A case for the one miniature you painted best

Every collection has one: the warlord, the party’s paladin, the model you spent a month on. Characters are also the most fragile figures you own — dynamic poses, raised weapons, flowing capes, parts that were never meant to bear weight. MyMiniCase gives that figure its own case, carved to the pose.

Why characters break first

Rank-and-file figures are sculpted to be handled. Characters are sculpted to be looked at: an arm thrown back, a staff held high, a cape blown sideways. Each of those is a lever, and in a shared box or a generic slot the lever is what takes the impact.

A cavity carved from the STL surrounds the lever. The raised arm has its own recess; the cape has a wall behind it. Nothing is left hanging in open space.

Making a character case

1. Load the character’s STLInclude any separately printed parts: several files dropped together are grouped as one model.
2. Choose clearance and personaliseSet a painted-figure clearance, then add an engraved name or logo and, if you like, a lid window.
3. Generate and printExport the case and lid as STL and print them on your FDM or resin printer.

Make it look like it belongs to that figure

• Engrave the name of the character — or your own maker mark — on any side face or on the lid, in raised-depth text or from a PNG logo.
• Add a window to the lid, with a hidden ledge for a clear pane, and the case doubles as a display box.
• Print in a colour that matches the army; the case prints on any FDM or resin printer.

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