Surprisingly, board games are still popular in the digital and VR era. And those who left not far from the primitive soldiers, but considered to be an expensive pleasure. It's about the Warhammer 40,000 techno-fantasy project, the figures for which (together with painting) cost a lot of money.
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An integral component of any desktop is the soldiers. There are a great many of these in Warhammer. The first game was published in 1987 thanks to the efforts of the Games Workshop company, and was greatly loved by the fans thanks to a well-thought-out balance and a bewitching atmosphere.
But in fact, most of the fans were attracted due to the detailed elaboration of miniatures. Each formation, looking from the covers of the rule book, entices with unique characteristics. The Warhammer 40,000 figures are so bright, colorful and sometimes brutal, that an outsider is unlikely to believe that all this was created by the hands of talented masters who have a good command of the brush.
Each “commander” chooses the side to be controlled.
- Imperium. The multimillion-strong army of the emperor of mankind. If we draw an analogy with The Lord of the Rings, then this is an army of people under the sauce of totalitarianism and militarism. The elite of the Emperor’s troops are space marines controlled by the Primarchs. All the rest are numerous units of Astra Militarum.
- Chaos. This includes numerous warp demons, legions of heretics, cultists, and traitorous space marines who went to the dark side during events called the Horus Heresy.
- Eldar. Elven-like xenos living on artificial worlds after the cataclysm that destroyed their empire - the birth of the goddess Slaanesh. Follow the seers who lead the people to an unknown fate. Most often by sunset.
- Drukhari (or Dark Eldar). The same xenos, but prone to Slaaneshit damage. Engaged in robbery, robbery and carnal pleasures.
- Necrons. An analogue of an undead army from any fantasy universe, only mechanical. The purpose of existence is the destruction of life, since it violates the silence of the universe and is chaos.
- Tau. A relatively young race in the universe, preaching the common good.
- Tyranids. Something remotely resembles zerg from StarCraft, aliens from the film of the same name by Riddle Scott and bugs from "Star Landing". They attack in a huge swarm and devour entire worlds.
- Orcs. Funny and ridiculous green "mushrooms", exactly. Because they multiply by spores. Although technologically backward, their machines are capable of making noise in many worlds.
The commander can only choose the side, study the rules and accumulate the right amount of funds.
Buying Primarch Figures
In Warhammer 40,000 there are characters whose images have a place not on the cells of the playing field, but on the collector's shelf. It's about the leaders of the Astartes legions.
The prices are impressive, for example, a miniature of Mortarion will cost about 6800 rubles. A figurine of Lorgar, Primarch of the Legion Bearers legion, is not very numerous, but the price is about 7000-8000 r.
We are talking about ready-made figures of Warhammer 40,000. The primarch of the "World Eaters" Angron in human form exhibited for about 8000 p. Reincarnated Magnus Red - 6000 r. Prices may vary depending on the point of sale.
Verdict
Warhammer 40,000 figures are popular with desktop gamers who can afford such an expensive pleasure. Otherwise, you have to do with paper analogues of your own production.
Or even go into reading books. In any case, connoisseurs of Warhammer 40,000 figures will always be found. It is a pity that Primarch miniatures are rarely released.