http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/69.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net 40k for real this time. I sold all my old collections and have bought myself afew boxes of space marines to get me started.
I won't be playing any games till after ive finished building and painting a good sized force first though.

I bought the Space marines codex, the battleforce, a Venerable dred and a landspeeder storm and a captain just to get started. I'll be buying afew more units along the way but for now im going to model and build up what i have. Now im still pretty much a noob when it comes to the rules even though ive bought and collected warhammer for about 7 years lol I hope i judged it right by first giving the scout squad all shotguns.

Its strange having never even considered space marines as they looked alittle boring but after trying everything else turns out im really liking their look right now.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/429840/3912249.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/429840/3912249.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/429840/3912261.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/429840/3912261.page GMT Or just make my own.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/429840/3912286.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/429840/3912286.page GMT
Any way you want to cut it, welcome to the fold, brother!]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/429840/3912603.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/429840/3912603.page GMT
As general Advise for starting an army. Every troop choice you buy (so tactical marines and scouts), get a transport with them. That way, it saves you painting up 3 Rhinos at the same time (which i will end up doing ).

Good luck with Space Marines! If you need any help with anyting, just shout ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/429840/3912734.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/429840/3912734.page GMT

Looks like we got another mob of Marines to deal with my Xenos Brothers! ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/429840/3912915.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/429840/3912915.page GMT Lol

Yeah the salamanders do seem pretty interesting for space marines and the colors are quite nice too.

And thanks to the battleforce i have a rhino to transport some marines and I also have the landspeeder storm for the scouts. I just wonder what to add next.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/429840/3912961.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/429840/3912961.page GMT HQ choice to get for starters.

Librarian, Tactical squad, Rhino, Scouts, LSS is a great start for a 500 point game. you can build up adding and removing as you go.

After that, probably some Armour.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/429840/3913413.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/429840/3913413.page GMT 40k I highly doubt you'll be using a Land Speeder Storm for very long. They are useless in bigger games as are scouts unless you use scouts as objective holders. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/429840/3913528.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/429840/3913528.page GMT tac squad and a rhino to go with them. Once you have that, you can't go wrong with assault terminators (with hammers, of course) and a Land Raider to pimp around in. (I'd recommend the Crusader, but Land Raider flavors are highly subjective.)]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/429840/3913857.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/429840/3913857.page GMT