Another thread about what all armies people had got me to thinking about building another army. I already have two armies (Crimson Fists Marines and Chaos Daemons), and I really don't want to start another until I'm "finished" with each one.. I So I sat down and put together a list of models I want and once obtained, I'm done with that army (except for painint of course). Here's what I think will finish off my personal vision for each of my two armies:

Crimson Fists:

1 Land Raider (non-Godhammer variety)
5 Assault Terminators
5 Tactical Terminators
2 Land Speeders
1 Storm Talon
1 Storm Raven
1 Techmarine
2 Drop Pods

Chaos Daemons:

20 Bloodletters
10 Pink Horrors
6 Seekers
3 Heralds (one each for Khorne, Slaanesh, and Tzeentch)
1 Screamer
1 Cannon of Khorne

That's pretty much it. Doesn't seem like alot, but I know it will take me a couple of years to acquire those models, and probably even longer to paint them.

So what is left for your armies?

Lottery win in all honesty!

Termies, marines, tanks, air power, need guard kit, troops, tanks, artillary and such.

Basically everything.

My Space Wolves have been in limbo for write some time, but in the last month I've added a Dread, Wolf Guard Terminators and Thunderwolf Cavalry, so they're actually nearing completion as a 2000 point force once I add a couple more troops units (I have the models, they just need a repaint).

My DA are pretty much done although I might add some more Ravenwing. My BA need a complete rework and may end up becoming an all Death Company army.

My Ultras are building to a full Battle Company, so I still need the assault and devastator contingents and a few more tac squad.

My GK and IG are all but done to 1750 and 3000 points respectively.

For my current 1750 listbuild, I need:

1x IG squad box to make Veterans
1x IG squad box to make an IG squad (lasguns ahoy!)
5x IG squad box to make a full Conscripts blob
and somehow pull together a further 9-10 heavy weapons teams with autocannons.

DAKKA FOR THE DAKKA GOD!

Well my army is being built around some fanon fluff I'm working on, long story short my Chaos Lord is trying to assemble himself a full legion of Renegade and Chaos Marines so I've divided my army buying into the 13 Companies he will have. Each company will be roughly 3000pts of models all with themes (Chaos Wolfs, Chaos Samurai, Bizzaro Ultramarines, etc.) Some armies will use Imperial Codexs as well, and I'm trying to use some of Anvil minis parts to make a couple Inquisitor strike teams to use as Count as Fallen Inquisitors in my army.

Long story short I think I'll need roughly 30000 dollars to finish it so I suppose after I graduate and get a good job, a house, a car, etc....then maybe just maybe I will be able to finish it.

To finish up my battle company to the point I’d like it to at I only need a few more guys. And that’s just WYSWYG wargear upgrades. More efficent command squad, a combi flamer sarge, swappable captain. All told, less then a half dozen guys.

In an ideal world I’d have enough transports for the whole lot of them. But I think I’m going to stop at 3 pods, 3 rhinos/razors (which I own, mostly painted). It’s enough for the tactical squads, and probably the upper end for what I would put on the table. I’m not in a rush to get stuff just to look pretty on the shelf.

I need more tanks. While technically part of my company, they are a big part of the army. I only own one pred, would like another. I could also use a WW, AA tank, and a vindi; maybe two of each, but that’s a stretch goal. I don’t see myself fielding a LRC/R but sometimes I’m tempted. If I owned one, it might see use.

I need a stormraven. Possibly a dev cent squad.

And by the time I get all that, whatever the hot new unit from the next codex is.

With my lists in the original post, those are what I want to obtain to fulfill my vision for each army (I can actually field large armies for each one). I think the SM additions will bring that army up to about 6K, while the CD additions would be more reasonable at about 3500-4K

Well, my main Sisters army is done, as is the expansion needed for bigger games. But my "dream Apocalypse size army" is not done. I recently did some work on how much I need and it is actually closer than I thought. Hard part is going to be penetient engines, or equivalents.

At least....

2 GW Baneblade hulls, one will be a Stormsword once I get the right guns and such only the hull is built, the other a Banesword or which ever one carries the Quake Cannon, the treads are still in pieces.

