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Hello, hello, hello,
Lockdown has finally exhausted my patience for all of my hobbies and the other day I had an urge to explore 40k again for the first time since being a kid.

A lot seems to have changed since 2006(ish?) and I’ve heard a new edition of the rules is around the corner! In my fine I played elder, blood angels and IG. Lots of renaming has gone on, ranges have expanded and a there are sadly a few notable absences.

Im going back to IG and have ordered a couple shock troop squads to experiment with paint jobs on. I’ve got a bit more money in the bank now than when I was a yoot so was thinking of maybe doing some mods or kitbashing however some of my fave IG lines (Elysian drop troopers) seem to have been dropped by forgeworld! Anyone have any recommendations for third party suppliers that do cool IG conversion kits? I was thinking of doing minis in a more contemporary style similar to CiaphasCains Woodland Camo or Apologists Lambs World 117th.

Long term I would love to even make some rough riders and unusual units like military police (which are commissars really I know) but first I think it’ll be good to get back to basics.

Would really appreciate for someone to give me the lay of the land and look forward to being active in the forums!

Cheers
S

Welcome back!

You are correct, a new edition is just around the corner. If you've not found it already, have a look on Games Workshop's community site - https://www.warhammer-community.com/

You'll see the latest news and reveals there. They're revealing the contents of the new edition starter box tomorrow afternoon.

Welcome back!

Guard are nice and solid in this Edition and look set to be good going into the next one so good choice!
Genestealer cult have some lads on bikes that look like they could be a nice conversion to guard rough riders: https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Genestealer-Cults-Atalan-Jackals-2019

By the looks of it you could get away with a head swap and they'd fit neatly into an Elysian drop troopers army.
Victoria Miniatures, Kromlech and Anvil Industries have some guard bits that fit nicely so you've plenty of choice!

Hi,

Welcome to Dakka

Welcome back to 40k, don't worry about not having a clue. GW doesn't have a clue what it is doing either and less even about 40k. I think the accidentally hired some Monkeys from the Zoo to do new editions.

Welcome to Dakka!