This past April saw two main convention events and an Easter Festival that I was part of the organizing group.
So now I shall quickly summarize the Salute 2017 in Burnaby this past month.
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| main room |
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| main room |
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| main room |
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| Doug Hamm's Lion Rampant |
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| fabulous chariot races |
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| Star Fleet Battles (with excellent models) |
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| cool stackable terrain for Battletech |
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| closeup of Battletech terrain |
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| Naval games using a table so large that players needed to climb onto the table! |
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| skirmish battle in action, thanks to Rene Charbonneau in playing the battle out |
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| strategic map that Saturday morning |
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| battle developed around Braine Le Compte |
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| Bonaparte was there |
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| The table was coated and I maxed out my 3" square metal bases |
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| My Opponent turned out to have been a playtester for Fast Play Grande Armee and the final version BLUCHER |
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| battle near the end |
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| Anglo-Dutch could not hold back the Imperial Guard cavalry |
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| the immense table was covered in more of my minis than any before |
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| In order to get the Prussians into the battle I needed to 'improvise' new 3" stands |
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| the carnage was immense |
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| we ended the day with big smiles all round |
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| connection with old friends like Francis of Imperial Hobbies |
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| more Battletech |
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| Bolt Action |
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| Pulp Alley - an award winning display |
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| using cards Pulp Alley moves fast |
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| the setup was a Mad Max like encounter in a post-holocaust world |
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| Doug Hamm's Napoleonic battle |
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| lots of Russians |
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| Vimy was the feature game for the Saturday mid-day time slot |
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| Truly a mammoth work |
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| with attention to detail done well all along the way ... |
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| Wooden ships & Iron Men |
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| With lovely models |
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| the ever-present Canvas Eagles |
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| my eldest son even used a bunch of my terrain to run a role play game |
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1 comment:
Looks and sounds like a great day!
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