Salute 2021 Live Blog!
Welcome to the Salute 2021 Live Blog where we're going to be delving into all of the awesomeness from companies and clubs here down in London at the ExCel Centre.
Salute 2021
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Make sure to get involved as we want to know who you'd love us to talk to here today and what miniature ranges you want us to explore too.
Join us for a weekend of checking out awesome miniatures and participation games from this year's show!
Blogging At This Event:
Vietnam In 28mm From Full Metal Miniatures
Another fun one as we take a look at another smaller company, Full Metal Miniatures. They had us being quite taken by their collection of awesome Vietnam War miniatures (and more) in 28mm.
Have you tried wargaming Vietnam on the tabletop? What scale do you prefer?
Bad Squiddo Games' Expansive Collection Grows!
We stop off with Bad Squiddo Games and talk about how MASSIVE their collection of miniatures has got! There are sooooo many different miniatures for you to choose from now.
As well as their Female Miniatures that have been a great addition to the wider wargaming collective, they have also been working on all sorts of other wonderful miniatures that are worth your attention.
The Silver Bayonet Releases & Undaunted From Osprey Games (Comment To Win!)
We catch up with the team from Osprey Games and talk about what they have been doing recently. The Silver Bayonet has just been released this weekend and a new expansion for Undaunted is on the cards.
Comment To Win! Frostgrave Bundle & Undaunted Bundle
There is some great stuff in the pipeline from Osprey Games too. If you’re into your wargames/miniatures games or board games, they have something for you.
Offensive Drop Sven Hassel Collection & French Resistance!
We get a chat with Offensive Miniatures about their expanding World War II collection which now includes French Resistance Fighters.
They also talk about their newest miniatures for the Sven Hassel collection. Do you think you’d want to snap some of these miniatures up?
What's New From Deep-Cut Studio? (Comment To Win!)
We find out what’s new from the folks at Deep-Cut Studio. They have been making some fantastic mats and all manner of accessories which would be very handy for people to play around with.
Comment To Win! A Gaming Mat Of Your Choice (No Custom Designs)
If you could choose any Deep-Cut Studio gaming mat, which one would it be?
Are You Going To Pick Up Duncan Rhodes' New Paints?
We stopped off with Duncan Rhodes to talk about the new paint range that he brought to Kickstarter. Are you going to be picking these up?
Make sure to check out the range when it releases to retail in the near future.
Bushido! Have You Played This One?
We catch up with GCT Studio as they talk about how things have been progressing when it comes to Bushido.
This is one of those awesome underground hits that has been a solid fixture of the wargaming world for a long time. It’s a great mix of Fantasy Samurai awesomeness.
PSC Discuss Divisions Of Steel & ROME: Total War!
We have a grand chat with the folks from PSC Games about their upcoming titles. One of them is a pretty fun, tweaked system for Divisions Of Steel which takes you into World War II.
They also have the brand new ROME: Total War board game that is coming out soon. Are you tempted by this for the Ancient spin on things?
Who Is TheHobbyLodge & How Was Their Salute?!
We catch up with Martin from TheHobbyLodge, one of our influencers, who has done a sterling job as part of the community on OnTableTop.
We thought that we could find out what they liked about the show and what they are going to be up to as well!
Battlefoam Talks Being Back At Shows!
Justin got a chance to quickly catch up with Battlefoam who are really excited to be back doing shows. They have some fun kit to show off currently that you can use to keep your miniatures safe.
Are you someone who likes picking up the kit from Battlefoam? Have you tried any of their magnaracks? Let us know in the comments.
Black Scorpion's Two Years Worth Of New Miniatures At The Show!
Black Scorpion Miniatures has been showing off some of the two years worth of miniatures that have been coming together. There are some fantastic Wild West miniatures in the mix as well as a great selection of Fantasy figures.
Are you going to be picking up some of the kit from Black Scorpion over on their webstore after seeing this?
Goodbye From Salute 2021! See You Next Year!
We are finished for this year’s Salute down at the ExCel in London. We had a great time and we hope that you had a fun time watching the videos and checking out all of the galleries too.
Make sure to check out all of the videos from this year and comment as there are a bunch of prizes to win!
We’ll be back next year in April to cover Salute 2022!
Morning Guys, please check out with James from Olmec Games for news about The Drowned Earth and Ulaya Chronicles
Sooo bummed not to be there this year can’t wait to see the blog this Weekend!
More… gib MORE!
GA12 Poltava 1709, would be great to see Per’s GNW game in all its 6mm loveliness
Good call
? I clicked a link and ended up on the live blog for UKGE. Confused….
Morning all, no doubt John has primed you to look for any Batltetech themed goodness!
If @peachey is there at Salute. Where is Danny?
Wonderful set up and some fantastic entries. I particularly like the Amaines Lancer and the Trench football game is inspired
havent seen the booth for the Greatest Movie ever made
Epic Battles Waterloo…? Anything related to that at Salute?
The big question is where is Free’s moonstone video and Ben’s animal models find video ? Why has Jason not bought anything odd to wear about the show. I missed the vambrace action !!!
I bought a Jackalope… Mooooooonstone <3
Is it house trained?
Finished work and catching up with all of the posts and videos. This is great, really enjoying the coverage.
I’d never heard of Full Metal Miniatures and they have a special Catherine Leroy mini which I have to pick up because she was bad ass. Great looking range.
Can I just say “Thank you” for the team running around the show floor like lemmings (or squirrels) on speed to bring us as much coverage as possible in one day? I don’t want to image how much work the team (and editors) need to lift. I raise my glass to you.
Love the Stalingrad table. Wouldn’t it be awesome if you could pass that table around to various groups and clubs so they would all have a chance to play on such a great table. Just like going to the library, excuse me miss, I would like to check out the Stalingrad table for the weekend!!!!!! It w0uld be incredible to share the love.
Really good stuff gang!
I miss seeing these events. Glad that the bug is not holding us back any longer.
I wish I was there.
You guys covered a lot of stuff! Some of those paint jobs are spectacular. Just a little jealous. I’m hanging out for The Silver Bayonet (the release in the upside down land has been pushed back to very early next year). I know I can just jump online and order it but I’d like to support my local independent bookstore OR FLGS.
The Stalingrad game looks great. Have you got any more details on that?
I wish I could be there – self isolation suck. 🙁
Look forward to watching these as a late Sunday treat
I was really disappointed by this year’s Salute. There were so many empty tables and stalls and one can’t help but think the empty stalls were traders or exhibitors who simply didn’t show – I can’t see that people would waste the effort putting stalls up for traders who hadn’t booked. I know some of the European Traders (Wargamer Games, Microart Studio) were having customs issues. I saw announcements from a couple of other UK traders apologising but not really giving a reason for not attending. The upshot was a convention that just felt empty and it worries me that… Read more »
Thanks for the coverage folks.