On the 12th of June it will be 3 years since I started this
blog,it did take me awhile to get the hang of things and my fist post is less than inspiring. In the last 6-8 months this blog has given so much back to me in the form
of friendships and inspiration. As I have seen so many other's do I am running a giveaway.Its two weeks till the Anniversary, In that time anyone who is a
public follower and comments on this post will be entered for my prize draw.
You will get one entry per comment, if you link to this post on your blog I
will add 5 entries to the draw, if you comment with a wargames related Limerick
I will add 5 entries to the draw. On the 12th I will make a draw and select 3
winners (might be more if I get giddy) they will get to choose from the below prize's
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| 15mm SYW Prussian Cav |
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| 10mm Sudan British and Sundan |
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| 6mm ACW army and British Nap army |
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| Dr Who and Friends Vs The Daleks |
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| Painted 15mm FOW Germans |
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| 28mm Zulu Rorkes Drift Characters |
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| Using Curt's points I will paint 100pts ( e..g.20x28mm foot, 10x28mm Cav) |
10mm Sudan would fit the bill
ReplyDeleteTo win them a mighty thrill
But if I should fail
And another prevail
For this chance to win you will have my gratitude still
Shaun
A poet of some note!
Delete10mm Sudan you may have
DeleteAs another prize I wish to grab
But same as you if i should fail
I hope another worthy soul will prevail
There once was a man from Worksop,
ReplyDeletewho pushed toys round on his tabletop,
he bought far too much lead,
hid it all in his shed,
if the wife knew she would blow her top!
That's good Paul!
DeleteThanks Fran! Yours is good too (better than Ray's!).
DeleteOh how that little ditty is an ode to all. Mines the back of the wardrobe though not a shed!
DeleteGreat prizes James, count me in!
ReplyDeleteCount me in old boy!
ReplyDeleteThe soldier went down in the mud
ReplyDeletethe medic was looking for blood
he said: “You’re in luck
the bullet that struck
was made in Taiwan – it’s a dud!
There is a young man from Hong Kong
ReplyDeleteWho at painting can do nothing wrong
I must write as his Dad
At the great joy I've had
Having armies painted free for so long!!
A dad who gets his painting for free
Deleteis a jammy sod according to me
If only i was the one
getting his figures done
I would be happy as a old bugger could be.
The plan started when James was Nine
DeleteFellow gamers concurred it was fine
Into the club he was booked
From day one he was hooked
Thus painted figures emerged in quicktime
Hola
ReplyDeleteMadre mía que de minis
Como molan,las que me an encantado son los daleks,tengo que ver para comprarme algunos
un saludo
I am an old Grognard called Lee
ReplyDeleteWith an addiction to lead that is free
Winning 6mm Americans is my shame
Easy to paint and easy to game
On a small table of just three by three
Lol Cringe! Congratulations on the anniversary btw.
Lord help us all!!!
DeleteAwful Lee!
DeleteIts James’ 3rd anniversary prize draw
ReplyDeleteOf it I’m completely in awe
As long as Fran doesn’t win
I’ll take it on the chin
But of course if he does THIS MEANS WAR!!!
I'm in!
I never knew you were so lyrical. Go figure.
DeleteRays elocution is fine
Deletehis words doth flow as good wine
he hopes Fran doesnt win
or he will make such a din
but should really just take it on the chin
as Frans luck is close to divine
....and on the chin you'll get it!
DeleteI would like to see you paint a General Gordon miniature as he has the same Birthday as me ;-) nice to see another Vallejo acolyte, keep it up, J
ReplyDelete♫♪ I ordered some Pro painted miniatures from Ebay,
ReplyDeleteBut before I could see them I a must pay,
They were painted by a man called Wong,
Who painted my miniatures wrong,
They arrived through the door,
They were so poor,
And now I am back looking once more!♪♫
Ooooooo
ReplyDeleteCount me in, great prizes James.
Posted on me blog for you.
Once more onto the table, dear friends, once more;
ReplyDeleteOr close the box up with our metal dead.
