How Best to Transport Warhammer Miniatures? Cases, Magnets and Boxes!

Let's talk about a few of the options for transporting Warhammer 40K miniatures from game to game...

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0:00 Intro
1:50 Options to Transport?
2:49 Magnetic Transport Systems
5:17 Tabletop Stronghold Magcases - Sponsor
7:52 Putting Magnets on Bases
9:29 DIY Magnetic Cases
10:12 Simple Boxes
11:29 BETTER Simple Boxes
13:46 Foam Carry Cases
15:56 Custom-Cut Foam + Other Manufacturers
16:53 Outro

[auspextactics]

Small correction on the mag case pricing: The big ones price is the one that comes with the 12 trays (not the 6 tray one as I said), and they're also able to ship to Australia and New Zealand!

[coddaw]

The only way to truly assert yourself at a tournament is to have all your minis in a Hefty™ brand garbage bag and then dump them all out onto the table before deployment.

[Akimbo]

I simply glue my skaven to actual rats which I use as monster units to save money and bait them onto the table with cheese.

[realllybadgaming]

Theres no way me and a friend were just talking about transport solutions this afternoon, and Auspex is like "hmmm I'm in your walls"

[williamclouse]

Another important difference between the two is if you have to fly. Sometimes you cant control checking a bag if the overheads fill and checking foam is a lot safer than magnetic.

[ezpete]

Something worth noting about the magnet solution is that even if the magnets are holding strong and your minis don’t move when you shake or flip the box upside down, If you were to accidentally drop the case on a hard surface especially if it falls at an angle, the shock from the impact can send all the minis flying inside the case. I exclusively transport my armies this way so this isn’t a criticism, just something worth keeping in mind.

[AngelofDeath]

Well I’ve seen someone have their models in a plastic shopping bag at a tournament

[tomatopastesauce]

Auspex drops a video about magnetizing your minis while I'm magnetizing my minis.

[omicdog]

Leviathan Box was the most useful GW product I ever bought! Great for carrying minis.

[TheOther]

I bought one of the Mag cases XL... very good. Recommend them immensely, can hold a lot of models

[vxicepickxv]

My homemade cookie tray box is great for local travel. I customized the size for each of the shelves, so the tank tray is much taller than the infantry shelves.

[tfilipow]

Thank you so much Auspex Tactics! I have just gotten into the game and my army quickly expanded to over 2k points and as a Chaos Space Marines player I found all my spikey bits getting damaged in my cardboard transport box. I also hadn't found any terrain yet but was enjoying playing with cardboard versions of those. I was so happy for you to release a videos that solved both of those problems because I just bought the Tabletop Stronghold 2.0 Case w/ 6 trays and the Terrain Kit. I was so stoked to see that they built the terrain kit specifically for Pariah Nexus and even include pictures of how to make the 8 Standard Terrain layouts on their website. I saved $110 and I can't to get them in the mail!

[patriciabenjamin]

I glue washers to the bottoms to the bases, because this gives them a bit more weight to them, and glue a couple of magnets to the washers

[breadguytv]

Those strongholds look so good.. i started collecting astra so it looks like a good option

[devilsadvocate]

I bought an entire guard armored company im gonna need some new transport options so this is a life saver

[BarokaiRein]

If you're just going somewhere like once or twice, two-sided foam tape is actually incredible. One roll costs next to nothing, and in my experience, it holds with incredible strength once or twice. So it's good enough for just a trip to a tournament. For example, a resin model on a 130mm base is going nowhere if the entire bottom is covered with two-sided foam tape and really pushed onto almost any surface that isn't nonstick.

I use it exactly like I do magnetic sheets. Plastic box, cover the top and the sides with foam, cover the bottom with two-sided tape, and done. Non-metallic solution for airplanes that you can just put into your hand luggage, and then I just pack a couple more rolls of the same tape and repeat on the way back. Nothing picks up on the scanner or metal detector.

[ElGordoBandito]

I switched to a Jucocci magnetic case and I can’t remember the last time I had a model break since doing so. It’s spindly Aeldari models if that sells it any further 😂

[jwebcoding]

There’s also the other option. Just build your own. It’s not hard (or expensive) to build a box out of decent cabinetry plywood and then make some steel shelves. Had a place that made four custom cuts of 16 gauge steel for $20 total. Throw on a coat of paint and a kayak handle and you can build a case large enough to carry a 3K army with room to spare for about $60-$70.

[Majere]

I'm a recovering foam user- I have some 30 KR cases. It's a good solution, but the foam itself can stick to minis and I found packing to be a bit too slow.

My solution was my own version of magnetic storage. I lined some KR boxes with thin card with magnets stuck to it underneath, as close together as I could get away with. Then the miniatures themselves have either steel washers or 3M steel discs glued under their bases, which means they stick firmly into the case, but _not to each other._ For vehicles, I cut a piece of foam board to the footprint of the vehicle, then hollow out recesses for the steel discs before putting a sheet of paper over the top and painting the whole thing with Stirland Mud to seal and protect the foamboard. As well as the models not potentially sticking to each other, this method scales well because the washers are considerably cheaper than magnets. They also weigh more, which helps stabilise the models on the table if they're a bit wobbly (hello, Seraphim).

I would caution, though, that if you need to fly with an army you _really_ want custom-cut foam. Despite their disadvantages, foam cases protect models from sudden impacts far better than any other solution. A good hack with the trays with rectangular compartments is to expand them for larger models by only cutting the divider at the top or the bottom, so it can be pushed out of the way whilst remaining attached. This lets you use it as two individual compartments if you still need too, and the extra bit of foam can help secure the mini in the resulting double-sized compartment.

[cassiecaradoc]

Definitely glad you did this one. I have a not-small collection, and transporting that collection for apocalypse game always involves spending half an hour repairing them... so finding a safer mass transport option that doesn't cost as much as the army itself is definitely a priority for me.