Warhammer — Local services in Athens-Clarke County Unified Government

If you’re new, go. If you’re not new, go. If you’re reading this - yes, go.

As a lowly new guy myself, I was in the area and stopped in on 8 June 25. I met Tucker, who I now see is of google review fame (and rightfully so). Tucker was very welcoming and asked a couple questions to figure out where I was at. He sat me down, gave me a quick crash course, set me loose with some cutters, and let me build my first model (super painless - do it). We all survived, including the model, got to keep it.

Tucker helped me pick a direction to get me started that was right for me, and helped me pick out what I would need to get me there. After my intro, quick safety speech (yes, I remember - the paint is non-toxic but don’t eat it anyway 🫡), and official welcome to the hobby, I was out the door with a whole new task list to look forward to. Outstanding experience. Thank you, Tucker. I...

It's great to speak with a sales person who is genuinely interested in what they're selling. I would love to see GW put someone like Tucker in some more teaching and outreach for mini building and painting /in general/ (at other game stores, maybe not even limited to just Warhammer). But also yes, host more intro games and hire some local artist folks to build more terrain, display, and teaching armies for the store...

Tucker deserves a raise. I came in close to close just to check it out and he insisted on still showing me the ropes on painting minis, staying late. You can tell he really enjoys the job, and if I was able to I'd have bought a 1000 point army right then. I'll definitely be back to start my 40k army. The world needs...