Optimal Army transport foam use.

[Malkyr]

Hi there!
I wasn't sure where to put this thread, the modelling forum seemed closest but not quite right so I figured General would be fine.

I am using Sabol Army Transport cases and the pluck foam that goes with them. I am trying to plan out the best kinds of trays to fit my models in and I figured that other people must have gone thru this before!
Is there any sort of resource on this topic already?

I believe I have found the most optimal way to store termagants, I can fit 20 of them in a 1" tray laying on their side. I also am happy with my Biovore/Spore Mine storage tray (fits 3 with 20 spores or 6 with 8 spores all standing in a 2.5" tray).

I would love to hear how people are storing Hormagaunts. Do you lay them on their side in 1" trays or stand them in a taller tray? How many can you fit?

Also super interested in how to store Trygons, Tervigons, and Hive Tyrants. I'm thinking I can fit two Tervis on their sides and have room for a magnetized Tyrant standing in the middle of a 4" tray, but that's pure theorycrafting.

Does anyone have pictures or documents of there optimal tray layouts?

By the way a great tool for this is Buhallin's Army Transport Tray Builder!

[infornography]

My tervigons stand up in 4" trays but they were kitbashes from before the current kit came out. My T-fexes are on their sides, 2 of them fit in a single 4" tray with a bin carved out for their weapons systems to sit.

My trygon stands up in a 4" tray with a 3" tray that comes down on top of it. I keep my Mycetic spore the same way in that same tray along with one of my tervigons and my swarmlord.

I can't take pictures of everything at the moment, but those are my bulky units for the most part.

[immortalblue]

I do it like this (termagants shown, but works for any gaunts)


put pennies (check they're the magnetic kind first) in each gaunt, then alter and glue together the LOTR movement trays, drilling and inserting a magnet in them.

[Hive Bahamut]

Battle foam is for static armies. With all the monkeys in a Barrell syndrome we have I've found a convential plastic tote about 2'4'2 at about 5 inches deep with just a foam base is the only solution I've found. Free grants go in a seperate bucket, I can't justify a case when all they are for is getting shot and removed asap. Tyranids really weren't designed with travel in mind.. Flyrant, and Mr Trygon being the biggest culprits. Oddly enough after all my case buying and foam chopping it was a cheap wall mart case with a simple foam bottom that kept everything together. Gargoyles are still having problems.

[zoat]

My unpainted 40 gaunts are just thrown together into one empty Trygon-Box XD Same thing for Stealers and Hormies.
But on the other side my painted models are transported in a big army case this way:
First I put in all my monstrous creatures and cover them with foam leftovers, then I use the trays for the bigger and smaller infantry. This worked for me every time and I allways have to transport my army when I want to play.

[Hive Bahamut]

Love the pud box love. How many others do it? Here is my army all laid out nice, and here is the ice cream/coffee/random 40k box of gants. Just as the Hive Mind would like. Careless distribution of the bullet eaters.

Then again I guess forming an army out of clay then mashing it back into a ball after is probably more visually correct. Pool party. Everyone jump in.

Do any of the battle foam sites cater to Nids? I know there are a few out there... I wouldn't mind grabbing some actual shaped stuff if it exists, and doesn't cost more than its contents.

[Raven]

Battlefoam and KR Multicase both have custom trays for Tyranids.