Realising you've become a Warhammer 40k fan

In todays video we succumb to the workshop of games and talk about it in a half video essay/ half "I don't know how to write a coherent script" sort of way. Join the dimwit wellington boot man as he tries to reconcile with the lost time that he could have spent finishing the critically acclaimed CRPG Baldur's Gate 3.
Apparently Darktide penance update is out so next vid is probably gonna about that :) Then rogue trader next, although I havent even started it yet so we'll see.

[@NeuroticPixieSlasher]

There was a screenshot going around where a guy said he read about 10 Warhammer books and decided he knows enough to participate in fan discussions, and tried to chat on a 40K fan forum. "I was promptly told that I don't know shit and that I should shut my heretical piehole"

[@sloshed-rat]

Unfortunately, the meme culture is honestly how the majority of basic knowledge of the world gets passed around

[@Oppen1945]

@@sloshed-rat Yeah if you just repeat the same handfull of jokes that are being made for decades you will often fit right in. Bonus points if you spread false information through them.

[@jameson1239]

That’s 1/3rd of the Horus Heresy series there’s a lot of books

[@unholy7324]

I've only read the emperor's gift. There is nothing else. Only grey knights.

[@RMCbreezy]

Based

[@smangle7328]

For me it was: "Huh these Necron guys look cool, I wonder what their deal is?" *One hour of lore later* "...So you're telling me that everything is happening in this setting all because the giant space toads didn't want to invent sunscreen?"

[@Hunter-zf7rt]

That is legit how I got into Warhammer 2 years ago

[@FriendKevin]

What? Dear God warhammer is too confusing, i will never understand the lore

[@Hunter-zf7rt]

@@FriendKevin majorkill is great for beginners

[@FriendKevin]

​@@Hunter-zf7rt got it, thanks

[@Hunter-zf7rt]

@@FriendKevin no problem,he does a interesting scenes of humour

[@iggydiaz2693]

for me it all started when I watched that god damn Astartes short movie. it infected me afterwards

[@Heinkenbottle]

For me I think it's called god is real and he hated us

[@GarkKahn]

For me it was looking for cool templars images on google for a wallpaper and found a futuristic version of holy warriors And later my rts addiction made me found Dawn of war 1 with all of its expansions included

[@-JustHuman-]

Shame GW took it down. Then again hating GW is part of being a 40K fan. Heres hoping they go under and the IP gets taken over by fans.

[@epicureanmaster]

And then the hatred grows when you find out GW coerced the creator to work for them under the shadow of copyright lawsuits, bullied him until he quit, made him sign an NDA on all the stuff he did for them while there, and now he's been forced to abandon any astartes sequels he would have again due threat of copyright

[@LordCrate-du8zm]

@@epicureanmaster That's not true at all. You're spreading misinformation.

[@UntoldHistoryAnimations]

That moment you get into Warhammer 40k, take years to build and paint a full army, only to realise that there's actually a game to play those miniatures

[@ThePigeon5734]

it took me six months to get to 5,500 points fully painted.

[@alextruecustodian6174]

​@@ThePigeon5734 let me guess, fellow custodes enjoyer

[@reclusiarchgrimaldus1269]

​@@ThePigeon5734 It's almost taking me that amount of time to finish my combat patrol

[@ThePigeon5734]

@@alextruecustodian6174 Nope, Templars.

[@ThePigeon5734]

@@reclusiarchgrimaldus1269 Reclusiarch Grimaldus, my lord... Rest assured I'm kitbashing your model to look significantly better and repainting it after my last not great attempt.

[@jackiecomics141]

that's such a great point about the world being so big you get to pick and choose what to interact with. I've never really cared for Space Marines and spent most of my time with Warhammer reading up on Necromunda and playing it and actively ignoring all the large armored, tower-sized tanks and other shenanigans.

[@paytonkraft7564]

Yeah. Necromunda and the underhives are crazy enough. I'm all for all the facets of the fight, but I can't say no to a good underhive enthusiast.

[@randomguy6679]

Or you could just play Darktide and/or Rogue Trader

[@blindmonkeyman3960]

One of us, one of us, one of us

[@LeHunter70]

One of us, one of us, one of us

[@Thisisabucketboi]

But what if… I wasn’t us?

[@Otomazeman]

For the Emperor. FOR THE EMPEROR. FOR THE MOTHER FKENG EMPEROR.

