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Well, since I only swore off "Finecast" I've been true to my word. I found a metal Ikit Claw at my FLGS, and I'll stick to plastic models (and converting out of plastics) for my Ogre Kingdoms army, as I'll have to buy more stuff for them when the new book comes out (stupid G.W., dropping point costs and releasing amazing new minis).

...But since I'm a big fan of metal I've been plunking my few hobby dollars into Infinity and Anima: Tactics lately. Gotta love skirmish games. You can totally shake the game up for $10-20!

As far as playing games goes, however, I've been playing a ton of Warmachine. In fact, I've only played a single game of WHFB in the last few months. I'm looking at Infinity (just finished 300 points of Yu-Jing, and my friend is starting Haqqislam soonish) to fill the sci-fi void 40k has left. I just haven't been enjoying the game this edition. It's pretty easy to swear off a game you don't enjoy, I guess.

Since I stopped purchasing miniatures from GW I started scratch building and buying from small miniature companies such as MaxMini and Blight Wheel. The quality of their products are far above those of GW and so far nothing on my buy list is from GW. I will be buying a Dust Tactics game soon and will expand the axis army into a large Dust Warfare force (although like WH40k I do not intend to play Dust Warfare much if I do at all) and will probably purchase an army from Mantic's new Sci-Fi game if they produce a faction the interests me any time soon.

I will probably buy from GW again in the future, I still look at the Valdor Tank Hunter from FW and think it would so much fun to paint, but aside from the odd FW tank I do not plan to buy anything, never mind any new army they try to push.

So far I picked up the Battletech new box. The models aren't as great as the metal one, but the OK and the price and maps are great.

But most my money gone to Infinity, couldn't decide on one frce so I got 3. As soon, as my Lizard get here they all be 300+ point to choose from. Plus I been slowly adding to my Anima Tactics and Dust Tactics. Here hoping Andy Chambers dose a good jobwith Dust Warfare, I really like Tactic but TT rules.....

just started playing 40k... put in some more money for my army last week... will buy more this week (paints etc)

Crusher050 wrote:just started playing 40k... put in some more money for my army last week... will buy more this week (paints etc)

The great GW non-Exodus thread is that a way ---------------------------->



Two weeks ago I picked up the Cryx Battlebox and pSkarre so I have something to use until I send for my Cygnar from back home. Played three 15 point games on Sunday proxying Deneghra as a Warwitch Siren. Beat two Ret armies in a close fight, got demolished by a Skorne. Quite a blast. Unfortunately the store only has an official Warmachine day once a month, but people manage to arrange a game or two during the week, it seems. Looking forward to expanding my Warmachine forces. I still really want to try Malifaux so once I've finished my Warmachine stuff, I'm going to ask around the shop and see how many people, if any, play it.

I've been playing Infinity every game night (Tuesday) for the past couple of months, and have been loving it. Really enjoying the depth of the game and the tactics. I am a little ambivalent about my piles of 40K minis that I've barely looked at since Finecast was released though... not sure whether to sell them or just box them up and see if my enthusiasm comes back.

Ha! Did someone ressurect this thread?

Let's see... Battletech figures are waiting to get painted, as well are my Flames of War Brits and Germans.

I picked up a copy of Black Powder, and I'm currently wrestling with my interests - 6mm for sure, but dare I pick up Napoleonics or ACW first?

And I'm inching ever closer to getting my two 1000 point Epic: Armageddon armies done, without a single penny in GW's coffers.

Since this thread has not been banished to the Void yet, I'll contribute. Been getting into Hordes alot and massing several casters and armies for Skorne. Overall really enjoying the feel of the game more so than 40k. When Domination releases, that is when my bank is really going to get a good kick. Greatly so if the Necron update turns into another money grab concept from GW.

Whilst not being a *nerd ragequit* guy essentially, I have actually greatly reduced my GW spending, only buying stuff I need.

The result.

Lets see, around 500 dollars this month alone extra cash. I've been painting my prior purchases and aiming to get my forgeworld medusa, sentinal powerlifter and thunderbolt together.

I had to explain why I left to one of my friends who I led into GW. He is quite upset, just simply because he feels that I've sold out.

"Sold out"?

I would say to your friend: "You keep using that word. But I do not think it means what you think it means."

My exodus continues to go well. I bought a PS3 rather than heaps of new models, and I'm loving it.

I've moved to Afghanistan where there are no stores carrying GW products.

niceguyteddy wrote:I've moved to Afghanistan where there are no stores carrying GW products.

