I AM a Lead Hoarder .

[Commander Vyper]

It is useless to resist....


Seriously though be sensible and try to stay focussed. I've recently hadca major sort out of the study. Desk is clear and organised psints are racjed and ordered and painting has become a joy again. The storage vats have been sorted and cleansed. I feel less pressure with less ontop and around me if u see what i mean.

Goodluck mate and as has been said already it's a hobby so enjoy it.

[galvinm]

I feel your pain.

I have been hoarding for 40 years. I have the attention span of a gnat. If I am reading a book, watching a movie, or anything even remotely related to history, I inevitably make a  turn for whatever it is I am interested in at the MOMENT. I can literally go from ancient Egyptian in 28mm to ACW in 10mm in the space of a few eye blinks. Therefore my painting table, workbench, workshop, shed, living room, hobby room, kitchen, bedroom, etc., ALL have multiple scales and periods piled up on shelves, trays, carts, books, tables and boxes. Thankfully, my wife met me when I was a wild and crazy 20 something, and knows there are much worse things I could be doing.

I have come to the conclusion that I am not a Gamer, painter, collector, whatever. I am a lover of History in all its many shapes and forms. I probably have as many books on history as I do figures. But I have enjoyed many, many, many, MANY hours of pleasure in the pursuit. Just remember the old adage..... HE WHO DIES WITH THE MOST TOYS WINS!!!!!!

[has.been]

High I'm Has.been & I've been a lead hoarder for 49 years.....
What has been said is true, lose the guilt, it is your hobby, I have the attention span of a butterfly, etc.
Every so often 'something' comes along that helps keep it more or less under control:-
D.B.A. helped me paint, play with & eventually pass on most of my 25mm Ancients lead 'hillock';
Muskets & Tomahawks did similar to my unpainted AWI pile;
Frostgrave is doing the same for my Fantasy pile.
Donations of figures helps (about 12 file boxes of ECW,to one school club, Mini-figs & Hinchcliffe so I was not going to get around to painting them when Empress do such nice ones & a couple of boxes to another, dark age & fantasy for Frostgrave)
Bulky stuff (Scenery) gets passed on when I think I can do better. If I didn't get rid of those old..... I would never do the new improved version.
I buy less now-a-days (stuff costs more & I do more skirmish & less big battles)but 'SHINEY!!!' still gets me excited, but so what, it is still less expensive than a lot of other hobbies, & I enjoy it.

[grant]

I'm a highly reformed lead hoarder.

At one time in my life I had 15 large cases of GW minis, plus 4 10 foot shelves of books, boxes, and storage containers of blisters. Plus an organized bits cabinet...

When the floor was full, and the door in my storage room wouldn't close I knew it was getting bad.

The day I came home with a new purchase and found I had three of that blister already was the day I started reforming. eBay at 80-100 auctions per month, for about three years. After one bad eBay transaction (out of thousands! - the guy asked for a box to be removed, and then tried to claim broken stuff. I won. Screw him!), I ended eBay, and sold stuff on forums.

I've also recycled, thrown away, given away, and I am down to almost nothing and liking it.

Now when I want a new project I sell an existing project. Luckily I can get good money for my painting ability, so it generally works out.

I am a reformed lead hoarder, and will never hoard again.

[LeadAsbestos]

I'm a highly reformed lead hoarder.

I've also recycled, thrown away, given away, and I am down to almost nothing and liking it.

I am a reformed lead hoarder, and will never hoard again.

Someone needs to report this guy to a.moderator. I don't feel comfortable having this kind of behavior discussed on this forum.

 

[grant]

Someone needs to report this guy to a.moderator. I don't feel comfortable having this kind of behavior discussed on this forum.

 

 

[Major_Gilbear]

When the floor was full, and the door in my storage room wouldn't close I knew it was getting bad.

The day I came home with a new purchase and found I had three of that blister already was the day I started reforming.

Ah, classic error.

I make spreadsheets for each project/game to keep track of what models I have to avoid inadvertent duplication.

When the house was full, I moved to a bigger house (had to spread the lead around though, as it caused the floor to sag about 8" where I had it stored initially).

This way, the lead horde can increase at ever wilder levels with little justification to ever stop growing.

Simples!

[obsidian3d]

I also have a short attention span, love of multiple genres and styles, and enough disposable income to buy more than I can paint and play. I'm also a board gamer and love games that have miniatures in them too, so I often feel like those need to be painted as well. It used to weigh on me that I wasn't getting enough done, and it took a similar epiphany to realize that it was my hobby and not something with deadlines on it.

Now, even though I keep a giant to-do list, it's more to help me remember all of the stuff I have and things I want to build/paint. Things shuffle around in priority based on what I want to do, what games I want to get on the table, or how I feel on any given day.

I still buy too much stuff, but have also had some more recent success clearing out bits that I know I won't get to, or am simply no longer interested in. It's tough to part with things sometimes, but worth it.

[Oldben1]

Maybe we should try creating a thread dedicated to actually playing more games and less stockpiling. 

[grant]

Maybe we should try creating a thread dedicated to actually playing more games and less stockpiling. 

Just because you live in Winnipeg and can't leave the house in winter for the cold, and summer for the mosquitoes, doesn't mean you have to gloat it over us how much time you have.

I do miss Carlos & Murphys.

[Tactalvanic]

Maybe we should try creating a thread dedicated to actually playing more games and less stockpiling. 

Stockpiling is a hobby in and off itself, and even maybe, classified by some as a game in its own right....

[LeadAsbestos]

Back in the dusky dawn of this forum, the LPL was created to encourage folks to get their lead piles painted and show off what they had accomplished. It was an exercise I getting stuff done, and  now it has turned into a wonderful way to showcase some of the talent here. The standard of painting just kept going up and up!

A few of us were doing the Army Painted threads, but it seemed to showcase how most of us stall out on projects. The Living Lead projects too, now that I mention it! No cure, I guess...

[FramFramson]

Stockpiling is a hobby in and off itself, and even maybe, classified by some as a game in its own right....

He who dies with the most toys, wins!

[Tactalvanic]

He who dies with the most toys, wins!

oooh now thats an idea, have them all put in individual miniature coffins and buried with me.

Add that project to the end of the list...

[Oldben1]

I actually switched to a smaller scale so I could store more

Hey it's not that cold in Winnipeg, although I can't actually prime any models outside after November.  It was 15 degrees here yesterday.

I haven't been to Carlos and Murphy's for a few years now.