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Well, Malfred, this was a lot. How many hours did you spend?
In 2009 I started a DA army painting some RW Bikers and I re-did some EC Marines for the GT.

wuestenfux wrote:Well, Malfred, this was a lot. How many hours did you spend?
In 2009 I started a DA army painting some RW Bikers and I re-did some EC Marines for the GT.

I don't generally track hours unless it's for something specific.

See I'm going to pick up two high elf chariot kits and steal the lions out of them (since the bits price has skyrocketed for them) and I think you should buy the remainder for your High Elf army on the cheap =P

VirusSD1 wrote:See I'm going to pick up two high elf chariot kits and steal the lions out of them (since the bits price has skyrocketed for them) and I think you should buy the remainder for your High Elf army on the cheap =P

Why would I want the high elf chariots without the lions?

malfred wrote:Why would I want the high elf chariots without the lions?

I thought the White Lions Chariots were limited to 1... but that would go to show you how much I actually know about the High Elf Army. Anyways I bet you could do a year without GW but why limit yourself?

Also how are you going to finish your Eldar army and actually play some 40k without GW?

VirusSD1 wrote:

malfred wrote:Why would I want the high elf chariots without the lions?

I thought the White Lions Chariots were limited to 1... but that would go to show you how much I actually know about the High Elf Army. Anyways I bet you could do a year without GW but why limit yourself?

Also how are you going to finish your Eldar army and actually play some 40k without GW?

What I'm trying to do is not limit myself to GW

Besides, I'd rather be playing warmachine

http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Felix%27s_Alaitoc_Eldar

If you add the points from the past year or so I've got plenty enough for the game.

The 40k armies that I've started this year and will not finish as a result of buying other stuff include:

*Orks
*(Red) Black Templars
*Eldar

The Fantasy army that I've worked on and will not finish:

Dark Elves

The War of the Ring army that I started on and will not finish:

Harad

I have actually started this process. I am in the middle of itemizing my WHFB chaos army and will either make do with what I have or search for a good looking non-GW alternative. Which is damn unfortunate because I wanted some Chosen Chaos Warriors.

Does trading GW stuff you have for other GW stuff count for going without for a year?

The other day I cracked open my copy of AA and recently purchased an expansion to Memior 44.

I have a substantial amount of stuff that just needs painting and I think I will do that. The next models I purchase will be for a new game.

Maybe I will blog this for fun! I have already saved approx $200 this month - which when I went through my bank statements was my average spend.

I'm too lazy and I'm tired but what's the ballpark for WM Mk2 rules and minis to be released. I might get serious when enough of the plastic jacks hit shelves.

I'm hoping the starter boxes get repacked with the plastic jacks. Metal is a bitch and with big metal models like that I can't imagine that going very well for me.

Last I checked, the Warmachine Mk2 rules are due in January, with the five Forces of Warmachine books being released one per month, starting with Cygnar. Not sure on the price point at the moment.

Hmm, will have to wait as 'Nids are out in january

I like the idea of plastic jacks, tis all.

Because GW screwed me nids up , Yeah, i can do a year without GW..and probably 4 more

Is the goal to avoid buying and painting GW figures? I think that's quite doable, especially if/once you get into historicals and smaller scales. There really is a glut of wonderful choice out there right now to be painted and played for historicals (DBA, FOG) or used for fantasy games (Perry HYW figs as Brettonians, Warlord ECW figs for Empire, Wargames Factory stuff and Perry ACW stuff for VSF, Warmachine proxies, etc.).

Is the goal to avoid playing GW games as well? Probably doable. I haven't played a game of 40k since before my son was born (so around 2006 maybe?) and haven't played WHFB since before 6th ed. and I don't miss it, and suspect that if I play it again it'll be an outdated version (3rd ed., Rogue Trader) or in some kind of skirmish form (Necromunda). I guess the question is: how do you count non supported games like Blood Bowl and Mordheim, as well as lesser supported games like LOTOW, LOTHS etc. (i.e. games they have no figures for)? Again, one is spoiled for choice for these games (Gloire! Gutshot, Rules with No Name, etc.) as well as figures.

Most of the GW stuff I'm working on are either leftovers I've had for years and/or are figures I'm using for other games (AOBR orks for GASLIGHT, for example). And we really are at the point that, unless you want something INCREDIBLY specific, there's a fig or game out there to match whatever you're interested in.

The goal is simply to not buy and paint GW figures because I feel like I'm limiting
myself when I do that. There's plenty to paint, however.

