I found these designs worked really well for space marines and not great for anything else, including primaris marines which were too large
https://i.imgur.com/kmHzpP7.jpg
>new GW miniature cases
No way shit doesn't go absolutely flying around in these cases lmao
It's an interesting design but it looks cheaply constructed and is inevitably going to somehow cost more than the old design while costing even less to produce. I'm skeptical about how well it secures figures with delicate parts and dynamic poses and in the current year there are a lot of alternatives on the market.
Magnetized my bases and put them on a metallic baking tray with carrying lid. 10$ per tray for 40 to 50 infantry models and around 10$ for magnets
you can fit bigger miniatures to the sides
This is a great approach. I made a display board out of steel plates and scrap plywood but when all was said and done I spent quite a lot more than 10 dollars.
My case is that style, and it gives me the shits.
Stuff constantly coming off the base, just not fitting nicely, going everywhere. Can be partially alleviated by putting it in base up, but God forbid you wanna know what model it is without looking.
To be fair, it IS explicitly labelled as a skirmish case. Sounds like it's meant to hold a necromunda gang or a kill team. Bizarre that they'd label it as such and then not use either as an example of what can fit in it though.
>be me >arrive to a game with 2 old citadel carry cases containing 2000 points of eldar including 2 tanks and a wraithlord >my opponent arrives with 15 of the demented cases in OP and 2 of them are butchered to fit in his 2 tanks
>be me, trip over your gigantic cases because you left them sticking halfway into the aisle and my corpulent form crushes the entire contents of both cases and I spill my styrofoam container of middle eastern food onto your pants.
why the frick did the words "corpulent form" just make me spit out my drink laughing..I imagined fricking baron harkonnen spilling his spicy curry all over some ultramarines or something holy frick what a mental image
>be me, trip over your gigantic cases because you left them sticking halfway into the aisle and my corpulent form crushes the entire contents of both cases and I spill my styrofoam container of middle eastern food onto your pants.
>be me >arrive with a bucket containing 2 armies >tip it onto the table and throw dice at my opponent
Looking for a good magnetic backing material for the boxes I have
The stuff I got didn't stick to shit
Figured this out after magnetizing all by bases as well.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Magnet-Shop-Magnetic-sheets-Storage/dp/B00IAY7DLW
I bought this.
Nothing really stuck it.
I glued a bunch of magnets to the bottom of the box and then glued the sheet over them.
It works so far.
Biggest problem with magnets I have is getting them to glue permanently. Superglue breaks off really easily. Using two-part epoxy pretty much requires you to plan ahead and do 200 bases at a time before you even paint the models.
How much of what GW actually sell now is supposed to invoke the spectre of wargaming, but is really just premium-priced trinkets that they know their customer base either won't use or at the very least will tolerate
The cases aren't really designed to carry models effectively
The minis aren't really designed for painting and playing with a wargame as the primary intent
The rules aren't really designed to facilitate an intricate, sustainable, and balanced game
At a reach, even the paints aren't designed to stay liquid once you've opened them lol, when the whole rest of the industry has moved to dropper bottles
It all seems to add up to a consumeristic ideal of wargaming, a pastiche, with none of the real utility or intent behind it. Which is probably not news to some, but I thought these kinds of shenanigans stopped at them being "a model company first and foremost", whereas now after seeing those cases I'm starting to think they're actively using wargaming as a lifestyle product rather than it just being a tacked-on addition to the models they want to sell.
>How much of what GW actually sell now is supposed to invoke the spectre of wargaming, but is really just premium-priced trinkets that they know their customer base either won't use or at the very least will tolerate
A lot of this stuff is targeted at the 1% of their customers that provide 50% of their income. They don't care if 99% of their consumer base finds it stupid as long as 1% buy it.
>How much of what GW actually sell now is supposed to invoke the spectre of wargaming, but is really just premium-priced trinkets that they know their customer base either won't use or at the very least will tolerate
A lot of this stuff is targeted at the 1% of their customers that provide 50% of their income. They don't care if 99% of their consumer base finds it stupid as long as 1% buy it.
