This is the big one, as we head down to the Excel centre in London for the Salute show! We'll need pre-orders in for this one as early as possible, and definitely before Sat 13th April please! For more info on this one, check the London Warlords website: http://www.salute.co.uk/salute/salute-2013/ (http://www.salute.co.uk/salute/salute-2013/)
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I think 23rd might be a problem, as the show is on Saturday 20th April! Something of an inauspicious date I fear.
Mollinary
Oops, fixed that now! April 20th is Husband Appreciation Day as well!
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Yay my favourite. Now to persuade my mates to do what we did last year and make a weekend of it and book a hotel room. That was seriously fun and having breakfast in the hotel sandwiched between the Perry Twins and the North Korean womens marathon squad was a seriously odd start to the day.
Family rooms at Excel Travelodge are currently £26 a night :D :D :D :D :D
So, have we any idea how many games will showcase Pendraken 10mm figures? This year's Continental Wars Society game is being put on by my old friend John Dz and myself (gulp, what have we done!), and will be Nachod 1866, with c2,500 Pendraken figures from my collection, on terrain from Realistic Modelling Limited. Hope to see a lot of forum members there, but are there any others we should be visiting in our occasional bits of time off for good behaviour?
Mollinary
I'll be helping out at Timecast (I hope)!
:D
Yes, this our "local" show, since Loughton went out the window. We shall be re-mortgaging the house to pay the parking charges as usual. Hope to see some of you there.
Thanks for the info Serotonin. Was just going to ask the question and lo and behold, the Forum comes up with the answer.
Never been to this show - a long way from the Midlands + expense. But have been invited to help Ged Cronin of Gringo$40's with the 40mm Alamo game so hope to be there should anyone want to come up and say "Hello"
I'm the tall ugly one with glasses.
Hope to see you there DaveL
Hi
Bit of a continental wars theme along with Moilinary/John Dz and 1866 Real Time will be doing games on the Republican Phase of FPW in 10mm using Pendraken's extensive range of figures also using Realistic Modelling terrain
Quote from: Bernie on 11 March 2013, 10:21:49 PM
Hi
Bit of a continental wars theme along with Moilinary/John Dz and 1866 Real Time will be doing games on the Republican Phase of FPW in 10mm using Pendraken's extensive range of figures also using Realistic Modelling terrain
Looking forward to coming to see this! We're just up the aisle from you, on stand TD17.
Hi Leon and 10mmers
Yep we will be at stand GE17
Also as an aside Continental Wars Society which Molinary/John DZ is doing a game for is well worth subscribing to for those interested in C19th and Ralph Weaver a really nice guy who does a splendid job with the house mag "Foreign Correspondent"
Quote from: mollinary on 01 March 2013, 06:37:04 PM
So, have we any idea how many games will showcase Pendraken 10mm figures? This year's Continental Wars Society game is being put on by my old friend John Dz and myself (gulp, what have we done!), and will be Nachod 1866, with c2,500 Pendraken figures from my collection, on terrain from Realistic Modelling Limited. Hope to see a lot of forum members there, but are there any others we should be visiting in our occasional bits of time off for good behaviour?
Mollinary
Our "Drop the Bridge" participation game will feature Pendraken 10mm German FlaK units to help knock down those pesky Soviet Sturmoviks. Anyone who fancies a game (on either side) will be most welcome.
Ray
I will pop over and check it out Hertsblue!
Getting excited now- hotel booked, tickets in the post. Always a good weekend/day out.
Just put my order in... :D
Hoooo. Really interested in the Fpw game. Are you interested by some French swearing?
:P
Just a quick reminder, we''ll need any Salute pre-orders in before Sat 13th please!
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What fantasy stock do you take along is it individual packs or just army packs?
Quote from: Sandinista on 04 April 2013, 07:11:06 PM
What fantasy stock do you take along is it individual packs or just army packs?
It'll just be the army packs. 8)
Last call for any pre-orders please!
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Erm, sooo want to...
In fact so did... :D
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Looking forward to this big time!
Now that IS great service! 8)
Quote from: mad lemmey on 13 April 2013, 09:24:08 PM
Now that IS great service! 8)
:-bd
I'm doing another FPW order at the moment, so it fitted in nicely actually. Gotta get back to the machine now, need some army packs as well!
