Reddit mentions of 50 6-Sided Dice | 16mm | 5 Colors

Copying this from where I posted it for someone else.

As many others here have mentioned, Kill teams is a great starting point as it is easier to learn and a lower cost to start compared to the full 40k game. Both games use the same models so you can build towards a full army but start off with a kill team. To give perspective a full game of 40k Uses 2000 Points of models and a game of kill team uses about 100 points of models. So to play the full game you need about 20x the amount of models.

I will be linking to online purchse sources below (amazon when I can) but if you have a local game store that can sell to you at the same or lower price please try to support them :) they will also be happy to assist and are a good place to find other people to play with, most of them host a specific night or have clubs around 40k/kill team.

Here is a run down of what you will need for Kill Team:

1. Kill team rule book: This can be purchased before everything else and will include lore (which doesn't effect gameplay but is fun to read) and the rules. You can use this to help choose which faction/team you/he wants to play, go for looks/lore over rules because rules are updated and change with time and what is good now may be bad latter but what is cool to you will always be cool!
   
   
2. Models: These are the little plastic men you use to actually play the game. You will need "100 points" worth of models (point costs explain in rule book) per side. Here is a video that explains how to buy a full 100 point kill team worth of models for each faction for under $50 US each. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgXd4NjJOis
   
   
3. Tools: Models come assembled and unpainted. For starters you will need the tools to put everything together which consists of Exacto Knife, Glue, and Clippers. Most of these can be purchased at a hardware store for much less then the Games Workshop brand. I recommend an exacto brand knife with a few blades, Zap A Gap Glue, and the games workshop sprue cutter (it is over priced but very good, other people just buy cheap wire cutters or sprue cutters from a hardware store).
   
   
4. Dice: Having multiple different colored sets of 6 sided dice can be helpful for various reason. I would recommend getting something like this
   
   
5. Measuring Tape, You can get these at the hardware store, 48 inch is the longest you will need and I was able to find some "mini" ones that I like that aren't as un-weildly as the full size ones. If you already have some for home repairs you can use those.
   
   
6. Terrain: There is all sorts of fancy terrain out there, but for starters you can literally use anything and your imagination. If you want to be crafty there is a ton of videos out there on youtube about making your own terrain that looks a little better for cheap using foam-board. For Kill team if you find that he enjoys it then it may be worth getting one of the sectors at some point that includes a board that is the right size and a bunch of high quality themed terrain, but you don't need or want that to start.
   
   
7. Paint/Brushes: You can play without unpainted models, but well they look so much cooler painted :) Before you buy paint you will want to decide how you want your models to look and then watch some tutorials on how to paint (which will usually include which paints are used). I won't get to much into this here as it is a whole other discussion on its own but there are a ton of resources out there to assist with what to buy here.
   
   If you have any questions feel free to respond here or PM me and I can give more guidance and my personal take on things. Also there are some box set options specific to kill teams which can be a good starting point, which I can cover the pros and cons of if you would like.

Thing about minis is that you only need them for combat. So when everyone says dice work fine they mean it. Getting a cheap sets of 6 side dice off of Amazon like this or this works well for sorting out which monster is which.