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just curious is all

im a guard player and i have been using the big cardboard egg crates you get from wholesale stores they are 5x6 so they can hold 30 regular sized mini's and that's just for my foot soldiers, my tanks/valks/sentinels are in a huge 1 level box ( at the moment)

A good sized Tackle-box from wal-mart, put some thin foam padding in to make sure everthing doesn't bounce around to much.

Just a standard Games Workshop Large Army Figure Case. I want one of the monster ones too for my vehicles and larger models.

I use toolboxes from Canadian Tire. (Just toolboxes, doesn't matter where they are from).
I also pad down my painted models with paper towels.

Games workshop army figure cases. I use shoeboxes with foam padding in them for my landraiders and stormravens

I use KR multicases for my Tau as I got some ones that fit the models I have. Except the Crisis slots on one only fit suits with now arms?! Stupid haha.

For my tiny DA force, I currently use a Hammerhead box. Temporarily. They are maily the Dark Vengeance models and so are very robust.

Battlefoam. I've got Tyranids - huge awkward models covered in fragile spikes, small awkward models coverent in fragile spikes, medium sized awkward models covered in fragile spikes... Also Vampire Counts, with lots and lots and lots of small, fragile models (Skeletons) and again, large, awkward models covered in fragile spikes.

Battlefoam have the only laser cut trays that work well for them, and the harder foam works better with the spikes than soft foam that hugs models and gets caught on sharp areas.

Also, they make the only case than can fit my whole Tyranid army in it - the 1520XL.

My Orks share a cardboard budweiser shipping box (the half sized ones that carry 2 12packs) with my Eldar. The SM, IG, and Chaos go in the AoBR box.

For my Tyranid army, a shoebox and maybe one of telhe Flyrant boxes dependent on whether or not he will participating.

For my GK, I put everything into a Stormraven box.

For my Chaos, I currently keep them in a cabinet at the local GW on display

And my Blood Ravens travel in style. My Gzw large case carries 20 Tac Marines, 5 Tac Termies, 5 Scouts, 9 Devs, 3 honour Guard, 7 Sternguard, a Command Squad, Marneus, 2 PA captains, Tyberos the Red Wake, a Dreadnought, an Aegis Defense line, a Chaplain, a TDA Libby, Sgt Cronos, Vulkan He'stan, 2 of (Rhino, Razorback/Rhino, Predator, Vindicator) and 1 Land Raider Crusader or Redeemer.
My other 3 tanks go in a LRC box, my Stormraven, Stormtalon and Drop pos go in the Stormraven box. I now have a Lysander and Shrike Conversion (both WIP) which will go in the case.

I use the large army battle case for my infantry, but end up hauling around a shoebox full of termies/drop pods/my few vehicles...

Thinking of switching to battlefoam in the new year, just terrified of dropping that darn shoebox

Sabol Army Transport series.

My Grey Knights use up an Armored Company case, and my Red Scorpions are in a Motor Pool.

The boxes that are used to hold playing cards are the right size to hold most of my tanks. Tackle boxes are good for carrying figures.

41q rubbermaid tubs, I fill em with pick foam from
http://www.caseclub.com/

fits the quivilent of 3-6 battlefoam trays in them and I've had no breakages with them in the trunk of the car

KR Multicase backpack. I am biased though as they are a sponsor of my show, but I have loved their products before that.

GW figure cases for some things, plastic boxes and careful handling for things that don't fit.

Sabol 'The Division' transport case. I got it for christmas... huge overestimation of my army size by my uncle. Lol.

Used a big tackle box, earlier.

Well there was this guy who showed up with a Black Templar army transported in one of these...



Turned out it was some sort of set up by his cousin.

A few different types of things.

The lucky models get a spot in either a KR or GW case. I have about 9 KR cardboard cases - figured I didn't need a proper carrying bag or case since the models never leave the house except to get primed in the driveway - 3 GW standard size cases, 1 GW double case - one of those "exclusive" ones that they make available in a new color every winter with half-pick-and-pluck and half infantry stuff - and 1 case that my brother gave me that has the Imperial Eagle embroidered on the front of its soft, fabric bag with removable hard plastic inserts.

The unlucky models get stood up in a tray after being selected for a game or transport. I use the word tray liberally; really it's just either the lid or the box from a large GW item like a tank or battleforce or starter set.

The poor, bastard child models pray for death as they get heaped up in a cardboard box with a lid on it.

Oh, I forgot the VERY lucky models. They get carried around in my hands whenever they move. Namely these are either the delicate ones, or the ones that would inspire immense feelings of rage and sorrow if they were dropped. Valkia from WHFB is the former - how the hell does GW expect her to fit in a case? - and my Penitent Engines and Exorcist are the latter (the rage and sorrow... well, one comes from seeing the model shattered all over the floor, and the other comes from thinking about the massive pain in the butt that the Penitent Engines were to actually put together, then knowing I'd have to do it again. I'm not sure which emotion comes from which thing, to be honest.)

Battlefoam is the best (arguably) and most expensive (not arguably) of all cases

A regular GW army case for my IG and a smaller one from a another producer for my Eldar.

I use a regular Sabol bag for transport and for storage at home I purely use KR multicase.

I use Battlefoam only, mostly with custom cut trays.

For my IG it is all infantry (metal catachan and storm troopers) in bettlefoam trays. The vehicles fit nicely into a Christmas ornament holder. My Orks, all 120 boys, 16 nobs, 5 mega nobs, big mek, war bosses,trukk, 5 deff coptas, battle wagon and dakka jet are in a cardboard box.

I saw a guy bring in a long under the bed plastic container (basicly tupperware for blankets and stuff) filled witch cuts from that 20 dollar foam matress liner you can get at walmart. its cheap and his gak wasnt broken so seemed good to me.

Exalbaru wrote:
I saw a guy bring in a long under the bed plastic container (basicly tupperware for blankets and stuff) filled witch cuts from that 20 dollar foam matress liner you can get at walmart. its cheap and his gak wasnt broken so seemed good to me.

This is quite common. I have a friend who used to put layers of that foam in carboard boxes to transport his armies back in 3rd edition.

Now? He plonks all of his nicely painted stuff unprotected in a big plastic container together. Sometimes I want to smack him in the head.

I use a Battlefoam 720 case and just have different trays from them depending on what army i am transporting.

I use three of these. Plano Protector Series Four Pistol Case.

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

Rugged, durable, and a ton of space.

 DeathReaper wrote:
I use three of these. Plano Protector Series Four Pistol Case.

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

Rugged, durable, and a ton of space.

I'd hate to try and fit my Tyranids in those. I wouldn't even get my 1850pt army in two.

 -Loki- wrote:

 DeathReaper wrote:
I use three of these. Plano Protector Series Four Pistol Case.

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

Rugged, durable, and a ton of space.

I'd hate to try and fit my Tyranids in those. I wouldn't even get my 1850pt army in two.

They hold about 100 infantry (25mm) or 65 Infantry (40mm) Each case. They have a lot of space, considering their Size: 16.75"L x 6"W x 14.5"H

They will hold a 1850 Tyranid army in 2-3 of those.

and all for way less than sabol or battlefoam charges.

I use a cookie sheet and an old mini case I got for battletech minis. The cookie sheet will hold almost 3k points of Nids and the mini case holds all the spawn gants. (24 spots x 4 trays)

Everything has a magnet in its base so doesn't even wobble on the cookie sheet.