During the week there's nothing so becomes a man
As modest stillness and humility:
But when the roll of dice blows in our ears,
Then imitate the action of the champion;
Stiffen the arms, summon up the rulebook,
Disguise fair nature with good cover saves;
Then lend the minis a terrible aspect.
There was a wargamer called Ray.
ReplyDeleteDid some stripping, back in the day.
Washed his hands, he did not.
His Bits box got hot.
Using Dettol with gloves is the way.
LOL!! Excellent, nice one Kev! Bloody Fran grrrr!
DeleteIt's the truth dopey!
DeleteIts all lies, Dagnabit!
DeleteSorry Ray, couldn't resist this little ditty
DeleteWoo-Hoo sign me up
ReplyDeleteThe once was a gamer from Nantucket
Who carried his armies in a bucket
For deployments he'd just chuck it
and say I'd rather not think and just luck it
(I'm sure this is where you thought I was going with this?)
Lets see what can give me an edge in winning - oh yes - if I win anything I'll donate it to the auction for the Bloggers for Charity. Now I just need to go figure out how to rig the auction in my favor....
Please count me in kind sir!
ReplyDeleteI once dreamed of honour and fame
and of leaving an illustrious name
My goals now more modest,
and more fun if I'm honest
I just anticipate the next SAGA game.
(and forgive me for rhyming 'modest' with 'honest').
I'm in, blog post will follow later as will the limerick! Congrats!
ReplyDeleteCheers
added to blog, I will pass on the poem for everybody's sake! http://wargameterrain.blogspot.be/2013/05/another-great-blog-give-away.html
DeleteInstead of a limerick, can I submit this Haiku?
ReplyDeleteOn the tabletop
Painted army fights the foe
Lead mountain piles up
Huge congrats on the 3rd Blogday! I'll post a linky-thing on my blog later
Pimpage posted on my blog
DeletePlease follow the Bloggers for Charity.
ReplyDeleteI think Haiku's are worth double points
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the anniversary. Here we go:
ReplyDeleteThere once was a gamer from Sweden
Who said "I'm in wargaming Eden"
No, OK, you are right
This absolute shite
So please send some toys out to me, then
I would kill for those Daleks.
Cheers/Thomas
Wow. This is a very nice giveaway. Happy to share this. Love that there are 15mm and 6mm items too.
ReplyDeletehttp://cstoesen.blogspot.com/2013/05/another-great-giveaway.html
Another blog? just how many have you got? Grats on 3B Day.
ReplyDeleteAnd here's my first attempt at any kind of poetry since school..... many years ago.
"At the Wargames club it's my go.
So I pick up the dice and I throw.
Just playing for fun.
Anything but a one.
As my jaw drops and I utter 'Oh No!' "
oh so true. I seem to have such a knack at rolling one's that i started playing Relics. a rare game that actually rolling a double 1 is a good thing!
DeleteSo true hence the name of my blog. "Anything but a one!"
DeleteI thought it a good idea to get my blog name in the limerick as well.
Count me in, some cracking givaways.
ReplyDeleteOh and huge congrats on your 3rd anniversay.
ReplyDeleteThis has been suitably pimped on my blog:
ReplyDeletehttp://hittingonadouble1.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/exiles-wargames-blog-give-away.html
Also pimped on the blog!
ReplyDeleteYes, you did and that's what brought me over. No poems from me but a great big Happy Blogger Birthday.
Delete.....and TMP!
ReplyDeleteI've come over via Fran's page. I see no follow button here else wise I would do so.
ReplyDeleteHappy Blog Birthday and here's a limerick for you.
The evening was freezing in France
the trenches no place for romance,
but young Private Myer
in between cannon fire
taught a Normandy daughter to dance.
greetings! Francis Lee sent me here and I joined! Come by and visit me anytime. the mohave rat
ReplyDeleteGood grief what am I up against
ReplyDeleteMy wife looked at all my lead
Wishing I was half as good in bed
I on the other hand
wished I could spend a grand
Now I walk this land
with my pencil in hand
Consider yourself pimped ;-)
Ian
was not going to comment myself cus you know me I would get confused and enter myself in the draw :) but was so blown away by the response. Some great poems limericks and a haiku. Anne the followers button is below the bloggers for charity logo. I will get round all your blogs as soon as I can.
