Some SELWG 2013 pictures, brushes from Ian, pimping and some Ronin Samurai metal!

Literally only some pictures as my camera died only an hour in to the show (I could swear I checked it, must be a Clint and his 2014 SELWG pictures moment!), I received my brushes from Ian (what a nice guy) Willey, promote some good bloggers competitions and a purchase fro SELWG 2013 to add to my Samurai forces and to have a game of Ronin.

First the pimping.......

Carl over at Hitting on a Double 1!

Jonathan over at Palouse Wargaming Journal!

SELWG 2013 was a good but wet show, met some fellow bloggers and friends, I thought the trader count was down but hopefully the ones that were there did okay..........

Compulsory aerial view of the main hall..........

Bring and Buy, not a lot on offer but well attended.......

Lovely WW1 1914 game from Crush the Kaiser..........

Compulsory blog whore picture............

Some tables have better drinks and nibbles than others........

Great WW2 game "Attack on Ponyri" from the boys at Loughton Strike Force........

Excellent WW2  game from the boys at Deal Wargames Club, Russian amphibious assault on the Japanese forces on the Kurile island of Shumshu.

Beautiful  participation game from fellow blogger Simon Miller over at BigRedBatCave.............

Ray handed over my brushes from Ian at the show........

Top notch but I thought Rosemary brushes were better:P

A little loot (birthday money) from the show, 28mm ronin from North Star figures.........

....to go with the very good skirmish rules "Ronin" that I picked up a few weeks ago......

Well I do need to start using my Samurai again.............

A Knackered Reject at Salute Part 2 of 2.............

.......the burning retinas phase of the day and some small purchases!

I must admit the day became a blur, I picked up most of the stuff on my list quite early, Ironclad Miniatures Steam Tanks, GZG new stuff, Sprays, Paint, Flock, Antenocitis Workshop (not planned or budgeted), Fireforge Plastics, Warbases, a few figures from Hasslefree and Peter Pig....I think.

I had a list and still came away forgetting to get something!!!!!!

I went to one trader for 2 small packs of new figures quite early but they didn't have many cast as they didn't think they'd be popular (wouldn't even offer to post them on), they never heard of the internet?

Ray even found the ACW Fremantle figure I've been looking for...and paid for it!!!!!

A good show still despite what I've heard from some quarters (bad acoustics?????), a hot muggy show, the layout fecked me over once or twice and I could be seen looking in the map guide for a trader but then I was knackered, the games whether participation or demonstration are great but I go to show for figure, stock and scenery buying, I take pictures for my blog and others to see who couldn't make it but primarily for traders.

Who doesn't like to look at a figure in the flesh before buying it?

Started a small list that night of stuff I still need!

Next year we're thinking of going to different shows especially like Triples or Partizan!

Some more pictures from great looking games..........

Some of the bloggers at the meet up, who is that handsome chap at the back?

30 Seconds to Dog Green from the Abingdon Wargames Club.

Oshiro ModelTerrain and Red Planet Miniatures "The Siege of New Victoria"

Some figures for competition in the display cases.......

This figure reminded me of the welcome some gamers may recieve and I called it "Bag Check".

This is the game from the South London Warlords "Hammering Route 66"

"To Berlin" from the Chemins De Feu Club.

"Stalingrad 1942, The Rat War" from Arbuthnot's Terra Firma League of Gentlemen

.....and Vader and his boys!