Wahmen.
Questor Imperialis- Knightly Houses that will make you remorgage your house for three models.
Adeptus Titanicus- 1 model is the cost of half an army, and has more weaponry on it that an Imperial gaurd army has in it.
Now time for Chaos
Undivided- Like Space Marines but, you have to center your army around one god in order to get a specialised force.
Tzench - If you want to have rubric marines, with fire, and dakka, with psychic powers out the wazzo, then this.
Nurgle- Shrugging off tank shots? No problem, just a litte costly if ya know what I mean
Khorne- BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD
SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE
MILK FOR THE KHORNE FLAKES
CORN FOR THE POPKHORNE
Slaneesh- words DO hurt.
Tyranids - NOMNOMNOM
POPKHORNE
these jokes are amazing
Terminator and space clown
respect me pls ;(
I'll put my money on you playing Khorne.
Serious answer with no fanboyism: play whatever faction you like looking at. Because you will be looking at them for hours and hours and hours of your life as you buy the models, assemble the models, paint the models, read a codex to learn how to play the models, put the models on the table, move the models around the table, then take the models back off the table. That is a LOT of looking at them, so you'd better like looking at them.
You can learn every faction. You can "your dudes" your way to any backstory you want, no matter how good/evil the canon faction is and how evil/good you want to be. You can even find a technically-canon-compatible excuse for female Space Marines (not Sisters) if you want. You can do anything with any army, as long as you like them enough to make them your hobby.
THAT is how you choose your army. Take something you like, and make it YOURS using the power of your devotion to your hobby.
(Regarding the Female Marines, it's actually not that hard. Get an Arch-Magos Biologis with a copy of the Codex Astartes in his flat, a generation of vat-grown workers where the Y-chromosomes had a terminal genetic error, and a surplus shipment of power armor in his warehouse. Bingo bango, you have female Skitarii counts-as Space Marines)
Well said man, well said
NEVER pick an army just because it wins tournaments. You buy the tourney list copycat exact and get destroyed by the local mates at the clubstore and get disappointed.
I picked what I thought looked cool... Primaris space marines of course
Hmmm, don’t play an army that’s been tested against other competent lists and proven effective? Alright
*@Thead The ogre killer* Yes, built your own competitive army so that way scrubs will emulate you. At least that's how I've always approached trading card games, maybe I'll pull it off in Warhammer as well.
I didn't know you'll do tournaments that's interesting
@@theadtheogrekiller5629 You buy an army because it stomped others the previous year and everyone will be making armies to counter it. If the rules exploit it took to stomp everyone else was too hard, then the rules will be updated to nerf it. "the highest nail is always the first to be hammered" the saying goes, you would be better of if you coppied the second or third place, as people are less likely to change their aproach to the game to counter them
Ideally though, you will learn why the winner stomped everyone else and do just the bare minimal to resist/counter it, all the while you focus on the units that will smash the counters to the previous winner play style, as THEY will be the most common thing for the next season.
Im an imperial guard main and i loved that "accidental" roast about there weapons
Lol
There is only one correct answer to this question: You pick whatever you think looks the coolest and you only buy one box of models at a time, until you've assembled and painted them.
Unless you're rich and can't be bothered to paint, then you just buy a nicely painted army wholesale.
Playing with models is secondary, for two reasons: 1. If you want to play the game, you can typically borrow an army from a friend who's already into it or at a hobby store that has a club or gaming setup. 2. If you don't care about the models, your money is far better spent on a PC and RTS titles like StarCraft or turn based ones like civ or heroes of might and magic.
(I'm being somewhat facetious, but it is genuinly good advice. The worst you can do is buy a load of boxes and just give up because you have way too many things to do, ditching the whole thing altogether. It's better to focus on one small project at a time.)
I agree, and I learnt that Games Workshop itself first designs the models and then the lore, etc. Models always come first! Personally, I love almost all of the armies from all the game systems and I've collected most. I only paint.
Top five 40k armies for me are as follows: Tau, Ad Mech, Tyranids, Harlequins, and Orks.
But what if I like the lore but hate the look of the models?
What if I like how the models play, but have no intrest in painting?
What if I don't like RPGs or mobas or anything of that sort, and love the human element of playing?
What if...
There is a lot of ways playing a y'know GAME is primary for some people, thus saying that for two reasons Playing a GAME is secondary to the hobby that is like an add on to the GAME is kinda Wrong.
