Now the dust has settled and the BIG day is over, let's showcase the best that SALUTE '16 had to offer - an boy was there a lot...
Feel free to post show reports, pictures or blog links in this thread
I didn't manage to get any pictures as I was far too busy spending my money, but saw plenty of folk taking dozens of pictures so am sure there will be many show reports for everyone to drool over...
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So... As we're fast approaching the UK s premiere* wargames event, it's about time I kicked off my annual thread to highlight news, offers and general chat regarding SALUTE 2016.
* Other wargames events are available and maybe wonderful, but this is the only one I regularly attend...
Salute on the 16th April 2016 at ExCeL London
Doors open at 10:00 and the show closes at 17:00
Please note that there will be no bring and buy at Salute 2016
Salute Twenty Sixteen, 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.
After the success of last year we are continuing with the E-ticketing system. These E-tickets are available now from our website, or our Facebook page.
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 using E ticketing. Entrance for under-16s is free with a paying adult.
ONLINE E-TICKET 12 POUNDS (Will still be available on the day)
ON THE DOOR ON THE DAY 20 POUNDS (CASH ONLY)
Once again this year there will be golden tickets placed in random goodie bags for BIG prizes.
We will have a queuing hall again, 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 via the online system (£12.00) or on the door (CASH ONLY) and are £20.00
Please note: We have sold out of trader space for Salute 2016. You can still request to be added to the reserve lists.
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 Fifteen 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
Below is a list of Games. There are 3 downloadable PDF's below. One is a summary, while another has far more detail, the third is the floor plan
Game by Name order -- STAND -- TYPE 4 Ground -- GC06 -- Game Beasts Of War -- GC04 -- Game Bexley Reapers Wargaming Club -- GC08 -- Game Bill Gaskin And Friends -- GL11 -- Game Black & White Games -- GM04 -- Game Black Hole Wargamers -- GF12 -- Game Blockbuster Wargames -- GA10 -- Game Cardiff Wargames -- GA09 -- Game Chemins De Feu -- GG03 -- Game Chesterfield Gaming Society -- GL15 -- Game Continental Wars Society -- GJ08 -- Game Crewe And Nantwich Club -- GD16 -- Game Crooked Dice -- GD11 -- Game Dalauppror -- GA15 -- Game Eavy Metal Painting -- GF05 -- Game Essex Gamesters -- GA06 -- Game Essex Warriors -- GF11 -- Game Figures In Comfort -- GF04 -- Game Freebooter Miniatures -- GG07 -- Game Gaming Club Network -- GL17 -- Game Gentlemens Wargames Parlour -- GM20 -- Game Gravesend Gamers Guild -- GJ12 -- Game Great Escape Games -- GL19 -- Game Great Escape Games -- GC05 -- Game Gripping Beast -- GL12 -- Game Heroics & Ros Ltd -- GG01 -- Game Honnington Wargames Group -- GK05 -- Game Ian Smith And Friends -- GL09 -- Game Ilford Wargamers Group -- GF07 -- Game Lance & Longbow Society -- GK07 -- Game League of Gentlemen Anti-Alchemists -- GJ06 -- Game Leicester Phat Cats -- GC11 -- Game Little Wars Australia -- GM08 -- Game Loughton Strike Force -- GL06 -- Game Maidstone Wargames Society -- GJ04 -- Game Mansfield Wargames Club -- GK18 -- Game Mechworld -- GC01 -- Game Micro Art Studios -- GK03 -- Game Midlam Miniatures -- GD23 -- Game Midlam Miniatures -- GC15 -- Game Modiphius Entertainment -- GA12 -- Game New Buckinghamshire Wargames Club -- GK05 -- Game Newbury & Reading Wargames -- GJ13 -- Game Nomad Games -- GK21 -- Game North London Wargames Group -- GK12 -- Game North Star -- GC07 -- Game Otherworld Miniatures -- GG13 -- Game Pike & Shot Society -- GF20 -- Game Plymouth Association of Wargames -- GF14 -- Game R Gillingham & D Brown -- GM06 -- Game RAF Wargames Association -- GM16 -- Game Scimitar Wargames Club -- GK14 -- Game Simple Miniatures -- GA04 -- Game SLW - Brotherhood of Mars -- GG05 -- Game SLW - Day of the Dove -- GF08 -- Game SLW - Run the Guns -- GF09 -- Game Society Of Ancients -- GA08 -- Game Sons Of Simon De Montfort -- GC09 -- Game Southbourne Tabletop & Boardgamers -- GK16 -- Game Southend Wargames Club -- GJ15 -- Game Spartan Games -- GJ11 -- Game Steve Jackson MIB -- GM18 -- Game Studio Miniatures -- GA17 -- Game The All That Remains Project -- GD08 -- Game The Ministry Of Gentlemanly Warfare -- GF17 -- Game Tin Soldiers Of Antwerp -- GD13 -- Game Tunbridge Wells Wargaming Society -- GF15 -- Game Twilight Miniatures -- GA13 -- Game Uxbridge Wargamers -- GL04 -- Game Victrix -- GG09 -- Game Vitrex -- GG11 -- Game Wargames Illustrated -- GD18 -- Game Wargames Illustrated -- GD21 -- Game Warmacre -- GF06 -- Game West Wind Productions -- GM12 -- Game Weymouth Levellers -- GD06 -- Game White Dragon Miniatures -- GD04 -- Game White Hart Wargamers -- GC13 -- Game Whitehall Warlords -- GM10 -- Game Wigmore Warriors -- GF18 -- Game Wyvern Wargames -- GM22 -- Game Painting Competition -- W03 -- Warlords Painting Competition -- W02 -- Warlords SLW Stand -- W01 -- Warlords
BrookM wrote: Hoping to attend myself this year. Don't have any companies in particular I'm looking forward to, as the one I wanted to see is sadly not attending.
You mean you're not rushing to the Crooked Dice stand to play on their demo tables, or the Spiral Arm stand to talk to our overlords?
BrookM wrote: Hoping to attend myself this year. Don't have any companies in particular I'm looking forward to, as the one I wanted to see is sadly not attending.
You mean you're not rushing to the Crooked Dice stand to play on their demo tables, or the Spiral Arm stand to talk to our overlords?
Dunno if demo games will be an option, there may be little kids in tow and I don't want to bore them too much with having fun while they're waiting.
Plus, Crooked Dice has more or less lost its hold over me, their second edition has killed off most of my interest in their game.
The overlords are not forgotten though, I must make a.. contribution to appease them.
Its that time of the year again then. As a regular I will be there for sure!
Last year I was lucky to meet Yakface and other fellow dakkaites! It was a blast.
Every year I kind of find something remarkable that really surprises me and I hope this year to be no different.
Sphere Products will be there on Stand TE19 with our usual array of burnt wood storage racks and workstations as well a selection of paints, tools, Broken Toad and W&N Series 7 paint brushes. We will be giving away the Sphere paint brush rests away again this year whilst stocks last.
BrookM wrote: Dunno if demo games will be an option, there may be little kids in tow and I don't want to bore them too much with having fun while they're waiting.
I took my son to the Bovington wargames show a couple of years ago where he sulked the whole time and dragging him round behind me ruined it for me.
I hope I can go this year although I have an exam around that time.
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NewTruthNeomaxim wrote: Anyone know if anyone will be showing off modern building terrain with proper interiors?
Buildings with interiors is tricky, because of the massive disconnect between the miniature scale (for furniture and the like) and ground scale (for the building dimensions). Sarissa Precision have quite an extensive line of MDF buildings that will do any period from the Victorian age until the present, and Ainsty Casting Co. and Black Cat Bases sell fixtures and furniture. You'll end up with a lot of poky bedsits with no room for miniatures if you're not careful, though.
BrookM wrote: Dunno if demo games will be an option, there may be little kids in tow and I don't want to bore them too much with having fun while they're waiting.
I took my son to the Bovington wargames show a couple of years ago where he sulked the whole time and dragging him round behind me ruined it for me.
I hope I can go this year although I have an exam around that time.
I can't complain though, the host and his wife will be putting up with me for a week, so little concessions like that will have to be made for the greater good.
I am either going to get myself a complete Gepanzerte Panzergrenadier platoon for Bolt action or a 28mm Bannockburn Scottish army using the new Perry 100YW French box. Plus anything else shiny that catches my eye but will never actually be taken out of its packaging like every year.
