Waterloo in 28mm - My journey log

[Helge]

I am also pleased to report that the new "home" for this army is finished. Five brand new display cabinets with 9 glass sections, each with three shelves for minis. Each shelf is 24" by 16". All nicely lit. I set this up in the new "Waterloo Room" which still needs to be finished in some details. But at least the important part is done . Each shelf will hold roughly two brigades and each of the full sized cabinets will hold a Corps (I, II, Reserves, Cavalry). The half cabinet at the end is for the independent formations (Brunswick Division and Nassau Brigade). The closed cabinets at the bottom will hold books and other stuff associated with the Waterloo project. The room has enough "wall surface" to hold another 6 cabinet columns along the same wall. That should be enough for the French and Prussians once they are painted. 22 feet of Waterloo glory .

[syrinx0]

Your display cabinets are as nice as the miniatures.  You could host wargames as your retirement job.

[tomrommel1]

that looks really good

[Harry Faversham]

Certainly looks a tad more impressive than the old shoe boxes, my Napoleonics used to billet in!

 

[Grumpy Gnome]

Your display cabinets are as nice as the miniatures.  You could host wargames as your retirement job.

I would echo that! 👍

[MaleGriffin]

Wow! Fantastic cabinets for an incredible collection!

[CapnJim]

Yeah - they should work out quite nicely!

[Helge]

Thank you all for the kind words. We are still a few construction steps left before the army can move into its new home. Too much dust until then. On positive news, construction  has finished in my new printing room. Resin printers are already set up. The K1 FDM printer will move to its new location on the weekend.



This new room also serves as the new "long term storage" for projects. As you saw earlier in the thread, I store "active" projects in small drawers in my paint room. Long term stuff goes into more efficient banker boxes. Second picture are the three Napoleonic boxes (the second French box has already been assembled and is thus in the small drawers). Lots of assembly to come soon...

[tomrommel1]

you are so incredably organized and you have so much space! makes me a bit envious....

[peachey_c]

Lovely set up, what are you planning on printing?

[Helge]

Lovely set up, what are you planning on printing?

Thanks. I have been printing for a while now, so this is just the new physical setup. Below is a photo of a Warmaster Ogre Kingdom army printed and painted as an example. I also printed some bigger projects such as a large 40k Death Korps of Krieg army (Maker Cult Valour Korps models) and some forces from OPR. Haven't gotten around to painting those yet though...



On more Napoleonic news, I am starting on 2nd Brigade of 2nd Netherlands Division. Below we have the Prinz von Saxe-Weimar commanding the brigade.

[peachey_c]

Excellent 

[Aethelflaeda was framed]

It is utterly vile to keep such beautiful figures hidden in a box when not in play.

[Helge]

It is utterly vile to keep such beautiful figures hidden in a box when not in play.

The stuff in boxes is all unpainted long term raw material. Everything that is painted is in display cabinets. The photo a few posts above is the next display cabinet for my Napoleonic collection. For now those are stored on the main table in my primary gaming room. They will get transported over to the Napoleonic display gallery once construction in that gallery room is completed.

The rest of my collection is also housed in display cabinets. My main gaming room has two walls covered in custom cabinets for that purpose:

Army Storage: Three cabinets with two adjustable columns each. These hold display trays 24" wide and 18" deep with up to 10 shelves stackable. Below you can see a quick photo of the "Small scale" cabinet. Mostly 6mm Epic  with some Dystopian Wars at the bottom.



Skirmish Storage: Three cabinets with five shelves of 36" x 12".  Each shelf has a custom "half-shelf" to elevate the rear area. The first cabinet holds (from top) Blood Bowl, Mordheim, Battlefleet Gothic.



The second cabinet holds 15mm DBA, Saga, Man-o-War plus some empty space for the future



The third cabinet holds Warcry, Blackstone Fortress, Warmaster, and a 28mm Early Imperial Roman force at the bottom.



Bottom line, nothing painted is dishonoured by box storage

Editing to add something a bit more Napoleonic. I mentioned the table that currently stores the Napoleonic project. Here it is in a crappy photo. You can see the finished units, labelled bases for the unfinished ones, and the flag sheets for the Prussians in the foreground. In the back you can see the three army cabinets.



For the curious (and my amusement), I added a labelled version of the photo.



Apologies for the bad photo quality. I made a few attempts and there is no hope to focus over this depth/lighting situation with my phone. The table is 9' long...

[vodkafan]

This is all absolutely jaw dropping