(Phil Dutre) | 08 Apr 2014 8:49 a.m. PST |
Over 25 years ago, when I started into miniature wargaming, I spend a lot of time and effort building stuff: styrofoam hills, cardboard houses, cheap trees, cardboard rivers drawn with colour crayons. My figure collection expanded slowly, following the pace of my disposable income: cheap plastics such as Airfix in the formative years, more and more lead in subsequent years. Since I didn't throw anything away, my wargaming 'stuff' kept growing in size, and my collection was expanding all the time. During the past 5 years or so, I noticed that my collection stopped growing. Instead, I am upgrading and consolidating my existing collection. Cheap terrain pieces make place for quality houses and trees. My terrain system is now top-notch, and no longer the bright fluo-green hills I painted when I was a teenager. Even my miniatures are upgraded now and then, and replaced by classier ranges. Heck, I even invest in nicer dice instead of the crappy small white D6s I have used for decades. Is anyone else experiencing the same trend? |
Broglie | 08 Apr 2014 8:51 a.m. PST |
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Col Durnford | 08 Apr 2014 10:03 a.m. PST |
Upgrades, repaints, and a few new units from out of the lead pile. About a year ago I sold off my plastic 1/72 ACW collection and replaced it with 22mm metal. It's been years since I started a brand new project. Vince
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Rrobbyrobot | 08 Apr 2014 10:19 a.m. PST |
I have. Then it's time for more new stuff. Although my terrain aint top notch. Just several notches better than the old days. |
Pictors Studio | 08 Apr 2014 10:20 a.m. PST |
I have upgraded some of my stuff over the years, especially some of the things I painted from 1998-2001. Mostly though it has been expanding as I've gone into new periods with new figures. |
Pictors Studio | 08 Apr 2014 10:21 a.m. PST |
I did upgrade my Greek army. I had an Old glory one that wasn't painted so well and upgraded it to Foundry that was. I gave the old one away to a kid in my history club. |
Who asked this joker | 08 Apr 2014 10:33 a.m. PST |
Repainting is as far as I go with an upgrade. I've kept the stuff I've bought over the years. Any project that never got off the ground has been (or is in process of being) sold. Older rules sets that I won't get back to will get sold off. But no upgrading except for repainting. John |
Yesthatphil | 08 Apr 2014 10:43 a.m. PST |
Upgrading, yes, repainting (some)
but expanding significantly as well. Fingers crossed the good things in life keep coming this way
Phil |
Tom Reed | 08 Apr 2014 11:31 a.m. PST |
Thinking about doing so with my old west buildings. Also thinking about paring down/selling off some of my stuff, specifically all of my FOW stuff, and going into 15mm scifi. |
Striker | 08 Apr 2014 12:44 p.m. PST |
I've been redoing some of my old terrain pieces but I haven't gone for complete replacement unless the piece was a real junker that I can't redo. Minis and dice are still the same old stuff although not as basic as the terrain is. |
Whirlwind | 08 Apr 2014 12:46 p.m. PST |
I'm doing a bit of expanding (new periods & new armies – WotR, ECW for the periods, possibly WSS & some Colonials too, maybe a Napoleonic Prussian army ), a bit of upgrading (terrain, adding re-done Baccus 6mm French and British Napoleonics to replace in part my existing armies – their WW2 range may inspire me to do the same when that comes out; doing some re-touching on a few of my older figures too) and some downsizing (some 1/72 projects that never really got off the ground are gone). |
Broadsword | 08 Apr 2014 3:32 p.m. PST |
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GoGators | 08 Apr 2014 4:52 p.m. PST |
Not yet. Hope to upgrade terrain. Never upgrade miniatures! You just add there!!! |
DS6151 | 09 Apr 2014 7:15 a.m. PST |
Some upgrading has occurred, yes. But I have limited time and money, so given a choice, I generally prefer to expand and get something I don't already have. Though to be honest, I have been eyeing some of my terrain and thinking I could do much better now
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Dexter Ward | 09 Apr 2014 9:20 a.m. PST |
Most of my painting recently has been upgrades of dodgy old figures from 30 or 40 years ago to shiny new 28mm chaps. The dodgy old chaps all went via ebay. |
Mserafin | 09 Apr 2014 1:40 p.m. PST |
I find myself slowly upgrading a lot of my 15mm WW2 stuff. I started with it in the 1990s, mostly Old Glory, Peter Pig and Military Miniatures NZ (which later morphed into Battlefront). Over the years the models have definitely improved, and so instead of doing what I should (paint stuff I've not had before, like Americans), I find myself painting new Pz IVs to replace my 20-year old ones, which just aren't as good. |