Hi all !!!
I enthusiastically returned to
40k almost one full year ago. I am not the best painter but I've been having a blast transforming my plastic into painted models I am proud of. I really take my time and make sure to correct all mistakes and try my best on every model. I'm a bit of a slow painter but I am learning how to be better and faster.
I am sure this post has never been made before, but here goes...
I have some Khorne Berserkers I just finished and I am unsure how safely they will travel in the case I have. It is a
GW case from maybe 15 years or so ago, with the individual unit slots.
I am sure they are not the most fragile unit out there, but I played a few games with these guys unpainted but glued and every trip I would lose an arm or an extra sword (I went with the extra swords in the box, they need as many weapons as they can carry, of course) Pic of case type shown, with some of my old guys. I'll probably strip them down eventually and repaint them. I need to get some war machines painted first!
Option One I am considering is trimming away the foam and custom cutting extra space for them. I thought about labeling each mini under its base and labeling the slots for them as well, as each one has a different pose.
Here is an example pic of one of them from the front and side. His arms are at fairly wide angles and he has the extra sword.
And another pic that shows them resting. They do not lay 'backpack flat,' the sword pokes the ground a little bit.
I also have some Wrathmongers that were super fun to paint that I am very happy with that I use as Possessed. I do like the possessed model but I like these ones even more. Right now these guys travel in a shoe box with foam in it but I would like something a bit safer and something combined if possible. Their weapons are definitely a danger area.
Do experienced players think I should cut away the foam (someone who knows their stuff at a
GW store told me he liked the cases I have) or should I go for Option Two and be looking into one of
GWs channel foam cases.
I also considered picking up a Pelican case with the pluckable foam since in the years to come I plan on having quite a sizable force. But, I am not sure how well my minis would fit in those square shapes, compared to my current case or a
GW channel foam case. I know about BattleFoam, KR Multicase, and others from reading posts on this forum from web searching but they sort of have the same dilemma as now - trying to fit these guys (and future models like bikes, rhinos, helbrutes, maulerfiends, soul grinder, bloodthirster? etc) into the rectangle shaped boxes.