Ral Partha - For answering his own phone when his company was at its height - and for spilling his lunch down his chest while doing so
Gary Gygax et al - For giving us some other reason to paint the little metal buggers
The Working Slobs at Heritage, Ral Partha, GW/Citadel, Iron Winds, Grenadier, Alternate Armies, and all those companies I have failed to mention for giving us something to paint all these years.
And finally, everyone who has ever posted to this site or written an article or just left a comment for having the testicular fortitude to put thier work on display for the entire world