trooper to officer ratio

[Dave Tree]

not wanting to spark a long debate or anything, but just curious if anyone tries to keep a rough ratio on their armies?

ie. how many Mutons to Shadows, how many Skeletrons to Shadows etc.

Yesterday I got my 3rd Cobra Officer and along with 9 Cobras and 2 Night Attack Drivers look really cool, but there's one officer for every three Cobras.

The Shads are more balanced, there's 6 of them, 2 Kraken, 1 Skeletron and I must be the only person on the planet who deosn't own a Muton

I guess most people just get whatever they can lay their hands on, but was just curious if anyone tries to balance it in any way?

[mark]

In my collection ive got 18 red shadows (red hands) and 1 red vulture. Im trying to collect an army of shads (like everyone else i expect), but of the named figures like red vulture, baron, red wolf etc, i only want one of each because there isnt two of them in the comic stories - if you see what i mean. Ive got 4 complete mutons but i dont want any more of them as i think thats enough. For the cobras i want the same - one of each of the named figures and an army of troopers (3 at the moment). I dont have any officers but i can see your point, if i got any though i would just keep them all. If you were displaying them i suppose 1 officer to 10 troopers?

[Lady Jaye]

You only need one Muton, because Muton is indestructable!

OK, a second one might come in handy when the first one is in maintenance.

[mark]

Originally i thought of collecting 30 shads, that would be enough i thought. But as im creeping slowly towards that number i cant see myself selling any if i go past it, THEY CAN HAVE MY SHADOWS WHEN THEY PRY THEM FROM MY COLD DEAD FINGERS!

[SteveD]

I'm always a bit surprised that people army build Shads so much, but not the other forces - in particular I tend to have a soft spot for. And After all, we all need soem cannon fodder!

Otherwise I tend to keep an army of Shadows, but one only of the leaders. Per shelf.

[Dave Tree]

I can understand having one of each 'character' but I was thinking what sort of ratio for the other troops, especially if there are officers etc.

I have a few Grunts (cue SteveD) as this will always be the generic trooper to me from the comics like Steve was saying above, but what other figures do people consider to be Army Builders?

[SteveD]

No real reason, but I tend to have army built:



But then it's widely recognised that my will power is akin to that of a fat kid in the cake shop.

[Dave Tree]

so that's all of them then?

It would be easier to list the one you don't buy a muliple of

[Sundance]

my ratio of troopers to officers is one to nil. i only have a trooper. my cobra army's so small it doesn't need an officer. it's already top heavy with CC, Serps, Destro, Baroness and T&X who have ONE CG to command...

my Shad army is 1:1:1:1 with

[SteveD]

so that's all of them then?

It would be easier to list the one you don't buy a muliple of

Well, it's not that there aren't multiples, it tends to be those I have 5 or more of. Others I might just happen to have two or three of. Accidentally. For example - (one for each of my two Laser Ext, and one looking like a bad ass squad leader in front of a platoon of Shads, waving a grenade launcher). Or (one stood next to his ride, another looking bad ass in front of a [you get the general impression).

Thinking about it, I honestly think these are the only ones I have a pure one of:-



Other than a few I have in my trades box. Or MOC. God, I need a sort out....