I'm kind of proud of this guy and wanted to show him off, still have 3 more to finish. Yes this is what I do with my free time

what is the going rate now a days? 65? 75?

Dark Angel?  Kind of a messed up backstory with them.

I only buy second hand, then I strip them with purple Super Clean. I picked up this dread and 2 more off Fleabay for $35

What is it?

Only getting more interesting with the new books.

Dreadnought

In the world of Warhammer 40k, the most deserving warriors who fell in combat were interred in these sarcophagus. They continued to live and to fight.

That's one of the plastics.

I have no idea what it is, but it looks neat.

Trumperer approves

Everything that needs to be known about the subject at hand.

Rabidmonkeypox?

I have quite a few that need finishing.

I used to do this with AD&D miniatures. I still have hundreds that never got finished

I have been toying with casting them into bullets, everyone seems to have moved past AD&D in the last 25 years

Your 40k looks good

Deathwing is for sale on Steam, so is a few other 40k games.

I to buy a lot of them second hand, and some new still on ebay and sometimes amazon or on facebook trader groups. I got 3 metal dreads for $15 on fb and on ebay bought a few of the newer bitz for them.

also picked up the betrayal at calth boxset. not painted shit in a long time though. stacks of the stuff to build and paint.

I was about to start a thread, but it seems like this one will get me what I need.

I am interested in reading some Warhammer books and don't know where to start.  Can you guys point me in the right direction?  I have never played the game, so don't know any backstory.

Once upon a time, I had 2 companies of Blood Angels. They got stolen during a move.

You painted that?

Its a dead robot? Is this about Trump or not?

Start with the beginning  of the Horus Heresy novels. They start off in M30 and bring you up to the present.

Indeed I did.

I thought about trying my hand at a Dreadnought sometime...................right now I am elbow deep into Maschinen Krieger models, but those Warhammer 40K models are neat

Looking good OP.

Old I.G. Player here.

"The Emporer Protects"

Super nerd!

Is that how it is supposed to look?

Before starting any 40K books understand that there are a very large number of authors and they vary very widely in quality. Abnett, McNeill, Sandy Mitchell are the best and most prolific. It's not that there aren't good books by other authors but quality will vary highly. Some are straight up dogshit. Fuck you, Mitchel Scanlon, Descent of Angels was the worst thing I have ever read in my life.

The Horus Heresy novels tell the background story of the 40K universe. They take place circa 30K, and tell of how the Emperor of Mankind retired from his crusade to unite mankind (which had grown apart from each other and been separated, and decadent, following several catastrophic events and disturbances in the galaxy called the Age of Strife) and turned over the crusade to his greatest son, Horus. As you can imagine from the name, Horus is heretical, unfortunately. It is a long series and the entries are written by different authors. Some are related, some are not. Most are good, a few are bad. The first several books are very good and follow the exploits of a space marine captain from Horus' private army. This series is not complete but has many entries.

The Ciaphas Cain novels are lighter hearted and a fun read; they aren't nearly so serious or grim as the other entries. They take place circa ~40k. The eponymous Ciaphas Cain is a commissar in the imperial guard- which is sort of like a political officer. He's a bit of a self-debasing badass who finds himself in all sorts of wacky adventures that he tends to resolve with some flavor of ultraviolence and a giant flamethrower blaster gun doohickey.

The Inquisitor series by Dan Abnett is my favorite. It is a set of trilogies. The first set follows inquisitor Eisenhorn as he stops all manners of heresies and evil things from taking over planets throughout the galaxy. The second trilogy follows his pupil, Gideon Ravenor. The third trilogy I can't describe without spoiling anything by the nature of it. These mix a bit of camp with a lot of the setting of the 40K universe and Inquisitors are pretty cool in general. Think space cops, but the cops are also empowered with insane amounts of authority and sometimes have to raze entire planets.

Gaunt's Ghosts is a very popular series also by Dan Abnett. It is very details oriented and follows another military officer, Ibram Gaunt. It is a much more serious take on a similar setting to the Ciaphas Cain novels.

