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Because shiny.

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
Damn, Um.....why do people buy stuff with so much stuff left to finish?

Because we're crazy. And new shinies!

Personally, I've got a backlog with some of it lasting 3 years - most of my Dark Eldar I actually used are finished (the coven stuff), new (titan stuff), or waiting to be repainted (Kabal stuff).
Then I got Tau, and Tau were good. Those are half painted.
Then I lucked my way into CSM, and at that point said 'NO, no more! Everything must be done before I get more!', at which point christmas rolled round and basically went 'Here's a tone of Daleks you can use as 3500pts of Necrons like you were planning 2 years ago'. Well crap.

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
Damn, Um.....why do people buy stuff with so much stuff left to finish?

They don't call it plastic crack for no reason

Necrons

4 Overlords
7 Lords
5 Destructeks
5 Stormteks
2 Veilteks
3 Tremorteks
1 Chronotek

52 Warriors
20 Guass Immortals
20 Tesla Immortals
10 OOP Metal Warriors

6 Wraiths
20 Scarab bases
3 Destroyers
3 Heavy Destroyers

1 Triarch Stalker
15 Deathmarks
10 Sword 'n' Board Lychguard

2 Catacomb Command Barges/Annihilation Barges
3 Ghost/Doomsday Arks
1 Tesseract ark
2 Night/Doom Scythe

Challenge accepted

To some of you, none of this will make sense. You'll think I'm a silly compulsive moron.

It makes sense, and no, you're not a moron. But I'm still going to tell you to sod off.
Good luck to you all though!

I did this back in 08. Streamlined my armies, painted everyone before buying more. It took my about 12 months. Mostly painting. I paint my miniatures as detailed as my skill allows. I like nice looking armies.

Today, I only buy one miniature at a time. When the new one is complete, then I look into the next miniature. This has kept me honest, on track, and organized.

When it comes to buying new models, you will have to go "cold turkey". Funny part, you develop a deep appreciation for the miniatures you already own. Its a good feeling to be excited about the stuff you possess.

 Mark1130 wrote:

When it comes to buying new models, you will have to go "cold turkey". Funny part, you develop a deep appreciation for the miniatures you already own. Its a good feeling to be excited about the stuff you possess.

I totally get this. Just finished a combat squad of sternguard, and now I feel this strange connection to my 20 other sternguard too. Last year I spent forever custom building and converting an honour guard squad. Now that they're painted, they're my babies. Work them into every SM list I can.

Started basing 40 Guardians and 5 Fire Dragons today. Waiting for the PVA and sand to dry.

I like the spirit of this challenge, but I'm not sure I'll be able to live up to it. I don't field models I haven't fully painted, so that part's fine. however, I frequently change my mind about what units I want to include in my lists. I end up with purchased models that I never get around to painting because they don't fit in my current list. then I buy new models that *do* fit in my current list... until I change my mind again :p

anyway, here's the current backlog for my space marines (and probably the order I'll tackle them in):

biker captain (convert and paint)
biker command squad (convert and paint)
predator (magnetize and paint)
TDA librarian (convert and paint)
land speeder (magnetize and paint)
attack bike
2 boxes of devastators
some CCW options for my assault marine sergeant

not going to bother listing my CSM stuff, as my primary focus is my salamanders for now.

Lobukia wrote:

 Trondheim wrote:


Hail Caesare models from Warlord games.

40 Auxiliary troops with shields and spears.
40 Legionary Veterans with Gladius and shield
2 sets of metal Centurions and standard bearer
20 Praetorian Guards
60 Germanic tribesmen

I have almost the exact same break down of partially assembled Hail Caesar models. Don't know if I want to add them to my pledge too.

Well its a labor of love really, I really enjoy painting them since well they dont have any clutterd sculpts or wear the bane of my painting life also known as Power armor and Chitin

TheDraconicLord wrote:

 Trondheim wrote:
This sounds fun, lord knows i could use a bit of help with the motivation

Get a blog going and we'll do our best to provide motivation

I would if I had a cammera and the nerve to post online what I have done so far. But will consider it

My hangup is I have to buy it all at once and paint it before I field it. It's some sort of OCD, I swear. When I was younger I had three armies in 3E and only one was ever completely painted. Now I can't fathom dropping a gray model on the table. It makes army building rough, because I really have to research before making a list - it's a rough balance between making it fun and competitive without ever play testing.

