Adventures in Warhammer

[jurann]

     So my roommate has been wanting to get back into painting miniatures again for a while, it used to be her hobby before making fursuits replaced it about ten years ago. And I've always been fascinated and curious about Warhammer. In years previous though, the barrier to entry for me had been price. Well, I make oodles now, so I figured I don't

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[theflamecrow]

I don't even want to play the game.

I just want the models. o.o

They seem like they'd be fun to paint up, and since they're so tiny the work is most likely less than my usual model kits. Maybe. :P Those details will probably make it difficult, but it's nothing I can't handle.

I just don't know what sets are cheap/affordable for me. I like lizardmen, so I guess I should just do research on those guys. (And most likely any other furry sorts of awesome critters.)

Since I'm not army building I assume I can just buy a few and be happy. I hope. o.o

[jurann]

Well, they usually come in large packs of models, like 10-20 per box. Because they are mostly meant for building coherent army units, so they don't sell many individual models except for "Characters" which are Lords and Heroes - but those cost more because of the detail, increased size, and importance of the model. Individual Character models vary from $15 to $66 each (usually $66 is a MAJOR hero/lord on a large mount) and single units of models range from $25 to $50 with the average unit being about $35 in cost.

In Warhammer Fantasy the furry-ish armies are Skaven (ratmen), Beastmen (satyrs, minotaurs, centaurs) and Lizardmen (name says it all). In Warhammer 40K the furry-ish guys would be... Well, none. =/ But the Space Wolves have a strong wolf lore among them and wear furs of bears, wolves and other critters and ride wolf mounts. The Tau also have some animal-type beasts and units mixed in amongst their battle armor units. And the Orks from Fantasy also ride boars.

[theflamecrow]

Ah well, the armys wouldn't hurt if I had to buy a whole unit. :P Would still be good painting times.

And I assume the bigger dragon sorts are the more expensive kits? x.x I guess I'll browse around on ebay, but I don't plan on buying anything/anyone too soon,

[jurann]

Yeah, what few dragons there are usually cost between $50 and $100. The Chimera's pretty darn cool too. Check out www.games-workshop.com for the full product line. eBay is a great place to find older models and bits and pieces of stuff, but they tend to not have much in the way of current stuff or complete pieces. =/