First Strike box set: $40 MSRP Push-fit Plague Marines: $15 MSRP Now you have two 100 point armies for a mere $5 more (and a small game mat so you can show your friends how to play).
@@santiagolozoya4940yeah I've picked up first strike and I've been looking at expanding the space marines force and I don't know if I should buy Dark imperium and sell the Death guard or just buy the start collecting Vanguard space marines. which is better bang for my buck? i cant really go to shops to ask for advice due to corona
This is a great idea! I am new and looking to jump into the hobby. Just a question, isn't the First Strike box by itself 100pts for both Space Marines and Death Guards? Why would you need the extra Easy-to-build Plague Marines?
Tau Empire PSA - You can hit exactly 100 with just a box of Pathfinders for 35 bucks (3 x Gunner with Rail Gun , Shas'ui, 6 x Normals, 3 drones) This not very customisable, but if you are willing to then add Stealth suits, you are at 52 bucks with roughly 180 points of multiple interesting options All prices taken from the official GW Site, man, you in US are overpaying (I got those two boxes in Poland for ~40-45 dollar equivalent) Cheers, found your content looking around for Kill Team, having great time with your vids! (ty Twincast for teminology correction)
Thank you. I edited out exact points because I remembered that it's not a good idea and GW doesn't like it (which I totally understand). I do not promise that the basic pathfinder list is good (I will prolly try it out this evening), but it's cheap, easily expandable and on paper seems playable, providind decent fire power, some anti-armor capability and board presence
Oh, small aditional note - it's 13 models, so while it's completely legal in normal matches, technically you start campaign with a roster of 12 and increasing it later after mission doesn't cost anything - but I assume that if you start out with just a box of Pathfinders and 3 are drones that are not getting xp, people shouldn't make a fuss about it if you inform them about the situation
Really do love this channel, the production and quality of content are second to none. You've said in the past that your "mission statement", if you like, is to get more individuals into table top wargaming. I am one of those individuals that you have convinced to go out and give it a try. Thank you. Keep up the good work!
This is exactly why I am jumping headfirst into this! My time is really limited and since I try to get a quick round in with my son- we can branch out and use all sorts of new armies that we would not normally build. Greta topic- cant get enough of this new way to play. Keep 'em coming Uncle Atom.
For those building Necron Warriors: Build only 8 warriors and use bits from the others to customize their specialization. The gun cap bits look great on the back of the neck as a coms spec or leader scarabs climbing bodies or bases help differentiate models. perch one on a shoulder like a parrot. use the axe-heads of unused guns to give a combat spec pointy shoulders.
First, best t-shirt ad EVER! Second, awesome timing. I have a co-worker that I have gotten interested in KT, and we were just talking about where he should start.
Great hearing all the cheapest options to try, thank you. My first team, first game were Genestealers- tied up everyone in hand to hand and shredded them. Thousand Sons do tempt me, hmmm
As a Thousand Sons player, I will warn you that it's very difficult to make a full Rubric squad with any sort of upgrades, just due to how the numbers line up. You can run 1 Aspiring Sorcerer and 5 Rubric Marines for 97 points, but our Rubricae upgrades all cost 4 points, so you don't get any Warpflamers or Soulreaper Cannons. On the other hand, if you run 4 Rubric marines, you have 19 points left over for upgrades -- enough to run 3 Warpflamers and 1 SRC, and you really don't want THAT many Warpflamers usually, usually leaving a lot of wasted points. This is why I'm running 1 Sorc, 3 Rubric specialists, and filling in the rest with Tzaangor meatshields--but I have a full TS army, so I have those to spare. Those who have Silver Tower Tzaangors might want to dust them off for this.
I don't often comment on videos, but this actually helped me so much. As someone who is trying to not empty my wallet getting into 40k I was having trouble figuring out how to build a kill team efficiently on a budget.
100 points using ork boyz box: 2 spanner boys one rockit & one big shoota 1 kommando nob w/power klaw 1 boss nob with combi-skorcha & big choppa 6 kommando boys. One model left over from that box.
You could also do: 1 Boss Nob with Power Claw and Slugga 1 Burna spanner 1 Loota spanner 6 Kommando boyz 2 Ork boyz with Slugga and Choppa 1 Ork boy with a shoot 100 points all models, no extra weapon models needed
I found at the store near me they had a First Strike box with space marines and death guard. A box of easy build plague marines and first strike could get you 100 points of both armies for about $55.
If you treated each model as depicted (Which, by the way, is entirely possible with Kill Team's rules) then you would get a 95 point Primaris Space Marine army and a 72 point Death Guard army, all for about $32 as stated above. The difference in points is really only because Space Marines from any faction are some of the most expensive models you can add at 14+ points each while Poxwalkers are probably the cheapest models at only 3 points. Add in one of those 5-model Chaos Cultist boxes mentioned in the video for another 20-points to help make up the difference and you've got yourself two full armies to play Kill Team with, all for about $40 or £31.
As someone really interested in Kill Team but waiting for a wee bit more money, this video is great. Cheers, Uncle Atom! Looking forward to tearing it up as GSC; still absolutely thrilled they're in the box.
If Tyranid players want to add more variety to their 8 Genestealer team, they can buy one or two $10 juice boxes of 5 Termagants and still be within the $50 budget!
I just looked and you’re right: there *is* a $10 box of five Termagants, but it’s a “web store exclusive” which means you can only order it online. But it would give you some variety. Thanks for watching!
No doubt it’s already been said but I went for First Strike which is £25. You’ll get 100 points of Space Marines but you’ll need another easy to build Plague Marine box to bump up the death guard but that way at least you have two cheap factions for your friends to play complete with different colour plastic so you can have them get stuck in if you want. Also for those getting the starter box, you won’t get enough Genestealer cults for 100 points. I cheated and bought the writhing shadow starter box too as you can use pure Genestealers in your list. Also I’ll have the beginnings of a Tyranids faction too one day when I have the money.
It goes a Little over your price point, and has no doubt been said before, but one box of Ork Boyz and one box of Lootas/Burnas will get you set up and good to go. So you can get stuck in, beatin' 'umies and such.
There is a $10 box of four Guardians, so you can buy that and a box of Dire Avengers for $45. A better option than Guardians only, especially as the Exarch is a beast!
