Nathan Caroland Posted December 24, 2005 Report Share Posted December 24, 2005 I ran across a link that shot me over to a blog and I found myself really surprised by some of the ingenuity displayed there. In particular, a CD case turned into a miniature WIP case. Here are the pics and the text that he's got up there as well as the link as the fellow deserves a bit of a kudo's for thinking outside of the box so to speak. -- http://www.weetoysoldiers.com/wp/ I’ve had a couple of old plastic CD cases in the storage shed for years, the holdovers from my college and bachelor days, not quite suitable for the living room anymore. These are the older style CD racks with guide rails for individual CD jewel cases. Being perfectly functional CD cases, I’ve been reluctant to throw them away. And now my packrat-tendencies are about to be rewarded! It’s occured to me recently that they’d make fairly decent storage and display cases for work-in-progress miniatures, or for storing game-ready miniatures by the gaming table. These were black to begin with, so I primed them grey, let dry, and overcoated with semi-gloss white paint. For the “shelves,” I disassembled CD jewel cases and used the bottom trays (with lips all around) to hold the miniatures. It works quite well — the adjustable height and slide-out trays are quite handy. If I were so inclined, I could even probably affix a piece of plexiglass on hinges to provide dust cover. Naaah — too much work. Each tray is approx. 4.75″ x 5.5″, and can easily accomodate about 10-15 28mm figures or a single vehicle. Front view. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchkid Posted December 24, 2005 Report Share Posted December 24, 2005 cool idea, might save the few wips I have from the unescapable ( so far) paint chip and random damage they endure. Thanks for the link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pr0fane Posted December 24, 2005 Report Share Posted December 24, 2005 That roxx. You're right...props to the guy for creative thinking. <mumbles>where did I toss those old CD racks??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzoangel Posted December 25, 2005 Report Share Posted December 25, 2005 Very clever idea indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Posted December 26, 2005 Report Share Posted December 26, 2005 Brilliant! I am off to eBay now..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricJ Posted December 29, 2005 Report Share Posted December 29, 2005 that is pretty cool, and inventive...too bad I got rid of all that stuff and replaced it with those CD books...which don't do well displaying minis, lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celtic Lilly Posted December 31, 2005 Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 That's such a neat idea. I don't have enough WIPS to actually do something like that but I can see how that would really come in handy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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