Mo Models Mo PROBLEMS! Will I EVER Finish Them? 

As an ork painter I can reassure you. It's only a pile of shame if it's still in the box. Otherwise it's bitz.

I recently put everything in my pile of shame into a "random picker" app that spins a wheel and picks for you. I don't use it every time but when I want a fresh project or a break from army painting I spin the wheel. Adds a bit of excitement and helps me paint things I'd never get round to painting.

2 years of painting for a mortal or three fun weekends for Vince Venturela

its not a pile of shame, its my model stash! like a glorious dragon, I happily lounge around my hoard of plastic!

Well now I want a series of you slowly completing the pile of shame

the starship troopers sound like a cool thing for a video..... just out of the rarity.

Jay! There is nothing wrong with painting a bunch of models that wont see play - they're outrageously cool? I've always dreamed of having a baker that was swinging around a ball on a chain like that one thug that confronts Bruce Wayne in the flashback during the animated old Batman movie "Mask of the Phantasm" but i've always been too scared that it would be super fragile - but I'll bet you could do it!

Since it's been over a year, could we get an update on the pile of shame? And maybe a pile of pride as well, where you show off all the projects you completed over the year? I feel like that would be a fun New Years Eve/New Years Day set of videos.

Probably one of the best pile of shame videos I've seen. Realistic goals and a realistic view on what will actually bring you joy while building and painting

In this hobby, piles of shame are unavoidable. The best two strategies I have found to deal with it are: #1. Don't be scared of selling off large sections of your pile. I've always been able to sell stuff at a profit which is nice. #2. Get models commission painted. This really gets rid of piles fast, but only works if you can afford it and are willing to give up the modeling/painting aspect of the hobby.

I like to buy board games and imagine I'll have friends to play them with some day.

Hey there's something wrong with the video, there's no "do you want to know more?" button to mash after the Starship Troopers game.

I think the worst reason to get more minis is: It's going to be gone soon... Like Indomitus and other Battleforce releases. GW and other companies know about out FOMO, and they milk it good... It's our own fault, but still. I hate pressure to buy something. Last such purchase (mostly because I wanted get back to gaming) was Indomitus. It contained many close combat units (unlike Dark Imperium) that I wanted for my Space Wolves since Primaris first showed up (DI). I just recently got into painting Indomitus Marines (primed them half a year ago) and decided not to buy anything model related until I get more models painted. That way I can save up for new army and finish what I have. I also need to liquidate what I won't need.

Indomitus is such a classic set. I know it's a bit late in the season, but it would make a cool video if you walked through your process of painting all of it, the Marines anyway. You could call "Indomitus, a one year retrospective"

When it comes to trying to work down a pile of shame, I think sometimes you need to dial back just how much time you spend on some minis. For example, don't spend forever on the rank and file troops and just get them to a decent tabletop quality. Your time estimates came to 4 hours per mini, which is fine for more important characters but seems like overkill for basic troops that could be assembly lined and completed in a fraction of the time and would look perfectly fine on the table.

Your 330 minis isn't too bad! :) My pile of shame is 1265, I counted when Squidmar counted his pile of shame which is over 2000. Putting a number on it and then ticking it off has been working well for Squidmar. Since his video It has helped me as well , he is counting down on his pile during every video and it kicked my butt into gear to start painting again as well. What is the number to your shame (other watchers of this video)? Everyone should count their pile, I think it really helps.

I have an entire "room of shame" in my house. Been buying armies since 1994!

You really don't have that much. I would recommend that you get rid of that 1000+ Piece MDF thing, though. Ebay it. It didn't spark joy, and really did kill your mood. Chuck it.

Got my indomitus when it came out, just made them! I’m having a bit of a purge! If I haven’t even looked at them within 6 months, they go!

