Category Archives: Shows

The Firedrake

(Brigadier’s log, show date S-16) Many science-fiction fans will by now be aware of the passing of David Drake, author of the Hammer’s Slammers stories amongst many others, in December last year. We wanted to do something to commemorate David … Continue reading

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Oh no, not again !

We’d hoped to give you some more previews today, but … Tony has been laid low by Covid (again). There’s something about Salute that brings out all manner of diseases and disasters at Brigade HQ in the weeks leading up … Continue reading

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Return of an Ancient Threat

(Brigadier’s log, show date S – 22) Next on this year’s Salute line-up are some classic models from the archives. We’ve dug Germy’s 15mm Cimexian bugs out of storage, revamped the masters (the formerly two part hulls are now one … Continue reading

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Action and Adventure

(Brigadier’s log, show date S-25) Every year we try to come up with a lineup of new releases for Salute, and it’s time to start our previews of this year’s offerings. Much of our 15mm sci-fi output in recent years … Continue reading

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Show Calendar 2024

Our list of shows for this year kicks off in a couple of weeks at Cavalier in Tonbridge. The full list of shows is below – it’s the same nine as we attended last year, including Re-Play, the new event … Continue reading

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Gaming with the General

Next week sees our final show of 2023, RE-PLAY at the Royal Engineers Museum in Gillingham, Kent. The event has a selection of traders, demonstration and participation games along with the opportunity to pit your wits against Major General (Retired) … Continue reading

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Instant RE-PLAY

A three part post today – starting with the news that we’re attending a new show in the Royal Engineers Museum in Gillingham, Kent. It’s been organised at rather short notice, and is taking place on October 28th. If nothing … Continue reading

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The Autumn Season

After a couple of months off, we return to the show circuit for the three autumn shows – Hereward next weekend, Colours the weekend after and SELWG in October. As always we welcome orders to be collected at the shows, … Continue reading

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Last Minute Romans

As we head off to Sheffield ready for the Joy of Six tomorrow, we have news of several brand new models in the Small Scale Scenery range that we’ll have with us. These are fresh out the moulds, and we … Continue reading

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Joy of Six 2023

Our next show is coming up soon – the Joy of Six 2023 is (as the name might suggest) dedicated to one of the smaller scales – 6mm (or 1/300th, 1/285th etc). It’s run by Baccus, one of the leading … Continue reading

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