g2 wrote:
Yes indeed, these are real Armies. I would not like these guys marching upon my castles. I will not be able to defend against them.
Yeah, Im kinda proud of my troops. But it takes a long while and LOTS of money to build up legions of that magnitude. I still have more than that of course.
Oh and I also have armies of alien warriors armed with energy-bolt firing staff weapons, Colonial era, Industrial era, Great Wars era, Modern era, and Near-Future era soldiers. Not to mention Space troops in addition to those Ancient era and Medieval era soldiers...
But back to "how to build an army".
Jangofett, I'll tell you this. If you want a great army, it takes these three ingredients: PATIENCE, Time, and Money.
I discovered BrickLink around 2002 and after 5years my 300 or so minifig army swelled into the thousands. Yet it's still growing, especially with the expansion into alien space troops, alien (modern) soldiers, alien (medieval) warriors, and those Earth-bound timeline armies I previously mentioned.