Salute 2015: 25 April @ ExCel London - POST YOUR SHOW REPORTS HERE

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**Ruglud**

Time for my annual Salute thread... To post updates and offers on the show as it's fast approaching...

Salute 2015 - @ ExCel London, 25 April

Doors open at 10:00 and the show closes at 17:00. Note, there will be NO bring and buy at Salute 2015

Salute Twenty Fifteen, run by The South London Warlords, is the biggest independent one-day wargaming and gaming event in the UK. Our aim is to promote the very best in the hobby. Held at ExCel London, there will be the usual traders, with some from overseas as well, along with plenty of demonstration and participation games to see and take part in. This year we have a limited edition 28mm Agincourt miniature, sculpted by the Perry Twins, to give away to the first five thousand through the door.

To help people get into the show quicker, this year we have introduced a E-ticketing system. These E-tickets are available now from our website, or Facebook

Advance tickets are £10.00, you can print your ticket at home or simply store it on your mobile device for scanning on the day.. Group discounts are available on advance tickets only, see website for details and information on E ticketing. Entrance for under-16s is free with a paying adult. On the day, there will be a Prize Draw for advance ticket holders only.

This year we have a queuing hall, which, once your E-ticket has been scanned, will allow you faster entrance to the show itself once the doors are open.

Tickets on the day will still be available on the door (CASH ONLY) and are £15.00

Teaser pics of the Perry Miniatures freebie figure...
12 November 2014
The 3ups of the Salute 2015 figure have arrived and they look excellent! There are 13 parts including options. Here's a picture of one of the parts.

Spoiler:

29 November 2014
Here's another picture of the Salute figure for you to puzzle over...

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4 January 2015
Happy New Year everyone! Here's another picture of the free Salute 2015 miniature. Don't forget to get your ticket: http://www.salute.co.uk/salute/salute-2015/

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28 January 2015
Here's another picture of that free Salute 2015 Figure! Sculpted by the excellent Perry Miniatures

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3 March 2015
Next sneak peek...

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NB: I am not affiliated with the South London Warlords or Salute - just a regular attendee...

**reds8n**

Looking forwards to this immensely.

**winterdyne**

Went for the first time last year; already booked hotel and bought tickets for this year. :-)

Now to find the time to paint something for the competition.

**Ruglud**

Ooooh, Winterdyne entering the painting comp - that's gonna be awesome and worth the ticket price alone

Do you have last years freebie figure still - could enter that category (if you don't I might be able to 'donate' one - think I have a couple of them gathering dust...)

**Scrub**

I also attended for the first time last year, it was truly amazing! I highly recommend it, bring your own food though. We meant to do so, forgot and promptly paid through our noses for the crap they serve at the ExCel.

edit: Winterdyne! I love your diorama work and I'd LOVE to see it in person, can't wait to see what you come up with though!

**filbert**

I meant to go last year, didn't get around to it in the end. Might go this year, bit put off by the crowds though - obviously Salute is the biggest in the UK but it is also the busiest too.

**NAVARRO**

In for another great day as always! We need dakka shirts with user names!

**monkeytroll**

Yep, I'll be there again this year to pick up my annual big bag of stuff to sit in the corner of the workshop

**BrookM**

Oh man, I wish I could go.

Peeps who go this year, please please please, take plenty of pictures of the awesome display boards and whatnot!

**winterdyne**

Really not likely to have anything done for the comp. that said I'm doing various commercial jobs that all be on show about the place this year.

**warboss**

That is a very reasonable price for a con.

**Emperors_Champion**

Looking forward to this as usual!

4th year in a row for me! I'll be demo'ing Batman if anyone fancies saying hi!

**ulgurstasta**

This might be my first salute if everything pans out! Anyone know if KR multicase usually have any good show deals? I have some things I wanna pick up but might wanna wait for Salute if the offers are good.

**Ruglud**

ulgurstasta wrote:
This might be my first salute if everything pans out! Anyone know if KR multicase usually have any good show deals? I have some things I wanna pick up but might wanna wait for Salute if the offers are good.

Worth contacting them to find out (sales@krmulticase.co.uk), they do say on their Facebook page that they will have some deals on offer for Salute, but don't specify what...

KR will be at Salute 2015 on the 25th April with some great new products for you and your miniatures. Be sure to come over and see us. Naturally we will have our incredible show deals on offer, and the regular visitors will know that they are not to be missed !

You can find KR in the same regular place on Stand TB08 for a great range of show deals and new products, just look for the big blue foam “KR” ! See the Salute website for the full hall layout.

Although we do bring plenty of stock, if you want to be certain of specific products on the day it is always a good idea to pre-order, you can do so by emailing KR at sales@krmulticase.co.uk.

And will we be doing a Golden Ticket again this year? Of course we will, it wouldn’t be the KR at Salute if we didn’t! – keep an eye out in your Salute Goody Bags for a chance to receive a KR Backpack2 completely free!

http://www.salute.co.uk/salute/salute-2015/

http://www.krmulticase.com - putting figures first

**Pacific**

Really looking forward to this!

