What else do you collect/play?

[Inquisitor Stingray]

Hello Hive, I hope you are well,

Been getting back into 40K over the past few months, and what perfect timing with the new codex for Genestealer Cults. I find myself hungering for yet more plastic soldiers. Have been thinking about Deathwatch or Thousand Sons, and all this got me thinking... what else do people of the Hive play? How many different armies do you have? Which is your favorite, which one got you started? I've dabbled in Blood Angels and Grey Knights many years ago, but much of that was a reactionary shift, because I was unhappy with Nids in their was-then incarnation. Deathwatch seems like a wonderfully fluffy counter to all this vile Xenos scum, and the Thousand Sons models are just breathtaking! Still, it's good to pace yourself, so for the time being I'm just happy to paint up some more Nids and cultists.

[mattblowers]

1. Tyranids: my main army 20,000+ points fully painted
2. Drukhari: 7,000 points
3. Aeldari: 9,000 points
4. Custodes:4,000 points fully painted
5. Imperial Guard: 9,000 points
6. Harlequins: 4,000 points
7. Inquisition: 3,500 points
8. GSC: 7,000 points (about 60% painted)
9. Sisters of Battle: 3,500 points
10. Shared with my son: Ultramarines: 8,000 points
11. Shared with my son: Imperial Knights: 3,000 points

Other than painted these are rough guesses, so call them "ish"

I also have a large Seraphon Army
My son has a large Beastmen Army
We share a Bloodbourne AoS Army that's quite large
Mid-sized shared stormcast eternal army

I have a large Bolt Action German and US army.

I had the complete Circle of Orboros army 2.5 years ago, but I haven't played since summer of 17. Probably will sell it soon.

Had a complete Malifaux Resserectionist army 3 years ago, it's been abandoned locally so haven't played in like 3 years.

Large PanOceana Infinty Army

Mid-sized Blood and Plunder Spaniard army.

One of my favorite games is the defunct Dystopian Legions. No other local players besides my son, but we have very large Federated States of America and Japonese armies, we also have decent Prussian, Anartica, and French armies.

I might have a problem.

Other than motorcycles, I don't really have any other hobbies. I don't fish, golf, or go to theme parks. I don't go on many vacations and have never been on a cruise. I haven't bought a gun in 15 years. I don't buy fancy clothes (I buy clearance rack or goodwill except for shoes) or jewelry. I own all my vehicles outright and I own my own home. Hobbying is my only 'vice'. Many of my models are as old as the average player I play against. It's taken a lifetime to build. I've been wargaming for 40 years, so it didn't happen overnight.

[Jbizzy]

I've inherited 2000 or so points of Necron that I suppose I could build a real army out of, but I don't really care about the army.

Same goes for about 1500 points of Tau, I could probably get into the army. Stealth suits are cool.

I hold out hope that they will release new Eldar Aspect warrior plastic kits(I love howling banshees) so I can maybe espcape the grasp of the hive mind.

Thousands sons look great and with the new bolter drill rules for rapid fire they should be pretty good. And the models are awesome despite all the fragile fiddly bits on sorcerers and tzangorz.

I also have lots of Seraphon models in boxes awaiting a new book...

[mattblowers]

Feb 11, 2019 3:55:13 GMT Jbizzy said:

Thousands sons look great and with the new bolter drill rules for rapid fire they should be pretty good.

They are terrifying.

[swarm492]

I have roughly 20k in tyranids, about 10k in iron warriors, and I haven't tallied my cult yet. I played gothic back in the day and sisters might become a thing depending on their release with my wife.

[sarcron]

I'm not sure how many points I've got, but at this point my largest army is Tyranids. I then have an army of Tzeentch and Khorne daemons, and I'm also starting up a big army of Dark Eldar.

[Zod42]

For miniatures gaming, I started with the first Space Hulk that was released in the U. S., and then I transitioned to 40k near the end of 2nd edition. For about 10 years, I was averaging about a kit per week, and it was mostly whatever caught my fancy (I went for armies that my friends weren't collecting). I've significantly slowed my acquisitions in recent years, but I think it's safe to say that I have more metal, plastic, and resin than I'll play with. I've been slowly but surely picking up the awesome new Cult stuff (next on my list is the KT Kelermorph box).

Largest to smallest armies:

1. Blood Angels (enough bodies and vehicles for 2+ companies). [Still lots of stuff on my "want" list]
2. Tyranids (about 8000+ of metal, plastic, and resin (Armorcast and Forge World).
3. Imperial Guard (a small mechanized battalion of Valhallans).
4. Necrons
5. Tau
6. Sisters of Battle
7. Genestealer Cults (they need to borrow from the IG and the 'Nids a lot right now)
8. Chaos Space Marines
9. Chaos Daemons
10. Grey Knights (just a few units)
11. Dark Angels (just a few units)
12. Space Wolves (just a few units)
13. Titan Legions (Armorcast Warhound and Reaver)

My old Necromunda box was long ago converted from gangers to cultists.