How you run the Exarch? I was looking and I'm not sure if I would go with double Avenger Shuriken Catapult and use the Tactics or with a melee setup, possibly as Medic to use the steroid tactics, with campaign advancements going Anatomist into Toxin Synthesis for higher chances of procing Dire Sword
@@korrul I haven't played Craftworld myself, but here is my take: Double Shuriken is the best value, I would run that standard. But the team is weak in CC for in missions where you need that have an alternate build with Power Sword. Remember that you can have several Exarchs on your roster as long as you only field one at a time. As for leveling up skills, I think paying 4 points per extra level is very seldom worth it. Your example might be one of the exceptions, but probably not.
i think the pathfinder box is a better choice than firewarriors. it has enough drones and special weapons to get to 100 points and they do really well with synergy and they all get markerlights its a very well rounded force imo, the fire warrior box does get you breachers though on top of regulars so it depends what you like
As an IG man, of course I needed an IG army! But I wanted to keep the model count down as much as possible. So I bought the IG starter, and a second box of Scions and now have a finished Kill Team and a few models left over for various options!
Great video. Can you do a video on building advanced lists? I really don't know what weapons come in the boxes and how to match the 40k boxes to make the teams in the book. I am completely new to the 40k world.
This is a super useful video. Obviously the conversion rate might not work completely, but in the UK for £50 you can get the Necron start collecting box that I think is perfect for Killteam.
This is so incredibly helpful! I have a bunch of friends interested in the game but are scared by the buy-in prices. This will make it much more easy for me to lure them in.
Great video. Thankfully I'm a hobby magpie, so I already have enough minis to field numerous kill teams for various factions, but for someone just starting, or looking at trying a new faction for the first time, this is perfect.
Shop near me had those Primaris press-fit Intercessors and Reivers for £9 ($11.50) per box AND they had one Grey Knight Purifier Squad box that you mentioned for £27 ($34.50), so I scooped up those for a grand total of £45 ($57.50) (being in the UK, those prices already include the tax)
Exactly the kind of video I was wanting! I’ll use this as an excuse to get that Rubric Marine box (never was a big TS fan but I love the aesthetic). I’m sure I’ll be coming back to this for tips for future teams too.
8:44 'Boned' is a way of putting it.. I have a handful of Jes Goodwin's early sculpts; some of which were originally presented in the pages of White Dwarf as Space Elves. Re-reading Rogue Trader has inspired me to double down with the *Oldhammer* and form a counts-as band of Eldar mercenaries. Steeleye Reavers appear relatively untouched. Thanks for the vid!
One of the reasons I love Grey Knight so much is you get 10 models. So even if you don't magnetize the arms/weapons, you can have a backup squad ready to mix and match your units. If you get the Intercessors and Reivers, you play with very basic weapons on those 2 Primaris models and that's it. Deathwatch is great value, but only if you magnetize or otherwise get to change your loadout whenever you want. 5 static models is a rough KT to have.
For Imperial Guard I would instead recommend getting a box of guardsmen, a HQ squad box and if your budget allows a pack of snipers. This will give you all the options you need and mean you can start to use the new rules for that faction.
Thank you for this video. This helped me to get into the Warhammer 40K universe for much less. I already played other mini wargaming games have. I have gotten more into the game now and really enjoy assembling and painting the models.
So I've decided to jump into 40k and kill team looked super fun and the slight rpg aspect is pretty cool aswell . . . Going death guard those guys are awesome when I was younger there was a games workshop store in a mall by my house and i always liked looking at the chaos space marine stuff but there wasn't any like true plague marine models to my knowledge but those guys look awesome.
Just heard this vid, and it got me thinking what would you go for if you're going to use 100 usd to start kill team, the idea would be get the book and faction of your choice...then the video gave me some insight on how to accomplish it. Thanks for the upload. Hope you have a fantastic day
Thanks I enjoyed your video, what a great explanation of how to collect each faction for the game (at $50) Your voice is so compelling I almost went out to buy all those figures haha. :>)
@Tabletop Minions I bought Tau pathfinders for £15 because I worked out you can get EXACTLY 100 points by taking all the extra pathfinders with Rail Rifles, and all 3 drones! SO! The cheapest Tau kill team is /technically/ Pathfinders at $35 US ;) Great video though!
I notice this is specific to American GW pricing. Us Australians pay $84 for what you get for $50. The easy to build Reivers as an example are $25 And the 5 man cultist or guardsman box is $14 over here. But overall I agree with your box/squad selections.
I don't know what the prices are like across the pond, but here in the UK the expansion box sets are a pretty good deal. I just bought the Drop Force Imperator set for £30. For comparison, the Tempestus Scions alone are £21, so for the extra £9 you're also getting some scenery (in this case, 2 Munitorum Containers some barrels and supply crates) and all the associated tactics, tokens and datacards.
Yeah, that's the problem. The box of Tempestus Scions is only going to come out to 50-60 points depending on weapon options. The "good," thing about the boxes though is that they come with Tactics cards that are not available in the core rules, and some of those Tactics are *really* good. Kind of a shitty move on GW's part, IMO, but otherwise the boxes are a pretty good value for what's inside.
Ross I was going to do the same, but as I bought the starter box I realised the scenery in the expansion set wouldn't fit and even if it did it would look too cramped so I went for the Scion box on its own. I've now got the scions, a pathfinder box plus the two forces from the starter kit to make four teams for a full narrative campaign. Those shipping containers did look really nice though...
"And this is how you get a squad for under 50$. Do you like to wear shirts?" "Hmm sounds interesting, maybe I will get the Grey Kn- wait what?!?" You cant be that agressive with new viewers. I just found your channel and this got way too personal way too quickly. :D
In the U.K., we have Warhammer 40K Conquest magazine... the first issue had the 3-piece press-fit Primaris Intecessors for £1.99 (plus three paints!)... the 3rd issue was £7.99 and had the 3-piece press-fit Reivers. Think that one had dice and paint as well! So £10 for a 100pt Primaris Kill Team!!!
Love the video! I have a friend who has been wanting to get him and his son into the hobby for a while, but they were always worried about cost. I've been talking to him about Kill Team ever since the announcement. As soon as I finished watching, I forwarded the video to him. The T-Shirts are awesome, but I have a request. Black!! You need more of them available in black! I'd love the Live, Laugh, Blood for the Blood God, but in black!
If you can get your hands on one, the Start Collecting Deathwatch box is $85 ($72 if you shop around online) and you could fairly easily sell the Captain and the Dreadnought (separately) on eBay for total ~$40. Leaves you with 10 Deathwatch marines for a net of $32. It's definitely one of the better ways to build a pretty sweet Deathwatch command roster for Kill Team.
Great video as always. One thing I wanna add is for the orks. You might be better off buying a box of lootaz/burna boyz and a box of boyz. The models uses the same bodies, so you can put the remaining 4 burnaz/looted gunz from the kit on the boyz bodies and still have 7 boyz to work with as boyz.
