40k Charted: Introduction To 40k & What’s The Story With 30k?
February 24, 2017 by warzan
AJ & Warren kick off our foray into 40K be sure to get involved, as you can help shape the future of the show!
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In this episode the guys have a bit of a speculation about the upcoming Horus Heresy boxed game, show off one of the coolest Inquisitor Models your likely to have seen in a while, and then basically set the ground works for where we're headed for the next few weeks, and what is the best ways to get into (or back into) Warhammer 40K.
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OOOHHHH YEHHHH!!!! I’m super keeeen for this!!!
Can’t wait to give this a watch whilst I get stuck in to some painting. Still thinking it’d be a laugh to get you guys playing a HH battle 😉
The lost Johnston brother… I thought it was all myst and legend yet there he is, in flesh and blood.
Yeah, I hope AJ keeps his glasses on, or it’ll be a nightmare working out which one is which.
Lol we did warn you guys 🙂
I have been experimenting with contact lenses, but for continuity, I’ll keep the frames. 🙂
My main obsession with 40k was the minor/lesser xenos races that never get any model support. Some years ago I did an Enslavers army, which you can find if you google it. i always found a lot of those obscure aliens a lot more interesting than the ones in the actual game and was originally what inspired me to get into sculpting my own stuff. I plan to get back to 40k soon, but I’ll be doing my own original alien race instead. I wanted to see what would happen if you got 40k’s Over the top SM esque proportions… Read more »
Sounds like a cool idea for a race. Would love to see some WIP pictures!
Really like the new show!
im getting back into 40k after a long break and i decided on orks for a fun hobby with lots of conversions etc :).
my Dad is even thinking of starting it and he is 75 so thats awesomesauce.
so this show is great for both of us when the working day is done :).
Orks really are a modellers dream. Its a great looking army on the table top.
Agreed @aj86 ! Orks and all the kit-bashing/converting/scratch-building is what brought me into the game in the first place.
yeah!! i have 4 squads of boyz and 1 squad of grotz on the go now. im looking at old white dwarf and adrian woods orks. They had loads of character.
i bought a barren waste land FAT MAT and this weekend i decided on making a terrain piece for a break.
Im making and orky oil derrik to fuel da buggies!!!!
WAAAARRRRRRGHH! Grimtuff is well on its way 🙂
Been waiting for this series to start for an age…. hooray Monday evening is looking up!
Great new show spacehulk really got me into 40K then I got temped by the tanks, the books are perfect to bring the universe to life they are perfect to see what army you may want to build for the game.
Love the inquisitors & vehicles,
Nice one AJ & @warzan.
Cheers lads this is a show I have been waiting for!!! I have not played 40K since waaay back in 3rd edition. Our group disbanded and unfortunately no one wanted to play any longer. I only in the last few years rekindled interest and was able to pick up a pile of Dark Angel goodness along with the 1st edition of the Dark Vengeance box set and the required Space Hulk! I can not get enough of everything 40K and 30K now! Unfortunately there is not much of a following for 40k where I live so I am recruiting friends… Read more »
You can’t escape the Ultramarines. I’m still very fond of these guys.
Absolutely love the new show! On the subject of topics, I can suggest the following: 1. Primarch Roundup. Cover all the Primarchs, their deaths (if applicable) and if they are still active in the 41st Millennium 2. Xenos Overviews. Do a show about each main race (Orks, Tau, Eldar, etc.) and give a brief history, play style and notable (or infamous) models. 3. Cheese and Whine. New players especially need to know what makes a fun to play army, and a not fun to play against army. How to deal with a cheese player, and how not to be one… Read more »
Hey Guys. We had an absolute blast filming the new 40k Charted stuff. @Number 32- I’d love to try out a HH battle. Looking forward to this boxed set loads! @Zorg- Nice to hear from a fellow tread head. I think Space Hulk was a brilliant intro game, and still holds its weight to this day!
Its great to start rolling out the videos to you guys. Thank you for all the comments so far. If you have any more suggestions for what subjects you would like to see covered, then please let us know. 🙂
Yes. I am super keen for this new show. I played 40K when I was a young bloke and have been trying to get back in for a while, relearning rules and painting, while trying to afford the purchase of an army at the same time as starting a family. Once you have nailed down the basics I would love to see a show about running a 40K campaign. My army I am building is a based of the forces of a Rogue Trader. I ran a Rogue Trader RPG from FFG and fell in love with my player’s character’s… Read more »
Hey guys I think this was a great first show, but if I could give some constructive feedback it would the follow. 1. I am not sure this is the place for it. If people are getting into 40k there is a strong chance they won’t have a back stage pass. 2. More structure, for me this video was great it meandered about and I got to have a jolly old time listening to you guys harp on about 40k stuff, but I am not the person getting into the hobby. The person getting into the hobby is looking for… Read more »
Agreed @caladors . As much as I enjoyed the chat, I think it’s a little bit “all over the place”. I was able to follow along as it looks a bit like a conversation I could have had with guys from my gaming group. But I think it could be a little hard to follow for a new-comer.
