Like many of you, I started with HeroQuest and then proceeded to BattleMasters and Warhammer Quest, and then my high school friends and I took the plunge and bought Warhammer armies, I believe it was 4th edition at the time. I took undead because I heard painting skellies was the fastest, but then I'm a modeller, so of course I had to put eight layers of shading and washes on each one!
I took a long break from the hobby to attend school and take parental leave, but now that my son is two I've really gotta bust ass to get all my old mini's painted before he's old enough to play! I've got a plog here: http://wickedmetal.blogspot.com/ and I've started getting stuck in to my Silver Tower set, because I'm a GW shill and they own my soul. Comments and general faffery are encouraged. Looking forward to diving in to a new round of HeroQuest with a few work buddies who also remember it from their childhood!
And since you read this far, a bonus: my paint station!