AWESOME lists, i just got my hands on the last grey knight purifier sqaud the local store had, however our prices suck convert USD to AUD then add 20-30% thats the AUD GW prices
So I watched this went on Ebay and picked up a Grey Knights Purifier Squad for £9.99+postage. I don't even have Kill Team for Xmas. My wife is getting it for me for Xmas (but she doesn't know that yet!) So thanks for the inspiration (I know you were pricing not on Ebay but I wouldn't have got that deal without watching this.)
I've found a good deal of used tyranids customized with starship troopers bug legs. Looks cool! It would make a great video for you to discuss the customization and mixing minis from other games :)
Hey I am really wanting to get into kill team. Of course it's 2 years later and now most of what was presented in this video is either not available (or at least not anywhere near the prices they were when this was made. It seems it's more like $70 now for most of this.) Can you or anyone else recommend some new updated to this. Or maybe consider making an updated video on this subject I would love to see it.
You can buy the “First Strike” 40k box, which is a miniature version of the Dark Imperium box, and it’s got 6 pox walkers, 3 plague marines, 3 primaris marines, and 3 reavers. And it’s $40. That’s two kill teams for $40, $20 for each Killteam, as well as a board and little bit of terrain. That’s an amazing deal.
I mean, with tau, you're better off just buying the start collecting set for 90$, since that also gives you a 55$ crisis suit team, but you can't use those in the base game. as for tyranids, you are kind of forced to use warriors, because otherwise you are at a huge disadvantage.
Love the videos, long time lurker, first time commenter and all that. When you talk about Necron Reanimation protocols you talk about the 6 in injury roll as if the Necron player is the one taking the roll. This is correct EXCEPT when you're being attacked. When you're being attacked, the attacker takes the roll. It is a case of poorly organized rules, but go look closely where the injury rule directs you back to the Inflict Damage rule on p31. If so, don't feel bad. I think everyone makes that mistake. It matters mostly because of who gets the standard re-roll opportunities.
If you are buying the book for $40 + $50 for kill team but for $130 you get the board + scenery and two teams - cut in with friend you have the lot for $65 and as you grow to love the game can expand to other factions and an additional book.
Actually breachers are in the same box. so u have that option. And for imperial guard: id go with a standart squad and a command squad, yields 15 guys plus pretty much all the optoins. Great video though! cant wait to field my killteam later today
I did get those ETB Primaris specifically for use as a Kill Team (kept neatly separate from my small force of Space Marines), but an only slightly more costly alternative giving you more wargear choices is a box of Tactical Marines.
I simply bought a box of core Ork Boyz and a box of core Cadian Shock troops, you get 11 minis. in one and 10 in the other. On Ebay they're only about $25 per box brand new with free shipping! Then I just used Bits World and Kromlech online stores to get a few extra bits like some big weapons to glue to their backs like they're carrying them strapped over their shoulders. I also got a couple packs of Kromlech's backpacks to add to the models, makes them look more like they are on a campaign and have been out in the field for a while. All totalled the two full kill teams, 20 models cost me about $85.00. Not bad!
tried genesteler cult, got to 79 points, added 2 genestelers i had left and converted a guardsman to a genesteler cult boy, and that got me to almost 100 points.
Orks - I'm making a (slightly proxied) 100 pt army using a single box of boys! Proxying the Nob and 4 choppa boys as Kommandos, then proxying 1 boy as a nob, the rest straight up as Shoota/Gunner boys. So yes, if you want the actual models it doesn't count, but since Kommandos are a Boys-type unit, I don't feel it's too bad.
Thanks for sharing this. I'm still on the fence about 40K, but you've been a great help me researching the game. I'd definitely go for the Tau fire team if I was in a store and had to pick right this moment.
A buddy of mine wrote up a 40k flavor version of Mordheim years ago, we've just been combing through the Killteam book and culling the things we like and incorporating it into my buddies game. Though I imagine we will play some straight killteam games as well.
I paid 20€ for a Necronkillteam with all unit options. I had 12 old Necron warriors in my bit box, bought 10 of the indomitus Necron Warriors for 15€ and 5 Sets of the Necron Sniper for 5€. I converted 5 old warriors to flayed ones (pretty easy conversion if you have green stuff), used 3 old warriors for Deathmark conversions, and used the remaining ones with the new gauss rifle. I used some green stuff, and wire to convert the new, chunky warriors into 2x5 Immolators with both weapon options, and bought the new necron commander for another 5€ to be able to play them in commander. By far one of my cheapest projects so far.
Imperial Guard might have a better time getting a box of scions, and either push-fit figures or some metal special weapons characters. The problem in buying the Cadian box is while you're going to get a lot of troops they're only options besides one flamer and one grenade launcher is gonna be las guns which really doesn't cut it against some enemies. If you go ahead and get Scions you're gonna be getting a lot more customizability per unit with more special weapons and even just more bits. While the scion box alone wont push you to 100 it's only gonna be about 25 points short which you can easily supplement with some special weapons Cadians or a box of shock troopers the latter of which would only bring you to 45 bucks.
I'm getting into 40k wargames this week and men i agree 150% kill team seems to be the best option for beginners, you can get it in by painting little and start having super fun for cheap while you think about graduating for an army.
You can also get the First Strike box for 40 comes with the press fit space marines and the Deathguard plague marines and poxwalkers. Plus the box can be used as terrain because it is printed with the texture of shipping containers. Boom two forces!
For Tau, one stealth suit box $25-$30 with its marker drone and setting up model specialty will be a perfect 100 point kill team. It’s actually a damn good one too. You have to either have one with a fusion blaster (recommended) or all models high level. Set your model abilities and specialties and a stealth suit box is a damn good team
I got a Necron starter kit for $67 USD at my LGS. Everything you could possibly need for a KT as long as you're creative enough to make your own Flayed Ones out of spare warriors. Of course the cost doesn't end there once you start buying everything needed to paint! My startup costs for assembly/paint easily matched maybe exceeded my costs for miniatures.
Great job...for the gateway gamer, I totally agree this is THE 40k game to get. And I did a quick follow-up on your suggestions for Astra Militarum as that's what I'm brewing. It IS slim pickins for $50....model kit selections are sooooo limited!!! Nonetheless, here's my 100 pt force: Tempestor(LDR); Scion Gunner(Sniper); Scion Gunner(HVY); Scion(Medic); Scion: Scions Box@ $35;; Guard Sgt; 3 Special Wpns Guardsmen; Vox Guardsman; Guardsman: Variables below: Cadian/Catachan Command Squad: $10 over-budget and missing one model; Cadian Shock Troops: $14 over budget with 4 extra models & plenty of weapons bits for the BOX; Cadians: $5 under budget (with NO idea how difficult PTF models can be modified for weaponry/equipment that You will have left over from the Tempestus Box and WILL need to make the Team viable). Just my "tuppence" ....to a very good presentation by Uncle Atom. Cheers!
