What was your first 40k army?

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**ultramarinelord**

Started with the AoBR kit in late '08/early '09, I think. I play Space Marines (Blood Ravens).

**Chipposai**

Everybody chooses SM Lol

**warpcrafter**

Orks, when the 2nd edition starter box came out. I also bought a set of the original plastic Orks and converted the hell out of them, along with lots of other stuff. I still miss my Boarboyz, Madboyz and Pulsa Rokkit battery. (Apocalypse only?

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**Blitza da warboy**

Orks and space marines actually, since i bought two kits one being an ork kit and the other a sm kit. though since i am mostly on orks, i guess it would count as orks :/ ( no really?

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**Hawkins**

Harlequins, oh so many years ago.

**Anpu42**

Space Wolves since 1990

**Krellnus**

Tau Empire, Because I think their tanks look awesome.

**Krusha123**

What a suprise. The majority voted Space Marines.

**PukeNut**

I've only been playing warhammer 40k for only a couple of months. I play orks, as me and a buddy split AOBR. I made a promise to my self that when I started playing that whatever army I started with, for better or worse I would stay with that army.

So. . . first and only Orks

**Daba**

Eldar, back in 2nd ed.

The 2nd ed Eldar codex and fluff was inspirational; no one seemed cooler at the time.

**Kommandant56434**

My first army was IG! Still play it now, but have a CSM army, and am waiting for Dark Eldar to update... Well i can dream cant I?

**Redbeard**

Witch Hunters. I picked based on the artwork on the codex cover.

**Shadowbrand**

Chaos Marines.

They were just perfect for me "Evil superhuman warriors"

I regret selling them one day the eight sided star shall lead me to victory.

**Joetaco**

My first army was necrons. I got 1500pts by trading a metal mecha cyber khan (monsterpocalypse wins btw) to a person at our gaming store. The first army i bought was space marines.

**Snikkyd**

At first I was thinking SM but then I felt like that was too bland.

At first I had no interest in Orks, but for whatever reason, all I had to do was read about them to start with them. That happens.

**Flashman**

2nd Edition Biel Tann Eldar - 1000pts. It was quite balanced too... think I had several Guardian squads and a squad each of Avengers, Scorpions, Hawks and Spiders.

**Panic**

yeah,
PlagueMarines... my first and only true love.

Panic...

**Iron Gryphon**

First and only army, Space Marine, more specifically, Ultramarines!!

**Shake Zoola**

Necrons...

and as far as im concerned they are the best starter army out there...simple rules, good staying power, you can have a playable army with nothing more than a battle force and a lord blister making them one of the more inexpensive armies to play...simple to paint...

I could go on...

**fraggrenade**

My first army was the imperial guard, around 4 years ago.

**CrashUSAR**

Technically my first army was 3ed Orks, but being too young to drive the half hour to a game shop I didn't play much...like maybe four or five times. Collected IG when I got back into it last summer and succeeded in playing the piss out of em.

**skullking**

space wolves specifically. Loved the terminators! Then after a little while their 2nd edition codex came out! I was hooked. Started orks when their 2nd ed. codex came out. then nothing for awhile. When I got back into the hobby (sadly, about a decade later), I used my wolves and the few nids I had. Eventually dropped the nids, built up CSM and Eldar. Started Lost and the Damned till they were discontinued

, picked up reg. space marines (sallies/Mandies), and then deamons. Love them all.

**Newt-Of-Death**

Got a box of metal catachans for £13 !

Then ended up with about 800 points worth, and never understood how to play with them. Only started gaming properly when I started with Dark Eldar!

They are just so damn great!

**chaplaingrabthar**

Blood Angels, because that's what came in the 40K2 box.

**devilfluff**

Space marines- Space Wolves to be specific.

I just repainted my first squad. 2nd ed boxed set tac marines...

**eldarbgamer13**

Nids, but now I dint even collect them! =)

**Joostuh**

The Tau are my first and a.t.m. only playable army at 1700-2000pt.

And it well...

It would kick all of your asses...

Tau not competitive in fifth edition... pfff!!!

You must also think that the Fireknife isn't the best Crisis suit configuration...

**Mechnomancer**

I wanted an army that would look good with a COBRA theme. Tau grav tanks fit the bill, so Tau was only natural. I did pretty well too. It was the start of 5th edition and nobody at the flgs had seen a fully mech army. I've since switched to Demons, but I bring out the Tau whenever someone says they aren't competitive.

**BLING MAN**

Space Marines. Though almost all my originally models got cast to the way side. I built them before reading the codex thouroghly and ended up with an excess of heavy bolter tac squad guys and power weapon wielding assualt marines. Plus my painting when I started was nil in comparsion to what I can do now. Now you can't swing a dead cat in my house without hitting a marine.........what ever that means...............

**Skarshak**

When I started, I split with a friend on 2 AoBR box sets and picked the Orkz as my army choice! I've always thing for the greenskinz.