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So yeah, I bought a box of sanguinary guard, and I play space wolves and nids...

Some other useless crap I've bought.

SM command squad set
SM predator (Mine don't really kill that much..)
SM sniper scouts
SM venerble dreadnought (Although I make people reroll their damage results, they usually die from the same shot anyway..)

When I played CSM

CSM havocs (They suck)
CSM possessed (I never got a good special power roll)
CSM land raider (Cost too much and could never carry more than 10 dudes)
Abaddon (I never got to play him because of his cost and when I did play him, people avoided him)


So, what unneeded models have you bought?

Abaddon, all the way. never had enough points to sucessfully field him. just sits around and looks pretty

A forth War Walker just for the weapons (shuricannons).
Its a shame.

5 drop pods. Worse buy ever. I wanted to try and all drop list and realized that I love mech so much better and drop pods are so ineffective after delivery.

elysian squad and heavy bolter squad. sure i will make an army when im older of them, but this was when i was 13 and used 75 quid worth of christmas money just on those two sets and elysian accessories. i could have gotten good stuff with that money but no i had to waste in on FW

@Brother Ramses: 5 drop pods???!!!! what were you thinking??? lol

Dark eldar grotesques.....


and maybe the raven since I never get to play Appoc

Clthomps wrote:Dark eldar grotesques.....


and maybe the raven since I never get to play Appoc

I forgot to mention I have an old stormlord I never got around to magnetizing..

A forth war walker just for the weapons.

@ OP. Sniper Scouts? Seriously? Mine kill more MCs than the rest of my force combined.

Clthomps: Have you ever tried Grotesques?
I know that Coven armies are not popular these days.
However, a full squad led by a Homonculus mounted in a Raider can be a serious threat.

Battle Missions.

Typhus..Love the model, but he would show up for the fight and be lascannon and missle fodder for a one minute appearance and be taken off the board.

I bought 2 packs of Vespids from a game store that was going out of business. I realized later that you cannot play them without a strain leader, so I then I bought a full box of 6 metal vespids just to get the strain leader. They are now retired but still fill up space in my carrying case.

wuestenfux wrote:Clthomps: Have you ever tried Grotesques?
I know that Coven armies are not popular these days.
However, a full squad led by a Homonculus mounted in a Raider can be a serious threat.

Yup played them with Uthan, and normal heamons.... I find that if I play them in a game were they could do something I am wasting points I could use to max out my raiders. If I play them in larger games they end up doing next to nothing.


The only time they have ever been useful is in a footsolgging list.

I bought a 2500 point necron army just because i wanted to have a necron army in case they ever get a new codex. theres $400 i'm not getting back :(

Vesipeds ( mine cam in the Tau big box )
Kroot OX ( wost model sculpt possibly too)

Scout sgt with powerfist ( metal fig ...it's horrid)
6 Scouts with Missile launchers ( I play DA's so Termie or Scout? Which one do you think I take)
Plastic Droppods...built 1 gave away 2...
Land Raider Redeemer...Should have made them Crusaders

Vostronen co and sqd boxes... bought them cheap from shop going out of business... still have them in the wrap

Reaver Titan.... no just kidding , maybe the best , just when I got mine I was stupid and got the Gatling blaster and Apoc missile rack... now all I use is the 2 Tri laser blaster and the Double barreled Turbo laser...straight Cheese.

Still have a Tigershark AX-0 11 in the baggie and well as 2 sets of Remoras that have been sitting for 3+ years.

This thread is bound to go off-topic since you had to say why each of your purchases was unnecessary. It only leads to people coming here to say why you're wrong to say they're bad/useless.

The only things I've bought that were unnecessary have been things I intended to use but were later phased out of my army list. That doesn't mean I won't use them later, but for now they are a waste of money. Things like my non-autocannon heavy weapon csm (because all of my csm troops are using melta or flamers, and the only heavy weapons i use are on my havocs which have autocannons). Or a squad of loyalist marines that I intended to corrupt to use in my renegade army that I never used and instead went with chaos marines that I added touches of loyalist gear to (much easier to add things than take them off).

ivangterrace wrote:
When I played CSM

CSM havocs (They suck)
CSM possessed (I never got a good special power roll)
CSM land raider (Cost too much and could never carry more than 10 dudes)
Abaddon (I never got to play him because of his cost and when I did play him, people avoided him)


So, what unneeded models have you bought?

For example:

Havocs are amazing with autocannons or a combination of ACs and missile launchers. If you're only using oblits you are over spending for a low amount of shots. A mix of oblits and havocs is a great way to get both volume of shots and to ensure you're able to hurt anything with the proper weapon.

Land raiders are bad? Since when? They are amazing when in the proper army list with the proper equipment and the right infantry inside. There are many lists that are unable or have a very difficult time dealing with AV14 armor on all sides and that can be a huge advantage when used well.

A 4th Ed space marine army I considered starting during the do it yourself chapter time. Before I got past the 1200 pt area the 5th ed codex emerged changing everything I modeled, was pissed and reboxed the army in some plastic cases in the closet.

Another was my Ork army I got interested in. Bought about 60 boys or so back with they came in the 19 man boxes, mega armored nobs, 3 kans, a land raider to custom wreck into a battle wagon and kannon batteries. Ended up giving it to my friend since they just gathered dust.

Most of the purchases were made because I love building the models regardless of the army and then later I'd think about playing that army.

Daemonettes. It's a shame... they were the first thing I ever bought, and they're so weak that they can be easily taken out by half their points' worth of anything except footdar.
Against footdar, they're okay. Not great, but okay. How many people play footdar, again? Oh yeah. Daemonettes, my painting effort was wasted on you.

Broadside Battle Suit...two of them.

Krootox, wasn't even complete. Contained two left sides.

In hind sight, Leman Russ Exterminator for my SW. But I bought that years before the codex was updated.

Basically any model that ended up being obsolete from codex updates...Always end up thinking "Should've seen it coming".

well lets see

there is the sniper scouts that have now been dropped from my list (never used, but built, ebay i think)

a tiger shark ax-01 and i think it was the stormblade (SH with plasma cannon)

$400 worth of nids when the 3rd edition codex came out because i simply wanted an army to eat another FLGS's ultramarines! i sold it within a few weeks at a loss of only a few bucks thanks to the old 35% off retail discounts webstores used to offer. $15 to store a nid army in the closest for a month... not too bright!

Pariahs. Hands down.

Tyranid Battleforce.... lol.. When I first started 40k, I bought a 'nid battleforce and absolutely hated painting them, I always lost, and thought about actually quitting 40k. Then I started playing IG and absolutely loved the game. I still have my 'nids, but they have never seen battle since lol...

Abaddon is not pretty at all. Figure wise or game wise. I dont think any Chaos Character HQ is worth anything. I have had all and sold them all except Ahriman which now is a stand in Chaos Sorcerer, used in fun games, or used as an objective marker.


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Abaddon is not pretty at all. Figure wise or game wise. I dont think any Chaos Character HQ is worth anything. I have had all and sold them all except Ahriman which now is a stand in Chaos Sorcerer, used in fun games, or used as an objective marker.

Cities of Death Imperial Sector. Game plan was to build a board, but never came to fruition.

Marnues Calgar. Too expensive for almost any list, and doesn't come with the proper honor guard set it. Gorgeous models that I would have loved to just have to paint, but a total waste of 35.00

I bought lots of Dark Eldars.

Luckily, I sold them for roughly what I paid.

Some sniper scouts probably. I play space wolves.

My terminator lord. Because my Daemon Prince works so much better.... Such a sweet model though!!!