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AoS Starting on a Budget?

Rahnshen
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So I finally am to start my first Warhammer army of any kind and of all AOS's armies Seraphon caught my eye the most I have budget of 150 paint included so I wanted to know if one start collecting box is a good place to start with maybe a starpriest as well? Can I play games with this force?
 
One start collecting box, build the carno, make the oracle from the trog into a starpriest, use some parts to differentiate one knight, convert it into a scar-vet on cold one. If you use a saurus body and some of the armour and ine of the scar-vet heads you can make an oldblood on foot as well, but that is a bit trickier. Free starpriest and scar-vet on cold one. Then you are free to explore other options for your budget. A second start collecting box, skinks, bastiladon are all good options.
 
I might not be in the majority here, but use apple barrel paint from wal-mart and hobby lobby. 52 cents a pot. Leaves you more money for models. 90% of the psint i use and 100% of the brushes come from these places.
 
@Rahnshen Welcome to the forum! Looks like you've been lurking for awhile. Glad you stepped out :)

I agree with @Bowser, that's the way to do it. You'll get enough models to field a great starting force plus enough extra bits that you'll be able to get you feet wet with some simple conversions.
 
Thanks I hadn't even considered using the Oracle as a starpriest that's a wonderful idea
 
Also use ebay as much as possible, the beauty of seraphon is that they're quite an old army and pretty popular so they have a lot of models online.
 
Lachlin said:
I might not be in the majority here, but use apple barrel paint from wal-mart and hobby lobby. 52 cents a pot. Leaves you more money for models. 90% of the psint i use and 100% of the brushes come from these places.
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Totally a money saving option, I would recommend some nice washes though and maybe a nice quality white paint,
the cheep ones never seem to cover much and maybe a quality metallic paint.
 
Be sure you thin those Apple Barrel type paints down as they can be pretty heavy. I'm sure that they would do a decent job though, you should be able to just mix to get shades of certain colors that you need. Washes really can make all the difference in the world for paint jobs, so I totally agree with splurging on those.
 
Craft: thin paint
AppleBarrel: medium thick
Folkart: thicker
Americana: very thick
 
yea, all acrylics thin with water.

Ps.
Although, you can get fancy and use different acrylic medium.
(thinners, extenders, gloss, etc.. )
 
Water should suit you just fine until you get really into it, then as mentioned investing in something like medium would be worthwhile.

Water is great to thin paints for coverage, as well as help you not obscure detail. Mediums allow you to spread pigments out while not altering the properties of the paint and are better for creating glazes.

Just remember you can always add more paint to a miniature. It's usually much harder to take it off. Also, make sure you see the paint fully dried before you decide to add more paint. Colors will tone down when they are dried, so resist the temptation to jump to conclusions when you first apply the paint :)

Glad you are jumping into the hobby!
 
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YEA, I forgot craft paints dry slower, so be sure to allow for dry time when building up a thin color.

Ps. on the other hand this allows longer time for wet blending.
 
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