Yes, the hobby is an add on, because the boxes don't come with all the needed paints for painting, they have reference photos on the back, but nothing more.
Because they have a line of paints for hobbists, doesn't mean that it is a part of the game, the only army that does that is orks, and yeah red does make things go fasta.
They develop Codexes and indexes and rule books for The GAME. They have two apps on the playstore, just for the GAME, they have 1 app for the hobby, you don't have to enjoy painting to play this game, nor do you have to like the game to paint.
Also just because they develop the models to look cool, doesn't mean that they are notioning for you to put the hobby first. If I put a pice of shit on the table, and say thats a imperial knight, you would say hell naw. They make models to make them memorable, and more buyable, because not a lot of people will buy a shit looking model.
Also, if you just buy paints and no models, there is nothing for you to paint, nothing for you to base, no reason for you to have those paints, YOU HAVE to buy the Models for a GAME before you can do anything with the hobby, thus making the hobby more like a DLC then its own seperate entity. Like gunplas if you know what I am talking about.
Soo...
@@asteck113
It's not likely to like lore but hate ALL models, but even then, you can always kitbash/convert to fix whatever you don't like about them. For no intrest in painting you can always keep your design simple (rule of 3 colors) or, if you have money, commision your models. And for human elements, a lot of turn based strategies, like Heroes of Might and Magic 3, have hot seat mode, so you can play with another person next to you.
While I played pc games for years I started taking a interest in the models / painting videos on youtube. Last week or so I have been watching at of battle reports as well.
I dont know if Id ever play with them, but the painting aspect looks like a nice challenge.
Just came back to say that this vid really helped me get into warhammer. Sup3rsaiy3n is great and deserves more subs.
Thank you brother.
Thank you, my bastard friend is getting me into this game. All the factions are cool, but I can at least pick out a few I want to research more.
Or just pick all of them? And then think where has all my money gone?
Armata Strigoi not really because you can physically see where your money has gone. I still have minis from over 20 years ago. I can’t remember all of the nights out drinking I’ve had.
Sup3rSaiy3n fair enough, i have deathwatch, two eldar, spacewolves , loads of necrons and some mechanicus now too, amd some spacemarines and a cadian squad, and the first age of sigmar box set. Most of these are half painted, but i suppose it is called plastic crack for a reason
I have collected almost all of the armies over my life. It's the best thing ever. Although, I got rid of everything a few years ago, so, I don't have much now. Got Necromunda, a small Tau army, lots of terrain, some Fantasy models, an Imperial Knight, and some others, but also countless paints, books, anniversary items, etc. Still, quite a bit of money. Also, making a large Lizardmen diorama now, so, that's £200.
I find it funny how many times my choice of army has varied over the years. It's started with chaos, cause I though, marines are cool, but spiky marines with a splash of daemonic possession are cooler. Later I started collecting both dark eldar and necrons, because I thought the models were gorgeous. The dark elder style is so sharp and deadly looking, while the unflinching legions of machines with the eerie glow of thier weapons makes necrons look awesome.
Then I basically went between the 3 for the longest time, until the adeptus mechanicus and imperial knights were released. For years I had wanted an adeptus mechanicus army, and I finally got my wish. They're the only imperial faction I collect but they're so cool thematically I couldn't resist. It's been a long journey with gw and honestly I can't wait to see what the release next! (Might even get make an adeptus ministorum army when plastic sisters come. The ultimate army of religious fanatics sound fun to model!)
Considering getting back into the hobby, Haven't played since the transition between 3rd & 4th used to play Black Legion.
Just drafted up a 2,500 point Chaos army last night, I'm running them as Iron Warriors just so my warlord can have Fleshmetal Exoskeleton but I'll probably give them a different paint scheme.
That being said I've seen a few 8thEd Battle Reports and I'm really liking some of the Tau stuff, the species that collectively said "Fuck Grimdark, this is a Mecha Anime now"
Sounds like my kind of cats! Just seems like such an expensive hobby and I live in a rural area with no available hobby shops. As much fun as it looks I'm just not sure it's available enough for me. Alas.
@Terry Britton Problem is I wouldn't have a place to play it.
@Terry Britton Fair enough.
@@zeterzero4356 kill team! I'm in the same boat.
JOIN UP WIV DA BOYZ YA GIT
WAAAAARG
Hard to resist a sales pitch lile that
SPEEDWAAAAAAAaaaaa...