GW sells nice looking models to people and everything else including the actual game is knick knacks to sell more stuff to people who think you need it for their minis.
they are marketing it as a replacement for the skirmish case and not the kill team case which is even sillier. I can pack 50 guard sized models and a vehicle in the existing skirmish case which I can't help but also notice has had it's price increased by 75% since I bought one
Foam tape on the runners makes them fit snug enough they won't fall out then you put the whole thing in a bag. I've used this set up for years with no issues.
why the frick would you use bubble wrap in a showbox when you can just buy a bag of fresh bread and eat out the middle of the loaf outside the store until it fits your miniatures
Why the frick would you use bag of fresh bread with the middle eaten out when you can use an airtight garbage bag full of water which can hold an entire army that you then freeze into a solid large block which you then thaw out with a hairdryer when you get to the store?
why go through all the effort to freeze and unfreeze your minis when it's so much simpler to save your hair and beard trimmings from trips to the barber in a sack and store your minis in there, it's perfectly soft enough to keep them safe and you get free hair textures, making your animalistic or bearded models far more realistic
Why the frick would you use bag of fresh bread with the middle eaten out when you can use an airtight garbage bag full of water which can hold an entire army that you then freeze into a solid large block which you then thaw out with a hairdryer when you get to the store?
Why the frick would you use a sack of hair when you could hire a small army of migrant workers who can march in formation behind you while carefully holding one mini in each hand?
I don't want strangers touching my beautiful unvarnished miniatures with their grubby hands, a much more practical transport solution is to dissassemble every model so they store flat enough to mail in the post in protective envelopes to the game store then reassemble them when you arirve for game night
Wait a second, you're on to something with the liquid storage.
Keeping models submerged would prevent damage and comes with the additional benefits of cleaning away any dust gathered on them.
You would have to varnish them of course but that's a given.
The only downside is that liquid in volume big enough to fully cover all models would get really heavy, making the storage inconvenient to carry by hand or even on your back. But maybe if you put in on wheels?
>not buying a new army every time you enter a GW store, assembling it with the finest Citadel paints and hobby supplies then incinerating it after the store closes
Whats the best way to pack my minis in a box if I need to give it to a moving company (I'm moving interstate and no gaurantee there will be room in my car)?
I'm interested in knowing how commision artists do it when mailing back to their (sometimes overseas) clients.
morons will buy it. it will sell out. don't give them money for shit you don't want. berate people who want it on social media they don't just lock the comments on. at the same time, if you do like something they made, buy it to send the message you want them doing things your way. vote with your wallet.
When I was a kid and we had no brain cells we all used the GW suitcase and it was perfect... for infantry or 1000p armies. Tanks needed an extra box of shoes with toilet paper inside.
P. D. I still use mine, and yes that new GW case is rubish.
In 5 years GW will sell supermarket cardboard egg cases to transport models for 80€ and people will buy it anywais.
For older models and no vehicles that one is great.
My old me had the dumb idea of cutting it to fit tanks.
Now it fits dumb frick super huge models in those spaces, but today it is mostly for storage.
What's wrong with just putting all my miniatures in a container, packing them so tightly they cannot move?
I used to have a big carrying case, but I have to park so far away and walk through the bad neighborhoods to get to the FLGS, that there's a too big of a chance that carrying case gets stolen.
Like, even these newer foam designs are awful compared to the holes of the older foams.
It's like they're designed to damage stuff lel
I found these designs worked really well for space marines and not great for anything else, including primaris marines which were too large
It's an interesting design but it looks cheaply constructed and is inevitably going to somehow cost more than the old design while costing even less to produce. I'm skeptical about how well it secures figures with delicate parts and dynamic poses and in the current year there are a lot of alternatives on the market.
This is a great approach. I made a display board out of steel plates and scrap plywood but when all was said and done I spent quite a lot more than 10 dollars.
If the figures break you have to buy new figures.
GW thinking 2 steps ahead.
My case is that style, and it gives me the shits.
Stuff constantly coming off the base, just not fitting nicely, going everywhere. Can be partially alleviated by putting it in base up, but God forbid you wanna know what model it is without looking.
>not using magnets
>not using velcro
Eh, if those bits are rubber, they should provide some grip
The issue will be all the stuff that are like a puzzle trying to figure out exactly how to lay them out to fit more than a handful per box
no see that's a feature, if you can carry only 12 of the 60+ Marine-sized models of your army in a box, then you'll need more boxes!
Point is that you buy as many cases as possible. This is a scam. As are the unit cards and out of date codexes on printday.
Miss me with this shit.
Wait, each case only holds one squad?
Frick off GW.
To be fair, it IS explicitly labelled as a skirmish case. Sounds like it's meant to hold a necromunda gang or a kill team. Bizarre that they'd label it as such and then not use either as an example of what can fit in it though.
>To be fair, it IS explicitly labelled as a skirmish case.
I have an old GW skirmish case (the nylon one) and it holds 23 miniatures
Which 23 minatures?
