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Other Stuff => Workbench => Tutorials => Topic started by: kidterminal on February 24, 2010, 08:10:18 AM
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I have a number of smaller terrain pieces laying around the house collecting dust. I want to find a permeate store solution. I don't have the space for dedicated or specially build shelves. I'll need to sore mine in some sort of box or carrying case. Does anyone have the same problem? If so how have you solved it?
Rob
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I find that paper boxes (you know, the ones that have paper reams in them) are very useful, of a small enough size not to be obtrusive and stack readily.
cheers
James
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I snagged a banker's box from work recently (with permission, we got a huge pile of them in for year-end!) and am planning on using that for scenery storage and transport. Most of my 28mm pulp stuff (so far, anyway!) will fit into the one box, it's solidly constructed but not too big to carry easily - I do all my gaming away from home, so that matters.
Similar to jimbibbly's paper boxes, but sturdier!
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I use rubbermaid plastic storage containers. So many different sizes and capable of withstanding spills by beverages and paints alike.
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We have quite a lot of smaller pieces in clear plastic boxes that we bought from £ shops. They are about the size of shoe boxes, we have found a couple of different types (depending on which £ shops you go to) both about the same footprint but different heights.
Being clear plastic you can see what's in each box.
The lids clip on keeping dust out, and making them easy to stack up. But you always need the box at the bottom.
We found some larger ones in a hardware store that were sold as DVD storage, they are large enough to stand DVDs or videos in and about 2 feet long. Again in clear plastic. Useful for storing long "scenic" items, well so far useful for storing 28mm Greek galleys and Victorian paddle steamers.
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Do you use these boxes as carrying cases as well? I have to transport my miniatures and terrain. I use magnetic bases to store my miniatures but that won't work with most of my terrain pieces.
Here is one of the $1 store plastic boxes I use for my miniatures.
(http://i640.photobucket.com/albums/uu125/kidterminal/Magnet%20Bases/box5.jpg~original)
Rob
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Plastic boxes from Ikea, cheap and come in a variety of sizes.
Seem to fill up our second basement storage quite nicely. Yup, I said second - didn't know we had two when we bought our apartment* but my wife spotted a second smaller storage room with the ominous number 13 when she forgot which door led to our "regular" storage. Luckily for me she decided that I could have it for my toys :)
*I was sold when the previous owners said that the building had a common hobby room which practically no-one uses...
marko