Saturday, October 30, 2010

The Spoils of Victory

"I won a Games Workshop painting contest and all they gave me was this lousy pen."




So, my Prince Althran miniature won the painting contest.  My prize, a cheap ballpoint pen bearing the Games Workshop logo is illustrated above.  If they had put this on a t-shirt it would at least have been funny.  Instead it's just kind of pathetic.

They also gave me a really ugly old Halfling Thief miniature from 1999.

I don't mean to be ungracious, but I think a corporation the size of GW could have done a little better than this for prize support.

5 comments:

  1. Man, I thought your mini was awesome. Sorry about the pen. I was once employee of the month and for all my efforts, I got a pen. :( This is HILARIOUS! The word verification is "upurast" HILARIOUS! Apparently the interwebs know what you're going through! :) Congratulations on the win! Great mini!

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  2. Wield it with price, my friend ... wield it with pride.

    Word ver: protac - what you need to take after winning a pen from GW.

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  3. Thanks guys. Both word verifications were absolutely hilarious! Laughter is the best reward.

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  4. I once won a lord of the rings month long campaign, and for my win, my buying and painting new minis i won the map of middle earth on the wall.

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  5. There's nothing like a crappy prize to make it all worthwhile!

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