I know this video isn't current now, but I think if you just primed a bunch one day and painted everything you want blue one day, green the next- like just do all of your flat colors in batches with the airbrush. You could probably do a "table ready paintjob", then just spend extra time on the stuff you are going to use soon or the stuff you really enjoy. That would probably cut this all down a lot.

I'm at roughly 2500 models built and 95% unpainted and last count was 112 unopened, unbuilt boxes of miniatures/boxes games. You certainly have a lot of backlog stuff and I certainly can sympathize. I'd say find what makes you happy and build them/paint them at your leisure. All told it was fun to see you go through your stuff as my friends enjoy looking at my shelves when they come over.

I'd love to see that cathedral tank built and painted! It already looks so amazing!

just do it! step one: build unbuild stuff step two: paint em step three: base em step four: be proud

Pile of Treasure I see, a video paiting most of these diferent models could be great, I vote for the Starship Troopers and Grey Knights with Centurions.

Also a crazy thought about those house goliath figures, they generally look like they steppes out of Mad Max, maybe you could convert them go be some Ork slaves?

Probably one of your best videos so far. Really enjoyed it. “If you don’t have a dream, How you gonna have a dream come true.” My favourites are definitely those Starship Troopers. Personally, I would simply invent two new Warhammer factions to accommodate them.

"Those are Rookie Numbers"

"The bounciest miniature Gamesworkshop has ever made" 😏

Downscaling is good for the soul man, so start there, then set yourself little challenges. Undercoat a squad, that's a little win, break it down into 2 and 3's and don't get burned out. Good luck buddy.

Maybe for the 50k special you can make a giveaway of some of your models in your pile of shame/opportunity/whatever. That way you will have less models to be ashamed of and you give joy to some of your fans that can´t afford some genestealers (ejjjem). Love ur vids tho, much love from Spain.

Now i don’t feel so bad. Thanks for putting my pile of shame to shame. Great video, you’ve got some cool stuff.

"I have no other hobbies" - I suddenly felt a special soulmate bond 💚😂

STARSHIP TROOPERS BOARD GAME! YES! It's so good. I wish I had someone to play it with too, but I got them to use for the RPG. But if you wanted I'm sure there's ways to substitute the Arachnids and Mobile Infantry for 40k or other games. Just don't kit bash them. Those minis are great and out of print.

It was fun watching you get genuinely excited about stuff you were looking through :) Definitely think some stuff is ok to just keep in the box. Starship Troopers is OOP so I think it's cool just to have it as a collectors item

I feel so much better now! 😂 May be time for an update on the pile?

Great video, it's really interesting to hear you explain why you picked up all the different types of models. You can see how much pleasure you've got out of building and converting some of them, and they'll get painted... soon! :D

Thats roughly 1 tenth my pile of shame... still growing 👍🏻

Nearly halfway done building and painting the Blackstone fortress core set, need to strip all the blackstone fortress expansions and repaint them/ custom bases.. Nearly done building the orks from the Dominion box. Killaboss nearly done & painted. But looking at the new Kill Team box like yup, need to grab that. Even as a D&D dungeon master there is wayyyyy to much stuff from the warhammer side of the table that creeps into our campaigns. Nagash is just screaming to be the big bad at the end of our campaign. Undead lich lord that is summoning chaos back into the world to destroy it. Also the need to 3d print custom bases for all the blackstone minis, as well as all the custom terrain pieces. It never ends, but it all sparks the joy.

Like the flow of this video man , awesome to see someone so passionate about this

I just cut down my pile of shame , I kept a few models I really want to paint and sold off all the models that will never see the table top . Do yourself a favor sell off your pile of shame use the cash to buy what you will actually use or paint . Don't worry you will never run out of things to paint .

It is great to see the glow in your eyes while drooling over your minis. :)

I would love to see all of the grey knights stuff painted

I would honestly enjoy playing the starship troopers game most likely. I love the movies, books, and had NO clue there was a GAME

Make it a challange. Make a weekly video. Batch paint everything you can. And challange yourself to finish them till the end of a year

PLEASE piant your gsc! Would be so awesome to see a army with that many aberrants!

that reminds me... there should be some Space Wolf terminator somewhere...

