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Hi people. So, I'm a wargamer. But I'm also a hobbyist. And a damn good one if I can say. Yet, I tire of AoS/40k. I pretty much painted everything cool to me for these games, and honestly, I kinda tire of painting units of more than 10 guys (repetition can kill the pleasure). I'd like to paint something else, but what ? GW games are pretty much the mainstream in my hobby store. What else could there be ?

 
   
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Honestly, there's hundreds, if not thousands of games/minis out there. . .

I've been fairly impressed by Malifaux minis (aesthetically), and recently have seen a few Guild Ball minis that looked pretty good (to me). Both games are ones in which you'll be painting largely single minis, so no big units to do.
   
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SoCal

 Khornate25 wrote:
Hi people. So, I'm a wargamer. But I'm also a hobbyist. And a damn good one if I can say. Yet, I tire of AoS/40k. I pretty much painted everything cool to me for these games, and honestly, I kinda tire of painting units of more than 10 guys (repetition can kill the pleasure). I'd like to paint something else, but what ? GW games are pretty much the mainstream in my hobby store. What else could there be ?


If you like sci fi and metal minis, Infinity is probably the way to go. If you prefer plastic, Mantic has some great plastic kits now (Enforcers, GCPS, Asterians, and some of their fantasy minis), and Maelstrom's Edge has the best plastic robot/drone minis on the market. Mercs 2 sells plastic teams that are loaded with character, although perhaps a bit soft in detail. Gates of Antares has a mix of old school and new sculpts. All of those companies have skirmish level games.

For big monsters and aliens, Reaper's Bones are hard to beat. Shieldwolf and AoW have excellent plastics for fantasy that can be used with many rule sets. Frostgrave is a fun game, too, although their plastics are hit and miss. Malifaux is a very different game, but their miniatures are either the best thing ever or the worst thing ever depending on how much you love to assemble, assemble hard.

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Saga is a great game and the possibilities for hobbying are near endless. The smaller force size allows for more effort to be put into each dude but it's still big enough that not every single mini needs to be Master class.
Plus, after heroic proportions it's a nice change.
   
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Grim Dark Angels Interrogator-Chaplain




Vigo. Spain.

Mierce Miniatures. The End of All Fantasy Monsters. If you want painting challenges, there you can look for them.

 Crimson Devil wrote:

Dakka does have White Knights and is also rather infamous for it's Black Knights. A new edition brings out the passionate and not all of them are good at expressing themselves in written form. There have been plenty of hysterical responses from both sides so far. So we descend into pointless bickering with neither side listening to each other. So posting here becomes more masturbation than conversation.

ERJAK wrote:
Forcing a 40k player to keep playing 7th is basically a hate crime.

 
   
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Germany, Frankfurt area

How about making/painting terrain?

 
   
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 Khornate25 wrote:
Hi people. So, I'm a wargamer. But I'm also a hobbyist. And a damn good one if I can say. Yet, I tire of AoS/40k. I pretty much painted everything cool to me for these games, and honestly, I kinda tire of painting units of more than 10 guys (repetition can kill the pleasure). I'd like to paint something else, but what ? GW games are pretty much the mainstream in my hobby store. What else could there be ?


There is no shortage of painting minis in this day and age. Buy one of the plethora of kickstarter miniature board games.... Conan, anything from CMON, or whatever you like. Look for something you like. If it's no longer Available and in post production. Buy the kickstarter edition on eBay even if it's marked up by 25%... paint the entire set and resell the painted set on eBay for 50% markup or keep it if you like the game.
I like Conan here is a link for the kickstarter being reissued in 2 months buy the all in or king pledge. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/806316071/conan/posts/1904692
   
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Midwest USA

gungo wrote:
 Khornate25 wrote:
Hi people. So, I'm a wargamer. But I'm also a hobbyist. And a damn good one if I can say. Yet, I tire of AoS/40k. I pretty much painted everything cool to me for these games, and honestly, I kinda tire of painting units of more than 10 guys (repetition can kill the pleasure). I'd like to paint something else, but what ? GW games are pretty much the mainstream in my hobby store. What else could there be ?
There is no shortage of painting minis in this day and age. Buy one of the plethora of kickstarter miniature board games.... Conan, anything from CMON, or whatever you like. Look for something you like. If it's no longer Available and in post production. Buy the kickstarter edition on eBay even if it's marked up by 25%... paint the entire set and resell the painted set on eBay for 50% markup or keep it if you like the game.
I like Conan here is a link for the kickstarter being reissued in 2 months buy the all in or king pledge. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/806316071/conan/posts/1904692
And keep an eye for the coming Reaper Bones 4 Kickstarter this coming August. If it is anything like the previous Kickstarters, then you can get a tremendous amount of minis for cheap!
   
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Blackclad Wayfarer





Philadelphia

Try and change scale or genres. Bolt Action or Flames of War? Dropzone or Kings of War? Many options !

