Hi all. Just wondering what kind of containers you use to store/transport your 10mm minis?
I use 4 liter Really Useful Boxes lines with adhesive magnetic sheets. If I remember I'll take a photo of them tomorrow and post here.
I use RUB, but bigger boxes. 10l.
I make shelves out of foamboard to get 2 levels per box.
Probably my imagination 8-}
But isn't there a thread with some useful tips on the forum already ?
Hornswoggled if I can find it though. :(
I MAY be thinking of individual threads where folk have pictured their particular storage 'methods'.
Cheers - Phil :-\
I use Tiger A4 Deep Tuff Boxes
https://onlinestationers.co.uk/p/tiger-a4-deep-tuff-box/15803 (https://onlinestationers.co.uk/p/tiger-a4-deep-tuff-box/15803)
For painted figures I use magnetic sheet on the base of the figures. Then steel paper* in the storage container, usual a box file. I sometimes add a shelf to get two layers in.
*Steel paper seems to be getting harder to get, so I sometimes use magnetic sheet in the box file, and I also have a set of Bisley metal drawers.
I've also got a good number of MDF inserts for 9L RUB - which work well for WWI & WWII figures where they don't have spears and flags, so you can get a lot of quite short layers in a box.
One of the main problems with storing 10mm figures is that most storage solutions are too tall, so you end up loosing a lot of vertical space.
Quite a few of my gaming group use foam trays for 10mm figures.
Most are in really useful boxes, although the Arabs are in a ploystrne tray in the plans cabinet, along with a shed load of 15's, 20's, 28's and shipping
There have been other threads on this but can't find them on a quick search, I use these things https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07GS5HGCD which work a treat and stack up nicely for minimal wasted space. I line the bottom with stuck on magnetic receptive paper to keep it all secure.
I also use RUB boxes with inserts by Commission Figurines and Warbases. 4ltr will take 2 layers of troops well and 9ltr can take up to four layers. These two sizes can also be stacked on each other.
I'm the same as Shedman
I've a collection of 16" pizza boxes with 390mm square steel inserts glued inside.
They happily stack 6 deep (40mm high inside) and accommodate most stuff I use.
Transport is OK 2 deep, wrapped in a bin-bag.
The few bigger things are in 4L Really useful boxes with an A4 steel insert..
Quote from: Shecky on 22 November 2020, 05:30:31 AM
I use 4 liter Really Useful Boxes lines with adhesive magnetic sheets. If I remember I'll take a photo of them tomorrow and post here.
I also use industrial quantities of these! I have also discovered they sell a tray which can be inserted into the top of these which allow two layers of 10mm figures to be accommodated easily. Pikemen in the bottom layer, anything else in the top.
RUB storage towers 7 litre drawers, most with inserts to double the capacity.
I use mainly Really useful boxes, either with the plastic trays made for them.
Note if you use one of the hanging trays they will stretch the locking handles and the box wil not lock properly without a hanging tray. As some of the hanging trays ave very useful compartments I cut the hanging bit off with a razor saw, and use them as normal trays
Often I use the really nice MDF ones from Walt at Commission Figurines at varying depths. Often these store more figures than the really useful trays as their is less wasted space. They are also significantly cheaper.
http://www.commission-figurines.co.uk/
I line my boxes with magnetic sheet and use either Steel paper or Ferro sheet under the figures as its thinner than the magnetic sheet
Steel paper is almost impossible to get but you can get thin Ferro sheet (instead of steel paper ) magnetic sheet from Magnetic displays.
https://www.magneticdisplays.co.uk/
Box files are ok, you can get two layers of figures in a standard box file (by making a shelf or one in a slimline boxfile.
RUB 4L or 9L mainly, with inserts from RUB and various purveyors of mdf.
4L and 9L are same footprint, so they stack.
Having to move my gaming stuff as we are having some building work done. So I've put all my RUB together - more than I thought.
My wife initially thought this was all my gaming stuff...
(https://i.imgur.com/UvAPdTW.jpg)
With the commission figurines inserts I've managed to get 6 layers in the 9L boxes
For my 10mm and 6mm I can fit most into the 12x 12" scrap boxes, which are ideal as they are shallower then Really Useful Boxes.
https://www.westonboxes.com/products/12x12-craft-storage-box
They will fit 90 models based 32mm x 32mm (Spearhead rules). If you buy in bulk you can get the price down, and sometimes the manufacturer has special offers on seconds. But if you want to buy direct they are stocked in The Range stores around the art section.
Some of the taller tanks don't fit in, and probably cavalry with standards raised don't, but for the bulk of your infantry and guns, they are ideal.
