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2018/07/31 18:41:00
Subject: Old timer coming back to 40K.
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Splattered With Acrylic Paint
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Greetings.
I am - yet another - old timer painter/hobbyist.
I started painting/collecting models back in the late '80s/early '90s and played some 2nd ed when it first came out.
I stopped playing for a long while, tried coming back a ten-some years ago, then hiatus again.
I recently resumed painting and collecting and started building a space marine chapter - again - from scratch.
I like kitbashing my models - especially because I come from the dark ages when only part of the units had actual physical models.
So I had to make do, piecing stuff together from what I could scrounge, scavenge and afford.
My original chapter was a semi-codex, watered-down BA successor.
In its current incarnation, it's more of a merc spec ops type army, recruiting any available body, because I got bitter with age.
Well met.
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2018/07/31 22:59:32
Subject: Re:Old timer coming back to 40K.
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Strategizing Grey Knight Chapter Master
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Hi,
Welcome to Dakka 
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IceAngel wrote:I must say Knightley, I am very envious of your squiggle ability. I mean, if squiggles were a tactical squad, you'd be the sergeant. If squiggles were an HQ, you'd be the special character. If squiggles were a way of life, you'd be Doctor Phil...
The Cleanest Painting blog ever!
Gitsplitta wrote:I am but a pretender... you are... the father of all squiggles. .
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2018/08/01 01:29:53
Subject: Re:Old timer coming back to 40K.
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Splattered With Acrylic Paint
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Codex_Araden on Instagram
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2018/08/01 12:45:34
Subject: Re:Old timer coming back to 40K.
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Lead-Footed Trukkboy Driver
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Welcome back, sounds like a fun chapter and set of conversions!
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Active armies, still collecting and painting  First and greatest love - Orks, Orks, and more Orks  largest pile of shame, so many tanks unassembled  most complete and painted  beautiful models, couldn't resist  the swarm will consume all
Armies in disrepair:  nothing new since 5th edition  oh how I want to revive, but mostly old fantasy demons and some glorious Soul Grinders  in need of love |
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2018/08/01 14:30:40
Subject: Old timer coming back to 40K.
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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 Araden wrote:
I started painting/collecting models back in the late '80s/early '90s and played some 2nd ed when it first came out.
I still have second edition! Picked up a mint copy some time ago for nostalgia and its one of my prized possessions. Had some great times with that edition.
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2018/08/01 15:04:11
Subject: Old timer coming back to 40K.
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Willing Inquisitorial Excruciator
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Now if I could find a relatively complete copy of (Epic) SPACE MARINE and TITAN LEGIONS...
...and someone to get a game of with too, of course!
Anyway, welcome to Dakka Dakka!
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2018/08/01 17:08:27
Subject: Re:Old timer coming back to 40K.
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Splattered With Acrylic Paint
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Thanks!
I'm slowly posting pictures in the P&M subforum.
Right now I'm toying with the idea of building my army as a clan-based, multi-gene chapter.
Each clan takes from a different existing chapter and/or ethnos, each which its own quirks and tactical specialties.
I wasn't originally planned as such; it just happened, as I was assembling models with spares at hand, trying to create minis that just looked nice.
Then I tried to make it into a coherent whole, as different clans got drawn to the main chapter, each coalescing into differently themed units.
 KTG17 wrote: Araden wrote:
I started painting/collecting models back in the late '80s/early '90s and
played some 2nd ed when it first came out.
I still have second edition! Picked up a mint copy some time ago for nostalgia and its one of my prized possessions. Had some great times with that edition.
So had I.
It felt like the most streamlined edition to me - except for vehicle combat. That was clunky IIRCC.
In later editions newer rules baffled me, especially close combat, and eventually I lost interest for a while.
 Mysterio wrote:Now if I could find a relatively complete copy of (Epic) SPACE MARINE and TITAN LEGIONS...
...and someone to get a game of with too, of course!
Anyway, welcome to Dakka Dakka!
Did I mention I still have an Adeptus Titanicus box somewhere?
Thanks!
^_^
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2018/08/02 05:39:43
Subject: Old timer coming back to 40K.
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Ahoy and welcome mate!
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2018/08/05 03:22:24
Subject: Old timer coming back to 40K.
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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I have all the editions of Epic and more. I have to be honest I still look at AT and SM1 in awe, get giddy over SM2 and Titan Legions, and admiration for Epic 40k. I do dislike Epic A though.
Some of the best gaming days of my life were in the days of 40k 2nd edition, AT/SM1, Man O’ War, and those other great games from those golden years.
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2018/08/09 21:58:17
Subject: Old timer coming back to 40K.
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Splattered With Acrylic Paint
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Thanks again for the welcome, guys!
I posted more of my WIP shots in the blog subforum.
Hope you like how they're coming together.
^_^
https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/761126.page
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