Ah c'mon! GW isn't bad enough to force you to move to Afghanistan.

Bit of an extreme reaction IMO, even for me!

Greatly reduced my GW spending. In fact...I can't remember the last time I perrrr-chased some GW.

All my latest purchases have been on Infinity and Malifaux...oh and Flames of War.

To be honest, I've brought more since stopping GW but with other companies...and also not painting as much :(

Greatly reduced my GW spending.

I've discovered Vallejo paints.
I've bought some more Infinity.

I learned that it is possible to get the rules online (eventually).

About the time the price hike and other nonsense went into effect a few of the guys in my gaming group also expanded into WarmaHordes and I'm siting at about 32-33 points worth of stuff that I'm in the midst of preparing to paint.
Yes, I still play 40K and I have enough GW product in the form of Guard and Orks (with a handful of Marines) to get through that I can probably paint for another 6-12 months without ever needing to buy from them again. As for paints I long since expanded into other ranges so it's no loss there either. Could GW win me back, sure but they're not likely to because I don't see them changing their marketing strategy.

As far as the price difference between individual models in the PP vs GW range, sure, they're almost the same in terms of cost although PP comes in a bit cheaper. More importantly the overall cost of an army is way lower. I've spent around $200 on my Hordes stuff and don't ever need to buy another model if I don't want to. In contrast I've probably spent at least $600 on my incomplete IG force - which will probably never get finished the way I'd planned. As an added bonus the ruleset for warmahordes is better written, considerably so. Right now PP is doing more to earn my money so that's what I go with.

I haven't purchaced anything in a GW store since I quit working there a few years ago. Then they closed the store one of the oldest GW stores in North America (Vancouver BC) and closed down most of the other stores except for one on the Island and one on West Vancouver ( The VERY rich part of town, some of the most expensive realestate in the world).


I sold all my GW stuff when I quit the store, but decided I wanted to play with a few friends so I picked up a Sister of Battle army in bits and pieces off of ebay and website trade forms. If I had bought it all retail at GW I would of been looking in the meighbourhood of $1500-$1600 for all of it. I payed around $500-$600 for it all.

I then decided that with all the crap that has gone on I decided I didn't want to support the company anymore (2nd hand or anything) so I sold all my Sisters off on here and bought a 20mm USMC army and a Saddam Fedayeen army from Elhiem miniatures to use with 'Force on Force".

All I have to say is that if you want a real 'wargame' check out force on force. The game supports real world small unit tatics, if you just move foward and shoot you will get the crap kicked out of you. Plus there are no army lists or points, the whole game is secinero driven so you just pick a period, make up your own mission or use a historical fight to recreate then go from there. The greatest thing is the game is scale indifferent, so if I want lots of tanks use 6mm, if I want a small skirmish game use 28mm, if you want a blend of the two use 15mm-20mm. The great thing about 20mm is its 1/72 scale so I can find most of the model kits around here. The absolute best thing though is that they will be releasing a rule set called 'Tommorows War' which should include such stuff as power armour, hover tanks, laser guns..... Sounds like a great rule set for 40k figgies.

No new GW purchases in the last 2 years. Including WD and codexes.
Most of my Gw bits and bobs have been sold off and I have bought 2nd hand via ebay the metal guard models I need to create my pseudo Soviet /Tsarist force.

Any remaining minis I have will be painted or converted.

I have also tried my hand at making my own scratchbuilt and sculpted minis to represent vehicles and counts as units.

I have also been playing a lot more quick skirmish level games since time has become a lot more precious.

last purchase, Cockatrice, 3 dreadnought bases. Thats last purchase from GW.

Ever was yesterday, 77 bucks for a bunch of deep ones, a cthuluion worm, a yithian and a night gaunt.

On the first day of solstice, cthulhu gave to MEEEEE!

Well...

A year and a half since my last game of 40k and I've got a few games/projects going...

Song of Blades and Heroes. (Warband size 28mm fantasy Skirmish)
After playing using rebased D&D preapaints, I just finshed my first warband of woodlanders. (see the gallery)

Full Thrust (starship combat)
Rarely play this so I have a small fleet of scratchbuilt starships about 1/3 of the way painted

Warstelands (Warband size Post Apoc 28mm)
Scavenger, Trooper and Cultist warbands finshed, along with a couple of post apoc vehicles. I have Salvage crew and biker warbands waiting for paint

Mech Attack and Future War Commander (10mm Sci-Fi. MA for skirmish and FWC for larger battles)
I've got about 80 Mechwarrior clix units (mechs, vehicles and infantry) that I've rebased for the two rulesets above.