An Ordinatus Minoris built from the hull sof a T2 Hunter Killer tank and VK4502b with a mounted titan Melta Cannon for its main weapon. only the HK tank hull is built at the moment.

T95 Gun Motor Carriage 1/35th scale that will become a Shadowsword. still in box

WW1 Mk4 tank, possibly a Crassus variant like the triple bombard, still in box

1 Hellhound to be modded, 1 LR tank, not sure what it will be. perhaps a Exterminator but built into a Steam Tank, not the GW steam tank, just a steam powered tank with pistons, pipes, boiler and all.

1 Taurox, still in pieces.

M41 Bulldog, convert to Malcador, which one im not sure yet.

a Manitcore, Wyvern, LR Exterminator need paint, they only have a base coat.

I also have a massive War Zepplin that needs paint. But A friend of mine is going to air brush it and such.

plenty of blueprints in my book for future projects, hopeing to have an Ordinatus Majoris one day, but it will be the type that carries multiple Emperor Class titan weapons on board with load of armor, guns and shields, a Battleship on treads. it will have the carrying capacity to move platoons or squadrons of tanks for support and have a skysheild on its back for aircraft or a little extra firepower.

Beyond the Land Ship im not sure. I might move on to increase the forces of my custom Space Marines after I built my Land Ship. BUt otherwise it will never be "finished"

My armies will be "finished" when my body assumes room temperature.

 Ghaz wrote:

Quoted for truth, between GK,SW, Catachans i need a solid lottery win lol.

Nothing, 5000+ points of Necron is more than I could ever field

An army is NEVER finished! I could always use one more thing...

Gargant. I need a Gargant!

Black Templars

I need two more land raiders
a Stormraven
5 more Assault Terminators
Another Devastator box, just for the extra missile launcher and lascannon,
10 Assault marines
An Ironclad Dreadnought
2 more drop pods
10 more tacticals
2 vindicators
a unit of centurions

For my Nids:
2 Harpies, 1+ Box of Gargoyles, a crap ton of Termagants/Hormagants, and a few of the new big MCs (plus a couple of Warriors.

For my Eldar:
More Guardian Defenders, more War Walkers, and my friend is trying to talk me into getting a Revenant Titan, but I say "No. If I get a titan, it's gonna be a Phantom."

Plus painting on pretty much everything.

The army will never be finished because the war will never be finished. Even when I am long gone, this army will fight under other stewards!!!

In all honesty I don't think I ever can simply because there will always be one more brilliant idea to convert.

I just started my Ork army. My overall goal is 4500 points (I know that's ambitious), here's what I'll need:

2 Warbosses
2 Painboyz
180 Boyz
12 Meganobz
30 Warbikerz
10 Mek Gunz
4 Trukks
2 Aegis Defence Lines
1 Stompa

Motivation. I promised myself I will not by another model until I have everything I already own painted. 20 Tac marines, 5 assault marines, Las pred and 2 DV Libbys.

 Macharius. wrote:
Motivation.

I'm motivated, but I've found that motivation does not necessarily equal $$.

Ultimately:

Time, money, and motivation.

Nothing. I am simply expanding it when I feel like something worth while comes a long.

If I have a finish point, the goal posts keep moving. I dont wanna end up with a HUGE collection of models like some people do.

For Fantasy Flight Games to stop distracting me with Star Wars IP?

If I can dip my entire army in paint and be happy with the results?

Get GW do stop updating every army I have (in 1/4 the time they used to) so that core elements need so much tweaking?

If my friends can stay with one game system long enough without being distracted by something shiny like a magpie on crack?

Yep, pretty much covers it!

I think setting a point goal is helpful for staying committed. I actually have practical reasons (If that's possible when collecting toy soldiers) for getting to 4500 points. My local GW store hosts monthly apocalypse battles in which players are asked to bring 4000 points (with a free super-heavy).

The ability to stop the world/time so I can paint and model. And buckets filled with gold for the plastic and resin Lords.

