Thank you to everyone who has ever passed through and read my scribblings and enjoyed my pictures. But an especially big thank you must go out to BLMA's New Model Army of Followers who inexplicably keep coming back for more. Without your contribution the Blog wouldn't be half as much fun to write and I would probably have given up years ago.
So in recognition of the milestone, and to say thank you, I'm launching my Millionth Pageview Give-Away. There are several sets of prizes to choose from and the top three winners will get to pick one each from the following options. As well as the prizes shown below I'll try to find a little something extra to throw in as well as a surprise (don't hold your breath!). The rules are pretty standard for this sort of thing and are at the end of the post.
The Celtos Selection
As the name suggests this prize consists of a selection of blister packs from the old Celtos range from i-Kore. There are four blister packs worth of models here, although for some reason I 'merged' two packs into one blister (no idea why). So we have an Orc Musician blowing on a huge horn (ooo-er); Freja of the Valkyries; a Dwarven warrior and three human Warriors.
Perry Priests and Pilgrims
This prize includes two large blister packs of Priests, Monks, Pilgrims and some commoners. As well as the models from the original blister I think there some extras from other sets because these two blisters contain 19 models in total. These are 25-28mm and would fit nicely into a Saga game or into a Medieval setting.Osprey Modelling Guide
This is an excellent guide for those of you that want to stretch your painting skills a little. Being an Osprey it's written to the high standard we have all come to expect and its full of great illustrations.
Heresy Thrud the Barbarian
This is a great model, I know because I've already got one that I painted up some years ago. In fact it was so good I bought it again only for the model to sit in my 'lead mountain' for years. This is a crying shame and its about time this great multipart model went to a good home. And just in case you've never encountered Thrud before, I've thrown in a set of five comics that will introduce you to his saga!
This is a great model, I know because I've already got one that I painted up some years ago. In fact it was so good I bought it again only for the model to sit in my 'lead mountain' for years. This is a crying shame and its about time this great multipart model went to a good home. And just in case you've never encountered Thrud before, I've thrown in a set of five comics that will introduce you to his saga!
Painting Guides
Two more painting guides full of beautiful illustrations to inspire you
The WWII Stuff
This prize consists of a Cromwell Tank blister pack from Battlefront and an Osprey Tank spotters Guide.
Ok, that's it for now. I may find some little extras to slip into each package but for now these are the prizes to select from. Its an eclectic mix so hopefully there's something in there for everyone. So all that remains is for me to say a big thank you to everyone for following my Blog over the last four and a half years and to wish you all the best of luck in the competition.
The Rules:
- You must be either an existing follower of this Blog, or sign up as a new one, in order to enter.
- You need to leave a comment on this post to qualify.
- Multiple comments will count as multiple entries.
- If you pimp this Give-away on your own Blog you'll earn yourself five bonus entries in addition to your initial entry but only if you post a link to it in a comment below (just to make it easier for me to verify).
- The closing date for entries will be 12:00 midday (GMT) on Monday 15th July and I will post a final comment saying it has closed so that it is clear who got their hat in the ring on time and who didn't.
- All entries (including bonus entries) will be randomised to generate the winners using the list randomiser available on the random.org website.
- I'll announce the winners in a separate post and will do my best to notify the winners in person where possible. Each winner will get to pick a prize of their choosing in the order in which they are picked (so the 1st place winner gets first choice of the prizes, and so on).
- I will try to post the winning prizes as soon as I can once they are claimed but please allow a couple of weeks for delivery (especially if you are an overseas winner).
UPDATE 11th Jul: I am recording all the entries as the week progresses and (in order to be fair to all entrants) I am checking the eligibility of each entry as per the rules detailed above. Please make sure you are a Follower or I will have to disallow your entry (sorry).
UPDATE 12th Jul : A few people have said their comments have not appeared. A handful went to the spam folder but I have reinstated them and am monitoring the folder so nobody gets left out of the Draw on Monday. One possible reason you can't see your comments is that there are now so many there is more than one page worth! Scroll down to the 'end' of the list and just below the Comments Box it says Load More. Click that link and the second page of comments will be added and your comment is probably there, or repeat again to see the third page.
