Maturin Posted April 6, 2020 Author Share Posted April 6, 2020 (edited) Well since @Minis by Night and @SquigHoarder showed us their solution to display/Store their minis, I'm going to show you mine. They're Ikea's "Detolf". I added some more shelves by using some U shaped thingy ( aka cable clamps) and tadaaaa you've got Detolfs with a boat load of shelves. But to be honest it's not great when you need to get some minis out of it, first because I don't own enough rectangular trays to put my minis on (90% of my figs are based on rectangular bases since I bought them second hand) and secondly because when you have so many shelves cramped on the detolf, then you have to be careful not to either damage a mini or even yourself. I did severe one of my left hand tendrils while installing the non securit glass shelves in the detolf. I had to be escorted to the hospital by firemen and got myself some nifty 9 suture points and some physiotherapy :D. Edited April 23, 2020 by Maturin 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maturin Posted April 6, 2020 Author Share Posted April 6, 2020 So I was wonderng what could be a better alternative to the system I found. At Ikea, I've found that their kitchen furniture might actually of interest to us. The resaon is because unlike the solution based with immobile shelves where you have to go pick what you want to play, their kitchn furnitures have got rails inside, so that's the selves moving out to meet your loevely delicate hands (well I wish you have, because I'm always on the verge og breaking something with mine :D) The only problem is it becomes quit expensive quickly. So I'll keep that in mind for later on. What's your mini storage solution ? If you have any good iead, please share! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flemingmma Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 So this is my completely unassembled section here which is packed in quite tightly about 2 original boxes to each box now, I've also got a bunch of fishing tackle containers with semi assembled stuff, an assembled but unpainted shelf plus some stuff in fishing tackle containes, a primed shelf plus containers and 3 actually painted shelves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maturin Posted April 7, 2020 Author Share Posted April 7, 2020 4 hours ago, flemingmma said: So this is my completely unassembled section here which is packed in quite tightly about 2 original boxes to each box now, I've also got a bunch of fishing tackle containers with semi assembled stuff, an assembled but unpainted shelf plus some stuff in fishing tackle containes, a primed shelf plus containers and 3 actually painted shelves. You're pretty organized if you separated the minis in different categories Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flemingmma Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 2 minutes ago, Maturin said: You're pretty organized if you separated the minis in different categories I moved kinda recently, so everything got organised then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minis by Night Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 17 hours ago, Maturin said: Well since @Minis by Night and @SquigHoarder showed us their solution to display/Store their minis, I'm going to show you mine. Those are my actual display shelves. Would you believe I painted about 800 minis in the last 3 years, and most of them are in those pictures? Looks so small (althought the Necrons, Nighhaunts and Chaos are packed pretty tight). 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maturin Posted April 7, 2020 Author Share Posted April 7, 2020 2 hours ago, Minis by Night said: Those are my actual display shelves. Would you believe I painted about 800 minis in the last 3 years, and most of them are in those pictures? Looks so small (althought the Necrons, Nighhaunts and Chaos are packed pretty tight). Nice use of Ikea's Billy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sttufe Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 Jesus, you want to see my pile of shame? Everything else is at least painted (although some are waiting for basing), and primed. Heck, the only thing that is primed is 3 endrinriggers and I am painting those next! Everything is painted. Although to be fair this is just about the end of the painting zone as a couple items should be arriving tomorrow. However that gunhauler is my pile of shame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flemingmma Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 2 hours ago, Sttufe said: Jesus, you want to see my pile of shame? Everything else is at least painted (although some are waiting for basing), and primed. Heck, the only thing that is primed is 3 endrinriggers and I am painting those next! Everything is painted. Although to be fair this is just about the end of the painting zone as a couple items should be arriving tomorrow. However that gunhauler is my pile of shame. Man, there's something not right with a someone who doesn't have a million unpainted miniatures, you probably have people meat in your freezer 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Souleater Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 Can we spin this in our favour? By hoarding all this plastic (especially the Sprues that would otherwise be discarded) aren't we actually helping the environment by stopping it getting into landfill and the oceans? 😁 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maturin Posted April 10, 2020 Author Share Posted April 10, 2020 7 hours ago, Sttufe said: Jesus, you want to see my pile of shame? Everything else is at least painted (although some are waiting for basing), and primed. Heck, the only thing that is primed is 3 endrinriggers and I am painting those next! Everything is painted. Although to be fair this is just about the end of the painting zone as a couple items should be arriving tomorrow. However that gunhauler is my pile of shame. Flemingmma"s right. The Adeptus Arbites will be alerted. Please remail calm during seach and seizure procedures! 