ReplyDeleteAmazing how a bit of bling brings us bloggers out.
Peace James "blown away" Brewerton
PS Dad your baned, you have had all your freebie's :)
As a poet I have little skill,
ReplyDeleteBut these efforts have made me quite ill,
The absence of metre,
Makes my senses teeter,
But damn it, I'll enter, I will!
I'll simply say I need to win,
And I'm partial to small bits of tin,
I find less of a chore,
Painting Seven Years' War,
But for free I'll take anything in!
There you go, it's one hell of a rhyme,
Which I knocked off in minimal time,
I deserve to win,
(He says with a grin),
Cos my poetry's simply sublime.
. . . and I mentioned it on me blog and wrote it on the wall of the Chester Road underpass.
:O)
Just give me a prize :-)
ReplyDeleteMy figures were all on the table
ReplyDeleteled by a general most able
I rolled a D10
on behalf of my men
but to hit I just seem unable
No poetry from me I'm afraid! But I'll put my hat in the ring...
ReplyDeleteThere once was a man who played Warhammer,
ReplyDeleteWho was also an internet spammer,
He liked rolling dice,
And playing with Mice,
But had to move to Nigeria.
I'm game, but I'll be skimping the poetry portion of the contest and just add a link instead!
ReplyDeleteThere was a young man from Spithead
ReplyDeleteWho liked to play with his lead
A young beauty walked by,
and he said with a sigh,
I'll play with a grognard instead.
Not good with poetry, so I'll just try a short story!
ReplyDeleteIt was a stormy night in the city of Annandale. Much of the burg had turned in, but the beleaguered gamer was soldiering on, painting 15mm World War II Hungarians like his life depended on it, he'd already put off this date for the game twice due to his own procrastination, but now, now the merciless clock ticked like a bad heart on nitro, and through bleary eyes, coffee and vivarin, our hero plodded on.
There was a knock at the door. "Papa Johs, at this hour?", the gamer mused. Even the "all-night" pizza place was closed. Who in the hell could it be?
Our hero went to the door and looked outside. The sight that greeted him was more glorious than what Leonidas promised in Frank Miller's 300. There she was; A black trenchcoat that was slicker than a used car salesman and wetter than the ocean itself, a hat that extended over most of her face, except the best looking pair of lips he'd ever seen. And the legs, oh god the legs...it looked like hers went to the moon, and didn't bother to come back.
"May I come in?" She said in a voice that said one thing. (I'll leave that to your imagination, dear reader).
Our hero was flummoxed, he could barely choke out "sure", as she let herself in, every step of hers was perfect, and it turned the beads of sweat into a torrent on our hero's forehead.
She perched herself on a stool next to the workbench, tossed aside her hat onto a nearby couch, and smiled a smile that could light up the Vegas strip, she shook loose her auburn hair as it fell to her shoulders, as her violet eyes danced with a playful fire.
Her sultry, husky voice spoke, sending shivers down the spine of our hapless wargamer. "So, I hear you're a pretty good painter. I need some help, you can help me right?"
Our hero cleared his throat, and tugged on his collar, the sweat was getting into his eyes, forcing him to blink rapidly now. "Uh, yeah. I do. What's the problem?"
"Well big boy, my boyfriend, loser that he is, left me high and dry with some half painted ACW 25s that I must get done by Friday. The girls and I have a Shenandoah Valley campaign coming up, and I'm providing Jackson's Army. I'd be so grateful...so very grateful." she said with sigh as she leaned even closer into our hero. He couldn't help admiring the oh so wonderful view.
Our hero was practically having heart palpitations now. He was now confronted by that hard to find creature known as the historical gamer girl. And she wanted him? This four-eyed, slightly overweight specimen of humanity? He must be dreaming he thought.
