Yeah...I actually like the angler angle

I didn't say I didn't like the idea. I was just curious about who would have a toilet like that.

As a judge, I can't really influence anyone's decision making. But all the ideas have their merits.

Also remembered that I didn't respond to the "small rouge one" thing.
Could also be referred to as the Crimson short one or maybe Ruby Squat.

Well, if it's biological, it could perhaps belong to some 'nids at a stretch, or some other foul xenos, or genetically modified from an indigenous species on some far-flung colony, or chaos...or perhaps it's the 40k equivalent of a D&D mimic I seem to recall I had a penchant for trapping outhouses or stalls in several games I GM'd.

If it's more mechanical in design then it could go Chaos way....

There's a variety of interesting sub-paths that could be taken with the basic premise.

Finally figured out why the necrons are so angry....no waste port in their bodies. They've been plugged up for millennia, and I though constipation was bad. .

He's monkeytroll...a mimic toilet seat...now there is an idea *shudders...*

Hey guys,
Sorry it's been quiet. Been busy with the little guy's birthday, and also been just a bit down.
Anyway, got to build a giant kit:


And cakes 1 &2



Also, cake WIPs


Finally started on my =L_= entry: going with the waste recycling plant.

That's about 30cm a side. Everything will be made from waste


Cya,
graven.

Nice job on the playset. My congrats to Mrs. Graven... her artistry never fails to amaze!

Chin-up mate, 8th Edition is just around the corner! (probably)

"My what big kits you have my dear....."

Were you not tempted to maybe convert the slide into a swinging slide, with maybe flashing lights, searchlights and klaxons on top?

Mistress of the cakes doing a bang up job as usual...that lego cake looks awesome.


Hope the little one had a good time.

Looks like a good base for the waste plant, although I would have liked to see the angler-loo develop.

Hopefully a long weekend will boost your spirits.....

Should see the flyer he's got to use that as a base.......

Cake looks great recycled packaging looks a good start.

Nice cakes. Love the lego one.

Interesting idea with the waste waste depot.

that avengers cake is so freaking awesome... also... with all cakes, your wife does an amazing brilliant colour range... such vibrant colours!!!

the play set was probably a pain to build...tho looks brilliant!...I bet your kid has a lot of fun with it...was the birthday already or is about to happen? and is the play set a present? if so, how did he react when that present is already built and not wrapped in gift packaging? does he accept it as a birthday gift?

the recycling plant is a nice interpretation of the comps theme... looking forward how you go from there...

Hey,
Thanks chaps. Little dude's birthday was Thursday, party today. He happily unwrapped a wee playmobil fire car and police keep, then was blown away when we opened the curtains (I'd moved it out into the garden the night before and wrapped balloons round at 6am).

Still pretty down, lurking mostly here, trying to get my gamer mojo back.

Speaking of which, started adding more crud:

Microtube caps for detailing and those infuriating plastic toy tethers for walkways (will hold metal mini weight, ork for illustration!)
Thinking some cable tidies for pipework next. Going to fill in the gaps with pva for slimy "water". Not sure what to do around the edges, just going to keep scavenging.

LEGO and CAKE - the perfect combination

That recycled card packing thingy is going to perfect for a recyc / purifier type piece... Such interesting shapes all over it - a great find

Must be something in the air with the Hobby doldrums... I just can't get motivated to do anything

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Cheers ruglud - good to know it's not just me!

My word, either there are a lot of 4 yr old Joe's in your area or he's a very hungry (and lucky) child

Happy Birthday to Joe(s)

P.S. LEDs on a cake - Awesome idea

Awwww... sad iron man! :(

Wife goes a bit cake crazy - nursery, family, and party. Previous leds include fire engine and optimus.
@gits yeah angle doesn't do any favours does it?

I think she outdone herself with this one... it´s perfect cartoon work here... did she do the planning herself or did she got help from the web via a template? I think it´s bloody awesome!

I think while RL might hold slippery stones for us all day, hobby work helps me to get calmer and relax a wee bit... that and the kids...I should rather be doing homeworks but I'd be damned if I let a good Saturday evening go to waste like that...

How do i get epic cakes, I want to be 4. Well waste recycling sounds like a good project.

