http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/65.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net 40k as Imperial Guard with a friend back in middleschool (7th-8th grade? It's been a while...9 or 10 years now). Unfortunately, I moved after that, and couldn't find anyone in my new town to play with, so I fell out of interest.

Stumbled onto Dakka somehow, and now my interest has been renewed. I'm planning on getting back into 40k, initially with Space Marines, mainly because I don't have any of my old paints or brushes, and, as opposed to IG, it looks like I could put together a 500-1,000 point list for a lot less upfront investment. Plus, an army of 50-75 tops is a LOT easier to paint than 3x 30-man squads of Catachans. Plus tanks. Yup, that's when I played last

That said, I know 40k is an investment, and best done as an organic process, slowly adding as you can and when you notice tactical deficiencies. I've seen a bunch of GORGEOUS armies here, and while I'm not expecting to paint like Michaelangelo...with a smaller number of models, I think I can push myself to pay more attention, and paint better.

I'm planning on re-acquainting myself with painting with one or two squads of space marines (5-10 man squads)...as well as the vanilla SM codex, to start.

I figure by the time I have kinda have re-learned the basics of painting, and can paint better than a 5-year old, I should have some money saved up to expand into something else new.

I've been lurking on Dakka for about 2 weeks, and what I've seen from my small sample, (FINGERS CROSSED), I might be able to pick up a bit from the painting forums (shooting for painting skills > 12 year old level ) as well as tactics to hopefully help me narrow down the options between the specialist SM armies.

That's my spiel...any and all advice regarding SM would be greatly appreciated. As I said, I'm planning on starting off with a squad or two of Space Marines...if there are any specific paint colors/brands that I'll inevitably end up using (boltgun metal, I'm assuming, for example), I'd greatly appreciate the input.

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I too had a major break from middle school to adulthood. I kept up the playing, but I didn't touch a paintbrush or buy a new model for close to a decade. It's actually much easier to do a decent paintjob than you'd think. Take your time, read some advice, watch some how-to videos and you'll shock yourself with the end result.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/403179/3432769.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/403179/3432769.page GMT SM to go with. Figure I'll do that before I buy any paints ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/403179/3433839.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/403179/3433839.page GMT
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