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Hello,
I don't have that much storage space in my apartment, so I've put most of my 40k stuff in the attic storage. The only thing is, it gets a bit cold up there this time of the year. (It's currently down to -5 degrees Celcius.)
Could this be damaging to minis and terrain pieces? (Haven't noticed any cracking paint or anything of the sort, but I'm still a little worried.)
Does anyone have any experience with freezing their minis?

Wow.

It was 23C earlier today where I'm at. I remember seeing snow once but can't for the life of me remember if it was one or two flakes... or maybe I just saw it in a movie once.

Anyway. The biggest problem with cold weather is the rate at which the different materials expand and contract. In this case you have somewhere between 3 and 5 different types of materials: glue, plastic, paint, metal and finecast. The good news is that these are relatively small figures. Which means that their total contraction is going to be relatively minor. So, I wouldn't worry about it.

However, you might have minis simply fall apart due to issues with the glue. CA is brittle and doesn't stand up to the hot/cold temperature changes very well. But that's not saying too much. CA tends to not hold up just over time within a controlled environment anyway.

If you used a liquid cement on the plastics, they should be just fine.

I guess I'd be more worried about getting frostbite if I decided to pull them out of the attic...

Chris.

Thanks for the reply, that's what I thought. Haven't had any glue problems so far, so it's probably safe. I did, however, accidentaly put a pot of GW paint up there the other day. Result was as expected.

Update:
Seems it does affect the glue after all. Brought down a few unpainted tanks today that have been sitting in the attic all winter long, and they fell apart completely as soon as I moved them.

Yeah if its too cold it makes the glue brittle, I put minis in the freezer to get this effect (for super glue) that I get off ebay so I can break them down for rebuilding.