Knockagh wrote:
The ability to stop the world/time so I can paint and model. And buckets filled with gold for the plastic and resin Lords.

I would love more time. Now that the school year is starting I will have approximately zero hours per week to model.

 Random Dude wrote:

Knockagh wrote:
The ability to stop the world/time so I can paint and model. And buckets filled with gold for the plastic and resin Lords.

I would love more time. Now that the school year is starting I will have approximately zero hours per week to model.

it takes a lot of time to model six wave serpents. a lot

In truth my army almost complete in the fact that I can field most guard builds, but to finish up the conversion I would need a few more boxes of Brettonian men at arms and MK3 breacher arms from FW for my vets.
Things it want though
- at least one of every knight (including yet to be released ones)
-2 vulture gunships
-Thunderbolt fighter
-maybe 1-2 manticores or deathstrikes
- A Black Templars ally force, but that's a whole beast unto itself

 Sigvatr wrote:
Nothing, 5000+ points of Necron is more than I could ever field

But...but what happens if you get challenged to a 6000 point game?

 Swastakowey wrote:
Nothing. I am simply expanding it when I feel like something worth while comes a long.

If I have a finish point, the goal posts keep moving. I dont wanna end up with a HUGE collection of models like some people do.

I feel that a good stopping place is 200 models for infantry, and then just treat vehicles like an Airfix hobby.

The IG list(s) that I'm going for tally to roughly 145 men, a bunch of swap-out bodies and a handful of vehicles (got me 5 LRBT's, 2 Chimeras and a Vendetta, stopping point is a Baneblade if I ever bother), enough for a couple of 1750 pts 6E list variants, and various possible >1500 pts lists (also 6E, 'cause fk 7th), and the Beihnblehd simply so that I can say I have one.

 Selym wrote:

 Swastakowey wrote:
Nothing. I am simply expanding it when I feel like something worth while comes a long.

If I have a finish point, the goal posts keep moving. I dont wanna end up with a HUGE collection of models like some people do.

I feel that a good stopping place is 200 models for infantry, and then just treat vehicles like an Airfix hobby.

The IG list(s) that I'm going for tally to roughly 145 men, a bunch of swap-out bodies and a handful of vehicles (got me 5 LRBT's, 2 Chimeras and a Vendetta, stopping point is a Baneblade if I ever bother), enough for a couple of 1750 pts 6E list variants, and various possible >1500 pts lists (also 6E, 'cause fk 7th), and the Beihnblehd simply so that I can say I have one.

As long as it doesnt turn into an unpainted mess of models like my old collection, then you are doing right really. Nothign worse than model addiction these days, which is all to easy to fall into.

As soon as I saw murderfang and Logan Clause, my space wolves army was done. Now I'm going to build eldar. So I need
2 spiritseers
4 dire avenger boxes
1 wraithguard box
5 wave serpents
2 wraithknights
And whatever else I decide to add.

 ClassicCarraway wrote:
What will it take to finish your army?

In all honesty: nothing. It's my eternal project to make my SM Chapter a little better/cooler. There's no such thing as good army - only better.

 ClassicCarraway wrote:
So what is left for your armies?

The rest.

Black Templar
1x Crusader squad
10x shotgun scouts
Emperor's champion (old one got painted Imperial Fists)
Land Raider Crusader

Tyranids
20x Gargoyles
30x Hormagaunts
60x Termaguants
10x Genestealers

Homebrew Space Marines
either a Storm Talon or a Thunder Dumpter

Grey knights
6x Psybacks

Imperial Guard
1-2x Thunderbolts
1x Griffon (still using the 5th ed dex!)
2x Salamander
2x Chimeras

A lot of it I can get second hand from a couple friends of mine, mainly the IG and Nid stuff. I have an old Thunder Dumpster thats just needs a good overhall and a CHS extended convertion kit to get it to work. The rest is my problem, vehicle prices are too high nowadays and the new scout all look like they are trying to poop...

I run Chaos Daemons (just started looking into the idea of using them in Fantasy also).



