Does Anyone Ever Do Figure Counts? (1 Viewer)

[arnhem44mad]

Like if you have a diorama and want to record how many men and vehicles etc you have in it? Or even a bookshelf full?^&grin

Well here's another question: In the example of 2 men on a single base, say the old battle of the bulge american on crutch who is being supported by his pal...

Do you count this as one or two figures?^&confuse

Also a vehicle with a figure molded into it? Say the new battle of the bulge jeep or market garden jeeps?

Just interested to know other people's formulae!^&grin

Scott

 

[Phantom Warrior]

Like if you have a diorama and want to record how many men and vehicles etc you have in it? Or even a bookshelf full?^&grin

Well here's another question: In the example of 2 men on a single base, say the old battle of the bulge american on crutch who is being supported by his pal...

Do you count this as one or two figures?^&confuse

Also a vehicle with a figure molded into it? Say the new battle of the bulge jeep or market garden jeeps?

Just interested to know other people's formulae!^&grin

Scott

Formula is to open a bottle of single malt scotch, drink 1/4 oz. for each freestanding single or joined pair and when the bottle is empty, the diorama is done. I didn't invent this method - I got it from Rob {eek3}{sm4} I wonder if that's why his dios are so good?^&confuse

Method is NOT recommended to do an entire inventory of your figures.

Terry

 

[arnhem44mad]

Formula is to open a bottle of single malt scotch, drink 1/4 oz. for each freestanding single or joined pair and when the bottle is empty, the diorama is done. I didn't invent this method - I got it from Rob {eek3}{sm4} I wonder if that's why his dios are so good?^&confuse

Method is NOT recommended to do an entire inventory of your figures.

Terry

Hahahaha^&grin

 

[6th Wisconsin]

I have been building a database of my collection, and I count each figure separately but have a count for sets as well. In the case of two figures packaged together, that would be one set and two figures. I even have a count for flags

 

[arnhem44mad]

I have been building a database of my collection, and I count each figure separately but have a count for sets as well. In the case of two figures packaged together, that would be one set and two figures. I even have a count for flags

Cool man!^&grin I am doing that too! Got a long way to got but haha!^&grin

Scott

 

[Bayern]

I have too many to count. Just keep buying more toy soldiers!!!!{sm4}

Ludwig!

 

[Phantom Warrior]

Seriously, I do it by set numbers so a set could have 1 - 4 figures and if the figures are part of an AFV set and don't have a separate number, they don't get counted as single figures. So while I know how many sets I have, I don't know the number of figures, 1/2 figures and 1/4 figures in them.

Terry

 

[Larry Allen]

I have been building a database of my collection, and I count each figure separately but have a count for sets as well. In the case of two figures packaged together, that would be one set and two figures. I even have a count for flags

Either I copied 6th Wisconsin or he copied me, but that is exactly the way I do it.

Also horses, cannons, carts, etc as well as flags are a separate figure item count.

I use MS Excel and it makes life very easy to know exactly the number of sets that I have and the number of figures that I have.

In the K&C AWI series it is pretty close for sets to figure count as there is "mostly" a one figure/set ratio. But with the Artillery sets and a few of the Indians it skews the count a bit. The John Jenkins 1812 it is way different as they have 2, 3 and 4 figures per set.

I mostly do this for insurance purposes as you can get an accurate account of your collection value as well as see how balanced you are (if that matters to anyone)
Larry

 

[Napoleon1er]

Some very funny answers here, but what I do is make a count of each separate group (foot, mounted, flags, mounted flags, cannons, vehicles) and then weight each one. A figure in a vehicle is counted as one, but the vehicle is also counted. Two figures on one base are still two. Here is my formula:
Foot Figure= 1
Mtd. Figure= 2
Flag Figure= 1.5
Mtd. Flag Figure= 2.5
Cannon= 1
Limber/Cart= 1
Horse= 1
4-Wheel Vehicle= 3
Tank= 5
Small animal (dog, sheep, child)= .5
Sometimes there are special cases, such as a pile of dead Zulus might be 4, even if there are seven Zulus.
I have a total of around 400 figures, but if I weight them, it is around 500, a number which I can use to calculate value, space, and variety much better.
-Sandor:salute::

 

[6th Wisconsin]

I am creating mine in Access. I took a couple of courses in SQL programming and wanted to use this as an exercise to practice. I am pretty decent with Access but decided to create the tables and reports using SQL. I also have fields for buildings, various types of vehicles, horses, era, branch of service, etc. One difficulty has been assigning Nationality to mixed sets. I did separate out American Confederate and American Union. I have about 600 pieces going back to 1998 and have found assigning a retail price and source of purchase to be very difficult and time consuming. I created dropdown menus and a data entry form, so actually inputting the data is a breeze.

 

[Hatman]

Figure Counting? No, not really but my wife does, LOL!!!!^&grin

 

[Mitch]

I have no formula just know what I have bought and how many. You also have to know if you have your collection insured which, I do
Mitch

 

[mikemiller1955]

I got too many to count...I just weigh mine and keep a total in pounds...^&grin...

 

[Grognard]

I don't go for the number but for the incommensurable pleasure of looking at nicely crafted figures :wink2: