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My initial Ork force was whatever 2 boxes of Killa Kans, the Ork Battleforce (trukk, 2 units of boyz. bikes), another box of boyz, and 2 boxes of lootas made up. Back then me and my friend who started Spess Wolves would just put models on the table and go at it. Once I got a Weirdboy model (along with more boyz, and some deffkoptas) like a month or two later is when I had a "proper" army. My dreams of a Killa Kan wall army where so hopeful, so naïve. 6th edition's shooting gallery ended those dreams real quick.

My first army was the Space Marines force from the 2nd ed box set (SM vs Orks). I think I fleshed it out a little with terminators, a terminator captain with storm bolter and power fist (with built in grenade launcher!) and a terminator chaplain. Oh, and a Rhino.

Painted up as blobs of red and black paint (Blood Angels)

A very -very- poorly painted World Eaters warband led by Kharn himself. Who actually wasn't even Kharn but a heavily converted berzerker..With terminator arms.


It was a awkward time.

First army I ever had was Minotaur Chapter, Space Marines.

Spartan marines were the coolest thing I thought, Asterion Moloc super cool.

I now run my first love of Dark Eldar, and the Cheesecrons.

No more Emperor, Just me and my greed.

The first game I ever played was with a friend trying to get me into the hobby. He also bought me my first model (Horray!) Was Abaddon and we did a 1v1 against Thraka then Lelith.

20 khorne beserkers, x1 predator annihilator, three bikes, 1 veteran squad with autocannon, 1 dred, chaos lord, sorcerer on disk

This was x2years of birthdays, xmas and trading for 2nd edition and I loved every game I played.

Second edition blood angels - IIRC a tactical squad and a devestator squad. Then boosted with the first edition of space hulk for two squads of termies... an apothecary to lead them into battle. Win.

1st edition Orks.
Waaagh Ork theme (unit of all clans + freebooterz) and 100+ models.

The metal Orks with plastic arms (each model an individual) are IMO still the best Ork miniatures ever made.
Orks in general are still my favourite army creatively speaking.

Bought a few blisters of Space Marines during the Rogue trader era, then on my birthday I bought the Space Marine strike force (I think it was called)
30 tactical marines painted using whatever paints I had to hand, I think they ended up Terracotta, I believe they were supposed to be Blood Angels

I used some of my friends models waaaay back in 2nd ed and bought the starter box, then got space hulk and that was it nids all the way. :-)

5th ed

Slaanesh Lord, Daemon weapon: bliss giver,

5 Plague Marines, 2 Melta, Rhino, combi melta

5 Plague Marines, 2 flamers, rhino, havoc missile launcher

some how 500pts.

TFG helped me build the list. He instructed me what to do vs the store owner's Orks. TFG won thru me and insulted the store owner as he was so red in the face.

Old DE.

Had a couple of squads of warriors in raiders, a Dark Lance Ravager, an Archon, a Talos and a few Jetbikes.

I remember loving my Splinter Cannon guys, and flicking blood red all over my bikes with a stiff brush.

I started last year with someone's unwanted copy of Black Reach. First army was Blood Ravens (with Imperial Fists chapter tactics):

Terminator Librarian (from spare Space Hulk sprue)
Tactical squad
Scout Squad (converted from Landspeeder Storm kit: some guy just wanted the vehicle to model, not the riders).
Terminator Squad (w Heavy Flamer from same SH sprue)
Dreadnought

Later added another Dreadnought, a Dark Vengeance Librarian, and a Heavy Bolter marine.

My first army was chaos. I can't really remember what I fielded, but it was probably something like:

Abaddon, Chaos Lord, doomrider, 2 tac squads, predator, 5 plague marines, daemon prince.

I started playing when my brother got the 3rd edition box set.

'Crons: Overlord, 2 20-man warrior squads, 2 5-man immortals, 1 ghost arc, 1 triarch stalker, 5 death marks

I forget the points, as this was a book or two ago.

My first army included the contents of the 2nd Ed Boxed Set. In other words, 40 Orks and 80 Grots, I believe. Trying to recall what I did for a Warboss. I believe I painted one of the Boyz red and made him the Boss. No slavers/runtherdz were needed back in those days. Or if they were, may have "overlooked" that rule.

Won my first game, too. Recall that it was a very close game.

I think I scraped together a list with 2 Dark Angel halves of Dark Vengeance and some drop pods. It actually did pretty well.

My first game was playing the battleforce box set with Space Wolves.

I played a little RT (as much as anyone could "play" RT), but my first proper armies were out of the 2nd ed starter. I built them both at the same time so I can't really say one came before the other.

Two units of ten tac Marines painted as Blood Angels

20 Goff Orks
40 Gretchin
1 Cardboard "Ork Dreadnaught" - that thing was tough - it was back in the days when you could put a Lascannon on a Ork dread.

The gross have since been repainted and enlisted into my new ork army (I really prefer the older style vs the "modern" grots). The Marines are floating around here and there in my various bitz boxes and most of the Orks are about to be part of the 2nd half of my Ork army project. No idea what happened to that cardboard dread ...

My first list for Guard consisted of a Chimera, a Sentinal, CCS and 2 complete platoons and a HWT (mixed)

Since then, I have stuck with the guard and now have about 3k or more of Guard.

Very Poor Eldar list in 2001.

Autarch
2 units of guardians
2 support platforms
War walker
Dark reapers

My very first army ever was Later Carthaginian.

My first game of 40k was a demo game while we were waiting for a guy to bring a load of daemons (my first 40k army) I was buying from him.

I had some tyranids: Flyrant with double devourer, 3 warriors, some genestealers and a bunch (20?) hormaguants at 500 points.
The idea was that I should try using a FMC because I was going to play daemon princes. It was bad, after I murdered half the marines I conceded to be a decent sport.

Early last edition, 20 Necron Warriors, 6 Scarabs, 10 Tesla Immortals, A Ghost Ark, a Cryptek, and a Destroyer Lord.

My army was a painted Chaos Space Marine force I purchased from a friend. I had 5 bloodletters, 1 bloodthirster, two squads of marines, two squads of berzerkers, five terminators and a squad of havocs from 2nd edition.

First army is Eldar at the end of 4th (never looked back). My first game was against Chaos Demons.

my first game I played against a Lord of Change and some pink Horrors with 2 10 Man squads of Dire avengers, a War Walker and an Avatar of Khaine. I lost only cause he changed my avatar into a spawn cause I rolled a 6 on toughness check...

My first army is actually the only one I have so far ! Although I have set up and have ordered the parts for an 1850 point list. Currently I have a list of 1000 points Sisters/Space Wolves. I tend to do research on things before flying into them, especially such an expensive hobby...so my first army list probably wasn't as terrible as it could have been.

My first army was actually the old Imperial Guard battleforce. If I remember right it had like 10 Guardsmen, a Command Squad, a Sentinel, and a Heavy Weapons Squad.

The first army I played with was Squats when an older friend introduced me to his friends.

So, naturally the first army I owned was Space Marines because I was like 12 or 13 and they looked cool. This was right as the first Mk VII guys were being released prior to 2nd Edition, and the helmets reminded me of Darth Vader.

The DA half of the Dark Vengeance box, plus some stuff here and there.

Funnily, Genestealer Cult list. May have to resurrect that one with the new Deathwatch game.