As suggested by Paladin Blake

edit: added background option

I started Orks because I love the look and feel of the models, along with fun rules and great conversion opportunities.

I started sm because my brother gave me his army.It was in a trash bag filled with goat poop and straw, and it had been sitting in our barn for 5 years. Most of the terminators and space marines survived but the land raider, rhinos, vindicator, predator, bikes and speeders were all smashed and i could only find a few peices of most of them.

My coice is Simple: Space Wolves
Fun to paint
Aesthetic of the minis
Good model support [with the exeption of Thunder Wolves]
Conversion opportunities
Other (write in)

I started with space marines because their aesthetic is what lured me into 40k. I also selected "other" for the background of the army, which is a selection that seems to be missing. I will also start a Tau army soon because I like their background and the models.

i picked orc and goblins because of the animosity rule. it makes them unpredictable

I started with Necrons and found them Boring

Orks win or lose or fun to play

IG because of being in the military and at the time no one in my area played them.

i picked the general background, because i really like the background of Dark Angels, although i also like the aesthetics of the models

All about the conversion oportunities for me, so originally the armies I played had a large selection of plastic kits which I could do a lot with. Also, I must be fun to paint because I simply cannot paint stuff that I hate the look of.

Other.

I got into IG because of a particularly traumatic incident involving crisis suits back when I was an eldar player. I wanted something that was able to kill units behind cover, and I heard of the basilisk...

When I eventually got back into 40k, I picked guard, and a basilisk was my first purchase after a box of troops.

Tau love the story...reminds me of avatar or something..easy to paint and fun, and now doing space marines..not so fun to paint..but i love the models

I picked the Black Templars because of their background and especially after Helsreach fleshed them out some more.

Orkz, because my brother took the SM of the AOBR.

The bg and the following quotes from the Squat 'codex', copied from the Lexicanum...

Of all the races of the universe the Squats have the longest memories and the shortest tempers. They are uncouth, unpredictably violent, and frequently drunk. Overall, I'm glad they're on our side!

You people do well at war because you treat it as a religion. We do well because we treat it as a business. It is just a matter of outlook.

On one side of me stand my Homeworld, Stronghold and Brotherhood; On the other, my ancestors. I cannot behave otherwise than honourably.

How Jervis can say they (GW) did this race a disservice is beyond me. (to me) The above is plenty to inspire a theme for the force.

Convenience. I would have been interested in any of the Imperial forces, Necrons, Orks, Tau, or even some Chaos factions. I just happened to get offered a sweet deal on a Space Marine army.

Orks. The most fun race, win or lose.

My main army is Death Guard,I love the conversion opportunities,the flavor of the army and I love the whole idea of dragging the mighty and pure into the filth.

My secondary army are Orkz...and well,I just love everything about orkz.

I'm just getting started and just about everyone that plays at the local hobby store plays SM's so I thought I'd go with Orks to stir up some trouble.

I liked the look and background to the Khador forces.

Convenience. I got AoBR to try out the hobby and I became hooked. I liked the two armies, so I expanded them both. It was a stroke of pure luck that the two armies that came with the set are both armies I like. If the box came with Eldar and Necrons, I'd have ~1000 points of models I'd never use, and ~1000 points fewer Orks and SM.

Witch Hunters.

Awesome models, awesome artwork in the Codex, great background, and really really fun to play

Warriors Of Chaos because of their codex, and their ability to wipe the floor with just about any army. Oh and for their great models

General background and i just liked the idea of battlesuit/mecha style stuff

I chose "ease of modelling" but i also chose them because of "good model support". Orks are so much easier to model/convert than necrons

General aesthetics of the models.

I won't field an army of "ugly" models - so I'll never play tyranids, chaos or DE (in their current range).

Power level of the army is irrelevant - I play DH (no allies and never have), so it's not about the winning.

I find one of the biggest draws to me is playstyle: How does an army function on the tabletop, what are its specific strengths and weaknesses? I try to choose armies that will play differently than the ones I have or than the more common ones in my group (mostly a Fantasy player though, so more radical differences).

Aside from this, the minis make a huge impact. I wouldn't collect an army I couldn't stand the look of, or one that I would never be able to customize to some extent.

I go by fluff then see if the army fits into my playstyle.

Currently I'm building up a Space Wolves force but only because I have been given a sh*tload of SW sprues and marine minis

I play DA as I was given half an army and the codex so it seemed the easiest option

Love skimpery brittle evil little laughing basgrabs of dark eldar, and it was handy getting the space marines given to me at a tiny price, but I quickly grew to love theyre mighty awesomeness aswell, and they are my main army now.

Flon!!!


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Sorry chromedog; Chaos are ugly?

Have you had a bad experience against chaos or sumthing?

Night Lords or Sons of Malice because they are cannibals, criminals, rapists and murderers whom were given a suit of power armour and were made stronger to become the protectors of the Imperium. *snicker*

Well I still haven't decided really, but I think it'll be the Night Lords as I love their fluff, and that they used to have more fast attack and infiltrators, and that they have those large bat wings with skulls all over the place.

We have come for you!

The person who got me into 40K said "Dark Eldar are hard to play, and no one plays them." I like a challenge and unique-ness.. So Dark eldar were perfect!! =D

Got Space Crusade, played Space Crusade, became a little obsessed with the Red Men in Space Crusade and so the obsession with the Blood Angels was born!

