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Hope this is the right forum! So as the title states it, Im getting ready to move and I need to pack up most of my 40k stuff and Ive heard good reviews of bags or cases with foam trays.

As I play IG I have a pretty good amount(about 9) leman russes, 2 vendettas, 3 chimeras, and 1 manticore for all my vehicles, and even 1 shadowsword(but not to worried about him).

Then I have close to about 100 infantry models. So with that said what are some good companies that I could look into for this amount of models. There was one brand I saw but dont remember the name but the case was called the motorpool?

Thanks for the help!

Battlefoam are pretty good but is quite pricy. Im looking at getting a case soon to and will probably pick up a couple of there shield bags as they are pretty good priced and with pluck foam can custemise to what you want. Will probably end up with 2, one for infantry and one for vehicles.

Games workshop of course do cases, but I prefer battlefoam more as they have all the pockets and stuff to put all your books and things.

Thats all I know, but Im sure there will be many others who can give more insight than me

The larger Battlefoam bags would easily hold those. A 1520XL would fit the Shadowsword as well, with room to spare.

I've used KR Multicase and they are great. Very easy to customize the case to fit your army, and at a good price.

Since I need pretty high quality and customisable foam considering I have Tyranid army that I'll need to take on planes, I'm looking at KR Multicase, they have high quality, very customisable foam, you can fit a lot into one bag, and they cost significantly less than Battlefoam. They've got a bunch of custom foam trays for IG (http://www.krmulticase.com/trays.aspx?type=L&system=WH40K&army=IG&d=1) as well as the standard ones that all foam companies have.

 PrinceRaven wrote:
Since I need pretty high quality and customisable foam considering I have Tyranid army that I'll need to take on planes, I'm looking at KR Multicase

Take it from a Tyranid player - buy Battlefoam. Not that I have anything against KR, but Battlefoam is far, far better for Tyranids. KR is soft foam that tends to hug closer to the model. You'll tear your hair out when you constantly snap gaunt legs, scything talons, spikes and everything else that hangs off Tyranids.

Battlefoam is hard foam. Buy their laser cut sheets where appropriate, and they're cut so the models have about 3mm-5mm wiggle room. Don't worry - they won't wiggle enough to break. What it does mean is you won't catch spikey bits while taking them out of the foam. Also, Tyranids have lots of huge models now. Those full up cases fast - if you've for a sizeable army with a few Trygons/Tervigons/Hive Tyrants/Flyrants, on top of masses of gaunts, you'll quickly hit multiple KR cases. A ginle Battlefoam 1520XL will hold a big Tyranid army, and you can easily attach a Pack Plus to the top if you need room for more infantry trays (they have zip connectors, so cases just zip together and stay attached).

Really, if you're going foam storage for Tyranids, you'll want Battlefoam.

 -Loki- wrote:
The larger Battlefoam bags would easily hold those. A 1520XL would fit the Shadowsword as well, with room to spare.

Battefoam have a site? What size would you recommend? I will probably look into the 1520XL mainly because that will take care of everything lol.

They sure do.

Looking at what you're trying to transport, I'd suggest the following.

Pack 1520XL (holds 25" of foam trays).
Baneblade tray (holds 2 Baneblade chassis tanks)
Leman Russ/Chimera tray (holds 3 of each)
Leman Russ tray (holds 5 Russes)
2 x 72 model troop tray
Heavy Weapons team tray if you have heavy weapon teams, holds 40.
Custom tray Since there's still 1 Leman Russ, 2 Vendettas and a Manticore, just use the custom tray creator to make a laser cut tray for those.

This is 22" of foam, so it'll fit in the 1520XL. There's about 40 more infantry slots than you need, an extra baneblade chassis slot, and you'd probably be able to fit another tank on your custom tray that's holding the vendettas, russ and manticore with clever positioning. You also have room for either tray toppers (which protect models that might stick out of the top of the tray) or another 2-3" tray. If you have no HWTs, subtract 4" of foam, and you can fit even more in.

However, this is going to be expensive. But then, Battlefoam is expensive. You get what you pay for, and Battlefoam is great quality, and this is basically a bag and storage laser cut specifically for your army.

Wow thats awesome and pretty much exactly what I was looking for, I already figured that it would be expensive but the fact that it can basically fit my entire collection is amazing!

I bought this out of amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003J3XHIW/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

And the interior dimensions are just right for battlefoam trays (full-size trays).

 tankboy145 wrote:
Wow thats awesome and pretty much exactly what I was looking for, I already figured that it would be expensive but the fact that it can basically fit my entire collection is amazing!

