The only reason I never got into Warhammer 40k is I don’t feel my painting skills are good enough. I love the lore but don’t want to drop the scratch on an army and fuck up the painting on it
I just started getting in a few months ago and I've been anxious about messing up my paint jobs. As long as you do some research on how to paint, I'm sure you'll do a good job. If anything, you can repaint them or strip the paint and start over.
I don't even know when I'll get to play with my models on the tabletop but just building and painting is already very enjoyable. I found that it's nice to have a hobby working with my hands and that isn't focused on looking at a screen.
Painting is not as hard as it looks, and even mediocre paint jobs will still look good in numbers.
If you're nervous about wrecking pricey models, you could try sourcing some of the old metal minis from the 80's and 90's - they're smaller, simpler, and crucially, made of metal, so you can dunk them in the nastiest paint stripper you can find as many times as you like and you won't melt them.
The only reason I never got into Warhammer 40k is I don’t feel my painting skills are good enough. I love the lore but don’t want to drop the scratch on an army and fuck up the painting on it
I just started getting in a few months ago and I've been anxious about messing up my paint jobs. As long as you do some research on how to paint, I'm sure you'll do a good job. If anything, you can repaint them or strip the paint and start over.
I don't even know when I'll get to play with my models on the tabletop but just building and painting is already very enjoyable. I found that it's nice to have a hobby working with my hands and that isn't focused on looking at a screen.
Painting is not as hard as it looks, and even mediocre paint jobs will still look good in numbers.
If you're nervous about wrecking pricey models, you could try sourcing some of the old metal minis from the 80's and 90's - they're smaller, simpler, and crucially, made of metal, so you can dunk them in the nastiest paint stripper you can find as many times as you like and you won't melt them.