Been obsessed ever since!

you forgot the most important choice: you consider it to be a fun army!

It just has that one set up or special character that you use. It may not be a tourney winner, but it is fun!

Werewolf vikings in space. OMFG

'nuff said.

The fluff is what drew me in, being themed on the Reformation era as one of my favorite areas of study helped. That and I love the angelic theme and the monk robes.

When I first decided I was going to play 40k, I initially told myself I wasn't going to play Space Marines or anything other army that was too popular. I didn't like the idea of showing up with the same army as everyone else.

I was originally going to play Nids, but as I browsed through the codexes I got drawn into IG. I spent probably two weeks tweaking a list to start going shopping, and it was going to be like 500-600 dollars for a 2000 point list, and I didn't even know if I was going to enjoy the game!

I went into the local game shop during their 40k and learned two things. One, IG was what about half of the players were using! Secondly, they were going to start a 750 escalation league in a couple of weeks. I was also told Space Marines were the best way to go, and I could always switch armies later.

I dwelled on it and told myself I needed to make sure I was going to like any of the armies. Got my hands on the Blood Angels Codex, and liked what I saw. I still am nothing but very new at the game, but I figured I knew enough and got a 750 point army for about 150 dollars through the Battleforce, an HQ, and a Baal Predator... and I've been adding on from there.

I have went back to the IG book and a couple of others since then, but I think I am going to stay with the BAs.

Besides, with Space Marines I can always paint them a different color if they don't work out!

other: fun to PLAY

I started with the Dark Angels when I played Epic. I had green minis, and figured I wouldn't have a hard time painting them... lol... Plus the cover of the old box had DA all over it!

After actually finding the codexes and reading the back story, I thought they were pretty cool and kept with them when I moved into 40k

Well I chose my Dark Angels because i was going to play a game with my friend on the weekend and I wanted to surprise him with something I've never used before.

I got started with a box of sisters because I like there fluff.

I really like just about every armys models except SM and eldar.

Hi

For WFB - the look and feel of Undead drew me in. I now sit at 6K of Vampires and 5K of Tomb Kings, without sharing any skeletons.

For 40K - the look of Orks drew me in, although Tyranids were a close second. At the time, bugs did not have a 3rd ed codex, so the orks won the day.

For War Machine and Hordes - the look of Skorne won the day. The fluff has kept me interested, despite almost no play at my FLGS.

For every specialist game and other range/game I have tried - the look of the army is #1.

Cheers,
Carlos the Craven

You left out 'Fun to Play'. Daemons are AWESOME.

Love Tau due to their 'Greater Good' theory

I chose Aesthetic's, being a fan of chunky armour and robots the Marines appealed greatly as this was before Tau's time. But at the time, Marines fitted the bill of what I liked much more than any other army and was a great starter army before I moved onto Tau and then Orks

I started Tyranids mostly because of the aesthetics and partially because of the awesome new codex. Also it doesn't run any tanks and I don't really like fielding tanks for some reason.

I choose 'Nids most for the awesomeness of the Trygon/Mawloc kit, but also for the background and feel as well as the looks of the minis.

Orks, because back in 2nd my Space Marines got their asses handed to them most of the time by orks.

And they're really fun to paint and play.

I originally wanted to play Dark Elves before the new book because I thought nobody played them. Then the new book came out, and I felt like I jumped on the bandwagon.

As for Eldar? My friend sold me his Battalion for $10, and I picked up a Farseer and Falcon for $25, so convenience is my excuse.

I have 3 armies, Chaos (ugly stuff, due to the former owners bad painting skills) Necrons (which, along with Chaos I bought 1500- 2000 points second hand, so the army doesn't feel very personal) The army I own as my primary army is my Guard. I built it up from Yarrick and 2 squads for guardsmen, after selling my former guard (including my first painted models) to buy the 'crons. Luckly, my friend was more than happy to swap the guardsman back, and since then, my army has only grown.

It now has russes, Manticore, commissars, and a Baneblade. It really is an army i'm proud of, and I (in a way) love it, because it was my first army. I started it again, for those that are interested, because 'crons were boring, died without 'litthy and Guard are far more fun toplay and model. All the men that I painted are individuals, rather than just mass meat. Sadly, most were painted for a 40k presentation (live battle to miss lessons) we had to make to new kids, and have lost thier identity. I'm gonna need a lot of paint in the summer...

Everybody plays with some 'kin Chaos Space Marines, Chaos Deamons, Space Marines or IG..

Well screw ya' fellows! I show you that DE are INVINCIBLE

Dr Chris wrote:The person who got me into 40K said "Dark Eldar are hard to play, and no one plays them." I like a challenge and unique-ness.. So Dark eldar were perfect!! =D

And ofcourse because of this same sentence what I have heard so many times.

I chose about 8 of those options. Chaos Marines just fit about every single option.

My current main army is ig, but thats because i had a spare cpl of days n 50 odd quid, went shop an saw a leman russ, what an awesome tank! well you cant have a tank without some troops to back it up, and of course you need some paints! Well youve got that lot you need the codex to sort it out....so 100 odd quid later i had the start of a viable army and kept it up from there. Plus i was tired of painting Spez Marens.

helgrenze wrote:The bg and the following quotes from the Squat 'codex', copied from the Lexicanum...

