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Just... awesome. Could afford them once as well!

typhus got me into my death guard and im passing 2000 points just now, well on the way to 3000.

For my Orks, Snikrot. I was deciding between SM and Orks when I was trying to figure out which 40k army to start (AOBR helped in this regard), but Snikrot's model was what cinched it for me. Awesome model, and an awesome character. He is pretty renown amongst my friends.

However, the Khorne Lord on Juggernaut for Fantasy is mighty awesome looking, and if I ever started WFB, I'd start a Khorne force and base my army entirely around that one model. It's so badass.

The Perry Bretonnian range especially the Halberdiers, Foot Squires and Knight Errants. Arguably some of the best models GW ever made and far more realistic looking than later versions who grew far to large......

For me it was not a miniature that did it, it was this BOOK!
I fell in love with originality and energy of the setting, I had never before seen anything like it, and my first models were the 30 marines to a box set, then followed by the original SPACE ORK set ( yup ORKs the metal ones ).

Ah yes, good old Rogue Trader. I remember picking that up when I was about 14. I couldn't make head nor tail of the rules, but I devoured it from cover to cover. I like it when Rogue Trader stuff pops up in today's game like Ymgarl Genestealers etc.

EDIT - Great Avatar btw I love watching that film when the missus is out of the house

My wife actually loves the movie , I once started work on a Kelly's heros based guard army, I finished the 3 leman russes ( Oddball's shermans ) and 1 vanquisher ( the German Tiger I ), when a fellow offered me about 3X the box value of the models...( and I needed the cash ) so I sold them.

But yeah I remember those heady days of Rouge Trader, and the 3 rhinos to a box, and toughness 10 power fields, with land raiders that had 50 wounds , those were grand times.

Wow I feel old now......

For me it was the Armageddon codex.

I'm starting on my 3rd Black Templar army now. This is one I won't be trading away.

Well, when i was looking through the 2006 catalouge i was drawn to the eldar because if the variety of models and bright colour schemes, so i collected them.

I started with Blood Angels because they were in the Second Edition starter and had better models than the Orks.
However the gorkamorka orks and ork fluff stoked my interest, and when these two were released my fate was sealed:


My nurgle chaos stemmed from a conversion idea I had using zombies and plastic chaos marines. Very basic kitbash, but I was proud of it.

My new Crimson Fists stem from the AOBR starter and my love of these guys:


Orcs, Dwarves and Lizardmen it was all the basic troops. Warmachine was the Ironclad, and Hordes the Dire Troll Mauler.

Ragnar Blackmane, Ulrik The Slayer and Njal Stormcaller.

When the new space wolves Characters appeared in 2nd ed I jumped straight in and my marines became grey and chipped.

Wish I had kept that army.

Currently playing IG thanks to the latest codex release (Lots of tanks!)

I loved second addition biovores!!

I even made my brother dig some up on ebay when he started his new nid army

Clthomps wrote:

I loved second addition biovores!!

I even made my brother dig some up on ebay when he started his new nid army

What?

The one that got me into Chaos (my very first army) was Kharn. The mini was cool, and the fact that he would just kill EVERYTHING made me want to play Chaos. Oddly enough though, I never bought him or played a Khorne army

It probably sounds boring, but I just love the Ork Boyz. I came back to tabletop wargaming after a 12-year absence, and I was blown away by how nice the Ork models were.

I'm pretty sure the Warbuggy/Skorcha hasn't changed at all since then! That kit needs revisiting, pronto.

^If that doesn't make you want a Titan Legion and a bunch of IG to swarm around their feet, I dunno what will. And of course you need a full Ork Waaagh! to go with it....

For Fantasy, it was this:


Massed ranks of black-armored Elves...with a mean streak!. DE Warriors with spear & shield have been one of my favorite units ever since.

The Zoanthrope.

Funny, the putting together of that model put me off Tyranids.

These men started it all.


Cmon, the bestial Vampire lord looks so much like Nosferatu!

I couldn't stop laughing and had to collect an army.
For Orks:


This big Mamma Jamma is the reason I just started an Eldar army. Painting them...god still deciding a scheme.
For Eldar:

For 40k, it was the look of the Crisis Suits. That wonderfully blocky american mecha style. I just wish they were properly scaled to Fire Warriors. After reading the codex, I fell in love with this guy:



For Fantasy, it was these wonderful tree huggers. Eternal Guard are my favorite models from GW.


With Warmachine/Hordes I've managed to go wisy-washy over just about every faction.. but Sorscha, The Beast-09, and Man-O-Wars are what keep me going back to Khador.



And now I'm having the problem with Mantic Games.. everytime they post an update on the Undead line... I spend more money -.-

"Was this the face that launched a thousand ships
And burnt the topless towers of Ilium?
Sweet Helen, make me immortal with a kiss."

*SMOOCH* AAAAUGH

A bastardized Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe.

The first two things for me was space hulk 1ed and adeptis titanicus
I had played 40k and warhammer before but the titans and hulk started the snow ball down the infinitely tall mountain that is my addiction.

I dont know if this counts since its not a GW model, but when I saw the FW Great Chaos Dragon I said... WoC here I come! It wass the first model I got for the army too!

Starting out with my Empire army way back when I was still at school was this guy



Then I got into 40k with the release of the jungle fighters



Finaly this fella tore me away from the Imperials

Mine is the carnifex.

For the Tau it was the generally look of the Crisis suits and Hammerheads.

Tomb Kings, the Ushabti.

Most of my armies were started on a whim or because I liked the overall theme not so much one model, except for Tyranids. This was and still is my all time favorite nid model:

This inspired me to do my DIY Chapter.....

Demonslayer82 wrote:This inspired me to do my DIY Chapter.....

. . .but he exists. .