The consequences of a Pendraken order

[kustenjaeger]

My last order arrived this morning safe and sound. I had carefully placed it before the 1 January price rise and assured my wife - faced with a pile of figures - that it was made in the 2024 budget I.e. pre-retirement.

She was underwhelmed and focused more on the fact there were more figures when she would prefer fewer in the house ...

They have now been stowed in their respective plastic boxes to emerge for painting later in the year. 🙂

Edward

[jimduncanuk]

Remind her of the 'for richer, for poorer' clause,

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Oops, busted

[Orcs]

My last order arrived this morning safe and sound. I had carefully placed it before the 1 January price rise and assured my wife - faced with a pile of figures - that it was made in the 2024 budget I.e. pre-retirement.

She was underwhelmed and focused more on the fact there were more figures when she would prefer fewer in the house ...

They have now been stowed in their respective plastic boxes to emerge for painting later in the year. 🙂

Edward

Perhaps she would rather you spend your money on loose women and strong drink? 

My ex wanted fewer figures in the house, so I obliged and moved out ( This action needs careful thinking about. In my case I could have bought two new full size Ferraris, or  22,641 packets of Pendraken miniatures @ the new price)for what the move cost me.

However It was THE BEST MONEY I HAVE EVER SPENT!!!!!!!.

Seriously though, she knows where you are, its not an expensive hobby and figures can be converted back to cash in times of need, painted ones at a profit.

   

[FierceKitty]

My little woman would probably buy the figures for me if I didn't do it myself. Keeps me quiet and occupied, and she has fun with the results. The only problem is force composition, since she doesn't see why she shouldn't have an army entirely composed of grenadiers, cuirassiers, and heavy 12 pdrs.

[paulr]

...that it was made in the 2024 budget I.e. pre-retirement...

So, you can't have them delivered to work

A single friend perhaps

But as others have said there are a lot worse hobbies/interests

[Ithoriel]

The wife of a wargamer I knew many, many moons ago complained about the cost of the figures, the time spent painting and playing and the childishness of the hobby.

Eventually worn down by the drip, drip, drip of disapproval he abandoned the hobby, passed his collection on ...... and took up golf and photography.

Pretty sure she wished she'd kept her mouth shut.

[DecemDave]

She was underwhelmed and focused more on the fact there were more figures when she would prefer fewer in the house ...

Well I cant give relationship advice but it sounds like what she really wants is a bigger house.

22,641 packets of Pendraken miniatures

 
Does even Leon have that many?

[Orcs]

 
Does even Leon have that many?

He cast's  to order so if you sent him the required sum , I am sure he would oblige. Its nearly 700,000 figures.

If it took Leon 5 minutes to spin a mold and produce 30 pieces a 40 hour week would see your order fulfilled in 47 weeks. or 4 months if all three casting machines were running. Meanwhile none of us would get a figure order.
this also does not take into account the replacing the molds as they wear out. 
 

If you took 5 minutes in total to prepare, paint and base a single piece it would take you 15.5 years at 10 hours a day. You could take Feb 29th off in the leap years.

You would need 85,000 bases (4 cav/8inf on each 40mm x20mm base)  It would cover 68 square meters and need 10,000 A$ trays from Walt at Commission Figurines plus 3000 odd 9l Really usefull boxes.

[DecemDave]

  

700,000 Oooh!!  March on Moscow plus enemy at 1:1   Its all those plastic storage boxes that puts me off   

Watched the Ridley Scott Napoleon last night. Disappointing but meglomania fired up.  Only useful bit for me was reminding me just how long a British line battalion could be.  Real life far more "linear" than most of our games. 

[pierre the shy]

He cast's  to order so if you sent him the required sum , I am sure he would oblige. Its nearly 700,000 figures.

If it took Leon 5 minutes to spin a mold and produce 30 pieces a 40 hour week would see your order fulfilled in 47 weeks. or 4 months if all three casting machines were running. Meanwhile none of us would get a figure order.
this also does not take into account the replacing the molds as they wear out. 
 

If you took 5 minutes in total to prepare, paint and base a single piece it would take you 15.5 years at 10 hours a day. You could take Feb 29th off in the leap years.

You would need 85,000 bases (4 cav/8inf on each 40mm x20mm base)  It would cover 68 square meters and need 10,000 A$ trays from Walt at Commission Figurines plus 3000 odd 9l Really usefull boxes.

I'd compromise and go for one Ferrari and only 350,000 figures Orcs.....I'm Mrs Shy would be happy to drive the car while I try to figure out where I would store all the extra figures       

[kustenjaeger]

Well I cant give relationship advice but it sounds like what she really wants is a bigger house.

 
Does even Leon have that many?

In fact the figures will fit in the current house but we're due to move in the next few years to a smaller house to be closer to where the kids end up living when I will have to rationalise my figure collections (and have painted some more).

Luckily my wife's happy with my hobby as a whole and for me to paint figures and play games.

Edward

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

You'll be surprised how many will fit in a decent shed with good racking.

[Last Hussar]

So slightly less than FSN has then?