This is a followup to last year's poll.

Sorry for requiring the US dollar amount but it is the easiest conversion for most of us. If you are not sure how to do it, just go to google and type in your amount, your currency code and then 'in USD'. So type in something like '100 AUD in USD' to convert 100 AU$ to US$. Other major currency codes are CAD for canadian, GBP for british pounds, EUR for euros, JPY for yen, RMB for chinese renminbi, ZAR for south african rand.

Bought a lot, by my standards, this year but that's still just shy of 1000USD. Some SW, a good amount of Sisters, recently (Christmas) a pile of CSM, WoC earlier in the year, more paints, and rounded out my Codex collection (only missing DE now) as well as my Army Book collection. I'll leave out the money I spend on BL stuff.

As for me, somewhere in the 1000USD-2500USD range... got all the flames of war books, most of a british army, a load more vallejo paints, a good airbrush and compressor, a european village worth of 15mm terrain and lots of other odds and ends.

Haven't a clue,

1,001-2,500 sounds accurate, but this is all on a guess.

I hope to stop purchasing after I finish my WOC and Necrons this year.

I think I hit the 2500-5000 mark:

Two daemon armies, 6 ultraforge daemons, three FW daemon lords, and a bunch of other FW daemony stuff, a few hundred in resin bases alone... yeah, that sounds like the right category.

I hope you realized what you've done asking everyone to reflect in this way!...

Why? Why? I just want to enjoy my army, not think of the vacations I could have taken with the money!

About $2000. Guard at the start of the year and then Planetstrike. Not much else.

$366.50
Planetstrike book, Lizardmen book, Space Marine Scouts, Dark Angel Veterans, random box from friend, High Elf armybook, High Elf random box, Ork Shokk Attack Gun, Ork Trukk, Space Marine Assault Terminators, Space Marine Drop Pod, Ork Boyz

Thank you Maelstorm for lowering lots of those prices!

About $150 ish? Maybe towards $200. Major lumps being a box of metal wyches and a box of plastic demonettes, with honourable mentions to a incubi master. And bits for conversions.

The box of plastic nobz for a friend's christmas present was a decent chunk too. (I'm a poor student, I have lots of conversions and spent at least an hour per troop model, closer to two. Annoys even me at times, but does wonders for keeping costs down.)

Unluckily for me last christmas was stompa time (or maybe lucky). It all.... adds up as it were.

not telling: but i voted

since i don't live close to a store or have many internet options. i only got to spend around $300 this time.

Between 100-500 as I started IG, Go vehicles

I just bought 1 Battleforce 0.0 CAD $108 so should be like under US $100

I picked up the hobby again this year in March.

And between aboud $4000 and $5000 later..

I find myself with full armies of:
Eldar
Orks
Crimson Fists
Ultramarines
Imperial Guard
and Dwarves

Couple that with every color of Citadel paint and the cans of primer I've gone through for models and all the terrain I can get my hands on including the Realms of Battle Board..

I've got more than I ever dreamed of when I first started the Hobby as a 14 year old.

I expect 2010 to be MUCH cheaper in terms of getting up to speed in the hobby.

Maybe I can find time to actually PLAY more this upcoming year.

i've spent about $400 so far this year. Sadly at least another $250 to go to finish my new Eldar army

$430.94 not counting gas and food consumed while gaming.

I spent approx $4000 USD on 40K this year. Bought a 21,000 point ork army, 1000 point PM SM force and rounded out my Tau. $5000 or more if you count Adepticon costs.

Not a single penny.

$0.... hahaha!! I use paper discs with markings on them and arrows to show direction. Also, perfectly sized cardboard box vehicles made by hand from scratch (the only part I'm actually really proud of)

I'm guessing $1500 or so, with about 3/4 of that on PP stuff.

I have Lots of SM vehicles and troops from 1st /2nd ed.
I purchased new Codex;BT,SW, Necron.
A little over $100 for Necron Army from Ebay. Did purchase quite a few Bits from Ebay store and LRR/LRC plastic sprues from GW.
I did not purchase a lot of my older models, Some were trades Figures for terrain.

$101-$500, I spent about... $476.25 this year... Woohoo!!!!!