Just as an addendum....AND as Uncle Atom pointed out...watch for those discounts! 15% of $64 in purchases yields NO budget overage....try locals first of course
I bought a box of easy-to-build reivers and easy-to-build intercessors, using spare pieces from 30k hb and rocket launcher to convert them into infernus (flamer tip and melta bomb for fuel canister) and frag cannon (shells of original frag cannon look exactly same as shells in launcher magazine, so it's even wysiwyg), rest are 2 reavers with knives and 1 intercessor with boltgun and auspex. If we don't count extra bitz I used to convert them, which you can easily trade in your local games store from others (thats what I normally do to get extra pieces), price of paints you need to finish them will come higher than price of models. And no, I am not using hideous siver pauldrons, using my own chapter playing by DW rules. So if you want pauldrons too it will clock at $42 as per GW website.
I also got the Deathwatch Kill Team, and they are very nice, however, if you want to be adaptable in terms of weapon choices, you are limited to what you choose when you assemble them. (Unless you magnetise the I suppose but thats beyond my skill level.) The £30 Grey Knight box is good because it allows you to to chop and change your team. So you will have a five man team, with five substitutes.
Great vid! I was pondering on getting Harlequins or Death Watch. But it seems they're both realistically within reach with just sticking to Kill Teams. Hopefully, Space Wolves will have their Kill Team build when they come out soon; which I assume will be in a White Dwarf issue. I am a bit sad that there are no Kill Teams for Daemons though.
Hey, I’ve painted WH Fantasy, LOTR & 40K miniatures for years but never started playing. Your vids inspired me to go get into kill team. I’ve seen vids about customised models, how would that affect points? Would love to see an idiots guide to points system or something like that. Love the vids, keep ‘em coming!
With the release of 9th edition and Necrons getting a revamp, for $50 you can get the recruit edition starter set. Gets you 10 of the new warriors with different guns, a Royal Warden which can easily be used as an ornate Immortal with a Gauss Blaster for your leader as well as some scarabs, but I don't think you can use them in Kill Team. You also get the Primaris Lt., and 5 intercessors and a small building and board to play on
I just went to my local GW store just to pick up a set of paints for some D&D minis and ended up dropping almost $300.00 on the Kill Team stuff and...a crap ton of paint! Been a fan of 40k minis for decades and finally getting into actually playing is obviously something I've put off for years. I'm super excited to get these painted and to start playing this weekend!
If you're in the UK, Warhammer 40k Conquest Issue 1 comes with 3x Primaris Intercessors (plus 3x pots of paint) for £1.99 this week. Issue 3 comes with 3x Primaris Reavers, that issue is £7.99.
As a tau player I can say with certainty that a box of pathfinders is a better choice than a fire warrior box. The pathfinder come with 5 drones, and special weapons so you can pretty easily get a 100pt killteam with a pathfinder box.
Bought a T'au Pathfinder Box for 35 BUCKS and got to 96 points for it, build: 1x Shas'ui (7 points) 3x Gunners (7 points each), 2 of which are Ion Rifles (3 points), and one which is a rail rifle (5 points) 6x Pathfinders (6 Points each), some customized to be specialists 3x Drones (7 points each) all included in the box If you wanted to nudge as close as possible to 100 points, replace one Ion Rifle with a Rail Rifle to bump it up to 98 points.
Hey Uncle Atom, another option for Orks is a box of lootas/burnas + a box of boys. I made my 100pts list from those, including a nob. First time Orks for me as well, and I find them very cool to build, plenty combinations and a lot of opportunities for conversions. I think you should give them a try :)
5:52 On Amazon you can get a discount on the shock troops and the scions. The regular guys are about 25 dollars on amazon and the scions are about 30 bucks. That means for 55 dollars you can get 10 shock troopers and 5 scions.
For Tyranids, you can pick up one of the $10 easy to build termagant boxes to fill out the remaining 10-12 points left over from the Genestealers. Still under $50 too!
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@@MrJake892 chaos cultist and poxwalkers
Warhammer $40,000 has a more affordable option now: Warhammer $40.00.
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First Strike box set: $40 MSRP
Push-fit Plague Marines: $15 MSRP
Now you have two 100 point armies for a mere $5 more (and a small game mat so you can show your friends how to play).
I know I'm late to the party but I just grabbed exactly what you suggested for $48 plus tax. Thanks!
@@DaneSaysStuff I want to get into Warhammer would you recommend this?
@@desiredjunk8943 Give it a shot! IMO killteam doesnt have the best rules, but it's still a great introduction!
@@santiagolozoya4940yeah I've picked up first strike and I've been looking at expanding the space marines force and I don't know if I should buy Dark imperium and sell the Death guard or just buy the start collecting Vanguard space marines. which is better bang for my buck? i cant really go to shops to ask for advice due to corona
This is a great idea! I am new and looking to jump into the hobby. Just a question, isn't the First Strike box by itself 100pts for both Space Marines and Death Guards? Why would you need the extra Easy-to-build Plague Marines?
Tau Empire PSA - You can hit exactly 100 with just a box of Pathfinders for 35 bucks (3 x Gunner with Rail Gun , Shas'ui, 6 x Normals, 3 drones)
This not very customisable, but if you are willing to then add Stealth suits, you are at 52 bucks with roughly 180 points of multiple interesting options
All prices taken from the official GW Site, man, you in US are overpaying (I got those two boxes in Poland for ~40-45 dollar equivalent)
Cheers, found your content looking around for Kill Team, having great time with your vids!
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korrul thanks for the list,, it was really helpful
Thank you. I edited out exact points because I remembered that it's not a good idea and GW doesn't like it (which I totally understand). I do not promise that the basic pathfinder list is good (I will prolly try it out this evening), but it's cheap, easily expandable and on paper seems playable, providind decent fire power, some anti-armor capability and board presence
It's a bonus as I have started playing Tau. And I already have path finders
Oh, small aditional note - it's 13 models, so while it's completely legal in normal matches, technically you start campaign with a roster of 12 and increasing it later after mission doesn't cost anything - but I assume that if you start out with just a box of Pathfinders and 3 are drones that are not getting xp, people shouldn't make a fuss about it if you inform them about the situation
thanks!
For Necrons buying 1 box of Immortals at $33 is one of the best teams you can have.
5 Immortals with points to spare is a scary thing to face.
Really do love this channel, the production and quality of content are second to none. You've said in the past that your "mission statement", if you like, is to get more individuals into table top wargaming. I am one of those individuals that you have convinced to go out and give it a try. Thank you. Keep up the good work!
