Ten Hut! The Best Miniatures and Demo Games from Salute, Part One

The biggest event of the UK’s wargaming calendar, Salute took place this past weekend, and I’m pleased to have been in attendance.

However, this year’s Salute was very different for me. Whilst this was, by my reckoning, the eighth Salute I’d attended, it was my first time as a punter. Previously I’d been working for one publisher or another, and whilst I can’t deny I really enjoyed working Salute for the likes of Warploque Miniature, Footsore Miniatures & Games, Warlord Games et al, I have to say it was great to be able to walk around the show at a leisurely pace and really take in all the demos, games and miniatures the various vendors and clubs had to offer. It also allowed me to compile my top ten vendors and games from Salute, the first part of which I humbly present below.

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As with my top five from Chillcon, the following are presented in alphabetical order; that order is in no way indicative of each entry’s comparative merits.

Battleground HD / Bobmack3D / Flank March

This shared stand featured a transatlantic triumvirate of traders and their military miniatures, rulebooks and accessories. Between Battleground HD’s collection of narrative skirmish combat rules, Bobmack3D’s line of detailed modern war vehicles and accessories and Flank March’s catalogue of modern British and Soviet miniatures, they offered a great selection for fans of modern / Cold War miniatures and wargames.

Check out the three webstores here:

https://www.flankmarch.com/

https://battlegroundhdshop.com/

https://www.flankmarch.com/

Diehard Miniatures

Tim Prow’s Diehard Miniatures sports an eclectic—and expanding—collection of both sci-fi and fantasy miniatures. Sculpted with nostalgia in mind, these miniatures feature designs and flourishes that will put the buyer in mind of 2000 AD, oldhammer and Star Wars.

As well Tim’s own work, the Diehard range also features sculpts and conceptual artwork from such stellar talents as Chris Walton, Johan Egerkrans, Richard Luong, Kennon James, Kev White and Patrick Keith. Little wonder that the Diehard range oozes such quality.

See the Diehard Miniatures website for more details.

Goblin King Games

We’ve featured Goblin King Games’ Moonstone before, and we’re not embarrassed to feature it again. This fabulous range is packed with characterful, whimsical fantasy miniatures, and the accompanying skirmish game is also a blast to play…

…Oh, and both Moonstone demo games looked amazing! And yes, you read that right; such is the depth of this range that they now have enough miniatures and characters to run two demo games and with no duplicate figures.

See the Goblin King Games website for more details.

Ontos Games

Ontos Games are the home of the Roknauts. No doubt designed with 1987 / 88’s fondly remembered Space Dwarves / Squats firmly in mind, this small line of resin miniatures will appeal to fans of Warhammer 40k’s Rogue Trader era; the bolters, armour and diamond pattern jackets will also hit those oldhammer fans right in the feels.

Created to match 28mm scale miniature, Roknauts stand at a compact 18mm in height.

See the Ontos Games website for more details.

This Then That Games

Available from Nightfall Games’ stand, This Then That Games ’ Florilegium is a charming hand management, score-and-reset game which focuses on the collection of botanical art.

Florilegium’s artist, Elaine Shimwell, was on hand to teach me the game, and it proved to be simple to play, but suitably challenging to master. Moreover, Elaine’s delicate, botanically accurate paintings are simply beautiful.

See This Then That Games’ Facebook page for more details.

The next five entries in my top ten from Salute will follow tomorrow evening. In the interim, don’t forget to check the games and miniatures featured above.

Images courtesy of their respective owners

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