Project: warhammer veteran / 40k novice

Well I've been 20 years playing warhammer, skaven, high elves, ogre kingdoms, night goblins and of course Dark elves. I've always been one of those players who paints to play, a couple of base colors and a few washes and I'm spent - particularly when you're trying to paint 150 nigh identical clan rats.

With a new edition and after getting really excited about Dark Heresy i decided to kill three birds with one stone. Start warhammer 40, put some real effort into painting, and collect the coolest looking army GW have produced.

I'm starting simple, I bought the new painting guide and I'm gonna see whether I can turn out a fun army with some decent conversions to a good standard. Today I spent an hour with the guy in GW Leicester working out which of the 52 paints in the book I had already (or which we're particularly good). 25 new paints a couple of brushes and the painting station in the bag.

Oh yeah, I also bought a box of Kabalite warriors. So I've made up 5 models and cleaned them. They're basic warriors with splinter rifles only. Lastly I need a name for this Kabal, something to strike fear into the hearts of the Tau (that my brother is starting at the same time). More on that soon!