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Why did you choose your main army?
I dont have any armies / dont play
Easy to paint
Fun to paint
Powerful codex/army book
Aesthetic of the minis
Ease of modeling
Good model support
Real-world inspiration (eg: IG player was in the military)
Conversion opportunities
To make a point (Daemon's aren't overpowered, DH are still viable, etc)
Most convenient (eBay deal, friend gave them to you, etc.)
Other (write in)
General background of the army

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Decrepit Dakkanaut






London, UK

As suggested by Paladin Blake

edit: added background option

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Hungry Ork Hunta Lying in Wait





Washington State

I started Orks because I love the look and feel of the models, along with fun rules and great conversion opportunities.

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Master Sergeant




North Carolina

I started sm because my brother gave me his army.It was in a trash bag filled with goat poop and straw, and it had been sitting in our barn for 5 years. Most of the terminators and space marines survived but the land raider, rhinos, vindicator, predator, bikes and speeders were all smashed and i could only find a few peices of most of them.

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Grim Rune Priest in the Eye of the Storm





Riverside CA

My coice is Simple: Space Wolves
Fun to paint
Aesthetic of the minis
Good model support [with the exeption of Thunder Wolves]
Conversion opportunities
Other (write in)
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Boosting Space Marine Biker






Sacramento, CA

I started with space marines because their aesthetic is what lured me into 40k. I also selected "other" for the background of the army, which is a selection that seems to be missing. I will also start a Tau army soon because I like their background and the models.

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Jealous that Horus is Warmaster






i picked orc and goblins because of the animosity rule. it makes them unpredictable


 
   
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Fresh-Faced New User




I started with Necrons and found them Boring

Orks win or lose or fun to play
   
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Calm Celestian




Florida, USA

IG because of being in the military and at the time no one in my area played them.

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Focused Dark Angels Land Raider Pilot





In a field of sheep...

i picked the general background, because i really like the background of Dark Angels, although i also like the aesthetics of the models

   
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Courageous Silver Helm





Vancouver

All about the conversion oportunities for me, so originally the armies I played had a large selection of plastic kits which I could do a lot with. Also, I must be fun to paint because I simply cannot paint stuff that I hate the look of.

40k: - Cadian 231st, Death Guard, Sisters, Dark Eldar Iyanden, Scythes of the Emperor

WHFB Armies: High Elves, Empire, WoC, Beastmen, Lizardmen, Dark Elves, Vampires
 
   
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Decrepit Dakkanaut





Vallejo, CA

Other.

I got into IG because of a particularly traumatic incident involving crisis suits back when I was an eldar player. I wanted something that was able to kill units behind cover, and I heard of the basilisk...

When I eventually got back into 40k, I picked guard, and a basilisk was my first purchase after a box of troops.

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Irked Necron Immortal






Tau love the story...reminds me of avatar or something..easy to paint and fun, and now doing space marines..not so fun to paint..but i love the models

Morat Noob

New Sylvans eventually

10k+

30k

Snowy bases for the snow god!!
 
   
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Raging-on-the-Inside Blood Angel Sergeant





Lawrenceville, New Jersey, USA

I picked the Black Templars because of their background and especially after Helsreach fleshed them out some more.

The black rage is within us all. Lies offer no shield against it. You speak of donning the black of duty for the red of brotherhood; but it is the black of rage you shall wear when the end comes.

Black Templars -
Deathskull Orks
Adeptus Mechanicus
Blood Angels
Genestealer Cult
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Tough-as-Nails Ork Boy






Orkz, because my brother took the SM of the AOBR.

Rokkit Robbaz (Deathskull)

10 Boyz
1 Nob 
   
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Terminator with Assault Cannon






OKC, Oklahoma

The bg and the following quotes from the Squat 'codex', copied from the Lexicanum...

Of all the races of the universe the Squats have the longest memories and the shortest tempers. They are uncouth, unpredictably violent, and frequently drunk. Overall, I'm glad they're on our side!

You people do well at war because you treat it as a religion. We do well because we treat it as a business. It is just a matter of outlook.

On one side of me stand my Homeworld, Stronghold and Brotherhood; On the other, my ancestors. I cannot behave otherwise than honourably.


How Jervis can say they (GW) did this race a disservice is beyond me. (to me) The above is plenty to inspire a theme for the force.

