How big is yours?

[Sean Clark]

Stop sniggering at the back, Jones. This is a serious discussion.

I'm returning from a short break today, and looking forward to getting back to painting. These few days away have had me contemplating my painting priorities, and just how many unpainted figures I have.

So, let's see how big yours is.

1. How many painted figures do you own? If you don't know the exact number, then give us an estimate.
2. How many unpainted figures do you own?

If your maths is upto it, what is the ratio?

Once home, I'll post mine 😊

For thr record, I am aware Stewart Meecham is a gamer unlike any other I know. Just before he posts his answer 😅😂

And this isn't a 'mines bigger than yours' post. Just curiosity.

[Leman (Andy)]

That's a tough one. Guesstimate is 1:1, about 3000 in each case.

[Nick]

Great question. I've never considered total number of painted figures before.
I've just counted up boxes/trays for storing finished forces. Just over 50. Each box on average holds 50  to 60 bases. Most bases are 3 figures. So I reckon somewhere between 8000 and 10,000 painted figures.

Nick

[martin goddard]

Any unpainted figures I own tend to be in groups.
i.e a whole unit or whole army.
I do not have a "set up" painting desk. Therefore, I have to make an effort to get it all out and take over the family table.
My painting projects only ever last two days maximum. Usually one day with help from the radiator.

martin

[Moggy]

Probably a ratio of around 1:5 unpainted to painted. As for numbers life is too short to count.



Derek

[Stewart 46A]

I  don't  have any unpainted figures but i do have 7 Pirate buildings and an AK47 compound scenery piece that i am building unpainted.

Painted i have 16 PBI armies and at least 2 armies for all the other PP rule sets so about 10,000 + 15mm, 1500+ 28mm and about 2000 6mm
along with numerous buildings and vehicles


Stewart

[Colonel Kilgore]

I sadly have many more unpainted than painted figures.

I like to buy things when they tickle my fancy and while I have the money. I unfortunately always overestimate my ability to get things done, but am gradually getting better in both speed of painting and seeing projects through to completion.

Simon

[Steve E]

Pretty small collection of PP stuff for me, just my WotR and Ak47 stuff at the moment.

As for other stuff, being a Mantic fanboy i have quite a bit 😊, 16 fully painted Kings of War army (6 unpainted), every Deadzone (all painted)and Dreadball (half painted)team plus stuff for The Walking Dead and Mars Attacks( about 40% painted).

Also in 28mm I have large Carthage, Celts, Vikings and Welsh ( 95% painted, just got to finish those Taffies 😉).

And then there's 6 & 2mm 😊 large armies for ACW, ECW,Colonial, WW2 and Napoleonic's ( about 85% painted)

I think that's about it but there might be the odd skirmish game I'm missing 🤷‍♂️😉, how many models 🤷‍♂️ I'm to scared to count plus if the Mrs should find out 😬😊🤦‍♂️😂.

[sukhe_bator (Neil)]

Approx. 15k all in Probably 1:1 painted and partially painted/unpainted...
Like Martin I don't have a permanent set up. Most of my collections are squirreled away in tins and storage boxes... I estimate about 1k of which are PP which dominate the eC20 periods

15mm
~3-400 MexRev - predominantly PP (and growing!)
~500 RCW & Chinese Warlord (Mongolia & C Asia) - mostly PP with a smattering of Irregular, Minifigs & QRF/Freikorps
~200 British (MallMiss & Transcaspians) - Mostly PP & Irregular
~500 Qajar Persians, LC18 Maratha brigades and Late C18 Indians - Minifigs, Freikorps
~200 late C13 Medieval Spanish and French - Minifigs, Gladiator & Irregular
~200 or so 15mm Napoleonic British (Egyptian expedition 1807) - AB, Minifigs
~4-500 Anglo-Normans - Donnington & Minifigs
~500 Sengoku Jidai japanese - predominantly TwoDragons
~4-500 LC18eC19 Turco-Egyptians, Ottomans and Greek War of Independence and Wahhabi Arabs - AB, Minifigs etc.

25mm
~5k Fantasy ASOIAF - Perry, Warlord, Gripping Beast, Foundry
~5k Fantasy TA Middle Earth - Gripping Beast, Foundry, GW, Mithril and others
2-300 Fantasy - Mostly GW, Ral Partha 

1:144th
~100 WW1 aerial

[Leslie BT]

Never counted life is too short.
What do pre-painted unconverted figures count as?
And what about all the bits that are for conversions and head swops?

[John Watson]

I agree that life's too short. I guess that I also have a 1 to 5 ratio of painted to unpainted.
Painted 25mm I have about 400 Vikings, 1/3000 scale WW1 ships British and Germans, some Cruel Seas forces and Wings of War WW1 planes.
Painted 15mm FOG Minoans, Greek Successors, Early Imperial Romans, Normans, Nikephorian Byzantines, Crusaders,
PP WotR, 2 AWI armies, 2 ACW armies, 2 WWI armies and PBI 8th Army, Afrika Korps, Greeks, late war British and Germans, Red Berets, Screaming Eagles, FSJ, Russians, GIs and Partisans (on the painting table now). Also western and Hammerin Iron.
John

[Big Mike]

A quick estimate is 3000 painted and based, plus 1500 unpainted or unfinished.Not counting vehicles, buildings etc.
Mike

[pbeccas (Paul)]

I have too much stuff to count in each category.  My pile of lead opportunity in the shed will provide protection for my family when China bombs Australia.

[Ben Waterhouse]

Painted - couple of thousand.

Unpainted - no idea, but a lot more than the above...

[Smoking gun]

My name is Martin and I am a hoarder:









The above is just part, I have no idea how much there is but with my wife's help over 400 lots have been sold on Ebay a large box of surplus plastic kits have been sent to the Models for Heroes charity, model railway items have been donated to the heritage railway where I volunteer, and eight bags of books have been donated to the local charity book shop. I have kept all my Peter Pig miniatures.

Best wishes,
Martin Buck