Hi!
You know something? I reread your original post and instead of "companies," I understood "detachments." Now that I recalculated, yup, congratulations, I finally found someone as crazy as me! Your SM army is pretty darn huge! 
- Of course, I am assuming these are old school SM/TL sized companies (19 stands per SM company, 10 vehicles per company)?
- Also under the old rules, there were no Predator companies for SM or Whirlwind companies, are these ten models each too?
At least now I can gleefully break out of storage my "unassembled stache" to see if I can match it.
The Tactical SM companies are easy, I have several boxes full of original AT-1 era SM Tacticals, Rhinos and Land Raiders, so there's no lack there.
Specialty models like Terminators and Assault SM are more difficult.
- Did you mount five Terminator/Assault models per base or just one with Tacticals as filler?
I'm always interested in how people approach this. I use the more painful (i.e dumb) approach and fitted 5 Termies/Assault/Veterans per stand so my available pool was exhausted pretty fast.
You have a lot of Imperial Titans!
Once I update my inventory for my newer acquisitions, we'll have about the same amount of Reavers and Warhounds, but I'll need about ten more Warlords to catch up with you!
But I tend to dilute mine out to chaos and that was the purpose I picked up more of them, since I only had about 4-5 for chaos (fortunately my bitz box is well stocked with chaos tails and heads).
- Out of curiosity, why so many of one army and not diversify?
One of the reasons I stopped expanding SM, was because I wanted to expand other armies. Of course, I think I expanded other armies too much (like the IG and Orks), while neglecting others. Admittedly (as I state on the article), I think I neglected SM too long and my next project is to expand it. Your post has increased my enthusiasm to do so!
In any event thanks a bunch for the post! It's a rare thing for me to find other players who collect on a truely EPIC scale. Kudos, Signius!
Oh by the way the arms race is ON!
Brother-Captain Parzval,
Yep, I'm truely wierd, because I have run games with many points per side the last one I ran was between 40-50 thousand points PER SIDE (over three 6 foot long tables). These games where run at the local game shop as participation games. Set-up was done the night before (set up alone lasted around 5-6 hours), but the games were finalized conclusively in about the same time (5-6 hours).
- How? Easy, I got at least 4-8 players per side and I would keep roaming the tabletop as an umpire to settle disputes and keep the game flowing and not bog down.
All my previous games of this size have lasted a similar amount of time, but thats because I prepare beforehand and limit non-game conversation (in addition to simultaneous play, which means players on both sides of the table, although opposite ends take their turns according to initiative, so there is no "waiting" by any player, this greatly speeds play).
I have run several games like this over the years, but I have not done so recently (last one was in 1997). I have one game planned, one for 100K per side, the combined forces of the Imperium versus either chaos or Tyranids, since I acquired another 100,000 points recently, mostly of Tyranids and chaos. I am closing in on that target number (I've done so with Imperial forces already).
Of course big games like that take a lot out of you due to sheer organization and length of time umpiring. It takes about 6 years for me to gather enough strength to "try it" again. But when I do so, I'll definitely take pictures! 
Well, haven't felt this enthused about renewing my insane quest for a long time. Whats that quest you ask?
ONE MILLION EPIC POINTS!
I'm currently over half a million, so I guess I'm not that far off! 
Thanks!
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