Another Salute is done and dusted. As with every year, I spent far too much money, but managed not to use a card at all! I got to the back of the advance ticket holders' q at about 9.50am - doors open at 10am - after having walked around 500m to find the end of it ... as you can see in the photos below, I couldn't even see the entrance until having walked forward in the q for 5-6 minutes!
The delay, though, is always due to the number of punters - Salute is the best organised show I've attended and the Warlords always do a fantastic job with it. Anyway, here are the poor quality, blurry, piccies I've got. Mainly due to taking the pics one-handed as I had a large bag full of toys in one hand!
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The advance ticket q when I joined it
can't even see the venue |
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| same q after 3 mins walking - still can't see the venue! |
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| At last! - after 5-6 mins walking in the q, the entrance is in sight! |
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Building on the Gripping Beast stand;
was tempted, but intend 2 build one myself |
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| The scrum around Hasslefree's stand |
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Behind that long line of gamers is
(allegedly!) the bring-and-buy |
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Allsorts go to Salute ... I think this guy was demo'ing
an Anime game ... he could just like Pandas though .... |
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Commando Mini's not seem them before. Got a pack of their
post ww2 brits for SE Asia insurgencies |
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| VSF is one of my likes; great stuff on this table |
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| Steam Tank from the same game |
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| and a flyer from it as well - lovely model |
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Another strange flyer game; took this photo because of the
mat they used - quite intriguing |
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| Fantastic victorian-era terrain - no idea bout the game though! |
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The radio controlled tank game - £1.50
for 5 mins driving or until you got blown-up! |
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My haul - details will follow
in another post |