Of all the races of the universe the Squats have the longest memories and the shortest tempers. They are uncouth, unpredictably violent, and frequently drunk. Overall, I'm glad they're on our side!

Office of Naval Intelligence Research discovers 3 out of 4 sailors make up 75% of U.S. Navy.
"Madness is like gravity... All you need is a little push."

:Nilla Marines: 2500
:Marine "Scouts": 2500 (Systemically Quarantined, Unsupported, Abhuman, Truncated Soldiers)

"On one side of me stand my Homeworld, Stronghold and Brotherhood; On the other, my ancestors. I cannot behave otherwise than honorably."
 
   
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Hellish Haemonculus






Boskydell, IL

Convenience. I would have been interested in any of the Imperial forces, Necrons, Orks, Tau, or even some Chaos factions. I just happened to get offered a sweet deal on a Space Marine army.

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Slaanesh Chosen Marine Riding a Fiend




Inside a pretty, pretty pain cave... won't you come inside?

Orks. The most fun race, win or lose.

 
   
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Humming Great Unclean One of Nurgle





Georgia,just outside Atlanta

My main army is Death Guard,I love the conversion opportunities,the flavor of the army and I love the whole idea of dragging the mighty and pure into the filth.

My secondary army are Orkz...and well,I just love everything about orkz.


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Squishy Squig






Pickens, SC

I'm just getting started and just about everyone that plays at the local hobby store plays SM's so I thought I'd go with Orks to stir up some trouble.

 
   
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Fixture of Dakka





dead account

I liked the look and background to the Khador forces.
   
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Gargantuan Gargant





Binghamton, NY

Convenience. I got AoBR to try out the hobby and I became hooked. I liked the two armies, so I expanded them both. It was a stroke of pure luck that the two armies that came with the set are both armies I like. If the box came with Eldar and Necrons, I'd have ~1000 points of models I'd never use, and ~1000 points fewer Orks and SM.

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Fresh-Faced New User




Gold Coast, QLD, Australia

Witch Hunters.

Awesome models, awesome artwork in the Codex, great background, and really really fun to play

are planned...

 
   
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Ork-Hunting Inquisitorial Xenokiller





Trondheim

Warriors Of Chaos because of their codex, and their ability to wipe the floor with just about any army. Oh and for their great models

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Disciples Of Nidhog 2500 (CSM)

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Sword-Bearing Inquisitorial Crusader






Who wants to know?

General background and i just liked the idea of battlesuit/mecha style stuff

Pelvic Thrust FTW
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5000 points
2500 points
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On a Canoptek Spyder's Waiting List






I chose "ease of modelling" but i also chose them because of "good model support". Orks are so much easier to model/convert than necrons

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Anti-Armour Swiss Guard






Newcastle, OZ

General aesthetics of the models.

I won't field an army of "ugly" models - so I'll never play tyranids, chaos or DE (in their current range).

Power level of the army is irrelevant - I play DH (no allies and never have), so it's not about the winning.

I'm OVER 50 (and so far over everyone's BS, too).
Old enough to know better, young enough to not give a ****.

That is not dead which can eternal lie ...

... and yet, with strange aeons, even death may die.
 
   
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Booming Thunderer





I find one of the biggest draws to me is playstyle: How does an army function on the tabletop, what are its specific strengths and weaknesses? I try to choose armies that will play differently than the ones I have or than the more common ones in my group (mostly a Fantasy player though, so more radical differences).

Aside from this, the minis make a huge impact. I wouldn't collect an army I couldn't stand the look of, or one that I would never be able to customize to some extent.
   
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Bryan Ansell





Birmingham, UK

I go by fluff then see if the army fits into my playstyle.

Currently I'm building up a Space Wolves force but only because I have been given a sh*tload of SW sprues and marine minis
   
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Perturbed Blood Angel Tactical Marine




behind you

I play DA as I was given half an army and the codex so it seemed the easiest option

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Twisted Trueborn with Blaster






Northern Ireland

Love skimpery brittle evil little laughing basgrabs of dark eldar, and it was handy getting the space marines given to me at a tiny price, but I quickly grew to love theyre mighty awesomeness aswell, and they are my main army now.

Flon!!!


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Sorry chromedog; Chaos are ugly?

Have you had a bad experience against chaos or sumthing?

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