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Hello!
I'm completely new to Warhammer/minatures all-together and have just posted a few things on here to get me started.
Everyone seems very nice and helpful so far
Still not absolutely positive which to choose between atm...Was looking into Witch Hunters; Daemonhunters; Eldar; and CSM...but it's so hard to choose!
So far I have a lot of money to input into Warhammer and don't know what to do with it...hehe.

Thanks for reading!
Emily

EDIT: Although I like the look of Eldar I have decided to cross them out because I want something simple to start out with; Thank you everyone who commented on them!

Hope you have a great time.

And being indecisive means you'll appreciate your final choice all the more!

Welcome! I like all the armies you listed, I just started my new Eldar army acually, except CSM.. ick.... i am too much of a loyalist lol.
hope the Dakka boards work out well for you!

Thank you both

Welcome to Dakka.

hcordes wrote:Welcome! I like all the armies you listed, I just started my new Eldar army acually, except CSM.. ick.... i am too much of a loyalist lol.
hope the Dakka boards work out well for you!

Eldar was my original top choice but heard from many people it was too difficult for someone who has never played Warhammer before...but good luck with yours!!

Eldar is some what a little tricky at first but they are really good once you get the hang of it. Plus I love the way the models look, lots of detail if you like painting.

Its true, you have to have a plan with Eldar and stick to it, and hope it doesn't fall apart in turn 2. SM of any kind is what everyone gives out as a starter army, minimum amount of models, easy to paint, very strait forward, best (imo) basic troop in the game. I've always always like SM, so just about every army I've ever had has been some variation of.

With some help I'm now looking into 'Iron Warriors'


EDIT:
I am no longer doing Iron Warriors...
I posted my first army list and it's Slaanesh based

Welcome to Dakka! Ignore what armies that people say are strongest and just find the one you think is the most fun. Orkz aren't the best Codex, but I have more fun with them then with any other army in the game. How much fun you have isn't necessarily wrapped up in wins, but how much you can relate and get into your army.

Welcome aboard!

Iron Warriors aren't the force they were in previous editions of the rules but have a relatively simple paint scheme (always handy for your first army ) and a fairly forgiving playstyle.

One thing to bear in mind from your original list is that (as you may have seen in the news and rumours section) Daemonhunters/Grey Knights are due a new codex and model range fairly soon, so if you can hang on for a few months - perhaps use the time to play some practice games and get some scenery together - you may find a real gem of an army coming up!

All the best with whatever you do,

C_C

Have a hello from New Zealand!

Eldar are pretty cool, worth a deeper look if you are up for lots of painting!

Chimera_Calvin wrote:Welcome aboard!

Iron Warriors aren't the force they were in previous editions of the rules but have a relatively simple paint scheme (always handy for your first army ) and a fairly forgiving playstyle.

One thing to bear in mind from your original list is that (as you may have seen in the news and rumours section) Daemonhunters/Grey Knights are due a new codex and model range fairly soon, so if you can hang on for a few months - perhaps use the time to play some practice games and get some scenery together - you may find a real gem of an army coming up!

All the best with whatever you do,

C_C

Thank you verrry much that was super helpful and I may just do that! I'm going on summer vacation and will be gone for obo a month.
Meantime I have some Tyranids that I never used/touched/put-together from a year ago that I can practice with


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JEB_Stuart wrote:Welcome to Dakka! Ignore what armies that people say are strongest and just find the one you think is the most fun. Orkz aren't the best Codex, but I have more fun with them then with any other army in the game. How much fun you have isn't necessarily wrapped up in wins, but how much you can relate and get into your army.

Thank you for your valuable 'words of wisdom'

Welcome to Dakka, all armies are competetive so choose which one you want to paint and collect.

Welcome to dakka! Nice to see some women into this hobby too.
The beards are getting a bit overwhelming here lol


As far as a newbie choices of army go.....you've just listed some of the most difficult armies ruleswise to play! lol.

Personally I would suggest CSM as the "easiest" option. A lot of customisable pieces in there and you don't have to go down a set "path".

Oh, that was a bad pun on the Eldar....

Welcome again.

Welcom to Dakka! i'm sure you'll pick the right one.

Witch Hunters/Daemon Hunters are going to get a new codex soon, if rumors are to be believed, so you might want to hold off there as they are both going to change quite a bit when that happens.

And, of course, welcome to Dakka Dakka!

