This week
I have started doing things that I never though that I would do, I'm
selling off the models that I just don't use any more. I have always
though that I would just store away what things I'm not using
currently and then get them out at a later date when they get updated
or the mood takes me. But unfortunately life gets in the way and
sometimes you just have to do things that you don't want to.
Recently
I moved out of my parents house and into one with my girlfriend, so
this has left me with a lot less expendable income, as most of my
money goes on bills and rent, food is a rather exotic extra every now
and then. Plus with moving my storage space has been reduced
significantly, I have already stored a fair bit of stuff at my
parents house so I can't leave it all there. One more thing...
Christmas is coming soon and I could do with a little extra cash.
With all
of these building up it has left me with no other choice, so my 40K
Ork army has been sold. I have some rather mixed feelings about this
for several reasons. Now about 15 years ago, my dad came home with a
little black case for me, I opened it up and looked inside and found
a handful of space orks. They were the 2nd edition models
as 3rd edition had just recently been released. Regardless
I though they were amazing models, from what I remember I had about
20 boyz, 20 gretchin, 2 bikes, 2 boar boyz, pulsa rokit and a
meganob. This was a brilliant starter army for me as I could have a
small game with a HQ (Meganob as warboss), two troops (boyz and
gretchin), fast attack (4 bikes using the boars as proxies) and heavy
support choice (rokkit as a lobba) with a little imagination. They
were my first real 40k force and they slowly grew once the 3rd
edition codex came out. I really did love playing around with them
but soon my attention wavered as I found Tyranids, Space wolves, Dark
Eldar and Eldar. I wasn't very good at keeping my attention on one
force. Still they were my first army so I'm a little sad to see them
go.
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| Had the Orks for about 15 years, still unpainted |
I can't
remember the last time I even looked at my orks, and looking back
over the blog I can see my LAST GAME was over a year ago! I just
haven't used them or even though about them so I can't really
complain about seeing them go. On the up side though I happen to know
that the guy at my club who bought them off me is going to give my
whole force to his son as a birthday present, which really makes me
happy. This force started as a gift to me and got me into 40k, and
all of the happiness that it has brought me over the years, so I a
glad that the same force will do just the same for another young
lad. I hope he enjoys them as much as I did.
Also in
my rather large pile of shame I had a lot of unbuilt models from old
birthday and Christmas presents which I just never got round to.
These will likely be next to be sold, however I do have a small
fantasy dwarf army that I never really enjoyed playing with which I
will be selling. The little buggers were the first force to be
painted in purple and cream before the Eldar took on that colour
pallet, I'm not very original it seems.
With the
unbuilt models its still a little difficult to picture parting with
them, as they are full of potential and COULD be brilliant if I spent
hours converting and painting them for something. But at the moment I
just don't have the time.
But its
stupid that I find it hard to part with something I have no real
emotional connection to right? Is that a sign I'm starting to become
a horder? It's rather concerning actually. But if any one is after a
very small dwarf army perfect for age of sigmar, leave a comment and
I'm sure you could give them a great home.
It's nice that the orks are going to a good home. In the future though, if you are doing something like that, I'd highly recommend just taking one of the models that you really liked, and saving it. That way you keep a piece of that connection.
ReplyDeleteI also am selling my orcs but fantasy. I just never use them huge army too just wasn't my thing :( selling them to a good home and using the money to start an Eldar force haha I was hesitant at first as well.
ReplyDeleteSad but at least you have the rewarding knowledge that a new gamer will have the chance to enjoy them and get into the hobby.
ReplyDeleteAs for unbuilt models since your short on cash at the moment sort through and see what aligns with current projects. At least you can use these to do things while you can't afford new stuff.
Good luck and all the best.
It isn't so sad. I've sold my armies a few times and each time it felt like I was really parting with something important. I had assembled them, painted them (sometimes), and spent time playing with them. I'd imagine their fictional exploits and personalities. Like any object that a person has spent significant time and effort on, I had begun to personify them, if only a little. This makes it difficult to get rid of them because they're almost a pet at that point. At the same time, your lose is another gamer's gain, so take heart in that at least. Plus, a girlfriend is totally worth it!
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