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Thursday 14 November 2019

Great Marauder give away - Caption contest with juicy prize...

The Prestento/Perrini post is running late so I thought I'd give you something to exercise the "little grey cells" in the interim -  a caption contest.

The prize is a copy of Pete Morbey's book on Napoleonic armies in wargames. In my haste to buy it I ordered two by accident so I have a spare copy for the winning caption. Pete Morbey owns Elite Miniatures and his book is stuffed full of pictures of his collection as well as painting tutorials and notes on building Napoleonic wargames armies. An enjoyable read if not ground breaking in content.

The Grand Prize



Below are two images showing contemporary Napoleonic cartoons. The first is innocent enough, the second is very crude even by today's standards so you have been warned. To enter simply post a caption on either in the comments below noting which you have captioned, A or B. Enter as many times as you like. The Marauders will decide on a winner and once we have an address the book will be posted to you to enjoy.

This is supposed to be fun so get your creative juices flowing.
Entries will close at midnight on Saturday 30th November (UK time).

A.

Napoleon's dirty little secret?


B.

Remember this one might offend delicate readers so stop scrolling here if you feel the need.


In the meantime I will work on the batrep finishing off the Battle of Prestento/Perrini.

Best wishes,

Jeremy

14 comments:

  1. Caption for B. “John made a dick of himself, deploying his Imperial Guard too early”

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    1. So we're off to a great start - straight to the mucky option B!

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  2. A. Fuck off can't you see I'm busy.
    B. Attempts to breed the coskstrich were not going well.

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  3. Caption for A. "He says he painted them all himself, but I saw them last month as a cheap job lot on Ebay"

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  4. A: "I guess this is why he is so contemptuous of casualties"

    B: "They say ladies love a Hussar, but even grenadiers will have their day when they ride in on this"

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  5. A. Napoleon? No that's Kevin Kiley, he must be in the dawghouse on TMP again...

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    1. No idea who he is but I get the sentiment entirely!

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    2. He goes by Brechtel on TMP, a nugget of the highest order!

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  6. A. Since liberating the Duchy of Warsaw he's been acting like a right little Hitler
    B. JJ realised his Ferarri would never replace the pulling capacity of his Horse Grenadiers

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  7. A. And he still hasn't finished them all yet..
    B. The Old Guard Hearts and Minds campaign going great guns.

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  8. A)We warned him not to recruit an army in Lillput. b)It looks like he`s found Saddams Weapon of Mass Seduction.

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  9. 2- Ehh, Mesieuer, You arr 'ow you say ... err a dickhead
    Don't you know you arr meant to pin your cockade to yeur 'at

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  10. A - As on lookers gather, Napoleon recites why he lost the battle of Waterloo..

    "And then Ney, sweet Jesus, Ney... He launched an all out cavalry attack without the support of infantry and artillery. Who does this? This is why I can't leave the field of battle for more than 5 minutes.."

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