They are both expensive. I don't play Fantasy so I can't really say, but when I wanted to start, to me they seem the same, both expensive so I never started.

So to start off you need to spend at least minimum $100 and to get a "good" army I am guessing $150-$250 and maybe $500+ to get a good size army for really large battles.

I am basing off 40K, but from what I am told, it's the same for Fantasy and Lord of the Rings.

@Feral Guardian Those are some sweet models where can you get them from?

Wow am I the only one that collects Skaven?

Me too, me too, yes-yes. Forgot to vote, silly-silly. ^_^

Used to collect Dark Elves for 4th/5th edition WFB (what? It's not that old..!).

I'm not so fond of the direction the hobby has gone in the past decade, but if I were to collect again I'd probably go with Chaos w/ allied Dark Elves or Orcs & Goblins (do the army lists still allow allies?), for all the conversion possibilities and awesome rare minis. I've still got the old Dark Elves army book here on my bookshelf, the one with the nekkid witch elf on the cover. :goodjob:

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I aproove this message. :thumbsup:

I dabbled slightly in 40K but never in the Warhammer Fantasy.

Great

I loved Orcs! Orcs! Orcs! The problem was I loved the game hated to paint.

So am I the only one who collects ogre kingdoms then?