How to store unfinished projects

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**amrogers3**

How do you store your incomplete miniatures? I try to work on several at a time and I am trying to figure out the best way to store my ongoing unfinished projects?

For example, I partially assembled 2 leman russ tanks but I am waiting on some parts to do a conversion so I put them aside to work on my Tyranid Malceptor.

I was thinking something clear would probably be useful so it would be easy to see what it is.

What do you guys use?

**Big Mac**

In a closed box, smaller parts in a clear jewelry beads bag of suitable size next to it. I typically try to prep some work ready to prime and set it aside, if I start painting it, I finish it.

**ScarletRose**

I bought a bunch of clear plastic boxes - about shoe box size, from the local art store.

If it's a project that involves lots of small bits I put them in a plastic baggy then put that in the box.

So far it's helped keep things organized pretty well.

**queen_annes_revenge**

Mine usually end up in my smaller display cabinet, or on various shelves or windowsills in my house. I should be more organised. I keep my built stuff awaiting paint in a small peli case with random shreds of bubble wrap wrapped round them.

**Jadenim**

On a large shelf of shame. And a cabinet of shame. And anywhere else they can loom disapprovingly over me on a daily basis.

Automatically Appended Next Post:
Whispering “finish us....”

**chromedog**

In a box, in the cupboard of shame.
Which has opaque doors, so they can't do ^^ that at me.

Sure they can be disapproving all they like, I just don't have to see it.

**maxwin**

I like to wrap half painted models in cling film so they don't get dusty or greasy from handling.

**Rybrook**

I have mine on the bottom shelf of my cabinet, in clear storage boxes sort of plastic shoe box size and I have a couple of tanks in a drawer.

**Nevelon**

Jadenim wrote:
On a large shelf of shame. And a cabinet of shame. And anywhere else they can loom disapprovingly over me on a daily basis.

Automatically Appended Next Post:
Whispering “finish us....”

This.

Pushed to the back of my workbench, so I’m still in range of their disapproving looks.

It helps keep their numbers down. Once I start something, it normally gets done and not put on hold. It might take all summer (Looking at you, drop pod #3) but eventually they pass the “I just need to finish this darn thing” point and make their way across the line.

To go collect dust on the finished project shelves...

**Fictional**

Nevelon wrote:
Jadenim wrote:
On a large shelf of shame. And a cabinet of shame. And anywhere else they can loom disapprovingly over me on a daily basis.

Automatically Appended Next Post:
Whispering “finish us....”

This.

Pushed to the back of my workbench, so I’m still in range of their disapproving looks.

I have the Clear Plastic Storage Boxes of Shame, that hold a LOT of unpainted, or sometimes just primed, models.

Vehicles are just carefully placed in said boxes, accessories in bags, whilst individual figures are in bags in a large box.

A few "active" models are on the desk, in various stages of painting and, usually, require a careful dusting before work resumes.

Is it bad that my primary involvement in the hobby is "buying and building" rather than "painting" ?

**some bloke**

I put mine in a box, and put that box in a cupboard. Last time I checked, I had about 4 boxes in there.

I recommend not putting them in a box - keep them visible!

**Jadenim**

@Fictional, nope, I have exactly the same problem; I love to build models, particularly reposing, kit-bashing and conversions, but I just don’t have the same enthusiasm for painting.

**Nevelon**

I always view the painting process as the act of turning a potentially awesome model/conversion to a mediocre table-top finished piece.

But I play WYSWYG, and I only play painted. So it gets done. And I get (very slowly) better. Another 3 decades of this, I might be above average!

I enjoy painting, but sometimes it’s a chore. Not cleaning mold lines level of chore, but sometimes it drags.

**Fictional**

Oh, I enjoy painting, mostly, i just get stuck every time once I reach a certain point, so move on to something else.

Either that, or I get more ideas about what I want to do, and go with that for a while.

**Fictional**

Here we go, an example box...

**jullevi**

In general I store unfinished projects on any horizontal surface I can find. Unless they are magnetized, in which case vertical surfaces are also an option.

**Rybrook**

Fictional wrote:
Here we go, an example box...

This is how I have mine,

**Argive**

Really useful boxes, takeaway boxes/ tupperware for smaller stuff.

**mrFickle**

I’m impressed,by the implication of the thread title, that you have finished projects

**Argive**

mrFickle wrote:
I’m impressed,by the implication of the thread title, that you have finished projects

What are those chief ?

**Nevelon**

Some projects are never ending. Armies can always use more units, games have expansions, etc.

But projects like “convert 5 running intercessors” are limeted in scope, and can in theory be finished.

To make room for the next project...