Minimalism and wargaming: possible?

[von Lucky]

It could be worse I tell the wife, I could  spend my money on booze and women. Or hand bags and high heels.

Wait, what?

[LawnRanger]

Many years ago an old wargamer said to me NEVER ever SELL any of your figs 1 Day you will regret it so I have never done so..

What i have in the shed, attic ,under floor boards ,cupboards and in the van..

Its all 15mm

Fields Of Glory ( 800pts = around 300 to 400 fgs
New Kingdom Egyptian 800pts+
Median 800pts
Early and Late Achaemenid Persian 800pts
Early and Late Carthaginian 950pts
English 100 years war. 800+pts..
Mongols 850pts
Samurai 800pts

FoGR
German Protestants 1000pts

AWI
British Grenadier.. British and Rebels WIP.. have 20+ bn british(350 figs ) and 30+reg. yanks (600 figs )

Napoleonic .. Age of eagles ..6mm and 10mm Astrians Corp++ and 10mm French corp++

General de Brigade French and Prussain Divisions 15mm and 1812 Yanks 9 bn 250 +

Crimean... POW: Turkey and French.armies

WWI 10mm German
WWII 8th army 1st div 1940 to 42 .

Fantasy
Hoards ( They be Dragons)  Orcs 800+ pts FOG
Flintlock 25mm goblins
Blood Bowl Orc team
SF
Full thrust_- Kra Vak fleet + odds and sods
Stargrunt.. NSL 25mm platoon...
6mm GW Epic/Dirtside.. Space marines and Imperial Guard armies .. (lots)

End of the day If I really want it I can find room for it.

 

It could be worse I tell the wife, I could  spend my money on booze and women. Or hand bags and high heels.

Or footie or golf   :)So she knows the bobby moore  having a box here or there, is part of the hobby so she  just cracks on with it ! oh and me gaming 1-2 times a week as well but then it get me out the house and not down the pub.

[Conquistador]

There have to be limits

If the eye can identify the stand/miniature it is not too small.

Gracias,

Glenn

[grant]

Bezzo, that's a brilliant idea!

I have a dedicated gaming room, so for me it's not about size, actually. My current two projects are 28mm WWII (Germans and Italians to be painted for Russia), and 6mm Arab-Israeli, primarily for Yom Kippur. My feeling is that I should dump the 6mm, the more I think of it, but I really enjoy painting 6mm. Odd.

Anyway. The sell-off of unneeded items continues, it's really feeling good to pare down, and I am actually a bit better off in the cash department, too. 

[Cubs]

I nearly succumbed in Hobbycraft today. I've been down-sizing my collection for some time now, on the basis that anything I haven't painted or looked at in five years can be safely got rid of.

So far so good.

However, when faced with a bin of 1:144 scale Revell model planes for £2 each ... oh, but that was a close call. They looked so cute!

[FramFramson]

Luckily I haven't actually needed to downsize, since up until recently I was only into one game, Mage Knight. Pulp Alley has committed me to a second game, but I'm trying to make as much of my terrain as possible serve both games.

Since I live in a rather cramped apartment, conservation of space is mandatory for me. God knows enough shelf space is already taken up by my and my wife's obnoxious MTG collections.

[grant]

A fun realization tonight: I no longer have any Warhammer Historical rules. All sold! Also, the only thing from GW that is left is my Lord of the Rings/Hobbit collection.

Progress, and concrete at that.
A fun blog update tonight too: http://soldatetain.wordpress.com/2013/12/28/my-favourite-book/

[janner]

Congratulations Grant. Have you seen the new Kickstarter by....   

[grant]

Congratulations Grant. Have you seen the new Kickstarter by....   

[von Lucky]

I heard, 8mm Renaissance Inuit road wars. What every wargamer needs.

[Cubs]

I tried converting my Late-Medieval Sami, but the company said they wouldn't be 'official' figures and wouldn't be allowed.

Still, the 'Megaplastic' models* shown on the site look great.





*Models shown on kickstarter only available when kickstarter reaches the $40billion target; models shown are prototypes sculpts in 1:4 scale; sculpts are rendered in white metal, not the recycled windscreen wiper blades used to make 'Megaplastic'.

[grant]

I am in! Just signed up and the stretch goal of the genuine igloo is all mine! I hope it doesn't melt before it ships. Also a pound of muktuk to use as gaming hills stretch goals.

Oh, and if you have 10mm, they won't work by 20%.