Transporting tyranids

[paddygunner]

Hi all,

I’ve recently gotten back into 40K and picked up the nid combat patrol. I went home for my holidays and took them with me to play my brother. To transport them I used a plastic storage box with a magnetic sheet and magnets on the bases. Works a treat for the car train or on foot. However disaster struck as I flew home. I opened my suitcase which went on hold to find that the majority of the nids had come loose and were free to roam the box. Thankfully no breakages or paint damage. Does anyone have advice/experience of transporting an army by plane.

[nidzy]

Feb 11, 2024 14:31:58 GMT paddygunner said:

Hi all,

I’ve recently gotten back into 40K and picked up the nid combat patrol. I went home for my holidays and took them with me to play my brother. To transport them I used a plastic storage box with a magnetic sheet and magnets on the bases. Works a treat for the car train or on foot. However disaster struck as I flew home. I opened my suitcase which went on hold to find that the majority of the nids had come loose and were free to roam the box. Thankfully no breakages or paint damage. Does anyone have advice/experience of transporting an army by plane.

You have to fill all the loose space in your box. I’ve done this with plastic bags full of cotton for example or extra clothes I had on the flight. That thing is up there aggressively rattling the whole flight so you just want to inhibit its movement inside the box.

[Overread]

In the plane itself its probably safe its the loading/unloading where it goes through loader machines; staff packing and more where it gets jolted and shaken around. Even if you were to use more powerful magnets the superglue bonding itself has a limit on how much strain it will take before sheering off and letting the model fly.

So yes its as Nidzy' says, you want to have something in the case to absorb any movement of the models. Tyranids have a boon in that most of the models are pretty solid as models. There aren't really many that have parts which wobble or flex (Flyrant is probably the worst for a regular based model - whilst fliers can be a bit more fragile on their stems). So yes get some packing material into the case to stop any movement of the models.

If you had super fragile ones like some of the AOS models (eg Khinerai) then you might even want to consider a separate fully foam container approach. This can take up more space, but ensures the models will not move around at all and are protected on all sides with packing foam.

[gigasnail]

My friend that used to travel to play competitively had a case that had custom foam cutouts for his models. It was set up to vertically stack, had a collapsible handle and wheels and was good for checked baggage.