Of all the races of the universe the Squats have the longest memories and the shortest tempers. They are uncouth, unpredictably violent, and frequently drunk. Overall, I'm glad they're on our side!

You people do well at war because you treat it as a religion. We do well because we treat it as a business. It is just a matter of outlook.

On one side of me stand my Homeworld, Stronghold and Brotherhood; On the other, my ancestors. I cannot behave otherwise than honourably.

How Jervis can say they (GW) did this race a disservice is beyond me. (to me) The above is plenty to inspire a theme for the force.

I am sad there all dead and I got 3,000 pts sitting around gathering dust...

I chose Dark Angels because I like their fluff. At the time, I liked their 3rd Codex because it set them apart a little bit from the vanilla marines. They were plasma centric then and had more access to it than the others. Plus thier models are sweet.

I chose High Elves because I played Dark Elves back in 5th edition and I wanted to see the other side. Plus I thought that ASF army wide was cool. I also like a lot of their model range. I've also always been a fan of Elves in the fantasy setting in general.

I chose my army because its a harder army to play, i always hear of them being raped, and i want to change that, I am a TAU PLAYER!!! FOR THE GREATER GOOD!!!!!!!!!!

I was drawn to Night Lords because of their background. I always liked the idea of them cutting off a planet and then destroying its population and cities as they pleased. Also the idea of them having no loyalty to any other armies or gods still appeals to me.

Well i started Space Marines/ Grey Knights since they were a christmas gift about 9 years ago..... and i was 9 so the stereo type of young kids loving marines is true soon goin to switch to Tyranid though

other:
I didn't know jack about codices or the 40k universe when I got (back) into the hobby. Started an ork army 'cause I had some Gorkamorka -era orks locked away in a closet at my mum's, thought I could make use of em. Turned out the wartrakk was the only useful mini in there, but what the hey, after 2 years of intense hobbying I'm really fond of my current army and happy that I picked up orks

I play IG for the Fluff. Just a Basic guy, Pulled from his home. Given a Laser gun and told to go kill that big green sludge ball with a huge sword.

IG FTW

Space Marines because I was on a budget from college, liked the miniatures/background and found them a pretty forgiving for a new player.

I started Orks because I'd played them before, in 2nd ed. and liked what had been done to them in the latest codex, and also AoBR helped make my mind up.

I choose Space Wolves because to me they where a mix between WHFB and 40k. As the old codex says they are a 40k army with a Fantasy feel. Plus what's not to lvoe about futuristic space vikings with lycanthrope tendancies

'Other'.

I'm now trying to figure out how I would decide which is my 'main' army, but I can only conclude so far that I have two.

Friend told me SM was good army for begginers.

brandon noble wrote:Friend told me SM was good army for begginers.

Eldar helmets= AWESOME

I chose to play Imperial Guard for 40k because of the Humans Vs big scary things from outa space. Plus the models look pretty ace and the armies are massive!

I chose high elves for fantasy as they were very different to paint compaired to my imperial guard and i just love the models.

Blood Angels.

I started 40k before the newest version of it came out, and the new edition was released as I began painting my first BA.

I love the aesthetics, the color scheme, the background, the playing style, etc.

WAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Need I say more?


Put that as background.

I picked my DG because it was cheap and I like the idea of it (the Obliterators are the hosts of the Obliterator virus, reclaimed from fallen Terminators; the PMs are corrupted servants of the Obliterator host, the Space Marines who faced and fell to the virus; the DPs are the corrupted humans who are the guardians of the Obliterator host *they're based off Ogre Bulls*) and because I could make a complex fluff story off of an army of PM's, DP's and Oblits.

I picked up the battle box for the imperial guard when they were first redesigned. Truth be told I started with them because I LOVED the tanks. I couldn't wait to paint them and have my our mechanized IG army. So I guess it was background that drove me to play my army.

Dedrith wrote:I started Orks because I love the look and feel of the models, along with fun rules and great conversion opportunities.

QFT!

Started with Dark Angels because I liked the color scheme, the robes, and their fluff...I had always eyed Orks and since I switched I've enjoyed 40K much more. Awesome to paint, awesome to convert, and just a fun army to play, fits my style much more.

I chose eldar after getting into the 40K game (through Battle for Maccarage) and when i looked through the model range book thingy the colourfullness and variety of the eldar really appealed to me.

Yay eldar!

And woo for post number 1111

For Warhammer Fantasy I went with Dark Elves as my main army for one reason and one reason only: Gobs of half-naked chicks. So I guess that's "aesthetics."

For W40K I went with IG originally because they're such underdogs in the fluff, but these days I mostly play CSM because they have MOAR SKULLS. Also I like growling "Blood for the blood god!" at my opponent as I kill his models.

I first got into Dark Angels because I dug the Azreal mini with the little watcher in the dark guy with the giant helmet following him around. But then my homie got a hold of some Eldar which included a painted Avatar. Once I saw that I traded my DA for all his Eldar stuff and never looked back

I got Maccrage first off, I liked the game so I decided I'd get an army.
I was told of the general fluff of every army and decided to go with chaos, so I got the Chaos Codex and started reading. I came back to the store knowing the truth about the Corpse God and was set not to follow him. But I didn't really like the feel of super strong power armoured folks and rather liked the feel of an IG army.

