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Have painted up some ships, made some asteroids (scoria on a stick works very
well), and was wondering how people store and move their ships about?
I've considered magnetic strip (but the hex ship bases are often concave in
shape) and slot trays, such as I use for my Ren figures (but starships are
usually bigger than their bases and will knock against
each other), and even the old stand-by of an old t-shirt in the box with
the ships lying on the fabric (but then they slide about and it puts stress on
the link point between the stand and the ship).
So, suggestions welcomed!
Regards
David
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Try a slice of soft phone with a vertical slit. Slide the ship "in" so the
foam sits as a spacer between the base and the mini. The diameter of the foam
is the length of the ship. Works a treat.
OG
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I've got a heavy cardboard box that game with fruit in it with soft foam
inserts for padding, so they fit exactly in the box.
I cut the foam into three strips, then cut slots into the strips.
Here's the box overall:
http://users.rcn.com/andyskinner/Minis/Stuff/SpaceshipBox.JPG
This shows how the foam sits on/around the bases:
http://users.rcn.com/andyskinner/Minis/Stuff/SpaceshipFoam.JP
G
This shows one of my ships on a Battletech fight base, which is good for this
because the base is flat and the peg is thin:
http://users.rcn.com/andyskinner/Minis/Stuff/FT_BTBase.JPG
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In a message dated 9/15/2005 6:13:56 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> davebill@clear.net.nz writes:
Hi All,
Have painted up some ships, made some asteroids (scoria on a stick works very
well), and was wondering how people store and move their ships about?
I've considered magnetic strip (but the hex ship bases are often concave in
shape) and slot trays, such as I use for my Ren figures (but starships are
usually bigger than their bases and will knock against each other), and even
the old stand-by of an old t-shirt in the box with the ships lying on
the fabric (but then they slide about and it puts stress on the link point
between the stand and the ship).
So, suggestions welcomed!
Regards
David
I do use the magnit strips. I get a thin peice of metal to glue to the bottom
of the hx base. This does two things for me. Usually I use a metal piece
about a 1/4 inch wider ad longer the the hex base for cruiser of less in
size.
Some of the larger crusier and capitals I use metal plates about 1/2" to
1"
1. allows me to maget it in the case I put them in... 2. also allows better
balance on table games where a cloth surfase causes the miniature to fall
over. the metal base glue to the original hex base gives it a wider surface to
sit on.
Vince
I only have 3 kinds of miniatures at the moment, that being starships,
Battletech units, and 6mm microarmor.
For the first two, I use the large boxes from chessex, though the internal
layout varies depending on the size of the miniatures (I try to
use one box per navy). While this seems a bit contradictory, I also use
StarRanger's system with the detachable bases, so I end up using two
compartments on average, one for the mini, one for the ship.