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Pimping someone else's give away

Pimping someone else's give away
So its someone else's turn to give some stuff away. The Exiles Wargames Painter Blog is celebrating a 3 year anniversary. If you can do poetry you are really in as that gives you five extra shots in the drawing for the prizes. This one is going on for two weeks so you have some time to work on your poetry.Exiles Wargames Paint...

Birthday Giveaway Winners!

Birthday Giveaway Winners!
Sadie; squirrel!Hobbes; big pawsIts been a fun ride this week and I brought about 50 more of you into the Wargames and Railroads cult following. I didn't quite hit 150 (149) but I definitely broke the 100 follower mark! Thank you to everyone that commented. I did use Random.org to determine the winners in each category. I also decided that I would only allow one prize per person (we will just call that a fine print...

Last Day to sign up for the Birthday Giveaway

Last Day to sign up for the Birthday Giveaway
Yep, this is it. The final day to sign up for fabulous prizes! Just head over to my birthday giveaway post, sign up as a follower (there is that cult thing again) and leave a comment telling me which prizes you are interested in trying to win. I'm trying to think of some suitably random way to pick winners, maybe I'll let Sadie and Hobbies pick. They can be bribed with bones.http://wargamesandrailroads.blogspot.com...

Memorial Day - Ft Collins - Vietnam Memorial, the Wall

Memorial Day - Ft Collins - Vietnam Memorial, the Wall
Memorial Day festivities started early in Ft Collins. This year Ft Collins is featuring a traveling version of the Vietnam War Memorial, also known as the wall. Inscribed on the wall are the 58,000+ casualties of the war. Vietnam Vets and their families are heavily represented. The Wall has been set up in the park just to the north of the Veterans Plaza of Northern Colorado. Let us take a moment to remember those that...

Coming Soon - Building Wargame Terrain by Tony Harwood

Coming Soon - Building Wargame Terrain by Tony Harwood
Tony Harwood, the owner of Dampf's Modelling Page has announced that he has finished his book on building wargame terrain. If you are interested head on over to his blog and make sure you leave a comment to the affect. He's trying to gauge the interest in the book before he goes to press.http://dampfpanzerwagon.blogspot.com/2013/05/building-wargame-terrain-by-tony-harwood.ht...

Birthday Week - Giveaway

Birthday Week - Giveaway
Well, my birthday is this week and it is one of the big ones. I thought I would celebrate it "Hobbit" style and instead of receiving gifts I would give some gifts instead. Its also an act of complete desperation as I try to break the 100 followers mark! I have been hanging at 97 for weeks it seems (and wouldn't you know it jumped to 99 as I typed this). Besides everyone else is doing it so I figured I could jump on...