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I first started playing Warhammer 40k back when it was Rouge Trader. I was in high school and it was Idaho so there wasn’t a lot of opportunities to play or to model and so it fell by the wayside. I got back into it in 2008, right after the fifth edition rules came out and played pretty steadily for two years until I rage quit in 2010. The rules were getting incomprehensible and the gaming scene in nothern california was hyper competitive min/max cheese fests...and that was just the local pick up games...

And when I say rage quit I mean came home from a local shop, boxed up my WIP army (Mechnized IG with Valkyries and Vendettas), sold off my conscript army for way less than it was worth, and pretty much gave away my Armored Company in bits and pieces.

Randomly, I ran into a Warhammer 40k player at a local five guys (I moved from CA to NE in 2012) and he told me about a local shop with a pretty active warhammer scene. I swung by, checked it out, and ended up buying the eight edition rule book and the IG, er AM, codex.

Last night I dug out most of my WIP army, various bits and bobs, and realized that one of the aspects I really enjoyed about Warhammer 40K is the modeling. Each of my finished guardsmen is custom made, bits and bobs mixed and matched from various factions and armies, each is hand painted, and everyone of them has a story.

Truthfully, I look at some of those models and have no idea how I did it (seriously, skull knee pads in green stuff?), or where I was going with it (one officer looks like he’s holding a space marine head like a lantern), but I’m looking forward to getting back into it. Figuring it all out again and connecting with great modelers and players.

Hello and welcome to Dakka! I'm glad to hear you've reconnected with a hobby you clearly loved. Why not post some of your old guardsmen in the painting and modeling showcase section? They sound awesome.

I hope you'll like it here, and will continue to find enjoyment in the hobby!

Hi,

Welcome to Dakka

 Cream Tea wrote:
Hello and welcome to Dakka! I'm glad to hear you've reconnected with a hobby you clearly loved. Why not post some of your old guardsmen in the painting and modeling showcase section? They sound awesome.

I hope you'll like it here, and will continue to find enjoyment in the hobby!

Thanks for the welcome.

I just uploaded some images of my conversions and paint jobs into my gallery's.

I have to say, looking at them now my current favorite is:
This guy. with my sentinels and snipers coming in close behind.

Welcome! I'm glad to hear you're getting back into the hobby, and I hope you find better people to play with than you had in the past.
That's a cool looking turret on your tank, and the tracked sentinels are a fun concept. Any chance you'll be uploading a pic of those green stuff skull knee-pads?

Welcome to the community. You will find much has changed, but everyone still appreciates a good conversion.