I did make a small mistake. You'll need 2 trays for the Vendettas, and a third for the additional Russ and Manticore. I didn't realize how bloody big Valkyries are. That means you'll likely end up with a Pack 1520XL and a Pack Plus on top.

Valks are huge indeed, fiils up about 2/3 of my foam in my case,, but its a 4'' deep piece, so I get to stack things on top of it.

 -Loki- wrote:

 tankboy145 wrote:
Wow thats awesome and pretty much exactly what I was looking for, I already figured that it would be expensive but the fact that it can basically fit my entire collection is amazing!

I did make a small mistake. You'll need 2 trays for the Vendettas, and a third for the additional Russ and Manticore. I didn't realize how bloody big Valkyries are. That means you'll likely end up with a Pack 1520XL and a Pack Plus on top.

Still fits the majority of my army and I actually have the wings as removable from one of my vendettas and am trying to pry the other ones off that way I could probably fit 2 in one tray. Also like I said Im not so much worried about the shadow sword either because as big as it is and as I mostlikely never will be using it I will have it as a display on my shelf once painted.

I'm in the same position as the OP, I would buy Battlefoam, like others have suggested, but I refuse to pay ~$70 postage.

My FLGS has been pushing this: http://www.battleworks.com.au/store/products/double-transport-case/ on me. I was wondering if any of you thought it was worth the $200 price tag from what you can see here?

I only really have 60 infantry models, 10 scarab bases, 2 arks, 1 barge and 1 stalker at the moment, so I'm wondering if this could be overkill.

 tankboy145 wrote:

 -Loki- wrote:

 tankboy145 wrote:
Wow thats awesome and pretty much exactly what I was looking for, I already figured that it would be expensive but the fact that it can basically fit my entire collection is amazing!

I did make a small mistake. You'll need 2 trays for the Vendettas, and a third for the additional Russ and Manticore. I didn't realize how bloody big Valkyries are. That means you'll likely end up with a Pack 1520XL and a Pack Plus on top.

Still fits the majority of my army and I actually have the wings as removable from one of my vendettas and am trying to pry the other ones off that way I could probably fit 2 in one tray. Also like I said Im not so much worried about the shadow sword either because as big as it is and as I mostlikely never will be using it I will have it as a display on my shelf once painted.

If you take out the Shadowsword tray, that frees up 5", so you should fit the additional Valk tray in there.


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 Blackhair Duckshape wrote:
I'm in the same position as the OP, I would buy Battlefoam, like others have suggested, but I refuse to pay ~$70 postage.

My FLGS has been pushing this: http://www.battleworks.com.au/store/products/double-transport-case/ on me. I was wondering if any of you thought it was worth the $200 price tag?

I only really have 60 infantry models, 10 scarab bases, 2 arks, 1 barge and 1 stalker at the moment, so I'm wondering if this could be overkill.

I wouldn't buy it to transport what you need. The trays all look like 1" pluck foam, which isn't going to work for your Barge, Stalker or Arks.

I wouldn't worry about overkill on size - it gives you room to expand, either your Necrons or store another army in it. But consisting of all 1" pluck foam is really going to be irritating if you want to transport something bigger than an infantry model. The Stalker alone will take up 5 of those trays, glued together.

 -Loki- wrote:

 Blackhair Duckshape wrote:
I'm in the same position as the OP, I would buy Battlefoam, like others have suggested, but I refuse to pay ~$70 postage.

My FLGS has been pushing this: http://www.battleworks.com.au/store/products/double-transport-case/ on me. I was wondering if any of you thought it was worth the $200 price tag?

I only really have 60 infantry models, 10 scarab bases, 2 arks, 1 barge and 1 stalker at the moment, so I'm wondering if this could be overkill.

I wouldn't buy it to transport what you need. The trays all look like 1" pluck foam, which isn't going to work for your Barge, Stalker or Arks.

I wouldn't worry about overkill on size - it gives you room to expand, either your Necrons or store another army in it. But consisting of all 1" pluck foam is really going to be irritating if you want to transport something bigger than an infantry model. The Stalker alone will take up 5 of those trays, glued together.

Thanks for the reply. My current system of storing my vehicles in polystyrene and toilet paper lined shoe boxes has been working fairly well for me so far, would the bags be worth it if I only intended to use them to store my smaller units or do you know of a better alternative.

It's not a bad case, and it big for its price, it just seems to be very restrictive. It seems far more suited to a Warmachine army sans Colossals than a 40k army which tends to be heavier on large models like vehicles.

I'd really recommend Battlefoam or KR.

