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Been playing SM since Rogue Trader. I just like their aesthetic.

I started CSM because I won my FLGS' league and you can't win with the same army more than once so yeah...started a new army.

Most recently I started an IG army because I wanted to do an IDF-themed army and it just made sense. Plus I like the way they play.



Next is Necrons (if CC Necrons are doable) and then Orks.

IG, because I like tanks on top of tanks with more tanks on the side. Now I just don't hope they nerf tanks too much in the next edition of 40K xD

I nabbed Space Marines because I like the flexibility they bring and since I can't play a "we have reserves" army it was the only choice left that really appealed to me.
I probably will be starting a nids army in my spare time though.

Chaos because it's chaos, Orks because they're orks. Anyone who dislikes the two dislikes all that is good in the world.

I started building a Grey Knight army, a little over a month ago. I'm new to 40K, and TT gaming for that matter. I liked the small army factor, cheap and less to paint. Then I happened to be looking on Craigslist and found a jackpot of a deal, so now I have 2000+ points of Space Wolves. They are assembled and not painted, so I will paint them and learn to play as a wolf, and slowly build up my GK army. I want to get a Dark Eldar army as well.

Necrons, because I liked the aesthetic.

Egyptian - Check
Robots - Check
Undead - Check
Nightmare fuel - Check

Of course, they are now possibly the worst army in 40k ATM, so I went Orky. I liked the crazy-ass feel to them, and they seemed to be a pretty powerful army.

Imperial Guard, because I love history, World War I/II uniforms and the idea of unfathomable amounts of men being thrown at one point in the entire universe to make sure everyone in it dies a horrible, horrible death.

Also, the possibility of trench warfare.

Imperial Guard, because of how grimdark they are in my mind. With every battle I like to think of how insignificant it all would be in the 40K universe. The small force under my command, not even 100 men, compared to the entire Imperial Guard. Each painful sacrifice, each heroic triumph, it all means nothing in the vast expanse of the galaxy.

My first army was the Space Marines All because in 93 (or 92) I got to play Space Crusade on Amiga 500 and the board game And later on Space Hulk: Vengeance of the Blood Angels. And after first Dawn of War was released, I got my first Space Marine box.

I play tau cos Im a N00B!
No, I actually play them because they were supposed to be the best army against GK and Black Templars as of 4th ed, which my good friend who introduced me to 40k played.

All games I play I generally either play polar opposites - Necromancers/undead or holy champions. Since daemonhunters were SO BLOODY EXPENSIVE to start over a year and a half ago, I went with Necrons as my first army. I learned pretty quick they aren't that spectacular of an army, however a very easy army to learn the rules with (since there isn't much 'modding' for the models as far as WYSIWYG goes).

I then picked up Tyranids to be more competitive and I love Zerg(starcraft) and the Alien movies. No real complaints other than a sub par codex, but even losing I enjoy playing them because I feel like a Dungeons and Dragons game master pitting enemies against my opponent... I know thats not the right mindset to have as you should play to win, but I mostly play to have fun...

I then wanted to get competitive and was going to pick up a space marine chapter since my local community has some space marine only tournaments, also anybody that can put on terminator armor can be pretty beastly, so it was going to be black templars , however two of my friends were already playing that so I was then going to go Vanilla/Ultramarine... then Grey Knights were announced... and that was the other niche I was looking for. A lot of people say they are cheese and all that, but I truly do enjoy them and their playstyle. The lore, while cheesy is still interesting to me. I actually do like that they will kill other space marine chapters to preserve their secrecy (for the greater "good" of course ).

Vanilla Space Marines...

They made it cheaper to jump in as a friend and I shared the cost of the AoBR box...

But I really love the idea of being the guys that show up when no one else can hack it, arriving in streaming mechanical meteors from the sky. Being able to create a Chapter and history really appealed to me as well.

CSM, specifically Iron Warriors. I love the background of the why and how for CSMs, then I was looking for a ranged army with big guns and voila, Iron Warriors.