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 JordySteve wrote:
Wow, that’s a huge collection of nids, and will be looking more impressive now with more of them painted!

I might be a little jaded, as someone who’s been collecting minis forever, but it does not strike me as “huge” It might be due to the other massive collections we sometimes see showcased, or the fact that my Ultras can out-horde my nids, probably 2-to-1. I just did an update to my tally, and when I finish what’s on the bench should have 4,710 points. Roughly. Painted in my scheme. I do have more that came to me pre-painted that I’ve not stripped. And some odds and ends still unbuilt, either on sprue, in blister, or damaged needing to be fixed.

But I’ll survey that pile later.

Off to be based, last 4 gaunts down and have their grey seer base down. After them it’s just the Zoes left.

Those nids are really coming along! Luckily we've hit a warm spell, so the driveway is taking care of itself!

Nev your Ultramarine army is massive (must be close to half a chapter by now at least) so, as impressive as it is, can’t really be used as a comparison for anything!
A couple of thousand points of an army is quite an achievement thou. And a nice sight to see.
I do agree however that if you’ve been collecting for a few years (20+) the models do tend to add up quite quickly…!

That is quite the shaky start to the year. Steve's right in that is comes in threes - you've had yours, onwards and upwards from here. When it's cold and dark out, it just exacerbates it. Winter is almost though, nicer times are ahead!

I'll echo another vote for a Nid collection picture - it'll be great to see, when you have the time to set it all up. A 3 year old pic is definitely dated!

Is it safe to assume you're clearing the decks for 11th drop in the Summer? Will you get the starter box? (Do we know what's in it?)

Gitsplitta wrote:Those nids are really coming along! Luckily we've hit a warm spell, so the driveway is taking care of itself!

Heh. Warm being relative. We might see the mercury hit 40 this week if we are lucky. I’ll take it. And also maybe more snow. We are in the first false spring up here. It seems like we might be near the end of winter, but are about to get sucker punched. C’est la vie...

JordySteve wrote:Nev your Ultramarine army is massive (must be close to half a chapter by now at least) so, as impressive as it is, can’t really be used as a comparison for anything!
A couple of thousand points of an army is quite an achievement thou. And a nice sight to see.
I do agree however that if you’ve been collecting for a few years (20+) the models do tend to add up quite quickly…!

Depending on how we count the 30k stuff, and models that have been updated, I am on the far side of half the chapter. Which is insane, but time and persistence will do that. The nids also snuck up on me, as a chunk of them came to me second hand. Which is an oddity, as I normally stick to NIB.

Zambro wrote:That is quite the shaky start to the year. Steve's right in that is comes in threes - you've had yours, onwards and upwards from here. When it's cold and dark out, it just exacerbates it. Winter is almost though, nicer times are ahead!

I'll echo another vote for a Nid collection picture - it'll be great to see, when you have the time to set it all up. A 3 year old pic is definitely dated!

Is it safe to assume you're clearing the decks for 11th drop in the Summer? Will you get the starter box? (Do we know what's in it?)

Fingers crossed.

The clearing the decks is more to make space for the necrons, and less for 11th. When I started the project it was really intended as a “build a roughly 2k list” and just kind of escalated from there. Over twice that now. Some of that is to blame on one of my supply dumps, and also on the Leviathan box. And while a project with an end goal, I’m sure I’ll keep tossing units that I think are cool at it periodically.

I’ve not heard any solid rumors on 11th backed up with pics. Just the normal “trust me, I know a guy” level (some of which might be legit). BA (just painted, not sculpted) vs. Orks. I suspect we’ll find out more in a month-ish at adeptecon.
There are things that could happen to keep me away from the 11th box. I’ve skipped them before (5th-7th)
One would be if my finances take a drastic turn. Although even if I get laid off, I’ve got enough of a nest egg set aside I still might grab it, just to keep some fun in my life. But that was why I never grabbed the 5th starter. (and 4th, but I got that as a gift).
If they chapter lock the marines. They did this in 6-7. And I passed on those. That said, if the chapter was Deathwatch, I’d grab it. And maybe BA. OK, this one is fuzzier.
If I don’t like the sculpts, or the unit selection is things I dislike. Using the 3rd ed HH box as an example; I’m not a fan of that armor mark, the saturnine terminators, or the need for a big static gun emplacement in a marine army. Or if they lean heavily into redone versions of existing units. I’ve got a lot of marines on the shelf. Shiny model syndrome is a hell of a drug, but it’s got limits. I mean I’d probably take a new squad of intercessors, because you know if they re-cut them they will include a new must-have upgrade. Once you start getting too “meh” on too much of a box, the value starts to go down swiftly.
Rumors have the OpFor as Orks, which is not one I play. But generally the launch boxes are such a good value that even if you only want one half of them, it’s still worth the money to grab. Even if you just dump the other half in the trash. (Which I’d never do. If I can’t find someone to split the box, it goes to hide in the PoS until the time is right; like the necrons)

So there are a few cases where I’d just hit up ebay to cherry pick the few things out of the box I want. But it’s unlikely. Once you start grabbing more then one thing from secondary sources, you start doing the math on just getting the damn big box in the first place. I’ve had this happen a few times (Shadowspear box, the latest AoS starter come to mind)

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So stuff getting painted and stuck on the YTD shelf. Which considering we’re only halfway through February is kinda impressive. I still need to mag the bases of some stuff from last year, and a few repairs. Probably wait for the end of month.

Got the purple down on the 4 guants, and tidied it up on two. Moving along. Also put the blue ink on a marine, not to be forgotten. He needs a bit of cleanup and his edge highlights.

Enjoy your weekends all. If you have a valentine, be sure to pamper them. Which you should be doing every day, but will catch more flack for if you skip today.