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The Pain of Transporting Your Army - Shas'O Sodit | |
| From when you buy your first model to your first tournament (and further), transporting between local gaming club and home have always been a swine.
Having collected GW games for round 8 years I've seen and tried many ways of transporting my armies around, the main problem making sure that the paint stays on the model (ie, not chipped) and they also stay together as one piece. The ordinary box By far the cheapest option available to you, usually you will wrap each model or surround tem with common tissue paper or cotton wool. The only problem is finding a box big enough to suit what you need. Using a box seems Ok, but in the end, each time you use the models, you will have to unwrap each model when only a hour or so later you wrapping each model up again, and if you manage to get another game within a short time, your doing the same thing all over again. For me its still a decent choice for transporting models, but not normal infantry, its better for large infantry (like Ogres, Trolls, dragons, vehicles, etc) where you will only have a few miniatures to unwrap every battle. Marks out of 10: 4 ToolboxIt looks the best, but it depends on what ya do. Its better to make the toolbox suit your army, but do not merely place all the models box unprotected, they will not last long. The price of a toolbox depends on the size, for instance mine was bought for £15 a few years ago.    Here's one i've had for a few years, it suits my 'Freak army. One problem is the shelves are being used for holding infantry, I've had to put a layer of tissue paper on each shelf to stop the paint being scratched, which so far has worked. Another reason it suits my 'Freak army is that it has enough space to hold all my 'Freak vehicles (some 40 odd?), but these are piled on top of each other, but as long as the box isn't battered much, this shouldn't be a problem.    Here's a toolbox that has had all the plastic shelves removed and replaced with cut and layered foam. Each cut-out is able to hold the whole regiment, including the movement tray which all the models in the unit are blu-tacked to, so when he getting his army out for a game, the models are already set up on trays. Marks out of 10: 7 GW Carry Case By far the most obvious to use. I've used one for long while, it can hold to 108 ordinary infantry models. It has 3 Layers of pre-cut foam, which can easily be made to hold larger models like ogres or trolls. It can also be made to hold vehicles as well, but it may need to cut into 2 layers of foam. One problem is the price, its been up and down for a few years, and at the moment its £30 each. Which can be a little expensive, especially compared to toolboxes. Although it may hold less then a toolbox, it does protect them a lot more. Marks out of 10: 7 Charon Skirmish Pack/Figures in Comfort casesFairly new and rare to be seen, but from what I've seen, they are very good cases. Each are very big, able to hold 200 odd models and few large models.These cases are available at www.nugaming.com and Cheltenham Games Charon Skirmish pack By far the most common of big cases, able to hold many models and books. But one problem is the outer cover, if the case is bended, the layers of foam will be bent along with it, damaging the models. It is perhaps better forking out and getting the deluxe version where the cover is harden to stop such things. Marks out of 10: 8 Figures In comfort Cases The newest and by far the most promising of the big case, where how many models it holds depends on the layers of foam you buy. Rather then giving you pre-set foam designs, you get to choose which ones you want, so whether you have horse based army or Armoured company, you can get layers of form to suit your army. Marks out of 10: 9 Well there you have it, from what I can tell there all the main ways of transporting miniatures, there are other ways, but I've probably not seen these. One example is a converted gun case, I still snigger when I hear the story of someone who took he's gun case to a (American) GW only to find he brought the wrong case, and actually took a gun! ("Did you say I lost?") An example of clearly marking your case is a good idea. (Especially with GW Carry cases - personalise yours to stop someone walking off with it by accident). If you have any more ideas for army transporting, please private message me on the forums, and I will add to this article | |
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