Mark
Quote from: mmcv on 22 November 2020, 09:18:33 AM
There have been other threads on this but can't find them on a quick search, I use these things https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07GS5HGCD which work a treat and stack up nicely for minimal wasted space. I line the bottom with stuck on magnetic receptive paper to keep it all secure.
like MMCV I use these boxes as well they also do a bigger box which I find ideal for 6mm.
for Magnetic paper 10 pack I use these
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sheets-Magnetic-Photo-Paper-GLOSSY/dp/B017UR0KFU/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=359T4RB5I4MFR&dchild=1&keywords=magnetic+paper+a4&qid=1606113928&quartzVehicle=5-106&replacementKeywords=magnetic+paper&sprefix=magnetic+paper%2Caps%2C184&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEyVE1XMFBOQkMyVDBEJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwNTI0NjI4MUw4TjlBRDdZRVdESCZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwNjczNDk2RjBBVUI3RVQzSkwyJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfYXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==
Regards
Sean
I don't have a specific option for 10mms, but for my miniatures I tend to reuse corrugated cardboard boxes such as photocopier paper boxes with handmade inserts to act as trays to hold them. Use that option with my 28mm, 20mm, 15mm and 10mm figures.
Quote from: steve_holmes_11 on 22 November 2020, 11:43:21 AM
I've a collection of 16" pizza boxes with 390mm square steel inserts glued inside.
They happily stack 6 deep (40mm high inside) and accommodate most stuff I use.
Transport is OK 2 deep, wrapped in a bin-bag.
The few bigger things are in 4L Really useful boxes with an A4 steel insert..
In Makro I realised I could pick those up very cheaply, so for anyone that has access to the wholesalers like that its a good approach.
Having spent a significant amount of time effort and money on my wargames stuff I only use good quality boxes now. Have seen to many "odd" carboard boxes deposit the figures inside all over a dark carpark when they fell apart or slipped off the pile being carried.
Quote from: fred. on 22 November 2020, 05:25:35 PM
Having to move my gaming stuff as we are having some building work done. So I've put all my RUB together - more than I thought.
My wife initially thought this was all my gaming stuff...
With the commission figurines inserts I've managed to get 6 layers in the 9L boxes
That's about one third of my RUB boxes.
Quote from: Orcs on 23 November 2020, 02:31:10 PM
Having spent a significant amount of time effort and money on my wargames stuff I only use good quality boxes now. Have seen to many "odd" carboard boxes deposit the figures inside all over a dark carpark when they fell apart or slipped off the pile being carried.
This is a key point - if you need to transport your figures for games, you need very different storage solutions than if you game at home.
Quote from: jimduncanuk on 23 November 2020, 02:38:52 PM
That's about one third of my RUB boxes.
I think they multiply when left alone. While I've certainly bought a fair few, I'm not sure I bought this many. And I've recently passed quite a few over to my wife for her craft stuff, as I bought some Ikea drawer units to store figures in.
RUBs with trays. Why wouldn't you?
Quote from: fred. on 23 November 2020, 04:49:50 PM
I think they multiply when left alone. While I've certainly bought a fair few, I'm not sure I bought this many. And I've recently passed quite a few over to my wife for her craft stuff, as I bought some Ikea drawer units to store figures in.
They also grow bigger- well that's the excuse I made to Mrs Orcs when I inadvertently let her up into my wargames loft over the garage , and she saw the eight 64 liter boxes that hold my terrain tiles. :D :D
Quote from: jimduncanuk on 23 November 2020, 02:38:52 PM
That's about one third of my RUB boxes.
Just did a rough count. I have the equivalent of 112 RUB 4l boxes spread over mostly 4l and 9l but a few 18l as well.
And I still have a ton of cardboard boxes and library file boxes.
And, I still buy figures.
So more like 4x as many!!
I find that painting figures and basing them makes them take up way more space. Unpainted figures are very high density for storage.
Quote from: Last Hussar on 23 November 2020, 06:23:29 PM
RUBs with trays. Why wouldn't you?
I'm not a fan of the RUB 3x5 trays for painted figures, but they are great for unpainted ones.
Quote from: fred. on 23 November 2020, 09:12:03 PM
I'm not a fan of the RUB 3x5 trays for painted figures, but they are great for unpainted ones.
They work well with 30 x 30 bases and are ok for my WSS based on 30 x20mm. Only problem I find is with some of the standard bearers the pole is a fraction to high and the next tray bends it.
Here's a picture of my 4 liter RUB boxes.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UusR4-T2sJY/X7xlLprYhZI/AAAAAAAAA3w/xDfaxNA5clQRONAxBDRAvy3dtcbfCC8SQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/6E9D1164-33E4-4B28-B91B-5A834DE58C42.jpeg)
I use the ProMag magnetic adhesive sheet which comes in a 12" x 24" roll which I cut to 8" x 12" and adhere to each box.
