Collect or Play

Runfree

So do you just collect and paint your army or do you go to meetings and play other people in battles.

Well I mainly collect them but have played 3 battles(in Limerick).
Lost them all unfortunatly but it was fun.

OSiriS

Myself and a few mates had gotten into this after frequest games of heroquest and space crusade about 9/10 years ago, we all went out and bought the game, built up a growing collection of models etc. Apart from the odd 2v2 skirmishes every few weeks I was only really interested in the painting aspect. I think in the 3 years I was collecting I played 2 proper 1v1 games.

Runfree

Originally posted by OSiriS
I think in the 3 years I was collecting I played 2 proper 1v1 games.

Are you still collecting them or not??? Just wondering you know. I still am at a very slow pace though(lack of funds at the moment and need to buy paint)

Pugsley

I always loved painting them, I will never run out of paints either, I have a box with 150 paints in them (I got them all for £10!!). I have played a few battles with my brother, but mainly just collecting

Runfree

Originally posted by Pugsley
I always loved painting them, I will never run out of paints either, I have a box with 150 paints in them (I got them all for £10!!). I have played a few battles with my brother, but mainly just collecting

Pugsley,

Mind me asking where you got this for £10????
I want some of this.

can you get another one of these deals??

spooky donkey

Well i had to vote for collect as i havent played a game in over a year i never seem to get time for a game and i have never played in organised events. Uasually with friends or down my loacal workshop.
Though the odd game of quest still gets pulled out every now and then. For quest i have started collecting monsters from all sorts of armys so that i can have a real bloodletter instead of a chaos dwarf to reresent the model on the board.

I do plan to start playing some real table top battles in the near future. Not sure what yet.

po0k

been collecting on and off for about 7-8 years at this stage I think (can't remember what age I was when i started tbh)

Still haven't got a properly structured army, need to paint up my fire prism, get a few more falcons,vypers and a slew of jetbikes.
Need a blast of warlocks too, and a wraithguard detatchment, plus a few more wraithlords with different configs.
A new complement of aspect warriors would go down nicely too. Imadeaballs of the previous setby trying to paint them too fast.
Once I get painting gems down i'll be set, just have to master fine highlighting then to be up to decent standard.

OSiriS

No runfree I don't still collect, I have everything sitting on display in my room. I am keeping the paints incase I ever decide to get back into it, but mainly to paint a set of santons for my girlfriend's familiy's nativity scene, and show them how models should be painted;)

*edit* as for picking up paint I would suggest you build up your selection gradually, I think I bought maybe 2 new colours a week when I was poor and over a few months my pallete grew to about 40-50 pots, although most were retired and I only used about 15 main colours + inks as I prefered mixing my own. there was just the odd time the other colours would come out. You can get fantastic results with a limited pallete if you are very selective of what colours it comprises, so either have a good idea beforehand of your style of painting or start with basic colours and expand when you really need to.

Funky

i cant stand painting , i usually just spray them all and get around to painting about 1 in 5

i LOVE playing though

Pugsley

Originally posted by Runfree
Pugsley,

Mind me asking where you got this for £10????
I want some of this.

can you get another one of these deals??

Local Toymaster was closing down, and they had a full paint rack that nobody wanted, you can guess the rest

Runfree

Originally posted by Pugsley
Local Toymaster was closing down, and they had a full paint rack that nobody wanted, you can guess the rest

Fair enuff. Nice one though

Qualin Hess

Ever since 3rd Ed 40k cam in there has been no point in playing, but the modles are getting cooler and cooler