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Title: The consequences of a Pendraken order
Post by: kustenjaeger on 18 January 2025, 06:42:03 PM
My last order arrived this morning safe and sound. I had carefully placed it before the 1 January price rise and assured my wife - faced with a pile of figures - that it was made in the 2024 budget I.e. pre-retirement.

She was underwhelmed and focused more on the fact there were more figures when she would prefer fewer in the house ...

They have now been stowed in their respective plastic boxes to emerge for painting later in the year. 🙂

Edward
Title: Re: The consequences of a Pendraken order
Post by: jimduncanuk on 18 January 2025, 07:15:14 PM
Remind her of the 'for richer, for poorer' clause,
Title: Re: The consequences of a Pendraken order
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 18 January 2025, 07:20:22 PM
Oops, busted
Title: Re: The consequences of a Pendraken order
Post by: Orcs on 18 January 2025, 10:18:41 PM
Quote from: kustenjaeger on 18 January 2025, 06:42:03 PMMy last order arrived this morning safe and sound. I had carefully placed it before the 1 January price rise and assured my wife - faced with a pile of figures - that it was made in the 2024 budget I.e. pre-retirement.

She was underwhelmed and focused more on the fact there were more figures when she would prefer fewer in the house ...

They have now been stowed in their respective plastic boxes to emerge for painting later in the year. 🙂

Edward

Perhaps she would rather you spend your money on loose women and strong drink?  :D

My ex wanted fewer figures in the house, so I obliged and moved out :D ( This action needs careful thinking about. In my case I could have bought two new full size Ferraris, or  22,641 packets of Pendraken miniatures @ the new price)for what the move cost me.

However It was THE BEST MONEY I HAVE EVER SPENT!!!!!!!.

Seriously though, she knows where you are, its not an expensive hobby and figures can be converted back to cash in times of need, painted ones at a profit.

   
Title: Re: The consequences of a Pendraken order
Post by: FierceKitty on 19 January 2025, 12:45:09 AM
My little woman would probably buy the figures for me if I didn't do it myself. Keeps me quiet and occupied, and she has fun with the results. The only problem is force composition, since she doesn't see why she shouldn't have an army entirely composed of grenadiers, cuirassiers, and heavy 12 pdrs.
Title: Re: The consequences of a Pendraken order
Post by: paulr on 19 January 2025, 07:53:46 AM
Quote...that it was made in the 2024 budget I.e. pre-retirement...
So, you can't have them delivered to work :(

A single friend perhaps :-\

But as others have said there are a lot worse hobbies/interests
Title: Re: The consequences of a Pendraken order
Post by: Ithoriel on 19 January 2025, 11:51:13 AM
The wife of a wargamer I knew many, many moons ago complained about the cost of the figures, the time spent painting and playing and the childishness of the hobby.

Eventually worn down by the drip, drip, drip of disapproval he abandoned the hobby, passed his collection on ...... and took up golf and photography.

Pretty sure she wished she'd kept her mouth shut.
Title: Re: The consequences of a Pendraken order
Post by: DecemDave on 19 January 2025, 12:07:16 PM
QuoteShe was underwhelmed and focused more on the fact there were more figures when she would prefer fewer in the house ...

Well I cant give relationship advice but it sounds like what she really wants is a bigger house.

Quote22,641 packets of Pendraken miniatures

=P~  =P~
Does even Leon have that many?
Title: Re: The consequences of a Pendraken order
Post by: Orcs on 19 January 2025, 12:59:57 PM
Quote from: DecemDave on 19 January 2025, 12:07:16 PM=P~  =P~
Does even Leon have that many?

He cast's  to order so if you sent him the required sum , I am sure he would oblige. Its nearly 700,000 figures.

If it took Leon 5 minutes to spin a mold and produce 30 pieces a 40 hour week would see your order fulfilled in 47 weeks. or 4 months if all three casting machines were running. Meanwhile none of us would get a figure order.
this also does not take into account the replacing the molds as they wear out. 
 

If you took 5 minutes in total to prepare, paint and base a single piece it would take you 15.5 years at 10 hours a day. You could take Feb 29th off in the leap years.

You would need 85,000 bases (4 cav/8inf on each 40mm x20mm base)  It would cover 68 square meters and need 10,000 A$ trays from Walt at Commission Figurines plus 3000 odd 9l Really usefull boxes.
Title: Re: The consequences of a Pendraken order
Post by: DecemDave on 19 January 2025, 01:53:19 PM
 ;D  ;D

700,000 Oooh!!  March on Moscow plus enemy at 1:1   Its all those plastic storage boxes that puts me off   ;)

Watched the Ridley Scott Napoleon last night. Disappointing but meglomania fired up.  Only useful bit for me was reminding me just how long a British line battalion could be.  Real life far more "linear" than most of our games. 


Title: Re: The consequences of a Pendraken order
Post by: pierre the shy on 19 January 2025, 05:54:06 PM
QuoteHe cast's  to order so if you sent him the required sum , I am sure he would oblige. Its nearly 700,000 figures.

If it took Leon 5 minutes to spin a mold and produce 30 pieces a 40 hour week would see your order fulfilled in 47 weeks. or 4 months if all three casting machines were running. Meanwhile none of us would get a figure order.
this also does not take into account the replacing the molds as they wear out. 
 

If you took 5 minutes in total to prepare, paint and base a single piece it would take you 15.5 years at 10 hours a day. You could take Feb 29th off in the leap years.

You would need 85,000 bases (4 cav/8inf on each 40mm x20mm base)  It would cover 68 square meters and need 10,000 A$ trays from Walt at Commission Figurines plus 3000 odd 9l Really usefull boxes.

I'd compromise and go for one Ferrari and only 350,000 figures Orcs.....I'm Mrs Shy would be happy to drive the car while I try to figure out where I would store all the extra figures  ;)     
Title: Re: The consequences of a Pendraken order
Post by: kustenjaeger on 19 January 2025, 08:27:38 PM
Quote from: DecemDave on 19 January 2025, 12:07:16 PMWell I cant give relationship advice but it sounds like what she really wants is a bigger house.

=P~  =P~
Does even Leon have that many?

In fact the figures will fit in the current house but we're due to move in the next few years to a smaller house to be closer to where the kids end up living when I will have to rationalise my figure collections (and have painted some more).

Luckily my wife's happy with my hobby as a whole and for me to paint figures and play games.

Edward
Title: Re: The consequences of a Pendraken order
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 20 January 2025, 12:54:58 PM
You'll be surprised how many will fit in a decent shed with good racking.
Title: Re: The consequences of a Pendraken order
Post by: Last Hussar on 20 January 2025, 01:42:51 PM
So slightly less than FSN has then?