This could be a long post and is definitely only for the geeks amongst you 🤔, but first a bit of background. A few months back I was interviewed on a Podcast style interview by Winston AB Rees for his Utubes channel, one of the questions he asked me was "How many wargames figures have you got", I guessed at 20,000. But it set me thinking, how many figures have I actually got !
So I counted them up, here are the results, the grand total is at the end of the post and I will put a running total on the side of the blog.
Starting with 28mm, the top photograph is my ECW Royalist collection of 581 figures.
28mm AWI 443 Figures
28mm WW1 932 Figures
28mm Sci Fi / 7tv 146 Figures
28mm Crusades 356 Figures
28mm Lord of the Rings 84 Figures
28mm Spanish Civil War 474
28mm WW2 Desert 581 Figures
28mm Ancients 418 Figures
28mm American Football 59 Figures
For a 28mm total of 4646
20mm Vietnam 398
15mm Napoleonic 5963 figures
15mm SevenYears War 2302 figures
15mm Ancients 702 figures
15mm WW2 352 Figures
15mm ECW 162 Figures
15mm WotR 115 Figures
Total 15mm figures 9530
10mm Marlborough 276 figures
6mm ACW 3993 Figures
6mm WW2 5970 Figures
6mm Napoleonic 1175 figures
Total 6mm Figures 11138
1/3000 WW2 Naval 470
1/2400 WW1 Naval 326
Napoleonic Naval 63
1/300 Planes 85
Star Trek 81
For a grand total of
27,119
Right that's that done, off to count the hairs on my dog.
Well I knew it was going to be high, but oh my goodness! Congratulations on having so many wonderful toys!
ReplyDeleteMany thanks mate, I surprised myself !
DeleteWell at least now you know for sure. I couldn't guess at my collection - not as many figures I suspect but I really have no idea. A worthwhile exercise.
ReplyDeleteIt killed a bit of Covid lockdown time at least, I will just add to it as I paint now so at least it's done.
DeletePhwoar! And similar.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks Jon 👍🏼
DeleteWow! Frankly way more than I thought you'd have. Where do you store it all? You must have a dedicated games room? Anyway, a superb collection and beautifully painted.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks Steve, yes I am lucky enough to have a dedicated games room, and a few other corners of the house 😉
Delete27,000??? Holy heck Ken!!! Amazing!
ReplyDeleteMany thanks, morenthan I thought
DeleteGood Lord! I should think the earth itself is groaning under that weight. Well done!
ReplyDeleteThe games room floor definitely is 🤣 cheers AJ
DeleteWow! Are they all painted?
ReplyDeleteCheers, Ross
Cheers Ross, all 27,000 painted and based, unpainted count that's another task 😁
DeleteBloody hell!!! That's a lot of figures!!!
ReplyDeleteCheers Ray, this is why I need to do the AHPC every year, converting the unpainted, one figure at a time 😁
DeleteYou clearly need more lotr
ReplyDeleteI have a soft spot for Rohan and want to do a few more, k have loads of unpainted LotR
DeleteA very impressive well painted collection. Though I must say I am worried about your poor dog. :)
ReplyDeleteIt can relax, I might count the unpainted stuff next 😂
DeleteThey look effing amazing. And you’re effing nuts!
ReplyDeleteGuilty on both counts 😉
DeleteCriky! Well done sir!
ReplyDeleteMany thanks Lee 👍🏼
DeleteImpressive! I have a similar sized collection based on a rough estimate. I've toyed with the idea of an accurate accounting for some time but when I think of the effort to get it all out, count and put away again I usually find something else to do like wash my hair :-P
ReplyDeleteMy thoughts exactly until month 7 of lockdown of some description, now it looks like a really good idea 😁
DeleteHuuuge, I thought I was nuts, I have never counted mine,........and guess only about 6000 28mm and 20mm. I sold all of my 15mm years ago and only have two ancient armies and a few moderns in 6mm, a napoleonic fleet, Anglo Dutch wars fleet, Spanish American wars fleet and star wars and Star Trek fleets.
ReplyDeletePossibly should he it all out for a proper count
Cheers
Matt
Definately a lockdown time killer 😁
DeleteLots of very impressive figures! Ships are really nice! I haven't counted mine, we might be in lockdown but I've got to go to work!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
I'm still at work as well in Iain it's the games room empty of people that's driving this particular madness !
DeleteVery impressive numbers!
ReplyDeleteNow I know what to say to my wife if she starts complaining that I bought a new box :)
Many thanks Dimitry, I tell my wife I could always go to the pub instead, she prefers me painting 😁
DeleteWow!! That's many many years of painting...haha..
ReplyDeleteCongrats!
It certainly is, thanks for reminding me 😂
DeleteThanks, I feel so much better about my much smaller collection...
ReplyDeleteCheers, no regrets here either 😅
DeleteGlorious! Although I can't help think that it's one of things that it's better not to know..
ReplyDeleteMany thanks, I'm glad I've done it now, I can just keep it updated from now on
DeleteKen.....whatever happened to the X wings??
ReplyDeleteIan
Hi Ian, firstly sorry I haven't been on here for a couple of days, your Post only shows when I approve it 👍
DeleteAs for the X Wings, they were bought pre painted so as they weren't from my hand I haven't counted them, similarly I haven't counted the couple of thousand figures belonging to others that are stored here 😁