Welcome back to Part two of my Salute 2019 photo report. As usual, I shot too many pictures although it has to be said there was plenty of eye candy to draw the attention of my camera lens. Having said that I enjoyed the fact that many of the games were played using what I would call 'club terrain', ie the sort you'd expect to use on a regular basis (ie it didn't look purpose built for Salute). While I love the big set-piece display games I do like the simpler club display tables because you can look at them and think "I could do that".
Anyway without further ado, here's part 2 of my Salute 2019 Photo Report.
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| TooFatLardies - Malaya 1942 |
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| TooFatLardies - Malaya 1942 |
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| TooFatLardies - Malaya 1942 |
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| Spirit of the Game - a 40mm Wild West skirmish game "Blaze of Glory" |
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| Spirit of the Game - a 40mm Wild West skirmish game "Blaze of Glory" |
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| Loughton Strike Force - Ligney 1815 using the General d'Armee rules - 15mm Napoleonics at its best |
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| Ligney 1815 |
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| Ligney 1815 |
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| Peterborough Wargames Club - D-Day Omaha Beach (Easy Red sector) - A stunning 15mm participation game |
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| The redoubtable Mike Whitaker hosting the D-Day Omaha Beach game |
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| The first wave goes in...things are about to get messy! |
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| Friends of General Haig - The Battle of Lutzen 1632 |
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| Friends of General Haig - The Battle of Lutzen 1632 |
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| Friends of General Haig - The Battle of Lutzen 1632 |
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| Seven Days to the River Rhine |
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| Seven Days to the River Rhine - Russian Helicopter |
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| A Batman-themed miniatures game |
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| Street Wars - Zombies in the 1970's! |
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| Red Alert |
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| The Old Guard - 28mm Napoelnocs using the Command and Colours rule set |
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| Old Guard - British Artillery |
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| Nice base labels... I do like base labels. |
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| Flash Gordon done in Lego |
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| Space Vixens from Mars present Mein Ehre heifst Treue - The Road to Castle Ltter 1945 |
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| Gravesend Gamers Guild - Skirmish at Staplethorpe - an ECW participation game |
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| Gravesend Gamers Guild - Skirmish at Staplethorpe - an ECW participation game |
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| By now it was mid-day and time for the Bloggers Meet up. Not the largest group we have ever assembled but we were earlier in the day this year. |
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| Mierce Miniatures - A Darklands demonstration game |
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| Mierce Miniatures - A Darklands demonstration game |
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| Mortem et Gloriam |
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| Wild in the Streets |
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| Gangs of Rome |
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| Wigmore Warriors - Bridge over Troubled Water - A 20mm WW2 game using the Iron Cross rules |
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| Naval Wargames Society - Stingray! |
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| North Star Figures - This is not a Test |
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| A WH40K game |
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| World War Zero |
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| Speed painting |
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| A game of Blitzkrieg Commander |
Taking a brief break from the various games on Display I tried to get close enough to take a look at the painting competition. There didn't seem to be as many entries this year but the standard was as high as ever.
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| Getting near the display was a challenge! |
Ok back to the tables....
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| A fun looking Back to the Future game |
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| scimitar Wargames Group - Jerusalem during the 6 Day War using the Fate of a Nation rules. |
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| The cityscape was very impressive |
That's it for now. Part Three will be up in a few hours. The most time-consuming part of this process is identifying the games where the clubs have failed to label their table...no signage of any kind. This is a pet hate of mine, especially as I take so many pictures. Surely if you are going to go to the effort of running a demo game then you would want visitors to know who was running the game? Don't get me wrong, I try to talk to everyone but by the end of a day like Salute, I can't remember every game so I rely heavily on table signage to help me label my pictures correctly.
Ok, Moan over. More pictures later today so keep your eyes peeled!
Best pics of the show I have seen so far. Looking forward to the next lot of Pics as well. The bloggers meet looked quite small but quality beats quantity.
ReplyDeleteThere were a lot of good quality club games this year. All used the sort of terrain that we could hope to have in our own wargames room or in a wells stocked club (ie not out of reach of most wargamers).
DeleteMore cracking pics Lee :)
ReplyDeleteThank you. The best for part 3 maybe?
DeleteNice pics, Lee, thanks. Someday, I shall go.
ReplyDeleteIts worth doing at least once...although fitness training (or a walking frame) may be required!
DeleteThanks a very useful report
ReplyDeleteThanks
DeleteMore great pictures and games. You got some nice shots of our Lutzen set up. I meant to take lots but got massively distracted :-)
ReplyDeleteIt was a beautiful looking game.
DeleteI suppose I have different feelings on the subject of table standards. If I'm going to a gaming event then I want gaming type tables and things to give me ideas for my own personal gaming which is quick and easy set ups, however if I go to an exhibition event which I think Salute more fits that bill then I expect the highest standard of tables that can still be used for wargaming.
ReplyDeleteThat said the best pictures I've seen so far for the event so well done Lee and thank you for sharing.
Christopher
Thanks Christopher, I like both types of games at a show, but I do like to look at a table and think "that's not out of my league".
DeleteThank you for an other excellent report.
ReplyDeleteHappy gaming,
Will Harley
No problem.
DeleteA lot of excellent looking games. I appreciate seeing the show through the lens of your camera.
ReplyDeleteYour welcome.
DeleteThanks for this guided tour of Salute, probably the closest this Canadian will ever get to it. The Omaha Beach game by MikeW is truly a labour of love. Bravo that man.
ReplyDeleteCrackin' photos ol' boy!
ReplyDeleteGreat photos, thank you.
ReplyDeleteFYI, the photo labelled 'Gangs of Rome' is actually 'Mortal Gods', a new skirmish game based around Greek Hoplites. From the same people (War Banner / Dark Peak / whatever they're called now) but otherwise nothing to do with Gangs of Rome.