You could play WM/Hordes and the decide after a year
if going back to GW makes sense or not.
I guess it will not.

wuestenfux wrote:You could play WM/Hordes and the decide after a year
if going back to GW makes sense or not.
I guess it will not.

Clarification: I play WM/Hordes pretty much exclusively already. I don't intent to
spend more on the game systems than I already spend. I'm simply shifting what
I spent on GW over to other retailers/producers. I'll still be buying the same
amount of PP minis.

Well, Malfred, your recent question about going "GW-free" for a year got me thinking about it, and after their recent activities and my looking at how little time I get to game these days has made me decide to join in on a year free of Games Workshop.

Recently it's been games of Uncharted Seas, Blood Bowl, and skirmish rules systems like Malifaux that have me interested in gaming. Real life intrudes so much these days that the long battles of typical WHFB and WH40K are unrealistic... but an hour of something else can be done. Heck, I think I'm going to re-read my Rezolution rules and see what I have around for proxies...

I think that for January I'm going to focus on Firestorm Armada ships, then onto more Malifaux crews...

-Vilegrimm

Well, my first month with purchasing anything from GW was a 99% success. I bought a WD for a paint article but no new paints or models. No skaven and no new nids. Not even bothering to finish my minis I have - I think this may even morph into longer than a year.

You know what is funny - cracked open UNO the other day and played it with my wife for a couple of hours. It was fun. We may pick up a few other games.

Think I may go back to just painting and staring at unopened boxes of GW stuff!

Race for the Galaxy is a fantastic game for three to four players. I think you have to
be an uber nerd and in lust with space building/expansion games.

What about some stuff by Troll Forged Miniatures. What about a Demon Lord?

>> butts into thread..

In relation to leaving GW for another brand, it works fine. I left for about 15 years, just got back and guess what? Hasn't changed all that much. Some better looking mini's and some armies fight better but thats about it (Some new armies too but they seem rushed in more ways then one). If anything has changed is the quality of peoples work. Some very talented people out there! Golden Demon entry's look way better then "back in the day".

Go and enjoy some other toys. GW will still be here if you come back.

Bought ork pirate bodies off ebay.
More work than normal to get them ready for painting.
Arms need trimming to fit, sprue's need heavy trimming/filing to fit bases.

Should I catalog my shopping here then? Instead of a P&M blog a non-GW shopping blog?

Oooh.

I ordered more Eurekaminisusa 15mm samurai yesterday. They're kind of bendy, but I
appreciate the fact that I'm not paying air shipping.

loki old fart wrote:Bought ork pirate bodies off ebay.
More work than normal to get them ready for painting.
Arms need trimming to fit, sprue's need heavy trimming/filing to fit bases.

This was my start to a year without GW!, Wondering if its a good idea.
BTW Thanks for the sarcasm hope it made you feel better

Sorry, sarcasm wasn't on that time. I figure since the post has the title and you and others have started
to post stuff you've gotten I should just continue the tradition.

Well, what with Incursion, Secrets of the Third Reich, Firestorm Armada, Malifaux, and countless other emerging games it won't be hard for me to go a year without a GW purchase.

I've got a GW stockpile from 2009 anyway and this is the perfect way to inject a little discipline into my hobby habits i.e. finishing what I have before buying more. I'll buy other stuff but will not buy any more GW until I've got all the GW already purchased built and painted or otherwise disposed of. Considering there's around 40 boxes of various items waiting to be built I could do something different every other week and make it into 2011.

malfred wrote:Should I catalog my shopping here then? Instead of a P&M blog a non-GW shopping blog?

I vote for the P&M blog, mal

OoieGoie wrote:>> butts into thread..

In relation to leaving GW for another brand, it works fine. I left for about 15 years, just got back and guess what? Hasn't changed all that much. Some better looking mini's and some armies fight better but thats about it (Some new armies too but they seem rushed in more ways then one). If anything has changed is the quality of peoples work. Some very talented people out there! Golden Demon entry's look way better then "back in the day".

Go and enjoy some other toys. GW will still be here if you come back.

Sounds about right, love the avatar.

Is the pegasus gothic range as good as GW cities of death range?

can i live a year without gw?

does it make up half my life?

loki old fart wrote:Is the pegasus gothic range as good as GW cities of death range?

It's cheap and sturdy, but far less detailed and modular.

If you want fast gothic buildings to take up a large area, they are good.

If you want highly detailed smoking ruins, you should pay for the GW stuff.