Back then LatD were legal to play and the Redshirt I talked with handed me the stores' copy of Codex: Eye of Terror I started reading and BAM that was dead on what I was looking for in my army. I headed home and started reading about conversions and fluff of chaos scum (You know when GW had a site that was more than a shop). I was set, I downloaded the LatD army list (and every single army list for free download!) and designed a 500 point force.

I liked the idea of having to modify every single model to be more chaos enligned that's what really hooked me up with Warhammer 40k, conversions.

Love the fluff, love the models, love the ability to do conversions and get away with the wildest, most outlandish models possible. Anything goes pretty much.

Most of all, I chose da Orks 'cause dey are da Greenest and da Bestest.

Waaagh!

Started with Tomb Kings and Necrons. I still love both but yearn for new codexes. Bunch of guys at the game store said I should do Imperial Fists. They were right, I have 8K easy. My heart is in Bretonnia, but they too need a need a new codex. Love 8th and hope the Brets can make a come back. Tau rocks, but 5th hurt them too much to play them until, that's right, new codex needed. I miss the power of the Fish of Fury. Orcs and Goblins rock, don't care they are not in the big league, just love the minis and the rules rock! Finally, Grey Knights, with the new codex on the rumor horizon, wow I can't wait to build on my little 3K army.

First army was warriors of chaos just because i liked the look of the models

I think you forgot a major one, play style is huge to me. Playing swarm, elite, mech, shooty, cc. I choose my armies because of how they operate.

Got a mate who had ork and chaos armies. He offered them to me, but I turned him down.
Then my son wanted me to go halves on a black reach box, well he got his way.
and guess which army I got, yup orks.
So back to my mate for extra troops, 1850 and growing

And yes chaos is growing also.

Tyranids: Live, Learn and Devour... That is all the hive mind asks of you.

Recycle, Reuse, Re-eat

I chose nids because I like the idea of having complete control over every moment of every aspect of every minions life span. Ehhh, call me crazy. I also like the biowepons and the freedom to convert models.

Eldar, fell in love with the minis rogue trader days and they're still the models I like most.
Every other army I've chosen to play a big decision has come from the models I'd use in it too, personaly I dislike the tau models so probably wont be using an army of them, even to my lists I generaly try to make sure the models I like best are in the army, even vypers every so often

I went with Ogres because I love the minis and the fluff is good (if a bit bland).

It helps immensely that they are one of the cheaper armies to collect and are mostly plastic with no decades old subpar models still mixed in the range.

Simply had a great deal... saved up to 100 pounds...

I'm a Thousand Sons Player, I've always liked the sorcerers. A whole legion of em was too cool to pass up. Their story is awesome too. The sw are manipulated into attacking a loyal, brother legion and the only choice left to the Sons is death or chaos. I'd pick chaos over the alternative.

need more options, such as "inspired by tactica" as was I with the Eldar.

Because i love the ultramarines the uniformity and the utter adherence to their primarchs codex, they are by far the pinnacle of all marines

Eldar. Aliens were cool when I was 10.

I'm 32. Aliens are still cool.

Picked my guard because:

1) Fun to paint

2) Real World Inspiration ( Yes I am one of those Military folk)

3) Army Background... I like the idea of the guard more then SM.

and 4) None of my friends have IG, and its relatively rare to see it outside of mega battles at my local GW.

Empire in WHFB. IG in 40k.

That's because they're the most "human" of all factions. I always root for humans in any scifi or fantasy game. I always for example, choose human as my race in MMORPGs and the like and cheer on for the humans even if they're the evil ones in the story.


I guess that makes me a humongous racist

Look of the models, background, and I generally like to RP/game as "evil" characters & sides

I got DE because nobody else played them, and i was sick of seeing spaz marines everywhere

Farmer wrote:I got DE because nobody else played them, and i was sick of seeing spaz marines everywhere

Hells yeah. Me too.

Aesthetics. Boxiness makes me wobbly in the knees

I chose my army (eldar) because they appealed to me in how they played on the battlefield. I really like an army that is hard to play, but unstoppable if played right.

I chose guard because painting actual humans seemed like a really nice alternative to yet more power armour. Experimenting with flesh colours is always fun
Plus, they're fun to convert

: The Space Marines were the first models i ever bought and learnt to paint on, i left warhammer for about 1 1/2 years and came back to it once i saw some black templars on display outside a local GW. I was attracted to the Black Templar's mainly for the background and the look and feel of the models. They are very Gothic but are not chaos and best resemble Knights of the Crusades in Jerusalem.

The Space wolves where my next step. Given that they wore power armor smiler to what i was use to is what drew my attention for my second army. I wasn't looking for a bright, or plain looking force i was looking for something that stood out, was different but familiar and thats where the Space wolves stood. I have always like the Celtic look of the Wolves and their wolf like nature was deferent and very interesting to learn about.

My Elysian Droop troops are really just a side project, Something fun to keep me from getting to buried into SM. I am Fascinated with WW2 and with the Airborne Soldiers that fought during the war. I guess that is where my fondness for them comes from.


Thats about it.....

Because Dwarves are awesome!!!

Plus, I told my husband I would only play a minis game if I could play a Dwarven race... so he's playing WHF just for me!

