Which army to choose?

Well after deciding to plump for 40k, me and Comrade Darbs had a lengthy discussion about the price of wargaming and the frankly extortionate prices that are Games Workshop products.
I already have 3rd and 4th edition 40k rules and boxes of minis that we could harvest, so that reduced the cost burden somewhat. We would still have to buy a few bits and pieces like HQ’s and some more elite troops choices but the bulk of what we would need, I had.

We had a gander in our local GW store and found the Necrons. I always fancied the Necrons (not in a lustful way, or maybe…?) as an army but was not keen on some of the back story and the “star gods” but I was seduced by these guys;



I really love the look of the Deathmarks and can fully imagine them rising from their slumber, these ancient machines wrought out of strange almost arcane materials!

I also found this as their HQ;



I looked at the Citadel Paints and they have changed! :-O Where was the Ultramarines blue? Very pricey too, so buying online from Wayland Games instead. The Vallejo paints range seem good value and have heard a lot of good things about them.
As for Darbs he decided to take my mostly unused Eldar battleforce and the older Eldar codex. I noticed that the latest battleforce box set in the GW store was quite a lot leaner then the one I had bought around 8 years ago and a rise in price too.
There was also a quick demo of the game by the GW store manager, which was highly entertaining and also entered into a competition to win a store army each for stopping by and having a run through of the rules.

So far Darbs forces are Eldar, my force is the Necrons. The 4th edition rules will be the ones used as the 6th edition is just out of reach right now but the basics should be similar giving us the opportunity to grasp the concepts and get us started. This should suffice for the time being (I am aware  that I am lacking the Codex Necrons book which is an eye-popping £20!).

Onwards: slightly concerned that I may be out matched by Darbs as he has a slight advantage in quantity of miniatures for his force and with working on a budget, my Necrons are not likely to be expanded any time soon.
Well that’s something for the old logic unit to think about, until next time watch those snakes in the grass!