Space fungus
In this video, like in most stores, the best stuff is in the back.
40k is great game my favorite faction is Bretonnia I like how you can just have lots of lines of infantry supported by Riders of Rohan.
The dark eldar do not kill for pleasure, it's somthing like they need people to suffer to prevent shlanesh to eat their soul
It's all about survival for the only true inheritors of the Eldar race!
They kill for pleasure in addition to that.
When you read their fluff it’s REALLY difficult to miss the creepy rapey glee they have when torturing someone... they definitely enjoy it lol. Remember that they act like Eldar before the fall, arrogant and believe they are above everything. They torture humans like that creepy kid who tortured cats but with much more finesse
Dwelling on such ideas it's impending heresy. Mind your thoughts lest it leads you to treachery.
I know my stuff pretty well, but this is amazing
Your 1000% correct - a video like this guiding people where to start in the tabletop is perfect 👌
Thank you. Even though I already have 4 armies hahah😂
What’s your top 5 favourite factions
Comment below.
Tzeench daemons nurgle daemons khorne daemons slaanesh daemons and chaos undivided also i love thousand sons noise marines death gaurd and word bearers
Deathwatch!! Who can choose just one chapter of Marine? With the Deathwatch you get them all.
NO
WHY PLAY DEATHWATCH WHEN YOU HAVE BIG ROBOT THINGS THAT COST ALOT BUT LOOK COOL
I still do DEATHWATCH tho😉😉😉😉
Very awesome little run through. Excited to get my first fleet!
How to choose your army=the coolest looking one
I bet it’s pretty obvious which one I like 😄
There is only one answer NECRONS!! Ok I will watch the video now :D
IDICBeer 40k haha thank you. Big day today.
Indeed it is, I have picked my copy up, but am at work today so can't look at it until tonight
IDICBeer 40k mine didn’t arrive today so hoping it will turn up on Tuesday. Looking forward to your vids mate.
IDICBeer 40k I agree
WAAAAAAAAARG WUT? ORKZ ARE DA BEZT
Fighting with a flashlight!!! :o ooo-errrr
Great overview of all the factions! Given all the new armies that Age of Sigmar are getting at the moment is 40K ready for a new faction? I know some of the older armies are well overdue an update (Eldar and Orcs for starters).
Personally I would like to see all the Eldar get a restart. Jes Goodwin's models and art are amazing but the models look and feel (almost 30 years?) very old now.
You hit the nail on the head with Orcs. Watching the last Mad Max film all I could think of was "this is what Orcs should look like"! I'm keeping my fingers crossed the new codex will be supported by a few new models.
Thanks for the information! I've decided to choose the Adeptus Mechanicus for my main army!
Wow. I remember when the Xenos races were treated independently and equally from the Space Marines/Imperial Guard.
Now the Humans have like 8 factions and the way you were talking about them it made Chaos/ every other faction seem like an afterthought.
Top tip: I bought my rulebook on eBay for £14 (new sealed) because people buy a bunch of dark imperium sets and sell the bits in it seperately after keeping what they wanted. A lord of corruption is £3.99 for example. Foetid bloat drone is £7.5 (but only has the one weapon option). And so on.. for grandfather nurgle !
Thank you very much. I have been painting and collecting Space Marines for quite a while, but never played the game. Thanks to this video i now know that the color-scheme i've always used is called "Rift Stalkers" :D
The Mechanicum is more machine than man, twisted and evil..
That doesn't really make them distinct from any other army in the lore. "Has lost sight of what virtues they aspire to" is true for EVERY faction. Including Chaos Marines. And, just like every other faction, you're allowed to play a subfaction of "good" Mechanicus if you really want to, because that falls under "your dudes" and your dudes are whatever you want them to be
TARINunit9 that went over your head didn't it
King Crimson We are in a section full of fanboys, Poe's Law is sadly in effect
But man is more evil than machine. The truth hurts. Blame God or something. ;)
TARINunit9 It’s a Star Wars reference.
