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Another suggestion may be to do a temporary buying freeze. Instead of spending the money on new minis, spend some to have a commission painter do some work for you.

I love painting my own stuff. But sometimes I do send them off to a pro. I needed a kill team painted for Adepticon, plus I wanted my copy of SDE painted for it as well. Sent the Kill team off to my painter, and was able to finish (almost) my project.

When I can no longer tell the difference between a mini, my kids, my breakfast, and the dude who changes my hospital bedpan.

Everyone knows if you paint your last miniature, you die.

I too have alot of unpainted minis, most of them for Warmachine and Fantasy, which are niche-nonexistent scenes here in KL. I just sorta stare at them and scratch my face. Then I get hungry and wander off to grab some cookies. By the time I'm done I realize I need to check emails. And so it goes. It's sort of depressing..perhaps I need to hire a dude who just sits in my room and yells at me until I paint them.

hey guys thanks for the support, I got so motivated by all of your posts that I don't think I will sell anything, and todayI actually got a chance to finish three minis, so I guess I stop when i'm dead

I stop buying minis when I have anything still on sprue, unbuilt, or even if they havent been given a base coat. After I have everything in my cases at least built and primed then I can feel okay about adding another box of something. Im slow with the fine detail painting so I just chip away at one or two models every now and then. Im slowly making progress.

The first sign is usually that your attic collapses.

When your house roof decides to spontaneously collapse with a loud *crack* when you are asleep.

When you buy another *billy* from IKEA to put your model boxes on, you get it home and you don't have room to put the thing together....Even in your front yard.

You'll know when it's time to stop.

We all reach a point where there's a limit, either in terms of spending, or in terms of space to store unpainted stuff.

If you have a significant other, expect her to eventually chime in.

Dont' worry as much about selling stuff. Sure, you take a loss on it, but you'd probably never get to it anyway. Take the money and run. And there will always be new armies/units/games to buy.

Simple answer to your question.... Never!



I dont think I would stop buying, but I do have to remind myself Not to buy more then one thing a month!

(And I cant seem to figure out why im always broke??? )

Mine was after my armies covered an entire room... thankfully I did stop before getting anything more due to lack of space.

Definitely stop before space becomes an issue.

I stopped buying more stuff until I had some more armies painted and stored.

I found a load of stuff for 1/2 price and thought what's the harm? Well their all sitting on the top of an already full shelf unit and have fallen of twice now. I could literally be killed by minis at any moment!

Johnny-Crass wrote:"Thank you for purchasing this product, now please buy more as we will be looking at your collection when you die to see if you are worthy of ascension into the golden halls of gamers"

We should use our minis to build our burial mounds. Biggest mound wins!

I stop buying miniatures when I still have an entire army to paint (and an army to me is like 10k points)..

Almost done with eldar! Then on to demons and finally can buy more models when new stuff comes out

i only buy stuff that I either want to field in one of my three armys or want to paint. I do have a massive amount of unpainted models. they are all used in games though so it is not in my books models or money going to waste. I do have a few models queing up to be painted for display though. Shiny new thing syndrome does exist a little there. ButI will noy get more until I have afew of em painted.

I will not start another army untill the ones I have are at least painted to a three colour standard.

Oh...no...I've...looked...upon...the...madness....

Must...lock...thread...before....it's....too....la

Iä! Iä! Cthulhu Fhtagn!

I hit "the wall". the point where there isn't anything I don't have that I need. and like most others, too many to paint and not really anything to need.

oh yea and paying for a mortgage, car, motorcycle, wife and 2 kids puts a slight damper on the funds when you're single income. (and don't make 6 digits)

no regrets. I stripped most of my older models down to repaint. (improved skill with time, time to update everything) so no need to buy anything new, just repaint what I have

Rimmy wrote:I hit "the wall". the point where there isn't anything I don't have that I need. and like most others, too many to paint and not really anything to need.

oh yea and paying for a mortgage, car, motorcycle, wife and 2 kids puts a slight damper on the funds when you're single income. (and don't make 6 digits)

no regrets. I stripped most of my older models down to repaint. (improved skill with time, time to update everything) so no need to buy anything new, just repaint what I have

BANSTICK!

Why isn't this working?

On another forum, people join a "Painting Pledge" where they can only purchase a miniature for every two they paint. This helps them catch up while still allowing purchases at a slower rate.

malfred wrote:

Rimmy wrote:I hit "the wall". the point where there isn't anything I don't have that I need. and like most others, too many to paint and not really anything to need.

oh yea and paying for a mortgage, car, motorcycle, wife and 2 kids puts a slight damper on the funds when you're single income. (and don't make 6 digits)

no regrets. I stripped most of my older models down to repaint. (improved skill with time, time to update everything) so no need to buy anything new, just repaint what I have

BANSTICK!

