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Don't really regret buying anything as I love the models and my unpainted stuff is just treasure waiting for me to take care of it. Even my Ork army I can't be bothered with I still enjoy having just in case inspiration strikes me, plus Killteam has given me a little kick in the ass to start painting all my infantry guys.

I actually have more regrets not buying something than actually buying, to later see those models go out of print. I still wish I had collected a High Elf army and a proper Dark Elf army when WHFB was still a thing for example, or bought myself some Tomb Kings(some of the models were gorgeous).

 Eldarsif wrote:
Don't really regret buying anything as I love the models and my unpainted stuff is just treasure waiting for me to take care of it. Even my Ork army I can't be bothered with I still enjoy having just in case inspiration strikes me, plus Killteam has given me a little kick in the ass to start painting all my infantry guys.

I actually have more regrets not buying something than actually buying, to later see those models go out of print. I still wish I had collected a High Elf army and a proper Dark Elf army when WHFB was still a thing for example, or bought myself some Tomb Kings(some of the models were gorgeous).

I was disappointed to see I couldn't get the necrosphinx when I came back.

 IronBrand wrote:

 Eldarsif wrote:
Don't really regret buying anything as I love the models and my unpainted stuff is just treasure waiting for me to take care of it. Even my Ork army I can't be bothered with I still enjoy having just in case inspiration strikes me, plus Killteam has given me a little kick in the ass to start painting all my infantry guys.

I actually have more regrets not buying something than actually buying, to later see those models go out of print. I still wish I had collected a High Elf army and a proper Dark Elf army when WHFB was still a thing for example, or bought myself some Tomb Kings(some of the models were gorgeous).

I was disappointed to see I couldn't get the necrosphinx when I came back.

You and me both.

The rule books and codex are a big waste of money and paper. Once a new edition comes along, that $50 codex is now $7.

None.

Whatever I buy, I've researched and judged its worth. And I always found use for my investments. I've yet to err in this.

 CadianGateTroll wrote:
The rule books and codex are a big waste of money and paper. Once a new edition comes along, that $50 codex is now $7.

If you've had 100 fun games using the rules in the Codex, it's hard to call it a waste.

My Black Templars for everything since 5th ed. I like the look of the models but the rules make them next to useless and they don't even feel fluffy enough to justify playing so 13k+ points worth of them just sit gathering dust on my shelf.

Second biggest regret is having bought a Thunderhawk, I got it back when the exchange rate was horrid and it was through our GW bunker so it also had local tax. $1000 wasted on the worst resin kit I've ever owned. Everything was warped like hell, all of the internal pieces, assault ramp and canard wings were the wrong size and didn't fit. I had to cut them down and rebuild so much of the model it was almost like scratch building. Either they used molds for mismatched masters or had massive problems with not using the correct fillers to control the resin shrinkage. Result was that nothing fit correctly and was the epitome of bad FW castings. Spent two months fixing that pile of crap only to have it blasted off the table in every game of Apoc by warhound titans that were half the price and half the points and far more durable, in most game it was one shotted as soon as it hit the board due to how crappy the Apoc flyer damage was handled and one single wound had a 50% chance of turning into 3 structure damage and downing it. 900 points of flying crap coffin. Dumped it and the $200 carrying case as soon as I had the chance. Apoc on the whole was garbage as a format and I never should have gotten into that.

Lastly buying into Warmachine & Hordes, I loved the look of Khador and the Farrow but after attending a local league night I hated the gameplay and hyper aggressive player base so much I just threw my army down the storm drain next to the store and never looked back. The entire group of WMH players was basically composed of "that guy" players and tossing the models was one of the best gaming decisions I've ever made in 30 years of gaming. I'm only sad that I bought two full armies worth of stuff before I realized just how crappy that game is.

When I heard the Ork Stompa was going to be in the 7th Edition codex I bought it. Only for every tournament in the area to ban them.

It wasn't until I was on a hiatus from the hobby that I manage to talk to one of the TOs who instituted the ruling. He was allowing knights, but not Stompas. I asked him to put one ~370pt Knight vs the ~800pt Stompa and have them fight twice. Once with the knight charging and once with the Stompa. The Knight one shot the Stompa both times.

Additionally the Morkanaut, but I've used it a lot even though its not the best. The Stompa I've never gotten the chance to use. Even in 8th its overcosted.

6th edition collector's edition BRB and CSM Codex. Power creep wrecked my army and I spent more time trying to catch up to the meta than I did playing the game. Still look back and wonder how I got caught up in the hype.