Was a cracking show last year, although I'm going to make a list of stuff that I want to see for this year. There is just too much there and it's too busy, I'm not going to try and see everything as I did last year and failing miserably!

**Ruglud**

Here's the Traders list for Salute 2015 (all 154 of them!)

1st Corps/Curteys Miniatures
4 Ground
Agema Miniatures
Ainsty Castings
Amera Plastic Mouldings
Anarchy Models
Ancient & Modern/Donnington Miniatures
Antenociti's Workshop
Anvil Industry Ltd
Arcane Scenery & Models / Trent Miniatures
Atlantic Publishers/ Miniature Wargames
Ax Faction
B.B. Wargames
Baccus 6mm Ltd
Battle Foam
Battlefront Miniatures Europe Ltd/Wargames Illustrated
Battle Systems Ltd
Bicorne Miniatures
Black Box Games
Black Scorpion Miniatures
Blight Wheel Miniatures
Brigade Models Ltd
Brigadista
British Indie
Caliver Books
Capitan Games Limited
Casemate UK
Colonelbills.com
Conquest Games
Crann Tara Miniatures
Crooked Dice
Dark Realm Miniatures
Darkstar Miniatures
Dixon Miniatures
DMB Games
Eagle Figures
East Street Games
Element Games
em4miniatures
Empress Miniatures
Essex Miniatures
Eureka Miniatures
Fenris Games
Fighting 15s
Figone
Figures in Comfort
Fireforge Games
Flag Dude
Foundry Miniatures Ltd
Forge World
Freebooter Miniatures
Front Rank Figurines
Gateshead Gaming & Collectables
GCT Studios Ltd
Great Escape Games
Gringo 40's
Gripping Beast/Musketeer Miniatures/Studio Tomahawk
Ground Zero Games
Grubby Tanks / Britannia Miniatures
Guild Ball
Harfields Military Figures
Hasslefree Miniatures
Hawk Wargames Limited
Help for Heroes
Help for Heroes Ultramarines charity army build
Heresy Miniatures
Heroics and Ros Ltd
Instant Armies
Jacques-Alexandre Gillois (Miniature Factory)
KR Multicase
Kallistra
Karwansaray Publishers/Wargames, Soldiers & Strategy
Ken Trotman Ltd
Last Man Last Bullet
The Last Valley
Leisure Games
Lesleys Bits Box
Magister Militum
Magnetic Displays/Coritani
Mantic Games
Marquee Models
Megalith Games
Megaton Games Ltd
Meridian Miniatures
Micro Art Studio
Mierce Miniatures Ltd
Milicast Model Company
Midlam Miniatures
Model Display Products
Modelmates Ltd
Newline Designs
Northumbrian Tin Soldier
Old Glory Corp
Oshiro Model Terrain
Osprey Publishing Ltd
Otherworld Miniatures
Paranoid Miniatures
Paul Meekins Books
PE2 Collectables
Pendraken Miniatures/ Minibits
Perry Miniatures
Perry Metals - Dave Thomas
Peter Pig
Plast Craft Games
PRODOS Games Ltd
Products For Wargamers
Pulp Monsters
Q Workshop
Red Eagle Miniatures / Big Battalions
Redoubt Enterprises
Reiver Castings
Renedra Ltd
Resina Planet
S&A Scenics
Sarissa Precision
Scheltrum Miniatures
Siege Studios
SHQ Miniatures
Simple Miniature Games
Slitherine Ltd /Matrix Games/Ageod
Spectre Miniatures
Sphere Products Ltd
Spherewars
Spiral Arm Studios Ltd
Stafford Games
Steve Barber Models
Studio Miniatures
Tablescape
The Dice Bag Lady
The Dice Shop Online (Squashgoblin Ltd)
The Plastic Soldier Company
The Square
TimeCast
Titan Forge
Tritex Games Ltd
Troll Trader Ltd
Troublemaker Games
Tumbling Dice
Too Fat Lardies
Twilight Miniatures
Urban Construct
Victrix Limited
Warbases
Wargamer
Wargames Emporium
Wargames Terrain Workshop
Wargames Tournaments
Warlord Games
Warm Acre
Warmonger Miniatures Ltd
Wartorn Games
Wayland Games
West Wind Productions
Zinge Industries

**overtyrant**

Hopefully Element Games can match the beast that is Wayland.... I think I'm going to buy a ton of stuff from 4Ground, I bought some stuff from them not long ago and it's fantastic!

**notprop**

Pacific wrote:
Really looking forward to this!

Was a cracking show last year, although I'm going to make a list of stuff that I want to see for this year. There is just too much there and it's too busy, I'm not going to try and see everything as I did last year and failing miserably!

It's the same as last year:

1) April 26 AM: stuff as much cash as I can carry into my pockets, remorve Credit Card from wallet (mortgage protection reflex), leave for the Excel centre and it's barstead parking charges.

2) enter and queue at FW to collect order.

3) run around Excel centre like an insane plastic/resin buying machine.

4) April 26 PM: sit outside house in car looking at a pile of boxes wondering how I'm gonna explain it to the Mrs this time (you can win a raffle three years on the bounce can't you?)

