Salute 51 Part 1

 

It's that time of year again Salute is back and It my first visit back since 2019 and I have been looking forward to walking around the Salute hall.

The sun was out and I was ready for a good day of miniatures and miniature gaming.

Painting & Hobby: Pound Shop Fantasy Terrain

 

For those who visit the blog regularly you will know I like terrain and I often keep my eye out for things in shops that I think would look good on the tabletop.

After a visit to my local pound shop I stumbled upon the garden section and found a a lot of shelves dictated to fairies and ornaments for the garden like magic doors and wells etc.

Looking at them I though these might be worth repainting and using for fantasy games.

Let's take a look

Painting and Hobby Update: Mantic Terrain Crate Battlefield Objectives

 I have been on a bit of a Mantic kick these last weeks and as I have just finished painting my new Northern Alliance warband for Vanguard I decided to get to work on the Terrain Crate Battlefield Objectives that are used in the scenarios for the game.

Painting and Hobby Update: Mantic Vanguard Northern Alliance

 

This week on the hobby desk I have gone through my grey pile list and decided to worked on my Northern Alliance warband for Vanguard as I really do want to get people trying out this game and its taken me a bit of time to get to these due to other games my gaming group are playing and if you are like me you painting and gaming revolves around that.

I visited Mantic HQ a few years ago now for the launch of Vanguard and it was a great day and it's a good game. 

You can see my visit to Mantic HQ and my Interview with Matt Gilbert about Vanguard from these links below.

   Matt Gilbert Interview      Mantic Vanguard Launch Day Part 1     Mantic Vanguard Launch Day Part 2

Let's take a look at some close ups.

First Miniatures Painted This Year Featuring Here's Negan By Mantic Games

Last month I posted an unboxing of Here's Negan by Mantic games which you can view here

Over the last week I grabbed some hobby time and painted all of the miniatures in the box set.

Here's a group shot of Negan and his Survivors..




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Unboxing: The Walking Dead Here's Negan By Mantic Games

Mantic Games are back with a new game called Here's Negan.

Set in the World of The Walking Dead the game is focused around a group of Survivors that must work together to clear out and secure an abandoned factory called The Sanctuary while holding off walkers.
Players must complete their objectives before the treat level reaches its maximum or the game is over.
Over seeing this task is Negan himself checking that all things are moving forward and rewarding those who pleases him and punishing that don't.

As players progress their actions will grant them reputation points and at the end the player with the highest reputation will be Negan's Lieutenant.
So you better have eyes at the back of your head as there could be a double cross awaiting you....

The game is set for 1-5 players and has narrative scenarios you can play as a one off or as a campaign and with the more players the difficulty of the situation rises.

Lets have a look whats inside the box.

Mantic Kings Of War Vanguard: Northern Alliance Warband Booster Set Review

After you have played a few games of Vanguard with your new Northern Alliance you may want to upgrade a get a few more miniatures to add magic or add a commander to your force.

Well your in luck as the Northern Alliance booster set has all this and a huge cavalry model.

Lets take a look.

Mantic Kings Of War Vanguard: Northern Alliance Warband Review

The Northern Alliance for Kings of War Vanguard was the set I first looked at and went yep I like those they look awesome!
So lets have a little unboxing and review of what you get in this warband set.

Mantic Terrain Crate: Kings Of War Vanguard Objectives

Mantic Games have recently been updating their terrain range with Terrain Crate their new affordable plastic pre assembled terrain range.

As Vanguard launched Mantic have created through Terrain Crate 14 objectives and tokens which tie in with the scenarios in the Vanguard rule book.

As readers of this blog maybe aware I love terrain and have done a few projects with Mantic terrain in the past so I could not resist picking these objectives when I was at Mantic HQ.

So lets take look inside the box.

Mantic Vanguard Open Day The Video..

At the Vanguard launch day the other Matt as he is fondly known at Mantic was busy filming the days events.

Here you can watch the video below and the keen eyed may spot me in a few shots...

You can also visit Mantic's own blog with more regarding the day here

More Vanguard related posts will be arriving soon...

Interview with Matt Gilbert Of Mantic Games..Lets Talk Vanguard

Last weekend at the Vanguard launch day I managed to sit down with Matt Gilbert for a quick chat about all things Vanguard and what we can expect in the future.

Vanguard Launch Day At Mantic Hq Part 2

After our first game I thought I would have a look around some of the studio miniatures.

Vanguard Launch Day at Mantic HQ Part 1

Saturday saw me get up at silly o'clock to make the 2 hour and 30 min journey up to Nottingham to visit Mantic HQ for the Vanguard Launch day.

Its All About Kings Of War Vanguard...

Well over the last few months you must have heard that Kings of War Vanguard by Mantic Games is headed to retail and Kickstarter backers have become giddy as boxes arrive on their doorsteps.

Well if you are like me I did not back the Kickstarter and I am slightly regretting it but I am caught up in the buzz and making up for it...

Hobby Resolutions Part 3

Ok so this has taken me a while to get back on track as part 2 was in May but lets get on and see if I hit my targets.

Tabletop Gaming Live 2018 Part 1

Today I visited Alexandra Palace for Tabletop Gaming Live 2018.

I got there just before opening time.

Tabletop Gaming Live 2018 Preview

This weekend sees gamers flock to Alexandra Place in London for Tabletop Gaming Live 2018

which is sponsored by Mantic games and Warcradle Studios.

The 1800 Point Fantasy Dwarf Paint Challenge Pt 3...Riot Ville Live 2018 Preparations.

The challenge continues...Next up some more Mantic Dwarfs but these will be my Long Beards.

The 1800 Point Fantasy Dwarf Paint Challenge Pt 2...Riot Ville Live 2018 Preparations.

Next up

10,000 Views!

Wow what can I saw I woke up this morning to find that the blog has reached over 10,000 views.

 I can't quite believe it..

Thank you to everyone that has visited the blog and I hope you continue to enjoy my wargaming adventures...

Oh and another thing happen today I now have over 200 followers on instagram too!

If you click the instagram button on the right hand side of this post it will take you straight to my page where you can click follow and keep up todate with all my gaming goings on.

Thanks!!!