Viktor von Domm wrote:I think she outdone herself with this one... it´s perfect cartoon work here... did she do the planning herself or did she got help from the web via a template? I think it´s bloody awesome!

I think while RL might hold slippery stones for us all day, hobby work helps me to get calmer and relax a wee bit... that and the kids...I should rather be doing homeworks but I'd be damned if I let a good Saturday evening go to waste like that...

She really has blown us all away with this one. She used one of the kids' iron man masks and did it by sight. The hulk fist is my hand! Both made from rice krispie cake, as is mjolnir.

Yeah, rl a bit sucky. Still, have health, job, 2 cracking kids and a lovely missus.

And beer

cormadepanda wrote:How do i get epic cakes, I want to be 4. Well waste recycling sounds like a good project.

I know! My birthday in.a.month wonder what she's planning...

And am.enjoying recycling. Now with pipework


I think zipties for some detailing and fuseblock access ladders!

when I was in my first job I was able to measure 50g of leberwurst...(special greasy meat pasty...) and I was totally precise just by sight and how the material is in your hand... you weigh it and you just know how much you need to cut... it is a talent that comes to you after some time... all hard earned experience... meaning...your wife got a ton of that it seems...
by the way... what LED´s did she use for tinman´s eyes?...could be interesting from a hobby perspective...

well...if lige is still a bit sucky... we´re here to seattalking your day ...

I like your current work on the entry... but it raises some questions... the raised rim... will this be a fence like structure? or wall...or will you build a base for this all and have the rim on ground level and thus the pipes be on ground level too?...

I think the piece needs a big and ugly smoking chimney in the middle... something that father nurgle would be proud of...

also I think the walkways are a tad too narrow...would you agree?...maybe with added railings it could be working better?

Yeah, it's good to dakka-chat

Well, to answer your questions:

There will be a wall around the edge also, made from plastic kitchen foil holders.
I wondered about a smoking chimney or something, but I want it to be a generic (albeit derelict, or at least decrepit) piece. I suspect in the middle will be a hatch.

I'll ask the boss about the LEDs, they have replaceable batteries, which is a winner.

well...I was only speaking of nurgle to underline the filthiness of your facility...

and your speaking of these:



this could work pretty well...


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ah thanks... look forward to that...

Ahh, fuseblock ladders...I mis-read that as using zipties for access ladders to fuseblock details....made me wonder what scale you were working in then.

Suddenly all becomes clear....Tab Clear.

Great use of household items graven. But for reals, those cakes are amazing.

Right, a wall section


An exorcist!


A Chimera!


And Simulacra, oh my!

Looking beautiful as always graven.....the models are nice too .

Are those puppetwars missile launchers? I thought you had big trouble with their stuff. I really want to order some models from them, but I'm afraid they will come ruined before I can even mess them up.

Excellent work graven! You're really cranking them out!

Love the turquoise on the stone gray, Graven.

Nice work on the tanks and Simulacra.
The tracks look a bit too similar in colour to the rest of the tank, are you going to be doing more with them? Might just be the lighting in the photo...?

Nice work on the waste recycling project. Is that wall a section of skirting-board?

On my phone, but everything looks good. Nice job.

Very Cool Sisters

TBH, I just love how your drybrushing technique fits in nicely with the SoBs... It just looks natural on them !

Looking great.

comp entry is very interesting.

soB gear is awesome, and you did pull off a good save on that rocket kit, looking brilliant.

I wonder if the drybrushed grey/ blue mix could be made to look as marble...?

Looking pretty awesome mate!

Theophony wrote:Looking beautiful as always graven.....the models are nice too .

Are those puppetwars missile launchers? I thought you had big trouble with their stuff. I really want to order some models from them, but I'm afraid they will come ruined before I can even mess them up.

Aw shucks They are, and I did. There was an insane amount of milliput, gs, drilling, pinning, sanding and swearing required. But they look purdy.

Gitsplitta wrote:Excellent work graven! You're really cranking them out!

I always was a bit of a crank fits and starts; bursts of stuff. Hoping to get more done Saturday (see below)

Yellowbeard wrote:Love the turquoise on the stone gray, Graven.

