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 JohnHwangDD wrote:
I agree. In this context, I think "small" would be 500-1500 pts, where "huge" would be at least 2500, 3000 pts.

What do you call 6000+ points (my Skaven and Bretonnians), roughly 7000 points (Dwarves), or 14,000+ points (Dark Elves)?

Still "huge".

Once you start pushing past 5k, it's excessive to the point that you won't be able to field it.

 JohnHwangDD wrote:
I always like to see posts like yours, because then I feel like my collection is more "reasonable".

Says the man with 9,000 points of Eldar

 Gen.Steiner wrote:

 JohnHwangDD wrote:
I always like to see posts like yours, because then I feel like my collection is more "reasonable".

Says the man with 9,000 points of Eldar

Uh, yeah. I may have gotten a little carried away there...

You can never have enough zombies and skeletons.

 snurl wrote:
You can never have enough zombies and skeletons.

I dunno. 1,000 pts of each type would seem to be plenty enough - I mean, how much could you possibly summon back in WFB 8E?

Same with Daemons (esp. Horrors) and Tervigons? How many could one possibly make in a game?

Multiple huges armies.. Seriously the only way to be really effective against an opponent is to have played with his list. I am always curious on how other armies play and I find it extremely convenient to play against an opponent who uses an army I also own and I play with.

 STG wrote:
i have a guard army, and i really enjoy the fluff surrounding them, in that they have no heavy armour due to a massive catastrophy etc. BUT after painting 50 guardsmen, the lure of some heavy armour is becoming more and more tempting.

So buying loads of heavy armour would then ruin my fluff, so i have considered making a separate IG army with loads of tanks.

I would just build one big IG collection. Then you could play it as your infantry army or a tank army. I don't see the need to duplicate all your infantry and support weapons just to have two totally separate sets of figures (unless you just want to paint two different IG armies, like Cadians and Vostroyans or Catachans and Death Korps).

 snurl wrote:
You can never have enough zombies and skeletons.

ALL THE SKETELONS. All of them. I agree on this. Moar sketelons.

I played a 13,000 point game once. Took darn near every DE model I had at the time - and all day to play - but we did it.

Was a blast, too!

 Vulcan wrote:
I played a 13,000 point game once. Took darn near every DE model I had at the time - and all day to play - but we did it.

Was a blast, too!

Yeah! Big games are great. I typically play one or two massive apocalypse games a year with a friend of mine who lives in Kent; he drives up to mine, we have an evening of board gaming, then the next day we travel to GW Warhammer World and play a massive game of 40K. Usually around 10,000 points a side or more - last time was Chaos versus Blood Angels. Most of his Space Marine models are Rogue Trader or 2nd Edition, and we don't play anything that's not painted. The spectacle is almost more fun than the playing!