Yeah I’m not a fan of it, I think we’re too hard on ourselves as a community in a way that no other collectors would be. You won’t hear coin, stamp, art, movie, book, game, etc., collectors talk about a “pile of shame”, and neither should we.
I actually like having unbuilt/unpainted minis, because then I have projects in reserve in case I want to start something new and I don't have to leave the house or wait for delivery.
@@breandan3280 Yeah that’s a good shout. I once head a quote that went something like “The day a wargamer paints his last model, he ceases to exist.” Not sure it’s true, but best to not take chances.
nice work! to keep my shelf looking neat i usually just base in black, white zenithal from rattle cans. Makes them all look uniform and kinda cool at the same time. But you accomplished quite a feat!
Going through and priming everything is also on my to do list for exactly that reason, since in some cases it will likely be years before I find the time to get around to painting some of this stuff.
Love the look of those Carthaginians, even unpainted. Honestly I am surprised you made assembled so many at one time; assembling miniatures, especially cross-kit style leaves me with decision fatigue so I always assemble in small chunks. Excited to see those new Rus!
I’ve never minded building miniatures, I find it kind of relaxing to do when I pop in some headphones and zone out. This was a good way to help me remember that anything can seem like work if I force myself to do it. Actually I was thinking about your channel when I was editing this video, because I kept thinking “oh now I need some Gauls, some Iberians, some Citizen Infantry…”
@@Dan-ds8sf Thematically the Iberians are a great choice, those kits are great but have some very dynamic poses and limited head options. Still great though. The Citizen Infantry is the simplest kit with little choice but solid results. The Gauls are great, spear, sword and javelin choices.
@@busydad_paintingYeah I was disappointed with the sculpted-on heads for the Iberians when you showed them off on your channel, especially since Victrix successfully solved the hooded head issue with the two-part pieces on their Persians. Still likely picking up the kit, and definitely getting some Gauls as well!
That's an impressive collection waiting to be painted. Few saga warbands and armies for hail caesar or something similar ruleset. :) Need to pick up those rus myself and few archer kits at some point. I'm moving to new apartment in couple of months so it's a good time to do an inventory for myself as well. :)
Hah! I’m glad someone found it inspirational, personally in reviewing the footage I found it demoralizing. With that said, I woke up early this morning and started painting my Huscarls, so it’s not all bad news I suppose.
hEY :) I pretty much started off with the same intention of building all my mini's just to see how many that I actually own as well. Originally I cut all the parts off the sprues and placed them in resealable bags a few years ago to save on storage space. I didn't realize how many I owned. I got burnt out assembling figures so I started to paint those that were assembled. Thus I finally finished painting a box of Victrix Athenians that I bought 8 years ago lol. This has not stopped me from purchasing more figures as there are so many that I just love. All the best :)
Thanks for the comment! Your experience fairly accurately mirrors what happened here, and I’ll be honest I found it kind of fun to go through a rediscover models I sort of forgot I had. I might make this a yearly exercise as a kind of spring or fall cleaning habit.
Thanks for the comment! Your experience fairly accurately mirrors what happened here, and I’ll be honest I found it kind of fun to go through a rediscover models I sort of forgot I had. I might make this a yearly exercise as a kind of spring or fall cleaning habit.
Wow, you assembled an impressive amount. I also appreciate you not liking the term pile of shame as I love my collection and I am don't have a regret with my purchases
Yeah I said elsewhere that we’re the only collecting community that seems to use this term, I don’t hear comic book or MTG collectors refer to piles of unsorted items as a pile of shame. They’re just piles of sprues.
I recently did the opposite to this. I usually build any model as soon as I have it, so I have a large collection of built but not painted models, recently I wanted to have at least some kitbash options, so I got a few sprues of frostgrave/stargrave and deliberatly did not build them so I have bodies to work from in future when there's a specific model I will want for whatever reason.
This is a great suggestion, especially with companies that have lots of kitbashing potential. I’m still kicking myself for building all of my Victrix Viking models, because now I want to blend some of those bodies with the bits from their Early Saxon and Rus kits. I have a bits box, but I should max a more conscious effort to set aside a sprue from each of the boxes I put together in case I need them down the road.
