This evening, I left home with more than 1850 points of Space Marines, all of them painted in Blood Angels red, with shoulder pads I'd freehanded myself. There were lots of conversion pieces I was really proud of, from the terminator librarian's force axe to my techmarine's servo-harness, to the chop job I'd done to turn an ancient and tiny rhino into a modern-sized vehicle. Also in that box were my tape measure, my dice, my dice bag, my templates, and the mini Dark Vengeance rulebook I'd bought off eBay.
Now, all of it's gone. Someone broke into my car - smashing my window - and stole, of all things, my army. All I've got now is my land raider and my drop pod, which were in a different case, the stormtalon I'd just bought, and the storm bolter termie librarian and seven tactical terminators that I'd left at home.
You know, I think I wish it had been another gamer who'd stolen my army. I really do. I wish I'd left them on the table at Endgame and some jerk had walked off with them. That way, at least, I know they're not going to just end up in a dumpster.
Anyway, I'm trying to decide the best way to replace my collection, and I'd really appreciate your advice. I can't just go out and buy all the kids I've lost. That would be almost $400. I have about 125$ on hand - a windfall from work.
I think what I'm going to do is buy the Dark Vengeance set. That will cover the replacing the mini rulebook, templates, one of my tactical squads, and a librarian. I guess I can always use more terminators - with five more, I can field ten and still have options for which weapons to bring to the table with no magnetizing necessary - and I've been curious about playing with bikes. I can use the company master as a captain or chapter master, or hack him up and put him on a bike for a biker captain - I haven't decided yet. Shaving off all that Dark Angels iconography will keep me entertained for a while.
The Chaos stuff? I'll have to find someone willing to buy or trade for it. Does anyone know how much I can expect to get for the Chaos portion of Dark Vengeance, or have any advice for selling it?
Honestly, I'm just really bummed. Tonight was such a great night - I had a really fun game, my guy won the election - and this... really sucks. It's more than just the inconvenience. Those models meant something to me. They were art, and they were beautiful. I'm not saying that I'm a Golden Daemon winner or anything, but I'm proud of the work I do. I worked hard on them, and now they're gone - probably into the trash. I'm just going to be bummed about this for a while.