Warhammer: The Final Boss of Nerd Stuff 

Okay so I messed something up. The Dark Age of Technology is evidently the golden age of technology, from 15 to 25k. They call it that because they're scared of technology now. 25-29k, when everything was ACTALLY bad, is called the Age of Strife. Thank you comments for being polite about that.

The truest "war" of warhammer is the fans vs Games Workshop

A joke a buddy of mine made is that 40k may have saved my life. I got into it 2 years ago, and since then my life and choices have changed quite abit. Now I hang out with my 40k group atleast 1x a week (there's 12 of us) and spent all my money and time.enjoying my hobby. Before 40k I had no hobbies and just spent my time and money drinking and doing drugs and eating like shit. The plastic Crack consumed my income instead

"I do recommend getting into Warhammer, however that looks for you" That last part is so important for people to understand. I know painters who have never even played a game with their models. I know lore experts who are plastic-crack free. I know people who know Vermintide 2 in and out, but nothing of 40k. I think that's what makes it THE hobby

My favorite thing about 40k lore is how much you can get out of it. One day you can be philosophically musing on the nature of evil, and the next day you can read about two Egyptian robot zombies with a 65 million year old grudge against each other using reality bending god technology to beat each other with their old man sticks.

"Fulgrim is my favorite" - Yes inquisidor, this guy right here

My old roommate was obsessed with this hobby, there must have been a box a week of 40k that showed up on our porch. Thanks for going through the trouble of summarizing this behemoth.

Calling 40k a wombat hole is more accurate than you think. Wombats dig their tunnels in such a way that they've been known to literally twerk predators to death against the tunnel ceiling.

I love the over the top whackyness that extends to the players. On the tabletop with certain rule sets people have done things like called up other game shops across town to call in artillery strikes from other players because those artillery units had unlimited range making it perfectly legal and viable.

20:00 the lore is *supposed to be funny.* exhibit A: warp travel is renowned in-universe to be extremely fuckery. we're talking "a day passed in the warp, but in realspace it's last week"-levels of fuckery. in one story an ork warboss took advantage of this when his space hulk somehow traveled a week back in time; he tracked down his past-self and killed him(self) just so he could have a spare of his favourite gun.

Picking Warp Talons as a first model was a very bold choice

"Up yours Fulgrim! Have a virus bomb you perverted snake!" -Rylanor

The lore is far deeper than it has any right to be.

As someone who became a warhammer fan when my uncle gave me his old gaming rig in 2006, I just want you to know, the lore can be serious or even creepy sometimes, but for every "The Watcher in The Rain", there is a "The Infinite and The Divine". Just keep your head on your shoulders. Also, I approve this video. Very much captures the general vibe of warhammer 40K. Unfortunately, you forgot the blood sports and the super cocaine the eldar were also doing when they made buildings out of flesh and started having orgies with them, but I'll give you a pass. We people of the craftworlds didn't want anything to do with that anyway.

Warhammer was my first real introduction to classism as a kid. I thought all of us nerds were all in it together with our D&D books and imaginations of fantasy worlds. Turns out if you had rich parents you didn’t have to imagine it. You could own it in miniature. I always found it fascinating.

You said “and death to the false emperor“ and instinctively i shouted for everyone around me to hear „HERETIC“

I played my first 2000 point warhammer game 3 years after starting lol. All my previous video game time now goes into miniature painting/ warhammer, and for me, it feels much more rewarding. 10/10

4:40 Dark age of Technology is actually Humanities golden age. So strong and advanced, it would make star trek look like cavemen/children playing with a gun. They had AI like crazy. 40k call it the "dark ages" because they hate AI and the "over reliance on AI" and subsequent SkyNet scale of AI revolt launched humanity into "the age of strife". Which is the "dark age" you are referring to. You might be confusing and merging the two. edit: spelling

To summarize Orks Orks + Color Red = I am Speed Orks + Knife = Angry Australian Orks + Fear of some guy = guy is invincible Orks + Orks = Bar Fights In Britain Orks - Knife = s a d Orks + Scrap Metal = huge mech with hundreds of Orks needed to use Orks + Huge mech = Death Orks + Space Marine = Dead Orks Orks + Custodian = Mass Orks genocide Orks + Ork with Funny Hat = Portal

It's not just goofy and over the top, but it is also a platform for great horror stories.

"Hey! Have you guys tried drugs yet?" -My new favorite Fulgrim quote

The Nerdiness skill tree is like a straight bar. You start in the middle. One side has Warhammer and the other has Homestuck.