Backstage only for the moment was my call 🙂 This is geared up to be a community show with hopefully a heavy involvement in the comments and ongoing dialogue. As you know unfortunately these days you need only whisper the word 40k and it attracts a ton of negativity (rightly or wrongly) Backstage has a lot less of this and no anonymous trolling (either anti or pro) So although it unfortunately is seen by less folk, I’m banking on a higher quality of reasoned engagement over the lifetime of the program. Myself and AJ (and the rest of the crew)… Read more »
I kinda get you but ultimately think this decision is flawed. To get new people involved in something like 40k you need to hook new, more casual gamers who will probably not be backstagers. You’re preaching to the converted here, just look at the comments and you’ll see that the majority are 40k players already. I would guess that most backstagers will have been 40k players at some stage or still are. Most of us start out with Games Workshop before diversifying to other systems. I know you’ll have the usual monkeys spitting their negativity in youtube comments but we… Read more »
I always get the feeling that every time sites like Beasts Of War / MiniWargaming do a piece on Warhammer, they get a tiresome “cease and desist” love letter from Games Workshops lawyers. Given how problematic they are to deal with, and how much they get people’s emotions going, I’m not surprised BoW have chosen to launch this show in Backstage where it can be better controlled at first.
@Warzan I think the ‘trolling’ comes with the territory. You want to be a space marine your not going to be sitting down to negotiations too often. You have to stick your neck out if your going to see what the weather is really like. And I think it would be a useful service, I took a look around and the current stuff out there is not to great… is one way of putting it. Look your always going to be trolled this is the Internet, I dare someone to take a look at my comments and find something offensive,… Read more »
Hello Folks, Wicked Awesome show, Love it. When I was about 4 or 5 my Mom was ill , her heart was having problems so in and out of the hospital a lot. Me sent off to the grand parents to be looked after. My Moms Da was a war vet from WW1 & WW2 and always reading books. When I stayed with him he would read books to me war books, history , sci fi books and the classics . I loved them, the stories, the heroes, all of it. Jump ahead to 1985 and I was in my… Read more »
These are the tips I would put up, I would section it off and such, but I am only putting up one, and I haven’t done the others because it takes a little bit of work… But if you guys think that is something I should continue with I will put up more. Here are my tips for getting into 40k which is separate from getting back into 40k Know why you want get into 40k. Why did you want to get into 40k? This may sound like a very simple question, and it is often the simple questions that… Read more »
Great show guys! I’ve already got a wallet leaping out of my pocket at the prospect of new Tau goodies, I think you two may have made it leap onto the desk credit card ready, lol. I was torn between Tau and Eldar, so I ended up getting a bit of both. Then after learning that Eldar hates Necrons, I picked up a cheap box of Necron Warriors off ebay and started chopping them up. Now I’ve got Tau and Eldar decorated with Necrons in various stages of battle and death. Some clawing out of the sands, being blasted or… Read more »
With minimal conversion work those cars would make nice Genestealer coven limos.
the moment I saw them I thought exactly the same thing, good old ‘Stealer cult limos.
That would be amazing.
Hurrah,
Asked for a beginners guide to 40K and No sooner said than BoW delivers!
Really looking forward to this so I can help me lad who gets flummoxed with the rules, we are going to try out the kill team this winter, to break us in gently, with your help.
There are those of us with a back stage account, who are newbies to GW systems.
Great to see this get under way – some superb ideas, but d’oh you stole some material I was working on for an article for Sam! 😉
Only the other day I was wondering when this series would kick off. Glad to see it properly started.
good to see a positive take on 40k as sometimes ( seeing all the animosity against the system) it becomes easy to forget that there is a fun game there
You are so mean..GW hasn’t managed to drag me back into 40k over the last decade and here you guys come and I went and bought a box of Skitarii.
I cannot believe it!! They didn’t get a penny from from me for ages and you guys have a bit of a chat and I am opening my wallet..incredible..
I think I buy some of the new Tau next.
Looking forward to being entertained by this show for a long time to come gents!
Well done aj & warzan
Good start gents, looking forward to seeing what else comes up
My love for 40k is waning, so maybe you can help reinvigorate it maybe, but my Heresy love is a good as ever (just started building by 4th legion army!)
very nice models and a cool talk in general.
Quality show, really enjoyed it
I’m with Caladors on this, I think it’s a good start to a new series. But considering who you are appealing to having this introduction front stage may make more sense to bring new players/backstagers in.