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Dragonsreach

Super Moderator
Staff member
Originally posted by rocketandroll
So... what\'s the plan at present... are folks still interested in a \'organised\' social, if so is the evening of the event itself (the Saturday) or the night before (the Friday) the best bet?
I thought the event was Sunday 27th July not Saturday?


Anyhow as regards the issue of Shirts/Tee Shirts, we\'re individuals. Matching Tee shirts, just make people look a little \"sadder\" or in some cases, like me, more rotund. :rolleyes:

Ben why not cost up decent Lapel/Pin badges of the LOGO and try to sell them on the day. There\'s a very good company close to where I work, I can make enquiries for you, if you wish.
 

Talonicus

New member
I thought it was sunday 27th.
I intend to get to Nottingham on the Saturday.
Get Pissed
Then have a stinking hangover all day of the event.
:drunk::drunk::drunk:
 

freakinacage

Well-known member
Originally posted by Roger Bunting
Y\'know it\'s times like these I wish I\'d thought up a handle and not just used my actual name. lol
yeah me too!

@talonicus - you\'d better not be too hungover, if you were any grumpier, you\'d scare everyone off!
 

Talonicus

New member
Grumble grumble.

I am not miserable, I am just enjoying moaning at an earlier age.

Just imagine how much I will moan when i\'m 60!!

Anyway its all an act, I actually have a heart of gold under the gnarly exterior.
:innocent::innocent:
 

matty1001

New member
Nigel...Northern!? Next you will be telling me Brummies are Northeners :drunk:

Try coming up to the real north, where our piss is packed full of starch, the Bigg Market is the local boxing ring and we all work 22hr shifts down the pits.

Thats Northern.
 
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donga666

Guest
Originally posted by generulpoleaxe
nigel isn\'t grumpy.

he\'s an honourary northerner lol

WHAT!!!

He\'s a swamp munkie! Have you seen his gills!

(albet an old one lol But not as old as Mike lollollollol)

@Talonicus/Nigel: Have one for me, I\'ll have a Stella!
 

rocketandroll

New member
Ok, I\'m having one of those weeks, yes, I meant the Saturday night before the event, or the Sunday night of the event... glad someone\'s paying attention! :)


I\'ll have a look at a few options for t-shirts. badges etc and post back here with some options and prices...


Just as an aside, if possible, I\'d rather folks didn\'t go and make their own t-shirts using the PB logo if that\'s ok. It\'s not a commercial entity, but it\'s still privately owned IP (and being in design it\'s one thing I\'m a bit anal about :)

Plus, although this is a non-profit organisation, the few of us who\'ve been setting it up have spent out a reasonable bit of money so far getting it off the ground, and although that was our choice, the chance to sell a few t-shirts etc to folks is really the only way we may be able to make back a few quid to cover those costs.

Hope everyone\'s happy with that, don\'t want to dampen anyone\'s enthusiasm... but would prefer if folks didn\'t go off and unoficially \'do their own thing\' :)

That said, if you wanna make up t-shirts for your local painting group, by all means go ahead!!! :)


Cheers all


Ben

(trying to stop the kittens of insanity unravelling the ball of wool that is my mind)
 

vincenti

Member
PRETTY PLEASE !

Although I am on a family holiday when the July event is on I would be only to glad to wear a T -Shirt showing off our embryionic team colours! :flip: :bouncy: :flip: :bouncy: :flip:

Only 2 suggestions.........

1 ..Please dont make it look too Nationalistic

2 ....Nice pretty colours and a good design !

GOD bless .............VINCENTI. :D ;) :D
 

rocketandroll

New member
Hey Adie....


Originally posted by vincenti
Although I am on a family holiday when the July event is on I would be only to glad to wear a T -Shirt showing off our embryionic team colours! :flip: :bouncy: :flip: :bouncy: :flip:

Only 2 suggestions.........

1 ..Please dont make it look too Nationalistic

2 ....Nice pretty colours and a good design !

GOD bless .............VINCENTI. :D ;) :D


:)

Well, the logo is based on the union flag so I guess that may be too \'nationalistic\' already :)

We scrubbed the idea of a bulldog in a matador outfit standing triumphantly over the dead body of a bull, skewered with paint brushes... I thought a logo based on the national flag was a reasonable compromise ;-)


Ben
 

Infidel Castro

New member
Go for black! Black is the bestest. Black is chic. It\'s cool. It\'s classy. Of course there\'ll need to be a logo or some such, but go for some kind of Mod/RAF symbol. How cool would you all look then?
 

rocketandroll

New member
Hi folks...



just a quick heads up to those who have expressed an interest in the event on 27th July...

It seems to be proving more popular than we had originally anticipated :) This is a good thing, but we are having to start looking at what the capacity of the venue is, certainly from the perspective of space for people to display their minis.


With this in mind, please can anyone who intends to attend and wants to display their work please e-mail us at the Platoon Britannica address:

events@platoonbritannica.org.uk

and let us know asap. At present we are aiming for 1/3rd to 1/4 table per person, which is about a 3ft by 2ft area per person at least (pretty big!) If however you are a team of six or seven coming together we may be able to give you two whole tables to yourselves or similar.

The display space will have to be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis, so if you want to display minis, PLEASE e-mail us!!!

If you don\'t get a reply in a few days, pm me on CMON and I\'ll get back to you.

Likewise, if you want to give a painting demo or a sculpting demo... please let us know now so we can guage numbers.

Everyone who\'se already e-mailed us expressing an interest, we\'ll e-mail this request to you also.


All the best



Ben

Platoon Britannica
 

Dragonsreach

Super Moderator
Staff member
Originally posted by rocketandroll

We scrubbed the idea of a bulldog in a matador outfit standing triumphantly over the dead body of a bull, skewered with paint brushes... I thought a logo based on the national flag was a reasonable compromise ;-)
A few years ago the French \"Team\" had Le Coc Sportif\" with a paintbrush appearing out it\'s backside
................I suggested a Robin Hood figure on a British Racing Green Shirt to stand beside them.
The French loved the Idea......Entante Cordiallol
 

Undave

Flockwit
Hmmm I was actually thinking of taking my Praetorians along. They\'re suitably Britannic I reckon.


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rocketandroll

New member
Just wanna bump this back up as we\'ve only had responses back from about 10% of the folks who have expressed an interest so far, and we do need to get numbers tied down in the next week or so. Don\'t want people to e-mail us the week before the event and say \"Ooooh, I\'m coming and want to display my minis!\" as the hall lay-out will already have been decided by then and we won\'t be able to help them :-(


Cheers all!!


Ben
 
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