Why part 2

Life was strange at that time, I was working 3 weeks a month in London and spending the 4th week in New York. Upon my return to London I looked for a local store and found one nearby. I invested in a copy of a just released book for the game called Codex:Armageddon and for the first time got to see the Salamander marines. I found their humanitarian aspect interesting and at that point decided immediately to do my first 40k army, the Salamander Space Marines.

This then grew into a website (as often my interest do, but more on that later), called Vulkans Forge. I had a wild time making up a background for the Salamanders as little was disclosed by Games workshop, so I created sanctuary cities, created pseudo realistic excuses for the Time of Trial on Nocturne, and postulated about the chapter fortress on Prometheus. I also painted my very first Salamander space marine (it was shocking).

Eventually looking for more about the Salamanders led me to the Bolter & Chainsword message board which was on EzBoard at the time.
-- On the move with my iPhone