I'm probably going to need a wheelbarrow.....
I have been to Wargames shows all over the UK and none of them are anywhere near as good as Salute.
Oh good prodos games will be there, I'll be sure to take all my outstanding kickstarter stuff from their stall as I'm sure nothing will have been delivered by then.
UNCLEBADTOUCH wrote: Oh good prodos games will be there, I'll be sure to take all my outstanding kickstarter stuff from their stall as I'm sure nothing will have been delivered by then.
I checked with Jarek and he said they were planning to offer Salute pickups. Hopefully specific details will be announced in the next week or two.
As long as it doesn't end up like when Maelstrom Games were sinking, and someone posted about turning up with 'the boys' to pick up some stock that was owed..
This has been posted as a teaser for this year's mini
The theme for this year is Steam Punk, have absolutely no idea what that could be though (perhaps something Wolsung-related, as MAS have been making quite a push with that game recently?)
It's a generic Victorian lady in some good looking costume porn.
Chances are she'll also have a top hat and goggles.
I'm really looking forward to this now, had a chat with my host earlier today to iron out some questions I had and it's coming together really nicely now.
Really, really looking forward to visiting our overlords and taking pictures where possible of the displays and stands.
Last year the South London Warlords gave out major cash prizes for several lucky people that found Golden Tickets in their Salute 2015 carrier bag. We are doing the same this year as well as adding some ‘extras’!
CASH PRIZES FROM THE SOUTH LONDON WARLORDS
There will be four golden tickets in four Salute 2016 carrier bags this year for ADVANCE TICKET HOLDERS ONLY. One ticket is worth £250, another £150 and two £50. These will be CASH PRIZES given on the day to the lucky finders.
Also this year KR MULTICASE have given us 150 prize tickets to hide amongst the Salute 2016 carrier bags. These will be for items that can be collected from their stand on the day of the show.
And finally WARPLOQUE MINIATURES have let us hide a single special ticket in one of the bags to win a copy of their ARCWORLDE game box set, ‘The Battle of Troll Bridge’.
Fantastic prizes to look out for in your Salute 2016 carrier bag. Remember, these prize tickets will ONLY be in the ADVANCE TICKET HOLDERS carrier bags….so get your tickets now from the SALUTE website!
Sally 4th will be at Salute 2016 on 16th April 2016. Our stand is TH22, located against the far wall.
We will be bringing the following lines with us:
New Release: 28mm Normandy Building Range
A new range of 28mm building kits ideal for WWII Normandy gaming. Range includes Mid Terrace, Left End Terrace, Right End Terrace, Detached House, Corner Shops, Church and 'The House at Dead Mans Corner' together with lots of accessories, including a range of 5 ruined roofs, ruined first floors etc.
Combat Patrol
Innovative, streamlined WWII Skirmish gaming. All the detail and challenges with out the need to check charts and rulebooks mid-game due to its revolutionary use of card based mechanics.
28mm British Building Range
Great for Very British Civil War, Winter of '79, and Operation Sealion or The Eagle has Landed scenarios.
New Release: Terra-Block – URBAN
300mm square road and pavement tiles with recesses to take Terra-Blocks enabling a board to be put together for modern urban or zombie-based games where the building layout can be changed for every game.
Terra-Block Starter sets
Dungeon, Tomb, Starter, Deluxe Starter and Fothrington Hall.
Pulp Alley
All the rules, supplements, cards and accessories for this great character based game which supports skirmish gaming in pretty much any genre: Pulp, Gangster, Western, Sci-Fi etc.
We are happy to bring along anything else from our ranges that has been pre-ordered, but that is about all we can fit in to display.
We have set up a Salute Pre-Order discount scheme on our website. Select Collect at Salute as delivery method, and enter Salute16 as Coupon Code for 10% discount on orders over £50.00 GBP placed before 10th April.
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As always, the Wargames, Soldiers & Strategy team is going to be visiting Salute, the biggest wargaming show in the U.K. (held in the ExCeL Centre in London on April 16th). We'll be there with a stand (TK02), selling all current and back issues of WS&S, along with all the other products from Karwansaray Publishers (Ancient Warfare, Medieval Warfare and Ancient History Magazine). If you are planning to attend the show, this is a great shopping opportunity, as most of our products will be discounted for the occasion. If you already know what you'd like to buy, you can already order items through our webshop, with a 'pick up at Salute' delivery option at check-out. This will not only save you on shipping, but guarantee you get exactly what you want (due to space concerns, we can't always bring large stocks of every product, so by ordering ahead, you guarantee availability). Even if you aren't in a buying mood (why are you going to Salute exactly?), you are still more than welcome to stop by the booth and chat with our staff: editor Guy Bowers and Christy Beall (of YouTube fame) will both be around to answer your questions.
Blogs, Videos & More!
As always, we've been adding new content to the Wargames, Soldiers & Strategy website. Guy, Jasper and several others have recently added new content. And of course, Christy is always busy with new painting videos!
Once again, we will be attending Salute at ExCel, London, on Saturday, 16th of April.
You can place pre-orders via our webstore by using Salute Show Collection as your shipping method. This will be available until Wednesday, 6th of April.
We will also be carrying a selection of Lancashire Games 15mm figures. If you wish to pre-order any of the Lancashire Games ranges, please contact them.
We often have calls come in about picking up orders at show or events we attend and with Salute 2016 just around the corner what better time than to tell you how!
Place an order for collection at Salute
For Salute 2016, if you would like to pick your order up from us at the stand on the day, we will only accept orders placed and paid in advance. Please make sure your emailed order, or your order placed on our web store, reaches us no later than Friday 8th April.
Orders via the web store need to be placed using this code COLLECTATSALUTE
When checking out please replace the shipping address with the words – COLLECTATSALUTE
Once you click Continue the code will remove any shipping costs.
Please note that to ensure your order can be taken to any event we will need the order in by the Friday of the week prior to the event (i.e. 6 working days prior). We may not be able to take orders to the show placed after this time due to casting times for models.
Collection at other shows
You can indeed place an order for collection at any UK show! Please email us at info@warlordgames.com with a list of the items, which event you would like to collect them at, and if you would prefer to pay now or at the event. Just make sure it’s in 6 working days prior.
Questions?
As always, if you have any order related questions don’t hesitate to call our customer service team on: 0115 978 0386.
So, as mentioned last week, everything here is like 40% regular work, 60% Salute prep, and that percentage will swing slowly worse as we get closer to the date!
On the positive side, this is the time of year we we buy in more products to try out and get new moulds done etc. So for all of you who aren't making it to the show then there's still a lot of good happening that you get to benefit from
You can keep up with events on a more regular basis via our FB page as usual, but there'll be weekly newsletters for the next month, just to keep track of happenings
Salute Pre-Order Code
As always there's a nice freebie on offer for those of you who order your Salute goodies in advance. You can pick from an extensive list of items (over 40 different codes from across our entire range!)
The code this year is the highly original 'SALUTE2016', and please remember you enter it on the 'confirmation' page, which is the last one before payment details. There's a box at the top of the page. (Every code we get people writing it in the comments box, other than making me smile, that does absolutely nothing! )
Also if your order is over £60 then the chosen freebie will be dropped into a lil Steampunk-themed goodie bag, if you order over £120 it'll be a double sized bag and so on!
The code wil be active until Tuesday the 12th of April! We aren't packing any pre-orders after that date, you'll just have to bring your lil scrappy piece of paper with you and we can both struggle to read your writing
FOR ANYONE NOT GOING TO SALUTE!
This is 'not' a free delivery code, this is a 'collection' code. If you use it to try and get free delivery it won't work as we do 'not' see your address. Collection codes blank that for us so we couldn't even accidentally send it to you
Any orders coming through this way will sit in a box until we get back from Salute and then we'll email you to invoice for postage, it's really not a good idea
Why Pre-Order?
Well, it's a good idea in general, you get a freebie and your particular goodies won't slel out but there are two specific groups of items that you really should consider pre-ordering if going to Salute.
1. Resin Masters. We do 'not' take Resin Masters to the show* unless they are in a pre-order bag. Don't turn up looking for an Apprentice Raisa or an Eamond, they won't be there!
