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Another day, another poll... how do you store your miniatures?

Mine are on my shelves, though only because I can't bear to store them in that dark, dank carry case.

Eventually I will have to relegate some though. Either that are start buying more shelves.

I had to go with other since you can't select multiple choices. I use a Sabol case, Plano multi sompartment trays and store some stuff on a shelf for display. It depends on the model being stored as to how it gets stored.

I store mine in one half of my Battle force Box for Tau.

Display Cabinets for my mini's, I have four of them so far and they are a big help in keeping the dust off.

Although my Scenery goes on ordinary shelves most of the time.

I store mine (for now) in a big, blue, plastic box... more like a tub. It's very disorganized and not very efficient... but it works.

In my famous bucket!

I use a combination of items; right tool for the job and all that. I have some GW cases, some Sabol Army Transports and I also use a lot of Plano 1404 accessory cases for large models.

I can fit two Baneblades or two Brass Scorpions or a Tower of Skulls or five Leman Russ tanks, etc. in a single Plano case and those cost as little as about $11 each in the right store. It's a great, economical option for a few larger models.

Some on shelves some in GW carry cases.

In an ammo box in my closet. It was the most convienent thing i had at the time when i first needed something to transport my army in ( went shooting that morning too and shot up all of my ammo so why not?).

The models i regularly use are in GW cases, but the rest are on shelves and in boxes.

I store absolutely everything in custom designed cases that I manufacture myself (i.e. old foam from old trays glued to cardboard boxes that have slots for every individual miniature).

I put them on shelves for all to see! I'm still working on getting some cases for my minis

Some are on shelves. Some are in cases.

I keep mine in a Tool box. Vehicles and Battlesuits in the bottom, infantry on the top. I need to get something better to store them in without spending a fortune however.

Display cabinets. I put enough time into painting them, I want them to be on display!

I tend to game at my own place anyways, so it's easy just to pull them off the shelf of the display cases and put them back (easier than putting them into the Sabol foam).

In general i use my GW case but i keep the ones i'm painting available on my desk.

I used to have mine on a set of shelves, but now there is not enough room for that within my new home, so I have them stored in boxes and tins stacked inside another giant box.

With my current army out on the painting table, window sill and any other handy flat surface.

Ikea display cabinet(s)... then into storage / transport

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/10011055

I use 2 of the methods available in your poll. That is why I voted other...

Partly shelves (I have a nice displaykabinet which hold my painted figs (or mostly painted ) And a part of my collection is stored in boxes and gw/Sabol-cases...

I keep infantry on one shelf and armour on another. I don't have enough room for a display case. Yet.

It's just a pain to dust them off.

I use a mix of Citadel and Sabol stuff

The troops go in tackle-box trays and the tanks go in old boxed set boxes.

I've got a bunch of different storage.

Tool box for my ACW army.

Plastic section boxes for my Inca and Roman 15mm armies.

Cardboard boxes for my 6mm Napoleonic army and my Battletech models.

Various 3rd party foam lined briefcases for my 28mm role-playing and 40K figures.

Various 3rd party foam lined small boxes and cases for my 1/3000 naval fleets.

I don't have enough finished tanks to worry about storage yet.

I also have plenty of unfinished figures in various parts bins and so on.

Jacksonhighlander wrote:In an ammo box in my closet. It was the most convienent thing i had at the time when i first needed something to transport my army in ( went shooting that morning too and shot up all of my ammo so why not?).

What happens when you want to store ammo or take a lot with you to the range?

Tauzor wrote:Ikea display cabinet(s)... then into storage / transport

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/10011055

SNAP! me too, IKEA FTW!

(but most of my minis are unfinished so have not made it to the shelves )

Most are in a battlefoam PACK, some are on the dresser top and my large terrain is in a display case where my modelling club meets.

Shoe Box and tissue paper...nothings too good for my little darlings.

Assembled/painted figs I stick in padded cases, mostly some double layer pistol cases I got at walmart years ago for around 5$ each. Theyre about the size of a reg GW case and work fine.

I just got a Sabol case that will be nice for playing at stores or freinds places since I can store units as squads and cram my books/dice into one bag. I call it my giant 40k purse.

Unpainted/unassembled figs, of which I have legion, are stored by race in boxes on shelves in my 40k room. My larger armies generally have one large box, and the bitz intensive armies like SM, CSM and Orks also have a couple of large divided cases for bits (2 for sm, 3 for CSM, 2 for orks, 1 for IG). I also have a box thats just full of misc vehicle bitz and parts left over from other models.

BrassScorpion wrote:I use a combination of items; right tool for the job and all that. I have some GW cases, some Sabol Army Transports and I also use a lot of Plano 1404 accessory cases for large models.

I can fit two Baneblades or two Brass Scorpions or a Tower of Skulls or five Leman Russ tanks, etc. in a single Plano case and those cost as little as about $11 each in the right store. It's a great, economical option for a few larger models.

What are Plano 1404 and where can you buy them?

I store my minis in toolboxs that i put foam in.