Salute 2019

This Saturday we had another Salute event held at the ExCel centre in London. The weather was cold and the sky grey but thousands of us made our way to London in an early morning, the smell of war-gaming was in the air and all generals attended the call for Salute.

I missed it last year so there was a lot of catch up to do, not really sure how much had changed but was curious about how the industry is going, from 10:00 to 17:00 I was prepared for non stop action.

I have found that the best way for me is to get there around 15 minutes before the doors open so the wait is minimal. I did find less people at the doors this time.


This year theme was Post apocalypse.

I will divide the blog posts by small updates with clusters of pictures so its easier to manage….

A couple years ago Drowned Earth was a Post apocalyptic game Kicstarter… today with the successful Kickstarter delivered before time they are expanding their ranges (cast in metal) with some more amazing new sculpts. They did walk a long way.

Eden still quite present with great sculpts and amazing paint jobs. Quite a good place to go if you are into post apoc.

Dakka Dakka Maelstrom edge game had some new scifi goodness, the releases looking better and better. Quite an achievement since not many produce plastic sprues to this level.

Corrupted Myconid the Mauler

Pure brute force in form of a fungus! This has to be, so far, one of my favourite concepts and sculpts for the Myconid Range.

Enjoyed every minute of sculpting and it's a done deal.

The Mauler

Corrupted Myconid the Stabber

Spikes, thorns, branches and spore bearing the stabber has it all. Very tall and slender it blends stealthily with wood trees and bushes making this corrupted Myconid unnoticed to the wandering adventurer.

Truly a challenge to flesh out this sculpt but I can say its done.  Had to thicken some parts to make it easier to cast and more modeller friendly.
From concept art to sculpture…

THE STABBER

Death Guard Rhino Rush

Not the most popular vehicle in 8th edition but personally its one of my favourite and iconic vehicles for Death guard. I think two of them will be enough to carry some of my plague marines into the hotspots. So Rhino rush is still a thing! Probably not very discreet but hey, I dare anyone to fire at those tankers and release the smell of death.

Death Guard Rhino Padoo VII

Yesterday the PadooV joined in the ranks of my Death guard force and today reinforcements arrive with the PadooVII, an upgraded Rhino packed with the latest nerve agents.

Rotten inside to the core and ready to unload its cargo on the battlefield.

Padoo VII

Death Guard Rhino PadooV

It's Hammertime! My Hobby break fix is on.

So going through my Death Guard minis I refreshed one of my old Rhinos and made it more toxic.

You really don't want to know what's inside.

Padoo V