I like big, modular mechs and I like a futuristic combat look. I also like the concept of 2m tall aliens similar to the Naa'Vi of Avatar. I like big hover tanks with huge engines.
I also belive in ranged weapons and not in randomly charging into a rule-ridden assault phase. I belive in camouflage as well. I like pissing my opponents off with an average of S5. I like nice color scemes and I like fun, special tactics I can apply to stay out of CQB.


Guess what army I collect.

When I started them no one played them

Warriors of Chaos model line, need I say more?

I was attracted by both the Eldar tactica and their fluff. The fluff and pure unredeemable evil of Khorne drew me to the Brass Apocolypse.

Waaaaagh!

Enough said.

Combination of background and models.

I mean the old Space Wolves codex had a screaming ginger guy with a massive axe on the front, whats not to love?

As for my Witch Hunters, well I always loved the idea of the old school mob in films so a well equipped version of them seemed the way to go.

The pure fun of them they just like kids on Red Bull... with gunz... and homicidal tendencies... hmmm, then again maybe not so much like kids

I chose mine because of a mixture of background and asthetics. mainly background though so voted that.

Each of my armies drew me in with the culture and background. Orks were just fun. No anger, no hatred, just pure whoopin' and hollerin' dakka dakka go fasta attitude and completely oblivious to tomorrow or getting blown up or crushed or thinking about why trying to jump a bike off the top of a Gargant is a bad idea.

Chaos was the personification of pure anger and hatred. Omnipotent and omnipresent, the simplicity of this common thread was beautiful. They hate the Imperium. They hate the Xenos. Depending on the chapter they even hate themselves. Winning against Imperial forces is the most satisfying feeling when I play Chaos.

And finally my Genestealer Cult. Apparently not popular enough to make money for GW it into the newer editions as a supported army, my memories go back to 2nd ed. Very rich in background and purpose, the most versatile army I ever played, and easily the most devastating. The convoluted machinations of the Magus and Patriarch manipulating the local population, corrupting each generation and bending them to their will, completely unaware that they were merely pawns of the Hive Mind.

I've played other armies but those are the three that I'll always go back to.

It was mostly to tick off a friend of mine who started when I did. He plays SM and I play CSM.
Now that I look back I think that if I knew more about the 'fluff' I would still pick Chaos, love their background, the conversion possibilities and love how they look in general. That and rebelling against The False Emperor that brainwashes everyone is just alot of fun!

I voted General Background Army and Aesthetic of the Minis. I just love everything that is Ork. Their fluff is hilarious and the models are mostly really good-looking. I hardly know anything about the "general fluff" of thte 40K world but from what I've heard from my friends (who are lore geeks) the Orks seem to be the funniest race. I love my Orkses <3

orks because of the background, painting oppurtunities, and a whole bunch of my space marine playing friends had just bought AoRB so i bought all of thier orks for super cheap.

Necrons, but only after having tried space marines (blood angels and Daemonhunters). The idea of an army that can keep getting shot down, and then come right back up pleases me. Normally in games I play the "good" characters, but the Necrons work for me.

My chouse is SM because there my first 40k army there esey to paint and ki love the background

Other:

Because it was the first army that cought my attention all those years ago when I first became a fan of 40k. I love the blood Angels and think their also aesthetically pleasing since they are one of the most ostentatious chapters around!

I chose Guard, for the most part, because they were Human. True Human, unlike the Astartes.

I chose Tyranids because they're giant dinosaur bugs that looked really, really awesome. I also liked that they don't have all the bothersome political and philosophical issues that non-Ork 40k species tend to have. They feed. The end. And they ate the Squats.

I chose Dark Elves due to general background and aesthetics of the newer models. They have ninjas, pirates, dinosaurs, half-naked women, dragons, manticores, and hydras. How much more awesome can they get?

I chose the Dark Eldar because of their maneuverability, and back when they were way out of date there was little to no whining if they won. Amassing hordes of zombies (grotesques) to make marines run like little girls is also fun.

I picked orks conversion time!

I have too many to consider one my "main" army.... if only i was as good at painting as i am at spending money... sigh....

In 40K, it was Orks, and it all had to do with someone linking me to the 1d4chan page about them. I was laughing so much that I had to get the codex, and when I read through it and realized that pretty much everything on the website was just par for the course, I had to get some. Once I got the models and really started getting into the hobby, I realized that not only are they great fluff-wise and on the table, but they've easily got the best conversion opportunities out of any army, and that's a HUGE draw for me. Literally anything can be turned into a unit for the Orks.

For my Lizardmen in Fantasy, it was the hoopla surrounding 8th edition. I was curious about getting into it, and started browsing through the army books, when suddenly: Dinosaurs. Aztec dinosaurs. Lead by Hypnotoads. Wielding intense weaponry. RIDING MORE DINOSAURS. That's all I needed to know.

Certainly helped that when I started reading more about them online I realized that not only had I picked a great-looking army, but a very good army to play with.

Space Wolves: I'm a total sucker for anything wolves, and have been since I was a kid.

