My name is Nick Itsou
and I am a Grey Knight Captain. Previously I was
part of the Canadian Outrider program, and I am
one of the longest serving volunteers. Before becoming
a volunteer, I worked for Games Workshop retail
at the Scarborough Store until I found a job in
my chosen career of engineering. My favourite part
of the hobby is meeting all the enthusiastic hobbyists.
I really enjoy events like Conflicts and Games
Day, where I get to see all the excellent participants
of this hobby, both rookie and veteran! As a Grey
Knight, I am happy to run events and do my part
to help the hobby grow. After all, I too was once
just getting into the hobby and I had to figure
it out on my own. Back then we didn't have a lot
of clubs, or volunteers. It's a privilege to be
able to support the hobby in this way.
I am from Scarborough,
and generally work within the GTA. I've been known
to range as far as Barrie and other distant Ontario
locales for local events. I also travel to places
like Montreal for the national events, like Conflict.
So don't be surprised if one day you find me at
a conflict in BC or the east coast some day!
I've been collecting and
painting toy soldiers since the age of seven. I
was a huge collector of WWII figures and expanded
into fantasy miniatures for role-play. I have collected
many of the Citadel range of models and played
Games Workshop games since they first appeared.
You could say I basically grew up with the Company,
enjoying every new product line as it arrived!
I had my first experience
with GW when I walked into a small local gaming
store. I found a pack of Citadel skeletons; they
fascinated me as I had just started role-playing.
I didn't have quite enough money to buy that little
pack. But after a few weeks of saving my change,
I went back and bought several. Then I saw one
of the first glorious catalogues of available Citadel
miniatures and I was hooked!
My collection of painted
armies includes;
Chaos Mortals, Orcs
and Goblins, Empire
The Lord of The Rings:
Riders of Rohan,
Army of the White Hand of Saruman
Inquisitor:
Retinue based
on a Puritan Inquisitor in power armour, with gun
slinger, Tech Priest, and sundry other servants.
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Several Space Marines armies,
including Crimson Fists and my own home brewed chapter.
Chaos Space Marines, Dark Eldar, Tyranids, Eldar
Combat Patrol, Ork Combat Patrol.
Norscan Rampagers
Middenheimers
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Redemptionists |
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are so many... I'm always trying to expand my armies, but
currently I working on two armies: Tyranids for 40K, and
Empire for Warhammer. I'm also putting some additional touches
on my newest Space Marine army. I often do side projects
when cool and interesting models come out, to add some variety
to my painting time. I find the best way to keep painting
interesting is to mix it up and paint something different
each time you start a new project.
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