‘Conan! What is
best in life?’
‘To crush your enemies; see them driven before you, and to
hear the lamentation of their women.’
‘Conan! That’s great but you need to get your chores done
first…’
Ah yes, there are things we all enjoy, but unfortunately we
have to get the boring stuff out of the way first. For the last few weeks, I have been in the library of Frugal
Towers; researching, writing and getting rather stressed as I put the finishing
touches to an academic project I’ve been working on. However, the work has now been sent off and I’m free to
paint, game, generally geek out and then write about it in a mildly amusing, but
ultimately badly planned way.
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| Old School Raider with an old school finger attached |
The main news of the past few weeks is that I have finally
completed my Dark Eldar. I bought
my Dark Eldar (or as I like to call them ‘Naughty Space Pixies’) a couple of
years ago and left the box gathering dust on a shelf. When the new Naughty Space Pixies Codex was released last
year, I got them out of the box, assembled them, painted a couple and then put
them back on the shelf to gather dust.
Eventually I had to paint them all so went for a quick scheme of
basecoat, wash and highlight, with minimal detail. So now I have approximately 1000pts of NSPs on the shelf
gathering dust.
The (semi) interesting fact about these NSPs is my storage
technique. I ordered some 25mm self adhesive magnetic discs from Hasslefree Miniatures, at £10 for 100 though smaller packs are available. Like a lot of gamers out there I’ve experimented with a few
different methods of storing my Pixies, Gnomes and Galactic Knights, but I
think that these magnets are the way ahead. The discs only take a second to apply, and once in place are
pretty robust.
Once the figures are stickered, it’s simply a case of
finding a suitable receptacle to keep them in. I’ve gone for a metal tool box that I got from a carboot
sale for a couple of pounds, but for another unit I’ve used a boxfile with self adhesive steel paper in it.
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| Even the smell of ginger hair cannot dislodge the magnets. |
For me, one of the main benefits of magnetic bases is the
ease that the figures can be put away, no messing about shoving the figures
into foam holes, just stand them up in the box and they hold themselves in
place, winner!
As I rarely travel too far for gaming I think these are a
good (Frugal) option for storage.
Anyone who regularly flies or takes trains to tournaments may want to
consider something more robust, but then if you’re the sort of gamer who flies
to tournaments then you’re probably not the type to worry too much about Frugal Gaming.
So, I’m back, I’ve completed an army and I’ve adopted a new
way of storing figures, what more could you possibly ask for?
If you're interested in magnets, you may like to check out my Blood Bowl article.
3 comments:
Magnetic bases are great, but I think you may have missed the negatives (which I had to learn the hard way). When setting up the models on the board, often times the bases will do what magnets do best- attract to each other. Sometimes this can be a pain.
Just thought I'd give you a heads up on a problem I've encountered with my magnetic bases.
Good point Krisken and something that I've found myself when using the (super small and super powerful) rare earth magnets.
The adhesive sticker magnets I've used here have a pretty weak magnetic field in comparison, they seem strong enough to stick to the metal box, but aren't strong enough to cause any problems. That I've noticed.
My favorite line from the movie. Good call.
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