What was your first 40k army?

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**Noble713**

Blood Angels, back with that nasty orange paint scheme they had in 2nd edition.

**CptM Mograin**

I started with guards, then I got into DH but I fell back to IG again, then it was Orks and then Space Wolfs but I allways find my self feilding IG after a while. The other armies are fun but they are not like the guard.

**Gwar!**

Space Wolves. Played them for 11 years now and never looked back.

**Dedrith**

My first army was Space Marines, and now I can't help but deeply regretting sinking that much money into an army I will most likely never play again.

**vitki**

It would have to be space marines since the RT001 box was the only thing out at the time.

Eldar was my main force since the army list came out in WD with the aspect warriors.

**LEEQAEX**

I started wit hEldar becuase I collected high elves so they were sort of my 40k version of elves.

Then I got space marines

**Grumpy**

Blood Ravens because I loved to play Dawn of War

**physcosamatic**

i started on a pure thousand sons army

**rzsanguine**

My first army was Blood Angels. I made it based on WD issue one hundred thirty something. The Angels of Death codex was the first codex I ever bought.

**whalemusic360**

SM, specifically DA
Why is squats, AM and LotD a choice but not DA, SW, BA, and BT?

**DX3**

Space Marines - Dark Angels way back in 1990.

**brickhouse**

Tyranids as a first army all the way. I did technically buy some tau firewarriors as my first ever models but i soon realised they sucked and went with the swarmy 'Nids

God bless there gribbly goodness

**ihatehumans**

Dark Eldar, because I loved the idea of them, and because they had just come out...

A decade later and still using the same rules and models :(

**Elnicko5**

Blood Angels. As many Jump packs as I could fit, min scout squads with naked Vet sargents for the PW or PF DC member, and a Chaplain with a lightning claw. Then Baal Preds when I saved enough allowance. Oh I miss 3rd edition.

**chromedog**

While my first GW minis were SM, my first ARMY was Eldar.

Yriel's Eldritch Raiders.

Still have most of them, too (and their 'captured' grav-attack vehicles and stuff).

Still play Eldar. 20-something years.

**sir mongo**

Hello,
I picked other because I started with Space Wolves and not Space Marines. I know I am splitting hairs but wanted to be right.

**Gwar!**

sir mongo wrote:Hello,
I picked other because I started with Space Wolves and not Space Marines. I know I am splitting hairs but wanted to be right.

Exalt fellow Son of Russ!

**samrtk**

Orkses, but a month later I started Necrons, now my Necron army is double my Waaagh, starting to build my Orks further now, while waiting for the new Cron codex.

**sir mongo**

Gwar!,
Thanks for the thumbs up!!!!!

**ductvader**

Daemonhunters.

Purity and Strength.

Qualities I admire. I looked at the game searching for "knight-like" characters. Found Templar and the Knights...Saw Space Marines so often that Templar barely seemed different. I love my Grey Knights. It's a difficult army to play but that has only made me a better player. Just going to hate it when my bandwagon comes around and everybody else jumps on board.

**panshandle**

Imperial Guard was my first proper army, though I remember collecting almost a complete tactical squad back in the days of only metal miniatures! Happy days!

**Black Corsair**

I started in the 3rd edition with orks, i always liked them... they're cool and granted me lots of fun im my begginings

**Owain**

I started with the Macragge box, which grew into a Blood Angels army.

Later I played Eldar and traded all my extra Gaunts and 'Stealers for a Wraithlord.

Now I'm a proud Guard player.

**Disposable Hero**

Chaos Space Marines are the only true answer. (Taken from the Chaos Sorcerer's line "Chaos is the only true answer" in Dawn of War.)

**Monster Rain**

Mine was Necrons! I still love them, even with their 5th Ed difficulties. Not that they're as bad as some would make them out to be...

**ductvader**

Disposable Hero wrote: Chaos Space Marines are the only true answer. (Taken from the Chaos Sorcerer's line "Chaos is the only true answer" in Dawn of War.)

**Gift-o-Chaos**

Necrons back when they were the total cheese

**oadie**

I had to choose "other" since I can't select multiple options (understandably). I got AoBR, so I started Orks and SM simultaneously and have been collecting both in roughly equal measure (points-wise, at least - I have 3 times the models in my ork army, but SMs take up 2 shelves because of the vehicles).

**Quientin**

2nd ed squats.

Proper abuse of the battery rules in codex battles soon lead to jump and termie squads through proper abuse of Hearthguard. and then there was the 5 man 5 heavy bolter squad for 110 points that made overwatch weep. aaaaahhhh yes the days of spending more time firing in my opponents phase than my own.

2ND ED!!!! WHERE THE MEN WERE MEN AND THE SQUIGS WERE SCARED!!!

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Monster Rain wrote:Mine was Necrons! I still love them, even with their 5th Ed difficulties. Not that they're as bad as some would make them out to be...

YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN THEM IN 2ND ED... all 4 months of them being there. Painful cheese. Bend over and grab them ankles cheese. I immediately went out and bought them cheese... they're still on my shelf....

**S.m.o.ta.t.**

Dont think I've ever heard "bend over and grab them ankles cheese" before...

Anyways, went with Orks, they were the first army that I didn't buy that someone had already owned them.