User blog comment:Kirbycollin1/The Tabletop/@comment-4206721-20110727235039

If you've not already, buy the Codex book for the army, read it and make sure you understand how the army works before you go out and start spending money. This is an expensive hobby and while I am the first one to fall over at the "don't buy stuff blindly" fence for someone starting out this is a big one.

You can't go wrong buying a couple of tactical squads and some Rhino APCs for them to ride around in, back them up with a Predator Tank or dreadnaught and an HQ of some kind. I will always, always recomend anyone who isn't a veteran buys a multipart plastic captain so they can make what they want, then imidiately put a gun to their head and instruct them to assemble it with a storm bolter and power fist because your first Character is going to be your chapter master, and you can't do better first out than proxy him for Pedro Kantor (I would never suggest you called him Kantor, unless you're actualy playing crimson fists, just make sure your opponent understands that this guy here Captain Yossarian Smith, is using Kantor's rules -RS). The Storm Bolter Power Fist combo are the easiest combo to assemble and paint since their both large areas away from the chest, they have relatively simple rules and they are supprisingly effective to boot.

... Having said that the number of times I forget to fire that Orbital Bombardment... D'oh.

Happy gaming -RS