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Tanks are looking great , my aunt who's a nun (just yesterday celebrated 60 years of service), would be very proud to drive one of hose shrines into battle.

Nice job on the reprints as well.

Great work on the tanks and ships, Graven. All looking good.

Thank y'all kindly. The order of the Azure Robe specifically are more shriney than others, working for =][= out of the convent on Terra, so should be a bit more ott I reckon.
Also, as promised :

Mine on the left, hopefully clearly!

So, didn't get the job, but a very deserving friend (an ex, no less) got it, and am not going to let that cloud a lovely birthday. Thanks again for kind wishes, have got the new Jim Butcher, Forbidden Alchemy and Batman: Earth One amongst other things (and just been out for fab Italian). All in all, la vita e bella, etc.

Happy birthday again - this time on the right day and everything

Shame about the job, but at least everything else turned out nice

Happy belated birthday...again...

Well one out of two...not too bad...but we need to see cake...

Nice motorpool...

Joyeux anniversaire en slow graven !

I think we're about ready for a full Weeping Angels pic.

I like the way you painted the Trek ships, they look very nice.

Tanks look great of course as well.

monkeytroll wrote:Happy birthday again - this time on the right day and everything

Shame about the job, but at least everything else turned out nice

Viktor von Domm wrote:Happy belated birthday...again...

Well one out of two...not too bad...but we need to see cake...

This year I didn't ask for a fabulous confection. Instead, it was all about tastiness, so there was chocolate tray bake, fresh sourdough and a courgette, lime and pistachio cake.

Gitsplitta wrote:Nice motorpool...

Vroom, and so fortg,.

Yggdrasil wrote:Joyeux anniversaire en slow graven !

Merci Mon Ami.

Gitsplitta wrote:I think we're about ready for a full Weeping Angels pic.

Need to finish the works first...

GiraffeX wrote:I like the way you painted the Trek ships, they look very nice.

Tanks look great of course as well.

Cheers

Off for a week, be back early July y'all.

Have fun!

Well i will miss you. Are you back? I want those cakes.

Hey gang, so I'm back, and have just been chilling the last few days.
Here's some holiday highlights - we were down in the borders, and of note visited Dino Park:

That's not going to end well...

Threave Castle


Caerlaverock Castle...


... and grounds


And inside a Vulcan Bomber (which my wife insists on calling a Vulture ) at Solway Aviation museum

Soooo...does this mean the graven bunch has been eaten by swag dinos?...

^ I see you got in there fast!

Was checking I'd successfully managed to share pics from Fb.

In more general mutterings, having if not a hobby break, then a refocus - tiny ships going pewpewpew have distracted me delightfully, and I'm playing another game tonight (along with some Boss Monster, the card game of end-of-level 8-bit glory!)

I'm resigned to not finishing the waste dump of waste - having the kids over the summer means I've very little time other than projects with them (expect a Trebuchet!) I am going to try to get back to my sisters/orks though, hand as cramps are much better generally (according to a mate who's an orthopedic hand and wrist surgeon, they're nothing serious, I just need to take it easy - it's writing on a board all day that does it). So it's about priorities at that point; I'm not feeling the love on the waste dump really, so I'm just going to draw a line under it rather than getting down about another unfinished project.

Other than that, feeling pretty chipper all round - catching up with friends this week, mostly. Will try to get some pics of tonight's tiny spaceship action!

Later,
graven

tiny space ship action. HOW small action.

Judge for yourself:

That's a GW paint stand, the bases are about 30mm square.

threave castle reminds me a bit of the one shown in MP and the holy grail...the French one...tho this obviously wasn´t the one...

a trebuchet or an onagar/catapult? what scale...for the table to throw paperballs...or tabletop...or for your own garden?... interesting project for sure!

its always nice to see that parents allow kids to see castles and suchlike armed... many peeps I know from the pedagogic field are very phobic when it comes to swords and firearms (toys...) kids that age need to feel big... and with a pointy stick in your hand you are bigger then any other derp without said pointy stick...

are you still writing on a blackboard? or do you get these new activity boards in GB? the school I will be doing my internship again after the summer has these... totally chalk free school...(rooms are still messy even without chalk dust tho...)

and...

