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Join us as we head down to the massive Salute 2017 event in London at the ExCel Centre, packed with tabletop awesomeness from across the spectrum.

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We'll be bringing you all of the best from the vendors and the participation games that are getting into gear throughout the day and giving away some goodies too from the different vendors.

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Painting Competition Coverage

Rich, (Community Member @peachey) is going to be helping us document the Painting Competition throughout the day as well!

If you're interested in finding out about the entries from last year's competition you can check them out on the link above and find out about the winners HERE.

So, if anything catches your eye remember to comment on the various posts and get your thoughts in on the day.

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The Flood Gates Are Open On Painting Competition Entries

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The rush is on, to get entries out of their carry cases and boxes, quick fixes and touch ups done before entering them into their categories.

And if all of the changes were not enough, they have also reintroducing third place awards this year, as sometimes the cut between finalist and second place is a painful judging decision and we have listened to our previous years feedback to amend this.

Judging criteria has also been reviewed and refined (and published), as always the team of 8 judges maintain an objective decision making process, and oversee the very subjective nature of an art competition across various scales and styles.

The Flood Gates Are Open On Painting Competition Entries
peachey Painting Competition Maestro! Entries by this blogger

Entries Close For The Painting Competition

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Just a quick update before judging starts!

Awsome Ork gang and Harlequinn...

Entries Close For The Painting Competition
peachey Painting Competition Maestro! Entries by this blogger

Judges Judge....

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This year has been a step change on the last two, more finalists pulled out than ever, and judging is taking forever, looking for the smallest of differences in each entry to decide which deserve the ultimate accolade.

Here is a quick shot of all the category finalists, with a couple of closer looks. More to come from the winners soon...

Judges Judge....
peachey Painting Competition Maestro! Entries by this blogger

And The Winner Is… Steve Party

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So, here is the lowdown on the winners, with some accompanying Photo's

Historical Single Figure:
1st Fet Miller
2nd Danioel Monreal
3rd Michal Lios

Historical Unit:
1st Russel Rainford
2nd Michal Lios
3rd Kevin Ingram

Historical Other:
1st Chris Webb
2nd Russel Rainford
3rd Graham Green

Sci-fi Single Figure:
1st Steve Party
2nd Richard Gray
3rd Andy Wardle

Sci-fi Unit:
1st Sonny Hardy
2nd Ryan Allen
3rd Reece Stewart

Sci-fi Other:
1st Richard Gray
2nd Lee Hebblethwaite
3rd Reece Stewart

Fantasy Figure:
1st Andy Wardle
2nd Steve Party
3rd Lewis Collins

Fantasy Unit:
1st Chris Bair
2nd Charlie Kirkpatrick
3rd Russel Rainford

Fantasy Other:
1st Chris Clayton
2nd Reymond Ventu Sulien
3rd Lee Hebblethwaite

Large Scale:
1st Andy Wardle
2nd Ben Curry
3rd David Soper

Miscellaneous:
1st John Keys
2nd Martin Collier
3rd Richard Gray

Junior:
1st Alexander Berner
2nd Alexander Barbaro-Robins
3rd Daniel Field

2016 Salute Mini:
1st Charlie Kirkpatrick
2nd Mark Lifton
3rd Jon Miller

Best in show, with flights to CMON Crystal Brush:
Scifi Figure winner, Steve Party with St Celestine.

And The Winner Is… Steve Party

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naff101
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On my way 🙂

nakchak
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Guess the hangovers ain’t to bad if you got posts up this early 😉
How did @lancorz find flying lol?

lancorz
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All good, didn’t like it banking side to side… or the two attempts at landing.

passimalo
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Lol

limburger
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Just imagine you’re in a rollercoaster 😉
Besides …
any landing you can walk away from is a good one 😀

redvers
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Better two attempts than one complete and utter failure.

jocke
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Okay… let the coverag beginn ^^

passimalo
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Salute 2018 in Rotterdam please :p

limburger
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Utrecht would be much better … but failing that Eindhoven isn’t bad either. 😉

sunabe
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Utrecht would indeed be better

coatesy101
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On my way now 🙂

lunchbox
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Have fun guys. Wish I was there.

leigabar
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So I’m placing this comment with false hope that for first time in life I’ll actually win something in a lottery. Feel free to prove me that aint gonna happend.

tankkommander
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Wish I was there but had to choose between Salute and UKGE.

zoidpinhead
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Love that Frostgrave table. Looking forward to the coverage. Always so much to see so I’ll be interested to see what cool stuff you find that we haven’t seen before.

severon
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Have fun guys

darting
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I sadly can’t make it, but I wish you loads of fun and I’m looking forward to all your great pictures and videos.

flakjacket
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Wish I could make it this year; the stars haven’t aligned correctly for a few years now, but I will be back at some point as it is a blast! Have a great day everyone!

lloyd
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Sweet, have a great day guys!

deaddave
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That’s Lloyd talk for ‘take more pictures now Dave!’

Robert
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Thanks for the coverage!

druathii
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What a super weekend is lined up. One day I shall attend!

carlosfandango
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One day I’ll take a trip down to Salute. It’ll happen…

tillzy
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Waiting for my nephew(8) to take him to his very first experience of salute after getting interested in warhammer a couple of months ago

beetle
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Is this a bit like the British version of Adepticon?

stvitusdancern
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Kinda of but much different. Think of the vendor area at Adepticon but 10 times bigger. Throw in full size demo tables in between in the aisles. That is Salute, no tournaments​ or big games. Mostly sales. It is an amazing experience and we really enjoy it. We are really sad we are not this year. It is worth the trip from the States. The Backstage meet up is always a great time. I highly recommend it to anyone.

sebahaus
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I hope i wish be there with you next year

mckarok
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Wish I was going today 🙁

paulgbarnes
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Wish I was going – would like someone to go to black scorpion to see if they have any more info about the tombstone kickstarter

athelstane
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Wish I was going, probably could have if I hadn’t spent so much ‘socialising’ this month.

demyse
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Damn, ain’t been to salute in 5 years, wish I was there

mydogskip
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Wish you were too dude

mydogskip
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At salute, Justin I’m coming for my hug. Warren, missing you mate :p

beckshounds
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Breakfast done so on my way . All the shiny stuff here is come hahaha

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