2. Red Box (or other non-HF items). Our retail stock is far more limited than our HF stock. If you don't pre-order and you aren't one of the first to reach us then you could easily find yourself out of luck for that special Njorn Ravager or Aenglish Thug!
*See the one exception in the 'And Finally...' section at the bottom of this newsletter.
Where are We?
If you've been to Salute at the Excel before, then you know where we are
Once again we are in 'Hasslefree Corner', with the new queueing and entrance system in the next hall (represented by the two arrows on the right) then we are at the back left corner after entering the hall.
Our stand number is TM03 and we are also running a game, ably manned by Matt 'McFonz' Canning, on GM04.
If you click on the map, it'll pop-up larger, in case you can't see the red circle at the bottom left
As with previous years, you may want to make a beeline for us early as...
Salute Pre-Release Metals
I'm afraid we are at the mercy of our, most excellent, casters as to how many of our April, May and June releases show up in time to be pre-release metals for Salute.
What I can tell you is..
a) You can't buy them through the site or pre-order them, you have to come see us and pick them up in person, b) they will be limited in stock, so first come, first served and... c) we will be 'trying' to have the following available...
Haleth & Ulfred Dynamic Lenore Iona Starkiller Elite Gaia Rowen The Elite Penn State Five The Nola Five
.. and maybe even more! Whatever we can get moulded we will have with us at the show and some of them will not be available through the site until June.
[spoiler]Resin Master - Dynamic Boudi Skyclad
Queen Boudi of the Iceni, seen here naked as the day she was born, but chagring into battle with her trusted spear anyway. A variant of the original Boudi, based on artwork by Matt Dixon for the Diceni trade show.
This version will be Resin Master only, she will have to be cut up slightly for metal, in which case she will need some additional bangles or strips of cloth to cover the joins. This version is 2 pieces, main body and spear/hands.
Barbaric Kayden, Resin-Only Slayer Kayden, slayer-sister of Hayden. Caught in the middle of an overhead chop with her two-handed runesword.
This is a resin-only version, she's a little too... dynamic for metal without cutting her up too much. Variants fit for metal will be coming but this one will only ever be in our production blue/grey resin!
Resin Master - Eamond Skyclad
Eamond the Badgered, a Celtic Shaman, here practising his magical craft as nature intended!
Another of Kev's finished dollies, it may or may not be modelled on me. And when I say 'modelled', I shall leave the details of that up to you.
Resin Master - Grond
Grond is a half-Ogre, lost in the HF world after being caught in a rift in the Veil. Arriving through the Veil completely naked he is seen here a couple of years later having 'acquired' pretty much everything an adventurer needs. Armed with an old beat-up sword taken from an Orc and a similarly battered buckler taken from a follower of the Dark Gods.
Already released, we just have a beautiful new paintjob so thought we'd remind you of him
Resin Masters - Individual Nola Five
The Nola Five are now available for individual ordering as Resin Masters. You can find them below the Multi-Pack Listing. (If they aren't there, try again shiortly, we are literally adding them as this newsletter goes out
Resin Masters - Individual Post-Apoc Gang
The Post-Apoc Gang are now available for individual ordering as Resin Masters. You can find them below the Multi-Pack Listing.
(If they aren't there, try again shiortly, we are literally adding them as this newsletter goes out
Metal Re-Release - Sana Sansa is a queen of the barbarians of the 'edge', the strip of land bordering the Darklands. Seen here in a full-length bear-skin cloak but sparse armour, as befitting the perpetually changing weather of the Edgelands.
(Rumour has it, the necessary re-mastering of the green may also lead to a variant Sana or two in the near future. Shhh!)
And Finally...
More metal restocks have arrived, mostly of our older minis but a lot of those are still popular (As I can tell by the constant badgering of when they are coming back! ). So if you were waiting for something then best to have another check, it might be back in.
Only a couple of the minis currently out of stock are just 'out of stock', Alicia and Ceril come to mind, anything else out of stock is 'in the mould queue', which means it needs remoulding and we are working on it.
In the run up to Salute, Resin Masters will be the most last-minute releases. If you want to keep up to date with any of those last minute creations, then keep an eye on Kev's artist page on FB. Anything he gets finished before the show stands a chance of showing up, and in fact these last minute minis will be the 'only' Resin Masters we bring!
We are changing our emails next week, we won't do it before the newsletter informing you of the change so don't worry about that. Our existing ones have been going for so long now that the spam is untenable. 50+ a day, every day, minimum. We are even missing emails from people who use caps or have images as signatures or even if you just looked at it wrong before sending it!
Daredevil season 2 was great, not quite as good as season 1, but still some of the best tv available. Not relevant to minis but we had a day
Eureka Miniatures: Limited Free Kangeroo Miniature at Salute London Eureka Miniatures: Eureka Miniatures will be at Salute on Saturday April 16th 2016. Come and say G'day for a free kangaroo miniature (while stocks last).
Victrix: Salute 2016 - Order Collect Shop Code Victrix: Use code Salute2016 to get postage removed for orders to collect at Salute 2106. Multi box discount still applies.
Warbases: Salute 2016 Releases and Weekend Discount Code Inside Warbases: Salute Information! Don't forget to receive your 10% discount input coupon code: SAL10. Expiry Midnight 1st April.
The Ministry of Gentlemanly Warfare: Blood Eagle, Skirmish Wargaming in The Viking Age!
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The Ministry of Gentlemanly Warfare: There are few genres in wargaming that quite get the blood racing like the 9th-10th centuries in northern Europe, the notorious 'Viking Age'. Up until now you could march across those blood-soaked fields with big armies or with little armies, but there were no games that really captured every bone-cracking, skull-splitting, gut-spilling, heroic moment of the period. No game that really allowed you to play Jarl Ragnar Loðbrok and his close companions, Lord Uhtred of Bebbanburgh, the dark Picts, the wild Irish or the stalwart Saxons. Well good news, Blood Eagle is on its way. Based on the same core rules as In Her Majesty's Name and Daishō, this is a narrative skirmish wargame that is played with 5-15 figures per side on a 1m square board. The core rules have been proven in many thousands of encounters across the world and have been fettled to make them truly suitable for the heroic and grim nature of the period.
Like Daishō, we have set the rules so you can play it as a straight historical game, at a heroic level or go full legendary with monstrous warbands such as the Jotun, Svartalf/Sidhe or Draugr. You will never be stuck playing the same dozen scenarios over and over again because our unique Scenario + Complications + Landscapes system ensures that you will have over three thousand possible game combinations to choose from. These feed into a campaign system that gives you the ability to create and play totally unique sagas of your own. We have also included the very popular system that allows you to research and then create your own unique warbands. The entire points system is open and there shall be a guiding article on the blog helping you to build it.
There is already a community of over three hundred gamers discussing and preparing for this game on Facebook and we have just launched the supporting blog here. This game shall be launched by us at Salute 2016 under our own imprint - The Ministry of Gentlemanly Warfare. Like our other book, Daishō, it will be about 96 pages, full colour A4 and cost under £15.
Perry Miniatures: Cape Frontier Warfare Book and Miniature Range Announcement
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Perry Miniatures: We have teamed up again with the indomitable Col Mike Snook to bring you new resources for an overlooked period in wargaming. Mike has written two books, the first volume of which goes to the printers today and covers Cape Frontier warfare between 1834-53. In this volume he examines in depth the fighting men and type of warfare conducted during the 6th, 7th and 8th Cape Frontier Wars, the Boer-Ndebele War of 1836-7, the Boer –Zulu War of 1838-40, the Anglo-Boer confrontations in the 1840’s and the one day Anglo-Basotho war of 1852. If you’ve read ‘Go Strong into the Desert’, or any other book written by Mike, you will know how enjoyable, accurate and absorbing his works are. He spent five years as a peacekeeping adviser to the South African military, during which time he trekked the battlefields covered in this and the next volume, and so writes from a personal perspective and with an innate knowledge of the subject. The book is heavily illustrated with contemporary images and 41 colour ‘uniform’ plates by ourselves. ‘Cape Warriors: Volume 1 - Frontier Warfare & Fighting Men in Colonial South Africa 1834-53’ will be released at Salute. If you are going to Salute you could have your copy signed by the man himself on our stand (TE 15). The price will be £25, for the book…not the signature! We will also be releasing a new range of figures to cover this exciting period, the first releases should be available just before Salute. A small smattering of castings have been painted already, which you can see on our Facebook page. We’ll put more up as we go along. Note thate there also have been mentions of upcoming Zulu's and Boers on Facebook!
