3 years ago I got involved in a hobby and have been stuck on it since. Yes i have many hobbies already but this hobby let me express my more creative side by allowing me to learn how to paint as well as use my skills for building. That hobby is a miniature war game called "Warhammer 40k". The game and the models for it are found at http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/home.jsp . I like science fiction so it was very appealing to me as well as allowing me to use another one of my talents and skills "strategy". This hobby has also allowed me to learn how to build realistic terrain (landscapes) for my miniatures to be set up on and played. Warhammer 40k is a turn based table top game which you use your army of miniature to fight another army of miniatures usually played by a friend. The games rules are all written down in the main rule book with about a dozen army specific rule books which allow you to organize your army in thousands of different configurations.
When I first started playing i didn't have any clue how to really play since I didn't buy the main rule book and misunderstood parts of the army rule book I did have. Even so I was still able to win my very first battle with the help of the staff at the games workshop store I visited and that really got me into it. I was later on able to buy a small version of their main rule book which I still have. One of the things that I was asked to do before I got to play my first game was to build and paint my army of model miniatures and that's what I did.
My Army took me nearly 2 months to fully paint a month later was my first match and 2 months after that I learned that my army was illegal in game terms. Not because of my trying to do anything wrong but because of my misunderstanding the army rule book and not selecting the troops I needed to to make the core of my army like its said in the main rule book. I went through the book and found a way to get my army to work using special rules specific for my army and in the end found my nick in the game. My army is Imperial Guard with Grenadiers special rule allowing me to take what would normally be elite troops as normal troops making my army a elite force. I later added Grey knights of the order of the Inquisition which gave my army a hand to hand element I sorely lacked and since then my army hasn't had to many changes. My army has fought against some of the top players in Virginia.
My recommendations for someone that is creative and works well with their hands is to try this game it is a bit expensive but having something u can look at and be proud of is always something that will have a positive effect on you and your self esteem.
I later plan on posting about projects that include "how to build terrain", "How to pain terrain", "How to build and paint your miniatures", along with some tips that may help people getting into the game to make strong armies and to create army lists for games.
When I first started playing i didn't have any clue how to really play since I didn't buy the main rule book and misunderstood parts of the army rule book I did have. Even so I was still able to win my very first battle with the help of the staff at the games workshop store I visited and that really got me into it. I was later on able to buy a small version of their main rule book which I still have. One of the things that I was asked to do before I got to play my first game was to build and paint my army of model miniatures and that's what I did.
My Army took me nearly 2 months to fully paint a month later was my first match and 2 months after that I learned that my army was illegal in game terms. Not because of my trying to do anything wrong but because of my misunderstanding the army rule book and not selecting the troops I needed to to make the core of my army like its said in the main rule book. I went through the book and found a way to get my army to work using special rules specific for my army and in the end found my nick in the game. My army is Imperial Guard with Grenadiers special rule allowing me to take what would normally be elite troops as normal troops making my army a elite force. I later added Grey knights of the order of the Inquisition which gave my army a hand to hand element I sorely lacked and since then my army hasn't had to many changes. My army has fought against some of the top players in Virginia.
My recommendations for someone that is creative and works well with their hands is to try this game it is a bit expensive but having something u can look at and be proud of is always something that will have a positive effect on you and your self esteem.
I later plan on posting about projects that include "how to build terrain", "How to pain terrain", "How to build and paint your miniatures", along with some tips that may help people getting into the game to make strong armies and to create army lists for games.
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