[@johndortheknight4802]

One of us One of us One of us

[@clydecraft5642]

@@Thisisabucketboi IS IT BECAUSE YOU ARE SECRETLY ALPHARIUS?

[@Scorched-E04th]

Am i the only new one who got in just to build countless little men that will never see a board but get played with EVERY night

[@Frankie-McGough]

😂😂😂 Welcome to the club 😂

[@epicassassin8502]

Hey friend,

[@fedaykincommando3252]

Yes

[@altronssj5]

Right in front of my box of un opened, unpainted primaris inceptors

[@TheWolfDude91]

*me looks down on my boxes pile of shame* pah

[@falsehero2001]

You aren’t a real 40K fan until you hate Games Workshop.

[@Ragnarra]

I still weep over TTS.

[@KamikazeMedias]

Fuck GW.

[@internetuser320]

​@@RagnarraI still cant get over filthy frank

[@ChronicNOTAG]

HAHAHAHAHA! SO TRUE! No, listen to this guy, people, he's got the secret figured out!

[@Kanji_38]

Well I hate them now after what they did recently

[@svagglaorde4387]

6:16 - Nobody tell this bloke that Nurgle deamons actually like devastating neglect since these guys live on entropy.

[@dutchmansmine9053]

Give him a good krumpin

[@RMCbreezy]

Yup he has fallen under the grandfather's spell

[@pitmatix1457]

Beasts of Nurgle don't. They are like excited puppies that want to play with you. Unfortunately their playing leaves you dead. They are then sad for a moment because their new playmate has gone still and boring. Then spot someone else to play with and excitedly bound bound towards them....... I'm not joking, this is their personality in lore.

[@AHHHHHHHH21]

@@pitmatix1457 its like a puppy but if it doesnt crush you you get infected with 1000 diseases instead

[@Grennixx]

I went from "yeah dawn of war is cool, so is the lore" 4 years ago to "this is my custom sisters of battle order, their living saint is resurrected jean d'arc"

[@Anthoninoatletico]

Based

[@elitreat6759]

Ahem . . . So is there any thing else you want to share about this home brew of yours ( it sounds really interesting)🤨

[@zeehero7280]

my favorite custom 40k oc I've seen someone make was an ork warboss based on Oda Nobunaga.

[@DarkVeghetta]

@@zeehero7280 Kuruumpin jikan!

[@isengarde9490]

@@elitreat6759 They are all *violently* French. (Meaning; murderously bipolar with ever evolving mood swing triggers.)

[@konnen7354]

Welcome, brother. *You can never leave*

[@Romuluz369]

Unless they like femstodes... Those "people" can leave and never ever return.

[@squidy720]

"Brother I am pinned here!"

[@OljeiKhan]

ONLY IN DEATH DOES DUTY... WAIT WE HAVE A SPARE DREADNOUGHT SARCOPHAGUS WAIT RIGHT HERE

[@YukitoOnline]

Nice try. I can. **proceeds to build MG Gunpla**

[@hpropganda]

​@@YukitoOnlinetau

[@Romuluz369]

Leaving a beast of nurgle immobile on a shelf for many years is something they are totally fine with...

[@richardbotek6561]

Do you remember the scene from dawn of war where the space marines are fighting the orcs for some hill? It was glorious.

[@codyvandal2860]

the intro cutscene. It still holds up

[@tdpuuhailee8222]

Ah yes, Dawn of War intro: A normal game of king of the hill.

[@lupisvolk2420]

Ah yes DoW music videos, what got me into 40K.

[@DefaultFlame]

DoW 1 is what got me into 40k in the first place. Then I kinda just started consuming lore at a frightening pace, then books, then watching hundreds of hours of lore videos, then . . . I haven't gotten into the actual tabletop, partly because I'd have a hard time to find anyone to play with, partly because the whole painting miniatures thing puts me off, partly because of the outrageous cost, and partly because I despise GW and don't want to give them more money than I already have. Imperial Guard, Necrons, and Eldar were my favorites in DoW. IG because I like the idea of all these regular dudes being up against all this horrific shit, Necrons because they are ridiculously OP in the game in my opinion, and Eldar in multiplayer because I can be annoying as fuck with them. "Oh, you think you've got me cornered and all you have to do is break through my defences?" *teleports my entire base away with the webway* I also tended to spam out an entire river of fire prism tanks, so many that I'd have to jump them over obstacles to get them out faster because they clogged the only entrance to my base. Also, with Necrons: "Oh, you killed my entire army? Well, let me teleport in a new army. Oh, and here's my Necron Lord with the resurrection orb. Now I have double the army. Unit cap, what's that?"