Why isn't this working?

LOL

yea damn those responsibilities hahahah.

ok how about I make it up to you and tell you i'm right now working on a GK motorcycle helmet for me to ride with. i've also been looking for the right battlescene to have painted on my bike. thats really what I need! an epic GK battlescene across the bottom of the body work....mmmm....

Rimmy wrote:
oh yea and paying for a mortgage, car, motorcycle, wife and 2 kids puts a slight damper on the funds when you're single income. (and don't make 6 digits)

You can easily get rid of two of those(Hint: They require food)

When your wife's nagging about how much you spend on toys finally becomes totally unbearable.

hotsauceman1 wrote:

Rimmy wrote:
oh yea and paying for a mortgage, car, motorcycle, wife and 2 kids puts a slight damper on the funds when you're single income. (and don't make 6 digits)

You can easily get rid of two of those(Hint: They require food)

pass. i'll burn my wargaming to the ground before I get rid of my wife and kids. my wife plays Nids and my daughter Seraphim has an active interest in playing. my youngest won't be far along. so, i'll definitely keep them.


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Zarren Wevon wrote:When your wife's nagging about how much you spend on toys finally becomes totally unbearable.

this is how I know you're single.

Rimmy wrote:
my wife plays Nids and my daughter Seraphim has an active interest in playing.

This is how I know you're single

I only buy a couple things at a time then finish them before I allow myself to buy more.

Rimmy wrote:

hotsauceman1 wrote:

Rimmy wrote:
oh yea and paying for a mortgage, car, motorcycle, wife and 2 kids puts a slight damper on the funds when you're single income. (and don't make 6 digits)

You can easily get rid of two of those(Hint: They require food)

pass. i'll burn my wargaming to the ground before I get rid of my wife and kids. my wife plays Nids and my daughter Seraphim has an active interest in playing. my youngest won't be far along. so, i'll definitely keep them.

Your Wife Plays an army of an all consuming bugs?
There is a metaphor in there somwhere.

Zarren Wevon wrote:

Rimmy wrote:
my wife plays Nids and my daughter Seraphim has an active interest in playing.

This is how I know you're single

care to put your money where your mouth is on that one?


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hotsauceman1 wrote:

Rimmy wrote:

hotsauceman1 wrote:

Rimmy wrote:
oh yea and paying for a mortgage, car, motorcycle, wife and 2 kids puts a slight damper on the funds when you're single income. (and don't make 6 digits)

You can easily get rid of two of those(Hint: They require food)

pass. i'll burn my wargaming to the ground before I get rid of my wife and kids. my wife plays Nids and my daughter Seraphim has an active interest in playing. my youngest won't be far along. so, i'll definitely keep them.

Your Wife Plays an army of an all consuming bugs?
There is a metaphor in there somwhere.

i'm sure there might be. her logic seemed really simple. she says its because she hates bugs in real life, so on the table top its her way of conquering her fear.

it really doesn't get much hotter than going to bed only to find your topless wife reader her codex saying "shut-up don't touch me i'm studying my codex." ok ok ok, I got Codex-blocked LOL

Its all about self control over here. I try to have a ratio of 80% painted to unpainted before I'm aloud to go enjoy some retail therapy.

My DE army is almost there (hovering at around 72%). 1 ravager, 1 raider, 1 venom, 10 wyches, 5 kabalites) painted while only the Archon, a venom, and 5 kabalites are unpainted.

I refuse to let myself end up with a massive force of unpainted minis. At that point it becomes so demoralizing you never paint anything because all you see is "oh god look how much I have to paint!"

Rimmy wrote:
i'm sure there might be. her logic seemed really simple. she says its because she hates bugs in real life, so on the table top its her way of conquering her fear.

it really doesn't get much hotter than going to bed only to find your topless wife reader her codex saying "shut-up don't touch me i'm studying my codex." ok ok ok, I got Codex-blocked LOL

There's a moral to all of this, but I can't quite figure it out.

Interesting variation on "I have a headache" though

Kind Regards,
Vladsimpaler

Vladsimpaler wrote:

Rimmy wrote:
i'm sure there might be. her logic seemed really simple. she says its because she hates bugs in real life, so on the table top its her way of conquering her fear.

it really doesn't get much hotter than going to bed only to find your topless wife reader her codex saying "shut-up don't touch me i'm studying my codex." ok ok ok, I got Codex-blocked LOL

There's a moral to all of this, but I can't quite figure it out.

Interesting variation on "I have a headache" though

Kind Regards,
Vladsimpaler

absolutely. although that particular moment she was REALLY into the new codex (just got it for her) and she was comparing the two side by side to see how the rules changed.