Boxes for Miniatuires

Boxes for Minis

So when I was speaking about packing away my Stargrave minis, here, I hadn't thought about where or how I was going to pack them away. Whilst I have several carrying cases for minis, I have way too many minis and not enough carrying cases, so a lot of minis end up being put away into small plastic storage boxes wrapped in paper towel. Whilst these are practical, they are not ideal and I had always been on the lookout for an alternative for my minis, even if this would only be for temporary storage whilst they are being transported from home to game.

I found a few old miniature boxes that Games Workshop produced and thought these looked ideal as they fold out flat and are constructed by tucking in various flaps. If I was to finish it with a bit of cheap foam in the base and lid it should stop movement and damage to the minis inside.

I unfolded these and traced around the box onto some cereal box card and scored along the appropriate lines with a blunt knife, using the original box a a template to figure out which way to fold the flaps. I did stick the long side flaps down before folding up my new box as this would help the tab catch better, and give the box a bit of rigidity.

I followed up on this by deciding to buy a large sheet of construction card, the day-glow green was on offer, and the foam I used was some foam I found from an old computer hard drive I had bought many years ago.

Although the construction card is nice, I have a never ending supply of cereal boxes so I can have several of these for random minis when travelling to a game. As you can see, the box comfortably holds 5 to 6 minis on bases. I don't think a large creature would fit, or a base much larger than 30 or 32mm, but for the most of what I have these will do the trick.

J