Comments on: Poll Roundup: How Many Unfinished Armies? http://www.tabletop-terrain.com/archives/2007/03/14/751/poll-roundup-how-many-unfinished-armies/ War Gaming and Modeling for Pulp, Warhammer, Mordheim and Flames of War Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:37:02 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Stu http://www.tabletop-terrain.com/archives/2007/03/14/751/poll-roundup-how-many-unfinished-armies/comment-page-1/#comment-5431 Stu Tue, 13 Mar 2007 23:15:45 +0000 http://www.tabletop-terrain.com/archives/2007/03/13/751/#comment-5431 I agree with you Bob - one can always add new units to an army. However I'll consider my Flames of War NZers 'finished' when I've painted and varnished all of the required units to field a 1500pt army with transports. Despite the fact I naturally have various half painted optional units I can swap in and out if I feel like it. Calling an army 'finished' gives me a nice sense of closure. Any additional units that get purchased and painted are 'expansions' to the 'finished' army. Semantic I know but it does allow me to justify things to my lovely wife :). Now I think about it I find I paint a lot of terrain for display in 28mm and 15mm scales...but never figures. Odd, possibly it's because I find I can throw terrain together and get it painted to a reasonable standard in say a couple of evenings. I agree with you Bob – one can always add new units to an army. However I’ll consider my Flames of War NZers ‘finished’ when I’ve painted and varnished all of the required units to field a 1500pt army with transports. Despite the fact I naturally have various half painted optional units I can swap in and out if I feel like it.

Calling an army ‘finished’ gives me a nice sense of closure. Any additional units that get purchased and painted are ‘expansions’ to the ‘finished’ army. Semantic I know but it does allow me to justify things to my lovely wife :).

Now I think about it I find I paint a lot of terrain for display in 28mm and 15mm scales…but never figures. Odd, possibly it’s because I find I can throw terrain together and get it painted to a reasonable standard in say a couple of evenings.

]]> By: Bob http://www.tabletop-terrain.com/archives/2007/03/14/751/poll-roundup-how-many-unfinished-armies/comment-page-1/#comment-5430 Bob Tue, 13 Mar 2007 23:00:31 +0000 http://www.tabletop-terrain.com/archives/2007/03/13/751/#comment-5430 I think it's a personal thing with me that I never consider an army to be finished. I can always add something to it. And as for the new poll. I rarely paint things that I have no chance of ever using, but a lot of things I paint never get used beyond display... I think it’s a personal thing with me that I never consider an army to be finished. I can always add something to it.

And as for the new poll. I rarely paint things that I have no chance of ever using, but a lot of things I paint never get used beyond display…

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