Wargaming, a new beginning?

Wargaming for me has been a long journey. I have shelled out probably thousands on GW product over the years and on some other manufacturers and you know, I never completed an army or used my minis in anger.
I started out maybe 1998 ( or maybe 1997) with my copy of White Dwarf 223 got my parents to get me the 3rd edition Warhammer 40k so that I can battle it out with my friend, Darbs. Well sounds good but didn’t end up that way, opinions change and those battles never happened! I carried on painting over 10 years but never met anyone to actually game with. Did some painting with a few people but never got the gaming off the ground.

So I shelved the modelling for a while, working life got turned upside down and my mind was focussed on other things. Since then I have reconnected with my friend Darbs who I lost touch with since maybe 2004/2005 and you know that 4-5 year gap feels like last week. It’s like we never stopped talking, that’s a great sign of a good friendship but we both came to the conclusion that we would like to get wargaming back on the table (pardon the pun) and so this year we have been studying the WH40k rule book, painting and modelling around our busy lives but we are having a blast doing it and I think it is a good excuse for a beer too!

So what is this blog about?

The blog is about wargaming (no way!) and just chronicling my adventures in various hobby related realms. I am starting at 40k ( jeez, the prices have sky rocketed!) on a budget, reusing my old models and the ones that never got finished which amounts to a lot of product!
I intend to do fantasy wargaming as well and may pass on Warhammer and head over to Mantic for this side of gaming. Please let me know any decent 28mm fantasy ranges that you know are good value for money I will be glad of your input.
I will also cover 15mm which I am dabbling in but these will be on the back burner for a while, I will attempt to bring updates as often as I can though.
I am not the fastest painter so posts will probably not be every week but I aim to eventually do this as a way of encouraging myself and to keep focussed.
I  have tried to get Darbs to write his own blog but he may just post on this blog instead.

So there you are, a little bit of detail. Thanks for stopping by, hope you enjoy it and feel free to leave comments. Ciao!