Challange accepted! I do this from time to time anyway

IG:
6 Autocannon teams
1 Lascannon team
1 Shadowsword
1 Demolisher
10 Stormtroopers

CSM:
18 Thousand sons (whoa, 18 000)
1 Terminator Sorcerer
1 Disc of Tzeentch Sorcerer conversion
2 Rinos
7 Havocs
2 "Spawns"
1 "Deamonprince"
30 Cultists
10 "special" Cultists
1 renegade chimera

Orks:
3 Ork bikes
18 or so Shootaboys
10 Gretchin
1 Ork Trukk
1 Flakk gun

SM:
10 Sternguard
3 Scoutbikes

Hmm. This might be worthwhile for me. Are you including just GW minis, or anything miniature related?

I might start my list up right after I make a few purchases - lol.

Tau
1 Broadside
5 pathfinders
8 gun drones
2 marker light drones
1 crisis suit

IG
10 Guardsmen
12 Karsikans
1 Commissar
Devil Dog
Ratlings DONE

Chaos Marines
14 cultists
5 Warp Talons
31 Chaos Marines
Land Raider
3 Obliterators
3 Thosuand Sons
2 Sorcs

Lizardmen
40 Saurus warriors with Spear
30 Sarus Warriors with hand weapons
10 Cold One cavalry
12 skinks with blow pipes

thats all i can think of off the top of my head

Mine was that I have traded 6 or 7 armies for other armies, and the last trade was for CSM. got almost 8000 points in the trade alone, so i got to get that painted, havent bought anything for Chaos exept a heldrake, which i painted already. still, Bad time for my airbrush to die, and my compressor as well.

Oh my god. I don't think I want to play this game. I currently have three armies that are only partially bought, much less painted: IG, tyranids and Space Marines.

The marines might be the easiest ones to finish because I still need to buy about 15 bikes, a landraider and a predator to finish it off. Possibly another Stormtalon.

That leaves me with:

about 15 bikes
librarian in terminator armor
5 partially completed TH/SS terminators
Predator
Stormtalon
3 attack bikes
3 scout bikes

5 space marine bikes in various painting condition
3 scout bikes still in a box
1 chaplin on bike in box
1 storm talon in box
1 drop pod in box
one tactical squad primed
5 terminators assembled
1 tactical squad assembled
1 captain assembled
1 scout squad in box
1 tactical squad to be based
1 librarian to be based

1 veteran squad assembled
1 command elysian primed
1 hws primed
1 special weapons squad partially painted
1 Taurus in bag
1 elysian special weapons in bag
1 forgeworld sentinel in bag
25 cadian, tallarn and catatchan assembled or primed
1 vendetta in box
4 boxes of terrain in box
1 bunker assembled
1 techmarine and 4 servitors partially painted
1 psker partially painted
25 necromunda figures partially painted
1 leman russ demolister tank in box
1 chimera in box
1 griffon partially painted and needs tracks to be added
1 hw team in box
2 mukarii to be assembled and one partially painted
1 weapons sabre platform in forge world bag
1 elysian squad to be assembled
2 rough riders to assemble and one partially painted
4 commissors primed
1 metal egg sentinel in bag
1 priest partially painted
2 wounded tallarn to be based
1 stormtrooper assembled
1 stormtrooper sergeant beret assembled

5 sisters of battle prime
5 sisters in box

box of wolves and leader wolf in box and clamshell

Dark vengeance chaos marines/cultists etc assembled plus one HQ figure
1 enforcer and dog in box

AOBR orks mostly assembled
20 grots to be based (fully painted)
1 bomber partially assembled

3 or 4 DE figures to be painted 20 warriors on sprue

4 tau and 1 kroot figures to be painted

10 tyrianids to be painted and 10 to be based

fantasy and historical not part of this forum.

so is it when we complete a project for army then we buy new stuff or complete everything on our list...