So far I’ve got fully painted –

1 x Forgeworld Greater Daemon Mamon (converted and using as a GUO or Ku’Gath)

1 x Herald of Nurgle

2 x Winged Daemon Princes of Nurgle

20 x Plaguebearers

1 x Blight Drone

1 x Spined Chaos Beast


And left to paint/finish painting –

10 x Plaguebearers

1 x Decimator Daemon Engine of Nurgle

1 x Bloodthirster

1 x Skulltaker

1 x Winged Daemon Prince of Khorne

40 x Bloodletters

6 x Bloodcrushers



I am painfully slow at painting but really enjoy it at the same time.

On the table, in a MEQ and Necron heavy meta, I do alright, more in objective based than purge though. Not enough shooting, but just enough flying threats.

My aim now is to paint everything I have (which is just shy of 3000 points how I run it) before I buy anything more. But I find myself lusting more and more for a Plague Hulk (I know it’s pants on the table, but DAMMIT Jim it looks so tasty). Luckily I’m skint so I’m forced to paint it all up.

We’re also playing the Victory is Vengeance Campaign from the FW HH series. That’s been really fun, each game is about 45 minutes long a piece and the model count you need is really low. Although that has encouraged some spending with FW. Not cheap. But thanks to the powers of Ebay I have gathered to me all I need. Raven Guard Jump Pack retribution for all

A Reaver and another Warhound.

I only have one, I like to be able to take an army from a large assortment of models as opposed to taking the same 2000pts every time because it is all I have.

I'd like more Drop-pods. I've got plenty of GH/BC's, plenty of terms. Definitely getting me 2 * Stormwolfs and a Stormfang. I've got 4 TWC which is probably enough, though I may get another as Harald.

I dunno, loads!

Really, I want to get it all painted. I've got a few painted up well, and want the rest (which I painted when younger) to be brought up to that standard. Can't believe they changed the colour of the bloody paint...not much of this light stuff left!

jhe90 wrote:
Lottery win in all honesty!

Termies, marines, tanks, air power, need guard kit, troops, tanks, artillary and such.

Basically everything.

I second this...unless people wan'na give me money

Space marines

2 more thunder fire cannon
Otherwise, I have more than enough of all the rest.

Eldar
1 Falcon
Banshees
A dark eldar detachment
All the named characters

Orks ( current project)
A warlord on bike
5 more mek guns ( i have lobbas and would like some smashas)
15 tank bustas
5 more kommandos
4 more battle wagons
3 deff dreads
12 more mega nobs
9 more war bikers
30 mor stormboyz

I think a lottery win is about right to finish everything quickly, but each army is getting quite close to perfect now.

Ultramarine Chapter
So I'm a few bikes short (about twenty) from finishing the bike company and my 30k company is about half painted (commissioned piece by a friend) and half brought, only really need the primarch and the two legion specific units when they launch. That'll give me the complete chapter for infantry up to bikes. Vehicles I can field most in large numbers (11 drop pods, 11 rhinos, 8 LRs, etc.) but I do not hit the numbers in the codex, that is just too many.

Imperial Guard
I want three Sky Talons and the buggies to go with them, a Bombard and another Medusa, otherwise I'm complete. I've a few Baneblades I've brought that need converting into the other variants, this needs bits buying.

Sisters of Battle
This is complete at present

Grey Knights
Need a few more PA guys to convert into paladins, would ideally like the GK Thunderhawk

Inquisition
Complete with the recent addition of around 30 servitors

Chaos Marines
Really only want another 30 Thousand Suns, will wait till FW release the 30k versions.

Chaos Titans
These are complete until the chaos Warlord is released, although I'm tempted to get another Reaver done to balance out the force

Chaos Knights
These I am collecting as and when the new FW models launch

Chaos Renegades
I want a few more of the Malcador variants, I have two but want the rest. Troops, etc. are done.

Chaos Daemons
These are done

Dark Mechanicum
One unit of Myrmidon Destructorss and a few of the new transports, at least until they add new stuff...

Eldar
Need another couple of units of warp spiders, another 20 jet bikes, and the big super heavy flyers

Necrons
Waiting on Mantic to deliver my Mars Attacks at the end of the month, should be about 5k or so of army ready to go!

