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Hello,

I've recently taken stock of how much space marine stuff I have and am looking to trim down a bit.

How many of these models do you keep around for average games? - How many tacticals is too many?

I currently have lots of the following:
25 assault marines
29 tacticals with heavy weapons
24 Bolter tacticals
49 tacticals with no weapons (plenty of bits though)
9'centurions
33 terminators
20 bikes
3 contemptor dreadnoughts

Thanks

Too much? You need six Stormravens! Keep everything

Edit omg no metal boxes?

Not even close to enough.

Depending on your budget and your interests I'd stick to the following rule: if you have so many duplicates of something that you will never realistically field them, ditch them.

At a glance I don't see anything you couldn't field, but I've no idea of the interest in your play style. If you have an idea for your army or chapter and it will never use bikes, then ditch them. I see nothing you couldn't take in a game for a laugh. I assume the 29 heavy weapon guys are different weapons? Did you build any of your models to some stupid outdated net-spam list? That could be a reason to ditch some more. If you have 29 grav cannons - yeah, ditch some of them.

I think you coult safely ditch 23 terminators, 6 centurions, 10 assault marines, 14 bikes, 1 dread. Use the cash to get some transports and predators.

Thanks for the replies.

I have lots of other things, the list was things that I seem to have an abundance of.

I was trying to think why I'd want 40 terminators, as I'm awful at getting rid of things .

Build from your collection legal squads. Ditch all minis that are left over.

I like smaller model count games, so I tend to make a platoon of something plus some support and then move on to the next thing. I'm having a great time playing 30 power level games, for example. And breaking the rules on minimum squad size so each player has more maneuver elements without increasing the model count. Like how Age of Sigmar Skirmish makes each model act as an individual unit.

You have just over a single battle company's worth of marines. Nowhere close to enough. Most people get to three or four companies before thinking it's too much

"Mad Arthur" had too many. If I remember rightly, he had the Ultramarines Chapter. All of it. Then again.... there's always room for successor chapters...

stroller wrote:
"Mad Arthur" had too many. If I remember rightly, he had the Ultramarines Chapter. All of it. Then again.... there's always room for successor chapters...

Oh lord.

I know a guy that had the full 1000+ model space wolves army

I had about 2 and a half companies worth of marines.

im selling most of it off because i dont want to do double down with the new organization... maybe.

I really need to pt up and layout for photos my SM and orks Like I did with part of my Necrons.

Did anyone ever buy the SM company item from GW's website?

I have Ultramarines 1st, 3rd, and 10th Companies. You don't have too many.

Glyder wrote:
How many tacticals is too many?

Triple digits in tacticals might be too many, but also might be amazing instead.

 Melissia wrote:

Glyder wrote:
How many tacticals is too many?

Triple digits in tacticals might be too many, but also might be amazing instead.

Lol i just counted up my to sell pile and i have 130 marine bodies

I own 120 fire warriors, and I painted them all to an absurdly high standard.

Never enough models, you must have the biggest army ever

 Desubot wrote:

 Melissia wrote:

Glyder wrote:
How many tacticals is too many?

Triple digits in tacticals might be too many, but also might be amazing instead.

Lol i just counted up my to sell pile and i have 130 marine bodies

Nice! A solid reinforced company, there.

I ahve... 35. But to be fair, 15 of them are terminators, so they count as double, so I can say I have 50

If you're looking to keep a core and move on to a new project then a battle company + about a demi company of support should do you fine.

If it's just the case that you have an odd balance - add to the force where you look short.

There's never enough unless you have a chapters and then previously said, there's always successor chapters to

ScarVet101 wrote:
If you're looking to keep a core and move on to a new project then a battle company + about a demi company of support should do you fine.

If it's just the case that you have an odd balance - add to the force where you look short.

There's never enough unless you have a chapters and then previously said, there's always successor chapters to

One of my friends, who has been collecting for twenty-odd years, has over three chapters worth of marines.

He's already planning on getting primaris to add to them

"Enough" is Heresy



Can never have enough war machines and warriors at your command