I have that space marine statue. Started converting it to a Tryranid war veteran and it's sat in that state for 15 years.

Nice of you to show us your pile of shame. But now I want to see this Land Raider finished, it's gonna look so cool.

While watching this I was able to immediately able to lay my hand on a bag and count out 42 unpainted ork boys and 13 nobs from the Assault on Black Reach set, a smaller bag of two Catachan infantry platoons (about 50 models) and a box of savage orruks I use for feral Snake Bites. That's just one bag. I have boxes with bikers and deff koptas to finish as well. I know that I have almost a full company of Primaris marines but have never painted a single one. I have painted a grand total of one chaos model from the 6th edition starter set despite having three sets. The Death Guard from 8th edition (3 sets again) are all unpainted as are most of the Indomitus Necrons. I have a box of Imperial Guard infantry sprues that I've not assembled yet that I'm using for my next Praetorian army. When GW changed the Leman Russ and Chimera kits I made sure to buy a stockpile of the older, superior kits so I would have them when I needed them. This has given me a stack of boxed models about 5 feet tall and a number of large boxes filled with sprues. I bought a large box of terrain fortifications (remember the old macro cannon turret?) that have never seen even a spray can for undercoat, let alone a brush. None of this takes into account the various Warhammer Fantasy/AoS armies I have lying around or the non-GW models. That's not including the humans and ogres I intend to create yet another small 40k Imperial Guard army from. I could go on (and on and on and on...). Recently when going through my collection for models to use for my website I managed to find Imperial Knights that I had forgotten I even owned.

A fantastic video, one that makes me feel less bad about my old pile of shame when I was previously collecting. I used to flitter from army to army (for 40k and old world Warhammer) so much plastic...

What a colossal emotional job you done with this video and doing a check on a pile of undone figures. I salute you dear sir.

My gooodness this new background looks amazing

We used to use Starship Trooper Bugs for special units for Tyranid armies, so I would for sure look to use them there.

I would love to see a video of the Starship Troopers miniatures building and painting.

Just recently got into 40k and even more recently got into your content. Would love to find out what happened with this since

Yes! You can do it. I've churned through 1,500+ models in the last two years. My pile of shame has bottomed out a few times since and now stands at just 37 models. I think the biggest mistake you're making is to assign an arbitrary hour-count, that's the surest way to demotivate yourself and make the challenge seen insurmountable. Having two lists is very useful; one with the models remaining but also another keeping track of what you've completed is a great way to keep your motivation up. Also using your brain's tendency to procrastinate against itself by having a 'pariah' model sitting on your painting table can be useful - for some reason I had a mental block about painting a unit of Genestealer Neophytes, but having them sat there glaring at me spurred me on to paint so many other models rather than actually dealing with them. Then one evening I just picked up a brush and painted them without any issue.

I love how he casually like it was so cool said he had lead minis, in my head I was like never open that bag

Do a compilation with other RU-vidrs on speedpainting, that looks good. The first one that comes to mind is Midwinter Minis... he is faaaaast.

I have rwo spare chaplains from the 90s one in terminator armor one on a bike would you like them?

Ooooo. Malifaux. I have not seen those since they first came out. Nice! Very nice.

I was envious for a minute, but then I glanced at my Lego building station, Remembered I already have my own pile of shame and don't need another.

I got back into the hobby to complete the models I already had from years past... Yeah, that line of thinking didn't last long. The pile has begun to grow again. I would love to see you complete the cathedral Land Raider.

I would love to see you finish that Land Raider! You know, so I can keep postponing the painting of my own pile of shame...

you could use the star ship trooper stuff as tyranids as well, maybe even use them in conversions.

You're nuts Jay that Starship Trooper box is awesome. I met a Nid player who kitbashed his monsterous units with bugs from that box. Really cool models. Paint them and put them in a Detolf!

