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10,000+ Visits to the Grand Duchy of Stollen and Counting!!!

Back in the saddle here at Stollen central! Just a quick note tonight to thank all of you for your recent comments on the RSM grenadiers -- some posted here and others sent as e-mail. I really appreacite your continued interest in and ongoing support of the Grand Duchy of Stollen project.

On a similar note, there have been 10,025 visits to the grand Duchy since last August -- as of this evening. Amazing and certainly nothing I expected when I began. Thank you one and all! Never thought I'd find so many friends and acquaintances with a simiar mindset out there in cyberspace. Isn't figure painting and wargaming a wonderful hobby? Now, if only there were 30 hours in a day and 8 days a week! Hmmm, I think I hear a song there! ;-)

Hopefully, I'll be able to get started on the 80+ figure regiment of Revell 1/72 Austrian grenadiers (remember them?) this weekend. And stay tuned in the coming weeks, to see what happens next in the onging adventures of Grand Duke Irwin-Amadeus II and his dentist, the sinister Herr Doktor von Ötker! Until later then gentlemen!

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Snickering Corpses said…
Allow me to be the first to welcome you back!
8:49 PM
Bluebear Jeff said…
Yes, indeed, welcome back.

And I have something you should look at. Well, I don't have it, but I know that you'll be interested.

Please visit this blog and go to the June 7th post to see a large number of painted plastic soldiers:

http://lagerburgduchy.blogspot.com/

I'm sure that they will inspire you.


-- Jeff of Saxe-Bearstein
1:42 AM
Bluebear Jeff said…
Also, see how good Jonathan and my flags look on our comments . . . I, for one, would like to see the Grand Duchy's national flag used as an avatar (photograph) on your posts as well. Please consider using it.

To do so, go to "Edit Profile" on your DASHBOARD and enter the URL of such in the "Photograph" portion of the Profile (and remember to "save" this change).


-- Jeff
1:48 AM
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