Glad you did the video Dan. Like you, I have zero shame about my unbuilt miniatures. That said, never tell my wife I have way too much. Hadn't thought of using balsa wood for bases; I also own stacks of Persian troops, as I had intended to do a 'Pulp Troy' style game.
Hey thanks! Balsa works well, though as someone else pointed out should be avoided if you live in an area with high humidity as they can warp. No shame at all in a large collection of unbuilt miniatures! Every other type of collector on the planet gets to accumulate stuff without expectation of doing anything with it, we should be no different.
Loved the video bro , lot of progress done at least ... at a huge collection of some nice models with sweet character 👌 .... just done another 24hur rally myself lol built some big stuff .... now we're to put it ahahahaha 😅😂 keep up the amazing work brother 🔥🤘❤️👍
Hey thanks for the comment! I predominantly play The Ninth Age at the moment, though most of the Carthaginian stuff is likely going to be used for Hail Caesar at some point down the road. How have you enjoyed KoW Historical?
The other day I did my best to do something similar, I mostly 3d print so it was not half as much as some people but I nearly lost my mind. 1 bottle of plastic cement, a 4pack of super glue and 5 hobby blades were casualties of the endeavor, as well as maybe some braincells because im sure being around that much plastic cement and super glue fumes aren't good for you!
Good lord, how many models did you print? I also went through 2 xacto blades and a bottle and a half of super glue, but by the end that was because I was just getting ridiculously sloppy with my handiwork.
Most 3D prints come in 1 piece thankfully. most of that gluing was just guys to bases. The time sink was cleaning up all my plastic and metal models. I get 1 day off a week so I did about 140 models in 1 day a lot of landsknecht, romans, a bunch of frostgrave and oathmark mini's and 2 armies from a mantic starter box. I wanna say it was between 180-190 miniatures. Also my glue was in small tubes that came in 4pks so it probably was not as much as it would seem
I don’t categorize anything as “don’t need” anymore; you probably know how often random bits from a decade ago come in clutch for various conversion projects. That just happened to me with this build project where a bunch of heads and small shields I almost threw out a while back became needed for some conversions. If you’re looking for anything specific I’ll see if I can hook you up, though!
@@Dan-ds8sf Thanks! I'm mainly interested in any Orks/Orruk bits or Nurgle/Chaos bits since I both have an Ork army in the works aswell as a squad of Nurgle-corrupted Blood Angels (Dornian Heresy) that are accompanied by a squad of Cultists. Just wanted to mention those in particular
@@ChaseDaOrk3767I’ll have a review of the Oathmark Orcs kit dropping soon (happy Orktober!), give that video a watch let me know if you be interested in any of those (they’d mostly be Goblin scaled next to GW figures). Otherwise, I have very few GW bits, and nothing for Orks.
Hah! I have a lot more models incoming already, so it’s a constantly moving target. I once heard that if a wargamer completes their last model they cease to exist, so this is just a kind of existential insurance policy.
its nice to see someone push back a little against the "pile of shame" idea
Yeah I’m not a fan of it, I think we’re too hard on ourselves as a community in a way that no other collectors would be. You won’t hear coin, stamp, art, movie, book, game, etc., collectors talk about a “pile of shame”, and neither should we.
@@Dan-ds8sf that is a great point
I actually like having unbuilt/unpainted minis, because then I have projects in reserve in case I want to start something new and I don't have to leave the house or wait for delivery.
@@breandan3280 Yeah that’s a good shout. I once head a quote that went something like “The day a wargamer paints his last model, he ceases to exist.” Not sure it’s true, but best to not take chances.
Great progress! I am also excited for the rus kit I plan on using the extra bits when wga army builder comes out
Yeah the Rus look incredible, can’t wait to get my hands on them. What’s the WGA army builder?
@@Dan-ds8sf the Germanic army builder set. It was the most recent winner of their community voted set
nice work! to keep my shelf looking neat i usually just base in black, white zenithal from rattle cans. Makes them all look uniform and kinda cool at the same time. But you accomplished quite a feat!
Going through and priming everything is also on my to do list for exactly that reason, since in some cases it will likely be years before I find the time to get around to painting some of this stuff.
Love the look of those Carthaginians, even unpainted. Honestly I am surprised you made assembled so many at one time; assembling miniatures, especially cross-kit style leaves me with decision fatigue so I always assemble in small chunks.