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Right then, that's all the stock cast up, and the show orders all done. Just got a load of frantic packaging left, and then it's a case of trying to get it all in the van!
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Have a good one and take some pic,s Leon,
kev
Impressed that you actually are going to have to time catch breath before driving up after that 2am finish.
Sadly I have not put an order in and am also not attending Salute :o but my mail order pile is growing and needs painting effort anyway. Colours at Newbury will be my main show this year.
Hope you have a good show
Rgds
Si
Look forward to seeing you at Colours Si :).
Quote from: Si Tyler on 18 April 2013, 09:08:44 AM
Impressed that you actually are going to have to time catch breath before driving up after that 2am finish.
Luckily Dave does the driving! I'm hoping to get home a little earlier tonight, and then Dave will be picking me up at 9am, to get to the Excel for about 1pm-ish hopefully. The traders have to queue outside for quite a while, so we need to be there reasonably early to get towards the front of the queue for unloading.
Very much looking forward to the show. Hmmm, it's been almost a month since my last order arrived, maybe I should pick something up on the day. :D
Quote from: Sigur on 18 April 2013, 06:35:01 PM
Very much looking forward to the show. Hmmm, it's been almost a month since my last order arrived, maybe I should pick something up on the day. :D
:-bd
All set now, van packed, and if we've forgotten anything it's too late! (Actually, I just realised I've left my camera in the unit, so I might have to get up early to go get it before we set off! #-o )
Hopefully we'll see a load of Forum members at the show, and we might even get two minutes for a chat as well!
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Safe journey guys, big thanks for sorting that stuff at the eleventh hour :-bd
Cheers,
Meirion
Wow its quiet on the Forum today; is everybody at Salute?
Not me, i,m sure it will pick up later when they all get back home with bags full of shinny stuff,
kev
It'll be interesting to see what everyone picks up at the bring n buy, got myself some real bargains when I went in 2006.
So what's everyones best deal of the day?
Fekkn LOA army packs... :'(
Quote from: Sandinista on 20 April 2013, 06:51:18 PM
Fekkn LOA army packs... :'(
Please dont tell me how lovely they are and how fabulous the new cavalry is... I had to cancel my plans to attend for an OH appointment that I needed to attend at short notice for the new job :(
Greetings
First time I'd been to Salute for a few years.
I enjoyed it - chatted a bit to Dave and Leon and admired - but restrained myself from buying [because I'd be unpopular for buying a new period] - the LoA stuff (yes Nosher the cavalry are nice).
I spent a bit of time at the Nachod 1866 game - which looked good with its Pendraken figures in historical formations - talking to Mollinary.
Also 10mm Pendraken in evidence in an FPW game at Realistic Modelling.
Regards
Edward
Likewise enjoyed the show immensely. It's my perception that there were a lot more people there this year than last. The traders' stands were bigger and much more professional looking. Salute seems to be matching up to the other hobby shows at last.
Quote from: Nosher on 20 April 2013, 07:04:03 PM
Please dont tell me how lovely they are and how fabulous the new cavalry is...
Well, where should I start ;)
Quote from: Sandinista on 21 April 2013, 05:09:55 PM
Well, where should I start ;)
Well, even I haven't seen them yet. did they turn out OK?
Also had a great time, and thought it seemed the best SALUTE for years, although I got precious little time to take it all in. But I did get to see Bernie's game demonstrating his new "Paris, City of Light" rules for the Republican Phase of the FPW, with some splendid Pendraken figures on display. Well done Bernie! :D. It was very busy on the Continental Wars Society Demonstration Game, and it was great to meet PF members in the flesh (so to speak). Good to see they are as pleasant and knowledgable in real life as in the ether. My real surprise was the number of other people who came to our game, asked if the figures (all Pendraken of course)were 6mm, and then came up with the "I could never paint anything that small" line that Peter Berry of Baccus has been fighting for years. It left me wondering whether putting something like Andy Mac's painting guide on the main website might not help convince people that doing this scale is not black magic? The overwhelming majority of comments were very positive, people were very impressed with the amount of detail on the figures, and the way in which they "inhabited the battlefield". It was also good to see visitors from France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Belgium (not me!) and Malta interested in the 1860s. All in all, an exhausting day, I have no voice left, but had a fabulous day. Thanks to all who visited! =D> =D> =D> =D> =D>
Mollinary
PS Also many thanks to all who bought the book. Richard Brown of Ken Trotman Ltd was very gratified by the business! Hope you enjoy it.
