 Editor in Chief Bill   | 21 Mar 2026 11:19 a.m. PST |
In the last year, did you paint more miniatures than you purchased? Yes – My mountain is shrinking.
No – The mountain grows ever taller.
It was a wash – I am in hobby equilibrium.
I don't paint – I buy pre-painted or pay for painting services.
I don't buy – I only paint what I already have. |
Col Durnford  | 21 Mar 2026 11:44 a.m. PST |
Yes and yes again. Not only getting the mountain well under control since I retired in 2018. I have also sold much more than I purchased. |
| Titchmonster | 21 Mar 2026 11:54 a.m. PST |
No! And I swear I'm trying but I added a new period 18months ago and I'm balls out into building forces so keep adding bits and pieces. About to hammer OG with a 22Bag order which will be the "last" purchase of the year. |
| DisasterWargamer | 21 Mar 2026 11:59 a.m. PST |
Less added then shrinking |
| Frederick | 21 Mar 2026 11:59 a.m. PST |
Yes – the mountain is shrinking So far since January painted 61 and finished some terrain, bought zero figs |
| Mister Tibbles | 21 Mar 2026 12:03 p.m. PST |
No. I don't have a lead (or plastic) pile.
I haven't bought miniatures for over a decade. |
| 14Bore | 21 Mar 2026 12:10 p.m. PST |
Never has happened, buy, paint, buy more |
 Dal Gavan | 21 Mar 2026 1:31 p.m. PST |
Yes, but the mountain doesn't seem to have shrunk. |
| robert piepenbrink | 21 Mar 2026 1:36 p.m. PST |
"Miniature" is not a useful unit of measure across a variety of scales, and the question takes no account of sales--or painting for other people. But unpainted volume and surface area continues to shrink. |
| BrockLanders | 21 Mar 2026 2:55 p.m. PST |
My lead mountain is currently in remission |
| Micman | 21 Mar 2026 3:00 p.m. PST |
Still growing, and I do not like to paint. |
| JMcCarroll | 21 Mar 2026 4:03 p.m. PST |
It ebb and flows. Yet there is so much more to paint. I do not have a problem (twitches a bit while turning head). |
| bobspruster | 21 Mar 2026 5:04 p.m. PST |
No. But! When I finish painting what's on my bench now, I'm going to start getting organized, which will include getting rid of a bunch of stuff I know I'll never get to. |
| huron725 | 21 Mar 2026 5:46 p.m. PST |
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| FusilierDan | 21 Mar 2026 5:58 p.m. PST |
Yes. I can say that over the last year I've painted more than I bought. I've been tracking this for 10 years as of last year I was 369 figures over what I bought. In points based on the Analogue Painting Challenge 2,016 points. There were 2 years where I was in the red for bought vs painted. Recently I started to inventory all my figures. Rough guess I'm half way through the collection. Roughly 20% is unpainted. |
| myxemail | 21 Mar 2026 6:27 p.m. PST |
Roughly at equilibrium for buying and painting. However; the mountain of opportunity was greatly reduced in the past year by selling items and giving some away. Progress |
 gamertom | 21 Mar 2026 7:26 p.m. PST |
ROTFLMAO
Hee hee. Wait, you were serious. Well, No. |
