Slaying Dusty Boxes

I mentioned a while back, in a previous entry, that I’m a bit cheap at times.

A few years ago I came across a large box of pluck foam designed for high end equipment and tool cases.  I grabbed up as much as I could, knowing that my hoard of miniatures and games would continue to grow and storage solutions were not getting any cheaper.  I’ve started a habit of using the box that minis come in for storage using this foam, and sometimes using cardboard (something I learned from the YouTube channel Wyloch’s Armory).

The old pluck foam came in handy for my Slaine box.  I also decided to crab a bunch of my hoarded…wait…saved plastic clam packs from Warlord Games purchases.  I obviously saved these clam packs because I’m environmentally concerned, not because I have a problem getting rid of things.

Have I mention that my significant other is a saint for putting up with me?

With my supplies in hand, I began laying out the minis and plucking foam.  I don’t store my 2000AD game boxes on their sides, so I needed to layout everything with that in mind.

The Warped Slaine and Weird Stone required me to make some foam “beds” for parts of the models to rest on because they were too big to stand up in the box.  The rest of minis were stored standing up.  I did add some foam beneath the Rune Priest and Ukko because of how short/small the minis stand.  This makes it easier to pull them out.

I used the clam shells to create a box for the plastic tokens, dice, counters, and other markers that came with the set.  I decided to add a few extra dice to the set after I noticed that the Slaine player can roll a lot of dice when they have cards and other effects active in the game.  I sleeved the cards and put them under one of the clam shells to keep the cards from sliding around in the box.  I also used some leftover foam from clam shells and plucked foam to better secure these extra bits for the game.

I think I might try getting an outdoor picture with the miniatures now that I have a nice way to travel with my set…and I still need to play the game.