[@kongzillatoho4558]

Dawn of War will always be the best ambassator of the Warhammer IP

[@unarmored9973]

First time I laid eyes on a space marine It was love at first sight, of course I was like 15 and didn't realize there was more to W40K than just Dawn of War, so imagine my enthusiasm when I realized there was a whole world of little plastic men waiting to be painted -I've always wondered just how much heavy lifting W40K video games did for the franchise.

[@codyvandal2860]

A lot

[@unarmored9973]

@@codyvandal2860 I bet you feel really smart for that huh? 😊

[@StuckTrippin]

As somebody who's interest was peaked purely because of video games, I would say he was giving you an answer. So defensive. ​@unarmored9973

[@unarmored9973]

@@StuckTrippin No I'm pretty dang sure he was just correcting the use of "alot" instead of "a lot" my guy. 😆

[@StuckTrippin]

@@unarmored9973 read your OP. Unless you edited it out, you never even say that word.

[@chris7372]

Me thinking at first glance that Warhammer lore is too nerdy even for me. Then that first bite of a Warhammer game or seeing the Adric in your feed and thinking "Why not" or seeing a Warhammer audiobook and the cover and synopsis looks kind of cool. Then you're unironically reading the wiki and getting *another* book because you got the first book in a series so want to continue it. By then realizing its too late and It's got you hooked..

[@AlphariusOmegon618]

I first heard about 40k in my first year of HS. I was watching sovietwomble's vietnam video and heard "MORE DAKKA". I looked it up and immediately dismissed it as "nerd shit", even though at the time I thought Ravadil's Quest was the funniest thing ever. I only really got into 40k 2 years ago and I've gotten enough brainrot to become a demon prince of nurgle.

[@giuliocoppola6774]

If you ever thought that current 40k is crazy,you have to see first edition 40k

[@lupisvolk2420]

I think the current generation couldn't handle Rogue Trader, not with the actual Female Space Marines, over the top 80's British humour and the space marine poop ritual.

[@LegendStormcrow]

I've seen a little bit and hot dang! Half elf space marines!

[@AlphariusOmegon618]

@@lupisvolk2420 Trust me, the fists still do the poop thing. I'm selling the videos on the noosphere right now. Only teef accepted, no refunds.

[@RMCbreezy]

​@@lupisvolk2420i literally learned that space marines do shit and do eat demons just to spite them last night

[@jasperzanovich2504]

Was that back when all Space Marines where complete arseholes?

[@ArchvileEnthusiast]

Chaos corruption always finds a way to seep into the masses

[@exactinmidget92]

my first taste of 40k was at comic-con when DOW came out back in 04. i didn't much care about the video games or table top but i got hooked on the books.

[@paytonkraft7564]

Ah, the Kronus campaign. I remember that war like it was yesterday. *Notices calendar* Oh yeah, it WAS yesterday.

[@gokce-videos]

same here

[@friendlyneighborhoodcrusad4242]

My dad has had the hobby since the 80’s, (painting minis and reading the books for both 40k and fantasy) so my fate was sealed the moment i was born. Nowadays most of what i read is his book collection, i paint minis myself and i can now also show him stuff like trailers and gameplay from darktide and total war warhammer 3

[@perry9262]

Literally watching this after painting my first box of plastic crack. Rogue Trader made me adore the setting and after actually watching a few tutorials and having some super helpful conversations with the dude at my local gamestore I ended up having an awesome first paint experience --- my Raven Guard are looking fresh. Awesome hobby to pick up; especially as someone who came from D&D I have lots of models to paint and practice on as well!! Stoked to be getting into the hobby 🖤

[@epicureanmaster]

Ooof, talk about bad timing

[@saltytattie833]

Careful leaving that Beast of Nurgle unattended and unloved. It might become a rotfly.

[@kewlboi5420]

we are the same person, rock and stone for the emperor

[@ViashinoWizard]

There actually is a space dwarf faction now, the Leagues of Votann

[@achimdemus-holzhaeuser1233]

@@ViashinoWizard ( fixed ) There actually is a space dwarf faction *again*, the Leagues of Votann

[@johndortheknight4802]

Rock and Stone

[@Headbringer]

Did I hear a rock and stone?!