Welcome to dakka Emily

Welcome to the fabulous world of dakka!

Welcome to dakka! If you want to put together any fluffy chaos army and need some help let me know ^_^

Everyone here is extremely helpful so ask away if you need something.

When you find an army you like, stick to it, or you may up like me and have every army in 40k except orks

Typical girl, can't make her mind up....

Welcome to dakka

Welcome.

Right now the chaos marine dex is crap but I love my army too much to play anything else.

Why not Chaos Daemons? their getting a update.

But witch hunters with Guard or Space Marine allies would make a great first army.

Just my 2 coppers.

girl on the forum.... youre so hot...

welcome to Dakka.

Welcome to dak dak¡ Whichever army you choose make sure it is something you like and can realte to as JEB said. Personally i have fun playing all three of my armies(Thousand Sons, DH(pure Grey Knights), and Orks). I also like my armies more for the models themselves more than gameplay.

DakkaDakka, The forum with the most fun name to say on the internetz.

Good luck choosing your army, and funny you should mention Iron Warriors, as my Chaos Space Marines are ex-Iron Warriors, The Brethren of Chains.

Welcome to Dakka!

As people have said, there's not really any team that's 'better' than any other, it all depends on strategy really.

My first WH40K models were some Thousand Sons... I still have 'em, and I laugh when I look at them since the paint isn't really in the stripes on their helmets, but pretty much... well, it's messy.

I'd suggest you choose an army which isn't too complicated to paint. However I wouldn't suggest Space Marines, too many use them (but they're probably easiest to paint due to their large areas).

Have you considered Necrons? They don't require a ton of different colours, and are pretty good for training to paint on as well as modeling stances. They're also fun to play with, several special rules that are unique. However their model range is pretty limited.

Iron Warriors... Can't remember if those are Chaos or Space Marines... Between Chaos and Space marines however, I'd suggest Chaos. They're basicly space marines with a ton of extra stuff. (Besides they are much cooler than the Space Marines dull armours!)

Welcome aboard! That said, all of the armies available can be complicated or easy, depending on how you go about setting it up. I would recommend going with whichever one catches your fancy! Good Luck & have fun!

Bash the Bosh wrote:Typical girl, can't make her mind up....

Welcome to dakka

Can't argue with that


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Corennus wrote:Welcome to dakka! Nice to see some women into this hobby too.
The beards are getting a bit overwhelming here lol


As far as a newbie choices of army go.....you've just listed some of the most difficult armies ruleswise to play! lol.

Personally I would suggest CSM as the "easiest" option. A lot of customisable pieces in there and you don't have to go down a set "path".

Oh, that was a bad pun on the Eldar....

Welcome again.

Hehe that's funny and thank you for your input


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Riffzor wrote:Welcome to Dakka!

As people have said, there's not really any team that's 'better' than any other, it all depends on strategy really.

My first WH40K models were some Thousand Sons... I still have 'em, and I laugh when I look at them since the paint isn't really in the stripes on their helmets, but pretty much... well, it's messy.

I'd suggest you choose an army which isn't too complicated to paint. However I wouldn't suggest Space Marines, too many use them (but they're probably easiest to paint due to their large areas).

Have you considered Necrons? They don't require a ton of different colours, and are pretty good for training to paint on as well as modeling stances. They're also fun to play with, several special rules that are unique. However their model range is pretty limited.

Iron Warriors... Can't remember if those are Chaos or Space Marines... Between Chaos and Space marines however, I'd suggest Chaos. They're basicly space marines with a ton of extra stuff. (Besides they are much cooler than the Space Marines dull armours!)

I haven't looked into Necrons but now I will!
Iron Warriors are CSM

emielizabeth wrote:

Bash the Bosh wrote:Typical girl, can't make her mind up....

Welcome to dakka

Can't argue with that

Not just girls have hard making up their mind I've had at least one box/blister from each Fantasy, LotR and WH40K race/team, never being sure what I really wanted.

usernamesareannoying wrote:girl on the forum.... youre so hot...

welcome to Dakka.

Hahaha
...thanks?


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Chaoslordx13 wrote:Welcome to dakka! If you want to put together any fluffy chaos army and need some help let me know ^_^

Everyone here is extremely helpful so ask away if you need something.

When you find an army you like, stick to it, or you may up like me and have every army in 40k except orks

Wow! Thanks that's really sweet of you