Crooked Dice: New Miniatures and Vehicles Previewed - Release Salute Crooked Dice: These will be available on the day and in the webstore on Monday 18th April. You can view and pre-order all these on the website here. If ordering the new releases through the webstore, please make sure you specify if you plan to collect at Salute OR want it posted out on 18th in the notes field at checkout.
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Salute 2016 is happening at ExCel in London on Saturday April 16th, and we’ll be there! Graeme and Karl will be getting up early and coming from various far-flung parts of the UK to put on our Crooked show for you guys, ably assisted by our friends and people we pay to be our friends for the day. We’ve heard this year a few other traders will be coming, but don’t bother with any of their stuff, no no no. Instead focus on the following Dice attractions we offer you for only the cost of your sanity… follow the red line on the map below to our trade space at TD12 and game space at GD11.
Playable Games of 7TV 2nd edition
As usual we pack a van full of figures and scenery to let you play our games in real life with other actual people you may or may not know, aided by our gang of trained and mostly harmless referees. This year it’s no different and you can have a go at:
Mutants Galore! • High octane action on board a run aground cargo ship
Star Wars • Is the force strong in your cast? Find out with our 7TV2 Star Wars rules
Scooby Doo • Jinkies! Will Mystery Inc. triumph or will you get grabbed by the ghoulies?
Fiddler’s Green • Department X need to make an urgent phone call in this classic game
Our refs will teach you the rules if you’re new to it, and keep you right during the game. Each game is quick and won’t eat up a huge amount of your valuable Salute time.
Come and chat to Graeme and Karl, the “brains” behind the whole thing
This year we’ll be on hand to chat to you (we don’t bite!) on subjects as varied as our games, miniatures, beard styling and maintenance and the music of Taylor Swift. We love Salute as we get to meet you all, so if you really want to know who can fit the most jelly babies in their mouth at the same time, come and say hi. We may also be able to tell you of our plans for upcoming miniatures and rules. Although to be fair, Graeme’s memory is terrible, he can barely remember who Karl is most days.
Spend your money on our Stuff
We’re bringing all the 300 miniatures in the collection and plenty of 2nd edition 7TV box sets and accessories. So if you want it, stop by, have a chat with our sales persons, get fed some sweets and buy more than you really need. We’re planning on bringing lots of new releases to Salute (see below), so we’ll have all of those plus all the old favourites.
Everyone who manages to spend £50 or over will get one free Cameraman miniature and profile card as a Salute bonus! It’s a great model and it’s fully useable in 7TV 2nd edition.
Pre-Order
If you really want to make sure you get it, and save some time on the day you can email us a list of what you want to pick up on the day and we’ll put it aside for you, and you can pay for it then. If you’d rather pay us up front you can order it on the website, we’ll refund your postage paid and again we’ll bring it and you can take it away.
Alternative Armies: Flintloque Pudigroan Command Preview Alternative Armies: ur last article of the month and the last 'first look' for the Army of Pudigrochumsberg in 28mm for Flintloque. The Pudigroan Command set contains four officers on foot and two mounted on horses and these fantastic sculpts by Sam Croes can be seen in this article along with a lot more information. Also our planned World of Valon releases for April 2016 during our annual Salute period promotions. Thanks everyone for your support. GBS
Warlord Games: Pre Order: The Project Z Game - Free Zombie Sprue Warlord Games: It’s time to descend into chaos and the post apocalyptic setting of Project Z – the complete Zombie game!
Bendy Boards: New Frozen City Scenery Salute Bundle Bendy Boards: This is our 'Frozen City' Salute bundle. £50 for this lot. Come see us on Stand TE18 in 3 weeks time.
Come and browse the biggest collection of female miniatures in one place! All genres, from mighty wizards to space heroines.
ANVIL INDUSTRY – ARTIZAN DESIGNS – BELT FED GAMING – BASICKS – BLACK HAT MINIATURES – BOMBSHELL MINIATURES– CONQUEST GAMES – COPPLESTONE CASTINGS – CP MODELS – CROOKED DICE – DARK SWORD MINIATURES – DISCWORLD MINIATURES – DGS GAMES – DRAGON BAIT MINIATURES – DREAMFORGE GAMES - eM-4 MINIATURES –FENRIS GAMES – GODSLAYER – GRIPPING BEAST – HERESY MINIATURES – HI TECH MINIATURES – JUDGE DREDD – KNIGHT MODELS –IRONCLAD – KROMLECH – MALIFAUX – MANTIC GAMES – MICRO ART STUDIOS – MIERCE MINIATURES – MILITIA MODELS – ON THE LAMB – OTHERWORLD MINIATURES – PULP FIGURES – REAPER – SCIBOR – SPACE VIXENS FROM MARS – STATUESQUE MINIATURES – STUDIO MINIATURES –TITAN FORGE – THE RAFT MINIATURES –WARGAMES FACTORY – WARM ACRE – WARZONE RESURRECTION – WEST WIND PRODUCTIONS – WOLSUNG MINIATURES
I have "bolded" a few there which aren't at Salute or will have limited presence. This is the stand out show for lots of manufacturers to be here but the Believable Female Minis still works at a show as well as online - saves you rummaging through all the backpacks on 20 different stands just looking for one figure.
Also, you may pick up a mini from me from a range you haven't seen before and think "hot damn this is a nice model, I wonder what else they do" to realise they are in fact here too, then you can pootle over there and give them more money.
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BAD SQUIDDO GAMES
There is of course my own range of miniatures too!
Shieldmaidens, celts, orcs, fantasy!
and... BRAND NEW!
WOMEN OF THE RED ARMY
Not just snipers, the start of a whole new range, see more here. Release late April but available FIRST at Salute. Pre order to guarantee as well as get a free funky badge.
What are these? See the link at the top - but in a nutshell, the more you pre order, the more Baggy credits you can get - and you can trade these for merchandise, a bit like at a seaside arcade - but with much cooler things!
Whole new load of Baggy the Bag and Squiddo Merchandise available, traded for Baggy Credits but also cold hard cash!
These designs getting turned into badges, keyrings and mugs as we speak (only 3 designs to mugs!)Fun for all the family! Something you can buy but don't have to paint..hooray the lead pile screams!
FROSTGRAVE!
Yeah right half the bloody hall is going to have Frostgrave ok? Well they don't have the ONE STOP FROSTGRAVE SHOP!* *also excellent for any fantasy gaming
So as well as all the usual Frostgrave stuffs - I stock a special handpicked selection of other branded goodies which work well, see here! http://thedicebaglady.net/frostgrave/
RISTUL'S TERRAIN AND FENRIS GAMES for scenics, as well as WTW crystals.
Ristul's has some AMAZING treasure, which is certain to sell out (it has at every show so far!) as well as other brilliant (and cute!) scatter terrain.
There will also be TOP SECRET SURPRISE brand new miniatures from me on the day, very limited amounts so come on over!
Dice bags..... unfortunately due to my wrists still being awful there won't be any dice bags. BUT! There is a slight chance I will painkiller up, power through and make some squiddo dice bags, no guarantee though!
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Thanks everyone who has made the last year insanely special, I wouldn't have imagined having this much for Salute 2016!
If you can, come on over, even if you think "bah there's nothing for me here", I am sure I can find something for you, your partner, your children, Uncle John and even Ted down the club who hasn't bought anything new since 1986. failing that, you can just remark "damn what a lovely looking stall"
As soon as I'm back and have sat in a dark, quiet room for the day after Salute, most of that cash is getting thrown at MORE MORE MORE WW2 FEMALE FIGURES, hence pushing this as hard as I can
Pick up you order at Salute 2016 to get 20% discount!
Oshiro Model Terrain: New Chinese Round Gate Way and Village Headman House Some of the new Chinese releases due at Salute 2016 round gate way and village headman's house.
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Spartan Games Halo: Ground Command Miniature Wargame Announcement Spartan Games is pleased to announce that the much anticipated Halo: Ground Command tabletop wargame, which is set in the hugely popular Halo Universe, will be shipping in Summer 2016.