Lizardman: I'm also a total sucker for anything dinosaur or dinosaur related. And have been since I was a kid. >w>

raven guard because the models are good, the fluff is good, it's not ultrasmirf cheese, they're easy to paint, and the codex is good and varied.
orks because I like konvertin'.
GK because the models are the best and I like the fluff.
'nids because I wanted an opponent to test my marines and I like genestealers and carnifexes.
heresy-era raven guard because the models are better, the fluff's better, it's not ultrasmirf cheese, they're easy to paint, and the codex is good. (C:BA)

Imperial guard because they are awesome and snow camo because its canada and winter and it fits my mood, i posted here earlier and changed my mind haha (:

eldar because because of dawn of war...made me love them (:

Well I had waffled about which army I wanted, but then the Hobby Craft had only Dark Eldar troop choices. It was like it picked for me! And once I started to get to know the DE alittle bit better...

Defaulted to the Guard because one of my friends wanted to start an Ork army at the same time and I didn't see the point in both of us playing the same thing. In the long run I think IG was the better choice.

Emperors Children
1.Fulgrim,
2.PURPLE,
3.Loud music.

When i first started 40k, i first wanted to go with tau, buy Assault on Black Reach to get used to the game and start a tau army. But when i painted my first space marine red, and looked at various SM chapters and saw the blood angels, i immediately thought of going with the BA colour scheme. I read into their background, their playing style and all thoughts of playing tau were forgotten.

Squats are just the coolest, i'm the only one i know that plays them, and some people have no idea what they are, every game i play i keep their legacy alive. TAKE THAT JERVIS!

I chose SM beacause they are cool. But now that I have matured( just a little ) I like GK because they are un-emotional engines of death (BUT GW NEEDS TO MAKE THEM PLASTIC AND ABLE TO WORK ON THIER OWN!!!!!!)

Captain Shrike wrote:I chose SM beacause they are cool. But now that I have matured( just a little ) I like GK because they are un-emotional engines of death (BUT GW NEEDS TO MAKE THEM PLASTIC AND ABLE TO WORK ON THIER OWN!!!!!!)

your (and my) dreams will be fulfilled...in april...

I chose Tau due to misinformation... kind of.

I wanted to play gunline Tau, and when I started them I thought that not only could Tau trump any other army in a shoot-off, I thought that they could get rid of the enemy before they reached Tau lines...


Bleh, I was young and stupid. I still like Tau because of the crisis suits... hopefully they will become completely OP in the new codex.

I love good looking minis...

...and CHAOS

I find out about the background afterwards.

No one gives the Sisters any respect. So what if they aren't as numerous as SM.... they are still awesome! Nuns with guns ftw!

Inquisitor Cyotle wrote:No one gives the Sisters any respect. So what if they aren't as numerous as SM.... they are still awesome! Nuns with guns ftw!

I think the main problem is the out dated codex and the fact that all the models are metal and direct order only.

It really puts people off.

Hopefully a new plastic revamp is on the way,I mean look at Dark Eldar and Grey Knights.

I love the books and back story of the Blood Angels

I picked other, and also i picked Tyranid as my starting army. I wanted an army whose Codex wa not to confusing, that had a more basic play style, and some simple painting techniques. All good things to get a basis of as a new player/modeler.
My next army will be Blood Angels. because i want a sharper style to paint, and my play style has evolved from nids, so CC it is

My friends heavily influenced me. They all collected/ were interested in Marines so I just went with the flow

I chose backround, but my main reason for playing orks was because I wanted to play an army with bad guys and lots of them. And nids just didn't really appeal to me. But I'm going for a totally different aspect with my planned grey knights. The goodest good guys, and I plan on playing paladin wing, so deffinately not that many of them.

Orcs/Orks are my main hobby army.

Eldar are my main gaming army. I have a lot of 'horde' type armies but they become tiring to play with.

I chose IG of all reasons cos my b/f ran a Rogue Trader game where I was playing the archmilitant. I'd made her ex-penal legionnaire so researched the Guard a bit and read a couple of the novels and slowly but surely fell head of heels in love with the Guard from there.



And haven't looked back.

I went for Guard because I think they're the most realistic of all of the armies, and it looks cool to fill up a whole table in a 1000pt game

Black Templars. Why? Pure, unadulterated, awesome.

I remember hearing about this hobby, and going online to check out the various types. My favorite was the sci-fi, and the top two armies I was looking at (this was still the old red bordered website) were chaos space marines and regular marines, because I really liked the idea of heavy armor, and being able to take a beating while still dishing it out. I had yet to talk with any 40k players, and I didn't even know that marines were the most common. I just liked the idea of a few models, with lots of power and durability. Then I went to the store and found out they were in the starter box! I picked up a few random on-sale boxes (a 5 man squad, a land speeder, and an attack bike), and that started my army!

I chose other, pretty much I was hooked after watching some friends play a few times and I decided to hop in. The only two armies that none of them had fielded yet were Necrons and Eldar. Since I didn't want to have the same army as anyone else, and to be honest I think Eldar look like "happy" clowns. I chose Necrons, and am more or less satisfied with the choice. I am however building an IG anda Tau army on the side.

Ever since playing Gamma World i have always had a fixation with powered assault armor. Marines fit the bill

Tanks and heavy weapons made IG an easy choice for me. Also, flak armour!

I play Spess Mehrines for a few reasons, they're simple to paint to a basic standard, the vanilla codex is pretty handy, you can use the same models with another codex (i'm thinking about getting the sw codex, but if like it i will stick with it for a while... no flip flopping between the two cos thats a bit tfg for me!) and they have masses of good fluff.

I chose other:

Blood for the blood god!

