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Brother Argos last won the day on October 1 2019
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About Brother Argos
- Birthday 12/11/1964
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http://www.vulkansforge.org
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London, UK
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Warhammer 40k (Salamanders, Sisters of Battle)
Battle Fleet Gothic (Chaos Fleet)
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Salamanders
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Sisters of Battle, Tau, Tyranids, Salamanders
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We are currently sitting on Sunday evening at $1800. We need another $1200 by Wednesday. DONATE!!!
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$1150 received so far .. we require $3000 to run the board. Thanks to those who have given so far, those who have not, it is your time to be counted upon.
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For this years donation, bardreason@hotmail.com. This is my old personal email from when we setup the B&C all those years ago. We are arranging a more long term PayPal email for regular donations after this donation drive completes. We came a long way yesterday and reached $750, unfortunately still short of our $3000 target. Thank you to all those who have given generously over the past 2-3 days, we still have $2250 to get. Remember, it is just the equivalent of a single model we are looking for. It will help everyone here for another year, beginners in the hobby all the way through to veterans from the Rogue Trader days. These forums in many ways represent an ongoing history of Warhammer 40k, to access the skills and knowledge of thousands of gamers for almost 20 years. Let us maintain and grow that knowledge! DONATE!
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You may not know me .. I have served ... 17 years as an Admin. Last 3 years in a dreadnought sarcophagus Only woken to fight .. Now is the time to fight for what we do here ... Donate so we survive ... or we will fall. A few have given, some generously. It is not enough. Do your part ... we do not burden you with adverts, our moderators and admins do not get paid. Everyone gives ... we are all brothers and sisters. You might spend a fortune on figures, which are often left unpainted .. buy one less box and donate the cost of it to the B&C! We raised around $300, we need at least $3000. Donate for something you use daily / weekly / monthly / yearly. For all the help, support, advice .. Argos
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Yesterday in the hobby I got the B&C working again.
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Today in the hobby I did some maintenance on the Bolter and Chainsword server.
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Today in the hobby I encouraged people to donate to the B&C a bit more so we can hit our donation drive target!
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It is in the bottom right hand corner of every page of the B&C - David A Techmarine / Master of the forge always :)
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No need to be Brother Arkley, I just miss being able to paint properly <grins> Go and paint a marine for me!
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I am jealous Brother Arkley :)
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Today in the hobby I encouraged my Space Marine Brothers to Support the Bolter and Chainsword donation drive. http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/topic/308146-yearly-board-fund-drive-begins
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Brother Argos replied to Brother Argos's topic in + NEWS, RUMORS, AND BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS +
That made me laugh .. the first especially http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/argos/brargos2.jpg It is how I used to look (facially I mean, not the armour) after many years I am much thinner. Charging across the battlefield, Land raider giving covering fire from behind. -
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Brother Argos replied to Brother Argos's topic in + NEWS, RUMORS, AND BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS +
Thank you all so much for your kind words. They mean a lot to me and all the other admins and moderators at the Bolter & Chainsword. Sadly there is no real chance of my eyes improving, my peripheral retina was burned out (photo-coagulated) to try and save my core vision, there is no coming back from that. Bionic eyes may work in the future? All those that have donated thank you and those that promised to donate, please ensure you do, we are all counting on you. For those asking about ongoing subscription payments, we are working on getting that arranged, in the mean time please donate now and keep an eye out for a subscription system when it is available. We are almost half way to the target we need for the next year, please do not assume someone else will help out, it is up to you to do this, not someone else! -
For the last 12 years I have been technical admin and paymaster for the B&C, however the last two years have seen a decline in my eyesight due to severe proliferative diabetic retinopathy. I have around 50% of my original eyesight remaining after two years and cataracts developing due to the damage done by my extensive eye operations. The summation of this is that I cannot easily see to paint figures or models as I once did and it has been painful to feel my modelling skills slip away as things got worse. This in turn has led to a decline in my involvement with the hobby in general. As I am sure you can understand this has also had a personal and financial impact upon my welfare. Given this in the near future I will be stepping back as paymaster of the B&C, followed over the course of the next year by handing over the technical administration role. This will mean the B&C needs to self fund, our current expenditure runs around $200-$250 a month, which I have been personally covering. We have successfully used donation drives to fund new hardware a number of times and I propose this could be used to cover the running costs of the B&C for the next year. Also something that needs to be made clear, is that T-Shirts, Dice and Bags do not raise enough money in the course of a year to cover a single months payments. You will notice a donation button in the top left hand corner of the home page, if you wish the B&C to continue as it is then you will need to step up and donate to ensure that! In the past, we have always risen to the challenges we have faced, replaced expensive hardware when needed due to your generosity, now the Bolter & Chainsword needs to stand on its own two feet and only you can make this happen. I am sorry that I will be unable to continue to support the B&C as I have always done, this has been a hard decision for me .. but I think the right one. - Brother Argos TLDR; Donate to keep the B&C Running NOW