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We Have a Winner!!!

Oberfeldwebel Lebrecht Klatschen has won the Golden Grenadier Painting Competition, taking 34% of the votes cast!!! I've just received the breaking news from the administrator of the contest.

Thanks to all of you who cast your votes for the Oberfeldwebel. He'll enjoy an extra large stein of Turkish coffee and a clay pipe of the best Virginia tobacco with his junior N.C.O.'s at their favorite haunt, 'Der Andere Schuh' (the other shoe) this evening. Once the e-certificate arrives in the Grand Duchy of Stollen, I'll share it here. Thank you again, and a hearty thank you also to the other painters who partook in the contest. Their entries and painting skills are certainly also noteworthy. Well done men!

Comments

Snickering Corpses said…
Congratulations to the Oberfeldwebel and his tailor! A well deserved honor.
3:14 PM
Mr. Fox said…
Glad you won it! My entry got a measly one vote, lol!

Your e-trophy will probably arrive after the weekend, as I am quite buisy at the moment....!

DwarfMan
Prince Henry of Anthro-Paphburg
3:17 PM
marinergrim said…
Well done.

Next time i'll try and enter too although I don't have many figures from the "approved" list of manufacturers that will mean buying more toys (what a lame excuse!!).
1:45 AM
Bluebear Jeff said…
Perhaps by the next contest someone from the Principality of Saxe-Bearstein will be willing to journey to the judging field. Of course this depends upon when that will be.

Congratulations to the Grand Duchy of Stollen!


-- Jeff
3:45 AM
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