Hades Lochos for Mortal Gods Mythic
The Hydra – I also got the Hydra model from the Kickstarter, but I’ve still to build and paint it. When I get that done I’ll have over 1,000 points...
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Harryhausen Skeletons
I am a hopeless model skeleton addict. I have hundreds of the things and keep on buying them despite already having a huge collection. I blame it all on Ray...
Infamy sabots from Supreme Littleness – a review
It’s not often I write reviews on the Derek’s Wee Toys blog and I have to declare an interest here, Mike Scott, the man behind Supreme Littleness Designs, is a...
Sprucing Up “Old School” Sabots
Over the past few days I’ve written two blog posts about sabots and have taken part in several conversations on Twitter and Facebook on the same subject. There have been...
Flexible Basing and Saboting (2) –turning things upside down
In a previous post here on Derek’s Wee Toys I discussed basing system I’ve been using in various forms for over 20 years for projects where I want to have...
Flexible Basing and Saboting (1) – Coins as bases
For over 20 years now now I have been basing single figures for skirmish games on 1p (20.3mm), 2p (25.9mm) or eurocent (16.25mm) coins. When I started I did it...
Sarissa Mediterranean Village
I got an order from Sarissa a few weeks back. One of their Mediterranean Villages and a copy of the Guide to Making and Painting Laser Cut Mdf Model Kits,...
Warcry – Nighthaunt
As I mentioned in my post Plans for 2020 I’ve been playing games of Warcry with my son and have been painting up some warbands, here’s my latest, a group...
Plans for 2020
A bit late writing this in mid-March, but my plans haven’t changed since the start of the year. Gaming As per usual At least one gaming session a week Run...
Wargames Atlantic Skeletons
As the Kickstarter for the Mythic supplement for Mortal Gods attracts increasing interest many people seem to be asking what exactly you get in the box of 32 Plastic Skeletons...
Review of 2019
Gaming A fairly busy year in which I took part in 68 gaming sessions. Test of Honour (10 played, 6 refereed) Chain of Command (10 played, 2 refereed) Kings of...
Test of Honour Forces
I’ve owned a fairly large collection of Dixon Miniatures Samurai for almost thirty years now and it would be fair to say that I’ve not used them as much as...
