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Welcome to today’s review in which we will be looking at two cases and a selection of foam trays from the Feldherr brand by GWINDI GmbH, a miniatures case manufacturer based in Germany. GWINDI GmbH produce a variety of miniature storage solutions ranging from their Mini and Mini Plus cases which we will be looking at today, to their much larger Back Packs and Hard Cases.

As you can see in the images below we’ve got two Feldherr cases, The Mini and the Mini Plus in addition to a whole pile of foam options including custom cutFlames Of War trays to show you. The Mini and the Mini Plus cases are both at the smaller end of the Feldherr range and so are most suitable for skirmish scale wargames where only a few models are required. Alternatively, we think they are also a great option for transporting hobby projects on the move, as you can easily store a couple of models, plus paints and tools in one of these cases to take with you.

Here you can see some pictures of the outside of the Feldherr Mini case. The case is made of a durable, black material with a Feldherr shield shaped logo sewn to the front, we think it looks quite stylish. The Feldherr Mini is designed to hold around 32 miniatures, or a few larger models depending on the combination of foam trays you fill it with. The Mini is available for €13.99 ($22.99 for US customers) as an empty case, or €19.99 ($29.99) including foam trays direct fromFeldherr.

Feldherr Mini dimensions: 30x 9x 20cm

One feature we really like is the addition of a clear plastic pocket on the bottom so that you can slide in a credit card sized note into it, making it easy to  identify whats in the case and/or who it belongs to. Here you can see we slid in a piece of paper with our logo on it.

Another nice touch which shows attention to detail on these cases are the zips which are customised with a stylised Letter “F”.

The Mini Plus is the big brother to the Mini and is designed to hold twice as much (up to 64 miniatures).  Externally the Mini Plus is very similar to the Mini, with the addition of a handle on the top to make it easier to carry around with you. The Mini Plus is available for €16.99 ($27.99) as an empty case or €24.99 ($39.99) including foam trays direct from Feldherr.

Feldherr Mini Plus dimensions: 30x 16x 20cm

The stylish look continues inside the cases. Each one is lined with a red patterned material and the lid of each case includes a zipped pocket which could be useful for storing rules, counters, paint brushes or similar accessories.

Now that we’ve seen the cases, lets take a look at some of the Feldherr foam trays and how they can be used. The first thing to note with these foam trays is that the tray and tray base come separately As shown below.

Each of the trays are self adhesive, if we flip over the foam tray you can see that it has a yellow covering sheet which we will need to peel away to expose the adhesive underneath.

Once the adhesive is exposed, we can then take the foam bottom and stick it to the tray. We pulled it around a bit and it seems like quite a strong adhesive, although we’ve not done any long term tests.

Our tray is now ready, and we can start to remove the internal foam as needed, and replace it with our own minis. The Feldherr foam feels very soft, so it should protect miniatures well without damaging them.

The tray we’ve just assembled happens to be the 25 mm (1 Inch) Figure Foam Tray half-size Regular self-adhesive and is great for storing 25-28mm miniatures. In this picture you can see we’ve removed the extra foam from 6 of the 16 slots and placed a 28mm Space Marine from Games Workshop inside one of them for scale.  The 1″ version of this tray costs €3.49 ($4.99)

The following picture shows one of the two sheets of foam you get when ordering the Convoluted foam 70 mm (2.8 inch) 2pc half-size. Each of the two foam sheets have the same teeth pattern and so they lock into each other, keeping minis or hobby equipment secure. (€6.99)

The next tray is interesting as Feldherr have changed the shape of the slots so that you can fit 20 28mm models in the same space you would normally fit 16 (as shown in the first tray we looked at). This is the 25 mm (1 Inch) Figure Foam Tray 20 Cut Outs half-size self-adhesive and each slot is wider at one end than the other. (€3.49)

This tray is the first of the custom cut trays suitable for Flames Of War models (check out our review here). As you can see below, the FOW Foam Tray 8 Tanks 25 mm (1 Inch) fits the contents of our Achtung! FOW starter set perfectly, with room for turrets and small pieces of foam you can pluck out for extra long cannons and similar. (€3.49)