Space Wolves
Just finished building the guys from multiple Stormclaw boxes to go with the vehicles I've had for years. I plan on getting some Cassius Rams, thunderwolves (about ten) and a couple of dreads to counts as for these but otherwise I shall stick at 5k for this.

Tau
Need the codex and the medium walkers for this (have the infantry, the small walkers and the big walkers), done as a Squat army using Hasslefree squats, will get round to finishing this at some point.

Orks
Need the three big tanks and the ramshackle tank from FW, otherwise done.

'Nids
Need to convert a couple of the big new walkers from other kits, the harridan and need to clean up a few 'fexes and tyrants with devourers and wings for the latter.

Dark Eldar
I have some female bits put aside that I can use for this, but need vampire heads, weapons, transports etc., lot needed here.

Not bothering yet with Dark Angels or Blood Angels

It might be nice to "finsh" my Orks. Though I say that loosely since you can never really have too many Orks!

x2 Battlewagons
x5 Trukks
x5 Meganobz
x15 Lootaz
x5 Burna Boyz
x2 Painboys
x60 Boyz
x9 Warbikes
x10 Kommandos + Snikrot

Dakkajet
Stompa
Morkanaut/Gorkanaut

That's all I can think of at the moment

To Finish my Marines:

2x Drop Pod
1x Predator
1x Whirlwind
1x Storm Talon
1x Land Raider
1x Vulkan He'Stan
1x Librarian
1x Warhound

To Finish my Nids:

A Trukload of Termagaunts and Hormagaunts
20x Gargoyles
20x Genestealers
2x Lictors
2x Biovores
1x Exocrine
1x Haruspex
1x Harpy
1x Flyrant
1x Hive Tyrant
3x Tyrant Guard
2x Carnifex
1x Malanthrope
1x Either Heirophant or Harridan


Oh, and the motivation to build and paint this lot :

3x Broadsides
1x Riptide
16x Kroot

That would put my army to where I want it.

 Spuj wrote:
To Finish my Marines:

2x Drop Pod
1x Predator
1x Whirlwind
1x Storm Talon
1x Land Raider
1x Vulkan He'Stan
1x Librarian
1x Warhound

To Finish my Nids:

A Trukload of Termagaunts and Hormagaunts
20x Gargoyles
20x Genestealers
2x Lictors
2x Biovores
1x Exocrine
1x Haruspex
1x Harpy
1x Flyrant
1x Hive Tyrant
3x Tyrant Guard
2x Carnifex
1x Malanthrope
1x Either Heirophant or Harridan


Oh, and the motivation to build and paint this lot :

Spoiler:

Holy cheezus!

May the paint be with you, man, may the paint be with you!

For me I would say.... the entire XIIth Legiones Astartes?

 Selym wrote:


Holy cheezus!

May the paint be with you, man, may the paint be with you!

Thank you sir, it is certainly needed!!

To finish off my Imperial Fists 3rd company I would need
2 Thunderfire cannons
1 Storm Talon

To finish my Ravenwing I need
12 more Bikes
3 more Attack bikes
6 more Black Knights
3 Darkshrouds
5 Landspeeders

To finish off my Grey Knights I need
2 more DreadKnights
2 Landraiders
6 Razorbacks

Yeah...A lot more to go

Space Marines:
Rhinos
Land Raider
More Tyrannic war Vets
3x Stormtalons
Bikes
Melta and plasma bits. So many Melta and plasma bits...

Tyranids:
Pretty much everything modern. Everything is 3rd Edition and nearly all of it needs an upgrade or just more bodies... Even my Tyrant Guard is useless since it is modeled with whips and a shield... May as well say I only have 30 gaunts and a walking Tyrant.

Eldar:
Another Wave Serpent
Wraithguard
Hornets
Rangers
Illic Nightspear
Crimson Hunter

Funny, I seemed to have a disconnect on the meaning "to finish your army".

One is what it would take to complete it like what it is missing.