[@itswilbur3747]

Used to play 40k in the late 80s/early 90s. Drifted away, life, etc. In a fit of nostalgia, decided to take a look at that old, funny game I used to play... 🤯🤯🤯

[@Skull_Gun]

Born to late to play the best version of 40K (2ND Edition) when it was popular 💀 Born just in time to play great warhammer co-op video games when they're popular 🤩

[@stevid8193]

C'mon..... surely 3rd Ed? True grimdark 👌

[@evigvandrare]

Man, I still play 3rd and 4th edition with friends to this day, and use it to get the tabletop interested friends playing, it's fucking great.

[@YoutubewatcherPerso-pg7nm]

"Buy Rogue trader even though you haven't finished BG3 yet" He knows all my secrets....

[@fripfrop_]

Ello folks, I realise this vid has dropped with poor timing in regards to a silly controversy that I've recently been made aware of. That said, try not to embarass yourselves in the comments, thats my job ;)

[@theancientsam]

too late! this was not pinned and i have already left like 6 comments that would make a conservative blush

[@Coconut-219]

"Realizing you are a Warhammer fan, just in time to realize that you are no longer a Warhammer fan"

[@PowerYoutuberViewer]

The mechanicus game is what popped my cherry. The silliness is what finally got me to break out my wallet for the minis.

[@paytonkraft7564]

Funnily enough, I escaped the "buying models" bit, as between the lore (back when GW still gave a damn) and the video games, I find myself rather content.

[@RomanvonUngernSternbergnrmfvus]

I print models from time to time but I’ve been a major lore guy for decades now.

[@Jeff-ne1lh]

The idiotic thing is "I play a 40K video game so I'm going to buy a model and leave it unassembled in a box on my shelf" is GW's main sales strategy these days.

[@88dejw]

Started with Darktide. Listened to lore. Now painting my first tech priest figure. I praise the Omnissiah on team chat everytime I fix something in my IT job. I plan a tatoo with "the Emperor protects" inscription. Send help.

[@jasperzanovich2504]

It really sneaks up on you. One day you are playing a videogame because it's good (DOW in my case) and a few years later the big lore channels on youtube rarely tell you something you didn't already (at least peripherally) knew.

[@unib4324]

As a person who played with green soldiers as a child i see warhammer 40k the next upgrade to my inner child

[@eternalvibe9083]

In the words of Cardinal Richlow, "Oof, poor timing."

[@Lux_Ferox]

The Emperor's childlike admiration of Humanity hooked me. It's so silly but so badass at the same time.

[@slenderface1239]

"slobbering over space marines" Believe me, from what I've seen it's the complete opposite

[@CausticSpace]

I actually see more chuds wishing Space Marines didnt exist far more than slobbering over space marines but I digress

[@--COSMIC-]

7:48 same lmao, only warhammer I really enjoy is darktide, space marine 1, and hopefully 2🤞

[@diggles27]

Try Battlefleet Gothic Armada 2, it stands on its own as a very good tactical space combat game

[@A_Professional422]

@-COSMIC- Sm2 is very good

[@Thanaroa]

Welcome, honored guest. To the birthplace of our HOBBY

[@frosthewer]

Thank goodness im poor or id be inclined to wet my beak. Godspeed, brother

[@Wingsoficarus9868]

Hey if you want to get into the hobby on a budget there’s great videos honestly it’s a great destresser

[@thanhlamlam1842]

When I saw your thumbnail, my mind just said: "Ultra Emotional Damage"

[@UllrT]

Regarding leaving the Beast of Nurgle on the shelf so he can receive "devastating neglect"... Ironically, that's kinda part of it's gig. These things are just like giant puss puppies that want to "play", but "playing" kills people... but they are so happy they don't know that, and they don't know why no one wants to play with them... so they go away depressed and pupate into these killer mosquito things. So.... you're doing it right. ROFL.

[@dragontear1638]

The man is tempting fate, then.

[@kingsaul754]

i really wish you a good time and that this video doesnt age badly in the coming weeks.