WarEngine and 5150 (Platoon level 28mm skirmish games)
-Junker (greco-roman sci-fi raiders) army finished to a playing size, but will expand it.
-Halfway through painting a 26 figure force made of Ventauran and Khiff miniatures from Denizen

Red Asphalt (matchbox/HotWheels car combat)
Am working on a fast-play, rules-lite automobile combat ruleset on the side. Rules are mostly done and I've bought and disassembled a ton of toy cars, but the project is on hold.

I've also finished 3 desert hills/cliff and a couple of buildings of terrain.

I'm loving life post GW-focus. I'm spending less, buying more and with my new gaming group I'm playing alot!

I think the exodus is funny, I went on mine 7 years ago, and the only things I have bought since are some paints and brushes.
Anything GW bought from me now is on eBay.
I'd like to start of a long term GorkaMorka group, as well as get back into playing with what I have (Chaos and SM)

I haven't bought anything GW in quite a while now. I intend to buy 1 finecast Astorath and 1 finceast Sanguinor (whenever it comes out) to convert into Mephiston and Dante respectively in order to complete my BA army (all the rest of which I have)... Other than that... I think I am more or less done except for the occasional 1 off...

Oddly, I am still ok with Forgeworld... I suppose it's always been expensive, but at least they put out previews lol...

I wasn't that mad, and still play 40k.

Pulp City.

RAFM USX Heros, plus a fair amount of Deep Ones.

Superfigs.

Reaper superheros, plus a bunch of stuff for a new game I'm looking into called Golgo Island. Their figures and game are LOL funny, and I need to find somewhere to get the guys here in the states.

AND the PP stuff that I forgot I had. 1 army each of Cryx, Cygnar, Khodor, and Mercs, and a bunch of unpainted Hordes Trollkin guys that I want to get up and running. These guys are like pringles- you can't just leave it at one.

Looked over that Dust tactics game, but those guys really do look flimsy for thier cost.

I've been unpacking some of the stuff from moving, and I didn't realize how much stuff I really had for GW.

Still painting, stopped buying, stopped playing, but that damn Warhammer Quest is looking interesting, even if I'm still as hot as ever.

Think it's because its OP, so they really can't screw it up so much.

I have mixed emotions looking over this pile of stuff.

On one hand, its just a bunch of ...stuff. On the other is a endless supply of memories, Necromunda, Gorkamorka, and all sorts of stuff that I miss all because GW wants to be !@##$ing stupid.

I have enough GW stuff, and as I unpack it, I'm trying to figure out how to sell it.

I just got a Khador Battlegroup on Ebay.

well thanks to my hobby store GW will never go out of business they have everything you can get on the site its not even funny its like 2 GW stores had a "Good nite" and thus was born this store

Not going to buy for a while; the army i wanted to do would just be too expensive. Even to start.

Still doing what I do: support where I play at and buying GW product.

Well... I sold my nids for a pretty penny because Robbin Cruddycrap ruined the new dex and made it so that they were no longer even the same army that they had been.

Sold my orks because they lacked a necessity for real skill to win with. Run forward, roll lots of dice, win. Not that much of a challenge.

Sold my Lord of the rings due to a lack of players in my local.

I still have CHaos and Ultramarines. Probably wont sell either till i reallly decide to give up the game, but i also probably wont buy anything new from GW. I HAVE started to look into other games and game companies. Spartan Games anyone. Beautiful models for their Firestorm Armada system, and 50$ gets you a whole starter fleet. Hmmm. less than the cost of one greater demon model. Hmmmm, very affordable I say.

I'm not going to quit GW as a hobby, the background and previous story are a great setting. But I'll certainly keep spending pretty low, if anything. I stocked up on the IG troop boxes before they reduced the number of guys and upped the box cost so I've got a hundred or so still on sprues. Bought some tanks from eBay but nothing direct from GW.

On the other hand I'm branching out into Dystopian Wars - I enjoy the story and I find Spartan's attitude to gamers a breath of fresh air (on the forums there's a thread about a rival's game system and how you could use the models in DW) with previews and wonderful affordability.

Secondly, if my Widowmakers ever put in an appearance, I'm going to be undertaking Warmachine (peer pressure!).

However, I would trade it all in if GW decided to resurrect (or at least drop the price) of BFG. Not so much for myself, my fleet's quite happy) but the cost is putting off my friends from taking it up.