"Storage space, Painted figures and the Lead Mountain." Topic

Pondering the question brought up in this post
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reminded me of an offhand comment I once made to a friend. He asked what I had painted recently and I replied " a few units of AWI infantry" he congratulated me and my comment was "thanks but now that they're painted they take up more space and I'm running out of storage."

A box of unpainted Perry's is about 70 cubic cms, painted they are about 108 ccs. ( based 6 figs on a 6cm x 4cm base) a stand with flags would be more.

So do you?
1 Not paint figures because there's no where to put them.
2 Sell off painted things to make room for new figures
3 Not buy anything until you have more space.
4 Sell off unpainted things to make room for new unpainted things.
5 get rid of something else to create more room for your wargaming hobby.

As I suffer from the pack rat gene I find that if I start running out of room for figures that means I need to reorganize a bit to make room and work on other parts of the hobby or work on figures that are painted to a higher standard and so take more time before completion.However, someday I suppose I'll run out of room but with a little bit of luck, at that point I'll probably be unable physically to paint and if I still have my mind, I'll have to content myself with looking and remembering.

6) Magically find more space to stuff things.

4 and 5, jointly. I've done about all I can do for now with 4. 5 is ongoing. Option 6 would be "Find or create more storage space," which I am always working on. Going vertical is the solution -- more upright shelving and cabinetry, less horizontally oriented storage furniture.

5. Is this a trick question?

4 and 5.

I'm quite good at fitting extra things in, but increasingly I sell off old stuff to make room for new stuff. I find having things jammed into every corner mentally burdensome.

tbh I've got so much stuff anyway I'm largely filling in odd gaps, but over the last few years I've got rid of my entire Fantasy, Colonial and Modern Africa collection as well as my entire 20mm WW2 collection. It makes room for new stuff.

7) Use a smaller scale – takes up less space

6. I get rid of figures because I want to, not because I feel that need I need to make room for more stuff.

2. Big Time!

Individual decision, I suppose. I have in the past sold off old armies when I realized I was not really doing anything with them. Then I started anew with another army. Now I have a reached a point (and age) where I have limited myself to what I can store. I have AWI figs for skirmish ideas. I have limited my figs to 1 storage box per army: Rebels, British, Native Americans, and an extra box for misc. I am sticking with that.

I have come up with some storage solutions that are pretty space efficient

I have a big enough lead mountain that I don't buy anything unless something else goes (usually to one of the guys in the group) and even then I try for a 2 out to 1 in ratio

Still have storage space but am severely downsizing the lead/plastic pile. No new figure purchases unless they are absolutely needed. So far I'm doing OK only 8 figures bought this year with about 100 sold off.
Paul

I like the other posters #6.

I do not have a storage problem but if I ever do I would build vertical cabinets/storage solution.

6. Find more storage space.

Still buying, painting, adding bases, making their footprints larger. My figure purchases have slowed down, considerably, though, as I have most of the armies I will ever want/need. I am mostly buying bits to fill out my existing armies' weaknesses, like missing missile troops for them (I play pseudo-medieval fantasy war games). Cheers!

This issue is oten larger for terrain. Lots of terrain comes in unassmbled flatter bits that you can jam up against stuff. Once assembled, the interior volume comes into play.

5. I get rid of useless clutter like the exercise bike and the mother-in-law bed in the en suite.

I have reached the capacity of my hobby room. I would use me garage( my minivan is too long to it in it) , but my daughters have taken it already. I am in the process of figuring out what to do

I am going to buy a lottery ticket. If I win, I'll be able to buy the other units in my building and turn them into storage, painting/making studios, and game spaces.

They sell boxes every day

There are 2 missing I think from this picture

I get creative with generating more storage space. With an empty nest, this is no longer an issue.

pjm

Selling off both painted and unpainted and focussing on smaller scales. Things still aren't where I'd like them to be, but they're vastly better than they were 10 years ago when I retired and finally had everything in one place.

8) Bought a bigger house. I'm very blessed.

Also 8. Have a house with a basement.

Add another room. Started with game room and 2 car garage for one car, built my boat shed which has wall space and cabinets for miniatures. And now I just finished my garden shed…for everything else it seems.