I had a quick look at what you'd need from Battlefoam, and it amounts to:

A Pack 720 (12" foam storage).
A Necron troop tray (48 Warrior sized models, 12 Immotal sized models and 9 chunky models, though you can fit 69 Warrior sized easily).
A Scarab tray (admittedly this holds 45 scarabs, but you'll need a tray for them)
A custom tray. I did some playing around with the editor and easily fit a Stalker, 2 Arks and a Barge on one tray. This came to 9.5" of foam, so still reoom for another infantry tray.

If you're interested in Battlefoam but not the insane shipping they charge, you can always shoot these guys an email. They stock Battlefoam, and charge slightly more than US pricing (due to themselves paying shipping). They ship Australia wide. The only thing you'd probably have to order yourself is the custom tray.

I love KR, but I use em for marines, Necrons, etc. I do not use them for Necron Vehicles as that'd break the bank. I just foam line large tupperware boxes for the vehicles.

Battlefoam is just too expensive! I love it, but I don't see that much gains over KR.

 TheKbob wrote:
Battlefoam is just too expensive! I love it, but I don't see that much gains over KR.

With the armies you're storing, it doesn't. Battlefoam shines with multiple large vehicles/large monsters (since the larger tray in case system works better for them than KR's more limited size cardboard box in case system) and armies with fragile pointy bits (because they get caught in soft foam like KR's).

When it's something like Tyranids, which are both fragile and pointy with multiple large, unusually shaped monsters, Battlefoam shines. When it's all normal shaped infantry or something like box shaped Space marine vehicles, KR is fine.

 -Loki- wrote:

 TheKbob wrote:
Battlefoam is just too expensive! I love it, but I don't see that much gains over KR.

With the armies you're storing, it doesn't. Battlefoam shines with multiple large vehicles/large monsters (since the larger tray in case system works better for them than KR's more limited size cardboard box in case system) and armies with fragile pointy bits (because they get caught in soft foam like KR's).

When it's something like Tyranids, which are both fragile and pointy with multiple large, unusually shaped monsters, Battlefoam shines. When it's all normal shaped infantry or something like box shaped Space marine vehicles, KR is fine.

I build my armies for transportation in mind, so a lot of them are overly magnetized to kit in KR cases. I may someday get Battlefoam for my Necrons, but I bought two sets to at least hold a great deal of the troops and wraiths as those were breaking a ton.

If you can afford Battlefoam, go for it! I can see how you'd like it for 'nids, but I don't play any spikey/pokey armies save maybe Necrons a bit.

 -Loki- wrote:
It's not a bad case, and it big for its price, it just seems to be very restrictive. It seems far more suited to a Warmachine army sans Colossals than a 40k army which tends to be heavier on large models like vehicles.

I'd really recommend Battlefoam or KR.

I had a quick look at what you'd need from Battlefoam, and it amounts to:

A Pack 720 (12" foam storage).
A Necron troop tray (48 Warrior sized models, 12 Immotal sized models and 9 chunky models, though you can fit 69 Warrior sized easily).
A Scarab tray (admittedly this holds 45 scarabs, but you'll need a tray for them)
A custom tray. I did some playing around with the editor and easily fit a Stalker, 2 Arks and a Barge on one tray. This came to 9.5" of foam, so still reoom for another infantry tray.

If you're interested in Battlefoam but not the insane shipping they charge, you can always shoot these guys an email. They stock Battlefoam, and charge slightly more than US pricing (due to themselves paying shipping). They ship Australia wide. The only thing you'd probably have to order yourself is the custom tray.

So, the custom tray is 6.5" thick, right?

Anyway, you are my hero, thanks for all the help.

I had a guy at my local shop come in today and he had just picked up a battle foam tray and its the one you listed above and I fell in love with the case. Once I get the money I will have to look into it again because I looked through my army and I actually have like 11 russes, 2 Valkyrie's, 4 chimeras, manticore. then the 100 some troops and I do indeed have heavy weapon teams. But thanks again for the help with battle foam stuff. My local shop also carries it and can get it in for me and I wouldnt have to pay the shipping cost. But with all the trays I need I do expect it to be pretty expensive.

 Blackhair Duckshape wrote:

 -Loki- wrote:
It's not a bad case, and it big for its price, it just seems to be very restrictive. It seems far more suited to a Warmachine army sans Colossals than a 40k army which tends to be heavier on large models like vehicles.

I'd really recommend Battlefoam or KR.

