Salute Show

With the new DLR extension from Woolwich, means that I can now get from my front door to Excel in an hour. This is great news.
Salute 09 was the best show that I have been to so far in the last three years that I have been going to, but the only thing that was a let down was the entry fee of £11 although the goody bag that you get when you walk in had a fantastic model from Black Scorpion of a Zulu War diorama and the usual six sided dice plus the official guide to the show.
The crowds were slow to start with but by noon the hall was buzzing.
No credit crunch here today as people handed over large amounts of cash. The thing that really caught my eye was the fact that there were a lot of company’s making 28mm scale figures, with the likes of Perry miniatures, Front Rank and Victrix and a few others all dappling with this scale. Even Hat are having a go.
For me I will stick with 20mm as I do not have the cash or space for the new scale.
The games where ever demonstration or participation, tended to be WWI or WWII but there were a couple of Napoleonic games going on.
So what did I buy? Well with my pockets full of pennies not a lot. I did find a couple of stalls selling the Hat figures but none that was on my list although I did buy a box of Prussian foot artillery.

I found the two books that I wanted. Battlegames, “Table Top Teasers Vol 1” and Charles S Grant, “Wargame Companion”. I have had a quick flick through both of them and they both seem to be worth the money.

A couple of days after Salute 09 I went to Norwich where I had found a toy shop that actually sold Hat figures. There I brought my second box of Hat Nassau Infantry and two boxes of Hat Middle Guard.
Back to work and in Modelzone Holborn, London had the biggest delivery of Hat figures for a long while. There I brought another box of Middle Guard, which I will paint up as Line Grenadiers and my Second box of KGL Dragoons.

After the Salute show and seeing people in Modelzone picking up boxes of figures, I wonder how much do we spend on our hobby. I have over the last few years been keeping a book on how much and I must say that most goes on Paint and brushes.
I will let you know how much so far this year next time.

Progress on Horse Grenadiers

Well I have neary finished the second batch of horses and the troopers are getting there.
There seems to be a problem with downloading the pictures to the blog at the moment.
So once I can do that, you will be able to see the progress on this regiment.

Not long to Saulte 09 now and I am really, really looking forward to this as we are only a few days away now. My shopping list is getting longer but the new pontoon set from Hat, looks like they will not be there in time for the show.

Update on the Horse Grenadiers

Hi All,

I am still doing DIY at home and have not done much in the way of painting over the past month. Although I have finished the first batch of eight horses and I have nearly finished the second batch. The first batch of troopers are going well but not fast enough.

I did try to take some pictures over the weekend but with black horses they did not come out too well, so I will try to get some up here by the end to the week.

SALUTE ZERO NINE

Well it's March already and this is one of my favourite months for me as it's not long now to SALUTE 09.The date 28th March 10 am-5 pm.

I have been to the pass two years at the Excel Centre in London and I must say what a show it is. This year the entry fee has gone up to £11 (Under 11's Free) In the goodie bag, that you get each year, (For the first 4,000 people) is a fine collectors set of the Zulu Warrior and British Rifleman in combat by Black Scorpion.

I hope to spend all of my pennys that I have saved up as there are a lot of new figures out there to buy. I will let you know what I brought.

Update on the Horse Grenadiers

After doing a lot of DIY at home, I thought that I will keep you up to date with the painting of the regiment.

The first batch of 8 horses are nearly done and I am happy with the result so far. As soon as they are finished I will post some pictures.

I have also started on the first batch of troopers. Although they do not have the correct uniform for Waterloo, I think that they will still look good on the table once finished.