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When I first looked at 40k all those years (15 or so) ago I thought to myself; 'if I ever play this, I'm going to play Eldar but they have to be evil.'
About six or seven years later I finally had money of my own and could understand the rules on my own I finally bought the boxset and suddenly there was, right in the box, Evil Eldar.

Thus the Kabal of ... (I have never thought of a good name but I typically just call them The Kabal) was born.
Archon Kirrik is out to gain power not through slaves or warriors, but through powerful, forgotten weapons left behind after the fall.

A few years go by and Kirrik is still on her quest across the galaxy but without anything new happening to the DE I started to become annoyed. I still love the utterly unrepentant badies but with such a stagnant army there simply wasn't enough to keep me interested. (At least till the next codex)
When I bought 3rd edition I was also introduced to the lovely psycho zealots otherwise known as Sisters of Battle.

Cannoness Samantha Jeanne m'Alice (Otherwise just Samantha) and the Order of the Fiery Heart is on a pilgrimage to prove to themselves that they are still worthy of the Emperor. (In part due to an extreme run of bad luck when I first started playing them and didn't have a knack for them just yet. Fluff wise though, is because a Deamonic entity has a vested interest in the girls. (I'm getting ready for a certain new army next month ))

Just like my Dark Eldar, I'm stopping my sisters at 2,000 points till they release either plastic Sisters and/or a new codex.

Meanwhile, back in the busy east side of the galaxy, Shas'o'd'Mont'ko and Shas'el'd'Su'y'he are leading a small army to cement the T'au grasp across a few worlds.
And why I collect the Tau... Two words:

Giant Robots.

I play the Word Bearers just because big ol' guys with evil spikey balls of death (accursed crozius) and drums banging away as they assault the enemy is really appealing to me. Oh and the whole, "we celebrated the emperors return so much that it scared him, and made him tell us to cool it off, and then forbade us of worshiping him. well now we went off and found someone else to worship...yay!"

also I play the IG because seeing 132 guys supported by 5 tanks each game is really rewarding. Also i get to be witness to, and the reason for, the death of untold countless poor guardsmen of my planets PDF. Muahahaha!

1. I loved the IG models. I picked them as my army before I even knew anything about the game.

2. I love the story behind them being that they are like me. Human and that alone allows me to relate to them so well. Also they seem to constantly be like an underdog which is somthing I usually support.

I am a huge fan of the Tau Empire. I like how they emphasize long range and heavy weaponry which is my style as well. In almost any game that lets you choose a roll I will go for the sniper or some other long range or heavy hitting class. So as can be imagined I am a huge fan of Crisis Suits and Hammerheads. I don't really like the Kroot or Vespid though. I am not very fond of CC as it is oh so satisfying to drop an enemy from an insanely long ways away without them even seeing it coming.

IG

because i have always been very intrested in woI and woII, and lines of men in muddy trenches and walls of tanks is super cool...
By the way... i think that orks are the ultimate enemy of the imperium ... chaos vs space marines ... oh... nevermind

I play Space Marines for one simple, simple, criminally simple in fact, reason.
The Chaplains. Mind blowingly insane and religiously fanatical priests, and they don't even feel out of place crushing a few skulls or punting annoying kids out over the balcony
They make me all warm inside.
Go Chaplains!

I picked Space Wolves because they stick out like a man wearing a white suit at a funeral, they annoyed my friend on their uniqueness and special rules, and because they kick arse in combat.