I've spent quite a lot this year, although most of it was in the form of a Reaver.

I probably spent around $2000 or so. Mainly do to the fact that I started a WoC army and decided to arm them with a FW Chaos dragon and more recently (Still waiting for it to arrive actually) a FW War Mammoth... Also got quite a few superheavies when the stompas came out (I think that was 2009 rite?) so most of my money spent was in rather large items...

crazypsyko666 wrote:$0.... hahaha!! I use paper discs with markings on them and arrows to show direction. Also, perfectly sized cardboard box vehicles made by hand from scratch (the only part I'm actually really proud of)

Sounds like that completely defeats the purpose of this hobby, but good on you for not letting "the man" get some money out of you for this awesome hobby.

I spent over 600, but less than 1000 If I remember correctly, its just because I just got started with the hobby, so figure case, paint, and enough models for a good sized army= expensive!

used to play frequently, but just got back into it this year...so building a new army + pains, + gifts for my brother/friends = >500$

I'd like to say close to $400 or so (new chaos army happened), but frankly with Ultra Forge goodies and stuff it's gotta be over $500

Maybe I'll keep better track in 2010, particularly because I want to keep buying way down and painting way up

- Salvage

Around $400. Just started up with a Blood Bowl box and a Black reach box, some paints, brushes and extra blood bowl orcs.
Great hobby

25 dollars. One attack bike.

I want to know what the 5 people so far have bought that they managed to spend over 5k >.<

I just started 40k at either the very end of 2008 or very beginning of 2009. I splurged a good 2k on buying around 3000-4000 points of SM, scenery, paints, etc. I recently also decided to start necrons, so a lot of money has gone to things which will attribute to their snow theme. I hope to have them finished soon with pictures

I started off this year with about $500 in FW goodies (mainly finishing my Elysians) and also finished my BA and started and finished my standard IG. 2010 will be the year of the Inquisition, as I have plans for a Witch Hunters Army.

Im not sure ...

I mostly started out in my SM army in the end of 2008 and till summer 2009 , and i probably spend a lot of money on that . I dont have the patience to calculate it all , but here it is :

- Space Marine Battleforce
- AoBR
- Space marine Captain
- Bikes x3
- Thunderfirecanon
- Loads of paints , probably tripled my collection
- Same with the brushes
- Got myself three new display cabins
- Remade our apartments storage room to be a painting station , that involved a new desk and some new posters .

So yeah .. I think its about $500-ish ...

Let me think, I started my ork army this year, bought about 3 boxes of boyz, a box of nobz, snikrot, a big mek, a trukk and a battlewagon, pitched in with a friend and bought AoBR, bought myself the BGB, and the codex...and I might by another codex before the year ends, so close to $400

lol, cardboard vehicles?! Buy some you tight bugger!

Not including tournament entry fees and gas to get there probably 100-150 bucks. All the stuff ive bought though has been either used and or with tournament winnings, so that 100-150 bucks has netted me around 2000 points in models.

Probably around $1000. Started a lizardmen army and also bought some superheavies from FW for my space orks.

Buttlerthepug wrote:I want to know what the 5 people so far have bought that they managed to spend over 5k >.<

I'm one of the fools. I sell bits. I don't know exact number, but I order $300+ a week.

I can never spend enough!!!!!! Just because My army's are finished doesn't mean I will ever stop buying!!!

Oh my.... Quick math told me thats well over 15000... If anyone deserves a consumer discount for buying products... you sir should definitely be first in line lol

Around $460.
From what I remember, I paid half for an Imperial Sector set (brother paid other half), and got a FW Pre-Heresy Land Raider, Combat Squad, Command Squad, Attack Bike, SM Battleforce, 'Nid Battleforce and pre-ordered the 'Nid Codex. Also ordered some BA Honour Guard, Death Company and a Chaplain with Jump Pack.

To be fair, I would have spent a LOT more, but I only got back into the hobby later in the year.

About a thousand dollars (roughly). I get a monthly allowance of around 60 dollars and a big bonus on birthdays and xmas from the wife.

I have been saving the last couple of months whilst waiting for the new nid release...hope that counts.

Let's see here:

Khorne Berzerkers- $30.