It seems to be almost explicitly for warcry warbands.
I can't fit my Gellerpox in there. Or my Skaven.
>be me
>arrive to a game with 2 old citadel carry cases containing 2000 points of eldar including 2 tanks and a wraithlord
>my opponent arrives with 15 of the demented cases in OP and 2 of them are butchered to fit in his 2 tanks
>be me, trip over your gigantic cases because you left them sticking halfway into the aisle and my corpulent form crushes the entire contents of both cases and I spill my styrofoam container of middle eastern food onto your pants.
Serves both of you right.
why the frick did the words "corpulent form" just make me spit out my drink laughing..I imagined fricking baron harkonnen spilling his spicy curry all over some ultramarines or something holy frick what a mental image
>be me
>arrive with a bucket containing 2 armies
>tip it onto the table and throw dice at my opponent
Yes? Theyre explicitly intended for smaller warband sized games, not your whole 40k/fantasy army
Really Useful Boxes are not cheap in North America so an alternative will have to be found.
They're sold in Sam's Club in a 5-pack for around 25 USD.
Looking for a good magnetic backing material for the boxes I have
The stuff I got didn't stick to shit
Figured this out after magnetizing all by bases as well.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Magnet-Shop-Magnetic-sheets-Storage/dp/B00IAY7DLW
I bought this.
Nothing really stuck it.
I glued a bunch of magnets to the bottom of the box and then glued the sheet over them.
It works so far.
Huh, that seems really good and really easy.
Shit loads cheaper than a case, too.
>GW Miniature case? No thanks, I use a big 12$ plastic bin I found at Wal-Mart stuffed with bubble-wrap to transport my army
Your paint will rub off
>laughs in varnish
The paint would rub off with these
too, but at least anon isn't down $50-100
Hasn't yet.
your mom rubs me off
Just repaint them homie lol it's not that hard bro
paint?
all the damage shows off the battle scars my lil guys took
Hey I like the effect of the paint chip on my metal models. Gives me free highlights.
paint?
Use blutac under the bases. Even cheaper.
Games workshop are FRICKING trolling. Anyone who buys this needs to die.
This is why I use pistol cases from sporting goods stores. Egg crate style, soft foam that does the job perfectly.
>That'll be $159.99 + tip
rubber maiden
*snap*
oh well, some extra glue will fix that
I literally keep all my miniatures in cheap fishing tackle boxes.
Looks like it will fit exactly 0.8 large sigmar models.
Magnetized my bases and put them on a metallic baking tray with carrying lid. 10$ per tray for 40 to 50 infantry models and around 10$ for magnets
you can fit bigger miniatures to the sides
Genius
Now you're thinking with portals!
Biggest problem with magnets I have is getting them to glue permanently. Superglue breaks off really easily. Using two-part epoxy pretty much requires you to plan ahead and do 200 bases at a time before you even paint the models.
Maybe your super glue just sucks
stick them to greenstuff and then superglue. The combo makes it much better
Or get Loctite ultra super glue
use superglue to hold it in place then baking soda + superglue around it to fix it there forever
Why is GW like this?
>why does paper entity that only exists to make money do things that make it money?
That's the real horror, people will actually buy it.
How much of what GW actually sell now is supposed to invoke the spectre of wargaming, but is really just premium-priced trinkets that they know their customer base either won't use or at the very least will tolerate
The cases aren't really designed to carry models effectively
The minis aren't really designed for painting and playing with a wargame as the primary intent
The rules aren't really designed to facilitate an intricate, sustainable, and balanced game
At a reach, even the paints aren't designed to stay liquid once you've opened them lol, when the whole rest of the industry has moved to dropper bottles
It all seems to add up to a consumeristic ideal of wargaming, a pastiche, with none of the real utility or intent behind it. Which is probably not news to some, but I thought these kinds of shenanigans stopped at them being "a model company first and foremost", whereas now after seeing those cases I'm starting to think they're actively using wargaming as a lifestyle product rather than it just being a tacked-on addition to the models they want to sell.
>How much of what GW actually sell now is supposed to invoke the spectre of wargaming, but is really just premium-priced trinkets that they know their customer base either won't use or at the very least will tolerate
A lot of this stuff is targeted at the 1% of their customers that provide 50% of their income. They don't care if 99% of their consumer base finds it stupid as long as 1% buy it.
GW sells nice looking models to people and everything else including the actual game is knick knacks to sell more stuff to people who think you need it for their minis.
