Another day, another poll... how do you store your miniatures?

Mine are on my shelves, though only because I can't bear to store them in that dark, dank carry case.

Eventually I will have to relegate some though. Either that are start buying more shelves.

I had to go with other since you can't select multiple choices. I use a Sabol case, Plano multi sompartment trays and store some stuff on a shelf for display. It depends on the model being stored as to how it gets stored.

I store mine in one half of my Battle force Box for Tau.

Display Cabinets for my mini's, I have four of them so far and they are a big help in keeping the dust off.

Although my Scenery goes on ordinary shelves most of the time.

I store mine (for now) in a big, blue, plastic box... more like a tub. It's very disorganized and not very efficient... but it works.

In my famous bucket!

I use a combination of items; right tool for the job and all that. I have some GW cases, some Sabol Army Transports and I also use a lot of Plano 1404 accessory cases for large models.

I can fit two Baneblades or two Brass Scorpions or a Tower of Skulls or five Leman Russ tanks, etc. in a single Plano case and those cost as little as about $11 each in the right store. It's a great, economical option for a few larger models.

Some on shelves some in GW carry cases.

In an ammo box in my closet. It was the most convienent thing i had at the time when i first needed something to transport my army in ( went shooting that morning too and shot up all of my ammo so why not?).

The models i regularly use are in GW cases, but the rest are on shelves and in boxes.

I store absolutely everything in custom designed cases that I manufacture myself (i.e. old foam from old trays glued to cardboard boxes that have slots for every individual miniature).

I put them on shelves for all to see! I'm still working on getting some cases for my minis

Some are on shelves. Some are in cases.

I keep mine in a Tool box. Vehicles and Battlesuits in the bottom, infantry on the top. I need to get something better to store them in without spending a fortune however.

Display cabinets. I put enough time into painting them, I want them to be on display!

I tend to game at my own place anyways, so it's easy just to pull them off the shelf of the display cases and put them back (easier than putting them into the Sabol foam).

In general i use my GW case but i keep the ones i'm painting available on my desk.

I used to have mine on a set of shelves, but now there is not enough room for that within my new home, so I have them stored in boxes and tins stacked inside another giant box.

With my current army out on the painting table, window sill and any other handy flat surface.

Ikea display cabinet(s)... then into storage / transport

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/10011055

I use 2 of the methods available in your poll. That is why I voted other...

Partly shelves (I have a nice displaykabinet which hold my painted figs (or mostly painted ) And a part of my collection is stored in boxes and gw/Sabol-cases...

I keep infantry on one shelf and armour on another. I don't have enough room for a display case. Yet.

It's just a pain to dust them off.

I use a mix of Citadel and Sabol stuff

The troops go in tackle-box trays and the tanks go in old boxed set boxes.

I've got a bunch of different storage.

Tool box for my ACW army.

Plastic section boxes for my Inca and Roman 15mm armies.

Cardboard boxes for my 6mm Napoleonic army and my Battletech models.

Various 3rd party foam lined briefcases for my 28mm role-playing and 40K figures.

Various 3rd party foam lined small boxes and cases for my 1/3000 naval fleets.

I don't have enough finished tanks to worry about storage yet.

I also have plenty of unfinished figures in various parts bins and so on.

Jacksonhighlander wrote:In an ammo box in my closet. It was the most convienent thing i had at the time when i first needed something to transport my army in ( went shooting that morning too and shot up all of my ammo so why not?).

What happens when you want to store ammo or take a lot with you to the range?

Tauzor wrote:Ikea display cabinet(s)... then into storage / transport

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/10011055

SNAP! me too, IKEA FTW!

(but most of my minis are unfinished so have not made it to the shelves )

Most are in a battlefoam PACK, some are on the dresser top and my large terrain is in a display case where my modelling club meets.

Shoe Box and tissue paper...nothings too good for my little darlings.

Assembled/painted figs I stick in padded cases, mostly some double layer pistol cases I got at walmart years ago for around 5$ each. Theyre about the size of a reg GW case and work fine.

I just got a Sabol case that will be nice for playing at stores or freinds places since I can store units as squads and cram my books/dice into one bag. I call it my giant 40k purse.

