Just out of interest...

Started by andys, 17 March 2014, 05:48:53 PM

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andys

...how much do you spend each month on this hobby?

Looking at my orders with Pendraken and other companies, I seem to be spending an average of around £45 per month, almost all of it online. I hadn't realised it was "so much" but there again, I don't smoke and rarely drink, so, (no matter how much SWMBO might tut), there are more expensive vices I could be hooked on.

Duke Speedy of Leighton

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fsn

Same. May be a little more if Leon isn't off getting married.

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Steve J

Monthly spends vary dramatically. I'm keeping a running total of all gaming related stuff on my Blog, so should have a pretty good idea by years end. I won't even hazard a guess until then :-S.

Ithoriel

£75.98 so far in 2014 on figures, terrain, a boardgame (2nd hand copy of Terra Mystica) and some Lego-style Dr Who figures
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old smokie

17 March 2014, 07:40:22 PM #5 Last Edit: 17 March 2014, 07:42:27 PM by old smokie
Varies, so far this year about £900  :o on figures,scenary,painted figures terrsain etc, CO moans a bit, but i am quick to point out that i do not smoke or drink so probably saving her some money  ;D


get2grips

Erratic but probably averages around the £60 a month mark; usually in HUGE chunks though.

GordonY

My wallet is usually about £50 - £100 lighter at the start of each month, if I don't spend it at that time then I'll either smoke or drink it.

Jc

  Hard to say, but about 20 to 30 pounds on average a month over the last 6 months. Though much higher a year ago before the job front got worse.

Subedai

Without trumpet blowing I have sh*tloads of stuff already painted and a mountain to paint so if I don't buy another figure from here to Armageddon I won't get them all done so my expenditure last year was only about £50. This year it will go up a bit because I'm looking to possibly get some 10mm early WWI  French and Germans later on in the year. So far this year I've spent about £25, mostly on ancillary stuff like paint, flock, glue etc. All my Polish Medieval were bought for me as prezzies which I think is the way forward.
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Nosher

Bought a ruleset for £35 earlier this year and thats it. Nothing really grabbing me at the moment and even if it was I dont have the funds to go mad anyway!
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Hussargeneral

So far this year about £ 250.00, mostly Adler ACW and 1809 Austrians, a couple of rules sets and magna-strip from Magnetic Displays and MDF bases from Mini bits. I have an order to place for some Dutch WSS cavalry from Ebor to round off the Allied army (already have the French finished...absolutely beautiful figures to paint). After they are done I will be back to the Pendraken SYW that I started last year....Maybe French or Reichsarmee, haven't decided , but, knowing me probably end up doing both!!  :-[

Orcs

It does vary dramatically. If I am starting a new project I buy the complete army of enough terrain to do most of what I need. then its bits to fill gaps.

I was going to say about £50 a month on average, then I looked at my Paypal accounnt  :-S With what I spent at the York show this year is already about £350. Fortunately about half of this is from stuff I have sold on Ebay.  But the club is just starting a SAGA campaign.  I can probably put together the warband, but then I am lookig at Measuring sticks, Dice and Rules .

However compared to my other hobbies its cheap
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Hertsblue

Somewhere between £30 and £40 I'd say. Like Andy, I don't smoke and very rarely drink and, as I point out to my other half, I don't buy clothes every other week. And it keeps me off street corners.  ;)
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slugbalancer

About £20 a month and a big blow out at Salute.