I'm not sure that this is the right forum, but at least it concerns 6mm miniatures.
I've got nothing to sell - it's just meant as an inspiration and to show what you can do to waste your time , when not in the mood to paint - and of course to show off
When I cam back to Epic after many years, I needed an army case for my Lamenters.
I never used ordinary army cases and was never fond of using foam to protect the minis. I only ever used foam for some Lotow miniatures.
Usually I used a toolbox or CD Box and did a custom inlet.
This time I decided to do a completely new case.
What came out is this:
There are 2 fixed compartments at the top. One very deep to hold Titans and other large models and one to hol gaming materials. Both have lids to keep dust out.
The little miniatures are stored in 3 drawers, which can't be removed.
Drawers and compartments have metal sheets (to give hold to magnets) covered with velour (for looks)for bottoms. The miniatures all have bases with magnets to prevent them sliding around and tumbling about.
The box can hold 8000 to 10000 points.
When I started on my Pretorians, I just filled the the free space, but it felt not right pressing the Praetorians between their Space Marine brethren and in the meantime space is running out also.
First I did some wooden boxes, this time using beech plywood instead of MDF. I just adore the looks of wood.
The boxes fit on top of the army case, but it's a bit makeshift.
So I started thinking about a more permanent solution.
The whole thing should be easy to carry.
It should not take much storage space.
It would be nice to have just one "carrier" for all armies.
I store my miniatures in glass cabinets and it would be great to be able to put the armies from the carrying case into the cabinet without to much hassle.
So I decided to store the army in acrylic boxes. That would allow me to put them in the cabinet or on a shelf without any unpacking. Just put the box into the cabinet and Bingo.
I would make enough boxes to hold all my armies and than design a carrying case to hold the boxes.
The boxes look like this:
But how to carry them comfortably ?
I decided to make the boxes part of the supporting structure, just like the motor in a formula 1 car.
The carrying case consists of only two side sheets with some "hangers".
The boxes have two little nooks on both sides where the hangers fit.
The boxes hang on the sheets, which have got an camera strap for a handle.
And this is (at the moment) my solution, for an army carrying and storage system.
What would I change ?
The latches do not look to good and as they are not really needed - I'd remove them.
Probably do the same construction from plywood with a transparent top cover - Hmmmh, where is that leftover plywood ?
Regards
Stephan
