I have to many minis

[Bigred]

My shelves...

Most people don't even know I have Blood Angels, and as you can see I have quite a few!

[Darkwynn]

My shelves...

Most people don't even know I have Blood Angels, and as you can see I have quite a few!

Crap its like getting crited with Wall TEXT but by mini's !

[Khestra the Unbeheld]

No room in that inn for the Baby Jesus, either.

[Oswald Shot First]

I think I have around 2000 points of Orks and 1800 points of Space Marines sitting in a giant rubbermaid tub waiting to be assembled. And then the Flames of War and the War of the Rings stuff...

I'm pretty sure I could assemble and paint stuff every day through the end of the year without buying another mini.

[RealGenius]

We need to start instituting fully-painted Apocalypse.

[Dosadi]

We need to start instituting fully-painted Apocalypse.

My group up here in Canada insists on fully painted Apocalypse. It tends to keep the games resonable. We also use the BoLS house rules ( nod to the crew ) as its very easy for Apocalypse to become bloated and un-fun if you let people use every miniature they have.
I've found this really helps me finish projects because if i wann throw down my new toy I better get it finished. At first people thought it was un-fair, but after a few games people really appreciated seeing massive fully painted armies on the table and we started seeing people actually finish painting in record time.

As for your collection bigred; it's quite impressive. I keep all my stuff in foam trays. I can't seem to convince the wife that getting some glass cabnets or even shelves is a good investment...if only she know how much I spend on minis in a month...


Dosadi

[Bigred]

And the sad part Dosadi is I'm out of bookshelf space...

Where will I put my LotR Elves Army, the Flames of War German Army, and my 40k/Fantasy expansion units?

I hear Ikea has fully enclosed glass display cabinets for about $50.

Oh, I just remembered my newest Apocalypse trick:

When moderating a game, give each team a set time per turn (30-45 minutes or so). Then tell each team if they finish under time they can recycle any dead unit (non-superheavy or non-gargantuan creature) back to life at the start of their next turn; reserving on from their board edge.

At the 1 minute mark make the team captain decide to end the turn and take the unit, to give it up and get in those last 60 seconds. They will take the unit every time and your game will stay on schedule.

And both teams feel good about it as they play fast to get the rewards.

I'll be using the system at BoLScon. it works great!

[RealGenius]

And the sad part Dosadi is I'm out of bookshelf space...

At the 1 minute mark make the team captain decide to end the turn and take the unit, to give it up and get in those last 60 seconds. They will take the unit every time and your game will stay on schedule.

The only problem is that we could abuse it by making a futile assault that would tie up a shooty unit and call time without resolving the assault. Then that shooty unit couldn't shoot because it is tied up even though if we resolved the assault it would have wiped our unit out and been able to shoot. Just sayin'.

On the IKEA shelving, you need to go for more density: get a few spare shelf packs from IKEA so you can pack more in. I've gone vertical myself. Ah, the advantage of magnetized display boards.

[CrusherJoe]

And the sad part Dosadi is I'm out of bookshelf space...
Oh, I just remembered my newest Apocalypse trick:

When moderating a game, give each team a set time per turn (30-45 minutes or so). Then tell each team if they finish under time they can recycle any dead unit (non-superheavy or non-gargantuan creature) back to life at the start of their next turn; reserving on from their board edge.
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At the 1 minute mark make the team captain decide to end the turn and take the unit, to give it up and get in those last 60 seconds. They will take the unit every time and your game will stay on schedule.

And both teams feel good about it as they play fast to get the rewards.

I'll be using the system at BoLScon. it works great!

That's sheer genius.

The only real "complaint" (not quite the right word, but I can't think of a word that means, "The only part of something that I find less than pleasant," off the top of my head) I have with Apoc games is they tend to have turns that just go ON and ON...you spend a lot of time waiting for the next thing to do. Sounds like your plan should eliminate a lot of that, and that's something I can behind and support 100%!

[AdamHarry]

The only problem is that we could abuse it by making a futile assault that would tie up a shooty unit and call time without resolving the assault. Then that shooty unit couldn't shoot because it is tied up even though if we resolved the assault it would have wiped our unit out and been able to shoot. Just sayin'.

On the IKEA shelving, you need to go for more density: get a few spare shelf packs from IKEA so you can pack more in. I've gone vertical myself. Ah, the advantage of magnetized display boards.

LOL jim thats awesome.