1,000,000.
ReplyDeleteWow.
Well done.
Tony
One Million.... Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteSign me in for the Cromwell!
Congratulations:)
ReplyDeleteCongrats! Shameless plug can be found here
ReplyDeleteOne million, that's immense, congratulations!
ReplyDeleteAlso, all the prizes are immensely tempting, so I'm commenting again for a cheeky doubling of my chances of winning!
ReplyDeleteFirst, congratulations on a million! I was immensely proud of myself when I got to 10k, but a million, wow! That's like...if every other slovenian would take a look! :D :D
ReplyDeleteI will come back with a link to pimping...I needed to post something anyways :P
Good job on the 1000000 hits!!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! This is huge, it is as if every other slovenian would come take a look at your blog! :D :D
ReplyDeleteSince 2009 you say? That's a dedication!
(My previous comment has mysteriously disappeared, I'll post a link in a different comment, silly me)
Ah, here's the link...I admire my sense for titles :D
ReplyDeletehttp://mathyoo28mm.blogspot.com/2013/07/big-lees-millionthversary.html
Congratulations
ReplyDeleteVery nice. Count me in.
ReplyDeletehttp://cstoesen.blogspot.com/2013/07/big-lees-giveaway-1-million-page-views.html
That is a milestone for sure.
ReplyDeleteWell deserved too
Ian
Congrats on that milestone!
ReplyDeleteSome great prizes there for the lucky winners (Thrud comics you say?!)
Well done, 1000000 hits, thats quite a milestone!
ReplyDeleteSteve
Congrats my fellow Reject blog whore, count me in!
ReplyDeleteWOW!! 1 Million!!! Amazing achievement but very well deserved: excellent blogger, wargamer, father and even best brother in law from what I read over the past years as your follower! Put me in for those genereous prizes, please
ReplyDelete1.000.000 hits is just insane is four years! Congrats and of course I'm in for this prize draw! Will pimp this great event on my blog later and post the link here.
ReplyDeleteOK Señor Lee Hardy, your feat is now published in my blog... although I decided to change your photo in the very last minute for something with more appeal
ReplyDeletehttp://mylardiesgames.blogspot.com.es/2013/07/1-million-years-ago.html
Well done Lee (otherwise known as "The Rich Reject") That's a fantastic milestone, count me in!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Lee
ReplyDeleteI am totally impressed. Count me in if you would sir. Cheers Mate
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ReplyDeleteMany congratulations. Please sign me up for the giveaway, those are some excellent prizes!
ReplyDeleteHere is a link to the promotional post on my blog: http://mdarrow.blogspot.com/2013/07/a-quick-promotion.html
Well done and keep it up.
Thanks for posting your blog. Great looking conversion work! I specially like the BloodBowl figures.
DeleteNo interest in prises, but well done, keep up the good work!
ReplyDeleteHi Lee,
ReplyDeleteMany congratulations on this milestone - anybody that now probably looks like Robocop whilst painting 6mm figures has a certain amount of whimsical charm in my book....;-)
All the best,
DC
Congrats Lee!
ReplyDeleteI've given you some pimpage: http://wargaminggirl.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/congrats-to-big-lee-more-prize-draw.html
wow 1 million, that's a stat I dream of!
ReplyDeleteSome milestone Lee, well done
ReplyDeleteCongrats Lee! And it's a nice way to celebrate it!
ReplyDeleteYou're pimped here: http://peterscave.blogspot.be/2013/07/bum-hurons.html
Greetings
Peter
http://peterscave.blogspot.be/
My goodness me Lee that is a sensational number and such an achievement - absolutely brilliant!
