Some SELWG 2013 pictures, brushes from Ian, pimping and some Ronin Samurai metal!

Literally only some pictures as my camera died only an hour in to the show (I could swear I checked it, must be a Clint and his 2014 SELWG pictures moment!), I received my brushes from Ian (what a nice guy) Willey, promote some good bloggers competitions and a purchase fro SELWG 2013 to add to my Samurai forces and to have a game of Ronin.

First the pimping.......

Carl over at Hitting on a Double 1!

Jonathan over at Palouse Wargaming Journal!

SELWG 2013 was a good but wet show, met some fellow bloggers and friends, I thought the trader count was down but hopefully the ones that were there did okay..........

Compulsory aerial view of the main hall..........

Bring and Buy, not a lot on offer but well attended.......

Lovely WW1 1914 game from Crush the Kaiser..........

Compulsory blog whore picture............

Some tables have better drinks and nibbles than others........

Great WW2 game "Attack on Ponyri" from the boys at Loughton Strike Force........

Excellent WW2  game from the boys at Deal Wargames Club, Russian amphibious assault on the Japanese forces on the Kurile island of Shumshu.

Beautiful  participation game from fellow blogger Simon Miller over at BigRedBatCave.............

Ray handed over my brushes from Ian at the show........

Top notch but I thought Rosemary brushes were better:P

A little loot (birthday money) from the show, 28mm ronin from North Star figures.........

....to go with the very good skirmish rules "Ronin" that I picked up a few weeks ago......

Well I do need to start using my Samurai again.............

28mm Ronin.

What about this heat in the UK (28C yesterday and talking about 31C today, not good for a flame haired pale Irishman)), feels like I have a reservoir in my underwear, no air conditioning and takes me back to my days in the kitchens but anyway...........

A Ronin was a Samurai with no lord or master during the feudal period (1185-1868) of Japan. A samurai became masterless after the death or fall of his master, or after the loss of his master's favour or privilege.

The word Ronin literally means "wave man". The term originated in the Nara and Heian periods, when it referred to a serf who had fled or deserted his master's lands. It then came to be used for a samurai who had lost his master.

See here for a tale of the most famous Ronin  47 Ronin

The figures are mostly Old Glory I believe, the rest of my collection are Perry Miniatures, during the games my fellow rejects could not tell the difference between leaders and heroes and regular troops so I had to colour the bases so they stood out a little.