[@RedKincaid]

I started reading the 40k wiki because I was bored and someone had linked to it, and I ended up reading it for about an hour every night before bed for like a year. Now I've read a few dozen of the books and played a bunch of the video games and watched all the fan animations, my best friend and my little brother both paint minis and are part of online forms, and my brother in particular knows more about Warhammer fantasy than the rest of us know about 40K put together. We're all warhammer fans and talk about it together somehow even though we all got into it in completely different ways. I think how expansive it is is one of the things that makes it so fun to talk about. I don't know anything about most Space Marine chapters or the particulars of the Horus heresy or many other factions and events, but I could talk for hours about Orks and Admech and Nekrons and Assassins and so on, so I always know something that the person I'm talking to doesn't and they always know something that I don't, because it's basically impossible to know everything about it edit: expensive ≠ expansive

[@CataclysmicCharizma]

I had the same thing happen to me. Boltgun was the only gateway I opened that caused me to start madly reading up and watching videos about the lore and stories of the 40k universe. I was absolutely blown away by the sheer amount of lore and history from the universe as a whole, absolutely nuts. There's an insane amount of lore.

[@Spacefriend594]

0:43 The Brick!!

[@UntoldHistoryAnimations]

God this comment is making me bricked up

[@Neddicus]

@@UntoldHistoryAnimations your comment is bricking me up

[@heistingcrusader_ad3223]

BRICKY MY BELOVED

[@erbomb1]

After watching this video I looked at the corner of the room where I have boxes un-assembled, un-painted Nemesis, Warmaster and Emperor titans collecting dust. Yeah I should probably do something about that sometime...

[@RMCbreezy]

Titans are big enough you could have your kids paint them with some touch-up afterwards

[@esbenm6544]

I'd say I'm a casual WH40K fan. I only read the first 10 books of the Horus Heresy, Night Lords and Black Legion books, Eisenhorn series, Let The Galaxy Burn and Eye of Terror anthologies, 15 games in my Steam library, a couple of thousand hours play-time. A passing fancy, really. I can quit anytime. Just one more audiobook while I do my grocery shopping, I swear!

[@Kwisatz-Chaderach]

Caiphas Cain novels....do it.

[@tyleroneill8312]

For me, I thought getting into the miniatures was going to be stressful with how small they are, but I've painted 2 and it's alot more fun than I thought

[@KnightDrinkingMilk]

6:55 DID I HEAR A ROCK AND STONE?!

[@Avera9eWh1teShark6]

For me, I got into 40K through Darktide as well, way back in the beta. From there I listened to a few audio books from the first few Horus Heresy novels, then some Guard books. I went to my nearest Games Workshop and picked up the Cadia Stands Astra Militarum army box. $4,000 and a year and a half later, "even in debt, I still serve."

[@imscary2]

i used to and had huge armies. 30 years ago. I almost bought some tau robot guys. then i convinced myself their legs were thin and silly looking. Thus saving myself a lot of money.

[@kayb5966]

For me it was my uncle showing off a Space Marine Razorback tank he painted. It really be those closes to you.

[@Ragnarra]

Try looking at a map of the warhammer universe then wonder what the hell am I doing this for? The implication is that I have neither a sense of direction nor full grasp of how bloody insane the High lords are to think they are capable of controlling this Imperium. The scope of it is enough to justify why they act like toddlers when someone is doing a better job than them. Good luck you are going to need it.

[@RMCbreezy]

I have this creed thing about purging the heretic.. im terribly sorry. Im sure you understand. BLAM

[@honorguard7616]

I still recall first hearing about warhammer years ago due to Arch Warhammer, got confused wondering how things fit together due to not understanding there were multiple universes at first (Took a few lore videos). For anyone interested in the craziness of 40k, I recommend Arch's War for Badab series

[@Bl1tzkn1ght]

I got lured into 40k by way of Warhammer Fantasy, my parents played WF before Age of Sigmar practically ejected them from the hobby. But i soon found 40k and then i was infected by the mania inducing complexity of the canon and now im sitting in my little house with my legion of guardsmen on a shelf rotting and praying to the emperor that i use them.

[@RMCbreezy]

Get an opposing army. Then its easier to twists peoples arm to try it with it in front of their face

[@oddtomato1049]

My introduction when I started being curious about the franchis was the "Children of the Omnissiah Extended" video on KZbin. I now too possess a box of overpriced plastic catching dust on a shelf.

[@doragonzx]

Now Youv ever heard, the Tragedy of Malal the Vanished God? its not a tale GW will tell you that for sure.

[@ralfsstuff]

I realized I was a fan/addict when I thought to myself: "I physically don't have the space to store another model!" and proceeded to buy 3 more Combat Patrol boxes.

[@RMCbreezy]

Oof

[@redisadork4952]

Don't forget, you're here forever...

