Games Day VIP Tickets Giveaway!

Have you ever wanted to cut in front of lines, wear a VIP logo or just go to North America's biggest Warhammer event this year?

Now is your chance to be a part of history and get your set of VIP tickets. There is a total of 3 tickets available to be given away.

Entering information and rules:

Draw will take place at Friday August 13, 2010 at 12:00pm EST which is tomorrow!
Leave a comment below on this post with your name
Become a follower so you'll know if you win
Write how many tickets you want
Email me your address details so I will be able to send the tickets tomorrow

Since Games Day is in 8 days, I will be shipping out the tickets tomorrow at 2:00pm so they get to the winners house before the event. This contest is only available for readers in North America only


... Mitch

Super Blog Chain Give Away

Looks like I won the Super Blog giveaway over at The Dark World of Geekdom. To continue the chain, I will be giving the winner a current edition codex or a set of brushes to the winner!

 

 For anyone who doesn't know how this works, here is how to do it;

 

 You must:

• Have a blog
• Have something you would like to give away to help fellow gamers
• Hold a give away on your blog if you are the winner
• Only enter once 

How to enter:

• Comment on this blog post
• The first sentence should say which codex you'd want or if you want some brushes and why
• The second sentence needs to tell me what you plan on giving if you win
• The third sentence should be your blog's address

 

When I get back from vacation on July 7th, I will pick winner and keep the chain going.

 

... Mitch

Giveaway 3: Marines

Here is a simple giveaway! A Black Reach Painting set. This includes five marines, six paint pots, a paint palette and a Citadel paint brush. I have a similar set from The Battle for Skull Pass and the paints are the same quality that are in the normal pots. These were brought to you by MiniWargaming.com!

You need to comment on this post to enter. Winner will be found by using Random.org system! Winner will be determined on August 31st at 2300 EST.

... Mitch

Product Review, FREE giveaway and more!

Product Reviews, Free Prizes and Special Characters!

Hi, today's post will include a heavy amount of awesome for all you people who love Product Reviews, Free Giveaways and Special Characters! Yes, you read it right, there is prizes to be given out with this post! Keep reading to find out more!

Review - H.J. White Taklon Brushes

I received this set of synthetic nylon brushes in the mail today, which I got from miniwargaming.com/ . I am impressed with the shipping, since all the brushes were protected with bubble wrap, keeping them safe. It also only took a few days to arrive.

H.J. White Taklon is a white rayon taklon filament, man-made to perform like traditional Red Sable. Taklon has a good point, spring and a sharp edge, plus it is very affordably priced.

At first glace, there points are very sharp and the bristles are very firm, which is great for picking out details. Surprisingly, they are also priced really well for there quality. I estimate there durability to be mid level, sitting with sable-synthetic blend brushes.

Tonight, I used them to paint 2 Space marine characters, which will be featured after this review. The brushes performed good un-thinned with and thinned GamesWorkshop paint. It went on smooth, and cleaned off reasonably well with just a swish in water. When used with Leviathan purple wash, the #1 size brush didn't perform very well as it required multiple dips in the pot to complete the wash process.

I still prefer my Raphael Kolinsky brushes, but they are $35 each, so this alternative will be great on smaller projects!

Pros - Value, Easy to purchase, Best Synthetic Brush I've used

Cons - More suited for oil and acrylic based paints, Sable and Kolinsky are better choices for water based paints (GamesWorkshop, Reaper, etc)

All in all, I would give this brush set a solid 8.5 out of 10.

The Special Characters

What I have on display today is a White Consul Chapter master, with his escorting Liberian and captain. Any one of these characters will make minced meat out of some unlucky fool!

To the Prizes!

Today I have a sets of 6 brushes to be given away! Only used enough to make the above review! They are in perfect condition and waiting to be mailed to two lucky people!

This contest is available to anyone who is a follower of the Ottawa Gamer, and makes a comment on this post. After one week time, on midnight July 22nd, I will number the comments and use Random.Org to find the lucky winner. The winner name will be posted, and asked to send an email with there information to get the goodies out. Retail Value of the prize is $40.

In short, post here, follow the blog, and let the good times roll!