Thanks man, this video is just what I needed. Ordered Dark Imperium as an entry point into the hobby three weeks ago (Huge reason, as you said, was the rulebook for 40€ ). Now, while still waiting for the delivery(god I hate the amazon marketplace!), i'm thinking of which army to go with. Your video gave me a great quick look into all the factions!
i chose space marines because i felt that they were the easiest to paint when starting out
You deserve so many more subscribers than you have. You are really good at explaining and definitely deserve more subs for the work you put in
Wow im more confused now than before i watched this 🤔 I used to collect space marines when i was younger but never even played a game. I am now considering blood angels or space wolves, but i like the psychic chaos stuff too. What to choose lol.. took me a month to settle on a warcraft race 😯
If u like the chaos psychic stuff and space marines i would go with thousand sons
Any 40k newbies here: Just go to 18:23 and get your Waaaaaaaaaaggghh on :D
crzy1gs nope, cheap in game, not cheap in real world
WAAAGH!
Waagh indeed fungus boy :)
crzy1gs nope
Filthy Xenos
I like necrons, trynaids, and chaos. I wish I could choose more than one army for one game
Jaxson Lueschen why not? If your opponent agrees go for it. It could turn out fun.
Jaxson lueschen. If it's not a professional game but a friendly match with a friend you can do whatever you want, Games Workshop is not going to monitor your private game!
chaos working together with necrons with pet nid. Nasty
Also am I able to paint the characters as I please or does it have to be the specific colors in the book
Ps I mean any army not just imperium
you paint your models as you please... if you want copper necrons, the characters should fit the colour scheme... unless you want the character to clash and pop and have "resale value".
Nice content, what a coincidence. I'll be referring this to my friend who's planing to start playing 40k.
I just saw you on matts video. Ima be your first sub. Mr P.
Excellent vid!!
It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear.
"Blood Angels, they are red. Dark Angels, they are green" as if that was the only difference. :D
In the end, for the tabletop, you're going to have to paint a butt load of models. So, while the way an army plays is a consideration, you need to select an army that has an asthetic that will keep your interest or you'll never finish it. If you're new to the hobby, I'd recommend picking up a random plastic box and splitting it up in 3 or 4 groups, and trying different paint schemes on them. That way you know what you're getting into before you try to build a full army. Or, if you're lazy, but want to play the game do necro or space muhreens. Spray a solid base black, rough spray your chosen color, then you just add highlight color. Me, well my main army is IG, with vehicles. But I started with space Marines and got really bored painting them, so I have a few squads of them. Done a couple squads of mechanicus, done a couple squads of Eldar, done a squad of necro (omg necron are boring to paint, but you can do an entire squad of them in less time than it takes to hand paint camo on one IG trooper).
This video has been useful in giving me the inspiration to paint my half painted models which took forever, great video!
This was really useful as I decided to choose orks
WAAAGH! Orks are in my top five armies for 40k.
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my dear alice 9245 what clan?
Evil sunz boi...
Your vanguard, try me emperor...
Dude, this is really helpful. Fore sure i still don’t know what to get. But this already helps it narrow it down!
Correction! T'au now have a Startide Nexus, that allows them to travel almost as fast as through the warp.
Piotr Gałczyński We’re doomed 😱
@@Sup3rSaiy3n don't worry I'm sure our chronos overlords will protect us...
Grandfather nurgle will protect me and tzeentch will help me see their plans while khorne will give me strenght to destroy them as slaanesh just does slaanshi things
Very informative video. Now if only I could pick an army and not just collect everything my budget allows.
Collect everything... I mean EVERYTHING!
What I love about warhammer 40k is that technically there's no good or bad guys it all depends on your perspective of the army
That's everything
I picked up Deathguard and Nurgle deamon from your reviews and never looked back!
I dont like how these videos talk exclusively about the fluff and asthetics but not the mechanics. I want to know which army does what, how they play, which traits they have, what sets them apart, who is strong in what and what weaknesses they have, etc. Like with the Imperial Guard the introductory bit was "They are the best army for tanks."
THIS! I can't decide between Blood Angels, Ultramarines, Tyranids, Necrons or Orks? I have no idea how they play at all and don't want to be stuck with an army i hate.
Thanks for explaining all the races a few friend really enjoy warhammer so I wanted to see wat it was all about again thanks
Chaos are the evil guys... Nice one :). More like one of the shades of evil that lurks in the grimdark of the 41st millenium. Next to super space sex elves, space inquisition and space orcs :)
Lol, astra militarum be like "Die from my flashlight Xenos!!!"
Cool vid
I am just a beginner and I think you should start with the Space Marines because they are good for beginners.
I am new to warhammer 40K. I bought the book seperatly because from what I had read on the internet, i knew right from the start that I wanted to get Imperial Guards as a starting army. Everything about them enthuses me. Any Imperial Guard players out here that could kindly recommend me which units, or set, to get for starters?