The FOW Foam Tray 6 Large Tanks 25 mm (1 Inch) is another tray designed specifically for Flames Of War, this time aimed at some of the larger vehicles from the range, again with separate spaces for the turrets. (€3.49)

The FOW Foam Tray 8 Large Bases 25 mm (1 Inch) is designed to safely transport 8 large bases for Flames Of War, or any models of a similar shape/size. (€3.49)

The last of the special Flames Of War trays we are looking at today is the FOW Foam Tray 12 Medium 6 Small Bases 25 mm (1 Inch) which has slots to fit 12 FOW medium and 6 FOW small based miniatures. (€3.49)

For those unusual shape models and conversions we have the 25 mm (1 Inch) Figure Foam Tray half-size Raster self-adhesive which consists of raster (pick & pluck) foam, so you can create slots to exactly fit your miniatures and/or hobby tools. (€3.49)

All of the trays we have shown you today are half-size trays designed to fit within the Mini and Mini Plus cases. Many of the trays are available in a variety of depths, for example the raster tray above is available in 5, 10, 25, 40, 60, and 100mm depths so that you can get an exact fit for your models and case. Each of the trays apart from the convoluted foam is self-adhesive, and so they will all need foam bottoms, available separately for (€0.59).

Overall we are impressed with Feldherr’s smaller cases, they both feel high quality and look good.  We found the Mini Plus in particular is very useful as it can hold 4x 1″ trays or a combination of other depths, which gives you a decent amount of storage while still being very easy to carry around. Since these products are soft foam in soft cases, you still have to take a little care in handling them to protect your models, but that this size that should be pretty easy.

If you would like to pick up your own Mini or Mini Plus case, or see what else Feldherr has to offer, head over to http://feldherr.net/ and take a look.

I’m pretty happy with the tray. I could actually fit almost all my Foundry paints on it. In retrospect, 4mm MDF or plywood would have been better than hardboard, but that’s what I had at hand. Grabbing by the handle it feels a bit wobbly, let’s see how it holds out in use. Note that with the handle it won’t really fit into Feldherr bags anymore, but I don’t travel with paints anyway so this is not an issue for me.

I’ve found this product excellent in quality and reasonable in price. Getting storage for several hundred if not thousands of figures is going to be something of an investment no matter how you cut it, but investing in Feldherr foam looks like a pretty good choice. And one final word: Feldherr deliveries have always been prompt and their customer service is excellent. Thumbs up!

These box are definitely worth the introductory price of roughly five euros each. I promptly ordered twenty more boxes before the offer expires. The full price is a bit stiff, especially if you need a big pile of them. Let’s hope they offer volume discount packs in the future. Also, a slightly bigger box size would be nice.

Genau das haben wir uns auch gefragt, und haben die Feldherr Lagerbox M entwickelt.

Mit diesem praktischen Lagerkarton könnt Ihr Modelle übersichtlich und staubgeschützt aufbewahren. Der Karton lässt sich randvoll 15 cm hoch mit Schaumstoff füllen. Alle Half Size und Full Size Schaumstoffe (Raster, Block oder individuelle Slot-Schaumstoffplatten) passen perfekt.

Die Innenabmessung der Box beträgt 345 mm x 275 mm x 150 mm Höhe. Die Außenabmessung ist nur unwesentlich größer. Jeder Karton kann mit 4 kg Last bestückt werden.

Die Box-M wird flach und Platzsparend geliefert. Wir empfehlen Euch gleich ein paar mehr zu bestellen, so dass Ihr immer einen kleinen Vorrat dieser vielseitig einsetzbaren Lagerboxen zur Hand habt!

Das Aufklappen geht schnell und kinderleicht. Das Ein- und Ausräumen funktioniert ganz unkompliziert, denn zusätzlich zum Deckel wird auch noch eine Seite geöffnet!