ReplyDeleteThat's quite a milestone !!! Count me in for the FOW stuff (none of that namby pamby fantasy stuff) :-)
ReplyDeleteI take my hat off to you sir, and here is my official congratulations
ReplyDeletehttp://djksfantasyworld.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/congratulations-big-lee.html
Congrats - that is staggering. I can't imagine getting there.
ReplyDelete1,000,000 hits. Congratulations, that is impressive.
ReplyDeleteWow, that's an impressive milestone. Congrats!!
ReplyDeleteA hearty congrats on the milestone. Definitely celebration worthy.
ReplyDeleteCongrats!!
ReplyDeleteDM
Right, that'll be the nineteen medieval priesties and the WWII stuff for me please. I've made reference to your give-away tombola (I effin' hate this "pimping" malarkey - more vulgar than a Cross Lane Suit) to garner the extra points (and because you're a nice chap). So, CONGRATULATIONS!!!
ReplyDeleteRight, that's the niceties over cos I'm not convinced you don't sit there all day clicking on your own page views.
Blimey, if there are any more of these give-aways George Orborne will be treating them as unearned income . . . >:O(
truly staggering amount of posts and I believe some of them have been quite good :)
ReplyDeletePeace James
AWESOME from AWESOMELAND. Congrats on the landmark. Prizes...very cool. Count me in and I will proceed to pimp this.
ReplyDeletecheers
Great Googly-Moogly! A million visits? Congrats, very cool :)
ReplyDeleteSome nice prizes too!
Let's see... if one million visits merits giving away such loot, then we should be expecting McDonald's to be giving away entire armies! oh if only ;)
Congrats again :)
Congratulations on the accomplishment!
ReplyDeleteSilly number, you've built it and we've come! and again and again and again.
ReplyDeleteWell done that man!
cheers,
Dave.
Ok, so maybe I am really slow, but how the heck do I become a follower?
ReplyDeleteOK, got the followitn bit sorted (thank you, Jocke) and now for the blatant multiposting and pimping:
Deletehttp://getitpainted.blogspot.se/2013/07/some-pimping-and-busted-track.html
Congratulations and well done that man! Quite an impressive achievement and consider yourself pimped!
ReplyDeletehttp://natholeonsempires.blogspot.co.nz/2013/07/pimping-big-lees-giveaway.html
Nate
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ReplyDeleteTry that again.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on the milestone BigLee, quite an achievement.
1 Million...blimey! Congratulations..not many achieve that Milestone!
ReplyDeleteHow many times can I enter ?
ReplyDeleteMore than once or ten times?
ReplyDeleteIt only allows you to blatently re-post three times in a row!
DeleteI'm guilty of the same technique so I can hardly complain! LoL.
DeleteDoes blatant re-posting Count?
ReplyDeleteDoes blatant -re-posting Count?
ReplyDeleteThat is flaming marvelous.
ReplyDeleteWell done.
Cheers
Stu
Congratulations Lee, that's a mighty big number. Put me down for the Celtos and the Perry figures.
ReplyDeleteI will do my pimpage on my next post and let you know I did it.
Congrats Big Lee.
ReplyDeleteCongrats - 1 million page views that's a lot - well done!
ReplyDeletePlug has been made
http://lairoftheubergeek.blogspot.com/2013/07/big-lees-contest-prize-chance-enhancing.html
Now do I just sit back and await the prizes I so richly deserve????
:)
A million, that's like with six zeroes? Many congratulations.
ReplyDeleteAnd here's me pimpin' the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on that million, Lee!
ReplyDeleteCongrats. I hope my blog reaches one mill someday.
ReplyDeleteHere is the link
http://tomahawkcampaign.blogspot.com/
Hi, here's my pimpage on my blog as you had already seen.
ReplyDeletehttp://wargameterrain.blogspot.be/2013/07/give-away-over-at-blma.html?showComment=1373369229101#c4753811459962722755
First time visitor, yes I came for the contest.
ReplyDeletecongratulations, it's a great blog. Those are a great group of prizes, I'm in for this one.
