Salute 2025 - Blogger Meet up & Salute Loot!

 

There was a great turn out at the Bloggers Meet up, from L to R

Matt - Wargames in the Dungeon

Tamsin - Wargaming Girl

Chris - Horse & Musket Gaming

Stuart AKA Postie

Carl - Hitting on a Double 1

Lee - BigLee's Miniature Adventures

Reject Steve

Mike - The Words of Subedai

Me!

Andy - Major Ballsup's Hobby Shed

Steve - General Reeve

David - The Ragged Soldier

I usually get loads of pics of fellow Bloggers and friends of the Rejects, but sadly failed in most part in my duties this time round, but I did remember to take a few...

Lee, Alex Sotheran and me.
We did make it to Alex's talk at 2.45, but I think his mike was broke as we could hardly hear him, we certainly heard the other guests though, in fact they hurt my ears with all their screeching. Oh well....

Carl, Lee and me

Matt 

Lee stopping for snacks and being caught!

I think I had a rather subdued Loot haul this time round

Plenty of freebies including the Salute figures a Dwarf smoking a pipe and an 1918 German. Some sabot bases from Products of Wargaming, some free Salute dice.

Four packs of Perry Minis, the 2 missing Sledges I needed, a Pontoon and a Donkey Cart with French wounded or exhausted, a few paints from Warlord. I couldn't find anyone selling Vallejo paints???

Lastly on the right just one of many sabot bases for trees for the Retreat from Moscow, especially made by our chums at Warbases, for both Lee and myself. Neither of us has much storage space, so we thought using these sabot bases should save a little space. All the holes are 70mm so we can also use them as terrain pieces, not just woods. Add a wrecked wagon, some large stones or something similar, to fill the table out.

And that belive it or not is it!

My Salute Loot 2024

 

Salute is well and truly over for another year and what a great show it was, thanks again to The Warlords and everyone involved in making the show a great experience.

So great infact, that my wallet was attacked by a bit of a spending spree, at the time I didn't think I bought too much, BUT now when I look at it..........well I'll let the pics do the talking.

My first purchase of the day wasn't planned at all, walking around I found Battlefield Accessories. Its not any wonder I'd not heard about them before as they're from Australia! The 3 buildings are made from MDF and were a fair price , between £16 and £24 each.

Next we have a set of rules BelloLudi, this time from the Netherlands!

I bought the complete set of rules, dice and cards. I saw these advertised somewhere recently, can't remember where? 

A pre order from those wonderful chaps at Warbases

Including some of their 2mm Strength & Honour figures.

Yes I'm going to do another 2mm period, even though I've not finished the last one and not had a game with the figures yet.

I phoned Casting Rooms Miniatures a few weeks ago, I wanted them to bring a few packs with them to the show so I could see how big or small they are, basically will they fit in with Trent Miniatures. For my Haitian Revolution game I plan to put on at Broadside Wargame Show in June, I need some Creole/Mulatto figures, so thought these might work. But the one thing I forgot to bring with me was a Trent mini so I had to guess, (never a good idea?) I picked out a few packs, but in the end just bought the bloody lot!!

Foudry Pirates...............no actually they're more Creole/Mulatto troops. I really only needed around 18 figures, I've now got a whole bloody army of them! Why do I do this to myself?

Re-designed Vallejo paints!

A little pressie from Steve at General Reeve blog

A sprue of French Napoleonics, these should come in handy, cheers Steve! 

What a great hobby community we have.

By the time I got to Debris of War, they'd sold out of a building I wanted!! No problem though, I've arranged to pick one up at Broadside in June.

A pack of French Revolutionary figures, Paris Mob from Eureka,  and my first ever purchase from 

Gringo 40's General Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, he will make a perfect Haitian General.

Last but not least Basic Impetus rules along with Warbook 4.

It's all Jonathan Freitag's fault!

And that's the end of my Salute Loot!

Salute Loot 2021

Its lucky I've entered another Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge.

Where would I have found the time to paint this lot up otherwise?

Above Debris of War Grass Tufts

You can never have enough tufts!

 

25mm round bases from Warbases

Need I say more?

Dead and Prisoners figures from Col Bill, got something in mind for these chaps already

& 2 of the same figure Prince Rupert  from Bicorne. Don't ask.....

A pre-order from Warfare minis!

Cossacks, Imperial Cuirassiers and new commanders.

Do I need more commanders?

Or do I want more commanders?

Wagon wheels, from Eagle Figures (for the same plan I have with the Col Bill figures) and

and table and bench and a fantasy (yeh I know) figure, incase I need something like that for the Challenge from Encounter Terrain

A few more packs from Trent Miniatures.

Just to make up a couple more units.......he says!

Hmmm more new command figures, this time from Reiver/Northumberland Painting Services . Commanders and characters for my Austian/Imperialist troops????

As well as some Austrian Grenadiers

Polish Winged Hussars and Pancerni from Redoubt Enterprises!!!!!!!

These are really nice figures, can't wait to get them painted.

And finally a 6 x 4 cloth mat from Geek Villain!

I've been after a mat of some kind for a while, we got a bargain , me and Lee bought a mat each and got a little discount.

And that's your lot!