That starship trooper box is cool af.

I was honestly thinking it would be worse. It is still a lot though and good on you for getting into it.

That nirvana song that goes "I am not the only one ahhhh" was playing in my head the whole time

In 1 year, I managed to collect around 3000 points of Tau, 4000 points of Guard, and 500 points of Lizardmen. Most of them a built, but most of them are also in a state of either being primed or partially painted. Especially all of those drones...

your channel is so fun!

Was a nice video :) Thanks for sharing... The thing is it gets so much worse.. yours isn't so bad!

Ways to paint more as a channel: 1 - Start doing more battlereports, be that pre-recorded or livestreams... 2 - Make one live every day like Chapter Master Valrak where you paint your minis and chat with your followers. 3 - Play Matched Plays with your friends, that battleready rule and 10 points for your models not being painted will change your mind to pick at least the ones that you are going to field and start putting some paint and base them :)

I would kill for that starship troopers set lol, never doubt the power of nostalgia in making people want to play

Good luck on your POO, two years ago I had a new years resolution to paint every model i owned. I got close to finishing, but managed to paint 3k points of Nurgle AoS, Magnus, Necromunda starter set, 4 Blood bowl teams, a Chaos Knight, about 30 DnD figures and roughly 1500 pts of Harlequins. You can do it!

Those starship troopers would look great as Imperial Guard, you now, heck maybe even put them to your GSC army, use some of them as crew for your heavy weapons!

Totally jealous of that Starship Troopers set, even though I wouldn't have anyone to play it with me either lol!

Whoa, whoa, whoa -- Starship Troopers is not shameful! It's a great game. You don't need anyone else to play it -- it's perfect for solo gaming because the bugs just rush you. And look how you lit up when you were talking about it!

Yeah, I also started to group them first by boxes. Then by factions. Then by projects. Then by gaming system. Now I group them by kilograms - 1 box - 0.5 kg of shame.

After recently rediscovering a love for the hobby I have to admit not having most of my old painted minis and stripped the paint off any that were more than primed my pile of shame is huge 🤣🤣 consists of about 80 clanrats, 60 stormvermin, a hellpit, various characters, 20 nightrunners + a few bits I've picked up and built the last couple months: admech (a few larger models), mortarion and a cerastus knight... Next purchase is many paints and primer/ an airbrush to help with the many... many skaven ahaha

You REALLY should make an awesome Klendathu display board for the Starship Troopers stuff! I lucked out and found the basic starter box on a corner of a local store here, got it immediately, but with my lack of space it's one of the very few things from my Pile of Shame that i have purposefully not started with, waiting for when i do have space to give it the treatment it should have :D Some of the stuff you really should get rid of, with extreme emphasis on the stuff that you don't feel too attached to, like the MDF stuff. I should do the same...

I build the whole hive city set and i know ur pain :) but its so unbelivable cool to get a whole city from this stuff. Even got the ruins to get it more playable. Awesome terrain!

Tbh, that's a very reasonable pile of shame. A lot of it is even built. My pile of shopportunity is probably at least a dozen times this, with boxes and boxes of Kill Team, Warcry, and more -- all still on sprue. 95% of my actual assembled miniatures (many hundreds) are grey or just primed. Still, I'm a happy hoarder :)

During lockdown last year I did something similar. Looked at everything I had. Estimated how long it would all take. Then I made a list of which projects I most excited to do. I took the bottom 20% and sold it off. Then with lockdown I made a huge push into tackling my pile. Now I have a few projects left instead of 12. It does feel better. I also don't feel as much pressure to get things done. I can take the time I want to do it right.

Im a ork player who has played for 10 years, I have collected well over 15,000 points of orks, of which I have the best part of 45+ warbikers (and another 7 or 8 HQs on warbikes). I would love to see you paint up your ork warbikes in a video and maybe have you show off some of the conversions you have done with them.. also yes they are a pain in the butt to build at first but after the 3rd box of them you get to know them pretty well, one of my all time favorite kits. Im also so jealous of those starship troopers mins, been looking for a set of the basic warrior bugs forever.

