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I am looking for an alternative to the very expensive battlefoam. I have 3 land raiders, 100 minatures (tac marines to assault marines), 10 termies, 2 land speeders, a whirlwind, and a few other stuff. Does anyone know a good alternative to battlefoam? I have been using egg cartens for my minis (is that bad?). Any suggestions for a cheap battlefoam alternative (I have a suitcase, so I just need the foam)? Thanks in advance!

Outrider Hobbies does fantastic custom cut foam at a lower price then Battlefoam.

I use cotton fluff in a cardboard box.

Works amazing, and if you are really broke - you can tear apart an old blanket and wrap your models in the fluff for free.

Egg cartons sounds perfect. Douglaspococks solution is brilliant too.

KR multicases are excellent.

They have a basic cardboard case which holds 3 trays, that's enough for 1500 of IG for me. They're sturdy and will do all you need from a case for only about $40-50. They have a US operation now and have free shipping worldwide.

They have slightly more expensive (but still cheap) metal cases as well as a number of backpacks that contain the card cases.

I use KR as a storage system so have 5 card cars stacked at home and a metal case to go to tourneys with and a two case backpack for bigger games. I probably got all that for less that the standard BF bag (the occasional sale helps).

If that is not you taste Feldherr do a range of very well priced cases and bags that are as handsome as any other.

Cyporiean wrote:Outrider Hobbies does fantastic custom cut foam at a lower price then Battlefoam.

I've used them before and I was happy with the results. If the price on Battlefoam isn't an option I definitely recommend them.

notprop wrote:KR multicases are excellent.

Big +1 on that.

I'm about to order my 13th multicase.

notprop wrote:KR multicases are excellent.

They have a basic cardboard case which holds 3 trays, that's enough for 1500 of IG for me. They're sturdy and will do all you need from a case for only about $40-50. They have a US operation now and have free shipping worldwide.

They have slightly more expensive (but still cheap) metal cases as well as a number of backpacks that contain the card cases.

I use KR as a storage system so have 5 card cars stacked at home and a metal case to go to tourneys with and a two case backpack for bigger games. I probably got all that for less that the standard BF bag (the occasional sale helps).

If that is not you taste Feldherr do a range of very well priced cases and bags that are as handsome as any other.

I just got the KR backpack yesterday. It can hold my entire Valhallan infantry horde army plus armored support, and costs half as much as what a similar amount of storage would cost from Battlefoam.

+1 on the KR customs. Cracking things they are

Anyone got new KR half size boxes and are they any good? I need a small box for my 15mm's and spaceship fleets.

This, 14$ from Sports academy or 10 from wal mart. Foam and plucky foam included

I'm not a fan of the egg carton, I used them on my old metal GK and they just about all had arms broken off, I wound up getting sable foam and a cheap rolling carry on.

http://www.caseclub.com/ - you can get foam cut to any size from here.. you will only need to attach a bottom, and get a container for it all..

Brother SRM wrote:

notprop wrote:KR multicases are excellent.

They have a basic cardboard case which holds 3 trays, that's enough for 1500 of IG for me. They're sturdy and will do all you need from a case for only about $40-50. They have a US operation now and have free shipping worldwide.

They have slightly more expensive (but still cheap) metal cases as well as a number of backpacks that contain the card cases.

I use KR as a storage system so have 5 card cars stacked at home and a metal case to go to tourneys with and a two case backpack for bigger games. I probably got all that for less that the standard BF bag (the occasional sale helps).

If that is not you taste Feldherr do a range of very well priced cases and bags that are as handsome as any other.

I just got the KR backpack yesterday. It can hold my entire Valhallan infantry horde army plus armored support, and costs half as much as what a similar amount of storage would cost from Battlefoam.

This. I got the backpack and it fits my entire 5000pts of Space Wolves (although about 1000-1500 of those points are tied up in HQs to be fair ). Only about $150 Canadian which is very reasonable considering that it had free shipping + 2 cases with custom cut foam.

Get a sturdy box large enough for your force with PLENTY of room to spare, then go to the fabric area of walmart. their should be large rolls of open-cell foam near the quilting supplies. one roll can protect a huge number of models.

NAVARRO wrote:Anyone got new KR half size boxes and are they any good? I need a small box for my 15mm's and spaceship fleets.

Yes - bought one for my Blood Bowl teams. The half case is the same quality as the rest of the KR range so it's all good.

I'm with KR as well; Sabol isn't bad either and they're both cheaper than battlefoam. Battlefoam's quality is a bit better but when my toy soldiers only need to get from car to door of FLGS....

Butterfingers that I am, I've dropped my cardboard case on several occasions with nary a problem.

For those in the UK. £18 for 2x1m eggbox foam isn't bad.

http://www.bluearan.co.uk/index.php?id=ADH019430&browsemode=manufacturer

No love for Sabol?

http://www.saboldesigns.net/home.html

These guys where the best for a long long time. Still make an incredible product IMO.

Another Wal-Mart alternative I did for a huge Ork army:

Big plastic tote, about $5. Which will hold about:
6 Plastic shoebox things with lids, $0.94 each. Then get a:
Foam Mattress Pad. A full size is about $11. You should already have scissors.

One of the shoeboxes will hold 3 tanks easy and should have room for some more. You can also get like 3 layers in each one for troops and each layer will hold roughly 30. More if you wanna cram them in.

Might not be as pretty, but it works VERY well.

edit: Then I remembered you have a suitcase, so all you'd need is the pad.

Pistol cases or rifle cases.

Pistol cases are a bit more inconspicuous.

filbert wrote:

NAVARRO wrote:Anyone got new KR half size boxes and are they any good? I need a small box for my 15mm's and spaceship fleets.

Yes - bought one for my Blood Bowl teams. The half case is the same quality as the rest of the KR range so it's all good.

Awesome! Would you be so kind and do me huge favour? I would like to know the exact dimensions of the box just to know if it fits inside in my backpack, could you do that pretty please? Oh and how many inches of foam can it carry? Thanks in advance.

Because I am such an all-round good egg:

Dimensions - 10 1/2 inches x 8 x 4 1/2 ish

In metric - 27 cm x 20 x 12

In terms of foam, mine has 4 trays - they are the standard KR tray dimensions (apart from being half as wide obviously). Each tray has 25 standard spaces for a total of 100 figures per box.

Thanks mate! You deserve a bunch of virtual cookies

biccat wrote:Pistol cases or rifle cases.

Pistol cases are a bit more inconspicuous.

I actually did this in the past, I had a pistol I sold and I kept the case, it stares 2 LS and a rhino with half room to spare.


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Shaman5695 wrote:Another Wal-Mart alternative I did for a huge Ork army:

Big plastic tote, about $5. Which will hold about:
6 Plastic shoebox things with lids, $0.94 each. Then get a:
Foam Mattress Pad. A full size is about $11. You should already have scissors.

One of the shoeboxes will hold 3 tanks easy and should have room for some more. You can also get like 3 layers in each one for troops and each layer will hold roughly 30. More if you wanna cram them in.

Might not be as pretty, but it works VERY well.

edit: Then I remembered you have a suitcase, so all you'd need is the pad.

That seems very doable to me, thanks.



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And of course thank you so much to everyone else, all of your comments were read and researched, I still havn't made my decicion, but I have all the info written down.

Thanks much!

I'll tout this page again as well - there's an article on the site which lists all the major manufacturers and reviews them..

http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Model_Case_Reviews_and_Recommendations

I'll also throw in my support for KR. Their basic cases are a storage system as well as a travel case, they're MUCH cheaper than the competition, and their full Multicase/Kaiser travel bag system provides better protection than Battlefoam.