This is actually a new system for me as I recently built new, movable storage units and my previous boxes were too big for the shelves.
Here's a picture of those shelves:
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-u7kg3eTz2rw/X7xj1RCpcOI/AAAAAAAAA3E/ZWS24GiBl9gyJ67xqkA0YE8YzUvYzzW-gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/F6E0F8EC-5A12-4136-9B6D-C7A598AEBAA7.jpeg)
You can read more about it on my blog post: http://gamingreference.blogspot.com/2020/11/storage.html (http://gamingreference.blogspot.com/2020/11/storage.html).
Quote from: Shecky on 24 November 2020, 02:09:33 AM
This is actually a new system for me as I recently built new, movable storage units and my previous boxes were too big for the shelves.
Here's a picture of those shelves:
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-u7kg3eTz2rw/X7xj1RCpcOI/AAAAAAAAA3E/ZWS24GiBl9gyJ67xqkA0YE8YzUvYzzW-gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/F6E0F8EC-5A12-4136-9B6D-C7A598AEBAA7.jpeg)
You can read more about it on my blog post: http://gamingreference.blogspot.com/2020/11/storage.html (http://gamingreference.blogspot.com/2020/11/storage.html).
That's a cool idea, very handy storage. We've got a couple of Billy's in the dining room but sadly they just contain books and kitchen gadgets... :(
:-bd =D> :-bd =D>
Those are a fantastic storage solution
The commission-figurines trays look like the ticket for my 4 liter RUP plastic boxes. Are the 30mm depth the right choice for two layers of 10mm. That would leave a little more headroom for the top layer. I need room for whip antennas on my AFVs.
Jerboa
When I was in the UK I bought a load of these slimline box files https://www.amazon.co.uk/Slim-line-Coloured-Box-Files/dp/B00JIWIKFI sadly I can't get them in NZ
Cheers
Ian
Quote from: Jerboa on 24 November 2020, 06:23:11 PM
The commission-figurines trays look like the ticket for my 4 liter RUP plastic boxes. Are the 30mm depth the right choice for two layers of 10mm. That would leave a little more headroom for the top layer. I need room for whip antennas on my AFVs.
Jerboa
The top tray in a box seems to have a little more headroom anyway. My Early ww2 German are sitting in a 20mm tray and that includes Kubelwagens and M/Cycle combos.
Quote from: mmcv on 24 November 2020, 05:12:54 PM
Those are a fantastic storage solution
And an expensive one. So far it's cost me close to $600 including the new RUBs and magnetic sheets I had to buy. :'(
the slimline box files are a lot cheaper from here https://www.viking-direct.co.uk/en/office-depot-coloured-box-files-slimline-blue-p-4881807
Ian
Even the cheaper slimline box files are more than the full size ones. Which is really annoying as they are a great size.
Sometimes Viking offload goods on eby, I bought a box of 20 slimline files off ebay for about £25 a few years back. Just used the last two this week. Although at the time Mrs orcs thought I was mad ordering so many
I suppose if wargaming is your hobby then you also have to consider the cost of paints, books, storage etc. It always seems a little strange to me to spend a substantial amount on figures, spend literally hundreds of man hours painting them and then skimp on storing them. So yes, RUBs and inserts can be pretty expensive in the long run, but you don't buy them all at once, and they do stack really weli.
Agreed. £14 to stop £200 of figures safely.
I'll add my praises for the Commission-Figurines trays.
I looked at the RUBs, but they were too wide for the shelf unit (0.4m BILLY). Fortunately, I have a lot of old, very solid file/archive boxes which I rescued from being dumped from the office many years ago. These hinge along the long side and one side opens flat which gives easy access.
The C-F trays were a few millimetres too long but, once assembled to give solidity (and they are solid), I planed away the projecting lip on the short sides and they now fit the boxes perfectly.
I used the 35mm deep trays for my WGA collections, horse on the bottom layer and the foot on the top layer; I had an additional 5mm or so clearance to accommodate the pikes which projected 2-3mm above the tray sides. I shall use the same size trays for my ECW collection. However, I am thinking that I should be able to get three layers of the 25mm deep trays in one box, which means with my WW1 figures I might be able to get both sides in one box.
The only issue is I usually buy mine at COLOURS each year and, with there being no shows, the postage could be quite scary.
Quote from: Jerboa on 24 November 2020, 06:23:11 PM
The commission-figurines trays look like the ticket for my 4 liter RUP plastic boxes. Are the 30mm depth the right choice for two layers of 10mm. That would leave a little more headroom for the top layer. I need room for whip antennas on my AFVs.
Jerboa
The depth he quotes includes the 2mm base so a 30mm is 28mm deep. By the time you add an MDF base to a 10mm figures you will be unlikely to fit in two layers due to weapons etc.