   
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In a van down by the river

If you're looking for big projects, pick up some of the Eisenkern line-up from DreamForge Games. The Leviathans are very nice, and the APC is similarly awesome. The Stormtrooper kit itself is also insanely versatile. No game to go with them, but great kits if you're more into painting/modelling and they can serve as Scions and Knights if you want to stick with the 40k ruleset for gaming (though the Leviathans are taller than Knights). The Val'kir can also do a pretty good stand-in role for marines (Grey Knights especially with the shared Teutonic styling).

As was suggested, a scale-shift can be great fun too. I had a blast with 15mm WW2 stuff (Battlefront Miniatures and Plastic Soldier Company are good leads for that), even though you're painting hundreds of guys, they're so small that the work that goes into a squad is roughly the same as a single model at 28mm. Along those lines you have Hawk Wargames with Dropfleet and Dropzone Commander.

For things that are likely to be readily available you could also repaint X-Wing models; some impressive work to be done there, and it's one of the more popular miniatures games around anymore.
   
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Primus





Palmerston North

Wargods of Aegyptus?
   
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Dark Age by CMON.

A fantastic line of miniatures AND a great game too.

Check them out:

http://dark-age.com/

   
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Monstrous Master Moulder




Rust belt

Infinity, warlord games, WMH, steamforge, otherworld miniatures, studio miniatures, CMoN, Knight models, Mantic, just to name a few....there are hundreds of companies , find one that works
   
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Dangerous Duet






Ragnar69 wrote:How about making/painting terrain?


Yeah, that's always a possibility. Thx

gungo wrote:
 Khornate25 wrote:
Hi people. So, I'm a wargamer. But I'm also a hobbyist. And a damn good one if I can say. Yet, I tire of AoS/40k. I pretty much painted everything cool to me for these games, and honestly, I kinda tire of painting units of more than 10 guys (repetition can kill the pleasure). I'd like to paint something else, but what ? GW games are pretty much the mainstream in my hobby store. What else could there be ?


There is no shortage of painting minis in this day and age. Buy one of the plethora of kickstarter miniature board games.... Conan, anything from CMON, or whatever you like. Look for something you like. If it's no longer Available and in post production. Buy the kickstarter edition on eBay even if it's marked up by 25%... paint the entire set and resell the painted set on eBay for 50% markup or keep it if you like the game.
I like Conan here is a link for the kickstarter being reissued in 2 months buy the all in or king pledge. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/806316071/conan/posts/1904692


I'm a big fan of Conan, that's for sure. Sadly, I would have hoped for a proper wargame. Still, might buy some models to paint them.

Alpharius wrote:Dark Age by CMON.

A fantastic line of miniatures AND a great game too.

Check them out:

http://dark-age.com/


Preaching to a priest here. Proud owner of a Brood warband. Hope we get the new models sooner.

Chute82 wrote:Infinity, warlord games, WMH, steamforge, otherworld miniatures, studio miniatures, CMoN, Knight models, Mantic, just to name a few....there are hundreds of companies , find one that works


That's kinda my problem : choosing what I want with all these options.

 
   
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SoCal

Dreamforge minis are superb. The only catch is that most of the kits have an identifiable "space nazi" aesthetic. Some people find that a turn off.


 StygianBeach wrote:
Wargods of Aegyptus?


The models are metal, but great "old school" sculpts. I really wish someone would buy the best and mold them for Bones or board game plastic.


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Khornate, what are you looking for from your hobby? Besides blood, I mean.

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I'm from the future. The future of space

I find Warmachine/Hordes to be not a great option as so many of the kits are bad grey PVC that can be a pain to work with. So if you're thinking of just a hobbying side of things, It's sub par. I still own and play the game, but my purchases of new stuff has pretty much vanished as there are very few armies that can be put together while avoiding PVC entirely. It also has the issue of multiple miniatures of the same type in a given unit. As do the games offered by Warlord and Mantic (with the exception of Dead Zone and their sports game?). As well as many others.

How important is it for you to play with the miniatures? If you pick something that no one else around you plays, then think about your miniatures like a board game. You'll need two forces and appropriate terrain and then invite people to play. So maybe go with a lower model count game. This ties into your being done with painting multiples of the same model anyway.

So maybe the first place to start is a second group of miniatures for Dark Age? Someone for your brood to fight?

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Balance in pick up games? Two people, each with their own goals for the game, design half a board game on their own without knowing the layout of the board and hope it all works out. Good luck with that. The faster you can find like minded individuals who want the same things from the game as you, the better. 
   
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edit - okay, forum ate my post. Too lazy to rewrite.

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This Is Where the Fish Lives

When I got bored with 40K minis, I started building scale models. First, a bunch of 1/72 Star Wars models and then I've moved into 1/35 scale armor with a flair for WWI and interwar period AFVs and artillery.

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Dark Age is revamping their line of miniatures, and basically doing a slow revamp of the game as they update to more modern but still grimdark aesthetics.

Infinity is going along decently, and still a good option although they've gotten overcomplicated a bit.

   
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 Khornate25 wrote:
Hi people. So, I'm a wargamer. But I'm also a hobbyist. And a damn good one if I can say. Yet, I tire of AoS/40k. I pretty much painted everything cool to me for these games, and honestly, I kinda tire of painting units of more than 10 guys (repetition can kill the pleasure). I'd like to paint something else, but what ? GW games are pretty much the mainstream in my hobby store. What else could there be ?


