Oh boy where to start... well, for one thing, I initially got into the hobby back in 1998 when it was still in in second edition, a few months before 3rd edition and at a time when the internet was still somewhat in its infancy and before Google even existed! I originally played a Blood Angels and Chaos SM army but really found gaming groups hard to come by. Also being 18 and not owning a car made going anywhere a huge pain in the ass. I played for a few years, went to university and basically ran out of time to play anything before eventually selling both armies via ebay in about 2001 and hadn't touched the hobby since...
I played the Dawn of War (I & II) series on the pc, starting around 2004/2005 which somewhat brought me back into the lore of the Warhammer universe, I always found that to be one of the most interesting aspects of the hobby and really did wonder what it would take to get me back into gaming and modelling.
Fast forward to Winter 2015 and I was looking for something to do with my time.. what really brought me back into the WH40k table top fold was this dumb app 'WH40k Freeblade' which I play on ios (haven't spent a dime on it at least!!) and I thought to myself to have a look on eBay and see what's out there. I've been reading through Lexicannum and the 40k Wikia for years so I felt that I still got most of the fluff. I felt that if I ever get back into the hobby, it was going to be with a Chaos Space Marine force, I just really liked the lore and for some reason Emperor's Children really stuck with me. Maybe something about Fulgrim being somewhat of a tragic hero or the fact that these Marines are absolute lunatics... or the pink power armour.. I'm not sure, but I decided to build an army and get back into the game.
Thankfully I got the support of my wife to do this, she encouraged me to get into it again as I've always loved model building and this gives me a chance to do it again.
I managed to pick up quite a number of models over eBay and probably have somewhere around 2500? points of figures. I haven't exactly totaled them up and I'm not anywhere near done painting them. I've been struggling to find many resources on EC marines and painting guides so I figured I may start my own. I don't claim to be anywhere close to a professional painter so I'm learning as I go. Have most of my supplies; brushes, paints, wet palette, etc and I'm raring to go.
Looking to document my progress along the way, post pics of WIP and finished models and hopefully increase my skills over the coming weeks and months.
See you on the other side..
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