And I thought my pile of shame was bad...Jay could definitely bust out the terrain painting pretty quick. Seal the mdf terrain with dat pva glue watered down, quick spray paint black primer and then boom dry brush with different shades of gray, black wash and basically done. There goes half if not most of the terrain (at least buildings). Now the minis...that shit is going to take forever.

I had the star shiptroopers boxset and all the extra bits all from online and getting it shipped to the UK was fun

That is a pretty good pile o' shame. I think mine is roughly the same size! The only issue is that I have other hobbies and a family to tend to, so my painting hours are somewhat less than you- especially on weekends. Though, as you know, I do get in a good 5-6 hours a week, which is more than a lot of folks, so I shouldn't complain. For your next painting project, you should paint a piece of terrain! Maybe something from that Kill Team set. It would be a great change of pace.

Every time you mention Genestealer Cults, the CC display's "jean stealer", and now I have to make an army of pants-thievin' cultists. Love your videos!

wow, after watching this video I dont feel SO ashamed of my grey pile. This noon I will buy more minis so I get 100% ashamed again! :D

i love the starship troopers

I also have an epic level pile of shame. One way I am managing it nowadays is when a Codex comes out, I focus on that faction (Build, primer, paint.) If a Codex comes out that I don't have figures for, I focus on the largest backlog until the next Codex comes out. This may change when things open up again and conventions start, but right now, it's been helping to use the excitement of the new Codex to propel working on that force.

After taking a hiatus from my 40k space marines and painting up 1500 points of necrons, I'll now finally tackle the 100s of marines still on sprue for my 30k project, so I feel you! Of course, poor impulse control made me buy a superheavy tank for that project before I even started, but, hey, at least I'm starting now, right? Keep on buying and, maybe, painting 👍🏻

Yasss, another fellow chaplain collector!

Love see the grey knights!

I JUST finished going through and organizing my entire collection - painted and unpainted. The pile of shame is at least now neatly in 3 boxes and I know what I have -- including models I completely forgot that I bought. This inspired me to get some of them going again and this past week I finished my Imperial Guard army -- made of the original plastic miniatures. It's been at least 20 years since I bought them, and I have used them in a half-painted state during that time, but now they are done, done, done. On to the space marines -- you know, the original beaky marines that I bought in 2003 -- who are similarly half-done. But I want them done, done! Oh, also -- just wait until you have to go through your pile with your spouse or SO watching lol. At least my wife has also started collecting and painting minis and has her own (very small) pile to paint. And she said what you said -- it's a hobby where I spend time at home with the family and the whole family is now enjoying it. It's not the worst (or even most expensive!) hobby to have.

I'm with you on the grey knights, I bought a box of terminators that are all on lava bases just cuz they look so awesome. Probably never going to play grey knights, but that won't stop me from getting more termies :)

this video made me count my pile of shame, so i never loose track of it

I would love to see you do a video on your Black templars and the changes they have made to them and why you still play them after they nerfed their rites

“My name is Jay, and I’m addicted to tabletop miniatures. It’s been 8 hours since I put brush to model.” “Hi, Jay!” 👋🏼 The biggest step in doing something about your addiction is admitting that you have a problem. 😉 Thanks for the video, Jay- I love your channel, and watch your videos in blocks of 3, generally, so it’s approximately an hour of content while I’m painting. I’m so glad I subscribed! (“I have 5 Nobs, I have 5 more Nobs…”- Damn, you must be popular with the ladies 😆)

I almost did the same with the Halo Space Combat Miniatures game... super niche and no one would play it with me so I just couldn't justify it no matter how cool all the ships looked. No lie, if you were close I would totally come to play that Starship Troopers game haha