Nidzilla on Battlefoam Magna Racks

[draaen]

Hi All,

    I am looking to buy a dedicated army transport for my burgeoning hive. I plan on running nidzilla with troops being warriors and/or ripper swarms. I want to first and foremost focus on the hobby and make a good looking dynamically posed army. So I expect my models to take up a lot of space and have fiddly bits which will make transport more interesting. I'm planning on using some of that christmas money and recent tournament winnings to buy a battlefoam magnetized tray. I am wondering if anyone else uses it and what their thoughts are on them as far as how the models fit. I have a winged hive tyrant and a trygon so I need at least one tray that is pretty tall.

    The big debate is between the 352 and the 720. Does anyone use either? If so how many of the big bugs can you safely cram onto the tray and would a taller model like a trygon or winged hive tyrant take up so much vertical space that it will make the next level difficult to squeeze in other less tall monsters like Maleceptors or Carnifexes?


Thanks a Lot!

[hivefleetkerrigan]

I got the 1520 and I think that the flyrant takes about 8" of height in that case. Regardless of what case you go with, you need a lot of height. I think magnets are the way to go as you avoid the wasted space of foam.

[hiveminded]

I also use the 1520...works well for car travel, not so much if you are flying. I agree with the previous comments...you need a lot of height for the taller big bugs, so keep that in mind.

[seeg]

i currently have a 352 and 1520. i totally regret buying the 352 as my first purchase.. it's just not big enough. i seriously recommend springing for the 1520 if you can. as it is, its amazing how much space is used with a normal nids army, i cant imagine how fast you will use up your space with your dynamic poses and what not.

[timcz]

I have the 720 and just recently in the Black Friday sale picked up the 1520 (arrived about a week ago to me down here in Australia).

Agree with the above that the 720 would be a minimum. The way I run the 720 is a Magna rack on the bottom with big bugs, a sliding Magna above that with about 3” of space for warriors and hive guard sized bugs, and then above that I have a row of foam for gaunts/genestealers depending on which one I feel like taking (sub out which foam). Fits a lot of stuff pretty well particularly with the sliding racks now.

But I bought the 1520 because once I grab more than a few big bugs, the 720 just doesn’t cut it. I intend to use probably 2 largely spaced racks, a smaller spaced rack for the hive guard etc sized models and then the gaunt foam above. I have a GW case that I can pile gaunts into if I needed even more space but ultimately I don’t want to lug more cases around.