Took me years to decide what army I wanted to play, so i honestly stopped looking. Then my friend was like "Hey Space Wolves are getting their own codex and new models."

I read up about them and was like space vikings & werwolves!? my two favorite things! and I invested too much money in them and still pumping more money into conversions and building things for my space wolves battalion.

Iron Warriors.
I choose them cause it was my first army, and I wanted something not to complicated to paint, since I had never painted mini's before, and it had to be chaos, cause I love the background, characters and well....CHAOS!!

IG because of military background, conversions, and they are just fun to model.

And a side note.....I support all you ork players out there, gotta love the greens

I love the idea of undead alien robots.

Amongst my reasons for becoming a Tyranid collector was as a characterful 'adversary' force for my Smurfs, which I'd converted to have Cassius some ten years before he got a model.

Orks, partly because of the ability to mod the heck out of them, partly because of the fact that with said modeling and scratchbuilding, they're the cheapest army to get in some ways, but mostly 'cause of their fluff.

I have a few reasons for my Knights of Blood.

1) I find them interesting in both color scheme and background.

2)Their convenient for me as I already have a huge stock of SM parts and bodies from the years to work with.

3)They seem to be a challenge as there has been no real development on them aside from the text in Codex: Blood Angels.

I began Dark Elves because they have far and away the coolest fluff and general feel in WHFB IMHO. I also fell in love with the artwork on the front of the Spearmen box and I love the Malus Darkblade books. Sure, they happen to be one of the best armies in WHFB atm, but that's only a nice bonus, it didn't make the decision.

'nids because me and my cousins were all starting armies at the same time so between us it was decided to have tau, chaos space marines and nids and both the others had already baught sets, also im natrually attracted to horde armies in 40k, but not in fantasy for some reason.

Crons b/c i cannot play an army that has a vast array of options (i take too many)

Sisters b/c women space marine kick ass

Chaos b/c thats what i started with

GK b/c i do not like the new sisters and i want an inquisition army

Well, I choosed IG because I was tired of marines and then that many IG-armys (including GW's own...) wasn't reaaly suited for any terrain.

Example: Cadian 8th. No logic in having green armour and then beige uniforms... They're just targets then.

Convienence...me and a buddy were buying the starter set with Templar and Dark Eldar. He paid more so he got to pick first. Thus he chose the templar...and I lost games for about a year.

I originally chose Space Marines after playing Dawn of War 2 and liking the background presented there. After messing around in the army painter, I found Angels Sanguine and loved the model, did some research, and found out that they were from the Blood Angels line, so I switched to Blood Angels.

DE Reavers. Thought they were beautiful. Ironically I haven't bought any yet.

Well, I picked conversion opportunities. I play Orks because I love just about everything about 40k, and really want to play, but I'm poor. Seriously, I barely make enough each month for rent and bills, let alone food or gas. So spending a lot of money on minis is right out. That's where Orks come in. They allow me to beg/borrow/steal/scrap/generally loot all the bits I need to run a full army.

Jon

EDIT: I forgot, I'm also collecting, rather casually I might add, a WFB Lizardmen army. I have to vote aesthetics of the models here because, well, Aztec Dinosaurs. Also, Steggies and Carnosaurs are less then $5 a piece.

Preach it brotha!

I hear that one!

I collect mainly FW moddels, witht he exception of my LOTR and WHFB armies, so it really kicked of when I got three squads of Deathkrops of krieg and a Leman russ from FW as a presant years ago. Never looked back since that

i voted for ease of painting and background. NECRONS ftw.
i just love the whole terminator feel.

My brother gave me all his old warhammer, had a Space Wolves Pack and a Rune Priest in it. I play Space Wolves...

I was brain washed into buying tau when I started. Now im stuck until they get an update.

Honestly? I picked IG because of two reasons. Tanks, and because us humies is expendable.

My first army was for WHFB, and was Dark Elves because I like Elves, but didn't want to be goody-two shoes elves. Also wanted an evil army, but a more sophisticated evil: anyone can kill, but playing with one's prey until they beg you to kill them, now that's evil!

My first (and to date only) 40k army is Blood Angels, which was chosen out of convience. The friend who I started in WHFB gave me some surplus SM stuff, so I simply read assorted SM fluff and chose the Blood Angels. Part of it was the HtH orientation: at the time I was playing various games where my troops/ships/mechs were long-range snipers, and I needed a change.

However, if I had started 40k on my own I was going to go with IG. My original plan was Valhallans (this was late 90's so the figs were still in production) and going to paint them up as WWII Soviet Red Army. Would have bought the appropriate Osprey books for reference and modeling ideas. Also wanted to find reproductions of Soviet propaganda posters to scan and shrink to place on ruined buildings. So this would have been aesthetics and background, if I followed through.

Then the Praetorians came out, and that was it for the Valhallans. The Praetorians are strictly on looks. Do not have enough to actually field, although I have enough HW crews for a standard 2000pt IG codex army for 3rd ed. Since it's too pricey to get official figs, if I do build them I'll just use Wargames Factory plastics and do conversions. It woudl be cool to have greenjackets as my snipers and the Natal Mounted Volunteers as Roughriders. Not GW store or tournament legal, but oh well.

