Salute 2014, or there and back again. Part three.

 Now this a shameless plug for the wargame painter extraordinaire  Dave Jarvis. I wasn't the only person who thought this entry in one of the painting classes was first rate. I know that the editor of Soldiers and Strategy was wanting to contact Dave about the piece. Unfortunately I didn't stop to see who won this years competition as  previously stated I wasn't at my best. I thought there was a lot more entries in the fantasy classes of the competition, and a lot of them were of the first order. The historical entries appeared down on last year, and these were all very good, so it will be interesting to see who actually won. I hope it was Dave, finally.

This game was by the Newark Irregular sand was titled the Battle of Keren 1941, it was only a small display but was a first rate model all the same.  

 There is always a mega game at Salute and this year there was this. I think it was by the Honnington Wargames Group, so if it wasn't I'm can only apologise, there were several D Day games on at Salute. The game was of Sword Beach, and was a great advert for the hobby.

There was a little game put on by the Continental Wars Society of the attack by Garibaldi on Rome. I really liked this game, and I had a good natter to one of the members about when Garibaldi came to the North East of England and was met by the Durham miners who awarded him a prize for his efforts.

  It is difficult to photograph the painting competition entries but I managed to snap a few, the standard was very high and everyone that entered deserved praise.

 Dave's Old Guard Chasseurs which I'm hoping he will give to me for the shameless plugs he gets.

                                              Hobbits, what more can you say.

 So in conclusion was it a good show? Yes it was, marred only by my ill health. Would I go again? yes I would. I did think numbers were down on last year, but that may be because there seemed to be more space between tables. I managed to but my Eureka French mounted archers, and found that due to the strength of the pound they were slightly cheaper than a mortgage. I overdid the buying on the Foundry stand, due to them knocking £2.00 off a pack. My best new product is the new Cesarean infantry by Agema, these figures are brilliant and of course being plastic are great value.
 Finally and I had to include this photograph, to the larper who seemed to be following me, please, please dont tell anyone that you are also a wargamer.