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Yes, I know they get hated on - but it was a joy to see the Pride my 8-year old son took in placing his Ultramarines in the display case at school today. He took careful notice of where Marneus Calgar was in relation to his fellow terminators, made sure he was surrounded by Thunder Hammer / Stormshields + wanted to put Captain Cato Sicarius on the lower level near the drop pod and the Tactical Marines. Last year when they were displayed he said everyone thought they were the coolest 'legos' ever! HaHA!


A small picture of him ended up in the latest GW Email - Newsletter (as he finished 2nd place in the costume contest Games Day 2010) with this costume:


And now he says, "I'm on my way to being famous!"

Needles to say, he's already super excited and looking forward to Games Day in Chicago!

Just feeling proud and wanted to share!

Haha, his army's bigger than mine.

Well done to him, glad to see youngsters taking such a big fascination to the hobby. You should be proud.

Love the smurf outfit, too =P

He needs to look fiercer; there is far too little hatred of xenos in those eyes.

He looks like a cool little dude, if his report card is half as impressive as his Ultramarine force then you have every right to be one proud parent.

That is fantastic.

Awesome pictures! I love the fact he displayed them in school. More schools should support this hobby.

Inquisitor_Dunn wrote:Awesome pictures! I love the fact he displayed them in school. More schools should support this hobby.

I agree, it's vital to hook them when they are young.

Ma55ter_fett wrote:

Inquisitor_Dunn wrote:Awesome pictures! I love the fact he displayed them in school. More schools should support this hobby.

I agree, it's vital to hook them when they are young.

Winning.

Ma55ter_fett wrote:

Inquisitor_Dunn wrote:Awesome pictures! I love the fact he displayed them in school. More schools should support this hobby.

I agree, it's vital to hook them when they are young.

I thought about trying to start an after-school gaming club.. not sure what goes into it and I'm not always in town - but I think that's how kids get started in the UK ?

The mere thought of him across the table makes me tremble! haha Its great you guys have a hobby you can share together!

Own up...
how often does he beat you? 75%? 80%?


Good looking display, bet the lad was made up!

WOW, that's a fantastic army he's got there, and bigger than mine too. Congrats on having an awesome son, sadly i have two daughters and neither one of them even gives my minis a second glance. Really though, it's nice to see someone that young picking up the hobby, but even nicer still is seeing such a proud pappa.

Abosutely wonderful. Looks like I will also be in chicago due to me wanting to get some free stuff nice collection! And love the costumes!
Fully painted army D:

Ah, forgot about this pic at NY ComiCon..
Best moment there was when the lifesize Ultramarine gave Scout Zachary a fist bump. BOOM. Great moment that I wish I would have caught on film.

hahahaha thats cool man, its great that hes into this stuff, Did you help him paint that stuff??

Wow, that is really great. My little man is 2 and I hope he is as into this as I am when he is 8

Ma55ter_fett wrote:

Inquisitor_Dunn wrote:Awesome pictures! I love the fact he displayed them in school. More schools should support this hobby.

I agree, it's vital to hook them when they are young.

I'm sure GW feels exactly the same. Hah.

But seriously OP, your son is awesome. I wish I had gotten into 40K when I was his age, I might actually have been good at it by now.
I vote you help him make a working chainsword for his next costume.

Very cool indeed

Jordankeeps wrote:Did you help him paint that stuff??

He laid down the Ultramarine Blue Basecoat - painted the weapons and tank treads boltgun metal - Aquillas, TH/SS and LCs got gold.
I touched up areas he went 'outside of the lines' and did the heads of the terminators in white - be he did all the basing (black, grey sand with 'ultramarine aquarium rocks').

From a distance and on the table top - not bad looking at all. After playing a quick demo game at GW - he's into the High Elves now.. those will definitely pose a bigger challenge to paint, but he loves hurling fireballs at my dwarfs and 'always going first' in CC.

A working chainsword would be sweet - my fiance and I are trying to brainstorm ideas on how to step up his costume a bit, but it's so simple and effective and gives him the freedom of movement he needs to still enjoy events.

When he was six he walked into a GW and asked, what is all this stuff? I had totally forgotten about Games Workshop and after a quick trip to my parent's basement.. A bunch of mid 90s Eldar, Marines and Orks surfaced and it brought him into the hobby and me back in it after a little over 10 years.

Awsome army!

Such a great thread, love the "scout" armour on your little guy, and yes, shame on you for not getting the first bump!

GD Baltimore 2010? I'm quite sure i saw him. Though that makes me sound like a creeper....

Great to see a young soul into the hobby.

P.S. Will you be going to Chicago for GD US? Would like to see his costume again.

I see at least five land raiders. I'm jelly

Your son will own GW before he turns 20, trust me

lunarghost wrote:GD Baltimore 2010? I'm quite sure i saw him. Though that makes me sound like a creeper....

Great to see a young soul into the hobby.

P.S. Will you be going to Chicago for GD US? Would like to see his costume again.

We're definitely going to be at Games Day - and yes, some people saw him walking around at GD10 in Baltimore, but for the Costume Contest (because of his height) many people past the few first rows of the crowd actually got to see his costume at Judging time. (If anyone from GW is out there - you probably should have used the stage which was right behind the contestants.)

So yes.. being eight years old - Land Raiders and Terminators (And of course (insert booming echoing voice here) Marneus Augustus Calgar are his favorites!

Cool, i'm trying to plan a vacation around heading out there. But i don't know if i'll be able to make it. Funny enough, he has more of one army then i do of like 3.

Very cool stuff. My son also loves 40k. Infact I made the mistake of saying next time he gets to take total control of my boyz and krump fings! And Ive heard nothing but that from him

Excellent display - you've got a lot to be proud of there - I'll say here that when one works with their hands like that when they're young, it makes for so much more patience and focus moving forward and getting older. Awesome stuff, thanks for sharing this!

Congrats on getting the school to showcase those, that's pretty awesome.

I sincerely hope that 15 years from now I am buying models that this kid sculpted Simple but highly effective costume. How is he on the tabletop?

Munga wrote:How is he on the tabletop?

He likes to run three Land Raiders - and since he likes Terminators so much and goes Terminator heavy (with Calgar), It's a fun game every time.. albeit a gross misappropriation of points. So I usually play really fluffy lists against him with a little bit of punch to make it a fight.

Grats on having an awesome life + amazing child.

Going to go commit suicide now.

He's a cool dude. You're a cool dude.

How did the Ork respond to your man? Or was the picture his expression? His expression of abject horror as the little drummer boy -- er -- little ultrascout came barreling down on him with unrestrained fury? His complete horror that his life was fading from him in the blink of an eye. That his entire grasp of Ork Kultur was destroyed in a single second. In that single second of irony that He, the Ork, should die by the hands of someone smaller than He. If only the Ork could comprehend it. Alas. He is an Ork. He died thinking he fought tooth and nail against a Dreadnought, when in fact, it was merely the awesomeness of your son shining through.

I guess what I'm saying is... I can't sleep.