69 ish cultists
9 mostly done thousand sons
9 thousand sons
3 vindicators
mostly done heldrake
1 heldrake
18 nob bikers
1 almsot done warboss on bike
1 warboss on bike
big mek with kff
3 dakka jets


Hadnt had much time for painting last 2 years :(
15 lootas
15 burna boyz
40 ish boyz

My name is phatonic and i'm a shopalholic...Can i please buy the start of my next project then paint it all? please please please
I need something else to paint so i dun have to only paint loadsah boyz

Damn it, just bought one of the new marine captains. And two brushes. And a drop pod.

woo one thing out of a billion left lol been keeping track also in an excel sheet of stuff to do for my own records

IG
120 Catachan Lasgunners
15 Flamer dudes
7 Meltagun dudes
25 Officers
15 Mortar Teams
6 Heavy Bolter Teams
1 Baneblade
2 Sentinels

CSM and LATD
60 Chaos Cultists
20 Plague Marines
20 Plague Zombies
20 Khorne Berzerkers
20 Mutants
6 Big Mutants

Eldar
10 Dire Avengers
10 Striking Scorpions

Black Templars
40 Bolter Templars
10 B+C Templars
15 Heavy Weapon Templars

Cryx
3 Rippers
Iron Lich Overseer

LOTR
10 Uruk Hai
5 Morgul Knights

Terrain
Random hills
Tower
Ork Town
Catachan Bastion
River

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
Damn, Um.....why do people buy stuff with so much stuff left to finish?

For me personally because painting is one of the least fun things in the hobby.
Don't get me wrong, I still like to paint stuff. But most of the time I want to do other things in my free time.
Characters and special models are always painted quite quickly, it's the "paint these 20 troops in the same way"-part that makes me want to bash my head against a wall.
I'm just so glad that my second army is crons, where I just spray the troops I make up for that by putting extra effort in the other models.

I guess I'll finish:

2 Wave Serpents

2 Falcons

6 Fire Dragons (with Exarch)

10 Dire Avengers (with Exarch)

Spirit Seer (it'll take some time as it's an Eldrad conversion)

6 Striking Scorpion (with Exarch)

With the speed I pain at I should be able to get them done this week.

Then I can buy the Wraithguard and Codex and I'll begin finishing the Blood Angels... and Orks... and Daemons....

Sigh.

Umm...I could never do this. It would take an army to paint what I have.

I've been collecting miniatures since around 1995.

Here is what I have unpainted

Eldar:

Eldrad Ulthran-almost done with him
Prince Yriel
Asurmen
Jain Zar
Karandras
Fuegan
Baharroth
Maugan Ra
The Avatar of Khaine
Autarch on Jetbike
Autarch with Swooping Hawk Wings
Autarch with Warp Jump Generator and Banshee Mask
Autarch with Warp Jump Generator and Mandiblasters
Farseer on Jetbike with Singing Spear
Farseer on Jetbike with Witchblade
Farseer with Witchblade
Farseer with Staff
Farseer with Singing Spear
10 Warlocks on Jetbikes with Witchblades
10 Warlocks on foot with Singing Spears
40 Dire Avengers
4 Dire Avenger Exarchs with magnetized arms and all weapon options
60 Guardian Defenders with Platforms and all the weapon options
10 Storm Guardians with magnetized arms on the two that take weapon options
9 Windrider Jetbikes
20 Rangers
7 Wave Serpents
10 Howling Banshees
1 Howling Banshee Exarch with magnetized arms for weapon options
10 Striking Scorpions
1 Striking Scorpion Exarch with magnetized arms for weapon options
30 Fire Dragons
3 Fire Dragon Exarchs with magnetized arms for weapon options
12 Harlequins
2 Shadowseers
2 Troupe Masters
10 Wraithguard with Wraithcannons
5 Wraithblades with magnetized arms for weapon options
20 Swooping Hawks
3 Swooping Hawk Exarchs
10 Warp Spiders
2 Warp Spider Exarchs
5 shining spears
1 Crimson Hunter/Hemlock Wraithfighter magnetized to switch between the two
6 Vyper jetbikes with all the weapon options
10 Dark Reapers
3 Dark Reaper Exarchs, one with each weapon option
3 Heavy Weapon Platforms for a Vauls Wrath Support Battery and every weapon option
6 Guardians for Vauls Wrath Support Battery
3 Fire Prisms with both underslung weapon options
2 Night Spinners with both underslung weapon options
4 Falcons with all weapon options
9 War Walkers with all weapon options
2 Wraithlords with all weapon options
1 Wraithknight with all weapon options
1 Forgeworld Warp Hunter
Home made Eldar Aegis Defense Line with Eldar looking Icarus Lascannon and Eldar looking Quad Gun
1 Armorcast Eldar Phantom Titan

