Atramagus Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 Eat brains, then no pain. (see Return of the Living Dead) Send... More... Reaper... Employees... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ub3r_n3rd Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 The first rule of the Shelf of Shame: "We don't talk about the Shelf of Shame." The second rule of the Shelf of Shame: "We don't talk about the Shelf of Shame." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Girot Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 And the worst of all.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girot Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 In the cupboard above the counter there I have a Thunderhawk, Warhound Titan, and a dozen tanks that all need to be finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyHorde Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 I moved away from a Shelf of Shame to a Closet of Shame, and then on to a Vault of Wonder. Sometimes it's a resource, sometimes I wonder where I put that particular mini. It may be just a matter of scale and semantics, but keeping a positive attitude toward it helps prevent me from feeling overwhelmed. If not, I'd get stuck in the raw numbers generated by 30+ years of accumulation & reduction. I used to break most new minis out of the package, clean and prime them. The "really good ones" - the ones I was afraid to paint for fear of ruining it or failing to do it justice - stayed in the package. Now I wait until actually beginning work. I'm over the fear, just waiting for the time to actually work on a model without having a large set of WIPs on the workbench for long spans of time. So, plastic shoebox-sized containers and three-drawer storage cubes include a mix of primed, loose, painted, and NIB. If I recall correctly, I last counted in 2006 or so, and at that point I had approximately 3000 minis, mostly fantasy and a hundred or two medieval historical 25mm. Those numbers change up & down depending on varying cycles of buying and selling because of games, auctions, Kickstarter, household income, etc. I don't bother attempting an arbitrary limit or taking an oath to paint more than I buy. Sometimes that happens, sometimes it doesn't. I just don't stress over it or call it Shame anymore because it's just my hobby, not something I need to fold my value or identity into. I have considered changing my forum handle because it was based, at least in part, on the hoard / horde of unpainted metal in my Closet of Shame. Oh, and I also have a display cabinet for painted models. It also has unpainted minis in it - mostly those that are a bit rare, collectible or have special value to me. I also display 'exchanged' models, a few rocks & minerals, awards and other collectibles. Why? Because it's a display cabinet, open for displaying more than just minis I've painted. So, I don't have a strong divider between painted & unpainted, or between pride and shame. I display things I like to see and store everything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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