Well after circa 20 years away from the tabletop hobby (and a few years of attempts from several friends and family), I'm diving back in with Leviathan. Between this, my love for the actual universe/lore, Space Marine 2 (video game) and the 'Nids and Dark Angels both getting some love all at once (which was both forces I had back then), it just felt like the right time, and my wife has shown interest in doing a Tzeentch force she can use cross AoS and 40K.
Definately feels like coming full circle, especially since last year I found my old Skullz card (never turned in) and my old 2nd edition Hive Tyrant; who may well get kitbashed and repainted and re-used as a Tyranid Warrior or similar. HE IS SO TINY!!
Looking forward to it, the game has likely changed an awful lot, but I've always loved the universe, the stories, the aesthetic etc, and the new models look fantastic. Also a hell of a lot of nostalgia in the new Screamer Killer aka OG Carnifex!
PPS I really regret giving most of my original models away now!!! (I had around 3k points of 'Nids and 500-1000 of Ravenwing...)
Did a quick trial session and walked past a few of the rebranded Warhammer stores (still keep calling them GW) and have to say the overall friendliness, lack of sales push, and seeming desire to actually help you enjoy the hobby seem to be SO much better than it was 1-2 decades ago; as does reduction in the amount of 'everything has to be painted' that used to get rammed down your throat, with one store going as far as to say assembled was all they required, and the others basically all being happy with minimum level of a basecoat; big difference to the old days where I used to remember people being sent away because their armies or models were painted or painted coherently enough; and people walking into the store and getting offered the biggest box sets going within seconds.
Actually makes me feel like I might be able to enjoy the tabletop hobby again between my friends and family, the local store, and also the local independent (which luckily also stocks a big range), the game is also expensive as hell as it always was, but at least they actually seem to offer decent ranges of combi box sets nowadays which give you a decent discount over buying seperate, and again makes a nice difference (was eying up the Dark Angels combat patrol for example...)
Will probably grab a few once the entire tyranid range is refreshed and new multiboxes etc out. Need me some Genestealer CQC carnage again!
