What innovation has changed your wargaming life?

[toxicpixie]

Nah, it's way to hot out there! Hence FK's fragrant agreement

[John Cook]

Computer moderated rules, without question.  First with Follow the Eagle back in the early 1990s and now with Computer Strategies and Carnage and Glory.

[DanJ]

The internet with all its opportunities.

[getagrip]

Dedicated painting desk...bliss!

[Shecky]

Definitely the internet. Prior to that your options, at least here in the states, were limited to whatever your FLGS carried or could order. It usually meant Minifigs and GHQ or if you were lucky, Stone Mountain Miniatures. Ordering from the UK was at best a hassle. I remember placing an order for some Foundry figures through the internet back in 1998 or so. Since then, 75% of what I buy both in terms of figures and rules are through the internet.

[Last Hussar]

1) modern home computes (not Sinclairs etc) for
...a) The internet for buying and research
...b) Home publishing.  Its so easy to make the forms/sheets you need (remember having to find somewhere to photocopy stat sheets?)
...c) Spread sheets, for points calculation as well as statistical analysis when writing rules

2) Games Workshop, for getting me into 10mm.

3) Pound shops

3) Really Useful Boxes

4) Acrylics.

[fsn]

Really Useful Boxes.

[Techno]

Thirded! !!! (For really useful boxes......Perfect for sending the wee men up to Pendraken Towers.)
Cheers - Phil

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Fourthed

And Tiger Cub deep file boxes!

[Hertsblue]

Thirded! !!! (For really useful boxes......Perfect for sending the wee men up to Pendraken Towers.)
Cheers - Phil

I hope you get them back again. 

[Techno]

Leon's very good at returning them ! 
There are some firms that never bother though, which is a bit irritating !
Mind you....A certain member of the forum has sent me a LOT of suitable little containers for the same purpose.
Thanks 'Mr X'. 
Cheers - Phil

[Westmarcher]

Really Useful Boxes.

What ones are the most useful? (serious question). For 10mm armies, paints, etc. dimension wise.

[Techno]

What ones are the most useful? (serious question). For 10mm armies, paints, etc. dimension wise.

A fair old bit bigger than the ones I use to post stuff, I'd imagine.
I can get up to 30 'greens' in one of the (roughly) 3" x 2.5" x 1.5" boxes. (Using foam to pack them, so they don't rattle about.)

But they do loads of different sizes, which ought to be suitable for paints etc.
Any recommendations team ?

Cheers - Phil

[Last Hussar]

You want the Hobby Trays.  These are 5x3 60mm compartments (This is part of the reason I use 20mm or 30mm bases!)(they reckon 65x68 - I don't believe them), and 35mm deep.  They fit most 10mm.  I've had to clip my ACW mounted standard bearers poles, and put them only in the top layer, because there is a gap for the top layer, but otherwise no problems

4 of these fit in a 9 litre box, 2 in a 2 litre box.  All the boxes have handles that clip the lid securely.  Also they are designed to stack - boxes of the same lid stack like Lego.  They do lots of sizes, but I try to stick to the 4 and 9 litre ones because they stack on one another.  Other boxes do stack - they are all the same design - but not always with each other

Get yourself down Hobbycraft to see how it all works

So, 4 x 30mm base per compartment, 15 compartments per tray, 4 trays in a box - that is 240 bases a box.

Yes, its going to cost you £12 or so.  However you might have a couple of hundred quids worth of metal in one box.  How many times have you seen people turn up with a weeks wages in a file box that is falling to pieces?  These things are tough.

I also use them as a quick pack painting station.





That has the 'lipped stationary tray' (2nd picture, top left) - this hangs on the box, creating room for the tall paint pots to invade the '3rd layer'.  Only thing is that the lipped trays stretch the handles  and compact the lid's lugs, so you can't use those ones interchangably.

[toxicpixie]

Thanks for that, I forsee a trip to Hobbycraft and a good look!