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Hi Dakka!

After spending way too much time reading this forum instead of revising (my 3rd year University physics exams start in... 3 days... uggh) I'm finally joining up. Pleased to be On Board (geddit? Ouchies..).

I first started gaming way back in 1998.. I remember going to my local store for a beginners 40k game, and being told that it was the final game of 2nd edition. A people were in awe of the mysterious "Necrons" (dunked in green poster paint) that one the the kids had... and a heavy bolter jammed, but thats about all I remember of that experience. Anyway, a box of Tallarn guardmen and a Basilisk later, me and my twin bro set about converting the Friends From School into the hobby. We had quite a little group going, however in about 2004 we spontaneously disbanded- presumably (but unspoken of) as a last ditch attempt to be more appealing to the girls infiltrating our adolescent posse...

It appeared that we were all far more into this than we were admitting, though. I never bargained on getting a Facebook message from one of the old crew years later, having gone to different universities, and an invitation to a secret (lol) group:

"It takes a certain type of individual to send warhammer themed druken texts. Oh well . . ."

Under the sly pretence of making 40k into a drinking game we all got back into the hobby, hook line and sinker. Terrain was made, boards constructed, armies dusted off and repainted. Beer consumed. That was about a year ago. Now I'm collecting and painting myself for the first time, rather than let my brother do all the hard work. It's a new ork army this time round, but I have a few ideas up my sleeve. Anyway, ramble over!

I look forward to spending some more time on Dakka!

Welcome back...

and welcome to Dakka Dakka!

Welcome to dak dak¡ Which is the evil twin?

Which one is good or evil?

Most definitely me... proved by an excellent photo from a few years back that I can't seem to lay my hands on, oh well.
And I like to think I was a pretty mean villain/gamesmaster in the Inquistor campaigns I used to run..

~Mustache twiddling~ Gwahaha!

Semi-related Claim to fame: Before necrons ever came out, with their spanky green plastic tube guns, I'd converted a Gauss flayer for Inquisitor. How? Wire, green stuff, and a large brush plastic sheath the inside of which dyed with green ink and stuffed with cotton wool. I thought of it first, GW!

Welcome

Welcome to Dakka!

Welcome to Dakka!

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