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DDM Minis: Do you stow them away or put them on display?
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Man in the Funny Hat
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With some 1200 DDM minis I stow them. They're in five 60-drawer and 30-drawer plastic storage cabinets, like for fishing tackle or small parts. But, as soon as I can find decent wallspace to do so, I will be putting a selection on display in a printers tray.Frukathka said:
diaglo
Adventurer
rats. i shoulda used burlap sacks. it would be more environmentally friendly.Mark CMG said:Let me guess . . .
burlap sack is the one true storage device. all others are pale imitations of the real thing
I just keep mine in bags for easy transport and storage.
hefty bags don't recycle.
but you got the idea. easy transport and storage.
Dragon Vindaloo
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I just throw them all in the gargantuan black dragons box along with the dragon, I dont own that many as I just started (this christmas). The box has one clear side to its easy to find what I need.
I dont worry about damaging or displaying D&D mini's because lets face it, they arent that great to look at or really worth displaying for the beauty or cool factor (unless youre the type whos into putting stuff like christmas cracker prizes and gift shop ornaments on display of course, lol!) and you dont have to worry about chipping the paint off of them or breaking them like with normal metal figs that you or your friends model for yourselves.
I would really only display miniatures or models that were painted well and looked cool on a nifty base/diarama or something. I used to have a load of mcfarlanes movie maniacs, transformer resin models and replica daggers etc on display in a glass cabinet, but one day I realised they just looked tacky and put them all in a cuboard upstairs. I have allowed myself to keep a single marvel superhero statue on display though.
If I my D&D mini collection ever outgrows the box its in, I might sort them by type into other boxes for ease of use but thats about it.
I dont worry about damaging or displaying D&D mini's because lets face it, they arent that great to look at or really worth displaying for the beauty or cool factor (unless youre the type whos into putting stuff like christmas cracker prizes and gift shop ornaments on display of course, lol!) and you dont have to worry about chipping the paint off of them or breaking them like with normal metal figs that you or your friends model for yourselves.
I would really only display miniatures or models that were painted well and looked cool on a nifty base/diarama or something. I used to have a load of mcfarlanes movie maniacs, transformer resin models and replica daggers etc on display in a glass cabinet, but one day I realised they just looked tacky and put them all in a cuboard upstairs. I have allowed myself to keep a single marvel superhero statue on display though.
If I my D&D mini collection ever outgrows the box its in, I might sort them by type into other boxes for ease of use but thats about it.
Lalato
Adventurer
With over 2000 Minis, I can't possibly display them all (without sleeping on the couch for the rest of my married life). Here's my current storage setup...
1. Separate the minis by faction. I play the skirmish game with them so this makes sense for me. If I used them primarily for RPG, I would probably sort them by creature type.
2. The ones I want to keep go in Stanley 10 Compartment Professional Organizers.
3. The ones I want to sell or trade are also separated by faction and placed in Sterilite clear plastic tubs.
4. Huges are not separated by faction. Instead they are all stored together in one large plastic tub.
5. Minis that I use regularly for skirmish are separated out and placed in one of the Stanley organizers noted above.
This has served me well for the most part. However, as my collection gets bigger I've beginning to see some cracks. It is becoming increasingly difficult to find specific minis so it appears that I'm going to have to find some storage scheme with a bit more granularity. I also don't like my Huge storage so finding an alternative for that would be nice. And finally, the minis that I want to sell or trade should be sorted by set instead of faction. So I need a solution for those.
My plan right now is to stick with the Stanley organizers. Right now I have 5 of them and they're filled to the brim. They cost about $15 each so in order to stay ahead of the game, I think I need 8 more for now. I'll use a couple of these to store my trade/sell minis instead of the tubs they are in now. Those tubs will be repurposed as Huge storage, by faction. I think that might work for now without too much money spent.
--sam
1. Separate the minis by faction. I play the skirmish game with them so this makes sense for me. If I used them primarily for RPG, I would probably sort them by creature type.
2. The ones I want to keep go in Stanley 10 Compartment Professional Organizers.
3. The ones I want to sell or trade are also separated by faction and placed in Sterilite clear plastic tubs.
4. Huges are not separated by faction. Instead they are all stored together in one large plastic tub.
5. Minis that I use regularly for skirmish are separated out and placed in one of the Stanley organizers noted above.
This has served me well for the most part. However, as my collection gets bigger I've beginning to see some cracks. It is becoming increasingly difficult to find specific minis so it appears that I'm going to have to find some storage scheme with a bit more granularity. I also don't like my Huge storage so finding an alternative for that would be nice. And finally, the minis that I want to sell or trade should be sorted by set instead of faction. So I need a solution for those.
My plan right now is to stick with the Stanley organizers. Right now I have 5 of them and they're filled to the brim. They cost about $15 each so in order to stay ahead of the game, I think I need 8 more for now. I'll use a couple of these to store my trade/sell minis instead of the tubs they are in now. Those tubs will be repurposed as Huge storage, by faction. I think that might work for now without too much money spent.
--sam
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