Warhammer (with the models and everything)

Thank you for the Vallejo primer recommendation - I've been using it over the last couple of days and it really is brilliant. Really smooth and easy to use and it's probably going to save hundreds of pounds in spray cans! 

Lovely work.

Agree on cheap/cheapish brushes. One mistake with a pricey one like dipping it too far into a pot or something and it's a £20 drybrush that's probably too small for the job. I haven't tried a dirt cheap option in ages because the handles were coarse or sticky or something, but I really like Grinning Gargoyle's range, very reasonably priced, decent quality for the money, hold their points perfectly well

Yep. You're officially fucked.

Sigh.

What else do I need to start? Will look at some washes and inks, ordered a decent set of brushes. What else am I missing?

I may as well spend an extra 50 up front and start properly rather than regret it later.

And cheers for the paint tip. Will have a look.

Sigh... primer will pick up tomorrow. Rest will make a list.

Forgot about kitchen towel etc, good shout. And whatever you use these days to clean brushes. And something to use as a pallet. And a decent lamp, just realised the lighting not good enough.

Half tempted just to return to amazon.

Jokes aside by the way, the dominion starter is 105 in amazon, 145 in games workshop. A bit weird as most other stuff seems more on parity.

oh, if you have a big chunk of a model that goes on another big chunk of a model, that will then make that model difficult to paint. Cloaks/backpacks are the usual culprits as they cover up a load of armour. So you keep them separate, paint them up and then stick then together as sub assemblies

I tried sub assemblies for a couple of skitarri which the friend of mine who got me into this kindly donated to help me decide on an army to fully get behind (I think it was more of a joke in hindsight considering how fiddly and stressful they are to paint). Used blue tac to avoid getting paint in the joints but still got some in and ended up using super glue and making a real mess of it. After spending hours painting them, very frustrating but think I salvaged them and the tiny models do look cool.

Also, can confirm having started recently that wallet emptying despair is accurate. At least it can be if you're not careful.

The excellent service. Something breaks in transit, GW'll usually just send a duplicate box/sprue - happy punter = more money long term.

Third party sellers don't have this option, and might replace, but they'll get "sale or return" on the damaged one later. GW trade price is around 50% of RRP, so third parties still find a small profit at 75-80% markup, and GW I suppose are happy with whatever they make + free exposure in FLGS etc.

Still remember buying Space Marine bikes in '99 that had Ork wheel sprues in error, just sent me 3 new bikes, and a bit of converting saw all 6 being used.

To be fair they’ve started doing a made to order promise to ensure that if you order 1 in the first weekend, you’ll definitely get it at some point. Which I think has helped supply as scalpers aren’t buying them to split as much now.

Your post gets a like for the final line in the first paragraph

Their spray primers are solid as well, and a few quid cheaper than Citadel

The Vallejo Metal Colour series are about the best metallics I've ever tried. They're sold as airbrush paints, but work just as well with a brush. Applying them over a gloss back primer with an airbrush gives you an extremely nice finish. The only real downside is that the range consists of a lot of variations of steel/silver and only one type of gold.

Green Stuff World sell excellent metallic pigments that you have to mix into a medium yourself. The pigment is very fine and goes on nice and smooth. The brass, bronze and golds are absolutely top notch.

Hmm… first impressions are a bit mixed. Some random thoughts.

My fault I know, not enough research, but I thought dominion was the deluxe starter set, what with coming with the big rule book etc. So I upped to that instead of the extremist edition. Turns out it is not a starter set, doesn’t contain dice, rulers etc. Not a big issue as I mainly wanted it for the models, but I would have like scenery etc as well.

Damn these models are detailed, but also damn they are complicated. Gone are the days of models you stick on a base and stick arms on, these have 10 pieces each and I see why a scalpel for plastic trimming is so important.

I love the big hardback, I enjoyed just reading the lore last night.

I need more painting prep. And I think to watch a YouTube series or 5 on how to paint. Old models you just jumped in and repainted if you messed up. These… well they need to be painted before glued. It looks a lot easier to mess up. I was just planning to jump in and play around, but I think I need to step back.

Wow there is a lot of plastic in the box, hundreds of sprues.

Overall like it, but as I say it fits into a weird “this is a starter kit for people who already play the game” area.

Have to say, some of the models are great if fiddly to build.

A barman at my local runs a club so am aiming to play.

Also the extremis edition does include terrain ;-)

Great stuff, I like how subtle the Eliminators job is