Warhammer (with the models and everything)

LOL £19 for the card packs!! £16 discounted at third party stores.

Yeah, no.

Sorry! In all the morning preorder chaos I missed this, hah.

Yep, I have all the Kill Teams going right back to the Kill Team relaunch in 2018 (which was Admech Vs Genestealer Cults with some very nice scenery). I've picked up every release since.

It may sound absolutely crazy, but those 2 team boxes are much better value than buying everything separately and the releases have been spread out enough over the years to make it reasonably manageable.

I don't play (or even have the time to paint!) every team, but I do like to try everything and have a number of Warhammer curious folks in my vicinity who don't collect but are up for a quick game of something like Kill Team or War Cry now and then, so having a decent number of options for folks to choose from keeps things fresh

That's also the reason why I have every single War Cry warband.


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Look, I don't have a problem! YOU have a problem!


Stop looking at me!


*runs away crying*



(Oh. And Blood Bowl. I forgot about Blood Bowl. I have all the teams for Blood Bowl as well.)



(Look, haha, I like my specialist games, okay?!? Haha. Ha.)

Ooof. I know nothing about any of the factions etc. Tbh, I think I'll prob just go with the preorder and see how I get on. Realistically I'm only gunna have a few times a year to play it with my pal, so prob best for me to suppress the FOMO and get more if and when I get into the game properly.

What are the card Data Packs btw? Required or a nice-to-have?

Tomo

If you’re sticking to the box and saving that way, I might actually recommend you have a wee bonus and try to get hold of the 40K Core Book - it’s gorgeous, full of art and miniatures and gives a brief rundown of who/what everybody is - half of the book is ‘history’, essays and little short stories and has a section of every faction. Depends how much you want to become embroiled in it I suppose! It could also mean that if you wanted to expand beyond Killteam you’ve got a good guide. Some of it is out of date with regards the rules and the Combat Patrols, but for flavour I think it’s the best ‘primer’ available short of spending hours on YouTube to understand the ‘world’.

Just don’t buy anything direct from GW as there are several reliable independents that will save you £s - Element, Goblin, Wayland, Travelling Man and more. As an example, that book is about 35 quid from those sort of shops, and about 45 quid from James Workshop.

I will as one exception buy small amounts of paints from a WH shop as the savings on paint is often eaten up by postage.

www.warhammer-community.com/2024/09/06/kill-team-managing-the-range-of-kill-teams-in-the-new-edition/#:~:text=Classified%20Kill%20Teams,currently%20recommended%20for%20tournament%20play.

Striking Scorpions are in the ‘Classified’ list as Blades of Khaine so I assume they will get the re-box/inflation treatment. If you want them without waiting might be worth sourcing the old box from FLGS.

My interpretation is that everything in the ‘year one’ list only will eventually go out of production and into a legends type state. Based on that it seems safe to assume Blades get a re-release sometime in the next two years.

zephro

2 in stock at Wayland Games on discount:

www.waylandgames.co.uk/kill-team-aeldari-blades-of-khaine-99120104092

Handy thing about Wayland for single purchases is that their threshold for free delivery is only 20 quid.

That threshold is good to know. Every time I order a rattle can and a few paints it’s about 35 quid.

@drakesmoke You might have to pay the courier rate for a spray can as they're usually classed as hazardous goods - but I've never ordered a can from Wayland before so I can't be sure about that.

The main thing I'm looking forward to in the new edition of Kill Team is the end of that stupid fucking symbol system from last edition.

That and co-op/solo play. I think there's a lot of promise there when it comes to introducing new players, as a fair few people really don't want to play PvP, but would be quite happy to play PvE.

It looks fun. Don't know if it's the dice tray they're using, but some of those dice rolls look as though they're loaded. Is Jeedubs getting into the sports entertainment business? Kayfabe deployed.

Tithes Episode 1 is fantastic. Continues directly from Pariah Nexus but probably doesn’t require too much prior knowledge.

Edit: episode 2 was even better. So much cool stuff and dark AF! Spoilers!



Edit 2!

Episode 3 even MOAR EPIC!



All this stuff aside, I think this would even scratch Roguey-One’s Imperium Bad Mmmkay itch just grandly! I’ve deliberately tried to not even hint at the overriding stories and twists but they are good. The animation and CGI is also really, really good. If you don’t have WH+ you have to yarrr both this and Pariah Nexus.

Sorry for the amount of recent posting, was also half plastered last night 😂

Anyway here are some nice vids. Firstly a really comprehensive unboxing, skip if you want that experience to be fresh. Stand out points for me is that the mat looks gorgeous and the books are confirmed to be paperback, albeit higher quality than ye olde days:

youtu.be/wN5qKHU2X1A?si=wpyQv2A3MrKH7n0d

Small channel but a seemingly decent tutorial (there is an advanced one after this too):

youtu.be/1mPOpxA6sxE?si=96IfdxwVUIf6oLny

Me again sorry! Milestone achieved tonight - have finished every Tyranid model I own - to the tune of about 3300 points I think and it’s taken me a year and three months nearly. Of course in that period I have done quite a lot of marine stuff as well so it could have been tied up faster, but that’s no fun.

So here are my last three Von Ryan’s Leapers:



These actually cost me about 7 quid from memory, as they were from the trial run of Combat Patrol magazine. Bargain!

And here is the entire unit of 6. Old ones at the back:



I can’t remember when I painted the first three, and I would be really interested - I think they are on here somewhere, but the search isn’t picking anything up. I’ve changed bits of the recipe since then and just generally got a bit more efficient and proficient - but I think the old ones hold up OK. I did in fact do some touch ups - I’d done the ‘gloves’ and the claw sheaths in the flesh colour I use for the elbow joints, and that isn’t really right and looks muddy, so those got a do over.

I’ve also realised that my varnish mix has changed over time to go more and more matte, so they got a new coat of that to make the unit consistent.

Really feeling quite chuffed, but there is still work to be done on this collection - I may redo the varnish all the more shiny ones, I need to find time to magnetise all the bases, and I need to revisit the lighting on the cabinet and re-do that better.

I’m also a bit sad tbh! I do think I have unfinished business though, as I’d like a Norn Assimilator, Toxicrene, and regular Carnifexes, but they will be firmly in ‘next year’ territory.