Come and check out the Halo: Ground Command game and models which will be on display at the Salute 2016 wargames show in London. And keep an eye out for some exciting news about two of our coolest [and largest] Halo flying models: the UNSC Pelican Dropship and Covenant Phantom Dropship.
The initial release of Halo: Ground Command will see a 2-player Battle Box launched, along with the first upgrade boxes for the UNSC and Covenant.
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The first iteration of the game is set in the year is 2552, with humanity forced to the brink of extinction by the fanatical alliance of alien races known as the Covenant. These human forces have fallen back to the fortress world of Reach, prepared to give their lives to protect Earth and buy time for a desperate gambit that could change the outcome of the entire war. This last bastion of humanity will see countless bloody engagements take place, and you will now be able to command these ground forces in titanic conflicts.
Halo: Ground Command is a massed battle game using highly detailed 1:100th scale infantry, armoured and aerial models and has been developed in close cooperation with 343 Industries. “We’re pretty stoked about the arrival of Halo: Ground Command and we can’t wait for players around the world to experience the fun we have been having as we created the models and core rules,” explains Spartan Neil Fawcett, Creative Director of Spartan Games. “Halo fans are used to seeing ground warfare from a first person perspective, but with this game we step back and embrace the whole battlefield where we see entire Battle Groups engaging with each other. Players can deploy units of Troopers, Grunts, Elites, ODST, Elite Rangers, Warthogs, Scorpions, Wraiths, Ghosts… the list goes on!”
Expansion plans for the game will see some of the most iconic vehicles from the Halo Universe realised in superb detail at 1:100th scale. “UNSC Pelicans, Covenant Phantoms, anti-air variants of the Scorpion and Wraith tanks, Banshees, Falcons and even giant machines like the Covenant Scarab. At 1:100th scale we have been working with the actual video game assets to make our models as accurate as possible. They are still designed to be gamed with, but we are sure fans of Halo will see just how much attention to detail we’ve lavished on these models,” explains Spartan Chris Peacey, Lead Designer for Spartan Games.
The Game Engine
In much the same way as our spaceship combat game, Halo: Fleet Battles, was created to allow Halo fans to readily embrace wargaming in the Halo Universe, so the ground game is built around smooth and intuitive game mechanics. “This is a true wargame that brings together tanks, soldiers and flyers in a hobby format we are sure will see gamers create stunning battlefields upon which they can fight epic games using their stunning armies,” added Spartan Neil. “As we created the rules we made sure that the Halo canon was adhered to, generating those cinematic moments of excitement, and always looked to keep the gameplay fast, intuitive and bloody.”
A key part of the game play is the Reaction Engine, which means a unit is never safe from harm by an enemy unit. Players will need to keep their wits about them when deploying their forces and constant vigilance as a battle unfolds will be rewarded by victory!
Wayland Games: Wild West Exodus Salute Exclusive Outlaw Starter Set We will start with Wild West Exodus, and it's a big one! We have an exclusive mini starter set from Outlaw that will be given to customers who spend £40 or more on WWX while stocks last. In the mini set you get 2 exclusive alternate models which look stunning plus you get everything you need to start playing.
We will be attending Salute again this year and are now taking pre-orders for collection at the show.
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All pre-orders over £50.00 GBP will receive a 5% discount, all pre-orders over £100.00 GBP will receive a 10% and all pre-orders over £200.00 GBP will receive a 15% discount.
To place your pre-order, simply email your wish list to salute@studiominiatures.com no later than Monday, 11th of April, 2016. Payment will be taken at Salute.
We will have lots of goodies on offer on the day, including:
Lancashire Games The next big show coming soon, so it's time to put in any pre-orders.
Our show stockist is S&A Scenics. He will be carrying a limited stock of these Battle Packs: 15mm Biblical, Ancients, Dark Ages, Medieval, Samurai, ECW, Eastern Renaissance, Napoleonics, ACW and WWI, plus a small selection of 7yrs War and 19th Century, but you can pre-order these and all our 15mm, 20mm and 28mm standard packs, Battle Packs, and Army Packs, Blaze Away 10mm and 28mm, or Piquet rules – all available for pre-order before the 13th April.
[url=http://www.leagueofaugsburg.com/shop/products-cat-16.html]Warfare Miniatures at SALUTE 2016 Warfare Miniatures will be trading at Salute 2016 and you will be able to find us on the Victrix stand. Toggy Bob and I will be manning the stand with Julian and the lads.
We will be carrying the full range of Warfare Miniatures codes, Quindia Flags and WordTwister books.
We are offering a 10% discount for pre orders received up to Wednesday April 13th. Just order through the shop and choose the £0.01 POSTAGE OPTION. We will refund the 10% at the show.
Alternatively, email us at wordtwister@hotmail.co.uk specifying what you want and we'll send you a paypal invoice for the discounted amount.
See you at the show!
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Special Introductory offer - The first 100 Blacksmith miniatures are just £5 each! When the first batch is sold out, the regular price will be £9 (which we still think is excellent value). Please note that depending on how many we sell, orders containing the Blacksmith may take a few days longer than usual to ship out, and will start shipping from Wed 30th March.
The Blacksmith will also be available to purchase for £5 at the SALUTE wargames show in London on April 16th (limited quantities).
To celebrate an incredible milestone - Five Years in business! - we have created this very special miniature, based on the Blacksmith character featured in our company logo.
The Blacksmith is a high quality, multi part resin miniature, standing an impressive 37mm to the top of his head (making him almost 8 foot tall in standard 28mm heroic scaling).
The Blacksmith is ideal for painting up as a display miniature, and is also suitable for use in a huge range of fantasy table top games, dungeon crawlers, board games and similar, with a number of different weapon and equipment options depending on how you want to use the figure.
The set includes -
Blacksmith miniature
Choice of 2 different poseable heads - bare head or with barbaric spiky iron plate armour
Choice of 2 different right hand melee weapons - blacksmiths hammer or flaming sword
Choice of 3 different left hand options - knife, shield with Anvil Logo, or section of rough metal being worked into a blade
30mm base with scenic base topper. [list]Anvil, Tongs and wooden debris
We hope you will enjoy painting our 5th Anniversary miniature!
Nice, they do have some very tempting minis don't they...
Maelstrom's Edge / Spiral Arms Studios
We hope everyone has had a nice, relaxing Easter Weekend, and with all the chocolate eggs eaten, Superhero movies watched and games played it is time to turn our attention to the upcoming Salute 2016 event in April.
Probably the biggest UK Wargaming show, Salute is packed with games companies showing off their latest releases: models, games, gaming accessories it is all there, and Spiral Arm Studios will be there too at stand TD01.
The whole team will be there to talk to:
* Tomas and Stephen who wrote the fantastic Maelstrom's Edge novels Faith and Sacrifice.
* Jon Regul, the man behind the Maelstrom's Edge gamerules.
* James, our head honcho and overall master of the ship.
* JP - if you want to talk about stocking the game in your shop or featuring in your magazine/podcast/Youtube show.
We'll also have plenty of models to look at:
* the pro-painted studio models featured in the rulebook
* examples of terrain made using our fantastic terrain sprue
* a small demo game with freshly painted gaming models
And yes, you'll even be able to buy some Maelstrom's Edge products:
* the boxed game
* the new terrain sprue
* Physical copies of the novels (these are limited numbers)
It promises to be an exciting day, and everyone who attends will get a free Epirian Foundation bot handler in the goodie bag handed out to all attendees.
Seems I've been ninja'd with the Spiral Arms Studio announcement so I'll just add some images of the boxed game and terrain sprue which will be on sale on the day, alongside the Epirian Handler bot given away in the goodie bag.
Look forward to seeing you on the day, and don't forget: STAND TD01
MDF Bases – From only £1.00 GBP per pack! (Custom sizes available as well with advance notice.)
Vallejo paints – 5 for £9.00 GBP on all of the Model Color and Game Color ranges, plus the primers and basing textures.
Wargame-Model-Mods – Excellent value for money with these MDF buildings!
…and much more! We'll also be giving out toys to the kids all day, so pop by with the younger ones to collect yours!
If there's anything at all which you'd like in particular, please make sure to let us know before Saturday, 9th April, to give us chance to get it ready and packed into the van!
