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Other Stuff => General Wargames and Hobby Discussion => Topic started by: Mr. White on November 23, 2020, 06:28:11 PM
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I see lots of beautiful scenery and terrain posted in photos all over LAF, but how the heck to folks store all this stuff?
What's the secret here?
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Any available flat space, including the floor lol
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Any available flat space, including the floor lol
Pretty much. :D
Mine is all in United Solutions roughnecks and HDX totes. Some of it is on shelves where there isn't boxes of unpainted miniatures. ::) :'(
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I have a huge storage room with lots of shelves.
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I have a load of IKEA Ivar storage racks which are adjustable so you can set the spacing to suit your requirements.
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Any available flat space, including the floor lol
Yup.
Floor space and racking.
Obviously flat boards take up a lot less space than ‘sculpted’ boards, and MDF or plywood boards a lot less space than thick slabs of styrofoam.
When I was younger and lived in small houses, most of my terrain boards were MDF. Since moving to a big house with plenty of storage space, I’ve made exclusively foam slab terrain boards. But they do require a lot of space. Clearly it’s a reason why so many people use cloths, mats, and teddy bear fur throws. Personally, I don’t think they look anywhere near as good as a rule (although they can look pretty good if done well), but if you don’t have the space, living in a small apartment say, you probably don’t have too much choice.
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I don't really have much room for storage of terrain so have to rely on my imagination a bit more than I would probably like when playing, and tend to have to mix and match between genres.
My tables, therefore, are often less than realistic but I get by.
I have all my terrain stored in 4 x 60 litre boxes under the bed, there's probably room for 1 more.
I really envy those with a dedicated room; maybe one day.
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When I owned a house it was shelves in the storage room. Now that I'm in an apartment, well, it's paper terrain and a small box of random terrain elements.
I'm still trying to figure out how to gave a good terrain collection in a small space. More so then miniatures terrain takes a lot of space to create and store.
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I used to:-
a) Make terrain
then
b) try to find a box big enough to hold it.
Now I (try to)
a) Find a (normally RUB [Really Useful Box]) container.
then
b) Use its limits to ensure the scenery fits the box.
'This is the way'
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Yup...RUB’s are definitely your friend.....just wish they would do a few taller boxes, up you can find sizes for most terrain projects.
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Also, when using plastic bins, use tacky (the puffier type) shelf liner on the bottom to keep stuff sliding around/colliding. Will survive most normal driving, etc.
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I have 2 smaller RUB with smaller bits and 2 larger plastic containers for buildings and larger pieces, neatly stacked. These all go up in a cupboard and is fairly nonobtrusive.
Terrain and storage is definitely a big project killer and has mostly kept me to one period and scale for several years now. I would love to do proper tables or boards but nowhere to store them so a cloth is the only way really.
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The 'legs' of my table are actually pine bedside cabinets from Argos; three drawers each. I use them to store a lot of my scenery, and the rest is on shelving.
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Any available flat space, including the floor lol
Yes. lol
And not necessarily horizontal space! One of my friends had a good idea for (not heavy) polystyrene hills: fix one or two small rings under a side, and hang them to the wall... :o
Perhaps a new fashion for home decor? lol
(https://i.servimg.com/u/f62/14/79/97/63/img_0511.jpg) (https://servimg.com/view/14799763/1915)
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And not necessarily horizontal space! One of my friends had a good idea for (not heavy) polystyrene hills: fix one or two small rings under a side, and hang them to the wall... :o
I was hoping to do just that with a PlayMobil arena I got off e-bay (for my
28mm Gladiatorial games), BUT...
It turns out to be almost a meter in diameter!
Plus too big for 28mm. Gonna need a rethink here.
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Now I (try to)
a) Find a (normally RUB [Really Useful Box]) container.
then
b) Use its limits to ensure the scenery fits the box.
'This is the way'
It certainly is.
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The suggestions to only use terrain that fits in a RUB and to line the RUB with the tacky paper are both on point. Thanks for these suggestions...I can sigh a big sigh of relief now!
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The suggestions to only use terrain that fits in a RUB
Yes this is probably one of the wargamer's pillars of wisdom.
Another one is to only buy miniatures that fit in your money budget.
Another one is to only buy miniatures that you will have time to paint soon enough... :?
...I don't know many people with so much wisdom! lol
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It certainly is.
So say we all.
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...I don't know many people with so much wisdom! lol
In my case, very much 'Do as I say, not do as I do'.