Yep, me too. I’ve been ‘40k curious’ for quite a while and it’s these videos that have kept me interested and tipped me over the edge.
Me three. I used to play 40k but haven't played since 2000. I'm currently building a 500 point imperial guard army at the moment.
This is exactly why I am jumping headfirst into this! My time is really limited and since I try to get a quick round in with my son- we can branch out and use all sorts of new armies that we would not normally build. Greta topic- cant get enough of this new way to play. Keep 'em coming Uncle Atom.
For those building Necron Warriors:
Build only 8 warriors and use bits from the others to customize their specialization.
The gun cap bits look great on the back of the neck as a coms spec or leader
scarabs climbing bodies or bases help differentiate models. perch one on a shoulder like a parrot.
use the axe-heads of unused guns to give a combat spec pointy shoulders.
Neat tips, thank you!
First, best t-shirt ad EVER! Second, awesome timing. I have a co-worker that I have gotten interested in KT, and we were just talking about where he should start.
Great hearing all the cheapest options to try, thank you. My first team, first game were Genestealers- tied up everyone in hand to hand and shredded them. Thousand Sons do tempt me, hmmm
Yeah, they tempt me, too. I’d just run Rubric Marines, though. They’re cool looking. Thanks for watching!
As a Thousand Sons player, I will warn you that it's very difficult to make a full Rubric squad with any sort of upgrades, just due to how the numbers line up. You can run 1 Aspiring Sorcerer and 5 Rubric Marines for 97 points, but our Rubricae upgrades all cost 4 points, so you don't get any Warpflamers or Soulreaper Cannons. On the other hand, if you run 4 Rubric marines, you have 19 points left over for upgrades -- enough to run 3 Warpflamers and 1 SRC, and you really don't want THAT many Warpflamers usually, usually leaving a lot of wasted points. This is why I'm running 1 Sorc, 3 Rubric specialists, and filling in the rest with Tzaangor meatshields--but I have a full TS army, so I have those to spare. Those who have Silver Tower Tzaangors might want to dust them off for this.
Same here, though unfortunately my guys tied everyone up in close combat and... did nothing! I rolled so bad 😂
I don't often comment on videos, but this actually helped me so much. As someone who is trying to not empty my wallet getting into 40k I was having trouble figuring out how to build a kill team efficiently on a budget.
You and Kill team got me into this hobby. Thank you....I love it.
100 points using ork boyz box:
2 spanner boys one rockit & one big shoota
1 kommando nob w/power klaw
1 boss nob with combi-skorcha & big choppa
6 kommando boys.
One model left over from that box.
Orrrrrrrrr 20 grots
You could also do:
1 Boss Nob with Power Claw and Slugga
1 Burna spanner
1 Loota spanner
6 Kommando boyz
2 Ork boyz with Slugga and Choppa
1 Ork boy with a shoot
100 points all models, no extra weapon models needed
I found at the store near me they had a First Strike box with space marines and death guard. A box of easy build plague marines and first strike could get you 100 points of both armies for about $55.
Ken McGee Yeah, First Strike is the way to go.
That’s what I did!
First Strike is an Amazing Box. Especially for Kill Team.
Great tip!
If you treated each model as depicted (Which, by the way, is entirely possible with Kill Team's rules) then you would get a 95 point Primaris Space Marine army and a 72 point Death Guard army, all for about $32 as stated above. The difference in points is really only because Space Marines from any faction are some of the most expensive models you can add at 14+ points each while Poxwalkers are probably the cheapest models at only 3 points.
Add in one of those 5-model Chaos Cultist boxes mentioned in the video for another 20-points to help make up the difference and you've got yourself two full armies to play Kill Team with, all for about $40 or £31.
As someone really interested in Kill Team but waiting for a wee bit more money, this video is great. Cheers, Uncle Atom! Looking forward to tearing it up as GSC; still absolutely thrilled they're in the box.
First Kill Team game planned for this Saturday, looking forward to it. Great info, thanks Atom!
If Tyranid players want to add more variety to their 8 Genestealer team, they can buy one or two $10 juice boxes of 5 Termagants and still be within the $50 budget!
I just looked and you’re right: there *is* a $10 box of five Termagants, but it’s a “web store exclusive” which means you can only order it online. But it would give you some variety. Thanks for watching!
also, slightly over budget but a box of warriors and a box of 5 gants is ~100 points
Those 'juice boxes' are a frequent sight at non-GW FLGS inventories at least in Nordic countries, so asking around won't hurt :)
This is exactly what I did. Just finished painting them today. Next month I'm going to add a box of Tyranid warriors to my team. :-)
No doubt it’s already been said but I went for First Strike which is £25. You’ll get 100 points of Space Marines but you’ll need another easy to build Plague Marine box to bump up the death guard but that way at least you have two cheap factions for your friends to play complete with different colour plastic so you can have them get stuck in if you want.
Also for those getting the starter box, you won’t get enough Genestealer cults for 100 points. I cheated and bought the writhing shadow starter box too as you can use pure Genestealers in your list. Also I’ll have the beginnings of a Tyranids faction too one day when I have the money.
I've been waiting for this game for 20 years! I've always wanted a little bit of everything, rather than a big army of one faction...this is perfect!
It goes a Little over your price point, and has no doubt been said before, but one box of Ork Boyz and one box of Lootas/Burnas will get you set up and good to go.
So you can get stuck in, beatin' 'umies and such.
There is a $10 box of four Guardians, so you can buy that and a box of Dire Avengers for $45. A better option than Guardians only, especially as the Exarch is a beast!
How you run the Exarch? I was looking and I'm not sure if I would go with double Avenger Shuriken Catapult and use the Tactics or with a melee setup, possibly as Medic to use the steroid tactics, with campaign advancements going Anatomist into Toxin Synthesis for higher chances of procing Dire Sword
@@korrul I haven't played Craftworld myself, but here is my take:
Double Shuriken is the best value, I would run that standard. But the team is weak in CC for in missions where you need that have an alternate build with Power Sword. Remember that you can have several Exarchs on your roster as long as you only field one at a time.
As for leveling up skills, I think paying 4 points per extra level is very seldom worth it. Your example might be one of the exceptions, but probably not.
i think the pathfinder box is a better choice than firewarriors. it has enough drones and special weapons to get to 100 points and they do really well with synergy and they all get markerlights its a very well rounded force imo, the fire warrior box does get you breachers though on top of regulars so it depends what you like
As an IG man, of course I needed an IG army! But I wanted to keep the model count down as much as possible.
So I bought the IG starter, and a second box of Scions and now have a finished Kill Team and a few models left over for various options!
Gw: ....... Raise the prices...
Bad news from the future...
