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Painting. Although everything is pretty important.

To me the part that is the most fun is building them and painting them

Other: the most important part about wargaming for me is converting models.

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gaming
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painting good-detail models (not troops)
the fluff.

It's always been painting for me. It's fun, it's enjoyable, it's therapeutic even (kind of de-stresses me when I need to get my mind off things), and most of all it's rewarding, especially after spending many hours on a single model (or days for some really talented people) it feels really good to see the finished product especially if it comes out well. It gets the creative juices flowing too which is fun as well when creating a paint scheme and seeing how it turns out. I mean I like the gaming aspect too but for me it's not as fun because you can lose a game of 40K and that's not fun. Painting is always fun for me. lol in fact just the other day I played my first game in weeks after spending pretty much everyday since my last battle painting. Not that I didn't have time for a game I just wanted to paint more lol.

Painting and building.

Then Collecting my lovely lovely plastic chaps.

Then Gaming.

Background/Fiction is just a bit of a laugh on the side for me. Dont pay too much attention to it other than the main points.

The social life is mostly crap! haha. No its good enough. They should have bigger GW shops with more tables and an 18+ section with a bar tho. That would make it better. Way too many kids in last time I was there.

To Krump some 'eads!
WAAAAGH!!!

Spend a lot of time collecting bits and models to convert and paint, so I would say the "hobby part" of 40K. Do also enjoy the gaming.

Making the actual modeling and converting is my favorite. It makes the game personal.

Playing the game with some old models my cousin passed down to me and my brother was what got me hooked...painting just turned out to be satisfying too once I was old enough to paint halfway decent. Still, playing a good game is the best part about it.

I think everything bar the gaming is very important to me.

But I do enjoy gaming socially

I couldn't choose. It depends on my mood. What I love most is that it does have all these aspects. Whether I feel like immersing myself in the world by curling up with a Black Library novel, or having a friend over for a game that I might not have thought of to invite around otherwise, or really in the mood to paint, maybe today I can't wait to assemble my dudes and the drive to finish my collection and watch it grow...

To me it's genuinely all important in equal measures.

The social aspect of it, especially if you have a great group at your lgs. It's always nice to have a casual conversation during a game. Joking about what's going on in the game.
"alright I killed 4 fire warriors in the assault"
Me: "well you have to take a wound because your space marines high-fived each other and that one dumb ass forgot he has a power fist"
"hahaha, get the feth outta here!"

social life, and painting as well....curse you for making me decide

I guess it'd have to be painting, for me. Currently, at least. Collecting was great fun when I had money and few models, but that time has passed (:(). I'm finally in a position to start playing somewhat regularly (I hope), but that hasn't started, yet. I love the universe, but my application of fluff is visual - I like models/buildings to have explainable features and to fit into the universe, but I don't really care to write a story about them and I've never read a BL book. With a FLGS nearby, building terrain has become less important, too, so I'm left with painting, as liable as that is to change.

It feels somewhat odd saying that's my favorite part of the hobby, since I do so very little of it. If you looked at me, it might seem like I find it a chore, but looking at a fully painted mini - that I painted - is incredibly satisfying. While that may not be sufficient impetus to crank them out with any regularity (energy and motivation are not my strong suits), it doesn't diminish the satisfaction one bit. I like all aspects of the hobby, in my own time and fashion, but painting definitely tops the list.

I voted for playing the game..... but i love all aspects of the hobby!!

It has to be gaming for me. And I'm getting more games in nowadays, which is great

I like the fluff but I also like actually playing.

background and fluff no doubt, it's what drew me to 40k in the first place, and what keeps me a loyal customer despite recent ass rapings

Although I do like to play, I enjoy assembling models more than any thing else.

JB wrote:I chose "Other" because I prefer building/converting/customizing over the other choices.

+1 to this.

I love the challenge and freedom of converting models, especially those that are not usually made for convertin'

Modeling and converting for me. It's way more fun than painting.

Everything in that list is important to me, First and foremost its a hobby that i enjoy, which includes everything mentioned.

Lets see in terms of %

Collecting - 50
Painting - 30
Social - 10
Playing The Game - 5
Background - 5

That breaks it up roughly, I could go into more detail though.

Other: Modeling/converting. If I never had to paint again, I'd be alright. On the other hand, I would never ask someone to paint my troops for me. That just doesn't seem right. If it's my work, I can show it off and be proud of it. It doesn't sit right if someone compliments me on a paintjob and I reply "oh, yeah... I didn't do that. But thanks!"

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It used to be gaming, but i much prefer the fluff now.

Definetly playing the actual games. But all the other aspects are important too and still fun to do.

I voted for other as for me it seems to be a mix of all the above. But if I had to choose, I would lean more for the modelling aspect. I love collecting new bitz and pieces and kit bashing to make unique stuff AND I love to paint them to the best of my abilities.

It has got to be the backround for me.

I shall live and die in service to the God-Emperor of mankind.

I wouldn't have anything to do with my warhammer if I didn't go to social gaming clubs