Posted by Brian on Jan 14, 2010 in
Cases,
Tools and Supplies 
I’ve been using the War Store EconoBox cases for awhile. The idea of having easily stack-able “platoon” sized boxes for Flames of War really appealed to me. When you need a platoon, you can just pull it off the shelf and toss it in a wheeled roll-aboard suitcase. Foam alone doesn’t stack really well, and its a PITA to label and shuffle around when you need to get to something on the bottom of your stacks. These cases solve all that. The white corrugated cardboard boxes are easy to label, rigid enough to stack, and easy to pull out the bottom one from under a stack of ten of them.
For those of you familiar with the Sabol Army Transport foam, these trays are significantly larger, but use the same type of foam with the same size cubes. Just be aware that it won’t fit in your bags even if you take the foam out of the boxes. Compared to Crystal Caste Battle Hive storage, it has cubes about twice the size. The foam texture seems to be the same. Read more…
Tags: Case, EconoBox, Flames of War, Foam, FOW
Posted by Brian on Jan 14, 2010 in
Cases,
Tools and Supplies 
I’ve gotten tired of how pluck foam tends to disintegrate over time. Most of my Crystal Caste stuff is coming apart in the narrow sections. I guess its just a side effect of being able to easily remove the cubes in the first place. Its easy to remove them accidently too. I’ve decided that I want a standard cut case for my Malifaux minis. Trouble is they are 32mm “heroic scale” and most of the cases have foam with slots 1″ wide. This wont fit a Malifuax 30mm base.After a lot of digging I ran across the KR multicase system (again) Its not well known in the US, as its a UK supplier and only got a US distributor in October. They have a wide selection of tray types including the pluck foam if you like it. The one that caught my eye was the “F” style tray that is 30mm x 50mm and comes in a 32mm depth, so perfect for most Malifaux models. Bonus that if you cut the compartments you get a spot big enough to fit a 50mm base, and it comes in a 70mm depth (2x 32high with the bottoms accounted for) so you can store the large models easily in the same case. Its also available in 51mm depth if you would prefer to lie you models down. You can custom order any combination of trays too and they come in 5 depths. 6x half width 32mm ones fit in a standard KR multicase, and each half tray is about the size of a tray of battle foam. It’s only $39 shipped to the US with the card case (you can order aluminum, or fabric bags that fit these too, but they’re not such a deal for the initial investment.)
Anyhow, I ordered one with 4x 32mm high “F” half trays and 1x 70mm high “F” tray. Its actually cheaper than the 1.5″ pluck trays I’ve been getting with the corrugated boxes. The half trays are a bit smaller than those, but there are more of them, and the wall between minis don’t have to be as thick. I like that the case are cheap, even if its just card boxes. I really like that you can customize the foam at no extra cost. I just have too much stuff sitting out of cases right now, and the Malifaux stuff is particularly fragile. Look for a full review once it arrives.
Tags: Case, Foam, KR Multicase