Storage 10mm

Started by MAgamer, 06 February 2019, 09:02:54 PM

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Leman

RUBs look good, are neat and tidy in a small apace, provide excellent storage, and can often be bought in multiples with a few quid knocked off. On top of that Warbases and Commission Figurines sell MDF inserts for the 2 and 4 litre variety. Commission will supply if you contact them direct, Warbases' are on their website.

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Techno

FAR TOO NEAT !!

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Orcs

Quote from: Techno on 07 February 2019, 05:03:36 PM
FAR TOO NEAT !!

Cheers - The scruffy oik. (who works in a tip......and dresses like he's just come out of one.) :D

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MAgamer

I agree RUB look good and are a great product and that the warbase inserts are very good too: but even with just one 4L box plus two mdf stackable inserts from warbases and I'm looking at £16/£17 which for my wargaming budget is far too close to 2 or 3 battalions of the new Dutch/Belgian troops. Where as for £5 flat I can get all the pizza boxes I will ever need and use my left over pvc bits to add structure. I don't mind spending my time on making cheap storage effective, but I don't think I will be at peace with spending potential "more shiny stuff" money on a bit of useful plastic and wood. Especially when really I will need at least two boxes/4inserts- £32, that's almost another Brigade.
Cheers for posting the other topic from this forum the:storage, I hadn't seen it, useful stuff!
Cheers all,
MA

Orcs

You seem to be looking at expensive suppliers

Commission figurines do the trays at £3 each if you buy 3 or more.

The 9l RUB is £6 on amazon with free delivery. This will take four trays.  So you could pack all your figures nicely away for £18,

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Really-Useful-Storage-Box-Litre/dp/B0146PSD9O

Obviously its your choice, but I have seen so many disasters and spoiled / lost figures when  a cheap box gives way on the way to the car after a club night. I would still say that getting a decent box to keep what you have already bought and spent a whole lot of time painting is money well spent, even if you have to wait a while to get the next lot of figures.
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Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well. - Robert Louis Stevenson

Leman

And here's the other side of the equation. I started wargaming at 13; I am now 66. I bought my first RUBs about 5 years ago. I wish I had bought such things much earlier, but a good point has been made about wanting to spend money on figures to start with. Having amassed a large number of figures storage does then become a priority and the better the quality the more effective it is. I am also lucky in that I belong to a club with premises and full membership includes the use of storage there as well.
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MAgamer

Quote from: Orcs on 08 February 2019, 07:23:36 AM
You seem to be looking at expensive suppliers

Commission figurines do the trays at £3 each if you buy 3 or more.

The 9l RUB is £6 on amazon with free delivery. This will take four trays.  So you could pack all your figures nicely away for £18,

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Really-Useful-Storage-Box-Litre/dp/B0146PSD9O

SOLD! Don't know how I managed to inflate my costs so much (rather worrying!) I will hold on until the RUB can be purchased without a months wait though.
Cheers everyone, I'm glad I asked before plunging in with pizza boxes
MA

ronan

Quote from: fred. on 06 February 2019, 10:17:08 PM
(...) so that they don't bend in the middle.

I use that kind of boxes ( not pizza,  from electronics parts but it's the same). I glue a small  cartboard part in the middle, shaped like a +  and the same height as the side. So It will protect the whole thing when stacking.
(sorry no pics, everything is packed since July, as I can't play here.)

steve_holmes_11

Quote from: ronan on 10 February 2019, 11:46:29 AM
I use that kind of boxes ( not pizza,  from electronics parts but it's the same). I glue a small  cartboard part in the middle, shaped like a +  and the same height as the side. So It will protect the whole thing when stacking.
(sorry no pics, everything is packed since July, as I can't play here.)

Some folks in the UK will be familiar with the fully little plastic tripod that holds up the middle of a delivery pizza box.
Anything that performs a similar function is good.

I'm working on a pair of MDF bases (30mm square) with a length of chubby dowel holding them apart.
All sorts of offcuts will do a similar job.

The main qualities are vertical strength, lightness (don't want it rattling off your figs of it gets loose) and ability to sit alongside the troops.
DBA players could even create a combined lid support / Barker marker.

fsn

For a while I was an IT manager.

I used laptop boxes to store 20mm stuff. They all came with layers of foam which I cut up to hold the figures and also give some internal strength.
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MAgamer

Has anyone tried WestonBoxes A4 stackable? Don't know how strong they are- 5 for £20 quid free delivery on Amazon- they are available now (not two months) which is nice!
MA

mmcv

Quote from: MAgamer on 12 February 2019, 08:19:11 AM
Has anyone tried WestonBoxes A4 stackable? Don't know how strong they are- 5 for £20 quid free delivery on Amazon- they are available now (not two months) which is nice!
MA

Yes I've been using them. The boxes themselves are relatively sturdy. They're not clipped like RUB ones are but there is enough of an overlap on the lid that I've not had any issues. They're a good height too so you won't have issues with banners and the like. I have them in the stack shelving that came with the pack of 5, it's not the strongest to be honest, it's fine for storage and around the house but if you intend to travel with it it may be a bit flimsy, though it wouldn't take much work to add a brace to the back for strength. I have two of them stacked under the desk which gives 10 boxes and can just slide out what I need without having to unstack them all. So if you're just looking for convenient storage they do the trick okay. If you're looking to travel with your figures you may want to invest in a few RUBs...

Leman

Quote from: Leman on 07 February 2019, 04:30:38 PM
RUBs look good, are neat and tidy in a small apace, provide excellent storage, and can often be bought in multiples with a few quid knocked off. On top of that Warbases and Commission Figurines sell MDF inserts for the 2 and 4 litre variety. Commission will supply if you contact them direct, Warbases' are on their website.


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Subedai

I use the slimmest vegetable boxes from my local supermarket, tick all your boxes (sorry), strong, stackable and most important, free.
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steve_holmes_11

Quote from: Subedai on 19 February 2019, 09:24:06 PM
I use the slimmest vegetable boxes from my local supermarket, tick all your boxes (sorry), strong, stackable and most important, free.

Do you have a photo?

Vegetable box isn't registering on my inventory of known things.

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