I was looking at it from assembly to painting to complete what I have.
Having more than what you can easily paint in a year is an issue.

Presently assembly line painting 100 imperial guard normal grunts (40 conscipts, 50 normal guard, 10 sgts).
My friend/opponent plays Orks and he will know the full power of a horde army...

Win the lotto max, then get every single warhammer forty k set.

Time
More of it.

For my chaos armies I need:
-blood throne/skull cannon
-herald of khorne on jugger
-few more csm with bits like icons
-something to use as a bloodthirster other than the horrid GW model...
-soulgrinder or 2

For tau I am one ethereal short of having my full army. Sooooo close......

To finally paint my Iron warriors and finish them would involve the new GK codex and Venerable dread I ordered not making it to my house. I have no self-control when it comes to 40k.

Well, I kinda look at my Crimson Fists army in tiers. So here is what I need for the tiers.

500 pts - Done
750 pts - Done-ish(kinda want to make some adjustments, but I think I have all the models for it)
1000 pts - Need another Rhino and a Razorback
1500 pts - Need 20 Sternguards and Pedro Kantor. Possibly a Librarian
2000 pts - Probably a couple Stormtalon Gunships. Maybe a Centurion Devastator Squad.

Motivation. I just lost all my motivation to keep continuing now. Crappy rules, poor quality books (spelling wise while still asking for a premium price) and a toxic environment just makes me not want to continue anymore.

Pretty bad, I spend more time on forums than on the hobby and painting and converting.

What model wise?

A Manta or Tiger shark a 10

A Thunder hawk

a Baneblade magnatized

And perhaps a Titan of some sort.

Hobby wise? i need a dang new moisture trap.... its like airbrushing with a water hose................... :(

Time.

Now, if I won the lottery big enough, I could retire now, then I would have more time.

Time is our most precious commodity; we can make more of anything else.

A second job.

I need Anrakyr and The Deceiver.
Perhaps even a Necron Tomb Citadel and Nightshroud Bomber.
Then I will have every unit they can field!

I've got one squad of everything in my eldar army except Harlequins. Two squads of all the troops. The only things I have left to get are forgeworld units, and then I'm off to start my Ork Army!

I already have all the models I want for my tau army. just need to PAINT the damn thing.

Maybe a few extra crisis suits, MAYBE.
Or piranhas.
But no more. all other bases are covered.

I play Guard, it will never be finished.

GW not taking the New Necron Codex and making it crap.

 don_mondo wrote:
I play Guard, it will never be finished.

We Have Reserves!!

Another 1.5k of Necrons. I'm slowly working towards 3k of them, and I'm about halfway there... Thinking maybe 2 obelisk/transcendent vaults and one of those awesome FW tomb sentinals...

And then to go back to building a apoc-sized chaos force

2 Devilfish
2 Barracudas
1 Tigershark

Then I will call it a day I think.

Bankrupcy.

GW to release a line of quality plastic Sisters.

A paintjob that does not look utterly horrible.

Official heretical IG and Inquisitors.

And a bunch of Corrupted or Excommunicated GK wouldn't hurt either.

Mostly because I like to see the "hero" factions take a few to the nutsack.

What will it take? A month off where I can work on it everyday, but that would include sending my wife away as well. I could finish my Space Wolves army and get started on my Orks.

I need to stop playing Skyrim.

 hellpato wrote:
I need to stop playing Skyrim.

That's unpossible!

For my Steel Legion Armored Company:

-x10 Leman Russes
-x5 Chimeras
-x52 Infantry (DKOK)
-x2 Hydras
-x2 Medusas

For my Farsight Enclaves:

-x27 Crisis suits including Characters
-x2 Riptides
-x1 Rvana Riptide
-x38 Drones
-x1 Broadside

Let's see, to complete my Salamanders 2nd Company it will take (Total of 120 marines + command staff and motor pool):

Desired composition:

10 Assault Terminators (Have 5, need 5) ($50)
20 Sterngaurd Vets (Have 5, need 15) ($150)
10 Vanguard vets (Have 0, need 10) ($50)
10 Assault marines (Have 10, need 0) ($0)
20 Devastators (Have 10, need 10) ($35)
50 Tactical Marines (Have 36, need 14) ($??, probably look for a cheap job lot on ebay, clean em up and kit bash)
1 Captain Pellas Mir'san (Have) ($0)
1 Librarian (Have) ($0)
1 Chaplain (Have) ($0)
1 Techmarine (Have) ($0)
1 Master of the Forge (Have) ($0)
1 Command squad (3 Vets, Company Champ, Apothecary) (Have) ($0)

Total infantry: 130 (120 rank and file 10 leadership/ specialist)

Motor Pool:

2 Land Raiders (Have 1 Redeemer, need to decide on other 1) ($80)
3 Dreadnaughts (Have 2 regular/venerable, 1 Ironclad, need 0) ($0)
2 Vindicators (Have 1, need 1) ($60)
5 Rhinos/Razorbacks (Have 2, need 3) ($120)
5 Drop pods (Have 1, need 4) ($160)

Each marine has a name, cataloged equipment (Armor marks, accolades, weaponry etc.) as well as developing back story for each. Yeehaw spreadsheets!

Needless to say I play a VERY fluffy army, and have no local meta to speak of, nearest FLGS or GW is a good 45 minutes to an hour away.

Looks like another $700 bucks or so and my company is complete, and of course miscellaneous new brushes, hobby blades, paints and decal setter etc. We'll call it $800 and a gak load of time.

I love threads like this.

FM Argos

 Spuj wrote:

 Selym wrote:


Holy cheezus!

May the paint be with you, man, may the paint be with you!

Thank you sir, it is certainly needed!!

Paint for the paint god! Brushes for the brush throne! That... and I though I had a backlog, but oooh just imagine it at finished *drools*

Forgemaster Argos wrote:
Each marine has a name, cataloged equipment (Armor marks, accolades, weaponry etc.) as well as developing back story for each. Yeehaw spreadsheets!

Needless to say I play a VERY fluffy army

I envy your dedication. That is just cool.

All my 40K armies are finished. And over-finished. (bar painting)

I'll be cutting them down to specific themed lists and getting rid of the excess to fund other projects.

My DE do need a little more conversion work on the homebrew grotesques though...

My WM/H armies are in progress, and i'm converting up a Necromunda gang or two from assorted spare parts..

@Bojazz. Thanks for the kind words. Getting everyone a name is a pain but identifying the armor marks is a ton of fun.

FM Argos

3 Thudd guns with crews, 2 medusas with crews and a Minotaur.

I am ordering the Minotaur soonish.

Selling it.

i got a necron and SOB army but currently focusing on collage so can't get the funds to finish them but they are mostly complete.

necrons
Have:
zhandrek
Obyron
necron overlord
cryptek x2
Triarch stalker
Deathmarks x15 (5 need to be finished being put togeather)
C'tan shard
warriors x20
Ghost arks x2
immortals x20 (10 tesla 10 gauss)
Destroyers x3
Scarabs x16
AAbarge
monolith
canoptek spyderx3

Want:
Another stalker
5 more deathmarks for an even 20
two more c'tan shards if they get changed for the better other wise one more
10-20 warriors
1-2 ghoat arks
20 immortals (10 of each type)
2-3 destroyers
14-24 more scarabs (been wanting to do a bug swarm themed list)
1 more AAbarge
1-2 monoliths
3-9 more spyders

wow..... i didn't think it would be that bad. I dont even wanna think about what i wantto finish off my SOB

As someone previously posted; a lottery win is what I need.

I will continue to dream Until I can field a full chapter's (or even a 100 man company) worth of Black Templars with requisite armoury support. Doesnt even have to be high standard painting, table top is fine.

For me, paint and time - copious quantities of both.

 Selym wrote:

 don_mondo wrote:
I play Guard, it will never be finished.

We Have Reserves!!

If I could, I would gladly drop Ordnance onto my own troops while locked in hth. They're dead anyways, so might as well get some use out of them as a targeting beacon!!

 ClassicCarraway wrote:
So what is left for your armies?

Hmm...