Can i have your models?

"When you call yourself an Indian or a Muslim or a Christian or a European, or anything else, you are being violent. Do you know why it is violent? Because you are separating yourself from the rest of mankind. When you separate yourself by belief, by nationality, by tradition, it breeds violence. So a man who is seeking to understand violence does not belong to any country, to any religion, to any political party or system; he is concerned with the total understanding of mankind." -Jiddu Krishnamurti world renowned champion of peace. An Indian man who spoke at the UN Peace summit 1985.  
   
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Take a break from the hobby. Spend your money on other fun stuff. Then when you come back again it will feel fresh again. That, or you have discovered that you simply like doing other things better.
Either way its a win for you.

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Charing Cold One Knight





Sticksville, Texas

Check out Freebooter's Fate by Freebooter miniatures, all gorgeous and characterful models, plus the game is a fantastic skirmish game.
   
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Experienced Maneater






Like others have said, there are TONS of wargames, and even more models without dedicated rules.
Aside from GW games/models, I like Infinity, Relicblade and Confrontation.
Batman Miniature Game is in my future, as are models from Redbox, Hasslefree, Brother Vinni...
There is a Fallout Skirmish game coming.

   
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Definitely attack some skirmish based wargames. A quick 4'x'4 table worth of terrain and 30-40 minis top and you can stash it all in a box or two till you feel like playing it.

If you go historical you can even get a half dozen rules sets for each period, meaning you can get even more out of your minis.

An easy one which is great fun to paint? Gladiators. Plenty of good games out there and brilliant minis - with great random colour schemes etc.

Old West is a personal favourite of mine. Unique aesthetic, excellent setting for a skirmish game and fun to paint each figure differently.

How about build up an entire dungeon crawl worth of minis? That's something I did a while ago (still adding to them). Great project which will likely find a purpose at some point. Maybe via Mordheim, Frostgrave, various dungeon crawl games, etc.
   
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 frozenwastes wrote:

How important is it for you to play with the miniatures? If you pick something that no one else around you plays, then think about your miniatures like a board game. You'll need two forces and appropriate terrain and then invite people to play. So maybe go with a lower model count game. This ties into your being done with painting multiples of the same model anyway.


I think this is the best advice, You don't want to pick something in your area that no one plays. Go to your FLGS of your choice and see what is being played.. Most of the time, if you ask the players
someone would be willing to show you a demo game. If you like it great.. if not you spent no money and nothing new to get rid of..

Wargaming is social and unless you just paint, there needs to be someone else involved.. But even painting you can learn things from other people.

 
   
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 Genoside07 wrote:


I think this is the best advice, You don't want to pick something in your area that no one plays. Go to your FLGS of your choice and see what is being played.. Most of the time, if you ask the players
someone would be willing to show you a demo game. If you like it great.. if not you spent no money and nothing new to get rid of..

Wargaming is social and unless you just paint, there needs to be someone else involved.. But even painting you can learn things from other people.


I'd recommend the opposite. Paint what you like and approach it like a board game where one person supplies everything and simply invite people to play. It's how the hobby was done for decades from the 1950s on.

Especially given this thread is largely about the hobby side of things.

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Balance in pick up games? Two people, each with their own goals for the game, design half a board game on their own without knowing the layout of the board and hope it all works out. Good luck with that. The faster you can find like minded individuals who want the same things from the game as you, the better. 
   
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Dangerous Duet






 Genoside07 wrote:
 frozenwastes wrote:

How important is it for you to play with the miniatures? If you pick something that no one else around you plays, then think about your miniatures like a board game. You'll need two forces and appropriate terrain and then invite people to play. So maybe go with a lower model count game. This ties into your being done with painting multiples of the same model anyway.


I think this is the best advice, You don't want to pick something in your area that no one plays. Go to your FLGS of your choice and see what is being played.. Most of the time, if you ask the players
someone would be willing to show you a demo game. If you like it great.. if not you spent no money and nothing new to get rid of..

Wargaming is social and unless you just paint, there needs to be someone else involved.. But even painting you can learn things from other people.



Problem is, W40k is pretty much the only thing being played at my local store. People play it so much, they have armies so big they can hardly play 10% of their collection in a year.

 
   
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Legendary Master of the Chapter





SoCal

Maybe they should play Hoards.



*not Hordes.

   
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Calculating Commissar




Frostgrave

There's minis for pretty much every theme in every scale. You can probably spend your entire hobby career without buying any figures that come with a game.

For cool one-offs to paint, have a look at Kabuki, Scribor, Scale 75, Hasslefree, Raging Heroes, Reaper.

What sort of thing do you fancy?
   
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If you want something different you might look at Battletech. feudal giant robots. You only need 4-12 mechs for a standard game, but it's modular enough to include tanks, aircraft, even subs. The timeline continuously moves forward, but you can find people that want to play about any era if you find one you prefer. The game is much more granular than 40k with the mechs having external armor, internal structure, individual weapon hp, and health systems/ pilots that can be damaged and killed.

 
   
 
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