And that is just my 40k Eldar

Dark Eldar:

Lelith Hesperax
Baron Sathonyx
Archon
Succubus
2 Hameonculi Ancients
4 Haemonculus
5 Incubi
5 Grotesques
120 Kabalite Warriors
20 Wytches
10 Scourges
5 Beastmasters
20 Khymera
7 Reavers
5 Raiders
1 Talos Pain Engine
1 Cronos Parasite Engine
1 Razorwing Jetfighter

Necrons:

Imotekh the Stormlord
Nemesor Zandrekh
Vargard Obyron
Orikan the Diviner
Trazyn the Infinite
2 Necron Overlords
1 Destroyer Lord
5 Necron Lords
5 Crypteks
60 Necron Warriors
10 Necron Immortals
Catacomb Command Barge
2 Ghost Arks
3 Night Scythes
10 Deathmarks
10 Lychguard
1 C'tan Shard
10 Flayed Ones
1 Triarch Stalker
12 Canoptek Wraiths
40 Canoptek Scarabs
3 Necron Destroyers
2 Doomsday Arks
1 Annihilation Barge
2 Necron Monoliths
3 Doom Scythes
3 Canoptek Spyders

Logan Grimnar
Njal Stormcaller in power armour
Njal Stormcaller in Terminator Armour
Wolf Lord Ragnar Blackmane
Ulrik the Slayer
Bjorn the Fell Handed
Wolf Lord in Power Armour
Wolf Lord in Terminator Armour
Rune Priest in Power Armour
Wolf Priest in Power Armour
Wolf Guard Battle Leader in Terminator Armour
Wolf Guard Battle Leader in Power Armour
10 Wolf Guard in Power Armour
10 Wolf Guard in Terminator Armour
Arjack Rockfist
Dreadnought
Iron Priest
5 Wolf Scouts
20 Grey Hunters
10 Blood Claws
Lukas the Trickster
3 Swiftclaw Bikers
10 Skyclaws
15 Fenrisian Wolves
6 Long Fangs with magnetized arms for weapon options
Land Raider Redeemer
5 Rhinos
1 Razorback
1 Drop Pod

Imperial Guard:

At last count about 4k points in infantry...not gonna list them all as it is too much.

Grey Knights:

Lord Kaldor Draigo
Inquisitor Coteaz
Ordo Malleus Inquisitor
Ordo Hereticus Inquisitor
Ordo Xenos Inquisitor
Techmarine
5 Paladins
Callidus Assassin
Culexus Assassin
Vindicare Assassin
20 Inquisitorial Henchmen
4 Jokaero

For Warhammer Fantasy:

Orcs & Goblins:

Azhag the Slaughterer & Skullmuncha the Wyvern
4 Orc Warbosses
1 Savage Orc Warboss
4 Black Orc Warbosses
3 Goblin Warbosses
3 Night Goblin Warbosses
4 Orc Great Shaman
1 Savage Ork Great Shaman
2 Goblin Great Shaman
2 Night Goblin Great Shaman
5 Warboar mounts
5 Orc Big Bosses
2 Savage Orc Big Bosses
4 Black Orc Big Bosses
5 Goblin Big Bosses
2 Night Goblin Big Bosses
1 Orc Shaman
1 Savage Orc Shaman
1 Goblin Shaman
1 Night Goblin Shaman
100 Orc Boyz
80 Orc Arrer Boyz
15 Savage Orcs
100 Goblins
24 Goblin Wolf Riders
175 Night Goblins
12 Forest Goblin Spider Riders
60 Black Orcs
24 Orc Boar Boyz
10 Savage Orc Boar Boyz
2 Orc Boar Chariots
3 Goblin Wolf Chariots
4 Goblin Spear Chukkas
10 Snotling bases
3 Trolls
2 Goblin Rock Lobbers
2 Giants

High Elves:

2 sets of the High Elves that came in the basic Warhammer Fantasy boxed set

Dark Elves:

Malekith on Black Dragon
Morathi, the Hag Sorceress
1Dreadlord
1 Supreme Sorceress
2 Dark Steed Mounts
2 Cold One Mounts
2 Manticore Mounts
Shadowblade, Master of Assassins
1 Sorceress
1 Master
1 Death Hag
1 Cauldron of Blood
100 Dark Elf Warriors
40 Dark Elf Repeater Crossbowmen
25 Black Ark Corsairs
12 Dark Riders
1 Dark Elf Assassin
25 Witch Elves
10 Shades
25 Har Ganeth Executioners
12 Cold One Knights
20 Black Guard of Naggarond
2 Reaper Bolt Throwers
1 War Hydra


Dwarfs:

7 Dwarf Lords
4 Rune Lords
2 Daemon Slayers
6 Thanes
4 Runesmiths
8 Master Engineers
4 Dragon Slayers
125 Dwarf Warriors
80 Quarrellers
40 Thunderers
25 Rangers
50 Hammerers
6 Cannon
4 Bolt Throwers
55 Miners
150 Iron Breakers
2 Grudge Throwers
60 Slayers
3 organ Guns
2 Flame Cannons
2 Gyrocoptors
High King Thorgrim Grudgebearer and the Throne of Power
Thorek Ironbrow, Kraggi, and the Anvil of Doom
Josef Bugman
(the cool thing about my Dwarfs is that not a single miniature is the same except for the Ironbreakers)

Dogs of War:

25 of The Cursed Company

Battlefleet Gothic:

1 Blackstone Fortress

3 Space Wolf Battle Barges
10 Space Wolf Strike Cruisers
6 Space Wolf Rapid Strike Vessels ( Firestorm)
6 Space Wolf Rapid Strike Vessels (Sword)
6 Space Wolf Rapid Strike Vessels (Cobra)
6 Space Wolf Hunter Class Destroyers
6 Space Wolf Gladius Class Frigates
6 Space Wolf Nova Class Frigates

3 Tyranid Leviathan Hiveships
4 Tyranid Razorfiend Cruisers
6 Tyranid Stalker Droneships
8 Tyranid Prowler Droneships

Man o War:

2 Empire Greatships
6 Empire Wolfships
6 Empire Wargalleys
3 Empire Hellhammers
3 Empire Ironfists
3 Imperial Griffon Riders

2 Brettonian Galleons
6 Brettonian Corsairs
6 Brettonian Buccaneers
3 Brettonian Pegasus riders

1 Dwarf Dreadnought
3 Dwarf Ironclads
3 Dwarf Monitors
3 Dwarf Nautilus
3 Dwarf Gyrocoptors
3 Dwarf War Balloons

1 Elf Dragonship
6 Elf Eagleships
6 Elf Hawkships
3 Elf War Eagles
3 Elf Dragon Riders

1 Black Ark of Naggaroth
6 Dark Elf Doomreavers
6 Dark Elf Death Fortresses
3 Dark Elf Manticore Lords

2 Orc Hulks
6 Orc Bigchukkas
6 Orc Drillakillas
2 Orc Wyvern Riders

1 Pirate Empire Great Ship
1 Pirate Brettonian Galleon
6 Pirate Empire Galleys
3 Schmidt's Renegades

1 Norse Kingship
6 Norse Longships

1 Khorne Bloodship
12 Deathgalleys
6 Ironsharks

2 Slaanesh Hellships
6 Hellrammers
6 Hellslicers

2 Tzeentch Great Winged Terrors
2 Bane Towers of Tzeentch
2 Chaos Lords of Change

1 Nurgle Plagueship
6 Nurgle Plaguecrushers

1 Chaos Dwarf Thunderfire Battlebarge
1 Chaos Dwarf Great Leveller Battlebarge
6 Hull Destroyers
6 Thunder-Rollers
2 Chaos Dwarf Great Taurus Riders