Bit o' everything! Well, not really... between 100-500 mark so... not at all. But I got 'Nids and starting LatD!

I spent considerably less this year than I did the year before,just over $500 (this includes supplies,minis and postal cost on swaps).
Considering that for the most part there is very little in current production by GW that I'm interested in,I should be spending much less this coming year.

Joyous_Oblivion wrote:

crazypsyko666 wrote:$0.... hahaha!! I use paper discs with markings on them and arrows to show direction. Also, perfectly sized cardboard box vehicles made by hand from scratch (the only part I'm actually really proud of)

Sounds like that completely defeats the purpose of this hobby, but good on you for not letting "the man" get some money out of you for this awesome hobby.

Well, it's only because I just don't have any money. Trust me, if I could, I couldn't even begin with how many armies I would make, how many pieces I can buy, but right now I'm enjoying the game aspect of it.

Plastic Valkyries made me do it. The came Planet Strike. Then new tanks. Then Rogue Trader and a general interest in other mini companies.

I spend about 8x less in 09 than in 08. Im glad. I need to control that spending.

Around $300 dollars.

I'm just starting off this year so an AoBR, some DA veterans and I got the hobby starter set + tactical squad for Christmas. I think that's about $100-$500.

Whoever said they spent 10k+ is either a shop, they're lying, or they're stupidly rich and they have a shed full of unopened boxes!

Even if I had the money I couldn't spend more than 1000 UK pounds in a year.

Would be fun to tho!

I counted my Battlefoam Case and painting as well. So I'm easily up to 800-1k range.

According to Wayland games, which is where i buy most of my large stuff:
862.86 British pounds = 1 553.72452 Australian dollars = 1 395.24462 U.S. dollars

Look how awesome the Australian dollar is atm people!

I have been cheap this year, mostly paint and this and that.

A lot.

Been gaming since '87 and also have a biz in the industry so 10K is a easy mark for me.

2010 is bad start for me >< already spent as much in 3 days then all 2009 combined

56 €. grand total.

Maybe 200 dollars or so in total, about 100 in january due to my birthday, and another hundred a week ago due to christmas. :3

And so the cycle continues.

Hi

My budget records show that I spent $5667.17 gaming last year (and here I thought that tracking it would help me spend less). That does not include tournament entry fees, meals or hotel costs associated with any events. However, it does include $800 in Forgeworld that I have used for prize support for events I run. So I would say that $5600 is pretty accurate overall for spending on "me".

Key items that I spend my money on:
1 Reaver Titan
1 Warboss Biker & 6 Nob Bikers from Forgeworld
$1000 building a table for Games Day Toronto
Anything Skorne that was released in the last year
A Searforge Commission Warmachine Army
Small additions to any of my dozen Fantasy/40K Armies.
All new army books and codexes for WFB and 40K.

Cheers,
Carlos the Craven

I voted $500 to 1,000, though it's probably more. Bought a new Tyranid army, but it's my first all-new army in long time, and it was bought at 25-30% off. Cleaned out some old Skaven, and bought some Undead zombie boxes. Oh, and five boxes of Black Reach, at the "standard" 20% discount.

I bought a two-year WD sub last year, so I'm good, and the only other major hobby purchase is a ton of Robogear on clearance.

Last year was mostly a ton of Reaper figs, this year is Robogear, with some clearance Starship Troopers mixed in.

Amazing how I'll buy the clearance stuff first, then GW. About the only thing I've been happy paying retail prices for is some RT plastic beakies on ebay.

--Chris
www.chrisvalera.com

My game allowance that I give myself is $40 a month. Usually this is spent on paints and the odd box of models, but sometimes I add a couple of months together and get something big.

I've just spent my December, January, February and most of March on Warmachine Elves, and I'll probably spend April as well when the MK2 rulebook comes out. Oh well, guess I won't get any new IG until the summer.

Newt-Of-Death wrote:Whoever said they spent 10k+ is either a shop, they're lying, or they're stupidly rich and they have a shed full of unopened boxes!

Even if I had the money I couldn't spend more than 1000 UK pounds in a year.

Would be fun to tho!