I have some friends that play less than I do (which is very little). Some of them are just getting back into 40k, so I find myself tailoring down to their level to make for an interesting game (I try to translate to basically the same types of units that they have).

[bolk]

Main and favourite army is Tyranids.
Then started a Khorne Daemonkin army when the codex came out, which has now turned into Chaos Space Marines with a heavy Khorne intake, and an army of Khorne Daemons. Now it's Genestealer Cults next, so far only the contents of the Tooth and Claw set though.

[infornography]

I started off with no armies. WAY back in I think second edition a friend at College had the core rulebook. I read over it and instantly fell in love with Tyranids. I thought biological guns and ammunition was a neat idea and Genestealers in particular were really cool with how they infiltrated societies and made more from the victims. Didn't get into it then, but really liked the fluff, but my wargame of choice at the time was still Battletech.

Years later Starcraft came out and I became a fan of Zerg because they were basically Tyranids slightly remixed. I later enjoyed Dawn of War a lot.

Finally I bought my first 40k models many MANY years later when Tanga.com had a Space Marine Battleforce for like $35. The price was too good to just pass up and I love putting together model kits anyway. I just put the minis together with no real intention of ever playing so I didn't pay any attention at all to what was legal or worked. Had a guy with 6 combat knives named Johnny seven swords. Had a guy with every pouch I could glue on the model named McFarlane. Also put together the Rhino with a missile launcher facing backwards (oops).

A couple years after that a friend got into 40k and got all excited about it. I figured I already had some space marines so I could join in and picked up some more Space Marines. Another friend got into Orks. This was near the beginning of 5th edition and we split a Blackreach box. It wasn't long before we split a second blackreach box and got some more minis. Within a year I was thoroughly addicted to plastic crack and picked up Tyranids as my second army because they were what I had originally fallen in love with anyway.

Now I have
TONS OF SPACE MARINES!
TONS OF TYRANIDS!
a good bit of Chaos Space Marines
A rather large guard army mostly made of third party minis
a small handful of custodes
A decent collection of Grey Knights mostly made of third party minis
a squad of sisters of silence
A small but adequate force of Genestealer Cults
A small but adequate force of Deathwatch
A small but adequate force of Dark Angels
A small but adequate force of Blood Angels
A very small force of Space Wolves
All four assassins

My wife eventually got the bug as well and picked up
a decent sized force of Daemons split between Tzeentch, Nurgle, and Slaanesh (she has no interest in Khorne)
a pretty large Craftworld Eldar army
A small but adequate force of Dark Eldar
The 3 Ynnari models
A small but adequate force of Deathguard
A decent sized force of 1kSons

The funny thing is, the guy who finally got us into 40k, I have only ever played one match against. He is more into the hobby than the game.

[Inquisitor Stingray]

Those are some impressive armies, folks! It makes me feel better about buying more of the stuff, even if I'm never gonna get around to playing with all of it. I couldn't resist a bought a bunch of Thousand Sons. I love me some evil space wizards, and with their Primarch having my name, it was a match made in heaven (or the Warp, maybe). This is the third of fourth time I've picked up some brand of marines, hoping to get into them. Now I'm wondering if I should pick up some Space Wolves to compliment/contrast them...

[LordPathos]

Nids will probably be my largest collection. I dont want to go as big with other armies like I did with Nids back when I started. Unfortunately, their luster has been kinda diminishing as the newer things come out. GSC got me back into the fray a bit but I need more acolytes. I dont really see GSC as a separate army as I dont plan on playing them as such. Its all about the Nid aesthetic.

As for what else I have:

Eldar: Ghost warriors for life. Really wish there was a special character Wraithknight like what was rumored a few years ago.

Grey Knights: My second love, side A. Doesnt matter if they are low tier, they are my favorite non-xenos army. Plus a friend is going hard on Thousand Sons and we have a rivalry going on.

Sisters of Battle: second love, side B. Originally going to be allies to the GKs. Plan is still ongoing, just waiting for new release. Disregard Ward, GKs and SoB are best friends.

Deathguard: Decided I wanted to get a different style army and once purchasing a ton of models, realized that DG along with GKs, Eldar wraiths, and Nidzilla, this is just army #4 on the elite-ish army style. Oop. And now with the Vigilus and Shadowspear stuff, I almost feel like Im going to be collecting a new smaller army since DG cannot specifically take them. Kinda silly since so many SM armies can take primaris stuff. But I digress.

There you go 4 extra armies. Tadaa.

[arsonfire]

Nids is my main army.

I also have a reasonably sized genestealer cult that I started as a second army back in 7th edition. I felt it was about time I started a second army back then, as I'd been playing a single army for 10 years.

Last year I felt the need for a third army which wasn't a horde, where I could just take my time painting each model. So I started custodes. I don't plan to use them in competitive events, so I'm not allying in any other imperial armies with them, as you usually would with custodes. Just running them mono.