Super, I think all your videos are great. The only suggestion that I would have if you are targeting new players would be a rules video (if you have one and I missed it, my apologies). You do a great job with unit specific tactics videos, but maybe a video outlining basic tactics employed by specific armies. Also, one of the video types that has really helped me in 8th (and 7th as well) are list building videos. Breaking down different ways to build a list, placing them in detachments that maximize their command points etc. Keep up the great work!
There are subfactions...Proceeds to list small factions that are not subfactions to anyone.
I've been playing Orks as my first faction/army and I love my orks, but for the sake or variety i have been thinking about starting a new army. Any suggestions?
Which do you like the look of and which better suits your play style? Long range, melee or a mixture of both?
That's a hard question to answer because I've only ever played Orks.
Stephen Holloway get the new war buggy for orktober
@@stephenholloway3418 Marines, i'm going to see how they play and I like the fact that they have so many chapters and variety and range. I know it's popular but I see why.
@@primepersephony hell yeah! I'm so pumped for orktober
To make your hobby has longer life span:
1) Theme of the army 1st
2) model quality 2nd
3) gameplay 3rd
Love the model, then go for gameplay. GW hasn't got relatively pleasent rulebooks most of the time, prepare to make a few house rule to make gameplay slightly playable.
Although 8th edition starts to make sense.
nightsage217 not really
Thanks for all the help, I will probably look into the grey knights or one of the other space marine chapter's.
Excellent chat mate, I still say NECRONS!! :D
I think Ill go with Necrons. You get a lot of models for less money in general, at my lgs i can get a box of 12 warriors for less than 30 bucks which holy shit
I do feel that some of more resilient armies like Death Guard, Necrons and all flavors Space Marines (both Imperial and Chaos) in general are best for beginners as those are less punishing when you make mistakes. That said Tau are rather easy to play as well since they pretty much sit around and shoot everything that gets into they line of sight.
yup. on the harder scale would be 'nids, grey knights (need to understand psychic phase really well) Full militarum tempestus..
Informative as always in your videos
Too late for me since I already have a marine army and just started a Mechanicus army, however once the new sisters of battle are out...
Not Alpharius but.....
They don’t have direct detactchment access to baneblades
I'm going to paint them as anime waifus
Thank u I’m now adeptus mechanicus and imperium Knight
This is nice stuff. What about more stuff for new comers given you're popularity?
Tony Zou Sure. Any suggestions mate?
Sup3rSaiy3n I'd say hobby aspect but that's covered pretty well by other people and also lore but again covered really well. So either put your spin on the above or make a new niche for yourself. Sorry for being vague.
Tony Zou great idea
Tony Zou not at all, thank you for the feedback. I love making the vs videos, painting guides, army so far, size comparisons and rules re-reviews so there will be more of those with different twists coming to the channel.
Sup3rSaiy3n I think you're doing a stellar job as is. Not too sure how you can improve on this point.
I've read their novels from the Black Library...also am lazy in painting things or not talented in making things pretty...
So I choose Grey Knights...
Oh and they look cool as well being the angry gray daemonbusters that they are...
If I have more money or sell one of my kidneys my next buy would be plastic sisters...
Gonna have that grey knight and battle sisters loving...
Question i want to go Chaos army. Can I use Both Characters from Khorne and characters from other factions of Chaos?
You can
Personally, I love the Tyranids! They are indifferent to politics, religion, or chaos. Their only focus is consuming bio-matter! Their battle tactics include aerial, underground, and charging en masse across the battlefield with slashing limbs and ranged bio-weapons!
by the way which Warhammer game you talking about? ( the down of war 3 or Space Hulk)
Hoa to pick your army: go buy Tabletop Simulator on Steam for the base price of 20$, download/Subscribe to Warhammer 40K content that contains various armies, then play around with them in games to see which ones you like.
I don't needs any video tell'n me which Army tuh chuse. Iz simple, you choose the one with the most WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH in it!
Could you make a video on the play styles for the factions
I just picked tyranids like how probably every tyranid player started them.... I played starcraft and tyranids are basically them
Tatu Juntunen I love em!
Got to love the Orcs they're literally powered by positive thinking
You should do one for 9th edition if you have the new rulebook
which army is good for a beginner painter? spacemarine?
Boy Peppel i know it’s 10 months later, but...
