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Joined: Sun Feb 16, 2003 4:43 pm
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Location: Sacramento, California, USA
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Hi Guys,
I am most definitely a collector with the proviso that I'm a collector that likes to use the collection. I couldn't stand owning a collection if I couldn't use it like people that collect baseball cards or comic books and never remove them from their package... they have to stay hermetically sealed in a plastic bag because they would be devalued if an actual human being touched them. For me, part of the joy of owning the collection is seeing the collection getting used and serving its purpose (to have a good time).
Like others, I enjoy the tactical and strategic challenges of gaming as well as getting caught up in the fantasy of a game's background. Much like Cybershadow, I really don't need more miniatures, but I like to have them because it give more battlefield possibilities and adds another small piece to the big picture of the fictional setting. My goal as collector is to collect one of each faction in a game rather than one of each piece.
In the case of Epic, I am collecting one of each faction except for chaos.
I have the following armies in painted, ready-to-play condition: Huge Eldar army, Space Wolf SM army, Blood Angel SM army, Ultramarine SM army, Squat army, three different IG armies, Space Skaven army, Necron army and three different Ork armies.
I have a Dark Angel SM army army that needs a lot of work, some Ork armies from the tribes I haven't readied yet, some IG minis that need work and plans fro some of the other forces such as the Sisters, some of the other special Imperials forces, and a long-time dream to build an IG Beastman force. I drew up plans for one of the earlier Epic Golden Demons and painted everything but the Beastmen infantry themselves! I also have a Necron force that I've been slowly adding to including a Monolith sculpt that I hope to learn how to mold and cast.
I'm not against the hoard-master giant mondo games (100,000 points plus), but I prefer smaller games of 10,000 or less points. The game takes too long with many more than 10,000 points.
I also know that I'm a collector because I'd rather build a quality force with a variety of models (common and uncommon ones as well as rares) rather than a massive quantity force of the easiest-to-acquire and most common models. When I can use nearly every choice on an army list then I figure I have a good collection. Legions of Landraiders and Devastator troops don't do it for me. I'm not a great fan of min/max'ers. I like to have the near useless robots, Mole Mortars, Tarantulas and Rapiers on my side. If I've got to lose the shirt off my back, I want to do it in style! 
Shalom,
Maksim-Smelchak.
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, and 150 bases of painted beastmen, which I suspect will keep growing until I stop finding figures.
). No-one else I know really has figures, which is also a motivator. Big games , while unwieldy as you say Maksim, are what motivate me, I do most of my painting after games, because Im still on a high...
