Good evening children of Grandfather Nurgle and thank you for joining us again in our corner of his necrotic paradise. Today I am offering up a review of KR multicases Kaiser 4 case. As you can imagine with me picking up the Kaiser 4 this is not an unbiased reviewed as I already own a Kaiser 2, a Skirmish case and 5 additional card cases.
The Kaiser 4 is the largest in the Kaiser series and holds 4 of the cardboard cases to allow you to switch out what you bring rather than having to change the foam as you do in the aluminium cases. This case was bought for my Necrons though I originally planned to use my Kaiser 2 case with some new custom foam unfortunately I use a few flyers and barges and with them not being as boxy as Imperial forces they take up significantly more room.
With the realisation I would need 4 card cases to hold what I owned and planned to purchase to expand my force I initially looked at buying 4 cases and a second Kaiser 2 bag but the difference was quite small cost wiseso for ease of transport I went with the larger bag. However I can only recommend this if you are moving about in a car as the case is 20" tall, 16.5" wide and 11" deep so is a bit bulky for walking or public transport. Luckily with the case being a tough fabric rather than solid plastic and being filled with card, foam and models it is still light enough to move once you get used to it being a giant lump of a case ( think two large GW cases taped together).
The material is hard wearing even with regular use, I picked up a Kaiser 2 when KR first started as a one man operation and it is still as good as new. It is waterproof and even protected the contents from a large chilli sauce covered kebab being dropped on it without a stain.
The card cases I was wary about at first but after years of being used the only sign of wear is on the hinge and this remains solid. The foam is much softer than what you find in GW's cases which lets you manipulate it to get large models such as Necron Overlords, Kroot and Saurus in without damaging their weapons.
You can take the pick and pluck rather than the custom foam to try and squeeze more in and while I did this with my Black Templars I felt more comfortable with the custom foam for Necron vehicles.
Overall I am a fan of these cases and do think they are worth the money, don't get me wrong they are not cheap but when you are transporting hundreds of pounds worth of models you have built and painted yourself I think it is better to invest in making sure they get to their destination safely.
Until next time keep spreading his gifts to the four corners of the universe.
O'Shashar
Sweet. I just ordered a Kaiser 1 on Friday...I can't wait to get it.
ReplyDeleteTheir tray selection system is awesome once you know how to use it but man is it confusing at first.
Aye with all the custom and normal cases it is a bit of a nightmare but well worth it in the end.
ReplyDeleteNice post, dude. I've got a Kaiser 1 and several of the storage boxes. Expensive for a cardboard box, but worth it to store models nicely without them getting damaged.
ReplyDeleteThanks, they are expensive for cardboard but I haven't used anything I have preferred yet.
ReplyDeleteWell when you think a case costs 30 and your army costs 300, 10% of your army value is a worth while investment. But still, 30 cardboard box, lol.
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If only we all played foot only armies one case is all we would need :)
ReplyDeleteThey can do custom cuts. I asked about one for 31 Grey Knights, 6 Rhinos and 4 Dreadnoughts and they said they could get it all in a single box.
ReplyDeleteSubject: [cupboardofnurgle] Re: Cupboard of Nurgle: KR Multicase Review
Did you guys get any core size trays? I just got mine in with 8x N4H trays. My assault marines fit but they stick out of the tray more than I would have thought. Interesting since they even say the shorter M tray fits Space Marine Assault Marines just fine.
ReplyDeleteStill happy with the purchase though, it sure beats the girl shoe box I've been using :)
What are core trays? I've know idea what anything is. I just won my Kaiser in a tournament and it come with four infantry trays, which I've used in empty kaisers.
ReplyDeleteSubject: [cupboardofnurgle] Re: Cupboard of Nurgle: KR Multicase Review
The system is kind of confusing at first, here are printouts of the core trays:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.krmulticase.com/resources/trayprintouts.aspx
These PDF's help make more sense out of it (look for the core/troop trays): http://www.krmulticase.com/resources/customtrayguides.aspx
The main ones are F, N, and M. They say F is for large models (i.e. terminators). M and N are nearly the same: M is 50mm tall and N is 70 mm...if I recall correctly.
All gobbly gook to me. I've just got normal infantry trays x 5.
ReplyDeleteSubject: [cupboardofnurgle] Re: Cupboard of Nurgle: KR Multicase Review
Haha. Try this then:
ReplyDelete1. How many cells per tray?
2. How many cells per row?
3. Can you fit 3 or 4 vertically in the cardboard box?
Easiest way to figure out what tray you have.
50 cells per tray, 5 cells per row and 5 rows. Fit 4 in a box if I remember right. I've got them all in seperate boxes and split the trays when I first got my Kaiser.
ReplyDeleteSubject: [cupboardofnurgle] Re: Cupboard of Nurgle: KR Multicase Review
Sounds like you got the M4T, if you ever need to know that ;)
ReplyDeleteI'll keep that in mind ;)
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Sorry to stop your reply thread gents but as it is now in a single character column. The core cases do have some good uses for infantry and quite blocky models as soon as it is delicate spikes I give up and go for custom.
ReplyDelete@Mercer Didn't know they would do custom arrangements beyond what they offer normally might have to look into that on my next purchase which will hopefully be a while away.