Veterans night at GW

[MadMaffMan]

After all this BT skinning i've been thinking of taking up WH40K, so of i went to my local GW store in Bournemouth. They got some real nice models in their display cabinets, makes the couple of squads of SM's i have look like i painted them with crayons.

The guy in the store says that they have a 'Veterans Night' for older gamers like myself which is ok with me as i stuck out somewhat amongst a sea of heads that were about 2 foot shorter than me.

Question is do i take up WHFB or WH40K, the chap said to bring along the SM's that i have and they'll take a look to see what i could do with them. Thing is i was looking at the WHFB stuff and some of that really caught my eye.

The Chaos models in particular, i'm quite keen on being evil for a change.

One thing that surprised me was the cost of the stuff now, it always was expensive but £30 just for the rules book let alone the Codex's and models. I better start saving my pennys.

I may even be able to convert my SM's into CSM's.

[IBBoard]

Converting is always fun, although beware of taking tips from the staff - they get major discounts and so will go for bigger conversions than most people can afford

Veterans night is always good - all the annoying little kids get kicked out and it's only more mature gamers there for a good time

As for 40K or FB, I'm not sure I've not looked into 6th Edition WHFB, although TGSC has. It depends on the style you like and how you want to collect. Try getting an intro game of each - the rules are different between 40K and FB and they play differently so squads Vs tactical blocks might make a difference With the "how you want to collect", some people go for making a list and then buying it, others buy what they like the look of and then make a list around that. The first is probably better in battle, but the second can be more fun (if a little more expensive!)

As for expensive - read my article if you don't mind online mail order then oraclegames.co.uk do up to 25% discount although they don't offer an affiliate scheme, so I'm referring people for free

[MadMaffMan]

Very good article indeed...cheers.

I picked up a load of Orks once at a car-boot, £5 for loads of the really old lead figures. I also have a box set of Orks, the very old set when they were called Space Orks. They look a little different to the Orks now but with a bit of conversion they would look ok i reckon.

But as you said in your article money is the deciding factor. I do like the look of Chaos Space Marines, lots of conversion opportunities. But i suppose it's a bit daft to not make the most of the models that i do have and with a bit of rummaging in the dark corners of the house i reckon i can make up several squads of Space Marines.

I may find someone there that i could trade the figures i dont need with ones that they dont want, it's surprising what you find once you start looking through cupboards. I just found a box of Tau that i think someone gave me a couple of years back.

[IBBoard]

LOL TGSC has a box sat on his desk that has some Tau, some Tomb Kings Ushabti and several other fairly expensive models in. Together, along with a big chunk of Ork stuff (that I've just about finished cleaning up and stripping!) our Grandma picked it up dirt cheap in a charity shop Now all I need is three more boxes of Ork Boyz and another box of Goblins (more grots!) and my army will be complete up to 2000pts

Maybe at some point there'll be a "Games Workshop terrain on a budget" article Or one about how you started back into 40K/WH?