Salute 2016 - Pre-Order and Discount Code Yes it's that time of year again and Salute 2016 is fast approaching and we'll be there once again with lots of new product details of which follow in the run up to this great one day show.
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We have added Salute Collection as a postage option so you can order your items in advance and collect them from the stand during the day. To make that offer even better if you pre-order you can make use of a 10% discount across our full range using the voucher code SAL2016.
We are on Stand TD05 - pretty much the same place as last year as can be seen on the map below.
Three new Pulp Alley resource card decks coming in April - These helpful cards make it quick and easy to reference your resources - Printed on premium black core stock - each Resource Deck includes 45 mini-cards (2.5" x 1.625") - Decks include our familiar resources plus a selection of new resources! Available individually or as a three decks combo! Chris Abbey will have some of these Pulp Alley cards available at the
In the 31st Millennium, centred within the Schism of Mars
Mankind is embroiled in a civil war
Good versus evil, brother against brother, loyalist versus traitor
Set out across a war-torn industrial city scape on the planet Mars
Troops and war machines that epitomise the 30K Sci-fi genre
clash in desperate battle
Come and see us at the South London Warlords game table GG05
NewTruthNeomaxim wrote: Anyone know if anyone will be showing off modern building terrain with proper interiors?
I am having an AWFUL time finding remotely modern buildings or ruins with actual... um... "rooms" modeled as interior, playable, spaces.
I'm hoping for some innovation of this front as it seems the popular, existing mdf stuff doesn't allow for this.
I know they haven't hit retail yet, as they are still frantically trying to fulfill backer pledges, but Antenociti's Forward Base kickstarter has some amazing interior details for 28mm sci-fi buildings. The range was made with Infinity in mind, but could be ported over to any sci-fi property without looking too out of place. The details are made in resin and applied to the interior walls...I assume these could be used on the interior walls made for the District 5 buildings by MAS.
Here's an assembly video of one of the habitats done by a backer that got his stuff already I suppose. It gives you a better look at some of the details and the quality.
4Ground Salute Customer Reward - This year at Salute as well as offering the 4Ground Kit Starter deal we are also offering a 4Ground Customer Reward scheme where for every £50 you spend at 4Ground you get a free card to enter into a raffle for your chance to win £250.00 worth of 4Ground product.
The £50.00 spent is after discount (so if you buy £100.00 of product the 15% discount would mean you had spent £85.00 so one ticket), but is for every £50 so if you spend £200.00 after discount you would get 4 tickets. The winner will be announced after Salute on 4Ground's facebook page.
A Location For Repairs Takes Shape - One of the new products that will be released at Salute is taking shape in the design studio, this feature building for the Jesserai 28mm range will (when it is finished) allow you to have employees working on 5 walkers at once, whether they are Contemptor Dreadnoughts or TAGs.
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Wargames Terrain Workshop: Salute 2016 - Upcoming Great Zombie Dragon
Wargames Terrain Workshop previewed this great zombie dragon to be released at Salute. Note that there will be only limited numbers available but orders will be taken and dispatched for free before the general release in May.
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Element Games at Salute 2016!
The Element Games crew will be back at Salute this year on stand TH13 (see map below). We will be bringing a wide selection of stock with us, along with our lovely happy smiley faces too. Be sure to pop over and meet us! We've also got Golden Demon award winning painter Andy Wardle (@andywardle_figurepainting on Instagram) running painting demonstrations throughout the day, along with Guild Ball and Wrath of Kings demo tables. If you are attending Salute you can take the opportunity to place a collection order with us and collect it from us in person at the show. Just select collection as the delivery method and add an order note that says "SALUTE".
Salute 2016 - Subscription Deals - Exclusive Perry Miniature and Wargame Raffle
Make sure you call by the Wargames Illustrated ‘Zone’ at this year’s Salute show at London ExCel on 16 April. As well as participation games and the Hobby University UK, we have got loads of special show deals on offer. Take a look below for more information.
SUBSCRIPTIONS
We have two print subscriptions offers for you this year:
Warlord Games Voucher Deal – take out a 12 issue print subscription for £50 and receive a FREE Warlord Game Gift Card worth £25. (Please note this voucher must be used at Salute – it will have no value outside of the show). OR Price Crash Deal – take out a 12 issue print subscription for only £44 – that’s cheaper than it was ten years ago! [spoiler]
FREE FIGURE
All Salute subscribers will receive a FREE metal figure of ‘Young Winston’ sculpted exclusively for us by Michael Perry.
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FREE ENTRY INTO THE ‘DICE OFF’
All Salute subscribers will also receive a Golden ticket for entry into our ‘Dice Off’. This takes place at 2.30pm and gives all ticket holders the chance to win hundreds of pounds worth of gaming goodies.
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SPECIAL OFFER DEALS
Everyone who buys a copy of the latest (pre-release) May magazine will receive a ‘Special offer sheet’ entitling them to: £1.95 off WI Paints, £1 off slipcases and 50p off Giants in Miniature figures
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STOCK
From our trade stand we will also be selling our Giants in Miniatures figures, discounted back issues, slipcases and our painting guide – Wargames Illustrated Paints.
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PARTICIPATION ZONE
Don’t miss out on the four games we will be running in our ‘Participation zone’ this year, plus make sure you call by and try your hand at a spot of painting in the Hobby U UK. More information here
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Hello Ladies and Gentelmen!
Are you going to visit Salute 2016 this year? Then you can buy our stuff with 15% discount! Steps are easy:
4. Order can be picked up at Salute2016 in London this year.
That's it! Don't forget it applies to all our products which are currently on sale.
Warzone, Alien versus Predator or Space Crusaders - everything!
Hope to see you at Salute
Prodos Games LTD
Samnites to be released at Salute 2016 and Salute Deals
Salute 2016 Deals
Due to the varying price of our plastic products it is difficult to run multi box deals. However, instead we will run a sliding percentage discount depending on the number of plastic sets you wish to purchase. This applies to all plastic products be it figure sets, aircraft, bases or movement trays.
Unfortunately we are unable to offer discounts on the LittleBigMenStudios shield transfers.
The Samnites were a tribal group of the Oscan peoples that occupied Central and Southern Italy. They were fierce warriors and in their many wars with Rome they earned a high military reputation.
Samnites fought in loose formations armed with javelins and sword, preferably in hilly or wooded terrain. They were formidable fighters in close combat.
These fantastic and highly detailed miniatures are ideal as enemies of Republican Rome or fighting as allies and mercenaries in a Carthaginian army. They can also be used as earlier Italian peoples such as Lucani, Bruttii or Campani.
Both sets of 24 figures will be on release at Salute 2016 at £17.95 each.
Colonel Bills Wargames Depot On making a pre-order for the show, you will receive a 10% discount. This discount is available on all our online stock and can be accessed by selecting Collect at Show for delivery method, and Cash on Collection during the check-out process. Please remember to tell us which show you would like to collect at.
Kallistra will be at Salute on 16th April, stand TM23 - Wyvern Wargames Club will be running a WWI 1916 Battle of the Somme participation game GM22 using the WWI hex-based rules Raging Empires from Kallistra, and approximately 1,700 12mm miniatures from Kallistra's Late WWI range. Come on over and take a look, you can roll some dice too! There will also be a hex-based Napoleonic game run by the Forest Outlaws Wargames Club in the same location.
Please, to avoid disappointment on the day, remember to pre-order your goods if possible. Our ranges are so extensive, it is impossible for us to carry all our products or large quantities of any of our products, due to space restrictions. Despite our best efforts, we will always run out of stock of some items very quickly on the day. So please, if you're going to Salute and you know what's on your Kallistra shopping list, place your order in advance, and we will bring your order along so you can collect it at your convenience. You can use the webshop, email, or telephone your orders in advance. Ordering Deadline is Monday, 11th April
If you place a Salute order after this time, we cannot guarantee having your order ready for you to collect. Take a look at the website for full details of all our new releases and our full product ranges.
Peter Pig will be at Salute again this year (28 years, thank you Salute team). We will also have a participation gamette of Hammerin' Iron (ACW riverine) going on. It is there specifically for you to join in on. Don't forget the 10% discount for pre-orders that are picked up at the show (code XL16).
