What can you not stop buying???

Started by get2grips, 01 August 2013, 08:11:56 AM

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Orcs

Quote from: Techno on 01 August 2013, 07:50:31 PM
Well....
I for one will miss the banter.
Just hope fsn has his next 'want' lined up for when this particular item IS released.
Cheers - Phil

You know when children whine and go on about something they want ie sweets , ice cream etc, - Its fatal and possibly bad parenting to let them have it as it just teaches them to whine more.

With this in mind I think Leon should refuse to sell centurions to FSN  :d :d
The cynics are right nine times out of ten. -Mencken, H. L.

Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well. - Robert Louis Stevenson

Orcs

Quote from: Ithoriel on 01 August 2013, 08:51:42 PM
"To our wives and girlfriends ... may they never meet!" :)

I will second that :d
The cynics are right nine times out of ten. -Mencken, H. L.

Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well. - Robert Louis Stevenson

Orcs

Quote from: get2grips on 02 August 2013, 08:22:32 AM
Nah, you don't have to actually use em, just see em piled up.  I reckon everyone posting here has an embarrassingly large pewter pile  :)

Surely you know the two wargamers rule of a long happy life

1 a Wargamer needs at least his own bodyweight in unpainted lead/ resin  to be truely happy

2 When you paint your last unpainted figure - YOU DIE !

By these rules I am exceptionally happy and I should live to 183.


The cynics are right nine times out of ten. -Mencken, H. L.

Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well. - Robert Louis Stevenson

get2grips

Quote from: Just a few Orcs on 03 August 2013, 06:40:21 AM
Surely you know the two wargamers rule of a long happy life

1 a Wargamer needs at least his own bodyweight in unpainted lead/ resin  to be truely happy

2 When you paint your last unpainted figure - YOU DIE !

By these rules I am exceptionally happy and I should live to 183.


;D  Could no more imagine painting my "last figure" than growing a third arm.
Has anyone here ever actually completed an army, i mean really COMPLETED; done, finished, no more (and that includes all those nagging command vignettes you promised yourself.

Orcs

Quote from: get2grips on 03 August 2013, 07:25:44 AM
;D  Could no more imagine painting my "last figure" than growing a third arm.
Has anyone here ever actually completed an army, i mean really COMPLETED; done, finished, no more (and that includes all those nagging command vignettes you promised yourself.

No - The completed army is an Urban Myth. Because

1. we all buy more lead for the army than we actually need
2. We get diverted before all of its painted
3  Even if we do get it all painted some pesky manufacturer brings out a new vehicle or unit we NEED, or just remodel the range.

The cynics are right nine times out of ten. -Mencken, H. L.

Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well. - Robert Louis Stevenson

get2grips

03 August 2013, 07:41:49 AM #65 Last Edit: 03 August 2013, 08:19:33 AM by get2grips
Quote from: Just a few Orcs on 03 August 2013, 07:37:00 AM
No - The completed army is an Urban Myth. Because

1. we all buy more lead for the army than we actually need
2. We get diverted before all of its painted
3  Even if we do get it all painted some pesky manufacturer brings out a new vehicle or unit we NEED, or just remodel the range.



Good points well made.  Why does my wife not understand that "NEED"  :)

Hertsblue

Or 4. With a couple more units I could have the entire brigade/division/corps/army/front (Delete as applicable.)  ;)
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get2grips

Quote from: Hertsblue on 03 August 2013, 09:00:21 AM
Or 4. With a couple more units I could have the entire brigade/division/corps/army/front (Delete as applicable.)  ;)

Yeah, that's the one.  Completely movable feast.

nikharwood

I must be the odd one out then - I never go back to add to armies...I always work out the force I want, buy everything in one go - and paint them all in one go too...then they're done, and I'm on to the next one  :)

Orcs

Quote from: nikharwood on 03 August 2013, 09:35:55 AM
I must be the odd one out then - I never go back to add to armies...I always work out the force I want, buy everything in one go - and paint them all in one go too...then they're done, and I'm on to the next one  :)

Yes but you paint 800 10mm  figures including moustaches and eyes in between having tea and your daughters bedtime.
The cynics are right nine times out of ten. -Mencken, H. L.

Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well. - Robert Louis Stevenson

fsn

Quote from: nikharwood on 03 August 2013, 09:35:55 AM
I must be the odd one out then - I never go back to add to armies...I always work out the force I want, buy everything in one go - and paint them all in one go too...then they're done, and I'm on to the next one  :)

... but then Pendraken add to their ranges and you can't leave the new loveliness unbought, can you?  :-/ That just ain't natural! 
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ronan

Quote from: Just a few Orcs on 03 August 2013, 09:54:53 AM
Yes but you paint 800 10mm  figures including moustaches and eyes in between having tea and your daughters bedtime.

and while doing this, Nik can write on the forum with his other hand !  ;)

Steve J

QuoteI must be the odd one out then - I never go back to add to armies...I always work out the force I want, buy everything in one go - and paint them all in one go too...then they're done, and I'm on to the next one 

Freak... ;)

Orcs

Quote from: nikharwood on 03 August 2013, 09:35:55 AM
I must be the odd one out then - I never go back to add to armies...I always work out the force I want, buy everything in one go - and paint them all in one go too...then they're done, and I'm on to the next one  :)

I think we need to ask the forums man of the cloth Hugh (capthugeca) to pray for your wargaming soul,Nik
The cynics are right nine times out of ten. -Mencken, H. L.

Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well. - Robert Louis Stevenson

howayman

nikharwood IS Superman.
How can anybody be that focused, it must be a zen like state. Or perhaps The Force is with him.
Anyway did someone mention buying women or did i misread that.   ;)
My own weakness is Matilda 2 tanks any scale, never to be used.