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Maybe 200 dollars or so in total, about 100 in january due to my birthday, and another hundred a week ago due to christmas. :3

And so the cycle continues.

Hi

My budget records show that I spent $5667.17 gaming last year (and here I thought that tracking it would help me spend less). That does not include tournament entry fees, meals or hotel costs associated with any events. However, it does include $800 in Forgeworld that I have used for prize support for events I run. So I would say that $5600 is pretty accurate overall for spending on "me".

Key items that I spend my money on:
1 Reaver Titan
1 Warboss Biker & 6 Nob Bikers from Forgeworld
$1000 building a table for Games Day Toronto
Anything Skorne that was released in the last year
A Searforge Commission Warmachine Army
Small additions to any of my dozen Fantasy/40K Armies.
All new army books and codexes for WFB and 40K.

Cheers,
Carlos the Craven

I voted $500 to 1,000, though it's probably more. Bought a new Tyranid army, but it's my first all-new army in long time, and it was bought at 25-30% off. Cleaned out some old Skaven, and bought some Undead zombie boxes. Oh, and five boxes of Black Reach, at the "standard" 20% discount.

I bought a two-year WD sub last year, so I'm good, and the only other major hobby purchase is a ton of Robogear on clearance.

Last year was mostly a ton of Reaper figs, this year is Robogear, with some clearance Starship Troopers mixed in.

Amazing how I'll buy the clearance stuff first, then GW. About the only thing I've been happy paying retail prices for is some RT plastic beakies on ebay.

--Chris
www.chrisvalera.com

My game allowance that I give myself is $40 a month. Usually this is spent on paints and the odd box of models, but sometimes I add a couple of months together and get something big.

I've just spent my December, January, February and most of March on Warmachine Elves, and I'll probably spend April as well when the MK2 rulebook comes out. Oh well, guess I won't get any new IG until the summer.

Newt-Of-Death wrote:Whoever said they spent 10k+ is either a shop, they're lying, or they're stupidly rich and they have a shed full of unopened boxes!

Even if I had the money I couldn't spend more than 1000 UK pounds in a year.

Would be fun to tho!

I do not own a shop. I'm most assuredly not lying. I can for sure say I'm cutting back in 2010. Maybe

Well seeing as I'm just starting the hobby, the first thing i wanted was a chapter battle company. so i have spent around $1500 maybe in models alone. I know i have the tools around $200 but i don't have paint yet. So the total would be around 1700- 1800ish. I'd have to ask the wife.

Ebay sellers still are considered a shop of some sort.

Mos of my money has gone towards GK's. Because they are all metal blisters or expensive box sets that has put my total up despite not really buying much.

I also own alot of LOTR minatures. And a few army few army figure cases which put the total up.

2009 Spend - $2496

None of it on GW...

I do almost all of my purchases online from GW directly. I hate it when I log in there, that they show me a list of all the orders I've placed there. It's like they are trying to tell me: STOP! You've got enough stuff for now.

Somewhere around 3.5K, but I'm counting the money I spent getting them painted as well. In models alone it's about half that.

Originally I thought - not allot, but then I remembered this lot:

Mega Paint set
All things Dark Heresy & WHFRP 2nd Edition
Rogue Trader Collectors Edition x3 [don't ask!]
Some FW Epic Baneblades [when I heard they were being stopped]
Spulk
IG Codex
A couple of white dwarfs
Planetstrike + Planetary Empires + Mighty Empires
Talisman

So between $600 and $700 I reckon. Not a great deal of Wargaming stuff but enough to prep a big push in 2010.

Now where to get an Airbrush and some biggerised Spess Mareenz?

Looking at the amount you lot bought i think i might invest in some GW shares!

Bout 2000 maybe little more. But it really was all through buying and selling armies I didnt rly spend all that much probly comes to bout 1000k out of pocket.

Close to a grand. Just started actually building my army, and hit being able to field 1850. And I'm still going to spend a bit this year, though I hope to control it better. Also starting Dwarfs, so there is more money.

None, I got into the hobby at the end of year and I proxied (using plastic soldiers) with some friends till I got

I just purchased a Chaos Space Marine Battleforce this month, so that's $98.70 (free shipping FtW!).

With the paint & cement/glue I still need to buy, I think <$112 this month

I got a whole new VC army with lots of extra's. I also spent a bit of cash on my Space Marines and 40k Orcs and fantasy orcs. Lot's of paint to. Foundation set and wash set(G.W.). Traded lots of minnis with my friends also, oh yea. I also bought Space Hulk and 12 White Dwarfs(not little bearded people).

Just getting back into the hobby and spent around 20-30 $ for paints and glue to redo some old first edition models

I bought too much.. Some of them aren't even put together yet.

My total is roughly $1041.75. Much more than I expected when converted into dollars!

I spent this on a part Marine army, Imperial Guard & Eldar armies along with codexes and also brought scenery too.

Probably a bit over $300. I only started gaming halfway through 2009 so I bought Black Reach, a load of paints and some other stuff.

I spent 120 GPB on GW storage alone. The models, the books, the terrain... I could have paid off my credit card by now... but I would have been very sad.

this being my first year, i would have needed a head start so if i remember what i bought, AoB and a few battle forces should have been about 500 or so :/

Well, got a bunch of basilisks and guard, (some from friends so cheaper). A decent amount of BA, and just started on my BFG fleet. Easily $500 or so.

I say somewhere between 2500 and 5000. I picked up both a FW Warhound and Reaver and othe Super Heavys for my APOC guard army and planetstrike terrain.

I usually spend about $100-$500 a year

glad my wife doesnt get on here

Around $950. I started orks late 2008 and never got to buying anything for them thanks to my tau army. That all changed when a friend (who is in the army and I never get to see) brought up the idea for a 6500 point battle... So I have been trying to meet the dead line. he gets back state side in late June, so I have a month left to paint the last 30 boys from my splurging. Oh yeah and I started a Necron army too.

My Space Wovles ThuderCav models are all the Canis models, plus customed base, magnets, and stormshield. This doesnt inculded the long fangs.

Not a penny, didn't start till 2010