new th8

in 2 days my upgrade to townhall 8 will be finished. I rushed to townhall 7 and have been here for months maxing it i have everything maxed except de troops and a lvl 1 bk. Its been so long since i had a new townhall i want to know where to start when my townhall is finished i should have my storages around half full should i upgrade my existing bldgs or buy all the new ones and start gettingthem up to speed? any help appreciated.

I recommend you upgrade offensively first so the lab and spell factory would get my vote. You'll need to get your barbs/archers to level 5 so you can effectively farm your defensive upgrades. Afterwards, additional new defenses to max TH7 starting with spash damage.

make your storage full.. build the de drill asap, upgrade your laboratory. buy the new storages and build the new defenses.
since you have skipped upgrading your bk.. you need to focus on dark elixir now. th8 is pretty long (it took me around 70 days of staying in th8 (max walls, bk).

You must fill your storage and buy the new ones

Hahahaha i just responded to this.

Upgrade lab, buy all new items, max de drill, make all new equal existing except walls. I war so the extra buildings make 100% a little harder than th7 was.

lab arch, barbs then what you like, giant/wiz, war dragon or loon, wb, then whatever.

after you equalize and start the th8 upgrades, i like to keep 1 on tesla, 1 on exlix, 2 on gold upgrades. Although i do not farm enough and currently usually have a builder or 2 idle as the end gets pretty expensive especially the tesla, i would say upper mid to late.
I believe def wiz,mortar,arch,canon,traps/bombs. I would keep 1 builder doing tesla and ad if you war the ad6 trips up alot of poor dragon raids. Tesla takes forever and is really important.
Have fun!

Upgrade your lab and get level 5 barch.