Well, before I start, I better establish where I am. I have been a wargamer for about 20 years but have only just returned to the hobby after a number of years away. This more or less coincided with the launch of Warhammer 40k 5th Ed. So I pulled down my Ultramarines from my parents loft and got the boys in blue ready to play. Played some down at the Stoke GW where the staff are great.
Now, since I last played tabletop games, there has been this whole "internet" thing erupt and coming back this time I found a ton of online resources, guides and sources of inspiration along with that other feature of the internet- the online forum. I hung around a number of places before finding where I feel most comfortable, The Warhammer Forum. The community there play a wide range of GW and other publishers games but mainly focus on Warhammer. This was all the inspiration I needed to start a Warhammer army. I read around on a few different options- Empire, Warriors of Chaos, Orcs n Goblins, eventually settling on Wood Elves. The range of models doesn't have a bad sculpt in it and the guerrilla/skirmish style of play really appeals.
I had some vouchers for Christmas that I had saved up so I grabbed a Battalion Box, a Spellweaver and started on my way. I have picked up quite a bit more off the wondrous Ebay for hella cheap prices and now have enough bits to field a proper 2000 points army. All I need to do is paint and assemble it...
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