The back story

I started playing roleplay games, fantasy wargames and painting miniatures back in 1984 at the robust age of 13. I stopped gaming in 1992 but continued to paint my lead pile and even briefly painted semi professionally in the mid nineties. I hung up my paintbrush in 1999 when real life and general apathy finally set in.
Sadly all my RPG games, several thousand miniatures and Citadel paints were lost in 2003. I thought that was the end of it but in the last few years the itch has returned and I couldn’t resist. So 22 years since I last gamed and after a 15 year break from painting I’m back starting from scratch.