ANOTHER CHAPTER FROM 
fantasysmith's notebook: 
Miniature Spotlight

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Dungeons & Dragons Advanced Dungeons & Dragons - Dragon magazine The Dragon #34
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Welcome to the first (and we hope not
the last) Fantasysmith’s Miniature Spotlight.
This special feature is designed to expose
readers to other people’s ideas on the furthering
of the hobby of miniature figure collecting
and miniature gaming.

The first Spotlight falls on George Buce
of King of Prussia, Pa., who has a solution for
storing and transporting miniature pieces at
minimal cost.

You may spend hours painting your figures, 
but if you can carry them loosely so they 
can be shaken around, they'll wind up looking 
as if they took 20 HP from an Ogre Mage! 

But George's figures look great!  Here's 
how he does it: 1st, cut foam-rubber scraps 
to fit inside any convenient-sized box.

Glue cardboard on the bottom of the
foam rubber and lay your figures on top of
the foam.

Draw around each figure with a felt-tip pen.

Carefully snip enough foam rubber out
so that the figure is completely surrounded
by foam. Don’t try to be too exact; it’s not
worth it.

You can put one foam-rubber holder on
top of another in the same box.

Under normal conditions, you can take
the box almost anywhere without harming
the figures—just be careful when you’re carrying
them!

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(Editor’s note: The apparatus described
here is quite similar in principle to Tank Trap,
a storage case for micro armor designed and
produced by Orisek industries. However,
there is no such device on the market for the
storage of other types of miniatures.)

Do you have an idea that can increase
others’ gaming pleasure at little or no cost?
Send it to The Fantasysmith, c/o The Dragon,
P.O. Box 110, Lake Geneva WI 53147,
and you may find your idea in the Miniature
Spotlight!