Re: GENERAL WARGAMING BEGINNER HELP

Posted by MortiS-the-Lost on Apr 09, 2014; 2:09pm
URL: http://the-lost-and-the-damned.71.s1.nabble.com/GENERAL-WARGAMING-BEGINNER-HELP-tp7580723p7580729.html

Perhaps not the exact advice I would give a first time gamer (especially the painting advice)  then again I'm probably more miniature rather than game focused. But worth a read none the less I think - I totally agree with you on the not buying too much to start with bit and to be careful of what scale you buy

My top-tips for a new gamer in no particular order would be something like


 Buy and paint the miniatures you like best - worry about how many you need and what game to play with them later

 Miniatures from one game can be used in any game of the same scale and genre, it doesn’t really matter what game they were made for as long as you're clear what rules you're applying to them

  Coat d'Arms are the best alternative to Citadel Paints for 2 very important reasons first, they are slightly cheaper; and second Coat d'Arms made the original Citadel Paints so not only do most of the colour match any painting guide that refers to Citadel Paints but they are very high quality too.

 Start with a Black undercoat and build your colours up from there

 Dry-brushing is the most underrated painting technique out there - so called 'Pro-painters' may scoff at the idea but I think the quality of my painting speak for itself

 Games Workshop aren’t all that great - they are just expensive and high profile. Other companies produce products of equal and higher quality for considerably lower prices.

 If you really must buy GW products buy them second hand or at least from an online store with a decent discount. Never buy directly from GW's website or go into a GW store.

 Dettol will strip paint from most Plastic and Metal miniatures and is mostly harmless compared to what some people will use

 Most miniature games use 28/30mm miniatures - with a half-decent sized collection of figures of this scale you be able to play a staggering number of different systems

 Out of all the miniature game out there Skirmish level games take up the least space to play and store in your home.

 Never buy an entire army for a mass-battle game at once

 Miniature-centric RPG games (especially the Dungeon based one) often require the GM to have a huge collection of miniatures and terrain - the players however can get away with owning a few as 1 single miniature on foot to represent their character

More of my advice on painting can be found Here