I AM a Lead Hoarder .

[Littlearmies]

A couple of years ago I posted about this on my blog: http://tenfiguresaweek.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/weighing-in.html

And things haven't improved in the interim. I now have a plastic pile to add to the lead mountain (plus of course more lead to complement the plastics!!!). I think I'm resigned to the fact that I'll have a growing lead population - my books already line the floor of the loft (largely because I'm concerned that if they were stacked up in one place the building might become unstable) adding an extra layer of insulation.

[grant]

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.

I used to live in St. Boniface, walking across the Provencher Bridge into downtown was ... chilly 

[grant]

A couple of years ago I posted about this on my blog: http://tenfiguresaweek.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/weighing-in.html

And things haven't improved in the interim. I now have a plastic pile to add to the lead mountain (plus of course more lead to complement the plastics!!!). I think I'm resigned to the fact that I'll have a growing lead population - my books already line the floor of the loft (largely because I'm concerned that if they were stacked up in one place the building might become unstable) adding an extra layer of insulation.

An interesting exercise!

[Oldben1]

I found it interesting on your blog that you actually weighed your miniatures.  I guess that is why most of my terrain is styro.

I think I'm going to start a thread with playing more in mind.  Once work slows down . . .

[Littlearmies]

Oldben - Counting them was clearly impractical. I store my unpainted figures in old cardboard wine cases (I worked for a wine importer) - each Napoleonic nationality gets a separate case. And most of them are pretty full.

Even with that I have the attention span of a butterfly, and no sense of proportion - I "needed" 70 or so AB Jena Prussians so I could paint up a unit of Laval's Division (find the entry on the blog to see the mental gymnastics required to justify this!) so I was looking on eBay and there was a guy in America selling said figures plus a lot of others. So I bought the lot, requiring my sister to carry several pounds of lead over from the States when she came to visit.

I'm doing fairly well with AB Spanish, largely because they are easy to paint, and you can do lots of different colour variations. But I just paint what I feel like, so Perry Wars of the Roses plastics have featured strongly, and this weekend I bought some Empress Miniatures 28mm Afghans purely because they look great - of course I'm not even sure what war they are for (2nd Afghan War perhaps?) but they have what look like Lee Metford rifles. Either way the British had stopped wearing red by this time so I've no interest in painting the opposition (whether they be in khaki or multi-cam - bright uniforms attract me, khaki doesn't).

[jon_1066]

I actually had a stock take and came up with 350 painted figures out of a total of 800.  Based upon my current rate of progress this year I have enough unpainted plastic and lead to last me 8 years of painting (not including vehicles, scenery, buildings, etc) that is without stripping some of the worst figures from my youth and having another go.

So why exactly did I need to buy 5 more RT era Orks from Ebay?  Because I needed a heavy bolter to round out my Ork platoon to play a game of Chain of Command variant set in 40K.  I couldn't just have a heavy plasma gun stand in could I?

[grant]

What self respecting Warboss wouldn't have a heavy bolter? Fully agree with your justification.

[Oldben1]

Switching scales didn't really help because I find I'm buying similar figs in smaller scales.  I also buy painted minis, and try where I can to mash up genres.  STar wars and Firefly blends war, western, samurai, and sci fi.  It covers all the bases.

[grant]

Switching scales didn't really help because I find I'm buying similar figs in smaller scales.  I also buy painted minis, and try where I can to mash up genres.  STar wars and Firefly blends war, western, samurai, and sci fi.  It covers all the bases.

I tried doing the mash-up thing - but it just leads to the worst kind of squirreling. It just turned into a mess. Better to focus, in my mind at least.

[FramFramson]

I used to live in St. Boniface, walking across the Provencher Bridge into downtown was ... chilly 

Well, I'm from Winterpeg originally myself... 

Notice that the common theme is trying to escape it

[Oldben1]

Maybe that's why I have such a healthy fantasy life.

Most of my buddies from the old days moved to B.C.

I nice amount of Winnipeg threadomancy here.

[FramFramson]

Not me, I moved to smelly old Toronto.

[Grimmnar]

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

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

 

For me it was when he said "thrown away" that got me. A little piece of my soul dies when I hear a gamer say that. :-(

Grimm

[Garanhir]

I, too, am a lead hoarder. And I've realised that I don't care.

As substance addictions go, it's benign enough. My fellow addicts make for diverting and improving company. I have an outlet for my magpie instinct, as well as my creative urge. It promotes contentment while encouraging endeavour. It teaches me to enjoy the journey as much as the destination.

It's more than an addiction, it's a lifestyle. It's mine. I love it.

[grant]

I have use figs for fishing weights. Needs must n all that. I have figs you could not give away. Why not convert them into fresh australian salmon?

Literally. I've tried to give away stuff, and after a while, when it's clutter, it needs to go. People think that junk lying around doesn't cost anything, but it does. Space. Time when you have to move it around to make space for new stuff. Eventually, you just get tired of X and toss it.

If there was a Salvation Army Donation for Old Miniatures, I would have done that, but there's not. Also, I've recycled rule books. Literally tossed them out. 

Better than landfill to recycle.