Just bought into Malifaux though, so no 2nd 40k army right now. Picked the Ramos and Rasputina crews of the Arcanists based on looks. Saw Ramos and his clockwork automatons first, and thought "Steampunk gizmos! That's my crew! (One has Crews in Malifaux, not gangs or armies). Then I saw the Rasputina figure and decided I had to have her. Now that I own her, I realize that much of what sold me on the sculpt was the paintjob: http://wyrd-games.net/shop/Rasputina-The-Ice-Witch.html
That's somewhat better than what I can do, but I will try. (May buy a second and get a pro to paint her.) So once again, it's the looks that sold me.

General asthetics.

Always wanted (and have just started) to do an Eldar army The reason i have just started (2 other armies down the line) is i wanted to get my painting to a level to do the models justice, best looking army in 40k IMHO.

Fire Power!

I started 40k last year, and I started with Necrons because I liked the army special rules, and because I think the minitures looked good

Other. I already had some Marines from Macragge, so thought "Why the hell not?"

I chose "Other". Reasoning... well... I had just gotten home from AIT and wanted to get back into 40k. Had a couple friends put in their opinions as to what I should start playing and it came down to Wolves and BA. Well.. I went with BA since there was so much hype surrounding the release of the codex. (thats right... the codex was not even out) Well... I chose BA and pretty much regret the descision. I liked em at first and LOVE Furioso Dreads BUT... I think I am the only person who can no win with them. Doesnt matter what I do... I just can not win with them. Therefor... I will be making a new army... soon ))

I love Dkok, one for their ww1 look and feel, and secondly for their backround. I mean, who else could nuke their own planet for days then be happy living underground and be more awesome for it?????

Love Skaven because of their sneaky backround and their easy -to-paint-ness, pluss they look awesome, even if painted quickly ^^

The main theme for my armies is Xenos. Imperial might have all the best toys but to a certain they also have the closest thing to an "easy button".

Thus far I've got an army from most of the "underdog" Codices, namely, Tau, Necrons and Nids but I'm still enjoying the game mostly because of that challenge. Beating Mech IG with Nids is an uphill battle but so worth it just for the opponent's puzzled look at the end. Still working on a counter to Vostroyan vet spam Mech IG with my Dark Eldar... All things in due time I guess.

Orks, for many reasons, mainly, they are awesome.

And Ogres, for the same reasons.

(also, conversions/modeling)

Started with Black Templars because they armour design looked nice and i really enjoyed their background story

Tau were powerful, and I liked the look of the minis

Tau still are quite powerful with the right list and deployment. The cost of their transports and the lack of anti-tank weapons for their troop choices does somewhat hold them back in 5th ed.

I had a high elf army and felt I might as well should paint them
also have hundreds of old grots, not exactly sure what I am gonna do with them (I considered grot-guard lol)

because I love the thought of Space Vikings LOL

I read "The Loathsome Ratmen and all their Vile Kin".

I am the epitome of darkness,evil and death.

you do the maths.

Chaos:

A) looked cool.

B) nice backround.

Im now jelouse over DE as they have both reasons...BUT LOOK SO COOLER!!!!

I picked Empire because of its good model support, but also because of a random explosion of inspiration.

General background. Kharn the Betrayer single handedly won me over.

I started back when you got Marines and Dark Eldar in the starter pack. Dark Eldar were awesome, truly evil compared to the grey-area most everyone else inhabited.

Started out with the Tyranids, as i've been a fan of the Alien movies, ever since i watched the first movie (was around 6 or 7 years old ), and they came the closest.

- Recently, i've developed a taste for the Eldars aswell. I just like their arrogant, yet refined and elegant appearences and characteristics.
- Oh, and the pointy ears just makes me, well... I like Eldars!

I chose BA after about 2 years of garbage playing DA. I figured out 2 things during that time: 1) Too many kids read the fluff and decide to play smurfs due to being 'The Greatest Chapter' and 2) Shooting armies get little done and Assault armies generally lead to more fun games and are more dynamic. I was still in love with marines, and chose BA as my current army.

Because orkz is da biggest and da meanest you stoopid humie git!

Also because they became by favourite opponents in DoW and my view of warhammer became ork-centered because of that. Fighting orks all the time turned into not being too interested unless orks were present.

I just like the way my army works on the table. I play Orks but I play a really odd list, but it fits my play style down to the ground and I love playing it, and it is also pretty effective on the table, but mainly the love of using it thing.

Imperial guard, love the background and general theme, the idea of storming the enemy under the cover of artillery/heavy armour. The use of military colour schemes and the look of the vehicles are strong reasons too for me.

Orks sky's the limit with conversion possibilities.

Orks AKA green space nutters, what's not to like.

My main army would definitely be my 1st Legion right now. I went with them for equal parts love of their lore, and ease of painting. In 20+ years in the hobby, this is actually the first army that I've ever painted, so I wanted to start somewhere simpler.

Space marines have always felt kind of "Mary Sue" to me, genetic super soldiers are boring. So I jumped at the idea of the guard, average men and women fighting impossible odds, there's not super human strength or reflexes, just pure grit. Imperial Guard have more character to them, Space Marines don't have much in the way of personality. I like to customize my squads, give them personal touches and so on.

I love everything Tyranid so it was both their background and minis.

I feel that my macabre taste drew me into playing Necrons. In fantasy, I usually run undead/vampire type teams/armies. So, in 40k, Necrons fit the bill nicely.