Often you can get away with a 20mm tray for infantry , but would not bother going less than that. I have a number of unused 25mm trays I bought for 10mm stuuff only to find it did not quite fit when based
I remember when it was expanding toolboxes, all the way down.
Quote from: steve_holmes_11 on 09 December 2020, 07:32:30 PM
I remember when it was expanding toolboxes, all the way down.
They weighed a ton when full up.
Quote from: Orcs on 09 December 2020, 07:53:52 PM
They weighed a ton when full up.
You could easily spot the 25mm gamers.
They were the ones with longer arms.
(Apologies to the Smash robots).
Quote from: steve_holmes_11 on 10 December 2020, 09:48:27 AM
You could easily spot the 25mm gamers.
They were the ones with longer arms.
(Apologies to the Smash robots).
And biceps like Popeye
Hi all, first post here.
I've acquired a couple of sets of metal paper drawers people seem to be throwing out these days. The Bisley type of thing. My wife has stolen one of them for her make up, but the other I use to store my 10mm and 15mm WW2 stuff. Then I've got a few really useful boxes to transport to the club.
I've based most on 1p and 2p coins and support on metal washers. The drawers are lined with magnetic sheet so nothing slides about. The transport boxes I've put in some Charlie Fox Trot trays.
Hi Hetzen, welcome to the forum ..... even if you've been lurking for ages :)
Before the current fuss I was scouring the local charity shops for those units. Saw one unit in a British Heart foundation store, about four feet high, dozen or so drawers. Ideal! Held the door open for a lady who arrived at the door at much the same time. Yeah, you guessed it, she bought the sodding unit. No good deed goes unpunished! :(
X_X
Oh, Mike !!....Sod's law strikes again.
On a brighter note....Welcome to the forum Hetzen . :)
Cheers - Phil
Quote from: Ithoriel on 10 December 2020, 02:17:41 PM
Hi Hetzen, welcome to the forum ..... even if you've been lurking for ages :)
Before the current fuss I was scouring the local charity shops for those units. Saw one unit in a British Heart foundation store, about four feet high, dozen or so drawers. Ideal! Held the door open for a lady who arrived at the door at much the same time. Yeah, you guessed it, she bought the sodding unit. No good deed goes unpunished! :(
I was offered a couple of multi-drawer metal tray cabinets just recently. I said no.
(Sorry Mike)
Welcome to the funhouse Hetzen.
You say WWII - please elaborate. What forces?
Also, I am intrigued by just how much makeup your wife has. :-\
Also, pictures please.
Of your collection, not your wife's makeup.
I've bought some blusher brushes to use as dry brush brushes. Saw it as a recommendation on YouTube and thought I'd give it a try. Not that I'm saying you can get your own back or anything.
Quote from: fsn on 10 December 2020, 06:29:28 PM
Also, I am intrigued by just how much makeup your wife has. :-
Like mine she probably hides a box of undeclared makeup in a box under the bed.
Quote from: fsn on 10 December 2020, 06:29:28 PM
Also, I am intrigued by just how much makeup your wife has. :-
I do not question what quantities of stuff Mrs Orcs Has. Otherwise she might question why I have 18 of 24 bookshelves, an entire den of stuff and my own Loft over the garage, plus "ready use" terrain in the house loft.
I have also managed to condition her to the delivery of various packages that are heavy for their size addressed to me at least one a week.
You have to know when not to ask a question. :) :)
Rouge Hermes Matte Lipstick - £58.
For that, you could get an Anglo-Saxon Army Pack AND a Norman Army Pack.
Sometimes it's all about density.
Is that matte lipstick your own personal favourite ? ;)
;D
What do you guys use as picture hosting? I used to use Photobucket, but they seemed to have gone tier levels of usability now. I'd rather give Leon my cash.
At least the lipstick is ready painted.
Quote from: Last Hussar on 10 December 2020, 11:27:20 PM
At least the lipstick is ready painted.
I can never find the right shade, not many companies make a Fieldgray shade.
Quote from: Hetzen on 10 December 2020, 10:23:11 PM
;D
What do you guys use as picture hosting? I used to use Photobucket, but they seemed to have gone tier levels of usability now. I'd rather give Leon my cash.
I use ImageShack but have a paid account rather than a free one.
I set up a free blogspot blog for my picture "hosting". I usually create a quick entry, load my pictures then use that URL to post the pictures on another site. Probably not the most efficient way of doing things but it works for me. You could always just post pictures with no text if you don't want to write a story.
I'm using Flickr.
It doesn't cost - but I only use it for photos that I put on this forum.
I find Imgur pretty handy to use, can upload from my phone and copy in. There's a guide on doing so if you need: http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,20026.0.html