It's always to refreshing to see someone's initial steps into Warhammer. My intro to it was Dawn of War, and I remember at that time that I was blown away by how fun and "chill" the orks were, what with my expectations about orcs being influenced by Warcraft and LotR. It took me about 4 years before finding out it was part of a sprawling universe. I pretty much read only Warhammer fiction now and I look forward to finishing the goddamn Horus Heresy books.

"Do you want to experience the bliss of sharing your life with another, or do you want to play with toy soldiers?" Toy soldiers and it's not even close

My step-dad got me into the 40k board game early on. It was so cool having a turn-based game with figures you decorate yourself. I wish it was more popular

My version of "dipping my toes" into 40k was a three hour long comprehensive timeline video, literally a couple of days ago. I haven't stopped.

As a BIT of a veteran I wanna say: Warhammer is expensive AT FIRST. It has a HUGE buy in cost, but remember, unlike card games, you will use these miniatures for YEARS. You only need to buy them ONCE. People still use miniatures they bought and painted in the 90s, and they look GREAT! Remember it's an investment and a collection. And once you have your full army (~ 2.5 to 3k points) your spending amount DROPS through the floor. I spend maybe 20 bucks a month TOTAL on Warhammer and I have 4 full armies. Sorry bit of a ramble, but just remember, your buying in huge, yes. But the cost doesn't stay high for long, just remember to budget properly.

I just got into Warhammer literally a week ago and man this is the most relatable video I’ve seen all year from the fact it remained hidden from me for 25 years to financial cost to the fact I’ve spent 12 hours today building this stupid huge Guard Army that are my treasures and I’ll hurt anyone who hurts them. Subscribed.

Honestly, you did a really good job of grasping the lore, the game, AND MOST IMPRESSIVELY the community that this hobby all revolves around in such a short time, it's genuinely impressive lol, I hope you continue to enjoy the hobby, enjoy your warp dust

That last point you made was really important, and one of the things I miss most about not being able to play wargames anymore now that I'm not in college. Pickup games with strangers, checking out their paint jobs, *making up lore* about why your armies are fighting, that was so much fun. I used to go to tournaments pretty much every month, driving 300+ miles to play for 8 hours straight because no matter how much work and time it was, they were undeniably great times that I think of fondly to this day. I had to get out of the hobby because I just did not have the time, but I did keep a small collection of my favorites and ones that were painted for me by better artists than me as birthday/christmas gifts. Every now and then someone will point to them on my shelf and I'll get to tell them about the games I played, and it's a great reminder of good times.

I can't believe you didn't give the tabletop game a rating of "2 thin coats"

I watched/heard this video while painting a friend's army (T'au Empire) and all i can say is this: This hobby is almost a life commitment and nobody is good at first. Lucky maybe but not good. However after a while you will become more adept to the lore, more skilled with the brush and more strategic with your army. And is soo satisfactory to win a game with a full painted army after an intense battle where the balance of power shifted from one player to another in a single round.. the emperor protects. Death to the false emperor. For the greater good. The ancestors are watching. Waaagh!!! Roleplay your army and have fun.

Feels like the final boss of crafting too. I got into every hobby except painting. My husband got into warhammer, and guess who's painting all the creatures 😂🎨

Gun guys, car guys, and computer guys when you mention that a starter set is only $1000: *nervous laughter and shifty eyes*

My favorite part about the Emperor is how he apparently existed throughout all of human history and at one point he tames a dragon? Literally nothing is off the table with 40k lore.

The philosophy and themes of 40K lore can’t be expressed enough, it will make you laugh, cry, contemplate and cry more. It’s so deep and had so many avenues and trees I’d thought and interpretations; it’s amazing

I like to say that Warhammer 40K is a bit like Homestuck, in that once you first get into it, you find yourself physically incapable of thinking about anything else for about 12 to 18 months. After that, you find yourself able to pick up other interests again, but there's a part of you that never really lets go.

8:45 It's also the matter of which specific piece of warhammer is discussed. Looking at the books: Dan Abnett has a much more down to earth military narrative with the "Gaunt's Ghosts" series, McNeils Forges of Mars might often showcase he missery and horrort of an avarage human in 40k, "Brutall Kunnin" by mike brooks revels in wild and riddiculous misadventures of Orks, and Robert Rath does quite good Pratchett Impression in "Infinite and Divine". After almost 40 years of development there's about every kind of warhammer novel out there.