**Pacific**

Haha, yes that sounds like my trip last year. Salute is definitely the show where you buy..

I'm honestly thinking of switching everything to 15mm scale (maximum), think that scale is increasingly popular with older gamers as it makes it easier to hide stuff

**notprop**

That would certainly explain the 3 FoW armies I have in the loft.....maybe 10mm this year?

**reds8n**

No Black Library .. again.. eh..?

Ah well.

**BrookM**

Forge World is though. Ho-hum, maybe it's the general notion that the punters of GW aren't welcome there?

**notprop**

Nah, there's plenty of GW at Salute (not overpoweringly so), just not GW proper representing themselves.

Its a good balance I think. FW is sort of for serious gamers and I think this is who pitch up at conventions. A GW stand is a bit superfluous when their discounters all over the place at Salute.

No BL for a few years though. They probably have to pay the authors to turn up for that and I don't imagine they would sell a huge number of books to balance it with?

**rich1231**

There will likely be 20 stands plus with GW product for sale.

**notprop**

rich1231 wrote:
There will likely be 20 stands plus with GW product for sale.

Are you going for the unusual huge stand again Rich or going for something really massive?

Probably a good time to advise all your good mates on Dakka of any super sweet Salute promotions we might want to take a gander at?

**rich1231**

Deals still being finalised, but the ones I have approved are truly astounding

All focussed on getting players into new games.

Lots of surprises as well in store.

The store as usual is quite large

with demo tables and guests all around it.

We are at the limit with what we can get set up in the time allowed before the show and after so I wont ask for a larger stand. 4 Lorries is enough. Even though we are based near the Excel the effort to get us there is huge.

**TheSecretSquig**

Great, I'll be going! I can ask PRODOS Games where my AVP KS Game is. I can potentially pick up my Antenocities KS Terrain.

I'd like to see at SALUTE, Sodapop minatures or Adam Poots with Kingdom Death but I guess it's too far to travel and too costly to bring stuff for a 1 day show. It would be nice to see Battlefoam there as well.

One company that always amazes me is Spartan Games. Considering SALUTE is the biggest Wargamming Con in the UK, they've still never had a stall there to advertise their games or sell any minatures????? Never understand this.

**Pacific**

BrookM wrote:Forge World is though. Ho-hum, maybe it's the general notion that the punters of GW aren't welcome there?

Nope, all one big, happy (although a bit tired and sweaty) wargaming family. Exactly as it should be!

rich1231 wrote:Deals still being finalised, but the ones I have approved are truly astounding All focussed on getting players into new games.

Lots of surprises as well in store.
.

Took advantage of some of your deals last year, looking forward to seeing what you have there this time!

Great that you have offers on, it's amazing how many stands don't and think we are still in 1994 where the punters are forced to pay full RRP at shows, and as if the internet doesn't exist(!)

**Ruglud**

Salute 2015
Painting Competition Categories

HISTORICAL 1
Historical Wargames Single figure: Infantry or Cavalry – Up to and including 54mm

HISTORICAL 2
Historical Wargames unit Infantry or Cavalry - 6mm to and including 54mm: 3 to 40 figures

HISTORICAL 3
Historical Wargames unit other - up to and including 54mm: up to 5 figures or models*

SCIENCE FICTION 4
Science Fiction Single Figure up to and including 54mm Scale

SCIENCE FICTION 5
Science Fiction Wargames unit: up to and including 40mm: 5 to 40 figures

SCIENCE FICTION 6
Science Fiction Creature or Vehicle - creature/vehicle can be any size: up to 3 items*

FANTASY 7
Fantasy Single Figure up to and including 54mm Scale

FANTASY 8
Fantasy Wargames unit: up to and including 54mm: 3 to 40 figures

FANTASY 9
Fantasy Creatures or Vehicles - creature/vehicle can be any size: up to 3 items*

LARGE SCALE 10
Single figures and groups over 54mm up to 90mm. busts up to 165mm

MISCELLANEOUS 11
Miscellaneous Class - any figure or unit not covered by the above 10 classes. Including dioramas.

JUNIOR 12
Junior Class - any figure or unit covered by any of the above 10 classes painted and entered by a person up to and including 16 years old.

SALUTE FIGURE: 13
Painting the Salute Twenty Forteen Figure
Enter your painted version in this SPECIAL CATEGORY and the best one wins a trophy and Prizes

BEST OF SHOW
Win a Special Themed Prize

There will be a trophy for First and Second prizes in each numbered category (1 - 12) and a First Prize Trophy for the Best of Show.
One Entry per Category per contestant
Entries close at 12 noon. Winners announced at 3.30PM.

* Artillery pieces, Elephants, boats etc

South London Warlords
www.salute.co.uk

**Zwan1One**

TheSecretSquig wrote:

One company that always amazes me is Spartan Games. Considering SALUTE is the biggest Wargamming Con in the UK, they've still never had a stall there to advertise their games or sell any minatures????? Never understand this.

Aparently the owner doesn't like the hassle of conventions. But some of their employees and designers were wandering around last year if you knew who to look for!