I’d say necrons are a great start for painting. Tau are also not too bad, since you do A basecoat and usually one colour overtop, and they look pretty sleek.
Space marines are great for sure, as they are easy to pick one colour scheme and go from there. You can slowly but surely get better as time goes on as well!
Ones to avoid I’d say is orks...so much green and so many little bits and very ramshackle looking. Lots of flavour, but tedious when you have to paint 100-200 units!
Tyranids are the same thing as orks. Imperial guard aren’t too bad to paint but there’s a lot of them to paint. A person could burn out quickly after painting hundreds of models.
There’s a lot of great painting guides on UA-cam as well! Check them out!
So I am considering the necrons, but I am a bit worried the gameplay around them will be a bit stale because I am guessing they will have to rely a lot on the regeneration ability? Wondering if anyone can comment on this. I have never played before.
Hey. Would you consider making a part two to this?. Maybe titled Getting started with WH40K?. Thanks
Got one box of Deathwatch, just a Kill-Team. Put them together how I wanted, and now I've decided to play Orks. Their attitude is so great for me. Picked up a box of Nobs and a box of Boyz. Any suggestions for my next purchase, under 200 dollars American?
Troy Connar Morgan grab yourself the start collecting box, it's a great way to add to your army as you get more cannon fodder and a leader
Hear first 10seconds > ok it's one of the slow talkers > video speed 1.5 . Thank me later.
Hi, really thinking about getting into Warhammer both from the model building and painting to the game aspect, is the Dark Imperium a good place to start? Is the 8th edition rules quite new or is the 9th around the corner.....thanks for any advice
Cmdr Snake Hi. Yes the Dark Imperium set is a good place to start. I would also recommend visiting your local store if possible. Just don’t let them pressure you into buying anything. 8th edition rules came out last year in June. 9th are probably 3 or 4 years away. They are the simplest rules so far imo.
GWs Posterchild, the Brimaris.
Wait a year and get sisters
T B i think everyone is waiting a year to get sisters 😉
what do sisters of battle even do??
Reaver they are nuns with guns. and LOTS of fire. they are mostly on par with space marines (tabletop wise)
wait 20 years and there will be even more to chose from.
@@reaver414 basicly weaker version of space marines lol
I think i already know what army i am.
Top Five: Tau, Tyranids, Ad Mech, Orks, and Harlequins.
Retro Workshop I love orks and tau
Last year I was completely new to Wargaming with "Shadow War: Armageddon" I made Kill Teams for Tau and AdMech, once 8th ed came out I started expanding on my AdMech in order to play 40K. I prefer AoS though...
what is your admech army so far?
4:30 I know, I know, Bolters are supposed to be big but come oooon! And this is even a Primaris for Big E's sake, even in a regular Astartes arms this is way too big
Flashlight :D Papa bless !
I want to get into the hobby but looking for a defensive like faction and ranged. Not to big on melee. So torn between Tau, space marines, and IG; thought about the blood Angel's or space wolves but seem to be more melee than anything. But Skitarii aren't off the list either. Anyway, any suggestions?
Tau for sure my mate had the exact same thought process he started tau and is loving them the big suits are cool too
we do not THINK that the flesh is weak, we KNOW it is weak.
Lol u go into detail in all the other armies but you you don't about the NECRONS!!
Very good video!
I'm confused what the various uh tactics I think is the word, that each race does best?
Heavy lack of Nurgle in this comment section. Papa Nurgle and Death Guard are the best.
My list so far:
1. tyranids but I never gonna start an army because the budget
2. space marines
- blood ravens
- black templars
- smurfs
3. chaos marines
- black legion
- thousand sons
- death guard
Can someone help me
I will help you pick black templars if space marines because no one likes blood ravens/smurfs
Flathead Gg244 plus they are a very fluffy armour
You came a bit late but guess I already made the right choice
I allready have Two eldar walkers that i got when i was a kid but im kinda like the necrons, what do you guys Think?
BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!!!
SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE!!!
MILK FOR THE CORNFLAKES!!!
imperial guard inf only army is clearly the best way to go
Love the channel but I thought this video was really bad. You should have thought through what you were going to say and described the universe that the game is set in first. Any new player is not going to understand who the Emperor is, what a Primarch is, what Chaos is without some explanation. If I were you I’d delete this video or re shoot it. Just my honest opinion.
Really helpful, thanks.
Orks, I admire their purity
What is this book?
So stick with my decision of Black Templars, got it.