<![CDATA[Latest posts for the thread "Hello Dakka, New Hobbyist Here. "]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/65.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net Hello Dakka, New Hobbyist Here. PC were excellent gateway drugs, but when I started reading the Black Library I was hooked. Now I've painted most of my DV starter, a bunch of really awful firewarriors and kroot to help complete my ebay tau army, and now I'm working on my first army of my own, the Raven Guard 3rd Company.

I live in Southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area, not far from Game Kastle in San Jose.

I've played 3 games so far, with another friend that is also just learning to paint and play. I'd love to find some locals that interested in a game at a local store. Particularly someone with the patience to deal with me flubbing rules as I'm just learning. I'm working on converting my garage into a workshop/wargaming play area and its going pretty well, but not ready to host people yet really.

I have a crappy blog to keep track of my progress at http://paintingtheshadows.wordpress.com/. I'll post the highlights from it to my painting blog on dakka, But as I tend to jump around on projects (Base coat termies, while detailing tac squads) my thread would be very confusing.

As far as what I have that is playable
1000pts Raven Guard
2500pts Ebay Ultramarines (I kinda despise them, but blue power armor is soo cheap)
2000pts Ebay Tau]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550531/6023637.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550531/6023637.page GMT Hello Dakka, New Hobbyist Here.

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 HacksawBuchanan wrote:

2500pts Ebay Ultramarines (I kinda despise them, but blue power armor is soo cheap)


this offends me]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550531/6023654.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550531/6023654.page GMT Hello Dakka, New Hobbyist Here. , dawn of war got me into 40k too, though for me it was dawn of war soulstorm, welcome to the forums .

Oh, and black Library is very cool too.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550531/6023689.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550531/6023689.page GMT Hello Dakka, New Hobbyist Here.
 Largeblastmarker wrote:
Very cool! welcome to dakka!


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 HacksawBuchanan wrote:

2500pts Ebay Ultramarines (I kinda despise them, but blue power armor is soo cheap)


this offends me


Perfectly reasonable response.

I have no issue with a nicely painted and put together group of Guilliman's Sons, but half of these look like they are painted with testors. And I didnt paint them myself, so they don't get much love from me, except to learn how to play with.What I think is an old metal Tigirius has a pallete that brings to mind the simpsons more than UltraMarine bad ass. And I'm not sure if its a snake or a poor ultramarine logo hand scribbled on the shoulders.

I do find my Ultramarines Vindicator strangely sexy though. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550531/6023848.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550531/6023848.page GMT Re:Hello Dakka, New Hobbyist Here.
Glad you got into the habit! Checked out the blog, very cool stuff man... Now Give in to the Darkside and start a Chaos Army!]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550531/6023903.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550531/6023903.page GMT Re:Hello Dakka, New Hobbyist Here.
 thegrav wrote:
Welcome!

Glad you got into the habit! Checked out the blog, very cool stuff man... Now Give in to the Darkside and start a Chaos Army!


Thanks. I could certainly see some Nightlords or Emperors Children in my future, but I need to finish my first 1000 points of Raven Guard. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550531/6024107.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550531/6024107.page GMT Re:Hello Dakka, New Hobbyist Here.
GamesKastle is a nice place to game in. The owner and employees are real cool. I like that most of the 40K elitist snobs are gone from there and it is now a enjoyable place to play 40K (IMHO). I now go there 3 times a year just to enjoy people gaming, regardless of what part of the country I am in They also have a nice Flames of war group and historicals are popular. This is one of the places where I spend big money at because of how friendly the environment that has been fostered by the owner/employees/gamers in general.

GamesKastle serve more than just miniatures. Card games, rpg, and board games of all kinds. It is a hell of a nice place to go just to have fun and am thankful there are still places like this still in existence.

You are lucky to have such a place so close to where you live.

]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550531/6024160.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550531/6024160.page GMT Hello Dakka, New Hobbyist Here.
 HacksawBuchanan wrote:
 Largeblastmarker wrote:
Very cool! welcome to dakka!


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 HacksawBuchanan wrote:

2500pts Ebay Ultramarines (I kinda despise them, but blue power armor is soo cheap)


this offends me


Perfectly reasonable response.

I have no issue with a nicely painted and put together group of Guilliman's Sons, but half of these look like they are painted with testors. And I didnt paint them myself, so they don't get much love from me, except to learn how to play with.What I think is an old metal Tigirius has a pallete that brings to mind the simpsons more than UltraMarine bad ass. And I'm not sure if its a snake or a poor ultramarine logo hand scribbled on the shoulders.

I do find my Ultramarines Vindicator strangely sexy though.


Super Clean/Simple Green/LA Awesome is even cheaper. I find it immensely entertaining that it is usually the Ultramarines painted models that drive down the costs of armies on eBay. I will say that blue blob painting is a right of passage for the hobby, I did it myself when I first started.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550531/6024547.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550531/6024547.page GMT Hello Dakka, New Hobbyist Here. http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550531/6026444.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550531/6026444.page GMT Hello Dakka, New Hobbyist Here.
 piprinx wrote:
 HacksawBuchanan wrote:
 Largeblastmarker wrote:
Very cool! welcome to dakka!


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 HacksawBuchanan wrote:

2500pts Ebay Ultramarines (I kinda despise them, but blue power armor is soo cheap)


this offends me


Perfectly reasonable response.

I have no issue with a nicely painted and put together group of Guilliman's Sons, but half of these look like they are painted with testors. And I didnt paint them myself, so they don't get much love from me, except to learn how to play with.What I think is an old metal Tigirius has a pallete that brings to mind the simpsons more than UltraMarine bad ass. And I'm not sure if its a snake or a poor ultramarine logo hand scribbled on the shoulders.

I do find my Ultramarines Vindicator strangely sexy though.


Super Clean/Simple Green/LA Awesome is even cheaper. I find it immensely entertaining that it is usually the Ultramarines painted models that drive down the costs of armies on eBay. I will say that blue blob painting is a right of passage for the hobby, I did it myself when I first started.


Yes, Marneus Calgar has been suspended in Simple Green for a few months now to get all the paint and the wad of super glue off of him. I'm also working on saving a bad ass metal beaky Captain. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550531/6027062.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550531/6027062.page GMT Hello Dakka, New Hobbyist Here. http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550531/6028741.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550531/6028741.page GMT Re:Hello Dakka, New Hobbyist Here.
Welcome to Dakka ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550531/6028810.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550531/6028810.page GMT Hello Dakka, New Hobbyist Here.

Oh, and stay out of the OT, you can never truly leave once you have entered]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550531/6028848.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550531/6028848.page GMT Hello Dakka, New Hobbyist Here. http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550531/6028858.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550531/6028858.page GMT