I got into Warhammer 40k back when i was in the army, it was introduced to me by a good friend that just so happened to have been the weapons squad leader. Hes a big nerd too, used to play a lot back in the 90s-00s and told me stories about how he used to play with his friends using whole rooms as the play space. I was very interested so i got into it for a bit, started collecting imperial guard. That was almost three maybe four years ago, i recently got back into it and dug out my box of old models that i never finished amd bought some of the new ones that came out while i was out of the hobby, I'm glad i did. Its helping me get through some stuff thats happing in my life right now.

"Warhammer is the final boss of nerd stuff" Warhammer is merely the gateway drug to even nerdier nerd stuff.

I just got into 40K this year and it really is crazy how visible the hobby's presence is once you get into it. I tried to play Warhammer Fantasy Battles 20 years ago; my parents taught me to paint miniatures and I wanted to play the cool Warcraft-like game I saw at the comic store where I went to play Pokemon TCG. It didn't last long and I burnt out on painting, but I always wanted to return one day. I wonder how much of my decision to go for it was random chance and how much was market pressure. I have a Discord friend who kept pushing me to get interested in 40K and I was big into Magic the Gathering when suddenly, out of the blue, 40K crossed over last year with a set of licensed Commander decks. I was finally exposed to the lore and aesthetics first-hand, and I wanted more. Conveniently, I had *just* gotten back into miniature painting to supply my friends' new D&D group with painted minis, as well as painting the new Hero Quest game pieces. It all fit together too well. Anyway, I've been spending most of my free time on assembling and painting Orks for 6 months and only just got 500 points together to play Boarding Actions, which I have thus far played *once.*

If you grew up in Britain reading 2000AD and judge dredd the 40k universe doesn't seem so crazy. It's part of our long tradition of extreme ridiculous satire. We don't take it seriously but we do love the insanity of it all.

Callout for Luetin’s 40k lore videos. Spent far too many hours for years of my life watching them and they are fantastic.

11:30 it's squidmar miniatures

War hammer isnt really a satire for most of the media. It takes its lore somewhat seriously, the choices characters make in the setting are made because they have to be.

Your enjoyment of the "abstract art" you made clearly marks you as a follower of slaanesh, stay put and await the nearest inquisitor to find you and bring you back into the Emperor's light.

For those curious about the strategy of the tabletop game: those objectives mentioned in the video are your win condition, you win by completing more of them than your opponent, which is a gross oversimplification but essentially accurate. This shift actually only happened a few years ago, before then, while objectives existed, the actual strategy largely boiled down to "Kill before he kills you", now you can actually win games you should have lost(in terms of unit losses) by cleverly scraping together all the VP you can.

20:50 Repent! Heretic! :D

0:54 bro thats my ex's car.

A 15 minute PowerPoint on “why your talking sword is bad” probably would have saved the galaxy some grief.

I got Dawn of War in a humble bundle and figured "I like strategy games and this star craft rip off seems interesting. I'll install it someday" and promptly forgot about it. 2 years later a friend of mine introduced me to Warhammer 40k because he knew I liked chatting about sci-fi universes with good lore. I was shocked to find out that "random sci-fi strategy game" that I'd never installed was based on it. I now have spent way too much money on games and miniatures, way too much time painting miniatures, and way too much brain room with exhaustive lore.

As an English person who was in to Warhammer in primary school, this was an emotional rollercoaster 😂

Bro clearly hasn't met Napoleonic miniature gamers

1:38 no we’re never wrong and I’ll hear nothing more of the subject from now until eternity, thank you and good day.

Between love and two warhammer armies No way i’d choose love Two armies? That’s double of what i need to be happy

As a person who has been apart of this hobby for 10 years and counting, I think you hit the nail on the coffin for summerizing and talking about this hobbies!

"Go forth. Have fun out there. and DEATH TO THE FALSE EMPEROR." *Chef's kiss*

The final boss has been slain and you now realize: THE END is the last GAME OVER

The beginning part about phrases is so apt it got me thinking about the ones I've heard. One of my favorites being "Come alien dogs and and bring the blades that thirst for the blood of heros, I will die standing as my ancestors did." Also half the things Grimaldis said in Helsreach.

I have been into reading lore for years, my friend finally got me to paint an old start collecting blood angels box I’ve had for over 5 years. 8 months later i just keep painting and painting, haven’t played a game yet. For anyone new, just give it a shot. The painting part really is a great hobby- a chance to shut off my brain and just paint- and it’s so tangible. You watch this army grow, you see your skills grow. It’s great. Hopefully one day my blood angels will see battle. For the emperor and sanguinius. Great video too by the way man.