@@Leperchaun84 I'm shocked, SHOCKED!.. Ok not that shocked lol
Interesting stuff. Thank you.
I like the chainsword nonchalantly leaning against the wall in the background.
I got that at Gen Con last year. I thought about buying another weapon at Gen Con this year, but I couldn't find one I liked. Thanks for watching!
Thanks for posting.. You often raise some interesting points and your hobby philosophy is really helpful.
Great video. Can you do a video on building advanced lists? I really don't know what weapons come in the boxes and how to match the 40k boxes to make the teams in the book. I am completely new to the 40k world.
This is a super useful video. Obviously the conversion rate might not work completely, but in the UK for £50 you can get the Necron start collecting box that I think is perfect for Killteam.
This is so incredibly helpful! I have a bunch of friends interested in the game but are scared by the buy-in prices. This will make it much more easy for me to lure them in.
Feel free to lure them in with this video. Then you'll have more opponents to play with. Thanks for watching!
Tabletop Minions Absolutely!
Great video. Thankfully I'm a hobby magpie, so I already have enough minis to field numerous kill teams for various factions, but for someone just starting, or looking at trying a new faction for the first time, this is perfect.
Shop near me had those Primaris press-fit Intercessors and Reivers for £9 ($11.50) per box AND they had one Grey Knight Purifier Squad box that you mentioned for £27 ($34.50), so I scooped up those for a grand total of £45 ($57.50) (being in the UK, those prices already include the tax)
You should be set, then. Great find! Thanks for watching!
My Pa-Chow shirt arrived this week and it's amazing! Thanks Atom.
Glad to hear it! Thanks for supporting the channel, and thanks for watching!
Exactly the kind of video I was wanting! I’ll use this as an excuse to get that Rubric Marine box (never was a big TS fan but I love the aesthetic). I’m sure I’ll be coming back to this for tips for future teams too.
8:44 'Boned' is a way of putting it.. I have a handful of Jes Goodwin's early sculpts; some of which were originally presented in the pages of White Dwarf as Space Elves. Re-reading Rogue Trader has inspired me to double down with the *Oldhammer* and form a counts-as band of Eldar mercenaries. Steeleye Reavers appear relatively untouched. Thanks for the vid!
Perfectly timed video, I’ve been looking at what I can get together to start playing recently and this is just what I needed to clarify a few things.
bro, your videos are great, its like having my very own Wargaming teacher lol. Thanks for the great work.
One of the reasons I love Grey Knight so much is you get 10 models. So even if you don't magnetize the arms/weapons, you can have a backup squad ready to mix and match your units. If you get the Intercessors and Reivers, you play with very basic weapons on those 2 Primaris models and that's it. Deathwatch is great value, but only if you magnetize or otherwise get to change your loadout whenever you want. 5 static models is a rough KT to have.
For Imperial Guard I would instead recommend getting a box of guardsmen, a HQ squad box and if your budget allows a pack of snipers. This will give you all the options you need and mean you can start to use the new rules for that faction.
Was about to say the same. The HQ Squad box got some nice weapon options/stuff you can use a customization & decoration.
Thank you for this video. This helped me to get into the Warhammer 40K universe for much less. I already played other mini wargaming games have. I have gotten more into the game now and really enjoy assembling and painting the models.
Smashing video. You're doing the Lord Emporer's work.
shoutout to gw raising every price of their boxes by about 20% since this video was published
So I've decided to jump into 40k and kill team looked super fun and the slight rpg aspect is pretty cool aswell . . . Going death guard those guys are awesome when I was younger there was a games workshop store in a mall by my house and i always liked looking at the chaos space marine stuff but there wasn't any like true plague marine models to my knowledge but those guys look awesome.
Just heard this vid, and it got me thinking what would you go for if you're going to use 100 usd to start kill team, the idea would be get the book and faction of your choice...then the video gave me some insight on how to accomplish it. Thanks for the upload. Hope you have a fantastic day
I'm glad to have helped, and I also hope you have a fantastic day. Thanks for watching!
Thanks I enjoyed your video, what a great explanation of how to collect each faction for the game (at $50) Your voice is so compelling I almost went out to buy all those figures haha. :>)
I went with the Thousand suns a few weeks ago, still have to finish painting them though. Very usefull video for potential further killteams :)
@Tabletop Minions
I bought Tau pathfinders for £15 because I worked out you can get EXACTLY 100 points by taking all the extra pathfinders with Rail Rifles, and all 3 drones!
SO! The cheapest Tau kill team is /technically/ Pathfinders at $35 US ;)
Great video though!
Thanks mate I came here after watching Warhammer Weekly. I am an AoS guy who is kill team curious!
Glad to hear it. It’s always a fun show at Warhammer Weekly. Thanks for watching!
I notice this is specific to American GW pricing. Us Australians pay $84 for what you get for $50. The easy to build Reivers as an example are $25 And the 5 man cultist or guardsman box is $14 over here. But overall I agree with your box/squad selections.
I don't know what the prices are like across the pond, but here in the UK the expansion box sets are a pretty good deal. I just bought the Drop Force Imperator set for £30.
For comparison, the Tempestus Scions alone are £21, so for the extra £9 you're also getting some scenery (in this case, 2 Munitorum Containers some barrels and supply crates) and all the associated tactics, tokens and datacards.
Wow. It's 46 gbp over here in the US for any one of the boxes. (converted with Google before tax. Probably close to 50 with tax.)
They don't come with 100 pts though, so you have to buy more models anyway.
Yeah, that's the problem. The box of Tempestus Scions is only going to come out to 50-60 points depending on weapon options. The "good," thing about the boxes though is that they come with Tactics cards that are not available in the core rules, and some of those Tactics are *really* good. Kind of a shitty move on GW's part, IMO, but otherwise the boxes are a pretty good value for what's inside.
Ross I was going to do the same, but as I bought the starter box I realised the scenery in the expansion set wouldn't fit and even if it did it would look too cramped so I went for the Scion box on its own.
I've now got the scions, a pathfinder box plus the two forces from the starter kit to make four teams for a full narrative campaign.
Those shipping containers did look really nice though...
Thanks man! Thanks to you I now have my first squad of Space Marines and Im ready to play Kill Team!
"And this is how you get a squad for under 50$. Do you like to wear shirts?"
"Hmm sounds interesting, maybe I will get the Grey Kn- wait what?!?"
You cant be that agressive with new viewers. I just found your channel and this got way too personal way too quickly. :D
In the U.K., we have Warhammer 40K Conquest magazine... the first issue had the 3-piece press-fit Primaris Intecessors for £1.99 (plus three paints!)... the 3rd issue was £7.99 and had the 3-piece press-fit Reivers. Think that one had dice and paint as well! So £10 for a 100pt Primaris Kill Team!!!