[@qwaku4907]

The Horus heresy got me, when i found out about the civil war from the faction that was humanity first, it got me hooked

[@AmorphisBob]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaand it's gone

[@nick-hu1nx]

me a 40k fan having this be the first video of yours i have watched. gooood, we will watch your career with great intrest.

[@Q_Tard]

Hell of a time to decide to jump in lol

[@DrMelonPug]

I'm being groomed by the algorithm to become a warhammer 40k fan I'm already contemplating what models to buy and I'll also getting the mechanicus game soon. favourite chapter so far are the Dark Angels they seem cool.

[@Nightmareof94]

I hope darktide gets an offline patch would suck for this game to just die like the crew one day

[@theancientsam]

lmao savage

[@spongmongler6760]

my first dose of 40k was walking past a shop when I was 8 or 9. that was roughly 20 years ago and hearing people just getting into it makes me truly feel like one of the gang, "one of the lads" you might say, despite not fitting into the typical category. I have now become the hermit sitting on the hill, watching you all walk the warrior's path, poking as you fall for the oldest tricks in the book. there will never be enough. you want the grey. you must have the grey.

[@barandor]

you know... actually the beast of nurgle is SUPER sad. it has the brain of a little child and just wishes to be playing with all the others... not realising its killing the others with its weight and scaring them with its horrendous look. it... yes just wants to play lol

[@commando7238]

After killing it believes that they just don't want to play with it

[@canguist6004]

For me it all started from battlefleet gothic and coming from stellaris and the comedic chaos of that community made me just love warhammer 40k after to finishing gothic armada

[@starman825]

The worst part about being a 40k fan is when games workshop screws up big like with the whole female custodes thing and you don’t want to give them money but all the new video games look so goddamn cool man like space marine 2, darktide, and everything else like come on

[@lancechamberlin8687]

Darktide is the game that got me to pull the trigger on finally buying models. And now it has its own board game coming out. We've come full circle.

[@iwannabeanonymous2236]

On the one hand, nothing beats how awesome Warhammer is from the community to the different media and the miniatures. On the other hand nothing is worse than the community, the media and games workshop. So it kinda balances itself out

[@stubbyfoamz1]

If it wasn't for warhammer fans I would avoid the hobby but it's also the fans that keep me from socialising within the hobby

[@KamekazeKuban]

Yea, I had the similar lines of thinking about the hobby when I was younger… could be Woodrow though, but the universe is pretty deep and easy to lose yourself in, it’s nice.

[@alexanderp8882]

Never forget tts

[@SLDFSpectreSix]

For me it was Dawn of War II. It was on sale on Steam, and I had no idea what any of this stuff was, I just thought it looked cool. Then I stumbled upon Space Marine 1 (feels good to put a 1 there now.), learned what Orks and Ultramarines were, what a tosspot Leandros was, and what Chaos is. Fast forward a couple of years, I am now bouncing between Darktide, Boltgun and hopefully soon - Space Marine 2. I don't have a single mini, so I don't really feel like I belong here, but I do enjoy the universe as it is.

[@KyZhar]

Another Soul for the Immortal Emperor

[@jerromelovelock4085]

I’ve read over 215 books and I still constantly learn new things or hidden meanings when talking to others, it’s really is a whole galaxy worth of information from all places not just the books.

[@VoskahMarkhov]

Welcome to the club, I joined at 13 years old and thousands of dollars later I regret nothing. Also GW sucks and should fire all their game designers for 10th edition.

[@unknownscientist1530]

I used to play a lot of VRChat, and I had a number of friends who were pretty into Warhammer. Many a times I'd see these big space marines doing goofy shit or exploring the various models that I always thought were cool. Most the time I'd digest the world through them, exploring worlds, looking at models, and hearing about the lore. It wasn't until one of them sent a "choose your legion" in a Discord chat and I managed to roll the Thousand Sons. From there I finally had a legion I could latch onto, and after scrolling the wiki page for hours I was finally deep enough to be considered a fan. Despite only knowing one measly faction and text book descriptions for the rest, I started to consume more and more lore. Now I played the new Space Marine 2 game, and have a 30K JoyToy figure of Ahriman and a terminator on my desk. I hope to one day get some 40K ones to put alongside them and maybe a Grey Knight figure.