Salute 2016 - 15% Pre-Order Discount and Special Offers
Scarab Miniatures will be delighted to offer 15% discount on any preorders excluding any special offers we have planned for the show (eg War & Conquest rule book will be £20 and hopefully our MKV will be on sale at an introductory price) On the day our stock will be with a trader - details to follow.
Renedra Salute 2016 - Plastic Tower Kit Previewed Assembled and Painted Renedra previewed these pictures of the assembled plastic tower kit that will be released at Salute! The kit as shown below was assembled and painted by the talented Dave Marshall @ TM Terrain. The individual tower kit will be retailling for £36.00.
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[url=http://www.infamyminiatures.com/salute-2016/] Infamy Miniatures will be attending Salute on Saturday 16 April 2016 at the ExCeL London. Always a highlight of the year, this year is going to be a big one! The theme of the show is steampunk so it is probably fitting that there will be 24 feet of stand packed with Infamy goodness!
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There will be all kinds of advanced releases to pick up, the rest of the range too, a demo game where you can take control of a character and get to grips with the basics of the game, lots of painted models to look at and I will be on hand to chat over whatever you fancy. Play a game of The Big Smoke on the awesome new demo board! Chat to this idiot about all things Infamy and beyond! Grab a load of advanced release miniatures! Take a look at amazingly painted minis! If you are visiting Salute
It's always really crazy busy, especially at the start of the day, so this year I'm giving people the opportunity to pre-order and pay for any models that they desire online so they can pick them up at their leisure from the stand on the day. It keeps things less busy at the start, gives me a good idea of how much to cast and should give me more opportunity to spend my time chatting about the Big Smoke and One Shots!
By adding the code SALUTE2016 to your order shipping costs will be removed. The Salute pre-orders and the Kickstarter Specials (only available at certain events) are shown on this page but any other items that you add to your order from the store will be available to collect at the same time.
Please ensure you bring a print out of (or have access to) the confirmation email for your order. Pre-orders can be placed until Monday 29 March.
If you can't make it to the show
Don't worry! The pre-order models and a limited number of the combos will go online over the weekend of Salute - Saturday 16 April to Sunday 17 April - for you to purchase!
Come visit us on the 25th of April at ExCeL London for Salute 2015!
Run by The South London Warlords, Salute is the biggest independent one-day wargaming and gaming event in the UK.
We will be running a demonstration game of Stalagbite throughout the day as well as bringing our range of Miniatures and Gaming accessories.
10% Pre-order Discount
As we expect Salute to be busy on the day, we may sell out of certain ranges of miniatures. To avoid disappointment we recommend you pre-order any miniatures by sending us an email with your purchase details. All pre-orders will also benefit from a 10% discount (applies to miniatures only).
Pre-orders will only be accepted if submitted by Wednesday the 22nd April. Any pre-order after this date will not be eligible for discount or collection at Salute.
Shop Hours
Our shop in Pelaw will be closed between Friday the 24th - Saturday the 25th of April while we are at Salute 2015.
Web Shop
Any orders taken on our web shop will be despatched upon our return on Monday the 27th of April.
See you at Salute!
Midlam Miniatures
10% discount on orders over £75
SALUTE 2016
People wishing to place a pre.order for collection at this years Salute and receive a 15% discount please use the code Salute16.
this applies to all orders over £40 and does not include the regimental/brigade packs.
payment is due at time of order please and all orders will be ready for collection at the show. Any questions or problems get in touch.
Alternative Armies, 15mm.co.uk and The Ion Age have begun its Salute Season. While we will not be attending the show in London you will not miss out! For two weeks from now until the end of the 18th April 2016 (we will end about 9am GMT on 19th April) we are offering free worldwide shipping on all orders anywhere (no limit per customer) on orders over 10.00GBP product value. This applies to all of our ranges, all of our books, miniatures and anything else we sell. Just add items to your cart and proceed to checkout and the website will automatically do the rest. Depending on your interests choose your website:
www.alternative-armies.com
www.15mm.co.uk
www.theionage.com
Combining Orders
Our three websites are having a free postage event. If you place an order for more then ten pounds (10.00GBP) the shopping cart will automatically give you free shipping worldwide. As many orders as you like across one, two or all three of our websites at www.alternative-armies.com, www.15mm.co.uk and www.theionage.com. While the vast majority of customers are happy to place orders in this way we know that some of you would like to place a combined order by email and receive a paypal invoice to pay. This is totally fine with us and here is what to do for a combined order by email. Firstly choose your point of contact. Is it Alternative Armies, 15mm.co.uk or The Ion Age? Choose one and email us on sales@alternative-armies.com, sales@15mm.co.uk or info@theionage.com.
Make your email title 'combined order' and give us your name, your shipping address, your paypal email address and a list of codes and quantities that you want to order from across our ranges. We will then reply with a total and a paypal invoice. You will get a free monthly miniature if you have Ion Age codes and you will get any other items offered free if applicable from the other websites if you have codes from its ranges in your order. We typically reply quickly but be assured you will not miss the free postage on your combined order as we will honour it as long as your email comes in before the offer ends. Thanks for Reading.
Mierce Miniatures @ Salute 2016 - New Miniatures and 20% Discount We'll have our new metal starter sets and hardback rulebooks (hopefully!) & some preview resins - lots to see, do and buy! We're at stall TJ21 with our full range of minis (@ 20% off rrp) plus demo table, rulebooks and studio minis!
FREE 10 Piece Modelling Brush Sets to the first 50 people who visit our stand TA02 at SALUTE on April 16th!
Yes, we will be at Salute in our usual cozy corner on stand TM24.
We have some very interesting deals available.
Project Genesis apocalypse range will be on sale at 25% discount.
Bac Hinh will be available with a 12% discount.
Xan 15mm and 20mm will have a 20% discount.
We have also placed our new Italians into two deal units, so if you want the best in SCW and WWII Italian infantry, look no further, it's at Empress.
We recommend that customers send us pre-orders to ensure we carry enough stock for you and if you cannot make it to Salute, then check out the website as most of the deals are available in the shop.
We do have some new releases coming through the pipe line for SCW, Moderns, and ECW to name a few areas. These will be announced on our website, facebook page or TMP as soon, as we are sure they are going to make the show. Busy, busy, busy.
Christine and I look forward to seeing you at Salute.
Salute 2016 is just over a week away, and Studio McVey will be there with resin castings of some of the large monsters from The Others.
So far we have taken delivery of resins of the Avatars for all 7 sins – Pride, Lust, Greed, Gluttony, Wrath, Envy and last but not least – Sloth. These are resin collectors pieces, moulded directly from the original sculpts. They are going to be available in very limited quantities. Once they are gone – we won’t be casting any more.
In case you were not aware, these are pieces from The Others Board we launched on Kickstarter last year. They are all very large pieces (Pride is enormous!), and have been cast beautifully by the same facility that makes out Limited Edition Resin range.
I’ll be posting again here before the show, to update on any other pieces we’ll be selling.
Hi Everyone, for a variety of reasons we will not now be attending SALUTE 2016 - Apologies for those who were looking forward to our attendance, however circumstances dictate that we can now no longer attend.
I gave some masterclass in USA ( Adepticon) and this event was AWESOME; now it's time for United Kingdom!!!!, next weekend I'll be at Salute, don't miss it
Painting Miniatures from A to Z continues around world!
As North Star Figures' official show stockist, we will be carrying a wide selection of ranges, including Artizan Designs, Copplestone Castings, Crusader Miniatures, Great War, Frostgrave and others.
Spoiler:
For anyone that spends £25.00 GBP or more on Copplestone, we will have the free Road Warrior figure. We will also have a large selection of rulebooks, like the new Blood Eagle and Baroque.
Adrian from Adrians Walls will be there to answer any questions, and we will have a wide range of pre-painted terrain, including the Frostgrave scenery you will have seen pictured.
As well, we will have our full ranges of GHQ, Hydra Miniatures, and INDUS Miniatures. We will also have our own EMP Games line of miniatures, including the new WWI Aussie HMG and some Selenites. If you are not sure what they are, come along and find out.
We will also have Jack the Ripper with VSF arm on sale. He'll also come with a scalpel-armed human arm at Salute 2016 to make a historical version. Our latest staff member Sarah will be with us, so pop along and say 'hello', we thought we would drop her in at the deep end and start her at Salute.
