Things i wish i knew before starting Warhammer - on a budget!

This week, we let you know all the things we'd buy if we got started with Warhammer today, and did so on a budget. To evade all the pitfalls and potential mistakes i made when i got started!

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Hobby tools kit:

Super glue:

Spray can primer:

Swedish dish rag

Baking paper

Synthetic brush set:

Vallejo paint set:

Grass tufts:

Vallejo pigments:

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Emil On

Videos edited by Maxime Dader & Viktor Westermark

[robling]

Lends a lot of authenticity to the advice in the video that they suggest cheaper brands than their own product. Respect.

[Klemay]

i think decent lighting is a must before some of these things. i bought an Led desk lamp for less than £20 and it has transformed my ability to get better results.

[YanniCooper]

A good alternative to a coffee mug is an old jam jar. Much easier to see when the water needs changing, and much less likely to accidentally drink.

[ViolosDI]

Things I would consider for the final 10
- Makeup brush for drybrushing
- Milliput for any base modeling and gap fixing needs
- Gloss varnish for shiny details
- Matte varnish finish spray

[az]

When you are starting dollar stores / supermarkets are your best bet. You can buy almost everything from the list there (except for paints). And the best tip of them all is: Buy less than you think you need, start the hobby and buy the things you need as you go - it will save you a ton of money.

[naikbish]

I need more of Lukas heckling Emil from off-screen in my life

[tyjames]

if you dont have one of those sponge pads for the wet palette, you can just use a couple layers of paper towel as a substitute, you'll just have to replace it everytime you use it

[datdudetrent]

Also, for pigments, literally go buy chalk pastels. Specifically chalk pastels, may say “oil free” but I just picked up a pack of 12 earth tones for <$5 at a big box hobby store. Cut it up with your hobby knife and it turns into powder. Found a 12 pack of little flip top pots for $3 at the same store. Absolute game changer.

[jamesvaughan]

A good alternative idea is the "everyday carry" of painting for you/other painters in the hobby. We all have a massive range of paints, brushes and tools. But which are the defaults that we always reach for? Paints might change, but what are the things that you use on every project.

[MisterMeaner]

I've been into mini gaming for 15 years. And I still watched this whole video.

[Pinfeldorf]

I want to let you guys know, when I first started painting, I got a Redgrass wet palette, based on your recommendation, with a bag of like 100 extra sheets on Amazon for like $35 and it's been a dream. So, for anyone who is new balks at the price of the thing, it's worth it.

[HydraSperati]

As someone who has been building injection mold plastic gunpla for years, I sincerely have no idea how GW gets away with asking such outrageous prices for their minis.

[cbjewelz]

Great video. I'd love to see a version of this for more intermediate level where you do want to invest in quality tools & materials but don't need every option or the absolute highest tier.

[zerocompanyhq]

10:25 I'd call that a "jetty".

[RockmeHellsing]

You forgot a Drybrush, Brush, because for like a Necron Army Drybrushing is literally demanding and i love it on biger modells for metall. For basing Buy freakin Bird sand! it has little Chalk in there and you get the 5kg package for 2 Dollars, then glue it on the base let it dry it gets hard like crazy than you paint it with cheap Acrilic Paint from a dollar shop and then drybrush it. I doo all my bases like this and then add kork, static gras tuffts and stuff( mostly is do kork before)

[GrizzlyPookie]

Just wanted to give you guys a shout out. Thank you. Just finished my first army for 40 K. And I have been terrified for the last three months to paint due to so many options. You guys really broke it down and simplified it enough for me to have a good start. I’ve now just ordered the majority of your recommendations. I greatly appreciate this. Specially, as you said this hobby is expensive, so you just save me a ton of money. Thank you big thumbs up and I subscribed after this video look forward to more. Also, I would like to see a finished video of all, the Giants that you were working on that I have taken you almost 18 months if you get around to it.

[Madix]

Skip the super glue and get some extra thin cement for $5 usd and it will last you for a few hundred models. Also great for getting rid of seams

[beziik]

Literally cut the bottom part of a coke bottle when I started. Made a notch on the rim and it worked wonders cause the ridges on the bottom were actually really nice to get the paint out of the brush lol

[derkiesel]

I spend Money on a Harder and Steenbeck Evolution Squidmar 2024 Black Edition and it just arrived in the Mail. I am so hyped. Also it is just stunning and so nice to handle. Am so happy :)))

[occisso]

I'd have started to worry about Emil's health if the video had lasted longer 😂