Cheers mate; also, you're alive! Bravo! The wife has observed that it's a very girly, Tiffany & Co set of colours. I think that's a complement There is a SoB order that's the Order of the blue something or other, so they're ostensibly that.

Dr H wrote:Nice work on the tanks and Simulacra.
The tracks look a bit too similar in colour to the rest of the tank, are you going to be doing more with them? Might just be the lighting in the photo...?

Nice work on the waste recycling project. Is that wall a section of skirting-board?

1) They are darker but I think they need to be further muddied, liberal application of VJ smokey ink required, I think.
2) Thanks. It is a bacofoil easycut carton, one side of. The rest of it's proving very sticky (labels) so getting it cleaned up just now.

monkeytroll wrote:On my phone, but everything looks good. Nice job.

Am perpetually on my phone Cheers monkey.

Mr Morden wrote:Very Cool Sisters

Thanks, and welcome!

Yggdrasil wrote:TBH, I just love how your drybrushing technique fits in nicely with the SoBs... It just looks natural on them !

Go with what you know, I say It is changing slightly, the use of smokey ink beneath it is really helping add definition.

Camkierhi wrote:Looking great.

comp entry is very interesting.

soB gear is awesome, and you did pull off a good save on that rocket kit, looking brilliant.

Thanks, thanks, and thanks again it saddens me that I wouldn't recommend them though

Viktor von Domm wrote:I wonder if the drybrushed grey/ blue mix could be made to look as marble...?

Well that's sort of what I did for my Weeping Angels, which were essentially a precursor to this colour scheme

Knightley wrote:Looking pretty awesome mate!

Thanks mate, high praise indeed!

So I've not made masses of progress. Wondering what to turn my attentions to off the back of these: wondering about resurrecting/finishing off the rest of my SoB tanks


Have discovered Cartoon HD, a movie app, and so the wife and I are finally catching up on movies that we've missed, Robocop and Looper so far this week. Trying to get out of our rut generally, enjoying movies and time together rather than being distracted by phones/tablets etc.

Still, she's out on Saturday night, so I'm going to make a push on... something. As mentioned, possibly SoB tanks? Some building work on the terrain, obviously, although after the outer walls it's just the doors and detailing on them (no idea what the doors will be made of yet. Clearly, I need more rubbish. Also sitting on my table are the Orks from the band and the Ordo Astartes warband. Or I could distract myself further and build a wee Hereticus warband instead for the wife of the guy who I did the Xenos band for (she wants a female/fire themed band).

Your thoughts appreciated as always! Thanks for all the support in getting me out of my deep blue funk, it's really helped - muchas gracias, and so forth,
graven

Hmmm..be good to see progress on the other tanks.

Also...always a pleasure to see the greenskins get some love

And.... more of the warband would be nice.

Plus..... seeing a new warband take shape is always a welcome sight


Hope that helps you decide



Oh....you could always find something new and unexpected to work on.......

You are a pest

Bit of track work

Good job Graven. That's the ticket.

As for what to do next. I say "Yes". Hope that helps.

But really, do what takes your fancy.

especially do what takes your fancy whenever the blues hits you... even something totally new... clears up the clogged pipes in the brain a treat...

Hmm... I can haz Moar Tanks?

emmm...yes please? ^^

also... did you ever explain how you get that look done?

What, the stone? Prime grey or black and then.paint grey, vj smoke ink into all the shadows, drybrush progressively lighter grey then ivory.
I need to chop the flamer barrels off the metal gunners and replace with melta (plastic rod time!). One needs a top hatch as the outer right tank is staying modular as exorcist/repressor /command tank.

Wot stone boxes not metal boxes the fools the cowards.......

Moar tankz is good

Sisters of armor! great work graven.

Cheers chaps. Decided to muddy the chimera a bit more:


Didn't get much else, chilling with my boys,watching "star wars snow"(empire) at the request of the little dude. Added purple to the tanks:

Really good quality time with family and friends. Makes all the difference.

Here's a question. I don't use the clips from my RoB: does that make them waste, and therefore fair game for using on the league project?

Makes sense to me (Obviously, that may not be of any help as it doesn't necessarily follow that it does indeed make sense )

And little dude obviously has good taste

What are the clips and what are they normally used for?