ReplyDelete1 meeeeellion hits! Not a bad tally there. Congratulations and all that. Ans those are some great prizes on the list there. Count me in!
ReplyDeleteOh, and are you really sure about the one entry per comment rule? You risk being spammed by Anne with that kind of thing!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, very impressive!
ReplyDeletewill the winners be announced here?
ReplyDeleteI'll post a comment here (on this post) to say the competition has closed then put up a new post announcing the winners. Hopefully that'll be next Monday afternoon but it depends how many entries there are and how long it takes me to check the list and pick the winners.
DeleteWow. I didn't know this blog until now, but it's really a treasurechest of information.
ReplyDeleteGratz!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!! Bytheway, I NEED those Perry priests and monks... you know.
ReplyDeleteYou are now pimped on my blog:
ReplyDeletehttp://covadotrasno.blogspot.com.es/2013/07/1-millon-de-visitas-y-mas-miniaturas.html
A lot of luck!!
This is... WOW!!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!
I've linked to this post, but I guess I am not a follower... have to register for that feed thing, right? Doesn't matter!
http://marshalat1dot72.blogspot.pt/2013/07/another-giveaway.html
That's a terrific achievement - it's one of the blogs I find most inspiring and interesting so thanks for your time in working on it.
ReplyDeleteGreat milestone Lee. I'm glad you got there! Gives you a warm feeling inside....have a glass of bubbly young man and bask in the glory of being in the Million Hits Club.
ReplyDeleteBanzai! May you live a thousand years... and have two million page views!
ReplyDeleteThat is truly amazing, if well deserved.
ReplyDeleteStrange, my comment didn't show up. Congratulations. That's truly amazing, though well deserved.
ReplyDeleteWohoooooo!
ReplyDeleteThat is a big achievement.
If only I put half as much work into my own blog :)
Happy Gaming,
Allan
Well done mate. That's quite an achievement!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations big fellah - that's a hell of an achievement. I've not heard of anyone in our eclectic little hobby reaching that particular milestone and it's a testament to the quality of your posts and in particular your great photography. My favourites are your shots from the tank museum - I mean, just how awesome is that Tiger?!!
ReplyDeleteYour shameless attempt at bribery has won me over as I particularly fancy that Osprey or even the Perry's priests! I have no problem giving your blog an equally shameless plug on mine:
http://docsartofwar.blogspot.com.au/2013/07/conversion-legere-pioneer-austrian.html
Cheers Big Lee and congratulations again on a fine achievement,
Doc
WOW, That's one hell of a milestone.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations.
I had made a couple fo posts yesterday, but they seem to have been lost to the ether. So again, I say congratulations, and I have pimped your giveaway in the obligatory fashion, and now have my fingers crossed that I win some of those juicy prizes.
ReplyDeletehttp://leadandpaint.blogspot.ca/2013/07/blog-pimping.html
...their in the list of comments above? I had a handful get sent to the spam folder. I reinstated them but can't remember if any were your's. Needless to say I'll be checking the spam folder before I close the give away next Monday!
DeleteOkay, sorry for the confusion, I found the load more button at the bottom of the page! My bad!
DeleteCongratulations, really impressive but your blog was the first I added when getting my iPad a few years back. Always something interesting to read, and a copious use of photos together with a large dollop of humour from time to time. Here's to the next milestone.
ReplyDeleteBlimey, that's a very impressive number of hits but well earned.
ReplyDeleteHere's my shameless attempt to increase my odds at winning free stuff.
http://ubique-matt.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/shameless-brass-necked-bid-to-win-free.html
regards,
Matt
1 million posts! Incredible! Congratulations Lee and count me in!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the number of page view. I'm not sure if I've already entered this great comp. If I have then this is not a brazen attempt to increase my chances (honest).
