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Well as of lately 2 really awesome tackle boxes because I have been transporting my army a lot more lately. They work great for me and nothing has broken while I transport them. Fragile things are usually set on tissue paper. When I don't plan on playing any games for an extended period of time I have a pretty huge plastic case with pull out layers.

A GW case to lug minis around in, a tool kit with custom cut foam for my tanks and monsters.
A cardboard box for the models that are currently unpopular with me and a pair of shelves for my favoured 'out of use' models.
This would have been better if it were a multi choice questionnaire.

3rd party army case as we don't have a GW shop here

In foam trays and hard cases I make myself from pistol cases.
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/362407.page

I put most of my infantry models inside the foam GW cases. If they are painted I try and squeeze them in for protection. Sometimes if a model is too big though I just wrap them up in tissue paper or toilet paper (extra soft ) and then stick them in with the bigger models. I usually stick the big models, dice, measuring tape and broken and unpainted masses of models inside converted GW model boxes (AKA my Land Raider box that is now sectioned off to hold models). The GW cardboard boxes are deep and wide usually and they are pretty sturdy. Plus they have cool artwork to keep people from accidentally throwing the cardboard boxes away. I have heard horror stories of such things on this site.

Anywho, that's my storage story.

-VardenV2

I voted for "offical GW carry case" although i also keep some packed neatly into a showbox covered in beanbag beans... Mostly these are my old LOTR minis. Some i keep on my desk.

Mine are just laying around.....who needs to store stuff....

NZ Army 5.56mm wooden ammo case

CARDBOARD BAWKSES!

However I plan on getting a tackle box and applying foam to it.

Most of my CSM are in a Sabol Army Transport.
Empire and HE are in various cardboard boxes for the time being.
VC are still on the sprue in the box they came in.

I use a GW case and then some other random tubs/ toolboxes are handy too!

Tackle Box

Two main WM/H factions go in PP BF bags, spare trays for occassional extras, but WHFB currently all sit on magnetized trays inside a GW box, and anything I don't actively play sits in a display cabinet. Unpainted stuff is found on old Fast food trays organized by faction.

I built a case myself... bought a case from the hardware store and put a metal plate inside. Then each of my models got a magnet in the base. Result: much space and the paint has no contact with any foam.

Half of mine are in boxes in the shed and GW cases, and the others are in a glass display case.

I stow my in the Really Useful Box things with plastic separators and that works well to keep my models organised (and unbroken).

I magnetized the bottom of all my models so I store them in plastic containers with sheets of metal epoxied to the bottom. It works well since they don't move around. The only problem was when I first started doing this I bought magnets that were WAY to strong. They strong magnets work well on heavy vehicles like Land Raiders but I snapped so many infantry off their bases because of it.

My "third party army case" is a pair of Plano tackle boxes strategically lined with air conditioned filter foam. I have been using these for minus for almost 15 years and it has only failed me once, fortunately it was with plastic D&D minis and it was my fault. I put a good anoint of time in to make these work, and so far, so good!

I have 2 6 shelf lawyer's bookshelves. They've got the glass cabinet doors. Beautiful furniture, hopefully my paint jobs do them justice

some in a cabinet, some in a case, and some on shelves.

I used to keep completed models in tins, but I recently got a sabol army transport for my birthday. Very nice. I was always scared something would break in the tins, though nothing ever did.

Meanwhile uncompleted models or other projects on the go cover every available surface in my house. Sometimes I manage to quarantine it to one table, but it always spreads.

Multi-section plastic containers, myself. I seem to run infantry-heavy armies (Tau and Orks), and even my one vehicle-heavy army (Space Wolves) has 4 10-man squads of Grey Hunters and 3 6-man squads of Long Fangs. Gotta go with what keeps my infantry safe on the cheap.

A few full-height display cases (floor to ceiling). Already looking like I need another, since the last is filling up again.

I keep mine in the battleforce boxes

I built my own wooden case out of a single piece of wood. It has actually only twenty cavities, each provided with packaging material to avoid movement. It may actually be one of the heaviest and bulkiest cases ever seen.

I store them in humpteen different ways from GW carry cases, Display Cabinets to random carboard boxes.

I've made custom carrying cases with the eggcrate foam, infantry balance well in between the valleys. Also cutting out custom shapes from square mattress foam worked miracles for my old Tyranid Army.

Lately, it's been Sabol Foam Trays in a coincidentally perfectly sized cardboard box for my Space Marines. My next army, Eldar, is planning on having a custom display board, just magnetizing the miniatures to the board for transport.

Painted minis, Sabol or Battle Foam. Unpainted, any where they fit

Imperial Guard stored in metal ammo boxes from a surplus store.

I don't have many tanks or metal/finecast models so it works for me. Transport in duffel bag.

In Egg Cartons