Mit dem Feldherr Hobbytransporter (kommt im Herbst 2012) können 4 dieser Lagerboxen vor Wind und Wetter geschützt transportiert werden.

Mit erscheinen der neuen Games Workshop Citadel Farben wurden wir gefragt, wann denn die passenden Matten dazu erscheinen werden.

Es hat ein wenig gedauert, aber jetzt sind die ersten Matten verfügbar. Wir haben uns bewusst gegen eine runde Ausstanzung entschieden, weil sich die Matte so nicht nur für die Citadel Farbtöpfe eignet, sondern auch für viele Miniaturen. Die Fächer sind 37mm x 37mm hoch und eignen sich somit auch für viele Standard GW oder andere Miniaturen.

Wir werden in kürze für die gleiche Stanzung auch noch eine 60mm hohe Schaumstoffeinlage herausbringen. Diese ist dann super um Miniaturen stehend in den Slots zu transportieren!

Wie auch bei dieser Matte, sind wir auf euer Feedback und Eure Ideen gespannt, damit wir weiterhin für Euren Bedarf die richtigen matten produzieren können!

Auf http://www.beastsofwar.com/salute/salute-2012/win-feldherr-bags/ könnt Ihr übrigens einen Rucksack gewinnen! Also mitmachen!

Laut Google Translator handelt es sich um eine positive Rezension

지지난주 금요일(4월 27일)에 주문한 Feldherr의 백팩 가방이 10일째인 오늘 도착했습니다.
두 번의 주말이 낀 것 치고는 상당히 빨리 왔네요.^^

관세도 따로 물지 않았습니다. 비용은 할인 받은 것 까지해서 110유로 정도 들었습니다.

커다란 상자의 위용. 하지만 무게는 1.5kg 밖에 안합니다. ㅎㅎ

개봉!

가방과 스펀지는 따로 분리해서 정리되어 있습니다.

스펀지를 모두 넣었을 때 모습처음에는 이게 다 들어갈 수 있을까 걱정했는데, 가방의 구조 덕분에 아무렇지 않게 들어갈 수 있습니다.

덕분에 가방 내용을 일부러 보여주지 않는한 이게 무슨 용도의 가방인지 노출되지 않습니다.

이 가방을 매고 길거리를 다녀도 덕후 분위기는 풍기지 않을 듯

가방끈. 노트북 가방 처럼 튼튼하게 처리되어 있습니다.물론 길이 조절도 가능합니다.

Feldherr의 엠블렘

엠블렘 이외에 외장으로 다른 표시는 보이지 않습니다. 아주 깔끔하지요.

가방의 앞 지퍼를 열었을 때.게임용 악세사리나 룰북을 넣을 수 있는 공간입니다.

 

개봉!

겉보기와 달리 상당히 많은 폼이 들어갑니다.

안쪽에도 별도로 도구를 수납할 수 있도록 되어 있습니다. 세심함이 돗보이네요.

바닥은 3단으로 접히도록 되어 있어서 스폰지를 수납하지 않을 경우 바닥부분을 구기지 않으면서 접을 수 있습니다.

스펀지에 직접 모델을 넣어보았습니다.28mm 베이스의 기본 모델은 장당 16개까지 넣을 수 있습니다.

 

이건 임의로 떼어넬 수 있게된 40mm 폼.

아쉬운 점이 40mm 베이스 모델이 8개까지만 들어갈 수 있습니다. 미묘하게 크기가 작아서 이런 점은 좀 불만이네요.뜯어낼 수 있는 부분을 가로 2칸, 세로 1칸만 더 늘려준다면 좋았을 텐데…

총평

장점

- 미려한 디자인
- 백팩 형태의 트랜스포트 중에서 비교적 저렴한 가격
- 빠른 해외 배송(추적도 됩니다)

단점

- 미묘하게 작은 폼의 크기
- 직접 붙여야하는 번거로움

평가 ★★★★☆

Source: http://battlebridge.egloos.com/tb/4701842