It's Time to eat the Elephant

When I decided to actually do something about my backlog of figures, it occurred to me that I had no good idea about how many figures I actually had.  I’ve been wargaming on and off for 50+ years. Usually solo play, but with the occasional partner to play against.  More recently my son (he was a late addition to the family – now 14) has expressed some interest in wargaming, and has conclusively beaten me in the few games we have played!

So this seemed to be a golden opportunity to motivate myself late in the Autumn of my life, to do something other than reminisce about past campaigns and start something new.

So what’s the score on the door?  (I won’t present an Excel chart here, so no one need get too “upset”!), but will probably start some tind of running total once I actually start to do something.

I am a terrible figure butterfly and if I really like the look of something, I’ve tended to jump in an (over) buy everything at once.  Less so these days as my spare cash is somewhat limited.  But the build up over the last 20 years in particular has included numerous Kickstarter games, whole armies for games such as Mantic or Bolt Action, and other armies for interesting rule sets.  I of necessity collect two (or more) armies for a game as I don’t have a local or regular opponent.

So the grand total across all scales (28/30; 10; 6mm) is 6,247, give of take as I’m sure I lost count at various times.   For those of you more interested in the specifics, the breakdown follows:

28/30mm figures – Foot/Horse/Artillery

ECW 495

WotR 145

Mantic (KoW various races) 535

Bolt Action 188

Border Reivers 54

Pirates (Cutlass) 29

Deadzone 140

Infinity 23

10mm figures F/H/A

Medieval – various 248

Samurai 630

7YW 410

6mm

Napoleonics 1950

Boxed Games – various scales

Joan of Arc 414

Core Space 56

Dreadball 72

Solomon Kane 43

Mythic Battles Pantheon 105

U-Boot 16

Home Raiders 15

Mars Attack 74

Dungeon Saga 64

Test of Honor 34

Darkest Dungeon 138

Terminator 33

Conan 120

Plus some odds and ends like a few Dr Who figures etc.  Just random figures.

So the strategy (whatever that means!) will probably look at something that could be completed fairly quickly and with minimal painting skill.  I hope I’ll improve over time as I get back into painting more frequently and save the best till last!

Wish me luck, and Happy Gaming