Unpainted/unassembled figs, of which I have legion, are stored by race in boxes on shelves in my 40k room. My larger armies generally have one large box, and the bitz intensive armies like SM, CSM and Orks also have a couple of large divided cases for bits (2 for sm, 3 for CSM, 2 for orks, 1 for IG). I also have a box thats just full of misc vehicle bitz and parts left over from other models.

BrassScorpion wrote:I use a combination of items; right tool for the job and all that. I have some GW cases, some Sabol Army Transports and I also use a lot of Plano 1404 accessory cases for large models.

I can fit two Baneblades or two Brass Scorpions or a Tower of Skulls or five Leman Russ tanks, etc. in a single Plano case and those cost as little as about $11 each in the right store. It's a great, economical option for a few larger models.

What are Plano 1404 and where can you buy them?

I store my minis in toolboxs that i put foam in.

I had to put other as there was no all of the above, except for selection one option.

I got like 3 different things. Got an Army Transport, a gw case, and a tackle Box I use. Along with half my army constantly laying on my desktop.

I'm really a combination. Plastic bins while minis are waiting to be prepped, assembled, based, and/or otherwise painted.

Once painted most are stored in a foam brick of some sort (ala Battlefoam or sabol). Then I rotate armies in and out of the display case depending on what is being played at the time. If I'm playing the army a lot it is usually in foam to grab on the go. Armies that are stagnent get to hang out and look good.

I'd like to them on display, but my girlfriend don't get the point in spreading my "tiny bizarre thingys" all over the house...

So when they're not on the WIP desk, or on the tabletop, they're being displayed... in a closed wardrobe!!!!

But when I'm there, I can open the doors and watch'em as much as I want huh!!!

I said other, ONLY because I store mine in both a multi section plastic box (tackle box) and on a shelf as well.

Depends...

New stuff goes on a storage shelf until I get to it.

WIP stuff goes on a bookshelf or storage shelf near the painting table. I'm fickle and work on multiple subjects at once.

Painted figs are either in the display case (stuff I don't play much) or in figure cases ready to go (for my currently playing armies).

A repurposed toolbox.

Mistress of minis wrote:Assembled/painted figs I stick in padded cases, mostly some double layer pistol cases I got at walmart years ago for around 5$ each. Theyre about the size of a reg GW case and work fine.

I just got a Sabol case that will be nice for playing at stores or freinds places since I can store units as squads and cram my books/dice into one bag. I call it my giant 40k purse.

Unpainted/unassembled figs, of which I have legion, are stored by race in boxes on shelves in my 40k room. My larger armies generally have one large box, and the bitz intensive armies like SM, CSM and Orks also have a couple of large divided cases for bits (2 for sm, 3 for CSM, 2 for orks, 1 for IG). I also have a box thats just full of misc vehicle bitz and parts left over from other models.

where do you keep your shoes ??

Since I got a display cabinet, I've had a lot more positive reaction to my models as they look much more like some high form of art than toys, especially when the down lighting is turned on. They have received considerably more admiration from visitors than when they were on my desk or piled away in boxes.

I needed an 'All of the Above' option My basement has been described as 'What happens when the GW plant explodes'.

Tauzor wrote:

Mistress of minis wrote:Assembled/painted figs I stick in padded cases, mostly some double layer pistol cases I got at walmart years ago for around 5$ each. Theyre about the size of a reg GW case and work fine.

I just got a Sabol case that will be nice for playing at stores or freinds places since I can store units as squads and cram my books/dice into one bag. I call it my giant 40k purse.

Unpainted/unassembled figs, of which I have legion, are stored by race in boxes on shelves in my 40k room. My larger armies generally have one large box, and the bitz intensive armies like SM, CSM and Orks also have a couple of large divided cases for bits (2 for sm, 3 for CSM, 2 for orks, 1 for IG). I also have a box thats just full of misc vehicle bitz and parts left over from other models.

where do you keep your shoes ??

Shoes are in my regular closet, or more often, in a pile near the front door where I flip them off when I come home

is a plastic tool box a "multi-section plastic container"?