Used to play 40k in school was about 14 then 21 now really love this way easy to get back into
Thank you for this, Atom! I have been wanting to start playing some version of 40k, and have been waffling between Kill Team and Blackstone Fortress.
Love the video! I have a friend who has been wanting to get him and his son into the hobby for a while, but they were always worried about cost. I've been talking to him about Kill Team ever since the announcement. As soon as I finished watching, I forwarded the video to him.
The T-Shirts are awesome, but I have a request. Black!! You need more of them available in black! I'd love the Live, Laugh, Blood for the Blood God, but in black!
Great video. I've been going over this in my mind and you saved me a ton of time. Thanks!
Always glad to help. Thanks for watching!
If you can get your hands on one, the Start Collecting Deathwatch box is $85 ($72 if you shop around online) and you could fairly easily sell the Captain and the Dreadnought (separately) on eBay for total ~$40. Leaves you with 10 Deathwatch marines for a net of $32. It's definitely one of the better ways to build a pretty sweet Deathwatch command roster for Kill Team.
Great video as always. One thing I wanna add is for the orks. You might be better off buying a box of lootaz/burna boyz and a box of boyz. The models uses the same bodies, so you can put the remaining 4 burnaz/looted gunz from the kit on the boyz bodies and still have 7 boyz to work with as boyz.
AWESOME lists, i just got my hands on the last grey knight purifier sqaud the local store had, however our prices suck convert USD to AUD then add 20-30% thats the AUD GW prices
So I watched this went on Ebay and picked up a Grey Knights Purifier Squad for £9.99+postage. I don't even have Kill Team for Xmas. My wife is getting it for me for Xmas (but she doesn't know that yet!) So thanks for the inspiration (I know you were pricing not on Ebay but I wouldn't have got that deal without watching this.)
I've found a good deal of used tyranids customized with starship troopers bug legs. Looks cool! It would make a great video for you to discuss the customization and mixing minis from other games :)
Hey I am really wanting to get into kill team. Of course it's 2 years later and now most of what was presented in this video is either not available (or at least not anywhere near the prices they were when this was made. It seems it's more like $70 now for most of this.) Can you or anyone else recommend some new updated to this. Or maybe consider making an updated video on this subject I would love to see it.
Have a $100 budget for an Imp Guard Kill Team, gonna use your recs + some extra for kit bashing. Thanks for the suggestions!
You can buy the “First Strike” 40k box, which is a miniature version of the Dark Imperium box, and it’s got 6 pox walkers, 3 plague marines, 3 primaris marines, and 3 reavers. And it’s $40. That’s two kill teams for $40, $20 for each Killteam, as well as a board and little bit of terrain. That’s an amazing deal.
I mean, with tau, you're better off just buying the start collecting set for 90$, since that also gives you a 55$ crisis suit team, but you can't use those in the base game.
as for tyranids, you are kind of forced to use warriors, because otherwise you are at a huge disadvantage.
Love the videos, long time lurker, first time commenter and all that.
When you talk about Necron Reanimation protocols you talk about the 6 in injury roll as if the Necron player is the one taking the roll. This is correct EXCEPT when you're being attacked. When you're being attacked, the attacker takes the roll. It is a case of poorly organized rules, but go look closely where the injury rule directs you back to the Inflict Damage rule on p31.
If so, don't feel bad. I think everyone makes that mistake. It matters mostly because of who gets the standard re-roll opportunities.
If you are buying the book for $40 + $50 for kill team but for $130 you get the board + scenery and two teams - cut in with friend you have the lot for $65 and as you grow to love the game can expand to other factions and an additional book.
Some 3rd Party Resellers sell the Kill Team Starter Set for £64.99 ($84), which is how much I got mine for, such a steal!
Unless they come out with some inexpensive troops for eldar, you guys are kinda WRAITHboned
your voice is very soothing, i usualy get bored though explanation videos but not this one!
Actually breachers are in the same box. so u have that option. And for imperial guard: id go with a standart squad and a command squad, yields 15 guys plus pretty much all the optoins. Great video though! cant wait to field my killteam later today
I did get those ETB Primaris specifically for use as a Kill Team (kept neatly separate from my small force of Space Marines), but an only slightly more costly alternative giving you more wargear choices is a box of Tactical Marines.
I simply bought a box of core Ork Boyz and a box of core Cadian Shock troops, you get 11 minis. in one and 10 in the other. On Ebay they're only about $25 per box brand new with free shipping! Then I just used Bits World and Kromlech online stores to get a few extra bits like some big weapons to glue to their backs like they're carrying them strapped over their shoulders. I also got a couple packs of Kromlech's backpacks to add to the models, makes them look more like they are on a campaign and have been out in the field for a while. All totalled the two full kill teams, 20 models cost me about $85.00. Not bad!
tried genesteler cult, got to 79 points, added 2 genestelers i had left and converted a guardsman to a genesteler cult boy, and that got me to almost 100 points.
Orks - I'm making a (slightly proxied) 100 pt army using a single box of boys! Proxying the Nob and 4 choppa boys as Kommandos, then proxying 1 boy as a nob, the rest straight up as Shoota/Gunner boys. So yes, if you want the actual models it doesn't count, but since Kommandos are a Boys-type unit, I don't feel it's too bad.
Thanks for sharing this. I'm still on the fence about 40K, but you've been a great help me researching the game. I'd definitely go for the Tau fire team if I was in a store and had to pick right this moment.
A buddy of mine wrote up a 40k flavor version of Mordheim years ago, we've just been combing through the Killteam book and culling the things we like and incorporating it into my buddies game. Though I imagine we will play some straight killteam games as well.
I can’t wait to get into kill team, it just looks like an excellent game!
It absolutely is a blast to play. Hope you like it!
I paid 20€ for a Necronkillteam with all unit options. I had 12 old Necron warriors in my bit box, bought 10 of the indomitus Necron Warriors for 15€ and 5 Sets of the Necron Sniper for 5€. I converted 5 old warriors to flayed ones (pretty easy conversion if you have green stuff), used 3 old warriors for Deathmark conversions, and used the remaining ones with the new gauss rifle. I used some green stuff, and wire to convert the new, chunky warriors into 2x5 Immolators with both weapon options, and bought the new necron commander for another 5€ to be able to play them in commander. By far one of my cheapest projects so far.
Imperial Guard might have a better time getting a box of scions, and either push-fit figures or some metal special weapons characters. The problem in buying the Cadian box is while you're going to get a lot of troops they're only options besides one flamer and one grenade launcher is gonna be las guns which really doesn't cut it against some enemies. If you go ahead and get Scions you're gonna be getting a lot more customizability per unit with more special weapons and even just more bits. While the scion box alone wont push you to 100 it's only gonna be about 25 points short which you can easily supplement with some special weapons Cadians or a box of shock troopers the latter of which would only bring you to 45 bucks.
