I've been an avid collector and gamer for quite some time, since the late 80's really, truth be told, and having worked for GW for a period I became disillusioned by the hobby seeing it as a very "clicky" place to work, and always feeling very out of place (I have other hobbies, loving automotive mechanics and tuning cars, this being far more expensive, as well as socialising with friends over a ps2/xbox at the time, now it's a ps3 or the 360

However, now my girlfriend of 7 years expressed an interest in Dawn of War and has been after me painting one of the LotR Nazgul models for a couple of years after seeing one on the 'net somewhere.
So the collection has been pulled back out of hibernation and currently the 1300pts of dwarven troops are being painted by Emma and I with a view to completing them, then my marines and building Lizardman and Eldar armies for her.
We are aiming at the moment for two 1500pts Warhammer armies and two 500pts 40k armies to start us back into the hobby and provide something we can either build on or simply game with to give us something else to enjoy as a couple.
Anyway hi everyone.