Been into the lore and hobby since i 12. Im 40 now. Been a Blood Angel player since the start. 40k is just awesome.

I will say this, has having started in the hobby almost 2 years ago it was one of my best decisions. It is expensive and the rules can be hard to follow sometimes. But the community, and building your guys is the best feeling in the world. Every time I finish a mini I feel proud of it even if it isn’t my best job.

It isn't a hobby its an addiction

Welcome to the fandom brother, although I am quite saddened that you chose to join the losing side. Cadia Stands!

"... And I thought it was a French thing" The food I had been eating is now plastered on the walls, like the heads of Fantasy peeps and the mention of Bretonnia or whatever there

I first saw the Warhammer books and models at my local hobby shop in the mid 80's. I was fasinated, but didn't have the money. About 10 years ago, it popped up on my radar again. Now I had the money, but I don't have the time. So... I listen to the audiobooks during my commute. #ForTheEmporor !

What's amazing is that Warhammer was created as a parody and now its the gold standard of edgy stuff.

14:19 This is... So beautiful...

As an American who has been into Warhammer since dawn of war in 2001... It's insane that you just now figured out warhammer

As a veteran I'm very glad you had an excellent first experience playing in this community, I don't play much anymore but it feels like the douchebags and edgelords have the loudest voices sometimes, but they are a loud minority and most staff members and players you'll meet in the real world are lovely people and I hope more newcomers have the same experience as you.

There also is a warhammer shop in Manhattan beach in LA. The nice thing about going to official shops is that you can ask for building and painting tutorial and they’ll provide the materials and walk you through. On the game side it takes a lot of space (except the skirmish ones) and some smaller hobby shops may not let you have games. In the official you can call ahead and get a table or on a slow day just show up and they have terrain and matts there. Just have to be lucky that the manger at the shop is chill about the rules since GW is annoying when it comes to what you can use or talk about in the stores. The smaller Warhammer shops tend to be way more chill about non-official GW materials and tools being used.

One of the funniest explanations of the lore I've seen, and I've been around 40k for a few. In fact my 1st battle was in 1988 so I've seen it all evolve over the years. I really like the reference to sweaty gatekeepers at the end and have had the unfortunate experience of meeting a few in my time. But I've also been in it for 30 years. That's just gonna happen.

Maybe the War was the Hammer we made along the way

I still love that them putting the Emperor on the Golden throne and sacrificing psykers to keep him “alive” only prevents him from growing stronger

12:21 It will absolutely not cost a thousand dollars to get an army from scratch. My first army of Necrons is now 4000 points and is still not even close to 1000 dollars, even counting all accessories.

The lore is funny. I love the Orks and they are the most ridiculous thing I have every seen and I am deep in many a thing. Also might be worth mentioning, I’ve been in the hobby for just over 20 years as well at this point. I will say that I didn’t care to much about the 40k side of things back when as I was, and still am, a Fantasy man. Not Age of Sigmar, but that which came before which to me had a much more interesting lore, but that’s just my opinion and people are allowed to like AoS more. The reason I mention this is because I grew up reading the Gotrek and Felix novels and they are what really made me fall in love with all the lore. Later I got into the Commissar Cain books and I still love both sets of books to this day. Gotrek and Felix is just a high fantasy good time with good guys, bad guys and a reoccurring after school villain like character. Commissar Cain is an incredibly interesting way of writing as it’s written as an autobiography of a Hero who, by their own admission, was just running for their life, fighting those enemies that got in his way, waiting for the dust to clear and then being praised as a hero because he accidentally killed the big bad while running. Both are excellent romps and both are available in audiobook form, though don’t buy them from GW as they are terribly overpriced. Just go on Audible and get one a month for 75% less then what GW charges with your free token. I love the Lore, I love the setting, I hate the company currently, but I still hope to see more of Dah Boyz join dah WAAAGH if it’s what they want. Just so long as they know how much it may cost ‘em in teef.

I’ve been into 40K for nearly a decade now, and I’m just here for the books and the video games. I may, at some point, get one of the new terminator squads for some decoration for my computer desk, and paint them as Iron Hands, of course, because Iron Hands are OBJECTIVELY the coolest loyalist marines and I will suplex anyone directly into an ICU if I am challenged on this. But other than books, fan content and video games, I’m good. I’d rather not have to sell my only remaining leg to play the tabletop.

