Help Re-Organize My Minis Collection


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Over the years I've accumulated way more pre-painted minis than I'd realized. It's been years since I last sorted them properly, so the time has come for a lost weekend of organizing.

The bigger ones (dragons, giants, and so on) have moved to the bookshelf. I'm re-categorizing the now-25 plastic drawers, having deleted a few for figures that moved to the shelf and added a few (like demons and devils) where I think I'll need a full drawer.

So far I have 21 categories. A few might be tight, and others might be a little loose, so there'll be a revision phase later. But for now, I'm wondering whether there might be four more categories I should consider.

Below is a list of what I've sketched out so far. Considering I have most of the D&D minis and all of the Pathfinder, what categories would you imagine I'm overlooking? I'm also open to suggestions on changing existing categories.

Half-Breeds & Rare Humanoids
Aberrations & Bugs
Beast Men
Animals
Furnishings, Statues & Traps
Trolls & Ogres
Goblins
Undead
Demons
Devils
Orcs & Hobgoblins
Reptile Men
Elementals & Constructs
Elves & Drow
Dwarves, Gnomes, and Halflings
Aquatic Creatures
Human Warriors & Rogues
Human Spellcasters
Human Commoners & Guards
Fae & Woodland Creatures
Named Heroes & Villains


You could just give them to me ;). Seriously though I'm planning on doing something like this myself. I'm curious to see what suggestions people come up with.

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After a first stab at dividing a few drawers and sorting relatively recent acquisitions, I'm thinking "Thugs & Cultists" might be a useful category.


Last time I did mine I ended up with a whole box just for skeletons and a second box of other undead. But that would depend on how large your drawers are. Overall, my split was very close to yours. I didn't split up the humans/PCs as much as you did, but again my boxes migth have been larger or I own less minis. :-)

Sczarni

Dave Gross wrote:

After a first stab at dividing a few drawers and sorting relatively recent acquisitions, I'm thinking "Thugs & Cultists" might be a useful category.

I tend to do "thugs and other mooks" alongside "anks" "spallcasters" "healers" "ranged" and "other misc humans/elves" but my container also has really small drawers

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