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Hey all, I have picked up both the LOTR and 40k over the past two years. I started LOTR first, for which I am the proud owner of a dwarf army(Large enough that I will probably start playing War of the Ring this fall) and a Mordor army. This year I have started playing 40k with a larger group of guys, I started with Tau, but since I never won any games I began to look at the other armies and started thinking fluff wise and started both a Dark Angels and Catachan (IG) army. Way to much for a limited budget Therefore I will be concentrating solely on collecting Dark Angels for the next couple of years since I have the most luck with them, and I think their fluff is awesome. I hope to get good advise, ideas and encouragement from the DakkaDakka community.
micah52

Welcome to dakka micah! There's a lot here to help out a new gamer.

Thanks Gitsplitta, I have lurked on here some, and I have read some of your topics Not Rebuilding the Mantis Warriors(That is next ) and they are very inspirational to me.

Glad you liked them micah. I *dream* of that particular topic... I'll be dead and buried long before that ever happens I'm afraid.

I put a list together a while back of the threads that have really inspired me on dakka... I thought I'd share it with you in case you were interested. It' mostly painting and modeling blogs so there's probably stuff in here that will give you some ideas. I know you've been lurking a bit, but you might not have seen this list before so I'll post it for you. There's some really great stuff here.


Gitsplitta's threads that Make you go "WOW!"

migsula's: "Legion: =I= munda" (The links in the blog are broken but the pics are in his gallery.)
grey_death's "Random WIP Thread" (grey_death goodness.)
grey_death's "Sons of Medusa" (Amazing work and the definitive example of sponge weathering.)
SONS of ORAR's "WIP" (Wow! Really, don't need a lot of words for this one.)
Roleplayer's "Blood Ravens and Blood Angels" (More Wow! Same as above.)
vent's "Various Ventures" (I just love vent's style... and you'll find some fantastic tips in here too!)
BLACKHAND's "Sabre Legion" (The brilliance can't help but shine through in this early blog of BLACKHAND's.)
BLACKHAND's "40k Skaven" (Which has unfortunately been tabled as a project but the blog is really amazing. Dammit BLACKHAND... this was such an incredible idea.)
Yggsdrasil's "The World Tree's Offerings" (Amazing kit bashes, conversions and painting. The thread that catapulted Yggs to super-stardom.)
Commissar Khane's "A squeaky Waaaagh!" (I love gretchin, and these are the best.)
Ifalna's "commission blogoblag" (The most approachable commission painter ever... oh, and lot's of "Wow!" If you want to learn how to do stuff... read this.)
Hit's_the_spot's "Another True Scale Project" (You get to see some truly remarkable works come together piece by piece, and man can Hits paint!)
IceAngel's "Ice Angel" (Ice writes just awesome fiction for his Blood Angels successor chapter, and with each installment he gets better and better.)
Eggrolls "Blood Angels" (Why do the Blood Angels get all the awesome painters??)
Arakasi's "Da Dark Angelz" (Arakasi's building skills are phenomenal and his imagination is unparalleled.)
Whalemusic's "The Great Marine Swap" (This thread is just inspirational from start to finish... and so many people have developed as modelers and painters throughout it's pages. Definitely a win all-round.)

And... some suggestions from friends:
monkeytroll's "cyborks & flyboyz" (This blog makes me laugh {in a good way} every time I open it!)
Neil101's "40k Manufactorum" (Terrain making, scratch building, kit bashing imperial guard thread... this blog has it all.)
BrotherArgos' "Space Marines? Iron Hands!" (Some of the cleanest, sharpest work I've seen around, worth your time.)
migsula's "::Legion at Rhisienne::" (somehow I'd completely missed migsula's current blog... that won't happen again!)
Gitsplitta's "Rebuilding the Mantis Warriors" (My epic struggle with my space marine chapter.)
Vitruvian XVII's "The Electric Imperium" (If Admech is your thing, there is a place for you on dakka... right here.)

Enjoy your time on dakka!
Gits

Wow! Thanks, I wasn't expecting this I will head off and read some of these Thanks for the warm welcome!

My pleasure micah... now... go forth and do great things!

Ah I see Gits has accosted you on your way in through the door. Always a nice surprise

Welcome aboard and good luck with the Dark Angels! Rumour has it that they might be getting some love next year with the next edition of 40k

Yeah he got me first right now I am in starting page 7 of rebuilding the Mantis Warriors, fascinating stuff, daunting amount to read
I would love to see both Tau and Dark Angels get some love, however I am also fine with playing them as is since I have only played friendly games so far and plan to continue that until I am at least out of College with a way to get to tournaments. Not sure what I think about a new edition though, since there seems to be a lot of 4th Edition Codices still out there... Ah well, that is something for you guys who have been playing longer to discuss.

Check out whalemusic360... he does Dark Angels.

I will do that, however at the moment I am on page 39 of your blog and it is getting late... so I will do that tomorrow or sometime in the next couple of days. Thank you for your advise I really appreciate how friendly you are being to the new guys

You didn't need to start with MY blog micah... I only put that on as when I was making the list in the first place a number of people suggested it. Start with the one's in the top group... those are the blogs that first inspired me. THEN if you really want to, you can wrestle with mine. It's a very chatty bog. If you just want the meat of it, look at the summary posts (linked to from the OP).

Oh, I know that, but I had been wanting to for a while and today decided to just take the plunge lol I also saw the summaries, but what can I say... I am stubborn Oh and since I have limited mobility due to a recent surgery, plus vacation in a foreign country with my family (i.e. no job) I have a lot of time on my hands.

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Hi,

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Thanks for the warm welcome from all you guys

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Welcome to Dakka! I would try and be as helpful as Gits but I think I'd fail, so I'll just stick to saying hi

Thanks, you guys.
@Gorechild, I laughed at your comment... but there is probably some truth to that, As Gits has been very helpful to me, for which I am very grateful.

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