[spoiler]SAVE 10% on show pre-orders you can either email, call us or use the shop to place your order and then pay and collect at the show by using the show pre-order option at the checkout
(please note ignore the final total as 10% will be deducted on the day)
Spoiler:
Please have your show pre-orders to us by Monday 11th April
This April 16th will be the Salute show in london excel! We will of course be there (down the far left end from entrance I believe). We have a number of new releases available on the day along with all our ranges. We sell out fast of some things.. It's first come first served we don't take pre orders for Salute.
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We will once again have a limited edition show miniature, 'Kitty' will be limited to just 100, 90 on the day and no's 1-10 on ebay soon after the event. The rest of the releases are shown below.. We'll also have recent releases such as the Human Star player etc.. Hope you like them!
Salute 2016 Limited miniature (100 copies) 'Kitty' £8.00 Earps (version 2 2016) £8.00 Pirates 4 £8.00 Dark elf Team (11 players) £22.00 Dark elf Linemen £8.00 Dark elf Blitzers £5.00 Incident on Grand Street £8.00 (available on day only)
WAYLAND GAMES SALUTE OFFERS Our stand has a massive range of products at great prices along with exclusive sets and promotions. Our stand is the largest retailer stand in the hall and is located between the main entrance and the centre stage (TE07 for those with a show map).
Its the Typical Wayland discounts at Salute... I think one year they had that for Infinity too.
As for "massive" stocks the GW stuff for example is very very reduced.
Here at West Wind we are proud to announce that this year we have been chosen to design and produce the official Salute 2016 show miniature.
The Steampunk theme is right up our street! If you are attending Salute 2016 you will receive the lovely Mamselle miniature in your show goodie bag.
Check out our website for Mamselle's stats, free to download after the Show. Mamselle can be used in our Victorian Steam Punk Gothic game, Empire of the Dead and she will be making an appearance in our Empire of the Dead demo game opposite the West Wind stand.
Quick show report: What a day - drove up from N. Kent and parked in the Excel car park (£15) got there just after doors opened, didn't take long in the snaking queue to get in, but boy was it busy within minutes !! So much to see but so little time to see it all ! I didn't manage to get any pictures, but were some amazing games and tables on show.
...not to forget the official Salute dice & mini and a couple of free Maelstrom's Edge Epirian Handlers (was also great to meet Legoburner in the flesh on the MEdge stand - next time I'll likely be spending some cash with you guys )
Oh and got fleeced again by buying food from the overpriced food stalls in the main concourse... One year I'll learn my lesson and take my own grub
For the next weeks I will post my typical Photo reports here too I just need to sort out all pictures and stuff first.
As a starting point I must say this Salute was one of the best for shopping but not has crazy for memorable gaming tables. Lots of new upcoming projects too. I also noticed that this year the stands were more busy than usual and selling more than previous years, after talking with some of my fav companies they were doing REALLY well, which is a sign of a healthy industry.
Overall the best Salute so far and its growing stronger and stronger... Oh Its physically impossible to cover every stand in therms of report specially if its just one guy with one camera... For example the BOW reports which are a fully fledged team with loads of cameras and gear only scratched the surface of what was going on there IMO. So I strongly advise anyone to save their pennies during the year to come to salute 2017, its well worth it to see it in the flesh, you will not regret it.
Massively busy though, to the extent that its difficult to actually do anything.
My purchases were all preplanned this year, I didn't make any impulse purchases, mostly because it was so difficult to actually get to see anything. The Prodos stand in particular had a gigantic queue that was extremely slow moving.
Not a massive haul but I do tend to be strict with myself.
Of course the beauty of it was that, due to taking out the Wargames Illustrated sub, the Hail Caesar book, Romans and Centurion figure only cost me a fiver.
Being amongst the first to make it to the Perry's allowed me to have a chat with my heroes as well as picking up the new Afghanistan/ Sudan British infantry. I now have terriers that may be drafted into my 40K Praetorian IG army every now and then.
Garden of Morr - This was a good find, they are hard to get hold of.
Renedra Gravestones - To go with the Garden of Morr.
Reaper Bones - Assorted resin miniatures. Nothing major just the bargain bucket ones, I went for monsters mostly included a nice Chimera and a few otgher D&D miniatures I will find very handy.
AVP Sentry Guns - These were popular, I missed out on getting some Predator hounds.
AVP Facehuggers - Both of these will be a gift for our groups AVP owner.
Not a lot really, but then I mainly go to connect to certain faces once a year. I tried to get a copy of Frostgrave, but it sold out show-wide, good indicator of the games ballooning popularity.
Was that a giant queue of angry AVP backers finally getting their stuff
They didn't seem angry.
Very angry, but most reserved it for Jarek rather than have a go at his employees. The irony was having to queue in their sales queue to get your Kickstarter stuff validated was costing them money. Lots of people put down purchases and walked away because of the wait.
They were probably entranced by the rhythmic vibrating of a couple of the Alien models in their revolving display cabinet.
There was only 1 rocking alien when I was there but he was really going for it
It was surprisingly hard to get Poly cement, and painting stuff in general.
Really? I saw pretty much every paint brand plus some really obscure ones present and all types of glue all over the place. Definitely no shortage of hobby supplies.
Re. Mr. Giraldez. Overheard someone asking him how he rectifies mistakes made with an airbrush? Answer: Don't know, never experienced that... (with a sly smile...)
So, did anyone put in an order for the epic Galaxy tower on the TTCOMBAT stand? If I had somewhere to store it I would have put down the £150 asking price there and then!
Did anyone play any games? It sounds like most people went there just to buy things. I guess I can see the appeal of being able to see things in person before you buy, rather than purchasing over the internet when you can't find things at a local store.
Yes you certainly can play games, some of the tables are more display orientated but you do get a certain amount of club presence, and the likes of Hawk giving demos of DZC and the like.
The appeal is also in some of the truly mental display pieces that you will only ever get at shows of that size, some of which must surely take years to prepare (take a look at some of the photos in the links reds8n put in the post above yours for instance)
Wonderful reports, I totally missed the company selling the ultra-realistic trees - certainly gives Last Valley some competition finally (and I love Last Valley - have a forest full of his trees )
Some more pictures... I don't read Dutch, but the pictures tell the story...
Yeah, but who is who?
I forgot to stop and chat, so missed out finding out.
That is me (darrkespur) on the left, then Jon (yakface), JP (JP1138) and the boss himself, Jim (legoburner) moving things on top of the cabinets. Steve (StephenGaskell) was also there. Thanks for everyone that visited the stand, we had a lot of fun chatting to people about MEdge!
Devils Run: Route 666. The minis are truly fantastic and the game seems to have landed on its feet after a good run on KS last year. Plus Mark is a super nice guy. He nearly sold me on a copy of the game when I talked to him at Salute and I don't even care for these Mad Max style car games
nice stuff Navarro, awesome effort - I took zero pictures, even though I had my camera and my phone...
@Jehan-reznor - check out some of these blogs. Piecing together with Navarros blog, it's a pretty extensive coverage of the show to end all shows... (in the UK at least)
I've just started podcasting, and in typically over-ambitious wargaming style have followed up my first 4 "video & audio battle reports with added curry review" podcasts with a "live field recording" from the pub next to the ExCeL centre with a guest panel of 5 of my clubmates.
Titled "Whats in the Bag?", this podcast allows you to listen to half a dozen beery blokes getting over excited about how much lead (& mdf) they have just bought – so a normal night out with your gaming buddies really, apart from the fact that you probably won't know these ones.
Apologies in advance for the audio quality, rubbish banter, and (I think) the odd swear-word, but other than that please enjoy what I believe is the first Salute! 2016 post-event podcast …
The coverage of this year's event has been better than ever before. As someone who wasn't able to attend this year (and very frustrated by this fact!) It's really appreciated guys, thanks a lot !
Ruglud wrote: nice stuff Navarro, awesome effort - I took zero pictures, even though I had my camera and my phone...
I know the feeling mate, every stand draws you like a magnet and its easy to forget pictures and all and just go for it and have fun. It happened to me several times this year
Is that a slug to rival / face off against your snails on the top shelf, too? Look massive, unless that's a trick of the camera (hope your snails are significantly smaller, at least and maybe they can team up...)
