[Background]

I first start collecting Games Workshop games/minitures when I was around 12 (I'm now 30) after my uncle introduced me to Dragon Quest (a Games Workshop published Talisman game I believe) and the White Dwarf magazine. Dragon Quest was a game where up to 4 players (Knight, Ranger, Barbarian and Dwarf) race through a laberynth to get to the treasure room at the centre, steel as much treasure as they can carry and get out before they either wake the dragon guarding it or the sun sets (instant death). Where this differs from most board games was that the game board layout was not actually set - at every turn, the player would pull a random tile from the box and use it to create the dungeon 1 room at a time, with various room tiles such as "Cave in", "Trapped Room", "Pits" & "Corridors" (which give an extra move) the game was great fine to play. And now the cycle is repeating, as I'm teaching my 5 year old nephew to play it.

I've been collecting Games Workshop models for a number of years, WH: 40K in particular, (although I've never actually played a game). I've always enjoyed painting them (even if I'm not actually that good at it). I've always gone for interesting models and generally haven't followed any one race, with models in my collection ranging from the original Space Marines and Ork/Gretchin from my first WH:40K and Space Crusade boxsets, to the space Marines and Dark Eldar in the boxset that followed (along with a couple of Helion Death Gliders (which always reminded me of Spidermans Green Goblin)) to the odd Tyranid Carnifex (or 2) and Striking Scorpions squad (includng Exarch and Lord) and even a few Chaos Marines (including Fabious Bile, Ahriman, a Juggernaught of Khorne and a couple of Blue Horrors). I've also got a squad of Blood Angels, which I'm hoping to repaint soon as DA (although I'm torn between leaving them as they are, as they were the first Marines I painted all those years ago). i've also got a small squad of 3 Legion of the Damned (including the ltd edition Sergeant that came out) which I'm considering agrading to a full squad of 10 for Re-inforcements

I stopped painting for a while after my nephew was born, but recently got back into it after seeing the new Assault on Black Reach boxset and decided to try and build a proper Dark Angel or Dark Angel successor chapter (haven't decided which yet) I've also got a small Necron army (x2 Squads of Necron Warriors, x2 C'Tan Lords, x1 Destroyer, x1 Heavy Destoryer, and x2 Immortals as well as a few scarab bases).

I've decided to list the models in my DA army and see where things go from there. I'm hoping to include another Dreadnought soon as well as my 5th box of Tactical Marines [Note: This is not my army list, just the models I have available]

HQ:

1. Force Commander: Raziel (Master crafted Bolt Pistol & Plasma Pistol) (Model: Cypher)
2. Captain in Terminator Armour (Storm Bolter/Power Fist)
3. Captain (Bolt Pistol/Power Sword)
4. Captain (Bolter/Power Sword) (Model: AaSR Captain)
5. Librarian (Plasma Pistol/Force Rod)
6. Chaplain: (Bolt Pistol/Power Sword/Crozius Arcanum) (Model: Asmodai)

Elite:

1. Terminator Squad

(x3 Sergent Storm Bolter/Power Sword) (x9 Storm Bolters/Power Fist) (x1 Flamer/Power Fist) (x1 Flamer/Chain FIst) (x1 Assault Cannon/Power Fist) (x1 Cyclone Missile Launcher/Chain Fist)

1. Terminator Assault Squad

(x5 Lightning Claws) (x1 Thunder Hammer/Storm Shield)

1. Veteran Space Marines

(x1 Bolt Pistol/Power Fist) (x3 Bolt Pistol/Chain Swords) (x4 Bolters) (x1 Flamer) (x1 Missile Launcher)

Troop

1. Tactical Space Marines

(x5 Sergents, Bolt Pistol/Chainsword) (x1 Sergent, Bolter/Powerfist) (x41 Bolters)

• • Special Weapons**

(x1 Plasma Rifle) (x3 Meltaguns) (x6 Flamers)

• • Heavy Weapons**

(x2 Multimelters) (x4 Lascannons) (x5 Heavy Bolters) (x6 Missile Launchers)

1. Scouts

(x1 Sergent, Plasma Pistol) (Model: Assassin) (x1 Sergent, Bolt Pistol/Chain Sword) (x2 Bolt Pistol/Combat Blade) (x1 Bolter) (x1 Heavy Bolter)

Heavy

1. Whirlwind
2. Dreadnought (Twin-linked Lascannon/Missile Launcher) (model: Old Metal Dreadnought)
3. Dreadnought (Multi-Melta/Powerfist with Flamer) (Model: AaSR Dreadnought)

Fast

1. Bike (Twin Linked Bolters)
2. Tornado (Assault Cannon/Heavy Bolter)
3. Tornado (Multi-Melta)