Salute 2012, Fieldworks Models and 80 pence!

The weekend nearly killed me, between the show, the Sunday gaming and cooking and all the smiling I was fecked! The show was great, met loads of fellow bloggers, stayed until the end (first ever time and never again!) and I admit people coming up to you and staring for a second or two and then going "Are you the Angry Lurker? will never get old or tiring! (some people did the stare but then walked off but you can't blame them after seeing the picture below!)

Proof that Ray actually bought lunch, well dinner anyway!

I stuck to the list (no Pamela Anderson again!) but I had a certain amount of money in my right hand pocket and that was that (I'm not telling!) and I ended up with 80p ($0.50) left because of the lovely Kath and John Shuker at Fieldworks whose 15mm modern distressed  buildings were beautiful and painted and they were generous with the discounts, really lovely stuff and Franonia is taking shape because of them, Timecast were very generous with a few freebies but I still screwed up my order (doh!)

The meeting with fellow bloggers went well with a surprising amount turning up, meeting others around the show and some who forgot or got too drunk!

Here's a brief list that I can remember, good bloggers and go visit them!

Mike at Trouble At T'Mill
Jay and his beautiful wife over at The Raptor's Nest
Andy over at The Lair of the Breviks
MiniMike (Dutch Chapter) at MiniStories
Dalauppror (that's him in helmet on his avatar) at Dalauppror
Dave over at One man and his brushes
Michael at 28mm Victorian Warfare
Seb (French Chapter) at Back to the minis
Tamsin over at Wargaming Girl
Andy at The Hangar Bay
Dallas at Fawcett Avenue Conscripts
Curt (Canadian Chapter) over at Analogue Hobbies
Tomsche (Pikachu hat wearing legend!) at Societa di archeologia e cimeli

..and Clint over at Anything but a One (he wasn't there but he was in spirit and he's sorting out Broadside 2012 with others which is our next show!)

Now if I've forgotten anybody or got their name worng I'm sorry and mortified, I took pictures but not a lot and even those were dodgy for all sorts of reasons but some of my favourites and clearest are shown below.....

Corunna 1809, my favourite and I believe it was voted the best!

Sevastapol 1855.....

Oshiro Model Terrain Samurai game...I focused more on the lovely scenery!

Baltic War, Slowing the Tide, beautiful stuff in 28mm......