What is the best breeding project to start out with?

I'm going to throw out hypo projects as a suggestion. They're pretty darn colorful! :D

I think you should start with just two snakes. A Lavender Snow male and a Clown Pied female.
Your first clutch will look rather ordinary, but then breed the babies together and the grandkids will be great!

No, but seriously. There is a huge range of projects you can do. From the above one that would only set you back $30,000ish and take 5-6 years to get great babies. To getting spider and pastel for $200ish that would give you a shot at bumble bees in the first clutch.

Everyone's tastes are different, so go on http://www.worldofballpythons.com/morphs/ and find what you like. Then buy snakes that have the genes needed and work your way toward the one you like.

As much fun as buying a great snake is, making a great one is much more rewarding.

I plan on starting next breeding season! My first snake is a Piebald female and I eventually want to breed her to a Het Pied. But my plans for next year are a Bumblebee male to a Lesser and a Pewter female!!! For me it was both deciding what I liked and what I can afford :)

For me the best project ever was my first which was healthy BP x healthy BP. Might sound lame but seeing the whole life cycle of your pets and the wait and the worries and the emotions when the first egg pipped was the best ever. Yes I was lucky enough to get some morphs out of it but I didn't really cared and still don't.

For my first season, I'm starting with a male bumblebee and 3 normal girls. Next season I'll have a female pinstripe & female albino ready...and hopefully either a male cinnamon or black pastel. I plan on getting a female lesser & male mojave for a future season as well...maybe a pair of her pieds too.

I hope to bred my male albino to my two het albino females. I also plan on breeding my lesser pastel male to my bumble bee female and last my albino male to my pied female. Shooting for the albino pied in the future.