[@cozynuckglow2057]

"Unwavering Portrayal of Grimdark" , sigh.😮‍💨

[@SilverKnight003]

Welcome to the cult, good sir. I got into this from watching a playthrough of Battle Sister (the VR game) and was quite intrigued but not totally sold, then I saw the fight between the Chaos Knight and Imperial Knight towards the end and I was instantly hooked. Big chivalry mech go brrrrr I now have somewhere around 3000 pts of knights counting the imperial and chaos knights together (mostly Imperial, just recently dipping my toes into Chaos because War Dogs are just stupidly good)

[@StarboyXL9]

I got hooked on 40k back in '14 or '15. Left back in '21 because of how GW treated the creator of the Astartes series as well as other minor reasons. The lore is what kept me there for so long, and they are rapidly retconning the best, most grimdark parts of it out to try and appeal to the mythical "wider audience." You will either leave disgusted, or live long enough to see yourself become a GW shill.

[@Coconut-219]

GW's business practices were always really scummy for years, so I was never going to be a huge buyer regardless, I did still like the universe though. Now that's crap too so not worth sticking around any longer IMO, GW can burn.

[@RichD424]

Bro sounds like WH40k OG Luetin. You truly are one of us. Welcome!!!

[@GodOfAI_]

Getting this recommended now lol

[@yume5338]

What really let me dive into this franchise was playing the first Dawn of War game. I feel that's the definitive 40k game. Being an RTS fan I naturally wanted to play it from the start, but it's such a fun, easy to learn hard to master game that has enough factions and relevant strategic gameplay to represent what 40k is all about. Plus the mods go crazy.

[@N5O1]

0:10 because Rogue Trader > BG3

[@matronmalice9867]

I was just looking at Rogue Trader today. Lol

[@spectrum838]

I’m sorry bro but no😂 rogue trader is good but bg3 is incredible. You have to already be into 40k to really enjoy rogue trader imo

[@N5O1]

@@spectrum838 I would say, you have no experience in RPG and video games to say that BG3 is "incredible" game

[@N5O1]

@@spectrum838 and, no you don't have to be "into wh40k", to enjoy Rogue Trader, you dont even need to know anything about warhemmer 40k it has original story, and it just better game gameplay wise rather than BG3. BG3 has big amount of content, but does it make it better game? No. Is this content realy that good? No. BG3 doesn't give you choice, in reality in most cases it's just an illusion of choice, so I don't understand why you are so hyped. It ok 7/10 game

[@matronmalice9867]

@@spectrum838 Good thing I am. I knew not to open the pandora's box that is 40k lore but I did it anyway.

[@Kam0v]

I think the greatest thing about Darktide is that it took some of the most small-time 40k units and made them look and feel awesome and powerful, the guard veteran, sanctioned psyker and priest are low-stat cannon fodder units, and while ogryns have a decent stat line, their models are dated and derpy, and other 40k media always portray them as full potato meat mountains, but the way theyre all represented in Darktide makes them out to be absolute badasses.

[@Lornext]

Imperium of Ma'am kinda made me drop out.

[@krirthikdinesh7755]

same are the sisters not enough why are there femstodies

[@Saf_Ibn_Sayyad_Bacon]

Bye tourist 🎉

[@lupisvolk2420]

Man don't tell OP about the Female Space Marines in first edition.

[@AlphariusOmegon618]

@@lupisvolk2420 tbf space marines in 1E were the black and tans in space, not crusader orders in space.

[@EnemyStandMamoru]

Years ago, I was out with my girlfriend on my birthday, went to a game store, and bought my first model, a Tyranid hive tyrant. I told the shop owner that I wasn't really planning on getting any more, and that it would be my only model just so I could own one. He told me that that was what everyone says. Two and a half years later, I have a 2000 point necron army, half built and being slowly painted, a small tyranid army, a small space marine army, and half of my Leviathan Box that I preordered is still sitting on the sprues. Help me, I'm in too deep

[@SigfridSWE]

Been a fan for about 30 years (i am 39). See the latest stuff and the total lore fail with all the new custodes thing makes me want to give up on the IP. (And this is my main thing/univers). It was good and espacially the last couple of yeaes when every fandome has been destroyed, its been the light in the darkness and it truely saddens me that the darkness is destroying the last light out there... I am in a version of morning to be honest with you

[@Elysium4]

It was a slow burn for me. I was really young when I first played Dawn of War, I had no idea what was going on, and I found it really fun. Turns out I also had an uncle who's been into the tabletop since the first edition and he knew a lot more about the lore than I did, so I got drip fed the info bit-by-bit at such a slow yet steady pace I realized I was a fan only after I already knew the ins-and-outs of the lore years after the fact. I don't collect or paint the minis, but the setting itself is a lot if fun to get inmersed in.

