Uruk Hai, the return! And more……..much much more

Originally, the movement trays were entirely card. I’ve moved on.

Now they are magnificent, just what I want from trays. Cheap, infinitely customisable, slim and sleek, works as part of my storage solutions and….did I mention?Cheap.

I use 1 or 2mm thick (1/32”- 1/16ish for those who measure correctly! Alas the UK is caving in like a flan in the cupboard on this point) high density card stock. It comes at the back of note pads or back of pizza packets. I also buy it at A4 size in packs of 40 from my children’s arts and crafts shop. Less than a fiver. That’s a lot of movement trays.

I then cut to the size of my regiment or company in question, plus 1 or 2mm overall in each direction to allow some slop. Slop is especially important for those miniatures from the same school of dance as Michael Jackson or the film cast of 300.

The next stage is using those coffee stirring sticks you find everywhere (or Tea bag paddles, as is their proper use). Found in Costas, supermarket cafes, petrol station’s and the corner of every builders merchants on the land!

The last place is where I get all mine, very useful to tell the management what you want them for. It will be the most amused the depot manager will be till he hears how Dave had to sneak out the lavatory window. We are English and for us there is always a way out of everything, and the bog window is the usual route.

The manager asked “Ow many d’ya need J? I said how many will you give me? He drop kicked a packet of a thousand over to me and said “it’s funny what can happen to stock ennit? Those got too damaged for us to use….”

Super glue them around the edge of the card, being careful to keep it flush to the bottoms of the tray. I use big industrial grade super glue, big bottles of the stuff for £4. It’s no different to the 5/10ml tubes you get in DIY places, It’s just 50 times bigger with a different label.

On some trays, usually the thin ranked missile troops, I leave a short edge with no stick. This allows me to put multiple trays together to form bigger or smaller lines of troops to suit my needs. Arrow boys on 10 man trays of 5 per rank with one short edge missing so I can make 20 or 30 man units in 2 thin ranks.