1 Skaven Doombringer
6 Clan Pestilens Deathburners
6 Skaven Warp-Raiders

Sea monsters for Man o War:

1 Behemoth
1 Black Leviathan
1 Gargantuan
1 Kraken
1 Megaladon
1 Promethean
1 Sea Dragon
1 Sea Elemental
1 Triton

But wait!...there's more!

The ENTIRE Epic Space Marine 2nd edition game with about 30,000 points of each force, including all of their vehicles, but NOT including Titans. For Titans I have:

1 Imperator Titan
12 Imperial Warlord Titans
6 Imperial Reaver Titans
5 Imperial Warhound Titans
All of the weapon options to outfit every titan with whatever they want.

24 Imperial Knight Paladins
3 Knight Errants
3 Knight Lancers
6 Knight Crusaders
6 Knight Castellans
2 Barons


1 Chaos Imperator Titan
12 Chaos Warlord Titans (3 Khorne, 3 Slaanesh.3 Nurgle, 3 Tzeentch) with corresponding heads and tails
1 Chaos Banelord Titan of Khorne
5 Chaos Warhound Titans
All of the weapon options to outfit every titan with whatever they want.

4 Ork Mega Gargants
4 Ork Great Gargants
2 Ork Slasha Gargants
2 Mekboy Gargants

2 Eldar Warlock Titans
6 Eldar Phantom Titans
4 Eldar Revenant Titans

(I'm listing Squat super heavies because they are the closest the Squats got to having titans)

3 Squat Colossus
3 Squat Cyclops
3 Squat Leviathan
2 Squat Land Trains with 7 battlecars each
6 Overlord Armoured Airships

Ordinatus Mars
Ordinatus Golgotha
Ordinatus Armageddon

this is getting rediculous...way too much...and I still have more so I'll end it here.

I can't promise I won't buy more before painting. But here's what I still need to paint:

Word Bearers:
30 chaos marines
8 Khorne Berserkers
5 AC Havocs
1 predator
5 spawn
1 heldrake
1 vindicator
3 rhinos
1 daemon prince
1 sorcerer
10 raptors


Death Guard:
7 terminators
21 plague zombies
21 plague marines
3 Obliterators
5 Havocs
4 bikers
2 rhinos


Nurgle daemons:
10 Plaguebearers
6 plague drones


Khorne daemons:
60 (!) blood letters
12 blood rushers
2 heralds on juggernauts
Karanak
1 herald on chariot (now a counts as bloodthrone)
Skulltaker


Orks:
40 shoota boyz
70 slugga boyz
10 nobz
2 battlewagonz
4 trukkz
~20 grotz
3 zzap gunz
1 deff dread
1 grot bomm launcha
1 dakkajet


Space marines: (Raven Guard)
30 tactical marines
2 drop pods
5 tac. Terminators
2 dreadnoughts


Probably forgetting quite a bit in this post


Edit: I should probably change my signature too, now that I've added to those armies

Roadkill Zombie wrote:
*freaking huge wall of text*

LADIES AND GENTLEMAN! WE HAVE A WINNER!

Good luck, we are here for all the moral support you may need

(and I thought I had already far too much to paint )

 TheDraconicLord wrote:

Roadkill Zombie wrote:
*freaking huge wall of text*

LADIES AND GENTLEMAN! WE HAVE A WINNER!

Good luck, we are here for all the moral support you may need

(and I thought I had already far too much to paint )

Maybe it would be quicker for Roadkill Zombie to list what he HAS painted?