$10 at Home Depot and easily carry 3000 pts of minis and tanks

Need to allow multiple options on this one. For me:
In cardboard boxes
In an official GW army case
In a third party army case
(Most of the boxes and cases are in a closest)
Visible on open shelving or surfaces
In a display cabinet

I store my models in a combination of ways. I have a dedicated game room, so my game table is always set up. I'll have some models on the table like a big diorama, and others in a display cabinet (Ikea has a good one for pretty cheap). Anything that either won't fit or I don't feel like putting out stay in GW cases or the big 'ol 45 gallon Sterelite container for tanks.

Random sectional cases for the ones i dont use or care to see .A tool box is what i carry my army in i fit a land raider a predator and a rhino at the bottom my terminators my chaos lord in termi army havoc squad chosen and 25 csm at the top and my codex and rule book dice measuring tape at the bottom as well.

If models sit on the shelves i find they tend to collect to much dust.

Mine kind of...lay around all over the place.

All in a GW case, makes it easy so that when I go to my FLGS I just have to pick it up and go!

I said third party case but mine is actually a tool box

I own a GW display case that I keep my purtier armies in...my average stuff or current tourny army usually sits in the case until I want to show it off. Any army that is currently WIP is also in the case. Next to that is an IKEA glass display case for all my trophies....

I use reaper but Im sick of it. I really wanted to look into those cases that were advertised on this site a while back.

Had to go with Other as there was no 'All of the above'

I take Charon foam and stick my models in 'em. Then I stick the foam in cardboard boxes originally used for storing 8.5"x11" paper. I label them, and stick 'em in my basement.

I have a 3 level cabinet with closeing doors. I put my 40k minis here.

Under the cabinet are open shelves where I keep my paints and supplies.

Well as there is no multiple thing option here it goes I have 6 gw cases, one sabo, one tool box, loads of boxes and plastic bins and three sets of shelves holding my stuff.

Mine are in army cases, and on shelves, but I couldnt pick both, so just army cases

I kinda put them where ever they can go. i have so dang many of these toy soldiers. They are all over the place.

I've only voted GW cases because that was all that was available locally to me when I bought aload and have found cheap on ebay past couple I bought years back.

Next time I need more room though going to be looking at the others can order online and for a case to transport armies in.

In a tacklebox I bought for $8! It's pretty full now, so I'm going to need a new one soon. The GW figure cases are far too expensive for a plastic box with some foam in it, $165 was just taking the cost of wargaming too far.

Mostly cardboard boxes with some sort of packing material, for storage at least. I'm happy to pick out what I need and transfer it to a case when required. Fully painted models tend to have permanent foam-homes.

i have a few of these, best mass storage cases ive found so far:


and it holds about this much.

I use a GW case for the majority of my army, but when I ran out of room, I moved my earlier models into cardboard boxes and into...
the attic of no return
to make room for my more recent and frequently used models

I made my own army cases out of wine boxes. Aside from getting hassled by drunk college kids they work pretty well. Put myself under "third party".

I used to use the Battalion Boxes, but recently I started using some loose plastic containers.


However, I'm looking into an army case for both my Fantasy and 40k Armies (I'm not fond of GW's cases as they don't have any spots for Tanks, Monsters, and Cavalry!)

some in boxes. some on shelves, some in cases, but most on gaming board!

In a tool box with bubble wrap layers

I actually have two old card catalogues from a high school library. I have most of my supplies unfinished models in the drawers. I have finished models on top.

Wish there had been a choice to choose multiple so I chose other instead. I store them on open shelves as well as boxes and in GW Cases (till I can get some diff ones)

Most of my Death Guard is in box-form at the moment. But the models I do have I have piled up in a shoebox. I'm planning on buying a Battlefoam case though.

All the above except for the first selection.

Before painted there in Egg Crate( egg cartens), whiling being painted still in egg Crate.....
After there done , I go and buy Foam trays....
But half the time my troops or Infanty models are in foam trays , while my vehilces are on the shelves...

Steel toolboxes, flex-steel sheeting and rare earth magnets glued to the bottom of each mini.

I use a glass display case, aircraft are hung from the ceiling.

I recently bought my first GW carry case (double size Warhammer 40K one), but 90% of my models are in cardboard shoe boxes, usually fairly badly packed.

In time all models will hopefully make it into proper packaging, but knowing me... probably not. Much prefer spending my money on models!

