End objective in collecting?

[trashcan01]

I remember when I was starting out Tyranids I was hungry for models, army loadouts were limited and I was rushing to paint everything.

8 years later my collection as grown to a point where I can field monster mash/swarm in various rosters (2K), and I all miss from the collection are few units that I don't find attractive to play with.
My pile of shame is over 1500 points itself, and I'm in no rush to finish it either, preferring the process of re-painting some Gants to match the "new" army standard.
Actually, I've made a wow not to buy anything until all the models I currently own are painted and based.

What do you personally consider as "enough" models? Is there such a thing?
Did you start collecting Tyranids (or another army) with a certain objective in mind or is it just every time you got some spending money you treat yourself to a new plastic fix?

[patata]

There Is no end,especially now that we are getting a Whole lotta new stuff,then again if you feel satisfied with what you have and don't often think,i wanna make this list but i'm missing x,y,Z model then this Is your stop.
As for me,i like making a lot of lists,sometimes i want to spam fexes, sometimes big hordes,there May come times when i want a couple big bugs and find people dell'ing those 2 models with a brunch of extra stuff for less then what i would pay if i buy them at my lgs.
You May wanna collect bitter stuff?forgeworld models are in pretty bad shape but so awesome in your models area(and apocalypse)


That's all i can think of

[purestrain]

My pile of shame is around 40 models of nids and around half of my 3k of gsc and 5 guard tanks. thats it.

I cant wait for the new stuff

[riverzora]

The good thing about the Endless Swarm is that it's endless

The end objective will be all organic matter is Tyranid. Until then, I'll paint away!

[hivefleetkerrigan]

For me, enough models is so I can play a 2k game and can field a variety of lists with the army I have. I also factor in space as well. Right now, space for storing or displaying finished models is my main constraint, so I think I'm in the "too much of a good thing" category. I'm probably going to see what the launch box for 10e looks like and downsize what I don't want or need. (I've got about 80 unpainted termagants/hormogaunts that will surely be in the launch box).

Generally, I want one of each big monster, quite a few carnifex, lots of gribblies, and quite a few elite models (warriors/zoans).