Excited to see those new Rus!
I’ve never minded building miniatures, I find it kind of relaxing to do when I pop in some headphones and zone out. This was a good way to help me remember that anything can seem like work if I force myself to do it.
Actually I was thinking about your channel when I was editing this video, because I kept thinking “oh now I need some Gauls, some Iberians, some Citizen Infantry…”
@@Dan-ds8sf Thematically the Iberians are a great choice, those kits are great but have some very dynamic poses and limited head options. Still great though. The Citizen Infantry is the simplest kit with little choice but solid results. The Gauls are great, spear, sword and javelin choices.
@@busydad_paintingYeah I was disappointed with the sculpted-on heads for the Iberians when you showed them off on your channel, especially since Victrix successfully solved the hooded head issue with the two-part pieces on their Persians. Still likely picking up the kit, and definitely getting some Gauls as well!
That's an impressive collection waiting to be painted. Few saga warbands and armies for hail caesar or something similar ruleset. :)
Need to pick up those rus myself and few archer kits at some point. I'm moving to new apartment in couple of months so it's a good time to do an inventory for myself as well. :)
Yeah I’m now motivated to make a SAGA Warband, LoTR Orc faction, some Mordheim Pit Fighters, and a T9A Asklander’s army lol
Oh man, now I'm inspired to build my minis. Thanks, a lot. Ha! Great video! Now time to paint them up. Have a great weekend!
Hah! I’m glad someone found it inspirational, personally in reviewing the footage I found it demoralizing.
With that said, I woke up early this morning and started painting my Huscarls, so it’s not all bad news I suppose.
hEY :) I pretty much started off with the same intention of building all my mini's just to see how many that I actually own as well. Originally I cut all the parts off the sprues and placed them in resealable bags a few years ago to save on storage space. I didn't realize how many I owned. I got burnt out assembling figures so I started to paint those that were assembled. Thus I finally finished painting a box of Victrix Athenians that I bought 8 years ago lol. This has not stopped me from purchasing more figures as there are so many that I just love. All the best :)
Thanks for the comment! Your experience fairly accurately mirrors what happened here, and I’ll be honest I found it kind of fun to go through a rediscover models I sort of forgot I had. I might make this a yearly exercise as a kind of spring or fall cleaning habit.
Thanks for the comment! Your experience fairly accurately mirrors what happened here, and I’ll be honest I found it kind of fun to go through a rediscover models I sort of forgot I had. I might make this a yearly exercise as a kind of spring or fall cleaning habit.
Wow, you assembled an impressive amount.
I also appreciate you not liking the term pile of shame as I love my collection and I am don't have a regret with my purchases
Yeah I said elsewhere that we’re the only collecting community that seems to use this term, I don’t hear comic book or MTG collectors refer to piles of unsorted items as a pile of shame. They’re just piles of sprues.
@Dan-ds8sf materials ready for assembly
@@RustedBrush Pile of Potential
I recently did the opposite to this. I usually build any model as soon as I have it, so I have a large collection of built but not painted models, recently I wanted to have at least some kitbash options, so I got a few sprues of frostgrave/stargrave and deliberatly did not build them so I have bodies to work from in future when there's a specific model I will want for whatever reason.
This is a great suggestion, especially with companies that have lots of kitbashing potential. I’m still kicking myself for building all of my Victrix Viking models, because now I want to blend some of those bodies with the bits from their Early Saxon and Rus kits. I have a bits box, but I should max a more conscious effort to set aside a sprue from each of the boxes I put together in case I need them down the road.
Awesome!
And exhausting, hah!
Glad you did the video Dan. Like you, I have zero shame about my unbuilt miniatures. That said, never tell my wife I have way too much. Hadn't thought of using balsa wood for bases; I also own stacks of Persian troops, as I had intended to do a 'Pulp Troy' style game.
Hey thanks! Balsa works well, though as someone else pointed out should be avoided if you live in an area with high humidity as they can warp.
No shame at all in a large collection of unbuilt miniatures! Every other type of collector on the planet gets to accumulate stuff without expectation of doing anything with it, we should be no different.
Very inspiring. Makes me wanna do the same. Great work!