Battlefoam, nuff said.

either gw case if i'm gonna go play somewhere soon or just got back from gaming, but mainly on my game board, partway through a game.

In a cabinet, so my dog don't get to them, And beside I rarly play so don't need to worry about packing them too often.

I don't think my unpainted orks deserve much more than the bottom half of the AoBR box... so that's where they are! The only battle damage they've undergone is a blade breaking off the prop of a deffkopta... not too bad. It makes it look Orky!!

i use pencil boxes many pencil boxes

Depends on the army.

Currently, my CSM have the worst offering- they're just put in empty GW boxes I have lying around. For the time being my Tyranids are also the same (apart from delicate models, like the Hive Tyrant), but I'm in the process of getting better storage for those.

My Blood Angels are stored in a KR Multicase, aside from a couple of EXTREMELY fragile models (converted Standard Bearer) and a couple of vehicles I just keep in GW empty boxes until I have some more foam sheets for them.

The necrons go in an Army Transport case...

the orks are in tackle box w my black reach boyz in a gladware contianer!

On shelves or on my desk. Just doesn't seem right to keep em hidden. Dust is annoying though...

I voted for "visible on open shelving or storage space" since that's the primary place I store my miniatures. I happen to use GW cases, refitted cardboard boxes, 3rd party miniatures cases, plastic storage bins, and random foam trays for storage and transport as well, but I didn't really want to just vote "other - half a dozen of the above".

I store mine in clear plastic boxes so they don't get dust and I can see them

Open shelving, since I don't have a glass display cabinet, but still like to see them. I have an official GW case for transport, if only because I found a good deal on Ebay. I haven't gotten around to getting more trays, yet, due to limited funds. I can fit the troops for both of my armies and then some, but I can't fit elites or vehicles for either. So, since "storage" is ambiguous, open shelving for the long-term and display, GW army case/cardboard boxes for transport.

Lots-Some in GW cases, some in non-GW cases, some on shelves, and some on glass shelves (in display cases). Also have lots in boxes packed up for protection...

As much as I'd like, I can't afford a game room to display them all.....{or at least afford the room and the minis ;-) }

I keep them in a cloth sack like my groceries.

third party case

i tape them to the bottom of GW tank boxes....works great. I tried the foam awhile ago, just didnt see the point in it, unless im storing golden daemon entries. Eventually, I would like to have a nice display cabinet to put them in

In a third party army case and visible on open shelving.

I have a "fat bag" which is essentially an army case about twice the size of a GW bag, but can still carry about the same amount(doh!), but I got it for $5 at a garage sale. Scrapbooking buddy or something like that. Meh. All my painted models I put in foam or hard carry cases they can't move around in, and all unpainted ones I put in Battleforce boxes. Any models I'm not actively using(so, basically my Nids and all my Fantasy models) go either up in shelves or in Battleforce boxes on the shelves.

GW figure case / 3rd party cases depending on the army
China cabinet for the stuff i keep at home
Randomly sprawled on my painting table, just because!

i hardly "store" my models, but when i do its the cardboard boxes you get deliveries in. normally i just leave my army on my big table. for storage if im going round a friends house, then i use either shoe boxes or a third party case (i am using a duratool case which i just stick foam in)

Tackle boxes ftw.
effective storage and transport for just about everything.

Uh... When I'm transporting them to my local store and back I use my GW army case-cheap piece of crap¬¬- and a run of the mill GW regiment sized cardboard box for my tanks. Err...At home my other models end up being tossed into drawers haphazardly till they all fit etc. Meh, the paint doesn't chip much and there's few breakages to care about, so I don't really put much effort into it. There just models.¬¬

On my allocated 'warhammer desk'. However some do spend time in my army case, which is made by GW.

I use a fairly large Army Transport case.

A shoe box.

But my favourite models stand in front of my tv.
Keeps my models safe.

Ironic they are safer out of the box.

In short plastic models in a box,metal on the tv.

I can't stand to put my miniatures anywhere but plain sight on a table.

I have many case types as well. More than half of my Tyranids are in a double rifle case.

Pretty much a combination of all the answers, but when I transport my models I use Games Workshop cases for my GW stuff, and KR multicase for other wargames.

