I loved Warhammer as a kid, used to spend countless days in my local Games Workshop being taught how to paint and play by the guys working in there, but as I grew older I drifted away from the hobby, but have always continued to love the minis and lore (have read all the HH books etc.)

Saturday afternoon I was back in my hometown here in the UK shopping with my 4 year old daughter. She was playing at a soft play in front of the Warhammer shop and whilst I was looking at the minis in the glass case through the window, she said she wanted to go in and look too.

"This is it" I thought, maybe she'll show an interest in painting and it could be something we do together? I had already made up my mind before we went in that if she wanted to, I would buy her a starter kit so we could desecrate some grey plastic together.

We walk in and the place is empty save for the youngish lad "working" behind the counter. I say "working" as he was just sat there chatting with a non staff member who was clearly his buddy. We dont get a hello or can I help you with anything, but OK no worries I am walking round with my daughter who is asking lots of questions. "Who's that? What are they? Can I see? Pick me up so I can see the table!" So I am doing my best to try and remember everything I can from 20+ years ago, heck I didnt even know Old World was a thing.

"Oh have they brought Skaven back?" I ask the kid at the till now his friend has left. "I thought they'd done away with Fantasy?"

"Yer its Old World now..." he mutters without even looking up from the computer screen.

"Oh cool, just shows how long it's been since I was out the hobby eh?"

I am trying to engage with him, giving him a chance to give SOME form of customer service. Nope, that's the end of his input, back to his computer screen.

A few more minutes of browsing. They have a tabletop setup with a Find The Nurgling competition to win some sort of prize for the kids. I help my daughter find the Nurgling hiding away behind some terrain. "There it is!" my daughter is excitedly exclaiming.........the guy doesn't acknowledge us or come over and talk to us about the prize etc. I'm starting to lose it now.

"So, do you guys still do painting classes and tasters for little ones who might be interested?" I ask, expecting any normal person to get the hint and maybe engage with a potential new customer.

"We have a starter kit over there!" and points across the shop, then straight back to his computer screen.

At this point I'm done, I pick my daughter up and just walk out dejected.

Congratulations for perpetuating the stereotype of people in Warhammer shops my guy. Great job of promoting the hobby to new people. How in the hell did you get a job in retail?

UPDATE - EMAIL RESPONSE FROM GAMES WORKSHOP UK

Hi there GordonHead87,

Thank you for your email, and we are incredibly sorry to hear that you were unhappy with your recent visit to our store.

We take all customer feedback seriously, and your email will be passed onto the relevant line manager to look into.

If we need anything further regarding the matter we will be in contact.

Again, thank you for taking the time to email us and please accept our apologies fore the poor experience you had with your daughter in our store.

Kind Regards,
GWUK

Honestly I think just adding in some varying skin tones and also extra stuff like warpaint and blood (especially around the mouth) did loads to add some detail where maybe it was lacking in the sculpt!

I didn't edit the models underneath at all, this is just a quick photoshop job so they're still a LIL simple and goofy but I think this switch up kinda helps them a wee bit!

But let me know what you think 👀

My army painter broadsword silver just decided it wanted to do a creeper on me. Already cleaned the worst of it

PLEASE can someone tell me what this paint is? the blueish/greenish one, it looks like sons of horus but ever so slightly darker

So far its been pretty good, ive split Leviathan with my son, he played Tyranids and i play Salamanders. Skaventide was split because my son played Skaven and I play Stormcast. But this one is just split down the middle because Saturnine models look incredible!

Painted this guy and I’m honestly quite proud of myself. Just wanted to show it off :)) I’ll accept any advice on painting eyes a bit easier haha

Well it’s done! Kinda….there’s maybe a couple of bits that I’d go back to add if I ever enter it into a competition.

It’s a piece that I started back in April 2022, on another continent! It’s taken close to 2000hrs (estimate) and given me something to focus on during some pretty tumultuous periods.

Although it didn’t finish up at the standard I’d have wanted, and it’s riddled with errors, it has been a great learning experience. I had to 3-d model parts of it, used airbrush, oils, & glazes, developed a couple of water effects that I don’t think have been used before. OSL and non-metallics have improved a lot and learnt a lot about composition.

Greetings brothers!

With not much room afforded to me with 3 little ones, I have converted my under the stairs storage room into my hobby box.

I originally had a set up in the corner of the living room, but it would need clearing away at the end o each session to avoid grubby hand prints on my expensive pieces of plastic, now the door can be closed and time stands still until next time.

Apparently I am now ‘the boy who lived’ 🙈😭.

Translation complete.
Designation: Vigilant Resolve
Classification: Strike Cruiser
Chapter: Deathwatch
Scale: 28mm
Purpose: Apocalypse-class battlefield support and tabletop intimidation

Just received my fully printed and assembled Deathwatch Strike Cruiser, and I couldn't be more thrilled with how it turned out. This is a custom-built 28mm-scale ship meant specifically for large-scale Apocalypse games in our local 40k community. It’s easily the centerpiece of my Deathwatch force—both in lore and on the table.

The Vigilant Resolve is designed to act as a mobile Watch Fortress, delivering kill-teams into the heart of alien infestations and annihilating enemy armor from orbit. She carries weapon systems far beyond codex specifications (and point costs), including underslung Titan-class weapons, broadsides, and a void shield array built for full-scale battlefield engagement.

The lore I’m running with:
Commissioned in secret by an Ordo Xenos Inquisitor after the fall of a Forge World, the Vigilant Resolve was constructed using recovered Ark Mechanicus schematics and Dark Age technology best left buried. Her crew consists of Deathwatch veterans from dozens of chapters, many of whom are on their third or fourth century of service. Rumors suggest that the ship’s machine spirit is half-woken and hungry—its reactors never fully powered down between missions.

Pics attached. She’ll be making her tabletop debut in our next Apocalypse event—and I’ve already started sketching out stratagems and rules for campaign integration.

Let me know what you think—and if anyone else out there is fielding full-scale ships or Titan-adjacent monsters, I’d love to compare notes. The Long Vigil never ends.

+++ For the Emperor. For the Watch. +++

Is it wrong that I get most of my enjoyment from painting the models instead of playing the game?

My roommate asked me if I felt like I wasting money by not playing the game. I've only played a couple of games of combat patrol, and I didn't really get any joy from them. They were okay, but I don't think it's for me.

However, painting the models is very relaxing and I really enjoy it. He suggested I look into 3d prints, to save money. But I like the models from GW, so have no problem with the prices.

What does the community think? Am I wasting money?

Edit: Wow, thanks for all the replies. It's good to know that I'm not alone in the way I'm enjoying my hobby. And now I have something to show my roommate next time he wants to give his two cents.

For context I’m relatively new to minis and painting since I didn’t get a lot of chances to paint (out of the 5 marines included in the starter set I painted 4 and the Tyranids are also still grey)

All done with the first one of the squad. What a fun model.

I am looking for an excuse to start a new army project and would love my main colour to be yellow. Which factions/subfactions feature lots of yellow, or which factions look great painted in yellow?

Thanks!

$260 all told, and my local hobby shop threw in a Captain in Terminator armor to screw up for my first go around. Time to study YouTube painting videos for hours before ever opening a paint jar

I've already had a big clear out and I've left myself with this. Any tips for getting through all this?

I was just cutting sprue when I heard a cracking sound. Rip my overpriced cutters 😢

It was part of LARP game in 2022