^ I see you got in there fast!

have been seeing you lurking and posting here and there... so I was curious when you would report back to your own thread ...(also...totally avoiding the "that´s what she said" joke...oh...)

Sounds like a great time. Castles are always fun, especially proper castles.

Where is that Dino park dude, might have to scrape together the family and nip there! Any good?

Modelling wise, No worries on the waste dump. Thats life. These tiny ship games are dragging everyone away from proper modelling!!

Look forward to hearing your exploits and seeing some more from you. Trebuchet sounds interesting.

One of the best spots I hit last time I was in GB was Warwick. Thou it's a castle that has seen multiple upgrades and is a combination of periods it has some buildings and upgrades from early moat and Bailey to Victorian. They also have a working trebuchet.

Good hunting in your game!

I wish we had proper castles around here....and dinosaurs

But you have lizards at least...

Hmmm Warwick Castle was definitely better when I was a kid. The Ice House was great although last time I was in the area it was far too expensive for my tastes. Those look a good pair of castles though. When I've been over the border wandering around Kilmartin glen and clambering inside the Neolithic tombs was great fun.

mate...you gotta take a look at this...:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/604248.page#7005424

thought you might have an interest for trebuchets...

Hi mate! Happy belated Bday! Glad to hear you had a good one!

Always liked the look of Caerlaverock Castle.... but alas... not made it that far yet! Although i cant complain, having Stirling Castle visable from the house and only 5 mins away really!

Oh oh oh!!! Vik... i saw that thread of the lad building that..... looks awesome! And linking in nicely with Stirling Castle.... i was just reading about "Loupe de Guerre! (War Wolf) .... the largest Trebuchet ever build.... during the Scottish wars of independance for the siege of Stirling Castle in 1304!

Anyway... sorry... didnt want to jump in..... but really cool!

Cheers,

You live in Stirling?
I used to live in Bannockburn till 3 years ago!

Hey Graven, gld to see you got some quality time in with the family and sounds like you had a good birthday too. The Start Trek ships are looking ace too!

Viktor von Domm wrote:threave castle reminds me a bit of the one shown in MP and the holy grail...the French one...tho this obviously wasn´t the one...

a trebuchet or an onagar/catapult? what scale...for the table to throw paperballs...or tabletop...or for your own garden?... interesting project for sure!

its always nice to see that parents allow kids to see castles and suchlike armed... many peeps I know from the pedagogic field are very phobic when it comes to swords and firearms (toys...) kids that age need to feel big... and with a pointy stick in your hand you are bigger then any other derp without said pointy stick...

are you still writing on a blackboard? or do you get these new activity boards in GB? the school I will be doing my internship again after the summer has these... totally chalk free school...(rooms are still messy even without chalk dust tho...)

and...

^ I see you got in there fast!

have been seeing you lurking and posting here and there... so I was curious when you would report back to your own thread ...(also...totally avoiding the "that´s what she said" joke...oh...)

We're going to make a da Vinci catapult, actually. Very cool.

Anything but. I'm very pro my kids having a balanced toy diet look at all of us, we're pretty well adjusted (well...)

I've had a whiteboard pretty much forever. Turns out I'm allergic to chalk I also have an interactive whiteboard . Whizzy.

I'm going to avoid the gag (reflex!)

Camkierhi wrote:Sounds like a great time. Castles are always fun, especially proper castles.

Where is that Dino park dude, might have to scrape together the family and nip there! Any good?

Modelling wise, No worries on the waste dump. Thats life. These tiny ship games are dragging everyone away from proper modelling!!

