In store they are strict as hell and I have to drive half an hour to get to my hobby store. I don't have any independent stores near me ether the closest being an hour away. I am living in a still developing suburb and everything is really far away. I will use the model with a bow in friendly games but in this list I am intending to take to tournaments I cannot take a bow.
Its not the cost of the hobby that worries me I just have so many projects on the go it's not funny. I have Lotr and fantasy armies I am working on and I have my grilfriend whom I am also helping with the same genres. So my hobby cash is being sucked dry constantly.