[@painfullyawake4892]

Realising I’m no longer a fan and have a shitload of plastic crack to resell.

[@theancientsam]

rip. i never played. why are you no longer a fan? is it the new "changes"?

[@SigfridSWE]

​@@theancientsamof course its the new changes. Most stupid thing ever. Destrying the hole thing. Especislly when you realised and hear the rumors that it is Amazon that forced this into the contract with GW

[@painfullyawake4892]

@@theancientsamMany reasons. Constant price creep priced me out of the hobby despite having an army that’s 90% second hand stripped down and restored. Codexes designed specifically to power creep and spat on the concept of balance. The changes be damned - I’m an Ork player. They’re sexless space mushrooms in the setting.

[@kennethmacgregor-Gregorach]

40k was, is and always will be a dark satire. Especially of the 80's in Britain. It's 2000ad as a game (though there is a judge dredd game too..) it's deep, inherently silly, it's grim- most people eat corpse startch made from corpses.. and it's absolutely superb.

[@ScourgeAmaris]

If you are to get into 40k get into 3d printing, saves you a lot of money and games workshop won't see a cent. May they take a blow for their heresy

[@ScourgeAmaris]

@@nekiyia already living a great one with the money I am saving not buying overpriced GW products

[@ScourgeAmaris]

@@nekiyia nah not really, unlike you I have other hobbies other than Warhammer. Even when I play Warhammer it's with my wife and friends where we have our own cannon.

[@longinchoflove916]

gaunt's ghosts was my introduction to 40k, the first like 2 chapters were very weird/overwhelming and hard to follow cause it was some space battle or whatever, after that - when the story actually started it has become the best media i have ever listened to. I think I'm up to the 8th book or something. Great introduction to 40k i highly recommend. I never read anything about 40k before hand and had only played darktide with no prior knowledge

[@CruentusV]

there is a certain sadness in watching people joining a thing as it dies. as much as 40k fans enjoy their GW-induced angst, their corporate executives may just have over-stepped their customer disdain. not to worry, the executives in question will be fine as their personal wealth is in no way tied to corporate profitability; but the company itself is rapidly going the way of disney, and notable video game makers. GW is already at the stage where executives and their shills are pushing away their hordes of zombie-like supporters telling them to leave the game...

[@julianfeo1995]

Started for me when i bought darktide, next thing i knew it was a month later in the Christmas holidays and i was painting up a squad of space marines while watching luetin lore videos in the backround

[@EpsilonSG]

I'm in this video, and I do not like it. But regardless, it seems I've picked an inopportune time to dabble in the franchise.

[@InconspicuousOrganic]

Nah, the online fans are just Like This. For the real Warhammer experience go to your local game store (ideally an indie and not an official GW store; GW stores are very bad about hard-selling newbies) and ask for a tutorial game. I guarantee you that the people who actually play the game aren't letting a dumb argument on Twitter hold them back from playing with their toys.

[@mrmimeguy]

playing as a psyker in darktide just makes me wanna learn more and more about the kinda unique way 40k does "magic", and see an accurate portrayal of it in a movie or show

[@unhelpfullmedic4758]

i love 40k, and i understand that GW is a company, but damn it man, why do they try so f*ck*ng hard to monetize EVERYTHING. WHY ARE THE RULES $60 FOR EACH FACTION ONLINE????? i tired, i want to play game with my littleguys and learn cool lore but i cant afford to keep playing with my littleguys

[@AlphariusOmegon618]

Maybe you can pirate them?

[@sapien82]

my cousin got me into warhammer/ 40K when i was 11 and we went to games club , this was in the 90s im now 42 and I still spend ages playing the games

[@Pandaman94]

Bad time to get into Warhammer 40K considering the fact the entire ship is on fucking fire right now.

[@JanitorScruffy]

The ship being on fire is lore accurate. GW should take notes!

[@EldenLord-wh4ov]

Ah yes, "female custodes have always existed" my favorite way to bury a hobby, ignoring your own lore for profit

[@RallasterAsuremen]

@@JanitorScruffy ...and to be fair this isnt the first time the ship has been on fire, remember the whole heresy of changing paint containers?

[@AlphariusOmegon618]

@@RallasterAsuremen Also primaris marines and DoW3

[@AlphariusOmegon618]

WHERE THE FUCK ARE MY VOTANN BOOKS GW