WHY DID HE MAKE IT ALL ABOUT CHAOS GODS 😭😭

Not me watching this video in a 711 parking lot and eating my Dunkin Donuts.. in my Hyundai Elantra

good ol' war hammer 40k in debt

I'm new, picked up a leviathan box spent the last 2 weeks or so making the models. I've bought paints and materials but I haven't even started basing/painting yet because I've been so distracted with customizing every model and reading lore. Surprisingly I'm only 200 bucks in right now, which is alot, but not as much as I expected. I think by the time my models are table top ready I'll be 400-600 in. Whilst its definitely not cheap by any standard, honestly I think I can get a few months worth of fun before I even consider actually playing the game. The 10th edition codices haven't even released yet so I'm gunna be waiting until then at least. Setting the actual game aside interacting with the community alone is amazing, going online talking in forums, finding niche communities who love successor chapters that no one has ever heard. And just walking into hobby shops and talking for hours to the people there makes the cost all worth it for me.

I got lucky when buying models because I had a buddy who knew the cost inside and out. I ended up with about 2500 pts of Black Templars for about $320. Is is a usable army all at once no but its a ton of fun regardless.

I used to paint the 40k mini figures as a child and never learnt the lore but am returning to it now as an adult 😂

As a fan already up to my teeth in the wombat hole (and debt) I always like to see new fans of the hobby explain their perspective on things, and I’m glad you’re enjoying stuff

Thanks for the video, it was great fun, despite the heresy at the ending.

Have enjoyed the lore for a few years, listening to audio books and such. I was soon to become a dad and I knew my social life time was about to disappear for a while while the wife and I adjusted to parenthood. I decided to buy an ultramarine army to build and paint as a hobby while I am home with the baby. My daughter is almost 2 months old now and I have around 1000 points of models build and mostly painted. I look forward to playing my first real game with them.

Your intro resonated with me so much! I'm 42 and just discovered 40k about 2 months ago... how the ** did I not know about this??? But now I can say I am deeeep into it( maybe a tiny bit too much according to my wife haha)! I have not yet played a real game but I love assembling an painting to death, it's almost therapeutic.

Also worth looking into Kill team for just getting into the hobby. Some of the best teams can be made with one roughly ~$60 box. Great for getting your feet wet with the hobby side and a fun game on its own

I didn't venture into the models or tabletop game. I just don't have the time or money. But I love the lore, books, and dawn of war unification mod.

you can equalize the price of the miniatures if you either use a 3d printer or buy from 3rd party stores (i do the ladder one and since i live in Europe its less expensive than in usa, a imperial knight in gw prices costs here 145€ while in usa one costs 175$)

Remember to buy of 3rd party websites for you miniatures. They sell cheaper than GW itself, up to 20%. Still expensive but big difference

The emperor protects as well as rewards. For your faith in him he has blessed your creation to appear on my, and many others, screen.

*taps mic, leans in* “I would of liked, to see the skies of Baal, once more.”

This is a good video. I like listening to people just getting into the hobby. I read the lore and paint the minis only these days. Used to play, but not in 20 years.

Hey! Its actually not SUPER expensive to get into! Theres a smaller version of the game called "Killteam" which I got a full set of Kreig Guardsmen infantry for like 80$ CAD and all the paint I needed to get the absolute most detail was like 70ish CAD so if anyone doesnt want to absolute break the bank maybe starting out with Killteam could be a good start for people intrested in the hobby

ive definitely grown out of my intense obsession with 40k as ive gotten older, but i'll always think its one of the coolest sci fi universes, and im really proud of the painting skills i developed and my humble army of space marines i assembled over the years. And i really think painting miniatures is something any self respecting nerd should try at least once in their life

The last line of the video, Hersey!!!!!! This was great by the way. Hope more people get into Warhammer and Henry Cavill can keep Amazon in line!

To anyone trying to get into the hobby I recommend custodes they are fairly cheap easy to paint (just all gold) and the combat patrol box is basically half a full on army so you can actually star playing the game investment around 100 bucks not bad considering other armies are in the like 500 range also if you are already set on a more expensive army pls do not buy things directly from GW is the most expensive option look for better prices in places like element games or on your local game store I hope that helps someone out 😊

Let’s not forget! It’s not just table top and video games! There are pen and paper versions too! D&D type versions that use a d6 system. You can be a guardsmen space marine Rouge trader gene stealer all sorts in the other versions as well

It's the vibes and the lore for me. The futuristic, gothic, grim dark setting is just amazing, just can't get enough of it. That said, for all the insanity of the universe, it is probably the only futuristic game that truly grasps the scale of space. A galaxy spanning empire with millions of worlds, quadrillions of people, and billions dying a day in war are all absolutely reasonable.