Falling Back On Old Favorites

Old School here to talk to the veteran players out there about old armies. Have you ever sold or traded off an army and just found yourself wishing you hadn't? Have you stuck something away in the closet because the edition, the codex, the FAQ ect and wonder about it sometimes in the wee hours of the night? I do ...

... and lately it has been my Deathwing. It has been forever since I have seen them and sadly, the last time they were on the table under my watch was against my Chaos, in the hands of another player. They are like a girlfriend that broke up with you instead of the other way around (wait ... nobody breaks up with me!) and sometimes, you just wonder what could have been. I am certainly feeling that way right now and with 14 months with the new chick (tyranids) and with a new FAQ, I think it may be time to recreate the force using my newer, better paint skills and the addition of other elements of the Dark Angels army.

I was thinking along the lines of 4-5 squads of mixed magnetised Lightning Claws and Thunderhammers, Cyclone Missile Launchers, an awesome custom Belial and apothacary of course, some devestators, a ven dread, some Speeders, some bikes and even Sammy for the hell of it. I could pull this off AND would do it without counts as AND put it on the table regularly until the next CSM codex drops ... hmm.

What about you guys? Have an army that you just can't let go of ... even after you have let it go? I have been steadily collecting stuff for my Chaos army even though I haven't played it in a year, but I have almost never even thought about my old Tau ... what is it about an army that keeps you coming back to it and thinking about building it or recreating it? What cures yhour fix for this sort of stuff?

Don't tell me I am the only one who pines away for his old favorites!