Review of 2022
2022 was a busy year for gaming, I fitted in 101 miniatures games in the course of the year and 36 boardgames. Building a permanent table in my study has...
Author: Derek
Plans for 2022
Games I’m going to be ambitious this year and aim for 100 gaming sessions, including at least 52 involving miniatures. I’m on target so far with nine sessions in January....
Warcry Warbands
I’ve been playing rather a lot of Warcry recently, it’s a really enjoyable skirmish game and I think it’s the best game that Games Workshop have published in recent years....
Decals for 6mm Samurai
Since I started selling my range of Samurai decals I’ve been asked a few times if I could make them for 6mm, notably those for the lovely models from Baccus...
How I base my figures (2021 version)
A few people have seen pictures of my models on social media and have aske me how I do my bases. Well I do it as outlined below. For my...
Review of 2021
2021 was a year of change for me. I retired from full-time employment in November 2020, started collecting my pension, and found myself with plenty of time to indulge in...
Flexible Sabot System
. One of the good things that comes from spending fifty plus years in the wargaming hobby is that you build reserves of toys which you can repurpose and use...
Building a Wargames Table
For many years I’ve wanted to get myself a permanent wargames table at home, but we’ve just not had the space. Earlier this year my son Duncan got himself his...
Ten New Samurai Decals
Ten new patterns of samurai decal are now available for sale in the Derek’s Wee Decals store. That makes 80 different patterns available for use by Samurai wargamers and modellers....
Heraldry for Samurai Skirmish Wargames
Having got my range of samurai decals on sale I thought I’d write a brief article about different ways they can be used to make interesting forces for Samurai Skirmish...
Samurai Heraldry Resources
I’ve been doing a lot of reading about Samurai heraldry as part of the process of designing the waterslide decals I have on sale here and I thought I’d share...
Ossiarch Bone Reapers for Warcry
I do like my undead, so I’ve been putting together warbands of them for Warcry. I’ve finished warbands for Nighthaunts (ghosty boys), for the Legions of Nagash (ordinary looking skeletons)...
