Sunday, 26 May 2013

500K!

I’m delighted to report that the counter on the front page of the BigRedBatCave ticked past half a million, last night.  Can I say a huge thank you to everyone who pops by and makes it worth my while posting!  It is a great pleasure to run the blog, and I have some ambitious plans for games and other ventures, during the rest of this year...

I’m minded to celebrate with a promotion, but WargamingGirl’s is still running, and I don’t want to clash with that; also I’m frantic in the run up to Raphia at Partizan on Sunday.  But I will do something in due course... please watch this space.


In the meanwhile, in the finest tradition of the BigRedBatCave, I shall celebrate by posting some minis that someone else has painted, far better than I ever could.  I bought these lovely Aventine Roman Allied cavalry from Redzed last year (as part of a small Republican Roman army), and gave them suitable shields and based them,  yesterday.  Luvverly!
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22 comments:

  1. Rodger26 May 2013 at 11:16

    Congrats Simon! 500K is great achivement!!

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  2. Anonymous26 May 2013 at 11:29

    Congratulations Simon! Half a million... now that is something to behold!

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  3. Sire Godefroy26 May 2013 at 11:43

    Well done, mate!
    Not wanting to spoil the party, but hopefully it's not down to the same countless spambots that kept plaguing my old blog. They cause quite a lot of unwanted traffic these days.

    Anyway, please party on!

    Cheers, SG
    www.mountainsoflead.com

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  4. BigRedBat26 May 2013 at 11:49

    Thanks chaps!

    Hi SG, like you, I have a healthy degree of scepticism about the numbers, but what's a man to do? It's very hard to sort the wargamers out from the bots, and this is as good a round number as I'll see for another 3 years or so. :-)

    Cheers, Simon

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  5. Paul´s Bods26 May 2013 at 12:03

    Bots or no bots it´s an achievment!! Congrats!!

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  6. Paul´s Bods26 May 2013 at 12:05

    an achievement (I looked out for the I before E thingy and then and went and forgot the other E..DOH!!)

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  7. Unknown26 May 2013 at 12:56

    Congratulations Simon. Huge achievement indeed. And now I'm waiting for your draw;-P

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  8. TamsinP26 May 2013 at 14:17

    Congrats on the 500k milestone Simon. It's well deserved.

    As for a prize draw, well, the final draw from mine is tonight so don't let me stop you! :)

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  9. BigRedBat26 May 2013 at 14:20

    Hi Tamsin, I want to let the dust settle, and sort out some nice prizes... and this week will be craaaazy!

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  10. fireymonkeyboy26 May 2013 at 14:37

    Congratulations! The milestone's well-deserved, this blog is an inspiration.

    FMB

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  11. War Minister Crittumbo26 May 2013 at 15:21

    Conga Rats! Very nice cavalry too.

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  12. Willie Anderson26 May 2013 at 15:45

    Well done Simon almost as many as the pikes you have!

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  13. Prufrock26 May 2013 at 15:53

    Well done, Simon! Your figures, terrain, games and posts continue to be an inspiration to all of us who dabble in ancients. I hope you have a nice 500,000 year old wine to tuck into to celebrate the occasion.

    Cheers, and here's to many hits more!
    Aaron

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  14. legatus hedlius26 May 2013 at 17:42

    Hola from sunny Bogota!

    Well done on achieving such a milestone. Your blog continues to be very inspirational.

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  15. Michael Awdry26 May 2013 at 20:11

    Very many congratulations a tremendous achievement - well done Sir.

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  16. John Lambshead26 May 2013 at 22:12

    Yay, dancing Conga Rats.

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  17. BigRedBat26 May 2013 at 22:27

    Thanks very much, all!

    Aaron, I'll have those rules for you, soon...

    Hola indeed, Legatus!

    Cheers, Simon

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  18. Hetairoi27 May 2013 at 00:34

    Congrats Simon! Let the celebration games begin!

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  19. Hobbyworker27 May 2013 at 03:29

    Congrats 500K is most impressive :)

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  20. Millsy27 May 2013 at 03:57

    Well done mate. 500K is a massive achievement and bots or not you should be proud.

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  21. Dalauppror27 May 2013 at 13:52

    Congratulation !!!

    500000 !!! Impressive !

    Best regards Michael

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  22. Phil27 May 2013 at 18:34

    Congrats for the 500k...and for these wonderful Etruscans!!

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