It absolutely can cost an absurd amount of money but it is one of the open and future-proofed hobbies you can have.
A model from 30+ years ago can still probably be played today and will be able 30+ years from now if the world is still around. Even if Game Workshop lit itself on fire tomorrow there's still decades of rulesets, scales to play at, specialist games, skirmish games, etc and that's if you just want to play the game. You could easily just paint miniatures and never touch a single die or rulebook.
You could easily just paint miniatures and never touch a single die or rulebook.
Pretty much what my dad did when he was into it. Mostly collected the fantasy stuff and even then only really a few pieces like a Skaven bellringer or something. Never intended to battle anyone and he was more than fine with that.
It absolutely can cost an absurd amount of money but it is one of the open and future-proofed hobbies you can have.
A model from 30+ years ago can still probably be played today and will be able 30+ years from now if the world is still around. Even if Game Workshop lit itself on fire tomorrow there's still decades of rulesets, scales to play at, specialist games, skirmish games, etc and that's if you just want to play the game. You could easily just paint miniatures and never touch a single die or rulebook.
Pretty much what my dad did when he was into it. Mostly collected the fantasy stuff and even then only really a few pieces like a Skaven bellringer or something. Never intended to battle anyone and he was more than fine with that.