Mine are mainly stored on shelves but they also have army containers, both GW and 3rd party as well as multi sectioned plastic containers

Mostly on a bookcase shelf/my desk. That gets them unfortunately dusty though, so I'm looking in to getting a display case if I can ever get to Ikea (the nearest one to me is 2+ hours away).

Of course that entails finding a place to put a display case too.

Used to be my book case but I got a big fancy glass display case from a local cafe that went bust, thank you global economic crisis! I also have a nice cover over for the top to hide what is inside when girls come over...haven't used that yet though...

When I take my war barbies away to battle they go in a couple of battered pelican cases because I think that looks more hardcore and because I got em cheap!

I took a large 16x20 shadow box with hinged door lid and replaced the back with a magnetic board and as for my mini's I've cut out and placed magnetic adhesive strips to the bottom of the bases. I can tilt it nearly 90 deg. before some of my heavier pewter mini's slide or fall.

I voted other.
I keep my main army in a large tool case i bought(read got mum to by for me) some years ago.
my other stuff is stored in a mixture of tubs containers and yes margarine tubs. they are very usful for terrain to....
all this is-or atleast in theory should be stored in a large blue plastic box(couldnt get a black one-DAMN).
in reality however its all over my(rather messy) room. finding things is a nightmare-just the other day i uncoverd "Tankbuster Tim" a private in my guard force with a melta and spesse mariine legs(i hate marines) and the head from a spesse mariine flamer. thought he was long gone up the hoover or nicked by one of those theiving basterds that used to haunt my local GW before they were driven out. i hate those bastards-1 of them once nicked 1.5Ks worth of old rare metal eldar aspect warriors from me. and there was nothing i could do. i hate that basterd. 1 day ill hunt him down and kill him. i still see him in my local GW. my hatred of him goes beyond what words can describe. sticking his fat nose into games. picking fault with my models. that basterd

In many places, they don't all seem to fit on my shelving/in my army cases (yes, cases).

A combination of cardboard boxes for the forces I regularly take to the field, and "reserve" forces in an old toolbox.

I use GW cases and the odd shelf...

Foamy hard cases are exelent for protection, but you can't show them off as well as on a shelve. The solution? Transparent plastic case.

I keep my models in a tissue paper packed Monolith box, which is in turn in a bag for life. Yeah, I'm pretty cheap when it comes to transporting models I can always repair models when I get there...

$20 pistol cases from Academy.

Mine sit on a shelf and get covered in dust. It's annoying but I have limited space to put them anywhere else.
Glass display cabinet is what I would really like but not till I win the lotto.

I put them in a display cabinet When not using them, but I have a GW figure case for when I play games.

In my old-school GW case

Virtually all of those options apply to me.

Mine are in a big briefcase with plastic bags as padding.

I store most in GW cases or Sabol cases. I store all my painted space wolf stuff in two ogre battleboxes loose because I hates them.

On the gaming table, when there painted. So I can see how many I've finished. Helps keep my spirits up.

In a fishing case ( 10$ to store 300 miniatures...)

I just keep them in some LRBT boxes. Simple and easy ^_^

Well as of lately 2 really awesome tackle boxes because I have been transporting my army a lot more lately. They work great for me and nothing has broken while I transport them. Fragile things are usually set on tissue paper. When I don't plan on playing any games for an extended period of time I have a pretty huge plastic case with pull out layers.

A GW case to lug minis around in, a tool kit with custom cut foam for my tanks and monsters.
A cardboard box for the models that are currently unpopular with me and a pair of shelves for my favoured 'out of use' models.
This would have been better if it were a multi choice questionnaire.

3rd party army case as we don't have a GW shop here

In foam trays and hard cases I make myself from pistol cases.
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/362407.page

I put most of my infantry models inside the foam GW cases. If they are painted I try and squeeze them in for protection. Sometimes if a model is too big though I just wrap them up in tissue paper or toilet paper (extra soft ) and then stick them in with the bigger models. I usually stick the big models, dice, measuring tape and broken and unpainted masses of models inside converted GW model boxes (AKA my Land Raider box that is now sectioned off to hold models). The GW cardboard boxes are deep and wide usually and they are pretty sturdy. Plus they have cool artwork to keep people from accidentally throwing the cardboard boxes away. I have heard horror stories of such things on this site.

