A long-fated return to 40K

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**Mercadian Masque**

Yo,

As far is my history with 40k, I'll just quote myself from this thread

Mercadian Masque wrote:Back when I was in middle school, a decade and more past, I made a friend recently moved to the US from England. Once, with a group of friends, we decided to draft up ideas for super soldiers... needless to say, we were the cool kids in class. The next day, my friend comes in with genetically altered super humans in power armor, wielding bolters, sired by the Emperor of Mankind. It was pretty clear that he hadn't come up with all of that on his own, and he told me that they were Space Marines...

I drifted away from the hobby over the years, but now I'm getting back in the game. What got me into it this time? I almost took up 40K again when I was playing DoW online with friends, but it didn't quite stick. The Horus Heresy series finally got me back into the hobby (this must be sweet, sweet music to GW's ears). I've been collecting the books since the series started, but I only just began reading them... I'm behind the curve, I know. I'm now caught up with the series, but I knew halfway through Horus Rising that it was time to get back into 40K. I've been lurking forums, reading codices and rulebooks, and I'll be purchasing my first new set of models in over a decade tomorrow.

I'm starting from scratch, which is tough. I'm trying to figure out what sort of army I want to collect, but trying to balance fluff, play style, and aesthetics (considering that I have no talent for painting) has proven difficult. My goal is to put together a 750-point army over the summer (it'll take me a while as I don't like to be hasty about these things). I've narrowed the scope to Blood Angels or Space Wolves (I started with Eldar, and now I'm rolling SM... ouch). I'm looking to put together a solid army to learn the game, and I think that some sort of Marine army would be good for those purposes.

Considering fluff, play style, and aesthetics, I'm leaning heavily toward Space Wolves. Sometime tonight, I plan to work up a 750-point SW list and post it here for feedback.

What up, Dakka?

**Byte**

Hello and welcome.

**Sieggfried**

Hello and welcome mate, for your knowledge painting Space Wolves is a pain in the bum if you dont feel very confident with your brush unless you dont care much about not painting all the detail. Apart from that good luck with your efforts

**Cosmic**

'Sup Masque,

There's lots of way to paint Space Puppies ("yipyipyipyip!"), so don't be "put off". They can be as simple or as complex as you like.

Welcome to Dakka!

**Sieggfried**

Well, i might have sounded a bit discouraging indeed, just wanted to point out that SW models have more bitz on em to paint comparing to your average SM model, thats all. If you dont care about the level of your painting then any model is ok i guess

**Cosmic**

You're absolutely right of course, siegg. I read you previous post as slightly negative, but I didn't think it was what you really meant to say. It's all good man.

**Knightley**

Hi,

Welcome to Dakka

**Waaagh_Gonads**

Welcome to dakka.

**Joske De Veteraan**

Welcome