Salute 2017 Live Blog
Join us as we head down to the massive Salute 2017 event in London at the ExCel Centre, packed with tabletop awesomeness from across the spectrum.
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We'll be bringing you all of the best from the vendors and the participation games that are getting into gear throughout the day and giving away some goodies too from the different vendors.
Prize Pool
Follow Links To Their Live Blog Posts
- Gripping Beast - Dark Age Plastic Archers & Gripping Beast Limited Edition Dice
- 4Ground - Fabled Realms Stronghold Terrain Set
- Salute 2017 - Limited Edition Event Miniature
- Anvil Industry - AFTERLIFE Republic Starter Set
- Hawk Wargames - Dropfleet Two Player Starter Set
- Steamforged Games - Kick Off! Starter Set, Hunter Starter Set, Heralds Of The Hunters Moon, Seenah, Young Theron (Event Exclusive), Chaska, Season III Rulebook
- Warploque Miniatures - ArcWorlde: Heroes Of Hobbleshire Set
- Twilight Miniatures - Belan Rider
- Warcradle - 2nd Edition Wild West Exodus Army
- Battlefront -FoW Afrika Korps Book, Desert Rats Book, El Alamein Set, Monty's Desert Rats & Rommel's Afrika Korps
- Deep-Cut - 4x4 Orbital Night Mat
- Paranoid Miniatures - Faction Of Your Choice
- Privateer Press - Kommander Strakhov & Kommandos, Andrei Malakov, Captain Aiakos
- Warlords Games - Doctor Who: Exterminate + Extra Sets To Expand Your Game
Painting Competition Coverage
Rich, (Community Member @peachey) is going to be helping us document the Painting Competition throughout the day as well!
If you're interested in finding out about the entries from last year's competition you can check them out on the link above and find out about the winners HERE.
So, if anything catches your eye remember to comment on the various posts and get your thoughts in on the day.
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Stick with us throughout the day and remember to comment on what you like and who you want to see us catch up with.
Follow along!
The Flood Gates Are Open On Painting Competition Entries
The rush is on, to get entries out of their carry cases and boxes, quick fixes and touch ups done before entering them into their categories.
And if all of the changes were not enough, they have also reintroducing third place awards this year, as sometimes the cut between finalist and second place is a painful judging decision and we have listened to our previous years feedback to amend this.
Judging criteria has also been reviewed and refined (and published), as always the team of 8 judges maintain an objective decision making process, and oversee the very subjective nature of an art competition across various scales and styles.
Entries Close For The Painting Competition
Just a quick update before judging starts!
Awsome Ork gang and Harlequinn...
Judges Judge....
This year has been a step change on the last two, more finalists pulled out than ever, and judging is taking forever, looking for the smallest of differences in each entry to decide which deserve the ultimate accolade.
Here is a quick shot of all the category finalists, with a couple of closer looks. More to come from the winners soon...
And The Winner Is… Steve Party
So, here is the lowdown on the winners, with some accompanying Photo's
Historical Single Figure:
1st Fet Miller
2nd Danioel Monreal
3rd Michal Lios
Historical Unit:
1st Russel Rainford
2nd Michal Lios
3rd Kevin Ingram
Historical Other:
1st Chris Webb
2nd Russel Rainford
3rd Graham Green
Sci-fi Single Figure:
1st Steve Party
2nd Richard Gray
3rd Andy Wardle
Sci-fi Unit:
1st Sonny Hardy
2nd Ryan Allen
3rd Reece Stewart
Sci-fi Other:
1st Richard Gray
2nd Lee Hebblethwaite
3rd Reece Stewart
Fantasy Figure:
1st Andy Wardle
2nd Steve Party
3rd Lewis Collins
Fantasy Unit:
1st Chris Bair
2nd Charlie Kirkpatrick
3rd Russel Rainford
Fantasy Other:
1st Chris Clayton
2nd Reymond Ventu Sulien
3rd Lee Hebblethwaite
Large Scale:
1st Andy Wardle
2nd Ben Curry
3rd David Soper
Miscellaneous:
1st John Keys
2nd Martin Collier
3rd Richard Gray
Junior:
1st Alexander Berner
2nd Alexander Barbaro-Robins
3rd Daniel Field
2016 Salute Mini:
1st Charlie Kirkpatrick
2nd Mark Lifton
3rd Jon Miller
Best in show, with flights to CMON Crystal Brush:
Scifi Figure winner, Steve Party with St Celestine.
On my way 🙂
Guess the hangovers ain’t to bad if you got posts up this early 😉
How did @lancorz find flying lol?
All good, didn’t like it banking side to side… or the two attempts at landing.
Lol
Just imagine you’re in a rollercoaster 😉
Besides …
any landing you can walk away from is a good one 😀
Better two attempts than one complete and utter failure.
Okay… let the coverag beginn ^^
Salute 2018 in Rotterdam please :p
Utrecht would be much better … but failing that Eindhoven isn’t bad either. 😉
Utrecht would indeed be better
On my way now 🙂
Have fun guys. Wish I was there.
So I’m placing this comment with false hope that for first time in life I’ll actually win something in a lottery. Feel free to prove me that aint gonna happend.
Wish I was there but had to choose between Salute and UKGE.
Love that Frostgrave table. Looking forward to the coverage. Always so much to see so I’ll be interested to see what cool stuff you find that we haven’t seen before.
Have fun guys
I sadly can’t make it, but I wish you loads of fun and I’m looking forward to all your great pictures and videos.
Wish I could make it this year; the stars haven’t aligned correctly for a few years now, but I will be back at some point as it is a blast! Have a great day everyone!
Sweet, have a great day guys!
That’s Lloyd talk for ‘take more pictures now Dave!’
Thanks for the coverage!
What a super weekend is lined up. One day I shall attend!
One day I’ll take a trip down to Salute. It’ll happen…
Waiting for my nephew(8) to take him to his very first experience of salute after getting interested in warhammer a couple of months ago
Is this a bit like the British version of Adepticon?
Kinda of but much different. Think of the vendor area at Adepticon but 10 times bigger. Throw in full size demo tables in between in the aisles. That is Salute, no tournaments or big games. Mostly sales. It is an amazing experience and we really enjoy it. We are really sad we are not this year. It is worth the trip from the States. The Backstage meet up is always a great time. I highly recommend it to anyone.
I hope i wish be there with you next year
Wish I was going today 🙁
Wish I was going – would like someone to go to black scorpion to see if they have any more info about the tombstone kickstarter
Wish I was going, probably could have if I hadn’t spent so much ‘socialising’ this month.
Damn, ain’t been to salute in 5 years, wish I was there
Wish you were too dude
At salute, Justin I’m coming for my hug. Warren, missing you mate :p
Breakfast done so on my way . All the shiny stuff here is come hahaha