My favourite 40k army, the one I started with, and my main army has always been Ultramarines.
People have asked why (or just plain assumed that) I jumped on the Ultramarine bandwagon, because that& #39;s what& #39;s in the boxes.
However this is not the case at all.
I began... 1/
People have asked why (or just plain assumed that) I jumped on the Ultramarine bandwagon, because that& #39;s what& #39;s in the boxes.
However this is not the case at all.
I began... 1/
...collecting in 1994, when I got my first ever miniature for Christmas. A lead Space Marine Terminator with Lightning Claws. At the time, 40k was in the height of 2nd edition and Blood Angels were literally the poster boys.
A schoolfriend who already played offered to... 2/
A schoolfriend who already played offered to... 2/
...paint it for me.
He gave me the choice of bone, red, grey/blue or mid blue.
Now I& #39;d always loved aircraft, growing up near a military airfield, so blue for the sky was my favourite colour. So I chose mid blue.
...3/
He gave me the choice of bone, red, grey/blue or mid blue.
Now I& #39;d always loved aircraft, growing up near a military airfield, so blue for the sky was my favourite colour. So I chose mid blue.
...3/
...
When he was finished, he returned my Terminator, painted up in the rich blue of what I would later find out was the Ultramarines. I thought it looked awesome. I got the Codex, some extra bits... 4/
When he was finished, he returned my Terminator, painted up in the rich blue of what I would later find out was the Ultramarines. I thought it looked awesome. I got the Codex, some extra bits... 4/
...and before long, GW Salisbury opened, and the rest, as they say, is history!
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How did you start #Warmongers?
#Warmongers #warwardens #WarhammerCommunity #warhammer40k #spacemarines #ultramarines #gargoylesplinthpaintingstudio