My Army Lists are things like "La Grande Armee 1812," "Field Army Praesentalis Secunda 395AD," "Army Group Centre Summer 1943," "Field Army of Shurrupak c.2500BCE at 1:1 figure ratio"

Wot, pliss, is this "enough" meanink? Em not to speakink good your the Englis.

Quote from: Orcs on 05 March 2019, 07:02:43 PM
I am sorry I do not understand the bit "  discipline to not go completely bonkers"

Fixed it for you.

Quote from: Ithoriel on 05 March 2019, 08:39:54 AM
I'd have been more impressed but for those last four words

Couldn't make it - I was writing my fifth piano concerto.

Quote from: Orcs on 05 March 2019, 07:02:43 PM
I am sorry I do not understand the bit "  discipline to not go completely bonkers when purchasing "

It's a niche corner of the hobby, not for everybody.

Depends on your viewpoint:
https://youtu.be/_6FBfAQ-NDE
Or
https://youtu.be/snILjFUkk_A

I do not think I have an answer to how many is enough, but while pondering the problem, I have worked out why I have more troops than I need. There are two factors, 1) I enjoy painting. I am very bad at it, but I find it therapeutic. Some people do yoga. I paint. So I need a steady supply of troops for my wellbeing. In theory I could just work my way though history, (I do not do fantasy) and have dozens of small armies a la DBA (but I do not do DBA either) but that brings up factor 2) I do not like starting new periods because I baulk at sitting down to start painting up say 600 figures. Far better to just add 60 to an existing period. That was why I liked Hellenistic or Carthaginian armies so much. Keep adding a unit of mercenaries here and there and soon one finds one has enough to field a full Celtic army or whatever. Now I limit myself to 10mm, and though new periods tempt me, I find myself adding a few more battalions to what I already have. At least until I succumb and get sufficient troops to refight the battle of Yarm

I like to give myself the options. For British WWII (1944) I have a squadron of Cromwells one of Churchills, and one of Shermans. There is no way I'm ever going to find a place to field 45 tanks at once, but I have options.

I would say the same applies to the batteries of towed 25pdr, 25pdr SPG and 5.5" howitzers ... but sometime you just have to have the shell weight, and they all fit nicely into an off-the-table artillery box.    

Ah well, having spoken about using figures I already have, I've now discovered I don't have anywhere near enough 15mm Swiss pike (and I know for a fact I don't have enough Landsknechts, but never mind because Lancashire Games has managed to get almost all of the old Venexia range back into production).

Quote from: fsn on 06 March 2019, 12:19:19 PM
For British WWII (1944) I have a squadron of Cromwells one of Churchills, and one of Shermans. There is no way I'm ever going to find a place to field 45 tanks at once, but I have options.

A mischievous person might suggest that you'd fit right in playing Flames of War with that lot . . .