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This question popped into my head when I was reading the New Year's Resolutions. What are you budgeting to spend in 2009 across all miniatures games/systems?

No more than $12K, probably much less than that, but it matters what exactly is released in 2009.

Well it all depends on how much money I make and how fast I work through my current projects. I first have to pay my fraternity dues and then put some money away for college or other things i wish to buy then I decide upon hobby allowances.

$12k, as in $12,000? Are you crazy?

$500 max, if I end up overspending. Any more and I start selling.

No budget. As ever, if I wants it, I'll buys it.

No plans for a new army at the moment, but I'm slowly discovering the problem with Orcs...more than any other army, you are never. Ever. Ever. Finished.

Just bought Spider Riders today...christ knows what else I'll be adding.

dumbuket wrote:$12k, as in $12,000? Are you crazy?

$500 max, if I end up overspending. Any more and I start selling.

Whoa! I haven't spent that much on hobby stuff in my whole life, including star wars toys when I was a kid. That's the good life. I'm planning on cutting back, most likely around $500, more if that IG superheavy kit turns out to be as awesome as it seems it might be...

I am going to take it slow this year. As little as possible. I am going to try and enjoy what I already have this year, and not succumb to the usual must have latest and greatest.

It should help I am getting a bunch of the new ork stuff any day!

I set my annual GW budget at $350, basically a dollar a day. Back when I was single, no kid, I would spend whatever I wanted on whatever I wanted, ahh, good times...

With IG releasing in 2009, I intend on:
- 1 IG Codex ($25)
- 3 IG Valkyrie set ($150)
- 3 IG Basilisk set ($90)
- 3 IG Sentinel set ($50)
- 1 IG Shadowsword / Stormlord ($95)
After 20% MO discount, that pretty much takes care of my year.

Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:No plans for a new army at the moment, but I'm slowly discovering the problem with Orcs...more than any other army, you are never. Ever. Ever. Finished.

Oh, like the Imperial Guard doens't have the same issue...

I'm trying to resist 40k Orks as well....*sobs*

And that is why you need a budget!

I already have money put aside for a Battlewagon, lots of Nobz and Grots, Stompa and Doomhammerbladelordsword. Aside from that, I will just try to keep up with Monsterpocalypse, Cryx and Orboros releases from Privateer.

I won't go into details because it will just sound like I'm bragging, but I'm one of those folks that has more hobby dollars than hobby time. Most likely I won't spend even half of my budget this year because GW won't produce enough new 40K product that I will find of sufficient value and I'll end up spending a lot of it on XBOX games or drinking binges or who knows what else.

I tend to bundle all my gaming stuff into a single budget.

Trying to set up a kind of escrow/debit card account system. Probably
post it as an article.

my budget will cover the orks 2nd release.. I didn't budget for the stompa, so now I need to pimp the kids out....

I have hobby time and no money!

Lets cut a deal, you send me the stuff and I build it paint it and play with it. Seems fair?

In all seriousness if I see something I like and can afford it I will get it. Will probably buy an army or two over the entire year, perhaps fund it by selling off other stuff.

I cant budget but luckily I get paid my pittance once a week so not really a need to

Hopefully less than the $3.5k I spent in 2008 >.>

:S budget ?

I don't think i have ....

Usually i spent about 100-150 € per month.
IG could walz over this plan easily

Maybe 500€ in SHT + 100€ in codices/books + 350€ in bikes + x? other 40k stuff.

i never set a budget and i'm a student, to begin with projects that must be finished and added to i have my 40k and WFB Chaos tournament armies, other than that well with the new guard codex being released i can imagine its going to need alot more stuff to make the army useful again,

saying that i have 64 maraurders to glue together, bye

So far, I don't have a budget. I've been trying not to buy for buying's sake, though some of the new stuff coming out is pretty nice. I'm also trying to clear my back stock of unpainted figures and random buying isn't going to help out with that.

Budget,ach,what a horrible word,ahh to be single and childless again,spending money on whatever I deemed important,GW models,drunken nights on the town,bail....
Seriously,I always take care of all the HOME resposibilitys first,then I figure in what I can spend on "My little Men",as it is I only have a few wants.
2 or 3 boxes of Grots
2 boxes of Nobz
2 Battlewagons (plus one of the direct only accesory frames)
So for now around $230.00,not to terrible,of course I'm also starting a Nurgle based Traitor IG so I guess the Kids will just have to get by on delicious Mac&cheese for a while......yuuuum.

Couldn't tell you until my financial situation calms down. Usually it's 200 euro or so.

$200 per paycheck towards fun stuff, which includes computer games (and upgrades), eating out, movies, 40K, etc.. So the less of the other things I do, the bigger my army gets.

$3,500 including travel.

Budget! Budget!

I don't have a budget.
I have a wife.

She doesn't really limit my spending (I do that all by myself). I keep my spending low by NOT ever buying FW again.

Also, after 20+ years in the hobby, I have pretty much what I want already. If I can't build it, I don't need it.

chromedog wrote:I don't have a budget.
I have a wife.

Amen brother....amen.

Hrmmm... 800 dollars n the bank.
1000 dollars extra from student loans.
500 or so dollars for field training this summer
+400 or so/month government stipend post field training(multiplied by 4(I think))

So that comes out to... 3900 USD! Should be a good year

Ifurita wrote:This question popped into my head when I was reading the New Year's Resolutions. What are you budgeting to spend in 2009 across all miniatures games/systems?

with warhammer been a hobby , i dont set any plans or budgets to it.

if something i want comes out, and i can afford it, i'll get it. if cant afford, i wont get.

it all depends if i get tired of my current armies or not.

Budget? Whatever, it's all I can do to keep the wife from buying me everything I happen to mention. I drew an irritated comment when I blew 1200 at a sale at my FLGS this past Feb., but that was it. She actually was there later that day, berating me for not having picked up some of the orc stuff on sale.

I don't know. I'm starting to look at some of the modeling tools for different projects, and those will cost some. But, I have much to finish before I go that route. I need to make this the year of assembly and painting. Before I can do that, I will need to figure out how I am going to kit out all the stuff I already have, but one step at a time, eh? Really, I don't see me spending all that much this year.

For the most part I'd like to spend 2009 building. I actually got a great bit built in the end of 2008 so hopefully I'll be able to keep up that trend.

Come May I could have a different outlook though, it really depends on how the Guard codex looks. If there are any great coat guard plastics I'll throw the no buying policy out the window.

I've got such a huge backlog of stuff it's not even funny, so I'd like to work some of it off.

I think most of my hobby money in the next year will go towards buying foam and carrying cases.