http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/65.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net FLGS and about a month ago bought the Dark Vengeance set. We are having a blast with it. Started painting some miniatures a year ago and decided I really like the Army Painter QuickShade Dip though my game shop guy thinks it's heresy. Makes me feel comfortable that I'll get a nice result while I paint more and gain confidence.
The one thing I'm not sure I get is the army building process, if I'm going for Chaos Space Marines is there a wrong box of models to buy? Or can you buy anything and custom it to your faction? Same thing with Space Marines, I see some boxes listed as Dark Angels others as just Space Marines. For example, if I buy a box of Berzerkers can I add them to the units that came with DV? (I know it doesn't matter when it's just me and my son, but I'd like to make the jump to playing at my FLGS).

Hello everyone :-)

Here's my first few 40K paint jobs.






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The Best bet is to get the codex to see which units you can use.

Oh, and welcome to Dakka!!!]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/536789/5794128.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/536789/5794128.page GMT HQ rule. I would suggest getting the codexes before you go farther because they give you a lot of helpful tips.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/536789/5794214.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/536789/5794214.page GMT DV doesn't have 2 troops for space marines (methinks)..... If I were you I would first decide what kind of space marines you would like to play. there are chapters that get they're own dfferent codexes with different rules and units, for example dark angels. regular space marines encompass the 750 something loyalist codex astartes folowing chapters, and also have their own codex C:SM. for chaos space marines you may want to look into what kind of csm army you want. there are four variants based on the four gods of chaos. anyway i would ask around at your flgs about things like fluff and different kinds of the same things mentioned above. best bet is to playtest all the appealing codii and pick one you like.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/536789/5794412.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/536789/5794412.page GMT
http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440206a&prodId=prod1710081a

Dark Angels

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat860006a&prodId=prod1830070a

Normal Space Marines

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440270a&prodId=prod1550002

These tell you what you can and cannot field in a game. If I was you i'd hold off getting the Space Marine one as it is likely to be updated soon (probably the end of the year).

Note you don't need the Space Marines codex if you are playing Dark Angels but any of them are worth looking through thoroughly as they all have the same format and are really needed if you are looking at expanding your forces.
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As far as the Dark Angels units, as long as they're in power armor, they'll work fine. I wouldn't be terribly concerned as far as this goes as it would be a while before any tournaments or the like, and I find people are happier to have more new players with new strategies and tactics than an army that perfectly fits into the correct model and paint theme. I play with 5 IG troops with lasguns as my scouts w/sniper rifles as they had the snap-together box for $10 and I felt like I might want to paint them somewhere down the line. I get more positive feedback on the idea than I do anything else.

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