Blather, Waffle and Poppycock!

[DecemDave]

Oh what have you guys started?  I don't like thinking too much about the labours ahead:

1. Complete "butterfly" project with 1/72 saxons and Vikings
2. Back to true scale and complete ugrade of "verneuil" armies. My "MO" is usually to buy something off ebay, touch up, reflag add another 50% new for variety and to break up unhistorical "strip" ranks and re-base it all.
3. Consolidate and Upgrade two ebay purchased WOTR armies. did someone mention 90 figure units?
4. New Late Roman, upgrade purchased Romano-Brit and Early Saxon
5. Upgrade ebay purchased huns
6. New Peninsular Spanish, Brits, Portugese, French
7. New Barons War medievals to incude scots and welsh
8. Upgrade Scottish ECW and new Jacobites.  (I will leave the opposition for fear of having to start whole Marlburian/SYW eras)
9. New Dark Age (Dux Bellorum) Picts, Scots, Irish, Welsh, Mercian
10. Upgrade Napoleonic Russian, Prussian, Austrian
11. 1/72 "El Cid" Spanish, Andalus and Herbert Lom army
12. 1/72 Crusades including Baltic, Mongols, Rus

And then he tempts me with those glorious AWI and Russians!

Is there anywhere we can get help? 

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Is there anywhere we can get help? 

NO Where are the Cheiftain and FV432 (Leon is going to bar me soon)

[pierre the shy]

Maybe this will help justfy your "lead mountain"? 

Looks like this guy is more into 40K...probably why he also has another video on "You Need to Watch Out for Hobby Debt" 

I think you'll find that you can buy many more 10mm Chieftains/FV 432's than you could buy 40K "Rus/Leaman" (or whatever they are called) tanks for the same amount of money.....      

[Orcs]

Is there anywhere we can get help? 

No not a chance, just accept you are an addict.

Recovering wargamers are as common as unicorns, as they tend to relapse every time they see something shiny.

If you ever see Ground Zero games stand at a show he has a container with "free figures" working on the principle, that the first hit is free, then you will be back for more. 

[Ithoriel]

Peter, knowing fellow addicts may be even worse than I doesn't make me feel better about my own

Outstanding projects

1/?
Spaceships and assorted scenery

1/4800
Napoleonic Naval

1/3000
WW2 British and German naval

1/2400
Armada period English and Spanish

1/1200
Roman and Carthaginian naval

1/600
Sengoku Jidai Japanese
WW2 Coastal naval
WW2 NWE Brits and Germans

1/300
Sumerians and enemies
Late Romans and enemies
Renaissance Italian Wars
WW2 Germans and Russians
Epic 40K - Imperial Guard, Space Marines, Eldar, Squats
10mm

15mm
Early Hominids for Tribal (Homo Heidelbergensis, Homo Neanderthalensis, Homo Denisova, Homo Floresiensis, Homo Sapiens plus assorted wildlife)
Napoleonic French
Samurai
WW2 Germans and Russians
Warmaster - High Elves, Empire, Albion, Lizardmen, Dry Undead, Chaos, Haradrim 

20mm
WW2 Germans and Russians
Sci-fi figures and scenery for RPGs

28mm
Generic Fantasy for RPG's
Far Horizon: Zero Dawn
Assorted Warhammer 40K

No doubt there are others buried in the back of cupboards and long forgotten!

[fsn]

Oh what have you guys started?  I don't like thinking too much about the labours ahead:

Sorry. I am comforted to know that everyone else seems to be as messy as I am. 

did someone mention 90 figure units?

'Fraid so. For Napoleonics, I went for a division level game (10-12 battalions typically) and a ratio of about 1:10. This typically gives 60-80 figures per battalion, 40 per cavalry regiment but the Austrians want a bit more,

For the Romans I went 1:50 which gives me legions of 100 figures. 
 

[Ithoriel]

Hmm ... my cut'n'paste seems to have eaten my 10mm section

10mm

WW2 Germans and Russians (again!)
Warmaster - High Elves, Empire, Albion, Dry Undead, Chaos, Lizardmen, Herne and the Forces of the Forest and Haradrim

[fred.]

I think you'll find that you can buy many more 10mm Chieftains/FV 432's than you could buy 40K "Rus/Leaman" (or whatever they are called) tanks for the same amount of money.....  

About 12:1 for Pendraken tanks vs a GW 40k Leman Russ

But that's not even trying as you can get 28:1 tanks vs 1 single command figure...

(I used WWII tanks, modern ones are a bit more expensive so just 8:1)

[Orcs]

In these days where mental health is a more open subject, and  good mental health is something that is something that we should strive for. It should be made known particularly to spouses (other relationships are available), that a wargamer needs their own body weight in unpainted metal, resin or plastic to feel content. 

 

[DecemDave]

that a wargamer needs their own body weight in unpainted metal, resin or plastic to feel content. 

 
At last, a reason for gaining weight.  Pass the Mars bars...

[paulr]

   

My list of projects is a little different:

• Indian Mutiny / First Indian War of Independance
• Painting 120 more 40mm hexes for coastlines in naval games
• Pondering what should come next

[fsn]

 

I really admire your discipline, but not having at least 6 things that you could possibly do next?!

That's a little bit frightening.

[fred.]

   

My list of projects is a little different:

• Indian Mutiny / First Indian War of Independance
• Painting 120 more 40mm hexes for coastlines in naval games
• Pondering what should come next

That is worryingly short as a list of projects!


Last time I compiled a list, I had more on my painting table than that!

[Steve J]

Hmmm, an earlier post I made this afternoon has failed to appear. Let's see if this one works .

[paulr]

I really admire your discipline, but not having at least 6 things that you could possibly do next?!

That's a little bit frightening.

I've got plenty I could possibly do next; the question is what...

That is worryingly short as a list of projects!

Last time I compiled a list, I had more on my painting table than that!