She reached over pinched him lightly, "No big boy, you aren't dreaming." she said with another killer smile, and she shook her hair out for emphasis. "So, interested?"
Our hero was now robbed of the power of speech. All he could do was nod like a bobble head doll and hope she understood.
"I knew you'd see it my way, let me show you a bit of my appreciation..." as she leaned in closer, her plump lips drawing closer and closer...the kiss, however, didn't taste like the wonderful electricity of a beautiful woman, no, instead, it had the taste of...of...OMG! She tastes like Vallejo!"
Our hero then woke up..his mouth in his dirty water jar. Paints and figures had flown everywhere. It was now 5AM, there was no time. What to do? Go back to the old standby he grumbled, as he reached for the Settlers of Caatan box....
good enough for me :)
DeleteVallejo tastes bad, as a brush licker I can vouch for that
Peace James
Bob came in from another link,
ReplyDeleteTo give Exile a think,
as he was perusing along,
he thought of a song,
and this give away is what came up.
Thanks for the three years!
http://longbowstolasers.blogspot.com/2013/05/have-paint-will-travel.html
ReplyDeleteFor this gamer who hails from Pleasant Hill
To win figures would be a huge thrill
Won't matter if Dalek or elf
Collecting dust on the shelf
Is where in three years they'll be still
I'm just a simple redneck, so no story or rhyme. But your blog is a source of inspiration. Especially your Brits and Zulus. I've always loved that period.
ReplyDeleteAnnnnd, since you're giving stuff away... put me down for those 15mm Germans and the Rorke's Drift characters. :)
Hi there!
ReplyDeleteNew follower but I couldn't resist the giveway! Already a link at my blog here: http://marshalat1dot72.blogspot.pt/2013/05/more-foot-guards-and-some-crazy.html
Cheers
Congratulations on the anniversary!
ReplyDeleteConsider yourself pimped - http://diplomatist2.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/a-welcome-and-some-pimpage.html
I won't even attempt poetry!
Please count me in, I'm a little busy today but I'll be back to post a link and possibly a limerick (no ryhming with Nantucket). I'll also be back to look at any Oldhammer stuff, I'm on the verge of doing some of that as well.
ReplyDeletePimped here.
DeleteAnd my limerick.
There once was a gamer named Sean
Many prizes he had not won
so he tried not to muck it
or rhyme with Nantucket
And write a limerick equal to none.
Behold my blogger friend James!
ReplyDeleteYou whose fame is so great
Indeed you paint so nice gems
That I have to try to be a poet.
I know I am at a disadvantage,
Being French and young of age
Knowing near to nothing about rhyme
Still I have tried before bedtime.
Your generosity is without a flaw
so you can count me in for the draw.
Cheers
Seb, and no I won't spam, though I've pimped your giveaway today.
Great blog - found it through facebook akrotiri school :)
ReplyDeleteToo hungover for a limerick but I have time so will write one soon :)
are you ex-APS then?
DeleteShock horror but Duncan is one of your T&T club who went on to game at the airfield club
DeleteThere once was a blog by James,
ReplyDeleteI was sad that I'd not heard its fame,
Now that its been seen,
I'll always be keen,
To look at his posts with no shame.
Linked you!
ReplyDeletehttp://attemptedgamer.blogspot.com/2013/06/exiles-3rd-birthday-giveaway.html
We all like to think we have talent
but our limericks are somewhat repelant
so we gave it a go
and although our poems blow
The effort itself was quite gallant!
Just linked over to your blog from Lair of the Uber Geek.
ReplyDeleteAlways bring your lucky dice,
Eyeball distance once, measure twice,
So many new shiny
it's making my wallet tiny
And all I can afford is rice.
Glad I found your little spot on the web, James! I've linked you from my site as well. Congratulations on 3 years!
ReplyDeleteYou have far too much stuff James, lol.
ReplyDeleteI see the BfC is going well.