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I just got into 40k, I have a few Ultra marines painted up, I was wondering if anyone could gimme some pointers on what to buy, and how to paint it and such. Thanks.

Here's my website for painting tips.

http://www.kan.org/michael/mkp

Take a look in the articles section for painting tips and tactica.

Assault on Black Reach comes out next week. Highly recommend picking that up, which will help you fill out your roster with a captain, tactical marines, dreadnaught, and some terminators. You can always trade the orcs to someone for other stuff.

Why don't you start off by telling us what you already have.

as basics it might be a good idea to start with 2 tactical squads and a command squad.
then you have an army ready for use.

then you can add some better things, its allways best to add 1 of each (fast attack, heavy support, elite and mabe another troop and HQ) that way you keep a balanced list.

so you could add say:
5 terminators - elite.
3 bikes - fast
landraider - heavy
scouts / marines - troop
and possibly a librarian or chaplain.

I already know all about the troop names and such, I practicly memorized the Space Marine Codex ._.

in that case work out a nice balance for CC, shooty and anti tank.

if you not a fan of tanks take 2 dev squads.
1 with 4 lascannons
1 with 4 HB's
tat will do plenty of damage and take alot of fire off most of your army.

a dread or 2 is allways good, same as the dev's, 1 for troop (assult cannon and CC wep) and 1 for tanks (TLL's and missile launchers)

a unit of terminators with close combat weapons and a chaplain thrown in are great for dropping in behind the enemy and killing most things they can reach.

assult marines are great, a nice unit of 10 wth a Sgt with power fist for tanks works great.

and if you want to annoy, take 10 scouts, 9 with snipers, 1 with missile, then pick off characters you dont like. (and possibly the odd tank if it gets to close)

I'll get right onto buying some of that =D (I like the sound of those attack bikes)

attack bikes are great, 3 with HB's are great for big units with barely any armour, with multi melta's use em to hunt tanks.

look great too

Ifurita wrote:Here's my website for painting tips.

http://www.kan.org/michael/mkp

Take a look in the articles section for painting tips and tactica.

Assault on Black Reach comes out next week. Highly recommend picking that up, which will help you fill out your roster with a captain, tactical marines, dreadnaught, and some terminators. You can always trade the orcs to someone for other stuff.

Why don't you start off by telling us what you already have.

A couple weeks ago I bought the Battle for Macragge. I finished painting the space marines and most of the 'nids.

erm... whats a lascannon? lol, think you could gimme a pic or something?

they are lascannons
Str 9 and AP 1, kill most things with ease.

.. So, with such a low armour penatration, they would be more suited for killing lowley armoured infantry?

use em for ripping through anything with a 2+ save thats to close, but better off tank killing 1st since they only need a 5 to glance a LR, or a 6 to pen. it.

AP 1 is good btw, the lower the better.

Like a terminator or something?.. Cause their armour save is like 2+ or something...

It is?

yea, the number stands for the way it kills saves.
for example:

anything with a 1 or higher save will not get one against a lascannon.

a weapon with AP 4 means any model with 4 or more gets no save, anything with 3 or under gets its normal save.


yup,great for killing terminators.

A Drednought is that giant mech thing with a half dead space marine in it, right?

Anywho, thanks for all the help.

yes dreadnoughts are those things, if you know someone who collects orks, go halves with him and buy assault on black reach, great value, good luck buddy

JD21290 wrote:they are lascannons
Str 9 and AP 1, kill most things with ease.

AP 2

HUGE difference when you're shooting at vehicles...

thanks lormax, got fuzzled, too much time using melta's lol