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Very few companies (if any) cut their foam in the zig-zag pattern GW has been doing as of late and rather do the more traditional boxes-with-a-floor or do-it-you-self pluck ones.
Mymearan wrote: That's probably only in the US though, we don't have guns here... I sometimes buy camera cases, but they're really expensive and only have pluck foam.
It's maybe a UK thing, but you can buy used camera cases here for almost nothing; they've gone out of fashion I think, and cameras are a lot smaller. Usually pick & pluck though rather than egg-shell or GW's new thing though.
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Buttery Commissar wrote: Until someone proves these cases can protect a pure metal large scale army, I'm sticking to third party cases that use the traditional grid systems.
Pity, because these do look cool and far lighter.
I don't think the zig-zag foam works well with heavy metal minis. They'd be sliding around.
Buttery Commissar wrote: Until someone proves these cases can protect a pure metal large scale army, I'm sticking to third party cases that use the traditional grid systems.
Pity, because these do look cool and far lighter.
I don't think the zig-zag foam works well with heavy metal minis. They'd be sliding around.
Actually, they're held pretty snugly if you do it right.
Buttery Commissar wrote: Until someone proves these cases can protect a pure metal large scale army, I'm sticking to third party cases that use the traditional grid systems.
Pity, because these do look cool and far lighter.
I don't think the zig-zag foam works well with heavy metal minis. They'd be sliding around.
Actually, they're held pretty snugly if you do it right.
I can tell you that the egg carton style foam used in pistol cases can certainly hold the figures in place.
I haven't run any over with a car, but I have had a case bounce down a long flight of stairs.
I put them in base to base, and can fit a lot of figures in a case.
My old Dark Angels army fit in one of those pistol cases, including a metal dreadnaught, but excluding the tanks.
My entire Abyssal army for Kings of War fits in one, with room for a few more, as does my Undead army and our Dwarf army.
The Auld Grump
Kilkrazy wrote:When I was a young boy all my wargames were narratively based because I played with my toy soldiers and vehicles without the use of any rules.
The reason I bought rules and became a real wargamer was because I wanted a properly thought out structure to govern the action instead of just making things up as I went along.
Buttery Commissar wrote: Until someone proves these cases can protect a pure metal large scale army, I'm sticking to third party cases that use the traditional grid systems.
Pity, because these do look cool and far lighter.
I don't think the zig-zag foam works well with heavy metal minis. They'd be sliding around.
Actually, they're held pretty snugly if you do it right.
I can tell you that the egg carton style foam used in pistol cases can certainly hold the figures in place.
I haven't run any over with a car, but I have had a case bounce down a long flight of stairs.
I put them in base to base, and can fit a lot of figures in a case.
My old Dark Angels army fit in one of those pistol cases, including a metal dreadnaught, but excluding the tanks.
My entire Abyssal army for Kings of War fits in one, with room for a few more, as does my Undead army and our Dwarf army.
The Auld Grump
As someone looking for a case for my Kings of War orcs, got a link by chance? That sounds amazing.
I just picked them up at Walmart during hunting season - around $14 each, the cases are by Doskocil (sp?) I think.
Let me Google....
Whoops! They have really gone up in price since then! A whole $0.73.... $14.73 US, from Walmart.
And now they are from Plano, not Doskocil.
The Auld Grump, not as good as the 'Ard Cases, but for less than $14....
Kilkrazy wrote:When I was a young boy all my wargames were narratively based because I played with my toy soldiers and vehicles without the use of any rules.
The reason I bought rules and became a real wargamer was because I wanted a properly thought out structure to govern the action instead of just making things up as I went along.
Buttery Commissar wrote: Until someone proves these cases can protect a pure metal large scale army, I'm sticking to third party cases that use the traditional grid systems.
Pity, because these do look cool and far lighter.
With the zigzag foam, metal models stay in place just fine -- with the same caveat as plastic models... you need to pack them in. If it's too loose, they definitely have the potential to slide around.
However, the zigzag foam isn't really all that awesome for little minis, in my opinion. I think standard cut foam is superior for infantry or small cavalry sized minis, because you just get better, more predictable protection. Where it really shines is in big models, and especially if you have a variety of big models to choose from to take. The problem with precut foam is always that the foam is ideal for a one type of model and useless for another. With the zigzag, you can put a Rhino one day, a Land Raider the next, and a titan the day after without thinking too hard.
It becomes the ideal transport scenario if you normally keep models in display cases and want something to pack a selection (that may change) to transport.
I already own the old(er) case that came with that zig-zag-foam, and I really love it. I can fit in an imperial knight and a whole lions blade company.
The only problem for me was, the medium sized case was too small (to carry the models i needed), the big one was too big to be comfortably carried around. The reason I ordered the 'ard case was it is right between those two.
I now use the bigger, older case to store the GW-zig-zag-foam and just swap them out like needed
Still the best thing about the case is not the case, but the foam inside. After using zig-zag-foam for such a long time now, I just could never ever again use "slotted" foam. You can just fit so much more in, and my girlfriend even uses it to transport necron wraiths (with their filigrane whips and all). We never had anything break inside those GW-cases.
I know they are really expensive, but their foam is great, and after all, you are carrying even more expensive miniatures (and a lot of work and time) in there, so I dont think its wasted money.
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