Friday, July 14, 2017

NEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRDDDDDDDD!!!!!!

Okay, so I still haven't cleaned out my painting area to get to my photography stuff or to be able to paint. I have been able to do some modelling, and right now I am focusing on rebasing my Newhammer Chaos for Age of Sigmar and the upcoming Armies on Parade event. One thing I have been able to do, however, is set up a fancy-schmancy glass display cabinet. 

I picked up one of the Ikea Detloff cabinets. I had to add a lock to it as well, since my kids will frequently be playing down there. And despite what that says about "no drill," that lock definitely requires drilling to install! 

I had wanted to add extra shelves using Richard Helliwell's 3D printed shelf clips, but I couldn't find anywhere that would cut me some tempered glass shelves (again, the kids!) for a reasonable price. No one charged less than a new Deloff cabinet for a single shelf! This shocked me because most of the DIY guides said they got new shelves for the $12-19 US range and I was getting quotes in the $80 US range.  So if anyone knows an affordable place to get shelves cut, let me know.

Oh, and a word to the wise, the plastic clips that hold the glass together must go on in a specific way that is easy to overlook. I had a lot of problems that stemmed solely from that.

So anyway, here's the shelf assembled and placed in my basement:

And here it is full of my NEEERRRRDDDD!!!! stuff:

A close-up of some Lego and Transformers:



And what most readers of this blog will want to see, some of my better models, including a front row that I haven't added to the blog yet!


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  1. DaiJuly 14, 2017 at 6:26 PM

    Very nice. Been wanting one of those for years now.

    Good luck finding the glass shelves though - sometimes Ikea itself will have some in their discount section?

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    1. AndrewJuly 14, 2017 at 6:41 PM

      They're not available separately at all so the only way that would happen is of they had a damaged unit.

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  2. Anthony BoJuly 14, 2017 at 8:58 PM

    Looks great. I have some of those cabinets myself. Been tempted to add some more shelves. I know Lowes can cut glass for you, but never asked how much it would cost

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    1. AndrewJuly 15, 2017 at 7:39 AM

      I don't believe their glass is tempered, and u need safer glass with kids around. Although now that you suggest it, that's probably how people are getting those prices!

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  3. Michal DwarfCryptJuly 15, 2017 at 3:20 AM

    Ha! Looking awesome!

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  4. SeanJuly 15, 2017 at 11:31 AM

    Looking good. I'm still trying to figure out the display/storage conundrum. I don't really have a place to put a display cabinet.

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  5. Captain CrooksSeptember 18, 2017 at 11:55 PM

    I have two of these cabinets with the exact same contents: LEGO, Transformers and painted minis :D NERDS4LYFE

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