orcmonk220
Underboss
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 | | 03/20/2006 2:21 PM |
| I just felt like sharing my new storage system. It's made from drawers of the old newspaper printing offices, where they used to store the stamps for letters:
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Vash
Underboss
1995 Posts
| | 03/20/2006 2:35 PM |
| | Thats actually kinda cool, can I request a close-up? | |
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DireBadger
Warrior
266 Posts
Glasgow, UK
| | 03/20/2006 2:58 PM |
| I have exactly the same thing on my wall (except it has a back to it). Yep - it's a defunct type-set drawer from a printers. I wish I could find more. Mine's mostly full of metal minis, though (there are a few plastics in there too).
The drawers are just about deep enough for a medium mini's base to be fully on the shelf. The top of my 'drawer' is crammed full of large-base minis (even though they'd fit in the taller sections, the larger bases make balancing an iffy proposition).
The smaller sections will hold all but the tallest medium minis (though the sword-above-head pose may be a little tall - that's what the bigger sections are for).
I wish I could find more, but they're now few and far between (found the one I have in an antique shop). Do make sure it's firmly attached to the wall, though (this is more of an issue with lovingly-hand-painted metal minis, I guess).
Storage plus display - and it takes up almost no space (it's a bit like having a poster on the wall). :) Nice one Chris!
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orcmonk220
Underboss
1608 Posts
| | 03/20/2006 3:28 PM |
| OK, here are some close ups. They're not the best, but show it in more detail:
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jgsugden
Commander
4320 Posts
Walnut Creek, CA
| | 03/20/2006 4:00 PM |
| It looks like roughly 2 square inches per medium figure. It is about 1.5' X 2.5', right?
So, for me to display all 2000 of my (medium) figures, I'd need roughly 4000 square inches. Theoretically, that'd only be about 6' by 6' ... hmmm ... that isn't too bad.
If I built it out to handle the larges and huges, it'd need to be much bigger ... but hmmm .... | |
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LargeMarmot
Sergeant
463 Posts
| | 03/20/2006 5:02 PM |
| | Yeah, I love shelves as opposed to boxes. Those look real nice but I wonder how effective they'd be for large amounts of minis. Regardless I like your setup alot. | |
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The Beer Baron
Underboss
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| | 03/20/2006 10:34 PM |
| Very cool.
I'm imagining my entire living room wall from floor to ceiling in glorious minis.......
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Thenameless
Warlord
12507 Posts
The Fortress of Solitude
| | 03/21/2006 1:29 AM |
| | That's a pretty nice set-up for your favourite minis. The shelves look perfectly sized to display minis. | |
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jacksonm
Warlord
5560 Posts
River City
| | 03/21/2006 11:40 AM |
| | I love it. Makes me want to do something similar myself.... | | | |
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orcmonk220
Underboss
1608 Posts
| | 03/22/2006 3:55 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Thenameless
That's a pretty nice set-up for your favourite minis. The shelves look perfectly sized to display minis.
It is. The left side is perfect, but not too happy with the large gap in the bottom of the right side. | |
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