Look forward to hearing your exploits and seeing some more from you. Trebuchet sounds interesting.

Thanks, dino park is at hatton hall, near Annan. Very good cafe too sorry to let you down on the loer front

Solar_lion wrote:One of the best spots I hit last time I was in GB was Warwick. Thou it's a castle that has seen multiple upgrades and is a combination of periods it has some buildings and upgrades from early moat and Bailey to Victorian. They also have a working trebuchet.

Good hunting in your game!

It is excellent indeed. We have many good castles. Being from the south east I'm a bit spoilt (bodium, hever, etc) but still, the ones up here are great.

Theophony wrote:I wish we had proper castles around here....and dinosaurs

Viktor von Domm wrote:But you have lizards at least...

Nah. I choose castles every time. If I wanted to live somewhere that was trying to kill me, I'd move to Australia.

Llamahead wrote:Hmmm Warwick Castle was definitely better when I was a kid. The Ice House was great although last time I was in the area it was far too expensive for my tastes. Those look a good pair of castles though. When I've been over the border wandering around Kilmartin glen and clambering inside the Neolithic tombs was great fun.

you're old school, you are

Viktor von Domm wrote:mate...you gotta take a look at this...:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/604248.page#7005424

thought you might have an interest for trebuchets...

MagosBiff90 wrote:Hi mate! Happy belated Bday! Glad to hear you had a good one!

Always liked the look of Caerlaverock Castle.... but alas... not made it that far yet! Although i cant complain, having Stirling Castle visable from the house and only 5 mins away really!

Oh oh oh!!! Vik... i saw that thread of the lad building that..... looks awesome! And linking in nicely with Stirling Castle.... i was just reading about "Loupe de Guerre! (War Wolf) .... the largest Trebuchet ever build.... during the Scottish wars of independance for the siege of Stirling Castle in 1304!

Anyway... sorry... didnt want to jump in..... but really cool!

Cheers,

Stirling is amazing, I quite agree. Don't worry about jumping in, I'm glad to being the castle love.

dantay_xv wrote:You live in Stirling?
I used to live in Bannockburn till 3 years ago!

Hey Graven, gld to see you got some quality time in with the family and sounds like you had a good birthday too. The Start Trek ships are looking ace too!

Thanks mucker!

So I had a great night last night.

I got completely monstered by the borg, although it was a lot of fun and only narrowly went against me. I misjudged my suicide run on the borg sphere by 1mm so only managed to lay into with my polaron beam (avoids shields). Although between them 3 jemhadar attack ships seriously dented it, he toasted me. By his own admission though, it was seriously close and had he been running a drone based sphere I'd have also had him (jemhadar are anti-crew). The borg are scarily nasty, but not unstoppable if you approach them right - also, I hadn't specifically meta'd vs Borg, so was really happy with how I coped.

We also played last night on earth - zombie survivor game - playing as the hero team, my borg buddy's wife and I won versus the zombies. Then, a game of Boss Monster, the card game of 8-bit dungeon building which is insanely good fun.

So, good times!

will you use then the kit... there is a modelling range around that produces kits that are designed to look like da vincis builds...if you remember I built a da vinci LoeR monument out of the Vitruvian man...I think their stuff has quite a good quality...

and that reflex should be avoided...tho...do you do that avoiding actively or passive?

and... when you play these games... does your wife join in or is she keeping an eye out for your kids or who watches them then?... I bet that this is quite the fun to have the chance to play such games...

Tis the national gallery's wooden kit we are building, though didn't get started as planned as I had to go and get new sunglasses and spare pair (there goes thisi month's hobby budget )
Less said about reflex the better
I usually game at our local weekly club, G3 (Glasgow Gamers Group), with a core of half a dozen friends from the 50 or so regulars. Most of us are married, but only one of the wives is a gamer. The two of us who have kids have tolerant womenfolks as mine says, I'm intolerable if I don't get my boys night out!