What can you not stop buying???

[Orcs]

Well....
I for one will miss the banter.
Just hope fsn has his next 'want' lined up for when this particular item IS released.
Cheers - Phil

You know when children whine and go on about something they want ie sweets , ice cream etc, - Its fatal and possibly bad parenting to let them have it as it just teaches them to whine more.

With this in mind I think Leon should refuse to sell centurions to FSN 

[Orcs]

"To our wives and girlfriends ... may they never meet!"

I will second that

[Orcs]

Nah, you don't have to actually use em, just see em piled up.  I reckon everyone posting here has an embarrassingly large pewter pile 

Surely you know the two wargamers rule of a long happy life

1 a Wargamer needs at least his own bodyweight in unpainted lead/ resin  to be truely happy

2 When you paint your last unpainted figure - YOU DIE !

By these rules I am exceptionally happy and I should live to 183.

[get2grips]

Surely you know the two wargamers rule of a long happy life

1 a Wargamer needs at least his own bodyweight in unpainted lead/ resin  to be truely happy

2 When you paint your last unpainted figure - YOU DIE !

By these rules I am exceptionally happy and I should live to 183.


  Could no more imagine painting my "last figure" than growing a third arm.
Has anyone here ever actually completed an army, i mean really COMPLETED; done, finished, no more (and that includes all those nagging command vignettes you promised yourself.

[Orcs]

  Could no more imagine painting my "last figure" than growing a third arm.
Has anyone here ever actually completed an army, i mean really COMPLETED; done, finished, no more (and that includes all those nagging command vignettes you promised yourself.

No - The completed army is an Urban Myth. Because

1. we all buy more lead for the army than we actually need
2. We get diverted before all of its painted
3  Even if we do get it all painted some pesky manufacturer brings out a new vehicle or unit we NEED, or just remodel the range.

[get2grips]

No - The completed army is an Urban Myth. Because

1. we all buy more lead for the army than we actually need
2. We get diverted before all of its painted
3  Even if we do get it all painted some pesky manufacturer brings out a new vehicle or unit we NEED, or just remodel the range.

Good points well made.  Why does my wife not understand that "NEED"  

[Hertsblue]

Or 4. With a couple more units I could have the entire brigade/division/corps/army/front (Delete as applicable.) 

[get2grips]

Or 4. With a couple more units I could have the entire brigade/division/corps/army/front (Delete as applicable.) 

Yeah, that's the one.  Completely movable feast.

[nikharwood]

I must be the odd one out then - I never go back to add to armies...I always work out the force I want, buy everything in one go - and paint them all in one go too...then they're done, and I'm on to the next one 

[Orcs]

I must be the odd one out then - I never go back to add to armies...I always work out the force I want, buy everything in one go - and paint them all in one go too...then they're done, and I'm on to the next one 

Yes but you paint 800 10mm  figures including moustaches and eyes in between having tea and your daughters bedtime.

[fsn]

I must be the odd one out then - I never go back to add to armies...I always work out the force I want, buy everything in one go - and paint them all in one go too...then they're done, and I'm on to the next one 

... but then Pendraken add to their ranges and you can't leave the new loveliness unbought, can you?  That just ain't natural! 

[ronan]

Yes but you paint 800 10mm  figures including moustaches and eyes in between having tea and your daughters bedtime.

and while doing this, Nik can write on the forum with his other hand ! 

[Steve J]

I must be the odd one out then - I never go back to add to armies...I always work out the force I want, buy everything in one go - and paint them all in one go too...then they're done, and I'm on to the next one 

Freak...

[Orcs]

I must be the odd one out then - I never go back to add to armies...I always work out the force I want, buy everything in one go - and paint them all in one go too...then they're done, and I'm on to the next one  

I think we need to ask the forums man of the cloth Hugh (capthugeca) to pray for your wargaming soul,Nik

[howayman]

nikharwood IS Superman.
How can anybody be that focused, it must be a zen like state. Or perhaps The Force is with him.
Anyway did someone mention buying women or did i misread that.   
My own weakness is Matilda 2 tanks any scale, never to be used.

[Orcs]

Anyway did someone mention buying women or did i misread that.   

Yes it was Last Hussar "My weakness is women.  Problem is their strength appears to be avoiding me.  And my wife..."

While I have NEVER bought any woman I have offered him advice based on my own experiences in obtaining women (other than partner/wife) and he has decided that the Machiavellian  ways needed, and the final cost implications are not for him

This is despite my explianing:-

Its not the cost you look at but the value.
You wouldn't want to drive the same car all your life
Newer models often have better bits to play with
Alternatively if you are not ready to trade your existing model in Its quite nice to have a "spare in the garage" to drive occasionally. 

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

...and that's when the fight started! 

[get2grips]

I must be the odd one out then - I never go back to add to armies...I always work out the force I want, buy everything in one go - and paint them all in one go too...then they're done, and I'm on to the next one 

That's just twisted.  Disciplined: yes.  Sensible: yes.  But seriously odd.

Kinda wish I could do it but can't resist new pewter loveliness.

[Hertsblue]

Yep, if you work to an order of battle there's always one level up. And buying everything in one go - how soul-destroying is that?

[nikharwood]

Fair enough...I am clearly weird.

Next time, tell me something I don't know