What would you do with $1000 for wargaming?

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**Gitsmasher**

I just spent close 1k on 40k stuff this month.

I bought 3 of the forgeworld greater daemons, which came out to like $560 then I bought about $400 worth of tau.

Spending 1k on 40k is easy to do just don't get carried away like I did.

**ClockworkZion**

Buy $1000 worth of Sisters split between GW and FW (Those Repressors look so cool. I mean how many armies can honestly field what are essentially Predator Transports?).

**Rayvon**

Splurge it in warhammer world on FW stuff !!

**dakkajet**

I'd walk into the GW store buy Anything that looks COOL!!
Like the lord of the skulls and maybe the full collection of citedal paints while I'm at it!

**Strombones**

1000 bucks on hobby!? You could buy like 5 boxes of GW product with that!

If I had to spend it on hobby it would go straight to the guys at 3t-studios.com (terra former) for some of their spectacular terrain.

**fishy bob**

I would have taken the 1000 bucks, walk into a GW store, look through their inventory while flashing the money and let the staffers drool over it for a bit, until I say "Nah, I don't think I will" and leave the store.

**Chute82**

Someone spot me 1k and I show you what I bring home... Sounds like fun...

**Bobaram**

Buy an Airbrush, stock up on paints, materials, brushes. And just go into a hole and come out with both my armies painted.

**kronk**

Bitchin' terrain.

If any was any money left over...

**Pacific**

Umm.. spend max $200 on wargaming stuff, then spend the rest on other things that should cost that kind of money..

**jgemrich**

Buy $1000 equity position in GW.

12 month return is 28% in price and a so while past performance does not equal future results it is better than flushing it down the rat hole of plastic crack (unless you already have a substancial portfolio and emergency fund... if that is the case spend away).

**Swan-of-War**

Buy a Gamezone army

**morfydd**

Bank 1/2 then spend the rest like this
200 for supplies to build more terrain (I like wide and varied terrain)
then 300 to either beef a current army or build a small allied army

**Chris_P**

$1000 for wargaming... I would buy a couple cool character models, more paint, some brushes, maybe get character models commission painted along with a couple of my personally preferred squads, buy a couple vehicle models and possibly get them commissioned. Oh yeah, maybe get a couple squads of Legion of the Damned painted up real wicked like. I would definitely spend all of the money and enjoy everything that I bought, hopefully you do the same. ~Semper Fortis~

**Bossk_Hogg**

Since I have more unpainted figs than I could reasonably get to in the next few years, I'd blow a chunk on my office displays. Some mroe glass cases, acrylic risers, lighting and additional storage/transport for what I have. Alternately, commission and design a mini to be sculpted (a Planescape modron probably). The odd unit box can always be squeezed in one at a time, but something requring a decent chunk of change is a bit more work.

**PrehistoricUFO**

Blow it all on models. I have a realm of battle board, and tons of terrain already and each of my five armies are already well-developed.

I'd spend it all on Forge World models, most likely an enormous DKoK army.

**Eilif**

I'd probably buy more squats, then upgrade my rotary tool, then pay to have my fantasy human army painted.

**Peregrine**

Titan, of course, or an equivalent similar model.

**Schmapdi**

I don't think there is anything I could do with $1000 for my hobby-related goals.

They are generally on holdup due to a lack of time/commitment more than anything financial related.

Maybe for $1k if I absolutely had to spend it on hobby-stuff I could get a good sculptor to make me a 100% original mini of my design? That's usually around $1k (give or take) on various kickstarters.

**ivangterrace**

Now if I had 12k, maybe this, http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440270a&prodId=prod2160196a

J/k...

Just when I thought I could get anything in GW's catalogue, they release that.

**BladeWalker**

I'd have Frontline Gaming paint my Red Hunters army... just can't seem to get up the motivation/time to start on it. Then my entire collection would be fully painted.

**daedalus**

Well, I actually did have a similar situation, and I bought a new GK army with it.

If it was just a cold $1000 though? I'd probably save it at this point. Certainly consider NOT spending it on 40k and re-evaluating my financial situation before acting on anything.

I realize that's much more boring though.

**TheCustomLime**

Horus Heresy Ultramarines army.

**ivangterrace**

daedalus wrote:
Well, I actually did have a similar situation, and I bought a new GK army with it.

If it was just a cold $1000 though? I'd probably save it at this point. Certainly consider NOT spending it on 40k and re-evaluating my financial situation before acting on anything.

I realize that's much more boring though.

I actually got 3k total so I put 1k on my car, 1k in savings, then 1k to mess around with. I'm single and in the military so my only bills are car, car insurance, internet, and cell phone.

**Ouze**

I agree with Kronk, man.

But alternately:

I do keep a rotating wishlist. I buy lots of things from Forge World and other places of that nature, but there are other things they make that I can't bring myself to buy because they are simultaneously "relatively expensive to how much I want them" AND "I cannot easily fit them into any of my armies" - I can justify things from one or the other category, but not both.

If I were in your position, I'd buy some of the things on the list. My wishlist of things that are in both categories in are:

Spoiler:

**Dysartes**

Commission Ifalna to work through the selection of one-off models I've been stockpiling...

**jonolikespie**

Bobaram wrote:
Buy an Airbrush, stock up on paints, materials, brushes.

That's exactly what I'd do. Get myself all those 'hobby' items that I almost always ignore in favour of models.

**The Shadow**

Use it to pay rent on somewhere so I can get a even-localer FLGS going, and buying some boards for said FLGS.

Then I'd probably get a few more Nid things, then a Dark Eldar and Vampire Counts army. Oh, and I'd set some aside for entering Armies on Parade next year.

**timetowaste85**

Extra $1000? Sadly, student loans. Pay off 1/15th of my Sallie Mae in one shot.

Of course, if we're talking gaming, I need another 6 Mantic ogres, 3 blasters, and we still have two upcoming Mantic Kickstarters (2nd KoW I hear, and Warpath). $475 each sounds fair.

**Haight**

Obligatory "I wouldn't spend it all on the hobby, save at least half of it, rainy-day-o-gak fund".

*ahem* With that out of the way... with 1 grand, assuming guilt free spending, on the hobby.

I'd probably finish up my Grey Knights and Tau. Land Raider. Storm Raven. Riptide. Dreadknight. Few boxes of power armor knights for grey knights. Inquisitorial retinue maybe.

That's a good chunk of change right there, That's probably 400 plus bucks right there.

After that i'd probably work on a Chaos Space marine / Fallen project i have in mind.