Editing Warhammer 40,000 (section)

===Miniature models===
[[File:Wh40k painting miniature.jpg|right|thumb|The assembly and painting of models is an aspect of the hobby as important as the game itself.]]
Games Workshop sells a large variety of gaming models for ''Warhammer 40,000'', but no ready-to-play models. Rather, it sells boxes of model parts, which players are expected to assemble and paint themselves. Each miniature model represents an individual soldier, vehicle, or monster. Most ''Warhammer 40,000'' models are made of [[polystyrene]] but certain models, which are made and sold in small volumes, are made of lead-free [[pewter]] or [[epoxy resin]]. Games Workshop also sells glue, tools, and acrylic paints for finishing models. The assembly and painting of the models is a major aspect of the hobby, and many customers of Games Workshop buy models simply to paint and display them.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Meriläinen |first1=Mikko |last2=Heljakka |first2=Katriina |last3=Stenros |first3=Jaakko |editor1-last=Germaine |editor1-first=Chloe |editor2-last=Wake |editor2-first=Paul |title=Material Game Studies A Philosophy of Analogue Play |date=2022 |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |isbn=9781350202740 |page=93 |edition=1st |chapter=Lead Fantasies: The making, meaning and materiality of miniatures}}</ref> A player might spend weeks assembling and painting models before they have a playable army.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Thuborg |first1=Peter |title=A beginners guide to painting your first Warhammer army |url=https://ageofminiatures.com/paint-your-first-army/ |website=Age of Miniatures |date=10 September 2018 |access-date=20 April 2023}}</ref>