Sunday 28 October 2018

SELWG 2018




 Better late than never?
Its been a very busy week?
Anyway....last Sunday some Rejects (apart from Lee, poor chap!) made their way to Crystal Palace for this year SELWG wargame show. 
The Rejects go to SELWG each year without fail, this years show was SELWG
at its best!


The queue, last year we were at the front, this year, well you can see for yourself.


I spy with my little eye..........


Tunbridge Wells Wargame Society - The Camels are Coming





Society of Ancients - The Battle of Asculam 279BC




Steatham & Tooting - Navel Wars



The Bring and Buy
This was the best Bring and Buy I've seen in years.
There was your usual load of toot, but mixed in were some really great painted troops
and buildings.


Shepway Wargames - LotR The Battle of Osgilaith









Newbury & Reading Wargames Society - Boudicca's Revenge





Gravesend Gamers Guild - Skirmish at Staplethorpe ECW






South London Warlords- Necromunda



Help for Heroes


Deal Wargames Club - China v Japan Yangminghao Airfield 19th October 1937





Crooked Dice - 7TV




Southend Wargames Club - The Siege of Malta 1940




Robert Dunlop - The Battle of Matz WWI






Too Fat Lardies - What a Tanker




North London Wargames - Crug Mawr 1136





SEEMS - Age of Sail, Botham's First Action 1795




Crawley Wargames Club - WWII Eastern Front



Loughtan Strikeforce - Kawanakajima 1561





Friday Night Firefight - Sung Chinese
I caught Reject Dave and Oliver having a bash.




Essex Warriors - Gaslands Zombie




Clint spending his hard earned dosh at Peter Pig.


Tonbridge Wargames Club - The Battle of Segesvar 1849







Peter Pig - Wild West






The League of Gentlemen Anti-Alchemists - The Biscotti Wars 1860
I found Mick Sayce there having a chat.






Simon Miller - To the Strongest ECW




And finally
Gravesend Gamers Club - Allies Peu Fiables, France 1940









45 comments:

  1. Some great looking battles, .oops like a top day

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  2. Great pictures buddy, I miss SELWG and the smell and the smell of chlorine!

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  3. Some great looking games there, Ray! Thanks for posting the pics.

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  4. Great photos, thanks for sharing them. Especially for those hemispherically challenged hobbyists like myself.

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  5. Thanks Ray, a great effort by all concerned. I do like the look of that ECW skirmish game.

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  6. Ha! That's me in the queue photo in the green jacket just a couple of people ahead of you. Was a great day and thanks for sharing the pictures.

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  7. The Lord of the Rings game looks great! I can only imagine the movement on the dragons.
    Looks like a fine event.

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  8. Good work Ray - looks like a cracking show!

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  9. Varied and awesome tables, we could stay there for a whole month...love the Yangminghao Airfield...

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  10. Great looking games! Thanks for taking the photos!
    Best Iain

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  11. What a great show! Thank You for a photos!

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  12. Great report and some awesome looking tables! It does seem like the show was not crowded at all... that right?

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    1. It was very busy Sander, I think it was quite late in the day when I took most of the pictures.

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  13. Oh I see how it is! A chap buys something for Christmas and another has to highlight it. Well it's not for you so I guess you don't care. But beware doing such things could put you on the naughty list! And no one wants that!

    Nice overview of the show.

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    1. I'm already on the naughty list Clint, and won't be coming off of it either!

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  14. Wow those are some nice looking tables! Thanks for sharing Ray!

    Christopher

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  15. Fame at last, blue and white stripped T Shirt a the Leagues game

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  16. Great journey! I leve the LOTR massive battle!

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    1. It looked even more impressive in the flesh.

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  17. Great photo's mate. Even more gutted I couldn't make it now.

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