Thinking back, I had about 15 different lists I used against different players. Those books meant I was list tailoring before every game, sometimes for weeks.

 p5freak wrote:
1) Land raider. Pretty useless now in 8th.
2) Leviathan dreadnought. Pretty useless now with knights.
3) Regular dreads. Pretty useless now with contemptor dreads/armigers.
4) JP plasma marines. Pretty useless now with plasma inceptors.

Just curious. Don't leviathans with butcher/storm cannons have WAY more firepower than its equivalent pts in IKs?

Currently, I've got storage boxes full of WHFB stuff that's sitting around collecting dust, spiders, and regrets. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed it at the time, but AoS isn't my thing, and it's all been unusable for years. I like the armies and the models, so I don't want to get rid of them, but I don't like the only way I can actually use them. It's just a steadily increasing feeling of "I could have saved so much money, space, time, and effort if I'd known that WHFB was going to shortly implode" every time I look at them.

Aside from that, I've not really regretted a lot of GW purchases. My CSM were started late 4th/early 5th, and their 5th codex was the first I actually played them with, so I've always been used to them being crap; my Eldar are probably alright even though I've not played them since 5th; my Tau--again, not played since 5th--could use their Crisis Suits being sensibly balanced, but aside from that no real issues; and my Necrons are casually workable, but could use a spruce up in terms of pricing.

Overall, I've enough faith that I can actually play with most of what I've got RE: 40k, or otherwise that fixes will come for what I can't. Except CSM, which I just have because they were my first army and are cool.

That reminds me of my even bigger regret: my Lord of the Rings SBG collection that's just been sitting around gathering dust for the past 10 years. I've got a little bit of just about everything, too. With the resurgence of LOTR SBG, maybe it'll catch on locally and I might finally get some use out of the stuff (not holding my breath tbh). The models are really cool, and I absolutely love LOTR (the movies and the books), but there has never been anyone around to play.

 Asmodai wrote:

 CadianGateTroll wrote:
The rule books and codex are a big waste of money and paper. Once a new edition comes along, that $50 codex is now $7.

If you've had 100 fun games using the rules in the Codex, it's hard to call it a waste.

Which is precisely the issue with the Imperial Armour books from Forgeworld. My gaming group pretty much unilaterally bought one of each book for ourselves, which mean that since NOBODY actually ran any of the FW stuff, the IA books were a colossal waste of money.

 Avatar 720 wrote:
Currently, I've got storage boxes full of WHFB stuff that's sitting around collecting dust, spiders, and regrets. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed it at the time, but AoS isn't my thing, and it's all been unusable for years. I like the armies and the models, so I don't want to get rid of them, but I don't like the only way I can actually use them. It's just a steadily increasing feeling of "I could have saved so much money, space, time, and effort if I'd known that WHFB was going to shortly implode" every time I look at them..

9th age/KOW? Those are around even here so would think UK would have those covered even better. In particularly I like T9A but lack of easy sources for high elves keeps me from them. Ebay can get pricey and hard to find in sufficient numbers.

tneva82 wrote:
Bought warhound titan. Then found out it was recast. Straight to garbage bin.

Hmmm, so it was good quality then,lol

Where do you live, I am interested in some dumpster diving
Also, in future if you are not satisfied with some other titans, feel free to send em my way, I am happy to pay for shipping!

Thinking about it I don't really regret much but as I've built my Scythes of the emperor force one of my early purchases was a corvus blackstar. It's a beautiful model and while I don't massively regret it I think that buying something else would have been more optimal for my small force to start with!

7th edition Tau Codex. Bought it in spring 2017. Never used it.

Eldar Army. Bought it and never used it.

Any terrain stuff I bought. I wanted to paint it but I never get around to it.

My Horus Heresy army. I wish I had instead invested in a Knight army along with Guard reinforcements I could use for HH and 40k.

Drop Pods. I bought three and never used them. Never will. They just collect dust.

That one box with a Stormraven and two Stormtalon gunships. I ruined the Stormraven with a crappy conversion job, gave one of the Stormtalons to a friend and now just have one left.

Oh, god, all the models I ruined. I don't want to talk about them. Some of them were expensive FW kits and it pains me to think about it.

The Imperial Army 2 second edition book. Used it for like two games.

7th Ed Space Marine Codex/Rules. Never used it. Thankfully it was an ebook edition.


The Chaos part of the Dark Vengeance set. Yeah, I don't have a good track record with chaos armies. I wanted to start it but I just couldn't get over how bad most of the plastic kits are.

A lot of this stuff amounted to non-starters. I don't think I ever blew through an army that went above 1000pts.