Quote from: clibinarium on 21 April 2013, 05:28:23 PM
Well, even I haven't seen them yet. did they turn out OK?
Clib, they turned out AMAZING :o :o :o. I. Only managed to justify resistance on the grounds that I haven't started this period yet, and there were so few packs there that those who have already invested in the infantry deserved first dibs. I have in mind a couple of "Maurice" armies when the range is complete, but I can wait (no, that argument didn't really convince me, either!). Well done, Clib, you continue to set new benchmarks for 10mm.
Mollinary
Hi Mollinary
Is this a photo of your game? It looks really good - the terrain and figures look in one - and it looks like a rolling battlefield.
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WSyrM4GSt6g/UXRIPsDJYzI/AAAAAAAAFoM/tOcPJ942I0M/s1600/1866+Game.jpg)
If so what are the chalk boards and the yellow string for?
It was the army pack that tempted me, a nice starter force plus I got an extra pack of cavalry with swords. Truly are amazing figures - far better in the hand than any image seen on here. Will be getting a few more in the near future as Vienna 1683 is now the next project - thanks Clib :)
Hi Fred,
Yes, that is our game. We decided that if we tried to demonstrate the whole game at once there would be too many players and umpires around the table to allow decent access to visitors. So we set the figures up to allow us to play four separate scenarios from the battle, representing different times and actions. The four boards give a basic description of each scenario, and the string was used to mark off the area and forces of the particular scenario we were playing at the time. In your photo this shows the cavalry action between Wnuck's combined brigade of Prussian Dragoons and Uhlans, and Solms' Austrian Cuirassiers.
Mollinary
Great looking table and lovely to hear that there was so much interest :).
As for the LoA figures, I must resist... ;).
Lovely to meet you to Mollinary. Sorry I couldn't stop for longer. :'(
Well, what a manic day it turned out to be! Not helped by me forgetting a vital part of the Minibits stand, and my camera! We managed to bodge something together on the stand, and the mother-in-law very kindly let me borrow her camera, so it was all OK in the end.
There were roughly 5000 through the door, plus those already inside running tradestands/games, so that's a lot of people. We heard that the queue was completely out of the Excel centre at one point, which if you've ever seen the place, is quite an impressive feat. It must have been getting on for half a mile of wargamers... :o
The show started slowly, as it takes a little time for folk to get inside, and they usually hit the Bring and Buy first. The Warlords do a cracking job of getting people in quickly though, it must be quite an exercise trying to get several thousand people through the door in the first hour. There's always an element of panic which starts to seep in at around 10:30-ish, when you've only made a couple of sales, but then the first wave hits and it's non-stop from then onwards.
There were loads of Forum folk out and about, so in no particular order we managed to see: Mollinary, Holdfast, Sandinista, Republic of Tolworth, kustenjaeger, mad lemmey, slinky, Hertsblue, goat major, Just a Few Orcs, Eldamarelf, Bernie, andymac, Blaxkleric, GavinP, Germy, whiteoak, stormrider, Patrick R, Commodore Rob, chrishanley, andyrob, andysmodels, Dannyboy and DaveL!!! :o I'll still have forgotten someone in there no doubt!
Business wise it was really good. Me and Adele were kept busy on the Minibits stand, which was crammed full of people all day, and Dave and Cliff kept an eye on the Pendraken side of things. The LoA cavalry were quickly snapped up, but luckily we'd managed to get enough cast up, so there was enough to go round. Dave had done a couple of generic army packs as well, which sold nicely.
Minibits had a cracking day as well, which was great. The dice frames were sold out by the end of the day, the bases took quite a beating before the show had even opened, and the I-94 decals were flying out.
