From the Old the New were forged - Pt1 My Chapter is planned.

Hi Folks!

For a while, well around a year and 4 months, I have been back into the Warhammer Universe.
After a very loooong break (17+ years) I returned by painting in my spare time for a bit of fun, as we all know this leads to a serious kit addiction.
For the past year I have started two groups on Facebook;
The Warhammer Group and Artificers & Artisans , Both real good places to share and chat about the hobby. Please check em out and join us.
It's the latter group where the urge to play the game again has arisen.
A friend on there has a set up a Warhammer World meeting for a few games and a get together.
This is set up for the end of January.

  I have agreed to attend.......
    I have no army....................
      I have just over 2 months....

So first step is to pick a Chapter.
I was and still am a fan of the Ultramarines, first army I owned way back when that quality 2nd edition starter dropped in my lap Christmas95.
But I have sensed a touch of hostility towards them, and they seem over done .
So I have toyed with the idea of doing something that isn't done much these days and go with a 2nd founding army.
So of course I looked into it, I asked one of the groups for help in finding the Chapter I was after....I knew the colours just not the name.
Like the good folks they are I had my answer in minutes.

The Eagle Warriors, 2nd founded from the Ultramarines 20th company.

With that information in hand I started to work on a tester model and work out what colours to use and how to do the split scheme some justice.

I chose to do a Veteran Sergeant in Terminator armour

I painted the whites first, I then masked it off and painted the blues in. 

It was actually really good fun to paint and I look forward to doing more. 

So now I have to sort out an army list up to 2000 points.
And I have been drafting this out via Battlescribe. And it has shown me how much work I have ahead of me.
2 months feels like a very short amount of time to get it done and get it done to the level I want them to be.

So I that brings me here........

I wanted to share the process with everyone , the highs and lows of fitting a day job ,day today life ,and aspiring war hero of the grim dark future that is Warhammer 40,000.

Cheers and here's to the next 2 months of serious painting....oh and Christmas =D

Many Thnaks James.