South London Warlords

Salute 2020

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IMG_9651 There will be no Salute 2020 report like you were used to for Salute 19, Salute 18, Salute 17etc. Because there is no Salute this year due to Covid 19 / Corona. So what else can I do? I will show you pictures of the last years Salutes instead . I know it is no real substitute, as there is no such thing as a substitute for the show the South London Warlords bring on for us each year.

Hopefully we will have a new Salute in 2021 and will be able to meet old and new friends again.

So here are a few pictures of last years Salute. You can find many more pictures here:

Salute 19, Salute 18, Salute 16,

 

So missing the show, my friends and London in general this year…. Roll on 2021 hopefully without a pandemic like we have this year. Let us remember the friends and wargamers, figure collectors, painters, terrain modelers who we lost to COVID 19 may they rest in peace. We will never forget them!

Salute 2019 convention report

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So another Salute went by.  Altogether it was a grand show. Lots of traders , very many very well presented games like the one above wich got the best of show award. But it seemed to be a little bit less crowded then in the years before. What ever the reason for this it is still a show worth going to! I met a lot of old friends wich in itself is a good reason to go just to catch up on the social side of the hobby.

Here are about 250 pictures I took during the day in no special order :

If you have been there as well I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did . Role on Salute 2020

Salute 2019

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On saturday the 6th of April 2019 this years Salute will be held at London Excel exhibition center.

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The theme is: Survivors, post apocalypse

Therefore this years figure is the last woman standing:

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Here are a few pictures of last years Salute as a teaser:

Hope to see you there ! A photo report will follow next Monday.

 

The Salute 2018 Photoreport

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So another Salute is gone by and I took a lot of photos like every year. The show was like the years before very well organized and despite the mass of people there wasn’t a very  long delay to get in. The games were very well presented and the selection of traders was outstanding. But there is one point I have to criticize , the lighting . When you got into the  Salute venue it was very dark. So dark that it was sometimes difficult to take decent pictures ( as you sadly will se below). There could be more light and in the venue next door ( a wedding convention ) it was very different , much more light !

But without further ado here are the pictures:

A blood and plunder game:

 

Here you can see how dark it was:

 

A selection of the nice Sarissa MDF Buildings

 

Two games of Blood red Sky by Warlord , the carrier is in the same scale as the planes , outstanding:

 

New greens and plastic sprues from Warlord:

 

Doctor WHO by Warlord:

 

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Victrix figures:

 

A world war II Game Leros

 

Painting tutorial:

 

Perry greens:

 

A Western game:

 

Saga by Gripping Beast:

 

Swordpoint by Gripping Beast:

 

The battle of TewkesburyMay 1471:

 

The Druid game by Wargames illustrated:

 

4 Ground buildings:

 

Glory in the halls of Montezuma

 

1761 Raid at Gaskin’s Plantation:

 

Zombie attack on Salute 18 ( an outstanding idea for a game):

 

Miscellaneous pictures:

 

So these are all the pictures I took . I hope you get an overview of the convention by them.

I thoroughly enjoyed the show and am already looking forward to next year ! Thanks Warlords for a splendid show and remember maybe next year the lighting could be better?!

Roll on Crisis Antwerp 2018!