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I've got all the vehicles I need for my SM army. I need several boxes of infantry and the Pig Iron heads for the conversions. I am also going to do an inquisitor and guards so I need a commissar for that and some Pig Iron figures.

All that should cost under £200 and gives me enough stuff to keep me amused for a long time.

I will have to spend some money on paints and supplies too.

No Infinity for me this year given the weakness of the £ against the Euro.

All told I don't plan to spend more than £400 this year. I won't run out of stuff to work on after I can get my historical stuff out of storage.

This year, I started designing and building carrying cases for my tanks.

I'm now wondering if perhaps it would be best to have a handful of custom cases ordered up, along with sheets of foam rubber.

Well, my Xmas money was $170, and my inventory money is $70, so that's my current budget. Everything else is gravy.

I think this year I'm going to try and limit my wargaming spending to $500 or less. In the past I've had huge problems with blowing money on new armies that caught my fancy or were on sale, but now I'm trying to buckle down and actually finish what I've started.

So pretty much $350 for a brand new 40k army, $100 to finish my Dwarf army and $50 to round out my FoW company.

I have not spent a whole lot in the past couple years, but now that IG is getting a new codex and new stuff... Me thinks I will be melting some plastic

Most of my collections are done... just a few leftovers for FOW parabrits, warmachine khador... and some new releases for infinity / mercs... besides Im stocked with GS for a rainy day. Will spend not much more than 200 euros, at least thats the plan for 2009.

JohnHwangDD wrote:This year, I started designing and building carrying cases for my tanks.

I'm now wondering if perhaps it would be best to have a handful of custom cases ordered up, along with sheets of foam rubber.

There's umpteen companies making umpteen kinds of cases -- soft, hard, rolling, waterproof, etc. You should be able to find something off the shelf to suit. Custom foam is easy to get hold of once you have the cases.

Budget? What's a budget?

No more than £25 a month for me, which is... £300 this year. I'm a very slow painter, so probably won't spend this every month either. Some will roll for more expensive purchases (Battlewagons etc), but hopefully I'll underspend.

Budget?What Budget?
It depends what takes my eye .Didn't spend too wildly
last year (because of the price rise) If anything
bought a lot more plastic than metal last year.
I expect that ratio to increase in 2009.
Cheers!

My budget is what ever it cost me to get my Orks to 4K and a daemon army to 2K. I don't limit my self, if I want something but can't afford it I work twice as hard so I can.



Ahh good old motivation....

don_mondo wrote:Budget? What's a budget?

COLLEGE FUND..

@KK: Yeah, I know. For me, it's wanting everything to be boxed for storage / transport. Having everything boxed is a godsend.

About $50 bucks a month for me, but I'm getting close to that point where I have about every model for both of my armies and yet nothing is painted.

My budget = retail price for black market kidney.

Mostly done spending on my Space Marines, about 8 models in tote to buy.

IG is a fluff army and I'll buy/make anything I see that adds to it as it comes along.

Depends on the IG codex, and what new releases it brings.

Aside from that, I am setting aside cash monies for a reaver titan, atleast one or two stormlord/shadowsword kits, and perhaps a Valdor, if they improve the rules (and by that, I mean REALLY improve the rules).

Also highly likely: More cadians, if they recut the sprues with additional accessories, great coat guard if they make them + pig iron winter heads, more leman russes (20 is not enough), and more leman russ turrets from FW.

Depending on my financial situation, I may try to finish purchasing my Ork army. Right now I have 150 boyz and 2 big meks. i still need some kommandos and lootas.

Amen Brick wrote:My budget = retail price for black market kidney.

7-10k???

Well, I'm fully painted for Warmachine, so if I buy anything it'll just be the odd figure/unit.

I'm not anticipating starting a new system or army, so that brings the number down a bit. Frankly, I'll probably be selling off leftovers and a couple of armies I haven't touched in years.

So, barring creating a 15mm Napoleonics Peninsular force or 6mm Thracians or something ludicrous like that, probably $500 or less.

I might spend a few hundred on Flames of War, but I'm done with 40K buying for the moment. I've got several of everything for both Marines and Orks.

I do the same thing I've always done. kill, maim, burn, steal, sell, bribe, blackmail, and if I get desperate,


!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ACTUALLY BUY IT WITH MONEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Buying miniature dolls meant for children?

100bux.

About $40US per fortnight plus more for books and painting and assembly 'bits'.

I already have enough assembled to paint the rest of the year so its buying for tourney armies....

I keep about $50 a week out of my paycheck for gas, soft drinks at work, eating out, etc. Any extra is my 'budget' for miniatures.

stonefox wrote:Buying miniature dolls meant for children?

100bux.

You won't get a lot of Licca-chans for that, especially the special editions.

If I buy anything, it'll be more books, possibly a Barbed Hierodule (keep waffling on this one), one or two Marine vehicles (son #1 complains about not having enough vehicles -- at this moment, I have none), and possibly some stuff for Orks.

Very small this year.
I bought Redeemer, 10 Assault Termies, and Thundercannon during Chrismas.
Now I'll buy another starter set.
A Vindicator is on my list and two more Attack Bikes. That's all so far.

i usally just spend what i have exses of $25 bucks i think last year i spent like $700

im also starting Chaos I am going to get a 2 chaos
tac squads a lord and a Defiler and Khorne it up bit you Know that

Kilkrazy wrote:

stonefox wrote:Buying miniature dolls meant for children?

100bux.

You won't get a lot of Licca-chans for that, especially the special editions.

I had to look up what those were, but suffice to say that I'll be very sad that I won't have much money to buy many of them for my action figure collection.

Well my WFB chaos army needs finishing but that’s going to cost me about another £60. My only other plan is my Empire army based on the Warlord Games Roman miniatures. That’s penciled in for late spring and, barring a price increace, will cost about £160. Bargain!

Of course there is all the normal extra brushes and paints to worry about. This year Im thinking about giving Valejeo and Coat d'arms a go. Just for a change. Mind you being mail order its going to require a bulk order!

Ive also discovered the joys of army painter this year which is going to save me a fortune in terms of time this year. Might stand a chance of getting some rank and file painted!

I reckon about £300.