Storing D&D Minis when not in use

[Dannyalcatraz]

The only minis I have on display are a few of my dragons...but I have far too many to display.

Right now, my assembled metal minis reside in 36 Chessex boxes and 2 black plastic briefcases with foam inserts (from Container Store).

The ones that have yet to be assembled are in 5 plastic Sterilite 58 quart stacking tubs.

The plastic minis (DDM, WizKids, Star Wars, generics), OTOH, have a nice 5' tower of 8.5"x11" Sterlite stacking drawer boxes all to themselves. The Dwarven Forge has a similar tower, made of 2'x2' Sterlite drawer boxes, 2.5' high.

The overriding theme is portability. Even though I'm usually the host, the game travels enough that I need to be able to assemble "a fighting fohrce of unpararrerrred maginitoorde*" very quickly. To that end, I bought a cheap piece of rolling luggage that can hold about 6 Chessex boxes, all the books we need, a shoebox for Huge Minis, and a big bag of dice.

*bonus points for IDing the quote.

 

[Kae'Yoss]

I use compartment boxes. You get them in the building centre, they're usually used to store different types of nuts, bolts, nails, screws, light bulbs, fuses, whatever.

I do plan to use some sort of display case/glass cabinet for them once the gaming room is done.

And I'm talking about over 2000 figures here.

 

[Varianor Abroad]

Well while we're talking about porting around containers, anyone got a good source for egg crate foam?

 

[blargney the second]

My primary goals are portability, inexpensiveness, and protection, so I'm currently using the same storage method as Glyfair: baseball card boxes. I've got a big 5000-card box that has all my medium and smaller minis sorted by faction, a 4000-card box for my larges, and another 4000 without separators for my huges. I recently hit the point where I'm considering redefining my categories, but the boxes are still great.


Edit: I've also got a shoebox that I use for just my CE large figures. Lotsa bad guys!

 

[crazy_cat]

not to be insultingly obvious here, but have you considered shelves?

The presence of a non gaming significant other, or one or more small children in a place of residence can move this option way down the list of desirable or practical solutions however.