I have posted my story in several places here, but I traded a large box of the new painted D&D figures to a friend for all of his mostly-unassembled 40K models (no books or Codex included). Not sure how many minis I had, or how much I spent on them, but he wanted them much more than I did, as I was beginning to feel the pull of the modeling and painting aspects of the game after I purchased the 3rd Edition Box set and 1 Dark Eldar Raider.
My inventory is something like:
Space Marines
Dark Angels
HQ:
Command Squad Box (Apoth, Tech, Standard, Etc)
Captain
Chaplain (can add Jet Pack)
Chaplain on Bike
I also have about 10 metal Veterans in DA Robes, including another Standard and 2 plasma pistol-toting serges (Command Squad?)
Elites:
Dread with Combi-CCW and Storm Bolter
Dread with magnetic switchable armament (Lascanons and Launcher, or CCW and Storm Bolter - depending on need)
Troops:
Many, many Tac squads. Maybe as much as 100 guys. (I have 4 extra Power Fist arms for Serges)(many models unassambled)
10 Scouts 4 sniper rifles, missle launcher, Heavy Bolter, and shotguns/bolters (unassambled)
Fast Attack:
5 Man Assault Squad and Assault Serge w/ powerfist
3 Land Speeders with magnetic detatchable Assault Cannons
8 or so Bikes
1 Assault Bike - Bolter configuration
Heavies:
Land Raider
2 Pred Ann.
1 Pred Dest.
Whirlwind
Dev Squad Box and extra Plasma Canon Marine (unassembled)
Transports:
2 Rhinos
Razorback (switchable tops)
Chaos
Lord
Sorcerer
Standard Bearer
Fabius Bile
5 Enhansed Marines
32 CSM
8 Termies
10 Plague Guard
8 Berzerkers
1 Predator
[Edit; oops, forgot 6 Raptors]
Dark Eldar
Archon
3 or so Haemonculi
8 Incubi
5 Raiders
5 Jet Bikes
1 Ravager
1 Box Wyches
Many, many Warriors
Nids
Tyrant
Carnifex
3 Warriors
2 Raveners
1 Biovore and lots of mines
2 Lictors
Many, many Stealers and Gaunts
Loads of Nid-like terrain bits (home-made digestion pools, Capplilery Towers, Custom Hive Mind Infestation Markers, plus the Macragge markers and Hive Node, etc)
Necrons
1 Lord
2 Boxes of Warriors
(these are going up in the trade section soon)
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Vindicare Assassin
Some I have purchaesed since the trade, but not a lot. All for some miniatures I had lost interest in, now I have hours of entertainment modeling, and some nice looking armies I may actually use for something other than fillling a box and checking off a checklist.
-Troszkowsky