"It's All In A Name - The Contest" Topic

You may put your nominations here for the "It's All In A Name" contest – what should the new lifetime honorary memberships (or members) be called?

Nominations will be accepted until Thursday at 11am PST.

TMPilfers (sounds better than TMPlifers)

TeMPlars.

Temps.

The Empers (abbreviated TMPRs).

Will members be able to contest why those nominated should NOT be given an honorary membership?

Oy. I'm not going there.

How about The Grognards.

[Will members be able to contest why those nominated should NOT be given an honorary membership?]

In the case of those voted by the membership (which I envision to be the majority of the honored ones) – sure, why not.

In the case of any that I grant using my dictatorial-like Editor powers, no.

The Old Guard

the sacred band

I like "The Grognards" also…

Or the TMP Lifetime Achievement Award (TMPLAA). If you say that abbreviation fast it sounds like "Templar" (i.e. temp-laa). So "The Templars", as above…

Later,
Markus

How about a posthumus honorary membership

My nomination Is

Adolf Hitler..

Hes done alot for the hobby, not only ww2 but all the sci-fi spin offs

Grognards is good and simple. I was going to suggest it, but
instead I'll just echo nycjadie's suggestion.

Notice the sudden bad smell as you scroll down the page? Anyway, back to the topic, how about the Don Quixotes?

I like the Sacred Band- nice one, Remoliv- but how' bout The Senate ?

I like Grognards.

I submit Pillars.

Grenadiers

Royal Guard

Guardian

Thug (For life!)

Baron

Shiek

Praetorian

Precipt

Viceroy

His/Her Royal Poo-bah

A knight of the miniature realm. Just think; Sir Larry Brom!

JT

Or perhaps even better, seeing that it is a word that has it's origins in Roman Military Tradition, I suggest;

'Emeritus',

.. or it's plural as it has the meaning of 'a soldier who has served his time honourably' and in the modern context it is a reward for faithful academic study from Universities.
It has a duality of meaning that I think would really suit the honourary inductees.

Viv

Aged flatulents? Having been called this by my children, I can only imagine this to be a term of honor and endearment.

Lifers

How about "The Guard" – applies to multiple genres and periods. Then a nice TMP logo for them – perhaps a green patch with some gold leaves?

@Wolfslair: Phthbbt!

The Untouchables

Members of Honor

Exalted Members

Esteemed Members

Legendary Warriors (of the Tabletop)

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

How about Member of the Veteran Reserves?

or Medal of TeMPer winners?

……………..

The Helpful Miniaturist Award.

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen gets my vote, but what about the ladies?

The Immortals

The Elders

Elder Statesmen

The Legion of Merit

The Grand Order of the Fez

A couple I have:

Lead Rotters

centuriones supernumerarii

My first reaction was "the Immortals", which Prince Prints has already suggested. So I'll second him.

Or the "vanguards".

The Great Golden Ones.

The Most Wise.

The Not Ready for Prime-Time Slayers

Old Farts

House of Lords

The Old Ones

The Guard.
The Old Guard.

The TMPlars has a nice ring to it, too.

We could call them the TMP LAW: The Miniatures Page Lifetime Achievement Winners

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Wolfslairmodels: Inappropriate comment.

How about…
Gentleman(and Lady)Pensioners

Les Invalides

Old Soldiers Home

TMPoilus

Les Crapeauds

Take the League of Extraordinary Gentlement and change it to "The League of Extraordinary Gamers"?

LOEG
TLOEG
LEG Award?

at the risk of bringing in l33tspeak to these pages…
TMPwners

The Distinguished Order of Little Warsians

"Yalloballys" after the first place to report recreational wargames, Yallobally Record.
See here
link

Not Grognard. Get something everybody can pronounce the first time— I second "the Old Guard." Even if you don't know the origin, it immediately connotates experience.

I am with Warmaster Charlie's suggestion with a slight tweak:

The Grand Order of the GOLDEN Fez

Here goes,

The valiant order of the anorak

The Lost Boys

The Wellsian Circle

The Praetorins

Paige of the Page

Valhalla Veterans.

Men of TMParlech!

The Howling Commandos?

Honorary Lifetime Member?

w.

How about miniature masters?

Well you could go the British Army way and call the last of the old guard the "Pensioners"

But probably better to say:

Companions
or
Triari

Both imply experience and ability.

The Titans