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Hey Emily, Welcome!

I started off a lot like you, not knowing what i wanted to do at all. Oddly enough I went with DE, a non-noob army(or so I have told). However after getting the pants whipped off of myself a few times I got the hang of it.

Since then I have added, Eldar, Imp Guard, Tau, and Chaos Marines too my list of armies. Eldar being the newest army, although I have been stock piling the figs for YEARS!

I guess the morale of my post is, as long as you don't mind losing a bit and learning the "Hard" way the game is fun. Also if you love building models and painting, it is even more fun!

Welcome to Dakka,

I think Space Marines are definately one of the best choices for a new player as they're so flexible and can be quite forgiving to play. They're also easy to paint and you don't need to paint too much to have a good size army.

Cheers,

Steve

Oh?...Daemonhunters got passed over way too quickly...and they're getting an update within the year...Grey Knights already rock most things they come against...If you want more info on them just ask...

Grey Knights SHOULD rock in Close Assault. GK Terminators are expensive however, and you can't field enough of them to make a really hard hitting unit.
If you go points heavy your opponent can take some REALLY bad big stuff against you.

And if you don't your Grey Knights in power armour will get taken apart in close combat.

New Girl -> 3 pages

*facepalm*

P.s.: welcome lol!

I couldn't agree more.

Welcome to Dakka. Beware of Me. (That's no spelling error)

Welcome I understud you my advice is take all armies

One of my other ones has 5pgs xD


Anyways...this is probably going to be my color scheme

Noticed you are from the Bay Area. If you haven't already done so, Endgame in Oakland and Gamescape North in San Rafael (North Bay) have a good groups of 40K players.

welcome to Dakka!!! go IG

Shadowbrand wrote: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.

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Agree with first point. DEATH TO THE CORPSE EMPEROR!

emielizabeth wrote:With some help I'm now looking into 'Iron Warriors'

Iron warriors are pretty coolio. I have a small force of them (20 marines a few Oblits and a Warsmith). Read all their books apart from The Chapters Due, as it is £17.99 in hardback -.- Honsou's hardcore in it

Ifurita wrote:Noticed you are from the Bay Area. If you haven't already done so, Endgame in Oakland and Gamescape North in San Rafael (North Bay) have a good groups of 40K players.

I go to Game Scape North a lot to buy models/paints (I'm only about a 15min drive from there) but will check out the other you recommended some time

Cool, I visit there for their Pizza and Painting nights. Would be nice to see another Dakka forumite. If you've not tried those out, they hold them every other Saturday, starting at 6 PM. Check their calendar. If you've already made a couple, then I've probably already met you.

Anyone else notice something.

All the other intro threads get a few introductions (mostly copy and pastes from other intro threads to get their post count up)

But this one, just because "she" said she was a girl ,it gets a full 3, probably 4, pages of introductions, not just "Welcome to Dakka" but full paragraphs of information, or "I'll be happy to help"

Pathetic, IMHO.

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Welcome, to DakkaDakka, I know a lot about Beastmen and W.o.C in particular.

Karon wrote:Anyone else notice something.

All the other intro threads get a few introductions (mostly copy and pastes from other intro threads to get their post count up)

But this one, just because "she" said she was a girl ,it gets a full 3, probably 4, pages of introductions, not just "Welcome to Dakka" but full paragraphs of information, or "I'll be happy to help"

Pathetic, IMHO.

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Welcome, to DakkaDakka, I know a lot about Beastmen and W.o.C in particular.

Ok, I'll quote myself:

Erasoketa wrote:New Girl -> 3 pages

*facepalm*

P.s.: welcome lol!

emielizabeth wrote:One of my other ones has 5pgs xD

Random guy's thread -> 3 replys
Random guy's thread -> 7 replys
Random guy's thread -> 5 replys

New Girl -> 3 pages

That was the point xD

Karon wrote:Anyone else notice something.

All the other intro threads get a few introductions (mostly copy and pastes from other intro threads to get their post count up)

But this one, just because "she" said she was a girl ,it gets a full 3, probably 4, pages of introductions, not just "Welcome to Dakka" but full paragraphs of information, or "I'll be happy to help"

Pathetic, IMHO.

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Welcome, to DakkaDakka, I know a lot about Beastmen and W.o.C in particular.

Well I am not one of those 'fake' girls that are really men. My boyfriend showed me this website...he is 'jowdy' on here and I know someone named 'fuegan17' on here too IRL as my proof! lol

Also guys (while not all of course) like girls...not a lot of girls play warhammer, video/comp games, and airsoft like me but I enjoy them but I also enjoy make-up, shopping, and getting my nails done.

I can also understand guys wanting to help girls play warhammer more than other guys because a lot of guys aren't the most fun to teach something to, and a lot of guys like to figure things out on their own instead of asking for help.

It's not pathetic that people are happy to help, there just happens to be nice people out there. The pathetic ones "IMHO" are the ones that actually take the time to complain about it.

yep she is indeed a real girl lol.

All valid points emily, and that last comment made me laugh.

If there is anyone whom I can indeed give any help, I happily do so. After giving Emily a few tips she added me to her friend list, and so I've continued to help her as much as I can.

Anyone who wants it are free to ask for it, she did, therefor I help her. Her gender doesn't really matter, although I admit it's pretty amazing to see girls that enjoys Warhammer, Vid/Computer games, and Airsoft, each something I myself enjoy.

And just as she said, everyone offering her assistance are nowhere near as pathetic as those who waste time whining about it. I wouldn't give a damn if she would be a male, I'm not on this forum to look for girls.

emielizabeth wrote:
Well I am not one of those 'fake' girls that are really men. My boyfriend showed me this website...he is 'jowdy' on here and I know someone named 'fuegan17' on here too IRL as my proof! lol

Also guys (while not all of course) like girls...not a lot of girls play warhammer, video/comp games, and airsoft like me but I enjoy them but I also enjoy make-up, shopping, and getting my nails done.

I can also understand guys wanting to help girls play warhammer more than other guys because a lot of guys aren't the most fun to teach something to, and a lot of guys like to figure things out on their own instead of asking for help.

It's not pathetic that people are happy to help, there just happens to be nice people out there. The pathetic ones "IMHO" are the ones that actually take the time to complain about it.

You don't need to justify anything. You haven't done anything wrong. I don't know how to explain this in English without looking rude or harsh. It is funny that there is nice people and happy to help people, and they(we) have come together to the same thread. I wonder if the obvious fact that OP is a girl is related

We use a word in Spanish for this behaviour on the Internet, wich is sooooooo common, but I won't translate it here because it is just a joke and some people could take it wrong. When this happens in Spanish forums this would be much funnier than "you're lame" "no u" you use to take the things more seriously.

And it's so nice to know this isn't just a thing for bearded guys and spotty teenage boys.

While it is good to see a girl on the forums, I can see why there aren't so many.

Because girls doesn't tend to enjoy futuristic table-top slaughter normaly?

lol xD

Riffzor wrote:Because girls doesn't tend to enjoy futuristic table-top slaughter normaly?

Technically speaking, neither do boys normally enjoy it...

Face it, noone who's into this hobby is "normal"

Boys that don't enjoy slaughter in any form will never become real men, they'll end up like those.. What are they called.. Metrosexuals?

HAHAHA

Riffzor wrote:Boys that don't enjoy slaughter in any form will never become real men, they'll end up like those.. What are they called.. Metrosexuals?

Course they might actually survive long enough to grow up to be men in the first place, so...

I'd rather spend one last day being what I am, than to budge under the preassure to accomodate to the modern scosiety and live the rest of my life in such way. *nod*

One have not lived until every sin have been commited!

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