>can hold a whopping 5 models
They cannot be serious
they are marketing it as a replacement for the skirmish case and not the kill team case which is even sillier. I can pack 50 guard sized models and a vehicle in the existing skirmish case which I can't help but also notice has had it's price increased by 75% since I bought one
Nothing tops the Ikea Kvissle + magnets combo.
Missed the picture
>no way to close it
Disaster waiting to happen
The whole thing fits neatly inside an ubereats bag
Foam tape on the runners makes them fit snug enough they won't fall out then you put the whole thing in a bag. I've used this set up for years with no issues.
Why the frick would you get this when you can use a compact bed of bubble wrap in a shoe box?
It's only squad size
why the frick would you use bubble wrap in a showbox when you can just buy a bag of fresh bread and eat out the middle of the loaf outside the store until it fits your miniatures
Why the frick would you use bag of fresh bread with the middle eaten out when you can use an airtight garbage bag full of water which can hold an entire army that you then freeze into a solid large block which you then thaw out with a hairdryer when you get to the store?
why go through all the effort to freeze and unfreeze your minis when it's so much simpler to save your hair and beard trimmings from trips to the barber in a sack and store your minis in there, it's perfectly soft enough to keep them safe and you get free hair textures, making your animalistic or bearded models far more realistic
Why the frick would you use a sack of hair when you could hire a small army of migrant workers who can march in formation behind you while carefully holding one mini in each hand?
I don't want strangers touching my beautiful unvarnished miniatures with their grubby hands, a much more practical transport solution is to dissassemble every model so they store flat enough to mail in the post in protective envelopes to the game store then reassemble them when you arirve for game night
Wait a second, you're on to something with the liquid storage.
Keeping models submerged would prevent damage and comes with the additional benefits of cleaning away any dust gathered on them.
You would have to varnish them of course but that's a given.
The only downside is that liquid in volume big enough to fully cover all models would get really heavy, making the storage inconvenient to carry by hand or even on your back. But maybe if you put in on wheels?
I reckon that you could store a 500 points mesbg army in a 3 litre plastic bag filled with water.
>zero fuchs given
Biggest homosexual flag in the hobby is someone going around with one of these
Shows a base lack of DIY or ability to research better brands
Do I have to throw away all my old carrying cases now? That's so stupid, GW cares only about profit
Yes, TOs will ban you if you don't
yes, IMMEDIATELY
>not buying a new army every time you enter a GW store, assembling it with the finest Citadel paints and hobby supplies then incinerating it after the store closes
Whats the best way to pack my minis in a box if I need to give it to a moving company (I'm moving interstate and no gaurantee there will be room in my car)?
I'm interested in knowing how commision artists do it when mailing back to their (sometimes overseas) clients.
nice way to get your shit damaged
Christ, that’s fricking stupid.
You’d seriously be way better served using that money to just buy a foam wire cutter and 54x16x2 foam sheets.
Or magnets.
Literally anything but these things.
You expect too much from "Warhammer hobbyists".
morons will buy it. it will sell out. don't give them money for shit you don't want. berate people who want it on social media they don't just lock the comments on. at the same time, if you do like something they made, buy it to send the message you want them doing things your way. vote with your wallet.
how well do minis hold up against great stuff expamding foam?
We had cases to carry our action figures back in the 80's.
When I was a kid and we had no brain cells we all used the GW suitcase and it was perfect... for infantry or 1000p armies. Tanks needed an extra box of shoes with toilet paper inside.
P. D. I still use mine, and yes that new GW case is rubish.
In 5 years GW will sell supermarket cardboard egg cases to transport models for 80€ and people will buy it anywais.
For older models and no vehicles that one is great.
My old me had the dumb idea of cutting it to fit tanks.
Now it fits dumb frick super huge models in those spaces, but today it is mostly for storage.
these cases are actually good and I use one to store and carry my BFG fleet
Magnetized tupperware containers changed my life.
>Carry 4 buckets to gaming shop on stick
1 has 175 Ork Boyz and a few KFF meks with packing peanuts.
2 is full of spegetti
3 is 1,007 green Wish.com dice
4 is Mountain Dew to ballast speget.
If red headed girl is working the counter today, only have a 1 in 4 change of noodle incident.
>Now you're thinking with buckets.
What's wrong with just putting all my miniatures in a container, packing them so tightly they cannot move?
I used to have a big carrying case, but I have to park so far away and walk through the bad neighborhoods to get to the FLGS, that there's a too big of a chance that carrying case gets stolen.
Are magnetic sheets or steel sheets better for containers?
Steel sheets, and then magnets underneath the model's base.