Loved the video bro , lot of progress done at least ... at a huge collection of some nice models with sweet character 👌 .... just done another 24hur rally myself lol built some big stuff .... now we're to put it ahahahaha 😅😂 keep up the amazing work brother 🔥🤘❤️👍
Likewise, my friend! Can’t wait to see what awesome madness resulted from your last 24 hour build session!
What a Build!
Yeah I’ll tell you, I’m still exhausted!
@@Dan-ds8sf I believe that!
Cool 🏇
Well done brother! What rule sets do you play? I’m working on Roman and Celtic armies for Kings of War Historical and Hail Caesar
Hey thanks for the comment! I predominantly play The Ninth Age at the moment, though most of the Carthaginian stuff is likely going to be used for Hail Caesar at some point down the road.
How have you enjoyed KoW Historical?
The other day I did my best to do something similar, I mostly 3d print so it was not half as much as some people but I nearly lost my mind. 1 bottle of plastic cement, a 4pack of super glue and 5 hobby blades were casualties of the endeavor, as well as maybe some braincells because im sure being around that much plastic cement and super glue fumes aren't good for you!
Good lord, how many models did you print? I also went through 2 xacto blades and a bottle and a half of super glue, but by the end that was because I was just getting ridiculously sloppy with my handiwork.
Most 3D prints come in 1 piece thankfully. most of that gluing was just guys to bases.
The time sink was cleaning up all my plastic and metal models. I get 1 day off a week so I did about 140 models in 1 day a lot of landsknecht, romans, a bunch of frostgrave and oathmark mini's and 2 armies from a mantic starter box. I wanna say it was between 180-190 miniatures. Also my glue was in small tubes that came in 4pks so it probably was not as much as it would seem
That’s still a ton of figures, impressive work! I’ve been meaning to pick up some Frostgrave models to compare to my Oathmark and historical stuff.
@@Dan-ds8sf They are great! I think the Soldiers 2 kit is a little bit too bundled up for general use but literally every other kit is perfect
Braver man than me
Or more foolish.
Pile of motivation
Exactly, it’s all about perspective!
Got any spare bits that you don't have a use for anymore?
I'm always on the lookout for more bits to use for my kitbashing projects
I don’t categorize anything as “don’t need” anymore; you probably know how often random bits from a decade ago come in clutch for various conversion projects. That just happened to me with this build project where a bunch of heads and small shields I almost threw out a while back became needed for some conversions.
If you’re looking for anything specific I’ll see if I can hook you up, though!
@@Dan-ds8sf Thanks!
I'm mainly interested in any Orks/Orruk bits or Nurgle/Chaos bits since I both have an Ork army in the works aswell as a squad of Nurgle-corrupted Blood Angels (Dornian Heresy) that are accompanied by a squad of Cultists.
Just wanted to mention those in particular
@@ChaseDaOrk3767I’ll have a review of the Oathmark Orcs kit dropping soon (happy Orktober!), give that video a watch let me know if you be interested in any of those (they’d mostly be Goblin scaled next to GW figures). Otherwise, I have very few GW bits, and nothing for Orks.
What size bases did you use for those vikings and crossbowmen?
20mm squares. I’m about to drop a video where I rebase all my dark age stuff to 25mm because the Victrix stuff just really struggles to fit on 20’s.
@@Dan-ds8sf Yeah that makes sense. Theyre amazing models, and only a few could easily fit 20mm square bases; my preferred form.
What are your plans for Orktober?
I have a review of Oathmark Orcs coming up, and maybe I’ll paint up some Goblins to boot. What do you have going on?
im in no buy and just paint mode 2 good to get shit done always looks better on the shelves than on the sprue
Yeah definitely feels better when progress is being made
If you can fit everything in one picture, it's not a pile.
I’ll keep that in mind for the next video.
Good luck with the rest 😂😂
Hah! I have a lot more models incoming already, so it’s a constantly moving target. I once heard that if a wargamer completes their last model they cease to exist, so this is just a kind of existential insurance policy.
WHY ?
At the beginning I was thinking “why not?”, and by the end I was thinking “WHY?”
@@Dan-ds8sf At the beginning you were deffo , not thinking " oh look I have 40 foot of empty IKEA shelves wot can I fill them with ? !
@@HNH421 True! Though now I need more IKEA shelving.