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**alanmckenzie**

Hi guys, joined dakka a couple of months ago and thought I'd say hello.

Been out of action for a good 14 years, but a recent clear out of a loft unearthed an old 2nd Edition Ultramarine army and with it reignited some long forgotten enthusiasm (Helped along by reading old codicies and that Codex Imperialis book from the 2nd Ed box). My initial plan was to strip some of the old mini's and start painting again. Simply for the odd relaxed rainy evening when there's no football on the box or anything. I don't have that much spare time these days, so I only planned on picking up the odd interesting looking model or squad or whatever and casually, slowly paint it up over a few weeks or even months. However, such as is often the way with these things I'd imagine, I've been totally swept up and I aim to start gaming again.

I did start a post about advice for building a new army for 6th Edition which you could have a look at if you liked ( http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/listByUser/0/60351/14.page ) but really I just wanted to say Hello, It's good to be back...

Thanks guys

**Perkustin**

Hello Alan. Welcome.

**geordie09**

Hello Alan, welcome to dakka.

Would you be interested in joining us for a 40k Narrative Campaign Weekend at Maelstrom Games in Mansfield?

All of the details can be found in our dakka thread, just follow the banner/link...

Animosity - In the Discordia System

**alanmckenzie**

Hi, thanks for the invite but I live some distance from Mansfield. But I'll definitely make a point of coming by the shop if I ever find myself in the area.

**geordie09**

No problem. Just so you are aware though, we're not affiliated with the store... it's simply a good/convenient place to host our event!

Enjoy Dakka.

**Chaos Legionnaire**

Welcome to Dakka, Alan.

**Knightley**

Hi,

Welcome to Dakka

**Byte**

Hello and welcome to Dakka Dakka!

**Rhich**

Greetings.... and welcome to Dakka.

**frankofranko**

Hey. Welcome to Dakka Dakka.

**Waaagh_Gonads**

Welcome.

**NoQuestionzAsked**

Welcome back to the hobby! Its always fun to have people with the experience in the earliest day of the game! I sure hope you enjoy yourself here!

Best of luck and Welcome to Dakka!

**Rampage**

Hello and welcome.