Whoops! More Age of Sigmar...!?

Mistakes were made...  

TL/DR; Rabbit holes were explored thoroughly and second hand miniatures were purchased. 

So, last weekend, in the wee hours of the morning... I went down rabbit hole after rabbit hole after rabbit hole after rabbit hole after (rabbit-hole-rabbit-hole-rabbit-hole-WHAAAAAT!?) I think it started with looking up some of the places where Amanda was going (She is currently in the UK with Morgan, visiting family and seeing the sights...). And at some point I spotted a comic and game store on Google Maps near one of the places... then started looking for other game stores... then went looking for a seller that sells used miniatures in the UK that I've bought stuff from before... but I couldn't remember the names and I couldn't find him... but I found The Troll Trader... (I was looking for used old out-of-print citadel miniatures - to see if there was something she could pick up and save me a bit of shipping) and they had a few things that were interesting, but WOW they were NOT cheap... and while I was doing a search for other things in the UK, google decided to show me a seller of used minis in Canada that I'd never heard of in Montreal and got looking at their site and it was mostly current stuff but used and slightly cheaper than new stuff... and that got me thinking, because I'd been doing some long range planning and thinking about what I want to do for the rest of the year, and I am hoping that will be staying focused on Age of Sigmar and getting all those Spearhead armies I bought last year painted... but there are a few units I need to finish up some other Age of Sigmar Spearhead armies that I have MOST of the stuff for... and I'd been thinking about prerequisites, like before buying X unit I need to finish painting units A, B, and C and need to play Y number of games... so I'm only getting stuff for games I'm actually playing NOT buying  more than I'm getting painted... but thinking about used miniatures and the units I needed to finish up a few spearhead armies somehow led me back to Fenris Workshop in Quebec... and they have PILES of used miniatures... and they're all 50% off - or, sometimes, MUCH MORE! and I found one of the units I was hoping to buy in September, and just buying the one, plus shipping, was still less than buying it new (AND they were already assembled.. and didn't look broken or like there was anything missing...)... so I had a look around to see if they had any of the other units - just for interest at this point... I thought if I could find one or two other units, keep it under $50 and get two or three units that would normally be over $100... that would be pretty cool... and then I found all these Stormcast Heroes - special figures that are normally $47.50-$53 each... that were selling for $10-15... (and, in one case, $23 - which was still $30 off!!).. and around 5:30am... I bought a bunch of them (along with two of the units I needed to complete spearheads and a Warhammer Underworlds warband I didn't have and pack of gryph-hounds and some spear-armed stormcast)... AND THEN I realized I'd bought the WRONG UNIT for one of the armies... and I went back and placed a second order just to get them (again, with shipping, still WAY less than buying new) BUT I've bought a bunch of things from them in the past and they have a reward point system and I figured out how to redeem those for about $26... so... in the end I spent just under $200 (including all the taxes and shipping)... but I got stuff that would have cost just over $500 new (NOT including taxes - which would be another $50!?)... so... a 67% discount, saving $380...? 

As Stompin' Tom Connors said:

"Oh yes we are the people running in the race
Buying up the bargains in the ol' marketplace
Another sale on something, we'll buy it while it's hot
Save a lot of money spending money we don't got
We Save a lot of money spending money we don't got..."

Feeling a little called out by Stompin' Tom here, today.. 

So, anyway, here's what I ended up with...

• 4x Warhammer Underworlds: Hedkrakka's Madmob
• 1x Stormcast Eternals Knight-Relictor
• 1x Stormcast Eternals Knight Arcanum
• 1x Warhammer Heroes Zhea Galdara
• 1x Stormcast Eternals Lord-Relictor
• 5x Stormcast Eternals Vindictors
• 6x Stormcast Eternals Gryph Hounds
• 1x Stormcast Eternals Knight-Vexillor with Banner of Apotheosis
• 2x Nighthaunt Dreadblade Harrows 
• 10x Lumineth Realm-Lords Vanari Auralan Sentinels 
• 10x Lumineth Realm-Lords Vanari Auralan Wardens 

In addition to crazy monetary savings... these are all ASSEMBLED!? So many hours would have been spent assembling all of these! There is a risk when buying stuff that other people have assembled... because some people assemble things worse than even me! But, as it turns out, these all look like they were assembled by competent humans!

(They perhaps could have been packaged a bit better as there were many bent and a few broken spears and staves! most were fairly easily bent back and the broken ones I should be able to glue back fairly easily...? I'd totally order from them again!) 

The Dreadblade Harrows were needed for the Nighthaunt Cursed Shacklehorde Spearhead Army, and the Vanari Auralan Wardens were needed for the Lumineth Realm-Lords Glittering Phalanx Spearhead Army (the Vanari Auralan Sentinels were ordered by accident... whoopsie! I guess I'll have TWO of those now!?). I STILL NEED one unit for each army; Ten Dreadscythe Harridans for the Nighthaunts, and a Scinari Cathallar for the Lumineth... but I'll pick those up once I have ALL THE OTHER THINGS I need for those respective armies done! 

I also need three Flamers of Tzeentch to finish up a Disciples of Tzeentch Fluxblade Coven spearhead army... but I will wait until I have all the stuff I already own done before I pick those up! 

All of those Stormcast Eternals nicely fill out a 2000 point army! 

Hedkrakka's Madmob are just goofy and if (WHEN!?) I get playing Warhammer Underworlds again, I thought they'd be a lot of fun!!

GAH!? But that totally puts me back in the RED for this year... and I'd really, REALLY hoped to stay in the black... 28mm foot now sits at 287 Painted... 321 Acquired (Purchased or traded for)!

I guess I better go and get some miniatures painted!!