2014. New Years resolution, and the ‘plastic crack’ dilemma.
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2014. New Years resolution, and the ‘plastic crack’ dilemma.
Every serious gamer knows the addiction to the ‘plastic crack’ that comes with being an adult gamer. We started out as kids playing they game, and we could afford one box or so every month or two. When I got back into the game a few years ago I have so much more disposable income now, and there are always deals to be had. Many adult gamers know the feeling of being on the internet late at night and scouring eBay or Kajiji for deals, but how often do we take stock of what we have?
The thing is; there are always deals to be had. There’s always something to get for a steal, and its tempting… but sometimes we have to just say no. And it’s hard, buying Minatures is addictive and that’s why we call it ‘Plastic Crack’.
My weakness of course is that i’ll only play with an Army that is painted. I will also only buy an army that i can paint (or repaint) myself, so that means you can have a lot of ‘Plastic Crack’ just sitting there.
The other day i almost bought another army… Again…
A chaos space marine army for a real steal, but I was beaten to the punch.
Initially i was a bit disappointed, i wanted the army to sell to a friend to beef up his existing army, I think Chaos Marines would have been great Allies for him. I also wanted to part the Army out a bit and make back some cash (which ironically the guy who bought it did).
But then i got thinking… do i really have time to paint that army? really?How much ‘Plastic Crack’ do i have?
So New Years is a time to take stock and see where you are and what you can do about it. It’s about making lists, finding ways to improve your life and taking stock.
I sat down this afternoon and wrote down a list of all the ‘projects’ i still had to do and it was very revealing.
Here’s what i wrote:
Warhound Titan (about 80%) complete
Space Wolves:
Storm Eagle
2 Drop pods
Special Weapons Grey Hunters (about 15)
20 Grey Hunters on Sprues
Wolf Guard terminator Weapon Variations Maganatized (40)
Land Raider with Hurricaine bolters
2 Dreadnoughts
Ragnar Blackmane
Ulrik the Slayer
Terrain:
New Hills(about 10)
Space Marine Armory (Needs detailing and painting)
Dollar Store Bunkers
Landing Pad / Cargo Bay Terrain Piece
Imperial guard - Fast response team
15 Sentinals
60 Guardsmen
30 Cadians on Sprue
Vostroyan First Born Army
120 Vostroyans (including heavy weapons)
2 Basaliks
Valkyrie Gunship
Imperial Fists /Crimson Fists Battle Brothers Strike force
40 Marines
2 Razorback/Rhino
Dreadnaught
Land raider
Captain and Command Squad
Lysander
Sternguard
18 Centurions
Ork Raiders band
Warboss
2 Nobs
Squad of Boyz
10 Lootaz
So thinking about all that, if i paint to a high quality table to standard i will have about a year’s worth of stuff to paint…which really means that if i don’t buy anymore stuff i’ll be good for quite a while…
Just writing that list really put it all into perspective.. which is what resolutions are supposed to do, right? Help us find perspective and set goals. Well, i’m going to paint all that… and play all that. That’s my goal for 2014.