I only managed to leave the stand for 3 minutes all day unfortunately, so missed out on almost the entire show I'm afraid. Luckily there are piles of photo's coming up online, so here's a selection of the ones which have come up so far:
Joe Dever's slideshow of 700-odd pics! - http://s286.photobucket.com/user/joedever/slideshow/SALUTE%202013 (http://s286.photobucket.com/user/joedever/slideshow/SALUTE%202013)
Don't Throw a 1 blog - http://onelover-ray.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/salute-2013-part-1.html (http://onelover-ray.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/salute-2013-part-1.html)
Big Red Bat blog - http://bigredbat.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/bigredbats-salute-highlights.html (http://bigredbat.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/bigredbats-salute-highlights.html)
The Angry Lurker blog - http://theangrylurker.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/a-knackered-reject-at-salute-2013-part.html (http://theangrylurker.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/a-knackered-reject-at-salute-2013-part.html)
JJ Wargames blog - http://jjwargames.blogspot.co.uk/ (http://jjwargames.blogspot.co.uk/)
Big Lee's blog - http://www.blmablog.com/2013/04/salute-2013-full-show-report-pictures.html (http://www.blmablog.com/2013/04/salute-2013-full-show-report-pictures.html)
Shedwars blog - http://www.shedwars.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/salute-2013-some-photos.html (http://www.shedwars.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/salute-2013-some-photos.html)
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From a quick look there were some seriously nice tables on show 8).
You may not want to answer this Leon, but how much does it actually cost to rent a trading space for the day at Salute?..Just have always been interested
Quote from: Fenton on 22 April 2013, 10:20:27 AM
You may not want to answer this Leon, but how much does it actually cost to rent a trading space for the day at Salute?..Just have always been interested
It starts at £290 I think for a 6ft pitch, with the price per 6ft coming down slightly as you buy more. This year we paid £1100 for 30ft.
WOW.....
I was going to say F&*K me but I thought that might have been rude
Only just had a chance to look at my newly purchased falklands figures and vehicles and Ive gotta say they are superb!
Was good to stop and have a chat with the Pendraken team which is never easy as you guys are always so busy!
Quote from: Fenton on 22 April 2013, 10:23:43 AM
WOW.....
I was going to say F&*K me but I thought that might have been rude
Haha, it is quite a lot of money, and when you add on the other costs of getting there (fuel, accommodation, food, etc.) it soon adds up. It's harder to quantify an exact figure for Pendraken, but I know that for Minibits, I have to take around 5x the costs before I turn a profit, so it can be very hard going. But on the flipside, you've got 5000 customers coming through and seeing your name and your products, and getting that kind of visibility is invaluable to me especially.
Quote from: slinky on 22 April 2013, 10:26:34 AM
Only just had a chance to look at my newly purchased falklands figures and vehicles and Ive gotta say they are superb!
Was good to stop and have a chat with the Pendraken team which is never easy as you guys are always so busy!
Good to see you too, and glad you like the figures!
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Quote from: Leon on 22 April 2013, 09:46:17 AM
It must have been getting on for half a mile of wargamers...
Anyone?
Bit less beer and it could have been half the distance.
Hey Leon,
Did the Crossover minis manage to get based up for the show and if so did it help you with sales of them?
Steven
They did indeed! Not quite the base I wanted, as we ran out of time, but I managed to cut a quick tray on the laser machine and spray paint it green before we left. They looked great, and caught a lot of attention during the day. Sales on the Crossover's were pretty good, and the figures definitely helped that.
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Quote from: Leon on 22 April 2013, 12:19:37 PM
They did indeed! Not quite the base I wanted, as we ran out of time, but I managed to cut a quick tray on the laser machine and spray paint it green before we left. They looked great, and caught a lot of attention during the day. Sales on the Crossover's were pretty good, and the figures definitely helped that.
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I'm glad it all helped mate, now you just need to find the time to photo them all :) if you decided you want the goons painted as well just give me a shout. :D
will the LOA army packs be made available for general sale at some stage?
Quote from: Nosher on 22 April 2013, 04:51:21 PM
will the LOA army packs be made available for general sale at some stage?
There will be some coming, but I think we're going to wait until there's a bit more in the range before we put them together. The ones we had at the show were quite generic mix's that Dave knocked up, just to give folk a discounted starter pack basically. I can always send you one of these ones if you like?
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No worries, I will wait until the range is more complete (which is what I promised myself I would do anyway) - it's not like my lead mountain has diminished any since the cricket season got underway anyway!
I'm looking forward to my residential clinical and advanced driver training for the new job with the ambulance service. The nights will be pretty boring so I aim to get loads painted to while away the time. ;)
Quote from: Nosher on 23 April 2013, 07:06:35 AM
No worries, I will wait until the range is more complete (which is what I promised myself I would do anyway) - it's not like my lead mountain has diminished any since the cricket season got underway anyway!
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