ReplyDeleteThis blogpost however IS a brazen attempt to increase my chances.
http://ubique-matt.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/shameless-brass-necked-bid-to-win-free.html
Regards,
Matt
Big Lee
ReplyDelete1 Tera-hits - good job. Count me in and consider yourself pimped..
http://singlehandedadmiral.blogspot.ca/2013/07/big-lee-considered-yourself-pimped.html
Peter
1 Tera-hit - that would be a 1 000 000 000 000 hits....
DeleteThat would be an achievement
Congrats to "just" 1 000 000
Congrats on your big milestone. I will shamelessly pimp you blog on BOTH my sites.
ReplyDeletewww.lrqan.blogspot.co.uk
OOOO I'm going to try again on;
ReplyDeletehttp://www.lrqan2.blogspot.co.uk
Congratulations! That is quite a milestone.
ReplyDeleteYou been pimped.
ReplyDeletehttp://dagamerstable.blogspot.com.au/2013/07/prize-draw-promotion.html
Cheers
Congrats on the views Lee. Well deserved. Please put me in the draw. I linked to your post here.
ReplyDeleteNot trying to stuff the ballot box but my comment appears to have disappeared into the ether. My link is here http://seanswgcorner.blogspot.com/2013/07/big-lees-1-millionth-hit-prize-draw.html
ReplyDeleteJings, a million hits, thats a shitload alright! ;-)
ReplyDeleteWell done Lee.
ReplyDelete1,000,000 views that are well deserved.
Ben
Congratulations Lee! Hope to se 2 M hits in the not to distant future.
ReplyDeleteI pimped your blog (as you've seen) on
http://miniatyrmannen.blogspot.se/2013/07/normandy-trip-day-five-falaise-gap-and.html
Cheers
/Joakim
Seems my comment yesterday disappeared, so I'll have to be sweet again... this is really difficult.
ReplyDeleteAnyway: Congratulations! Hope to see another 1M hits soon.
You have been pimped at
http://miniatyrmannen.blogspot.se/2013/07/normandy-trip-day-five-falaise-gap-and.html
but you've already seen that.
By the way, I hope you'll get a chance to make a trip like that, it was great (and I hear you're the rich guy, so it should be no problem, right :-)
Grrr, comments disappear! Stupid internet!
ReplyDeleteAnyway: congratulations
Pimped at
http://miniatyrmannen.blogspot.se/2013/07/normandy-trip-day-five-falaise-gap-and.html
Great trip!
Congratulations!
ReplyDeletepimped at
http://miniatyrmannen.blogspot.se/2013/07/normandy-trip-day-five-falaise-gap-and.html
Me stupid, internet OK - I should have looked even lower down. But, hey, multiple comments earns me more points, right.
ReplyDeleteCheers
Wow a million! I am still trying to get to 100k! Great work as this is not small feat achieved! Congrats!
ReplyDeleteWell done big guy, here's my pimpage!
ReplyDeletehttp://paintsngluenrocknroll.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/big-lees-millionth-pageview-giveaway.html
BigLee - Congratulations on the successful blog. A million hits is quite the milestone. If I win please draw another name. I just wanted to say congratulations. No prize necessary - the entertainment your blog gives is prize enough.
ReplyDeleteAJ
Again congrats Lee. Giveaway pimped over on my blog now too!
ReplyDeleteCongrats! 1,000,000 is quite an achievement! Maybe by 2050, I'll be able to host my own millionth pageview giveaway :D
ReplyDeleteYour right I din't put a link back here!!! So here it is now
ReplyDeletehttp://onelover-ray.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/reject-biglees-giveaway-and-other-news.html
I am commenting, although I doubt that I will be winning... I lack that kind of luck. :) On the other hand, congrats on the popularity and success of your blog. Were my own even half as popular, I'd be set.
ReplyDeleteOne more comment for luck! ;)
ReplyDeleteFinger's crossed!
THE MILLION PAGEVIEW BLOG GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED!
ReplyDeleteThanks to everyone that took part. I need to check and verify all the entries and I'll announce the winners later this afternoon.
Belated congrats on the 1 million count. Sorry to have missed the giveaway, maybe I'll catch it at the next million milestone :-)
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