I had a quick look at what you'd need from Battlefoam, and it amounts to:

A Pack 720 (12" foam storage).
A Necron troop tray (48 Warrior sized models, 12 Immotal sized models and 9 chunky models, though you can fit 69 Warrior sized easily).
A Scarab tray (admittedly this holds 45 scarabs, but you'll need a tray for them)
A custom tray. I did some playing around with the editor and easily fit a Stalker, 2 Arks and a Barge on one tray. This came to 9.5" of foam, so still reoom for another infantry tray.

If you're interested in Battlefoam but not the insane shipping they charge, you can always shoot these guys an email. They stock Battlefoam, and charge slightly more than US pricing (due to themselves paying shipping). They ship Australia wide. The only thing you'd probably have to order yourself is the custom tray.

So, the custom tray is 6.5" thick, right?

Anyway, you are my hero, thanks for all the help.

Custom trays can be as thick as you want. Once you've designed and saved it on their tray designer tool, you'll be taken to the general custom tray page where you hit 'Add to Cart'. There's a tray depth drop down box on that page.

That's handy.

By the way, I was just asking if 6.5" was thick enough to accommodate everything, but I'm assuming that it is seeing as the pre cut trays are for the stalkers/arks/barges are all 6" and under.

 Blackhair Duckshape wrote:
That's handy.

By the way, I was just asking if 6.5" was thick enough to accommodate everything, but I'm assuming that it is seeing as the pre cut trays are for the stalkers/arks/barges are all 6" and under.

Yes, their tray depths are designed so that the model in a 'normal' (ir what's on the box) position will fit with room to spare above it. So it gives you a little leeway with positioning parts higher. Occasionally they give you two depths, though I'd recommend always going with the deeper tray if you can fit it. Nothing it worst than a models arm popping off because it was too snug a fit.

Their Stalker tray is 5.75" deep, but you need to remember 0.25 is going to be the tray bottom, so it's actually 5.5" deep. So a 6"/6.5" deep tray is plenty deep if you're putting a Stalker in it. Considering that short of the Monolith it's the tallest model in the army, you won't have problems with the other vehicles in that tray either.

Read this thread before you buy a Battlefoam case.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/303055.page

Cliffnotes for the tl;dr crew:

Battlefoam sues Outrider hobbies (i.e., Foam Corps) because "the name is too similar" (wtf? Nothing alike) and because Outrider is using lasers to cut foam. Battlefoam did NOT invent the use of out-of-the-box equipment for cutting foam for miniature cases. In addition, they sued in a completely different state so that Outrider staff would have to pay exorbitant traveling costs to defend their company.


They make a good product, but there are plenty of other foam manufacturing companies out there that aren't run by manipulative crybabies.

I understand that Battlefoam is a Dakka contributor, but free market capitalism is about allowing people to make informed decisions.

 NuggzTheNinja wrote:
They make a good product

That's all you needed to say.

Seriously, plenty of companies are run by douchebags. I wouldn't have an iPhone or Windows on my PC or a Tyranid army if I based my purchases on the parent companies and those that run them. The product is what you buy, not the company, you have absolutely no interaction with the parent company outside of support if needed.

Romeos being a douchebag. He's always been one. That doesn't change the fact that Battlefoam is a good product - one that's worth buying.

 -Loki- wrote:

 NuggzTheNinja wrote:
They make a good product

That's all you needed to say.

Seriously, plenty of companies are run by douchebags. I wouldn't have an iPhone or Windows on my PC or a Tyranid army if I based my purchases on the parent companies and those that run them. The product is what you buy, not the company, you have absolutely no interaction with the parent company outside of support if needed.

Romeos being a douchebag. He's always been one. That doesn't change the fact that Battlefoam is a good product - one that's worth buying.

That's a very dangerous and unprincipled way to look at life, but I wish you luck.

 NuggzTheNinja wrote:

 -Loki- wrote:

 NuggzTheNinja wrote:
They make a good product

That's all you needed to say.

Seriously, plenty of companies are run by douchebags. I wouldn't have an iPhone or Windows on my PC or a Tyranid army if I based my purchases on the parent companies and those that run them. The product is what you buy, not the company, you have absolutely no interaction with the parent company outside of support if needed.

Romeos being a douchebag. He's always been one. That doesn't change the fact that Battlefoam is a good product - one that's worth buying.

That's a very dangerous and unprincipled way to look at life, but I wish you luck.

So we should start buying products we don't actually want because they're from companies run (in public) by Nice Businessmen, over products we actually want because they're from companies run (in public) by Not Nice Businessmen?

I'll stick to buying and recommending end products that are good, thanks.

The moment we stop buying from morally questionable people/companies is the moment we stop buying anything.