Not sure there is a lot I regret for 40k, other games yes, loads, but for 40k pretty much everything I have I'm happy with. Largely because I tend to buy models for the sake of building and painting them so not too fussed if they seldom see the table (indeed I have loads that have never seen the table, and some that likely never will)

I do have regrets though, I regret not standardising on steel bases, I have a sort of 30k force on them and other games on them but all my current other 40k stuff is on the usual plastic - and its too much pain to change them, steel is so much easier for transport

I regret buying the Imperial Infantryman's Uplifting Primer at a cheek-clenching price just a couple weeks before the even better Damocles Gulf Edition of the Uplifting Primer came out.

Also, I bought far too many Perry and Warlord historicals back when there were no good plastic alternatives to GW minis. Sure, some of them scale alright with the LOTR minis, but their poses were sooooo boring. And the parts are so tiny they don't work for conversions with anything else.

 IronBrand wrote:

Is that a lego titan? I can see at least some lego on it.

Not "Lego" as such, but a more generic construction brick that was compatible - it was a brand called "Coko" - their main claim to fame was military stuff in the 90s.
They had an M1 tank, an M2 Bradley, a Jeep with TOW launcher and a bunch of khaki clad grumpy and stern faced soldiers armed with a variety of guns (m-16, M9 pistols). They also used locking ratchet joints. But yeah, it's sort of a "lego" titan. it was my "warhound" proxy in the early 2000s (post "apocalypse" being released).

Long before brickguns were a thing.

All of the 8th ed launch combined codex book thingys.
Useless waste of money tbh.
Psychic card decks from 7th. An even bigger waste.
A second blast/flamer set before 8th dropped. Winner.

 Just Tony wrote:

 Asmodai wrote:

 CadianGateTroll wrote:
The rule books and codex are a big waste of money and paper. Once a new edition comes along, that $50 codex is now $7.

If you've had 100 fun games using the rules in the Codex, it's hard to call it a waste.

Which is precisely the issue with the Imperial Armour books from Forgeworld. My gaming group pretty much unilaterally bought one of each book for ourselves, which mean that since NOBODY actually ran any of the FW stuff, the IA books were a colossal waste of money.

I bought all the IA books, and hardly used the rules in any games. Not a waste, though as I enjoyed (and still do) reading them and looking at the colour plates.

Biggest waste of money so far is probably that second Baneblade - still in its box a decade later.

This is rather generalized but makes some sense: buying too many models ahead of time and watching them incrementally get "obsolete" and not having cracked the box and building/painting new models at a snail's pace.

Get a bunch of marines of various types, from the 25mm base days.
Then they go to bigger bases.
Then they have new boxes with better stuff.
Then we have Primaris.
Playing a collectable game one would have to consider the pace of obsolescence.
Mind you, there are many extra cool bases being sold and a horde of means to upgrade but the bits box is getting awfully large.
But yes, I play Black Templar so I am everyone's friend as a "casual" player to take the boots to (Imperial Guard almost makes them good as "support").

The "wasted" money is not committing to my own custom chapter so I can pick and choose rules for them to the special snowflake of the month as needed.

tneva82 wrote:

 Avatar 720 wrote:
Currently, I've got storage boxes full of WHFB stuff that's sitting around collecting dust, spiders, and regrets. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed it at the time, but AoS isn't my thing, and it's all been unusable for years. I like the armies and the models, so I don't want to get rid of them, but I don't like the only way I can actually use them. It's just a steadily increasing feeling of "I could have saved so much money, space, time, and effort if I'd known that WHFB was going to shortly implode" every time I look at them..

9th age/KOW? Those are around even here so would think UK would have those covered even better. In particularly I like T9A but lack of easy sources for high elves keeps me from them. Ebay can get pricey and hard to find in sufficient numbers.

I really like KoW, and even tried to make a Nightstalkers force for it, but it's not been an active game anywhere around my area since it first started. I bought an Elf force when I first heard about it, and got really excited to play because the rules seemed tight and it seemed like a very agreeable game that could even use WHFB miniatures at a time when WHFB was very much still around, but nobody played it, then about 2 years ago when I asked around again, I found one guy willing to give me an intro game--apparently (one of) the best KoW player(s) in the country--and that was it, nobody else played it. 9th Age I've only ever seen national tournaments of hosted, never casual games played nor even mentions of it.

I'm sure they're played, just not where I can get to nor with any frequency.

I also bought Robotech RPG Tactics at Retail. I got 2 Starters, and 1 upgrade of UEDF Destroids and Zent Artillery each.

I opened one of the starters and ended up giving it to a friend because I knew I would NEVER get around to building, painting, or playing it.