Anywho, that's my storage story.

-VardenV2

I voted for "offical GW carry case" although i also keep some packed neatly into a showbox covered in beanbag beans... Mostly these are my old LOTR minis. Some i keep on my desk.

Mine are just laying around.....who needs to store stuff....

NZ Army 5.56mm wooden ammo case

CARDBOARD BAWKSES!

However I plan on getting a tackle box and applying foam to it.

Most of my CSM are in a Sabol Army Transport.
Empire and HE are in various cardboard boxes for the time being.
VC are still on the sprue in the box they came in.

I use a GW case and then some other random tubs/ toolboxes are handy too!

Tackle Box

Two main WM/H factions go in PP BF bags, spare trays for occassional extras, but WHFB currently all sit on magnetized trays inside a GW box, and anything I don't actively play sits in a display cabinet. Unpainted stuff is found on old Fast food trays organized by faction.

I built a case myself... bought a case from the hardware store and put a metal plate inside. Then each of my models got a magnet in the base. Result: much space and the paint has no contact with any foam.

Half of mine are in boxes in the shed and GW cases, and the others are in a glass display case.

I stow my in the Really Useful Box things with plastic separators and that works well to keep my models organised (and unbroken).

I magnetized the bottom of all my models so I store them in plastic containers with sheets of metal epoxied to the bottom. It works well since they don't move around. The only problem was when I first started doing this I bought magnets that were WAY to strong. They strong magnets work well on heavy vehicles like Land Raiders but I snapped so many infantry off their bases because of it.

My "third party army case" is a pair of Plano tackle boxes strategically lined with air conditioned filter foam. I have been using these for minus for almost 15 years and it has only failed me once, fortunately it was with plastic D&D minis and it was my fault. I put a good anoint of time in to make these work, and so far, so good!

I have 2 6 shelf lawyer's bookshelves. They've got the glass cabinet doors. Beautiful furniture, hopefully my paint jobs do them justice

some in a cabinet, some in a case, and some on shelves.

I used to keep completed models in tins, but I recently got a sabol army transport for my birthday. Very nice. I was always scared something would break in the tins, though nothing ever did.

Meanwhile uncompleted models or other projects on the go cover every available surface in my house. Sometimes I manage to quarantine it to one table, but it always spreads.

Multi-section plastic containers, myself. I seem to run infantry-heavy armies (Tau and Orks), and even my one vehicle-heavy army (Space Wolves) has 4 10-man squads of Grey Hunters and 3 6-man squads of Long Fangs. Gotta go with what keeps my infantry safe on the cheap.

A few full-height display cases (floor to ceiling). Already looking like I need another, since the last is filling up again.

I keep mine in the battleforce boxes

I built my own wooden case out of a single piece of wood. It has actually only twenty cavities, each provided with packaging material to avoid movement. It may actually be one of the heaviest and bulkiest cases ever seen.

I store them in humpteen different ways from GW carry cases, Display Cabinets to random carboard boxes.

I've made custom carrying cases with the eggcrate foam, infantry balance well in between the valleys. Also cutting out custom shapes from square mattress foam worked miracles for my old Tyranid Army.

Lately, it's been Sabol Foam Trays in a coincidentally perfectly sized cardboard box for my Space Marines. My next army, Eldar, is planning on having a custom display board, just magnetizing the miniatures to the board for transport.

Painted minis, Sabol or Battle Foam. Unpainted, any where they fit

Imperial Guard stored in metal ammo boxes from a surplus store.

I don't have many tanks or metal/finecast models so it works for me. Transport in duffel bag.

In Egg Cartons

I chose other because I sore them using several methods. I have most in GW cases, some in 3rd party cases, and others in cardboard boxes. Would prefer to have them all in a case of some kind.

I stand them up in the boxes they came in (without the lids on) and stick the boxes on shelves.

My Orks aren't used to anything fancy, Just some old cardboard budweiser boxes. Open topped is how we roll.

Have 3 big gw cases, 2 old gw , those are for going to a game somewhere,
at home theres 12 styrofoam boxes of 50litres ,think like what fish may be stored in,
in wich i cut foam treys with cutout for all models unit by unit.