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What do people use to transport large armies other than the GW carry case? I have a 3000 point army what would carry it?

Battlefoam or KR Multicase.

thanks

I tend to like using sabol designs bags with battlefoam custom cut trays.

ok thanks

I use an old travel sute cass with self made foam compartments. It does the job all the while hidding the massed amount of IG armour that lurks with in it

A box

Great White wrote:A box

the whole point is to aviod a unprotcted box

anton wrote:

Great White wrote:A box

the whole point is to aviod a unprotcted box

Well a box is the most cost efetive contaner you could use, maybe some bubble wrap and if they are all plastic minnies than its not much of a problem. Only when you start to try and lug an army around does the box need to be more then a box

well I have a Huge Army:

1x big mek w. kustom force field

1x big mek w. shock attack gun

1x war boss (aobr)

1x trukk

9x deffcoptas (no flying stands)

3x mega armoured nobs (1 of each weapon load-out)

10x stormboys

1x zagstrukk

2x klaw nobs

4x nob bikers (1 klaw/slugga, 1 uge' choppa/slugga, 2
choppa/slugga)

5x killa kans

2x warbuggies (rokkits)

1x wartrakk (big shoota)

1x battlewagon (all options interchangable)

1x forge world deff rolla

1x stompa

20x boyz (oop)

80x Gretchin (oop)

somehow I dont think the box will hold it

Battlefoam 1520xl with laser cut trays. They have ork trays of all types. You probably won't fill up a full 1520xl, but if you buy some extra pluck foam trays to fill it out, you'll have even more room to expand.

How I carry my things

I use a tackle box for my Tyranids, buy them in the spring and they're on sale.

I use a case I got from Wal-Mart for about $12

Its near the fishing and hunting accessories they advertise it as being a Handgun or a Fishing reel case.

Holds plenty of infantry, I am going to get a second one for my vehicles.

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Plano-Protector-Series-Four-Pistol-Case/16662942

Use Battlefoam. It's probably the most expensive, but it's also the best case you can get, in my opinion.

Battle foam doesn't seem to have any stompa trays!
That is what was making this difficult, the stompa!

anton wrote:Battle foam doesn't seem to have any stompa trays!
That is what was making this difficult, the stompa!

Battlefoam will custom cut anything....

If they can make trays to fit a Ogre Kingdoms Stonehorn/Thundertusk they can make a tray to fit a Stompa

I use Sabol design simply for one reason. My FLGS sells it so why would I go with anything else? The bags aren't incredibly durable though if you want to take them on a flight or something. Battlefoam is your best bet if you need to fly with your army, but if you just simply need a safe way to carry your stuff Sabol isn't a bad choice at all.

I just throw them in plastic bags and toss those bags in the bottom of a rucksack


I use GW boxes with plastic bags for fluff.

Thanks for your suggestions

I punched 1" circles out of sheet magnets, glued them to my bases, and tote everything around in metal tool boxes with 2" deep drawers. Very convenient to organize. Reduced much of the pack up/ take out time.

A large plastic box. Just add some sort of partitions for carrying the regular guys so they don't fall over each other. Vehicles can fit together pretty nicely, just make sure there isn't space between them.

Speaking of cases, my latest Battlefoam order came in.

Some people might remember me annoyed with Battlefoam about two trays taking 3 months to arrive at my FLGS. After a huge discussion with the owner, it turned out they were never ordered. I've since apologised to the Battlefoam guys, and made a separate order there to see who gets me my trays first - Battlefoam (since I've heard it can take about a month to get your stuff in the states, getting it over here should take a lot longer) or my FLGS (who confirmed that my trays are on their way.

Battlefoam took 11 busness days to get here, so basically 2 weeks to Australia from the US. Impressive. My FLGS is still waiting.

As the dance goes: big fish, little fish, CARDBOARD BOX

EDIT: bold fail.

-Loki- wrote:Speaking of cases, my latest Battlefoam order came in.

Some people might remember me annoyed with Battlefoam about two trays taking 3 months to arrive at my FLGS. After a huge discussion with the owner, it turned out they were never ordered. I've since apologised to the Battlefoam guys, and made a separate order there to see who gets me my trays first - Battlefoam (since I've heard it can take about a month to get your stuff in the states, getting it over here should take a lot longer) or my FLGS (who confirmed that my trays are on their way.

Battlefoam took 11 busness days to get here, so basically 2 weeks to Australia from the US. Impressive. My FLGS is still waiting.

Why do people use Battlefoam, and what is it?

I prefer METAL BAWKSES. Since, I have lots of them to hold my tanks.


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Oh and yes I get the fun of METAL BAWKSES INSIE OF METAL BAWKSES.

Alexzandvar wrote:Why do people use Battlefoam, and what is it?

They do laser cut semi rigid foam trays, with trays custom cut for specific armies cut to make the most efficient use of the space in the tray. Like, my order that just came in has 2 Tyranid 'Troop' trays, which hold 38 Termagant models each, and 2 Hormagaunt trays, which hold 28 Hormagaunts each. I have trays on order at my FLGS, one that holds 5 Zoanthropes, 2 Trygons and 3 Carnifexes, and a Vampire Counts tray that holds 3 Corpse Carts, 2 Varghulfs, a Black Coach and 15 Cavalry.

They're expensive compared to their competition, but they're far easier to use (especially compared to pluck foam for large models) and the cases, if you go with a Pack system, are very sturdy. And hold a metric gakload.

just dump em in a garbage bag, toss in some old towels for cushioning and viola! easy peasy!

Alexzandvar wrote:METAL BAWKSES.

What is a METAL BAWKSES?

yeah what is METAL BAWKSES? it doesn't sound like anything I have heard of.

oh gawd... how can you not know what a METAL BAWKS is? those are awsome. so much better then the KARDBORED BAWKS option.