Thursday, 21 April 2016
Monday, 18 April 2016
Salute 2016 part one
My annual day off, also known as Salute had arrived, and six of us drove down from Norwich to ExCel in London - as is our aim we got there at 10.30am so effectively we avoid the 10am queues, and we walked straight in.
Unfortunately because I had an evening commitment (dinner ball) we knew we needed to leave no later than 2.30pm, so that meant I would need to be clear on what I wanted to buy and see, as four hours is quite short to cover everything at Salute.
It was an excellent event but it was a bit odd in that the theme for this year was steampunk but there was not a lot of steampunk on show.
Hasslefree is always my first port of call but unusually I had not done a pre-order. Four figures were bought and I show them with my other purchases in another post.
The first table with a game that caught my eye was an American Civil War battle of Antietam
Forty Years War, which apparently is recreation of one their club (Whitehall Warlords) did back in 1976 for Salute!
A Kings of War mass battle run by Chesterfield Gaming Society.
Saga game done by Gripping Beast
Battle of Wilhelmstadt Seven Years War by Bill Gaskin and friends
Sunday, 17 April 2016
Welcome to Mike's Little Men
I have been an active role-player and wargamer for a good 20 years, and the aim of this blog is to in part share my experiences but also act as a prompter for me to do some painting, make terrain etc.
Over the years I have built up a "lead" mountain of figures that never seem to get painted, individual figures, small skirmish units, warbands, and whole armies.......
I do not generally have the time luxury to paint every day but I hope to do at least one blog a week, showing my progress on my many projects.
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