Making your own miniature carrying case

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**NakedBatBoy**

Thabks for the awesome tutorial! I'll start shopping around for a case now..

And thanks Tuatha, for the great cheap foam link.

tuatha1337 wrote:For an alternative source for the same type of foam, check out www.foambymail.com
I find that they're a little cheaper.

**NakedBatBoy**

MagickalMemories wrote:LOL @ 11 month threadomancy.

Go eat a soggy

ing grot. This thread it too good to let die!

**NakedBatBoy**

Lorek wrote:
NakedBatBoy wrote:Go eat a soggy ing grot. This thread it too good to let die!

EDITWoops! Spoke with the poster, and this was meant to be tongue-in-cheek.

I'm going to leave this thread open for now, as there seems to be interest in it.

Thanks Lorek. Sorry for the misunderstanding.

Zefig wrote:DefQonOrk, your costs still aren't adding up. Let's work this out, using kutzmon's example as a guide and a standard GW Citadel Figure Case.

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With the amount of foam in the one $30 order in this example combined with the foam included with each case, you'd easily have enough to fill 4 of the cases. The only added cost here would be the 2 extra cases. So for 4 full cases, you're looking at a total cost of $82.96, with a per-case cost of about $20.74.

In other news, I think I just convinced myself to pick up a few more of these pistol cases, stop by Hobby Lobby, and make an internet foam order...

Thanks for the awesome price rundown Zefig. I think you convinced me as well. Will my upcoming move, it will be important to have some great, cost effective packaging!

**NakedBatBoy**

First off:

MagickalMemories wrote:
Fine. You've got to buy files. That brings the total (using Zefig's numbers) to $92.96, or $23.24 per case.
STILL a better deal*.

*"Better deal" indicates that the final cost per case is a better cost per case and/or cost per stored 25mm based miniature than GW's case and does not take into factor any costs due to electricity, automobile wear & tear, gasoline or valuable time that someone might incur while making said cases.

That made me chuckle!

Also, you guys might consider looking anywhere else for any other kind of case. It could be anything - the gun case was just a suggestion. An army surplus store maybe, a garage sale, your grandpa's old luggage, whatever. The case could even be a hollowed out coconut.* The tutorial is mainly to show you hot to setup the foam trays to fit inside whatever you choose as a case.

*reference to recent Daily Show episode