4 hours ago, flemingmma said: Man, there's something not right with a someone who doesn't have a million unpainted miniatures, you probably have people meat in your freezer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sttufe Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 How did you know? Seriously though don't worry I ordered like 40 models yesterday after saying that, so I should be building it back up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sttufe Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 6 hours ago, Souleater said: Can we spin this in our favour? By hoarding all this plastic (especially the Sprues that would otherwise be discarded) aren't we actually helping the environment by stopping it getting into landfill and the oceans? 😁 I agree, however in the future, were going to reach a point where there is an almost critical mass of models, as almost no one throws them away (excluding special circumstances) which means that eventually GW doesn't need to produce models because we HAVE every model. And we just sell the ones we don't want. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flemingmma Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 10 hours ago, Sttufe said: I agree, however in the future, were going to reach a point where there is an almost critical mass of models, as almost no one throws them away (excluding special circumstances) which means that eventually GW doesn't need to produce models because we HAVE every model. And we just sell the ones we don't want. Ah, but gw can make new models, that we obviously also need 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sttufe Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 3 hours ago, flemingmma said: Ah, but gw can make new models, that we obviously also need Fair. Also I should not have bragged about having an absence of a pile of shame, as I now have a box and around 20-30 models sitting on my desk waiting to be primed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flemingmma Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 2 hours ago, Sttufe said: Fair. Also I should not have bragged about having an absence of a pile of shame, as I now have a box and around 20-30 models sitting on my desk waiting to be primed. 20-30 is nothing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maturin Posted April 11, 2020 Author Share Posted April 11, 2020 5 hours ago, Sttufe said: Fair. Also I should not have bragged about having an absence of a pile of shame, as I now have a box and around 20-30 models sitting on my desk waiting to be primed. Dude, I wish, If I had the storage room that mine was just that small. SO I could buy more models without remorse 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sttufe Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 Once again, very fair, it is a small amount of models, unfortunately I have only discovered this hobby in the past 3-4 months, so I haven't had the time required to buy truly amazing amounts of models. In the counter position to yours, i wish I had those models to build and paint. I am a very fast builder so I already have them built and based and primed, but oh man if I had that many boxes... I would be a very happy man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flemingmma Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 I also have my 3dprinted shame box, soon to be two boxes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maturin Posted April 12, 2020 Author Share Posted April 12, 2020 1 hour ago, flemingmma said: I also have my 3dprinted shame box, soon to be two boxes What models are those ? It seems good quality ? Do you have a good 3D printer ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shroud Of Night Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 Here is my dreaded "under the table," where miniatures go never to be heard from again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overread Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 Ahh I see your problem @Shroud Of Night - you've got Skaven under the table. SEe those three things in the middle, gnawholes! Clearly you've got a skaven infestation down there. They've likely been stealing stuff from you for months. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flemingmma Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, Maturin said: What models are those ? It seems good quality ? Do you have a good 3D printer ? I have the most garbage, poorly manufactured printer widely available, the monoprice select mini. The reason the miniatures look good comes down to two things, I'm using the right settings which I've gotten from a dude called "tomb of 3d printed horrors" and the models are designed specifically to work with fdm printers so the detail is nice and chunky and theyre constructed in such a way thay they don't need supports printed. Heres what they look like painted Up close you can still see layer lines but they're more than fine at tabletop distance Edited April 12, 2020 by flemingmma Spelling, grammar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maturin Posted April 13, 2020 Author Share Posted April 13, 2020 @flemingmma Dat face Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maturin Posted April 13, 2020 Author Share Posted April 13, 2020 So, who's this guy ? Tell us who you are we know you're on the forum ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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