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Imperial Guard Message Board :: General :: General 40k :: Pluck Foam Trays Author Topic: Pluck Foam Trays (Read 246 times) Trickstick WARLORD The Last Airship Pirate member is offline Psyker Extraordinaire, Director-General of the Resurrection Corporation Joined: Jan 2010 Gender: Male Posts: 1,421 Location: Manchester, UK Pluck Foam Trays « Thread Started on Feb 21, 2012, 9:12pm » So today, after getting annoyed at my cardboard/tissue paper storage method for the last time, I purchased a half infantry/half pluck foam case. Now I am trying to decide what to do with the pluck foam. Anyone have any advice? At the moment it will need to hold 2 manticores, a demolisher, 2 sentinels, 4 HWTs and a few objectives. I am thinking about "plucking" out shapes for 3 chimeras, 3 russes and then using the spare foam to pad out the unused tank shapes to hold the random models. I don't want to make it so that it holds what I listed perfectly, as I may want to change my list at some point. I know some people have recommended that I leave the walls between sections as 2 squares wide, as this will make the whole thing a lot more rigid. I will need to test if this limits the capacity too much though. Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged The Tvashtan 422nd "Fire Leopards" - Updated 19/03/11 "Diametrically opposing energies in self-sealed plasmodermic bubbles make great pets" badgersplatter Colonel member is offline Joined: Jan 2012 Gender: Male Posts: 387 Location: Buckinghamshire Re: Pluck Foam Trays « Reply #1 on Feb 22, 2012, 11:07am » I recently got one, only way I could figure out for 2 russes and 2 chimeras involved single thickness walls. It does feel flimsy, but I can't figure out any other way to fit them! If you do, please share... Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged Picture threads: http://commissar.proboards.com/index.cgi....ad=15078&page=1 http://commissar.proboards.com/index.cgi....2&page=1#348539 macknight Colonel member is offline Joined: Sept 2010 Gender: Male Posts: 396 Re: Pluck Foam Trays « Reply #2 on Feb 22, 2012, 11:47am » look up sabol army transport, their the untimate miniture carrying pro, i use them to carry my fantasy, 40k and flames, get from the warstore for discount. Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged 4) Most inspirational Army: Macknight. Cheers! My Imperial Forces: http://commissar.proboards.com/index.cgi....ay&thread=16616 badgersplatter Colonel member is offline Joined: Jan 2012 Gender: Male Posts: 387 Location: Buckinghamshire Re: Pluck Foam Trays « Reply #3 on Feb 22, 2012, 4:54pm » I don't get it - do you mean he/we should look at the way they cut their foam for inspiration? Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged Picture threads: http://commissar.proboards.com/index.cgi....ad=15078&page=1 http://commissar.proboards.com/index.cgi....2&page=1#348539 Trickstick WARLORD The Last Airship Pirate member is offline Psyker Extraordinaire, Director-General of the Resurrection Corporation Joined: Jan 2010 Gender: Male Posts: 1,421 Location: Manchester, UK Re: Pluck Foam Trays « Reply #4 on Feb 22, 2012, 7:22pm » I think he means buy some, although it is kind of late for that. I'm going to have a good sit down tomorrow and play around with it. I really want to leave room for sponsons, which limits my options a lot. We shall see what I come up with though. Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged The Tvashtan 422nd "Fire Leopards" - Updated 19/03/11 "Diametrically opposing energies in self-sealed plasmodermic bubbles make great pets" AshotNINJA AkA Gun-fu panda Warmaster The Greenstuff Shinobi member is offline EDF Eden Defence Force Joined: Oct 2011 Gender: Male Posts: 758 Location: Aldershot Hampshire UK Re: Pluck Foam Trays « Reply #5 on Feb 22, 2012, 8:19pm » why not stick card to the outsides of the foam trays to add ridigity to the tray then the internal walls could be thin but the whole tray stays rigid Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged badgersplatter Colonel member is offline Joined: Jan 2012 Gender: Male Posts: 387 Location: Buckinghamshire Re: Pluck Foam Trays « Reply #6 on Feb 23, 2012, 9:52am » Feb 22, 2012, 8:19pm, AshotNINJA AkA Gun-fu panda wrote: why not stick card to the outsides of the foam trays to add ridigity to the tray then the internal walls could be thin but the whole tray stays rigid That's my plan Just looking for a good source of beefy stuff, then I can firm up the whole case. A bit like the stuff they use in box files etc. Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged Picture threads: http://commissar.proboards.com/index.cgi....ad=15078&page=1 http://commissar.proboards.com/index.cgi....2&page=1#348539 Trickstick WARLORD The Last Airship Pirate member is offline Psyker Extraordinaire, Director-General of the Resurrection Corporation Joined: Jan 2010 Gender: Male Posts: 1,421 Location: Manchester, UK Re: Pluck Foam Trays « Reply #7 on Feb 23, 2012, 12:01pm » So, the planning stage is pretty much done. I reckon about 5 chimera/russ sized models, although I will probably only use up three. I decided to leave out space for sponsons, as I rarely use them. I'll post a diagram of what I did when I'm finished. Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged The Tvashtan 422nd "Fire Leopards" - Updated 19/03/11 "Diametrically opposing energies in self-sealed plasmodermic bubbles make great pets" cheminhaler WARLORD SCARFACE member is offline Dragon-Doctor of the Department of Nice Things. Director of Alternative Respiration. Joined: Jun 2009 Gender: Male Posts: 2,186 Location: London, U.K. Re: Pluck Foam Trays « Reply #8 on Feb 23, 2012, 12:06pm » Well if you make a mistake PVA glue works well for sticking the foam bits back together. Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged http://darkhive.proboards.com/index.cgi Trickstick WARLORD The Last Airship Pirate member is offline Psyker Extraordinaire, Director-General of the Resurrection Corporation Joined: Jan 2010 Gender: Male Posts: 1,421 Location: Manchester, UK Re: Pluck Foam Trays « Reply #9 on Feb 23, 2012, 7:50pm » Ok, so here is a rough picture of how I ended up doing it: Each red 'square' is a piece of foam I left in. The two blue shapes are little foam blocks that can be removed to make those sections big enough for russes. I may change the layout slightly if I think it is needed, using PVA (thanks Chem) to fix things. 4x6 is big enough to hold a russ or chimera. 4x5 can hold a sentinel and a turret or some HWTs. The small bit is for objectives. I left the majority of the walls two pieces wide, to give the whole thing a bit more stability. « Last Edit: Feb 23, 2012, 7:51pm by Trickstick » Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged The Tvashtan 422nd "Fire Leopards" - Updated 19/03/11 "Diametrically opposing energies in self-sealed plasmodermic bubbles make great pets" Forum Jump--------------------» Home--------------------» General--------------------- News- General 40k --- Scenarios- Beginners Board- Picture Post- Painting and Conversions --- Imperial Guard Conversion Guide --- Painting Guides --- Terrain- Fluff- Rumors- After Action Reports--------------------» The Imperial Guard--------------------- General IG anything board.- Drop Troops- Infantry- Tanks- Tactics- Army List--------------------» The Great Universe--------------------- Allies of the Imperium. (Marines and The Inquisition)- The Eldar (Eldar and Dark Eldar)- The Forces of Evil. 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