Sunday 26 September 2021

Not now Death, I'm Busy

Never paint your last miniature, it could be fatal. Once upon a time, I had a huge lead mountain that was becoming a millstone around my neck and cluttering up the house. I made a conscious effort to reduce the pile and only buy what I intended to paint. But increased lockdown productivity and a lack of trade shows have reduced my lead pile to dangerous levels. It's time I bought more miniatures, on purely health grounds of course.



Judging from many conversations I have had over the years, I suspect that most of us have a lead mountain that is far from at risk of elimination. But just in case, keep some miniatures aside as life insurance. 

4 comments:

  1. Hello Lee,
    I've been spending the last couple of weeks catching up on your YouTube videos and have thoroughly enjoyed them. This one is really good and very true. I got to the worst position last week - 0 figures left. Awful position to be in. I wrote a bit about it on my own blog. https://majorballsuphobbyshed.blogspot.com/
    Please keep up with the videos and blog.
    All the best
    Andy

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    1. Thank yu, glad you are enjoying my strange ramblings on youtube

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  2. I have mainly followed the "only buy what I will paint" scenario over my gaming life, driven primarily by lack of disposable income - but I do now have a small lead mole hill. I am somewhat astounded by the obvious size of some gamers unpainted reserves though - one guy I follow said a few months back that he ahs forty ARMIES of unpainted figures - now that is a lead pile!

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    1. Its easily done. To be fair most of my spare lead comes from overbuying for a project and I really ought to sell some of it off...but no project is ever truly 'finished' so I may want those figures at some point!!

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