I'm getting into 40k wargames this week and men i agree 150% kill team seems to be the best option for beginners, you can get it in by painting little and start having super fun for cheap while you think about graduating for an army.
Wow! Almost 11,000 views in 14 hours????
Great work, Grand Poobah!!! Kill Team is killing it, too!
You can also get the First Strike box for 40 comes with the press fit space marines and the Deathguard plague marines and poxwalkers. Plus the box can be used as terrain because it is printed with the texture of shipping containers. Boom two forces!
For Tau, one stealth suit box $25-$30 with its marker drone and setting up model specialty will be a perfect 100 point kill team. It’s actually a damn good one too. You have to either have one with a fusion blaster (recommended) or all models high level. Set your model abilities and specialties and a stealth suit box is a damn good team
I got a Necron starter kit for $67 USD at my LGS. Everything you could possibly need for a KT as long as you're creative enough to make your own Flayed Ones out of spare warriors. Of course the cost doesn't end there once you start buying everything needed to paint! My startup costs for assembly/paint easily matched maybe exceeded my costs for miniatures.
Great job...for the gateway gamer, I totally agree this is THE 40k game to get. And I did a quick follow-up on your suggestions for Astra Militarum as that's what I'm brewing. It IS slim pickins for $50....model kit selections are sooooo limited!!! Nonetheless, here's my 100 pt force:
Tempestor(LDR); Scion Gunner(Sniper); Scion Gunner(HVY); Scion(Medic); Scion: Scions Box@ $35;;
Guard Sgt; 3 Special Wpns Guardsmen; Vox Guardsman; Guardsman: Variables below:
Cadian/Catachan Command Squad: $10 over-budget and missing one model;
Cadian Shock Troops: $14 over budget with 4 extra models & plenty of weapons bits for the BOX;
Cadians: $5 under budget (with NO idea how difficult PTF models can be modified for weaponry/equipment that You will have left over from the Tempestus Box and WILL need to make the Team viable).
Just my "tuppence" ....to a very good presentation by Uncle Atom. Cheers!
Just as an addendum....AND as Uncle Atom pointed out...watch for those discounts! 15% of $64 in purchases yields NO budget overage....try locals first of course
I bought a box of easy-to-build reivers and easy-to-build intercessors, using spare pieces from 30k hb and rocket launcher to convert them into infernus (flamer tip and melta bomb for fuel canister) and frag cannon (shells of original frag cannon look exactly same as shells in launcher magazine, so it's even wysiwyg), rest are 2 reavers with knives and 1 intercessor with boltgun and auspex. If we don't count extra bitz I used to convert them, which you can easily trade in your local games store from others (thats what I normally do to get extra pieces), price of paints you need to finish them will come higher than price of models.
And no, I am not using hideous siver pauldrons, using my own chapter playing by DW rules. So if you want pauldrons too it will clock at $42 as per GW website.
I also got the Deathwatch Kill Team, and they are very nice, however, if you want to be adaptable in terms of weapon choices, you are limited to what you choose when you assemble them. (Unless you magnetise the I suppose but thats beyond my skill level.) The £30 Grey Knight box is good because it allows you to to chop and change your team. So you will have a five man team, with five substitutes.
Long time viewer, first time caller. I love it when you drop 'doohickeys' into your vids. Keep up the good work.
Great vid! I was pondering on getting Harlequins or Death Watch. But it seems they're both realistically within reach with just sticking to Kill Teams. Hopefully, Space Wolves will have their Kill Team build when they come out soon; which I assume will be in a White Dwarf issue. I am a bit sad that there are no Kill Teams for Daemons though.
For the foreseeable future theyre going to be limited to the space marine list and just painting them as space wolves.
Space Wolves are just Adeptus Astartes in Kill Team. They might get their own special rules later, but for now they're just generic marines.
Hey, I’ve painted WH Fantasy, LOTR & 40K miniatures for years but never started playing. Your vids inspired me to go get into kill team. I’ve seen vids about customised models, how would that affect points? Would love to see an idiots guide to points system or something like that. Love the vids, keep ‘em coming!
40k First Strike starter is a score under the confines here. you esentially get two forces under $50
With the release of 9th edition and Necrons getting a revamp, for $50 you can get the recruit edition starter set. Gets you 10 of the new warriors with different guns, a Royal Warden which can easily be used as an ornate Immortal with a Gauss Blaster for your leader as well as some scarabs, but I don't think you can use them in Kill Team. You also get the Primaris Lt., and 5 intercessors and a small building and board to play on
I went to my local hobby shop and spent $15 boom!
I just went to my local GW store just to pick up a set of paints for some D&D minis and ended up dropping almost $300.00 on the Kill Team stuff and...a crap ton of paint! Been a fan of 40k minis for decades and finally getting into actually playing is obviously something I've put off for years. I'm super excited to get these painted and to start playing this weekend!
If you're in the UK, Warhammer 40k Conquest Issue 1 comes with 3x Primaris Intercessors (plus 3x pots of paint) for £1.99 this week. Issue 3 comes with 3x Primaris Reavers, that issue is £7.99.
As a tau player I can say with certainty that a box of pathfinders is a better choice than a fire warrior box. The pathfinder come with 5 drones, and special weapons so you can pretty easily get a 100pt killteam with a pathfinder box.
The start collecting boxes are nearly all a good option too. This allows you to have a good start into the 40k game too.
Bought a T'au Pathfinder Box for 35 BUCKS and got to 96 points for it, build:
1x Shas'ui (7 points)
3x Gunners (7 points each), 2 of which are Ion Rifles (3 points), and one which is a rail rifle (5 points)
6x Pathfinders (6 Points each), some customized to be specialists
3x Drones (7 points each) all included in the box
If you wanted to nudge as close as possible to 100 points, replace one Ion Rifle with a Rail Rifle to bump it up to 98 points.
Hey Uncle Atom, another option for Orks is a box of lootas/burnas + a box of boys. I made my 100pts list from those, including a nob. First time Orks for me as well, and I find them very cool to build, plenty combinations and a lot of opportunities for conversions. I think you should give them a try :)
5:52 On Amazon you can get a discount on the shock troops and the scions. The regular guys are about 25 dollars on amazon and the scions are about 30 bucks. That means for 55 dollars you can get 10 shock troopers and 5 scions.
For Tyranids, you can pick up one of the $10 easy to build termagant boxes to fill out the remaining 10-12 points left over from the Genestealers. Still under $50 too!