/tg/, I'm considering getting into 40k models. I don't care that much for playing the game, and for that matter, no one around here really plays it. But I'm thinking about getting a small number of Tau or IG models, painting them up, and keeping them for display pieces. How much is this probably gonna cost me? Any recommendations for good stuff?
>>43935482
>Getting into 40k
>Only for display
But y tho?
>>43935525
I like the aesthetic of both factions named (most of the factions, really, but Tau and IG in particular), I'm trying to get into miniature painting, and I don't want to touch the packs of Flames of War miniatures that have been sitting in my closetbecause the only other local player around here is a piece of shit and I don't want to put a Nazi army on display
>How much is this probably gonna cost me?
Just go to GW's homepage and look at the prices?
>>43935574
Don't buy GW though, it's stupidly overpriced. Get something from those Fierce Miniatures dudes, they make some pretty cool stuff. Alternatively just buy historical or anime.
>>43935781
A lot of fa/tg/uys don't buy directly from GW, like >>43935785 mentioned. I was hoping that maybe, I dunno, I'd get some actual suggestions on who people buy from to avoid dropping $60 on basic shit, before paint or any other factor?
>>43935785
Thanks, I'll look into them.
>>43935861
You want cheap Tau/IG? Ebay. For the new stuff you're looking at near-GW prices no matter who you buy from, so GW's homepage will give you a good idea.
>>43935482
That looks pretty cool. Making the weapons a different color seems to really bring the whole thing together.
>>43936138
http://imgur.com/a/OwN5v
Album of the whole army. It's breddy nice. And the color changes are pretty much canon too.
>>43935861
>tfw poorfag in Canada
>tfw independent retailers' price are actually worse than GeeDubs
>tfw all the cheap retailers ship only to the states.
>>43935861
Typo anon, I mean Mierce miniatures. They're pretty expensive as well, but their models are GORGOEUS.
>>43935482
Check out some single figures on ebay. You can always start small and make a kill-team or something. I'm sure both IG and Tau have some unique models you can scratch your itch with. I have a small IG force and some of my favorite models are metal Catachans, rogue trader era Ogryn, and Ive got a couple metal standard IG models that I use as captains or whatever. The metal models arent cheap, the Ogryns I bought were around $10 a figure
>Don't buy GW though, it's stupidly overpriced.
> Mierce miniatures. They're pretty expensive as well but buy em
Typical GW hater faggot
>>43940640
I actually am well invested into 40k. I don't advise GW models for an actual hobbyist model artist because they just aren't up to the same standards as companies like Mierce unless you're buying Forge World HQ.