Base coating the plastic Ogre miniatures

After priming all of the Ogre miniature plastics, it’s time to start base coating them. I’m taking the quick and dirty route, with Krylon Fusion spray paint.

That’s about 5000 vehicles, plus another 450 or so Ogres. I will start detail painting these in batches. I’ve decided I’m just going to follow the paint scheme I have always used for the metal miniatures.

Terrain Board Storage System

Well I finally got back to working on my terrain boards, and figured out a way to store and transport them.  I used some scraps of the 1" x 2" lumber to make some corner brackets. I added some spacers to keep the terrain boards far enough apart to prevent damage to the terrain features.

 

 

Closeup of bracket:

The terrain boards take up a lot less space stacked up like this, maybe I'll add some wheels for ease of transport.

Storing Ogre Miniatures

My Ogre miniatures have gone through many different forms of storage/transport, and I'm still not happy with the current solution.

When you have this many miniatures to store and transport, it becomes a fairly expensive proposition.

I found some really good cases a long time ago, which have since been discontinued, of course. They are made by Akro-Mils, who makes a lot of the plastic cases you see in stores. These are from the Akro Logic Multicase line. Basically they are a stackable case with removable bins. They come in two different depths, about 2" and about 3.5". The shorter size is good for most vehicles. The taller size holds Ogres all the way up to Mark 6.

Since these cases spend the vast majority of their time on my shelves, I just put foam in the bottom of each bin and line up the vehicles side by side. I have driven to game conventions with these cases and have only had a few instances where the vehicles got bounced out of place. I don't like having them rub up against each other though, so I am going to try to figure out a way to add some padding to keep things in place better.