Orks:
Gorkanaut (to convert with a bar inside)
Two more Battlewagons (to use the formation)
20 more Stormboyz (for a unit of 30)
40 more Shoota Boyz (two more mobs of 20)
Mega-armored Warboss (have to custom convert)
2-3 more flyers

Space Wolves:
2 Stormwolves
1 Stormfang
1 Land Raider Redeemer
4 Drop Pods
30-40 more power armored troops
Venerable Dreadnought
Most characters

Chaos Space Marines (Iron Warriors):
Heldrake
1-2 Forgefiends
1 Maulerfiend

CSM (Nurgle):
4 boxes of Chaos Marines
4 Rhinos
Box of Terminators
Terminator Lord
Sorceror

CSM (Khorne):
Lord on Juggernaut
10 Bikers
Land Raider
2 Helbrutes

Daemons:
Lord of Change
Newer Keeper of Secrets
20 Daemonettes
10 Slaanesh cavalry
7 Beasts of Nurgle
7 Nurgle flies
Herald of Nurgle
Herald of Slaanesh
Soul Grinder
Daemon Prince

Space Marines ("Iron Templars" homebrew chapter):
Land Raider Redeemer
4 Drop Pods
20 more Marines with bolters
A flyer or two
Techmarine with Thunderfire cannon

Dark Eldar:
3 units of Wyches
Unit of Reavers
4-6 mini-transports (bleh, forget the name right now)

Imperial Guard:
3 Hydras
3 Wyverns

Eldar:
4-6 Wave Serpents
1-2 Wraithknights
2 units of Wraithguard

Blood Angels:
Honor Guard
Land Raider Crusader
Librarian Dreadnought
2 Death Company Dreadnoughts
6 Drop Pods
New arms for existing Death Company (they're all armed for 2nd edition still)

And, of course, time to paint all of that. And that's not getting into the second Space Marine homebrew chapter, the Dark Angels, Word Bearers, or a small group of Necrons I could expand.

 The Home Nuggeteer wrote:
it takes a lot of time to model six wave serpents. a lot

Not with an airbrush.
It saves a huge amount of time with batches like this.

As for seeing the light at the end of my army...
I spent 3 months between jobs, and I painted a total of 0 models. So I can't list Time as a want.

 ClassicCarraway wrote:

So what is left for your armies?

I priced out what I need to complete my 1850 FW Horus Heresy Imperial Fists army.

I need about $350 worth of stuff.

Bojazz wrote:

Forgemaster Argos wrote:
Each marine has a name, cataloged equipment (Armor marks, accolades, weaponry etc.) as well as developing back story for each. Yeehaw spreadsheets!
Needless to say I play a VERY fluffy army

I envy your dedication. That is just cool.

Gah! another person toying with that idea.
Spreadsheets the only way to go.

I just think it will be funny with notes like:
"Biff was at ground zero of a Basilisk shot and survived! (god bless 1's)"
"Koolman fired his plasma gun for the first time and hurt himself. Remodel to melta..."
"Fifth instance "Rolling Death" Leman Russ went into difficult terrain and got stuck. Add plow before next game, maybe change the tracks..."
"Commandos jumped out of aircraft and deviated... there were no survivors."
"Drop pod storm bolter has claimed it's 12th victim in two games, will add kill markings shortly, note: no machine spirit upgrades to be performed."

To finish my army, the ONLY way is to airbrush and say "3 colors are good enough".
Or the previously mentioned heat-death of the universe.

Selling my old army and using the money towards the new models.

Anyone want to help me out? check out my link in the signature.

to finish my army would require the days to become 36+ hours long for myself only, but 24 hours pass for everyone else during that same time. I don't see this happening.

Finishing a build or list is more realistic for me I suppose. But I like to be able to play my armies in a variety of ways so it takes a lot to finish my entire army.

Blood Angels Mech List:
1 Razorback
1 Imperial Knight

Blood Angels Jumper List:
50+ more ASM

Tyranids:
3 Biovores
2 Carnifexen
2 Malanthropes

Of course, countless hours of painting too!