I do not own a shop. I'm most assuredly not lying. I can for sure say I'm cutting back in 2010. Maybe

Well seeing as I'm just starting the hobby, the first thing i wanted was a chapter battle company. so i have spent around $1500 maybe in models alone. I know i have the tools around $200 but i don't have paint yet. So the total would be around 1700- 1800ish. I'd have to ask the wife.

Ebay sellers still are considered a shop of some sort.

Mos of my money has gone towards GK's. Because they are all metal blisters or expensive box sets that has put my total up despite not really buying much.

I also own alot of LOTR minatures. And a few army few army figure cases which put the total up.

2009 Spend - $2496

None of it on GW...

I do almost all of my purchases online from GW directly. I hate it when I log in there, that they show me a list of all the orders I've placed there. It's like they are trying to tell me: STOP! You've got enough stuff for now.

Somewhere around 3.5K, but I'm counting the money I spent getting them painted as well. In models alone it's about half that.

Originally I thought - not allot, but then I remembered this lot:

Mega Paint set
All things Dark Heresy & WHFRP 2nd Edition
Rogue Trader Collectors Edition x3 [don't ask!]
Some FW Epic Baneblades [when I heard they were being stopped]
Spulk
IG Codex
A couple of white dwarfs
Planetstrike + Planetary Empires + Mighty Empires
Talisman

So between $600 and $700 I reckon. Not a great deal of Wargaming stuff but enough to prep a big push in 2010.

Now where to get an Airbrush and some biggerised Spess Mareenz?

Looking at the amount you lot bought i think i might invest in some GW shares!

Bout 2000 maybe little more. But it really was all through buying and selling armies I didnt rly spend all that much probly comes to bout 1000k out of pocket.

Close to a grand. Just started actually building my army, and hit being able to field 1850. And I'm still going to spend a bit this year, though I hope to control it better. Also starting Dwarfs, so there is more money.

None, I got into the hobby at the end of year and I proxied (using plastic soldiers) with some friends till I got

I just purchased a Chaos Space Marine Battleforce this month, so that's $98.70 (free shipping FtW!).

With the paint & cement/glue I still need to buy, I think <$112 this month

I got a whole new VC army with lots of extra's. I also spent a bit of cash on my Space Marines and 40k Orcs and fantasy orcs. Lot's of paint to. Foundation set and wash set(G.W.). Traded lots of minnis with my friends also, oh yea. I also bought Space Hulk and 12 White Dwarfs(not little bearded people).

Just getting back into the hobby and spent around 20-30 $ for paints and glue to redo some old first edition models

I bought too much.. Some of them aren't even put together yet.

My total is roughly $1041.75. Much more than I expected when converted into dollars!

I spent this on a part Marine army, Imperial Guard & Eldar armies along with codexes and also brought scenery too.

Probably a bit over $300. I only started gaming halfway through 2009 so I bought Black Reach, a load of paints and some other stuff.

I spent 120 GPB on GW storage alone. The models, the books, the terrain... I could have paid off my credit card by now... but I would have been very sad.

this being my first year, i would have needed a head start so if i remember what i bought, AoB and a few battle forces should have been about 500 or so :/

Well, got a bunch of basilisks and guard, (some from friends so cheaper). A decent amount of BA, and just started on my BFG fleet. Easily $500 or so.

I say somewhere between 2500 and 5000. I picked up both a FW Warhound and Reaver and othe Super Heavys for my APOC guard army and planetstrike terrain.

I usually spend about $100-$500 a year

glad my wife doesnt get on here

Around $950. I started orks late 2008 and never got to buying anything for them thanks to my tau army. That all changed when a friend (who is in the army and I never get to see) brought up the idea for a 6500 point battle... So I have been trying to meet the dead line. he gets back state side in late June, so I have a month left to paint the last 30 boys from my splurging. Oh yeah and I started a Necron army too.

My Space Wovles ThuderCav models are all the Canis models, plus customed base, magnets, and stormshield. This doesnt inculded the long fangs.

Not a penny, didn't start till 2010

Around $400 in both minis and foam board.

I freakin love my foamboard!

I spent about $800 or so. I picked up my CSM Nurgle army and several units for my Tau. Not mention Bastions and other terrain. I would probably have a small heart attack if I ever saw my lifetime total...

500-1000