Many other series focus on particular chapters of space marines. The Ultramarines have a lot of books, as do the Grey Knights. Some are good, some are bad, some are really really bad. If a particular writer is unappealing to you find a different series or author.

It's a fun universe. If you were getting started I would read the first three books of the Horus Heresy, then either Ciaphas Cain or the Eisenhorn trilogy, depending on your tastes.

Consider also the videogames Dawn of War (a bit dated) and Dawn of War II. Most other 40K games range from mediocre to bad, unfortunately.

Just ordered the first Horus book, thanks for the detailed response.  I have been wanting to read these for a while.

Nice job.

Just picked up the Burning of Prospero set. Gonna paint me up some Mk III Marines soon. Maybe my beloved Space Wolves, maybe some Night Lords.

If you haven't read Aaron Dembski-Bowden's Night Lords books, check em out and root for the bad guys.

For the most part, I'm keeping with my chapter, Dark Angels, color scheme. Everyone takes some liberties with how their models look.

_{I can't find any of the books on Kindle}

Thanks

If one were so inclined to look around at other examples of some more skilled individuals, mine isn't all that impressive.

Feudist:  The books got their start from the tabletop games, which are (were) exclusively a Games Workshop thing, and the books are published by the Black Library.  They have most of them available for download in several formats.

I would agree with Redarts about getting a basic knowledge of the Imperium, and the Heresy before you jump into the 40K universe, since there is a fair amount of backstory involved.  The Emperor creates the Primarchs, 18 of them and each has a Legion created in their image of 10,000 + Space Marines.  Then the Heresy starts, and the Legions split into loyalist and Chaos.  Then the Loyalists go from Legions of 10K to Chapters of less than 1K.

There are also omnibus collections, some of which deal with specific Chapters, some with specific campaigns, etc.

To get the Kindle format you'll need to order them from BlackLibrary.com.

The Ordo Malleus approves and will withhold Exterminatus, for now...

RIP Space Dwarfs.

Nah, plenty of fantasy games still going.  D&D is on 5th Edition, Pathfinder, I picked up Frostgrave, which is a skirmish rule set for any fantasy mini.  Book is like $16 on Amazon, and with your collection, boom you've got an instant game.



As far as me:  I finally bit the 40K bullet and jumped in with Kill Team.  Snagged some Black Templar painted Space Marines and a Rhino/Razorback for $35 on ebay.  Swapped the Tau in the box set for a set of Marine Sniper Scouts.  Then, discovered that Build and Paint set of 4 Terminators and 1 Dreadnaught for $40.  And, lucky me, I had a $30 gift certificate.  Of course, I can't use them in Kill Team, so the door is open now for the Full Game.   Which...if we get Plastic Sisters soon....there we go.

I stumbled onto 40k through the game dawn of war years ago. I've enjoyed the lore and been a fan without being a huge nerd.

If you want a quick start guide, there are several good wikis that will give you the background needed to enjoy any of the books. Without, you might be a lititle lost.

I've just started reading some of the books. You can get many from the library for free.

Looking good, OP. I love the fluff of 40k and tried playing Dark Angels and Black Templars, but I could never get into the rule set.  I played Flames of War for years and just started Infinity. Can't paint worth a shit and don't have time to try, but I do have some disposable income I give to college kids that do have both talent and time.

My favorite dreadnaught I've ever seen is the one where it's a downed dreadnaught and a Chaos Marine is pulling the withered corpse out of the sarcophagus of the dreadnaught. Having trouble finding it right now.

This one is also quite good:

Thanks.

Dammit. The UK store won't sell to me.

Are they still pissed about that whole 1776 thing?

"Oh my Self"

New WH40K: Space Hulk game came out yesterday and it's badass.

There were originally 20 Primarchs. By the Horus Heresies there were only 18.

Nice Marmot AT/AT...

The Russ probably took em down.

OP, when you take pictures you need to get closer to your subject.

I'm sure they're great, but we are lacking detail shots.

Yea, crappy phone shot.

Either went missing, or trolling the shit out of every faction in 40K, including the 'Nids.

By the way, if you have any interest in the PC RTS games, Relic just has been posting some gameplay videos of the upcoming Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War 3.

Space Marines

Orks

Eldar

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