2nd Edition(ish) Nostalgia
I first started got into GW games properly back in 1994/5 with 2nd Ed 40K (well, Heroquest and Space Crusade before that, but I wasn’t really aware of the link until my brother brought home a copy of White Dwarf I think). Probably because of this, my hazy nostalgia point is bright orange/red marines, spikes plants, and green bases, and it’s always formed an impression as to what I think a lot of the models and games should look like. One of the things I’d had in the back of my mind to do at some point was a 2nd Ed army, or as near as. While I’ve still got some of my old models, I ended up adding to them over the last few years, but only really painted a couple of models until recently. For whatever reason, I found the inspiration to actually get on with doing it since Christmas this year, to the stage that I’ve now completed a couple of tactical squads and a few characters - fair but to go, but a decent start at least! I’ve got a third Tac Squad on the go currently (the old statue mari...