Normally to hold the sections of the board together. I don't see why not.

After what you pay for the realm of battle sections I'd say yes, but I'm not a judge, and could possibly be luring you into a disqualification

Ah right.
There's no rule against using kit pieces in your entry.

There are extra points for using non-kit pieces over kit pieces. My interpretation of that is that kit pieces are the bits that make up a model in a visual sense and incorporate details "in scale".

The clips, as I see them, are functional, but don't add to the look of the model (in this case the RoB board) and I would say they are non-kit or waste as they are being used for a purpose other than that they are intended.

Sorry been away.

Dr H hit the nail on the head. There is nothing against using kits, in fact you could make an entry using nothing but, say the imperial sector set. But it would carry less points and favour than if you scratch it from misc. parts. Also as far as I know no one actually does a toilet model, bar us lunatics on dakka.

The idea is to encourage people to recycle or repurpose materials and to have a go at scratch building. For a start it is cheaper, then there is the obvious skill used compared to buying a kit and making it.

The clips are a perfect piece of kit to be repurposed in your entry, and I look forward to seeing more work on it soon.

As to your tanks..............AWESOME!

Some day graven... you and I are going to find ourselves at the same place at the same time and we're going to have the BEST 40k game ever! Great work on the tanks. You get the rest of those to look like that chimera and you'll really have a spectacular looking mechanized force!

Nice Vehicle Spearhead !

Remind me, Gits, to speak to you about a most...Graven...issue.

monkeytroll wrote:Makes sense to me (Obviously, that may not be of any help as it doesn't necessarily follow that it does indeed make sense )

And little dude obviously has good taste

Indeed. He watched it again yesterday, too

Dr H wrote:What are the clips and what are they normally used for?

cormadepanda wrote:Normally to hold the sections of the board together. I don't see why not.

Good-o

Theophony wrote:After what you pay for the realm of battle sections I'd say yes, but I'm not a judge, and could possibly be luring you into a disqualification

I see what you did there

Dr H wrote:Ah right.
There's no rule against using kit pieces in your entry.

There are extra points for using non-kit pieces over kit pieces. My interpretation of that is that kit pieces are the bits that make up a model in a visual sense and incorporate details "in scale".

The clips, as I see them, are functional, but don't add to the look of the model (in this case the RoB board) and I would say they are non-kit or waste as they are being used for a purpose other than that they are intended.

Huzzah!

Camkierhi wrote:Sorry been away.

Dr H hit the nail on the head. There is nothing against using kits, in fact you could make an entry using nothing but, say the imperial sector set. But it would carry less points and favour than if you scratch it from misc. parts. Also as far as I know no one actually does a toilet model, bar us lunatics on dakka.

The idea is to encourage people to recycle or repurpose materials and to have a go at scratch building. For a start it is cheaper, then there is the obvious skill used compared to buying a kit and making it.

The clips are a perfect piece of kit to be repurposed in your entry, and I look forward to seeing more work on it soon.

As to your tanks..............AWESOME!

Thanks mate, and many thanks for kind tank words!

Gitsplitta wrote:Some day graven... you and I are going to find ourselves at the same place at the same time and we're going to have the BEST 40k game ever! Great work on the tanks. You get the rest of those to look like that chimera and you'll really have a spectacular looking mechanized force!

Give it 28 years, till I retire and can live a life of leisure!


Apologies for cruddy pic, last lot of turq-on-a-tank:


And here are the clips:


TBH, I have no idea what to use them for!

Spent a chunk of time making new melta barrels for the immolators out of styrene rods left over from caking; decided they were too thick :( going to try a balloon stick next. Not going to be able to cut horizontal grooves in that, though, so might try just freehanding them!
Cheers y'all,
graven

I'd use a dremel for the groves, fix the dremel in a vice and then it might be manageable...

Isn't empire strikes back a bit of a rough time for a four years old?...just asking as a fellow father as well as a pedagogical worker...my kids were five at least but it all depends on how far your kid is in understanding ...the carbonization scene was particularly intense...


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Also those clips say monorail train to me...

They look wide enough to be walkway panels!

As to grooves. Cut one length full, then cut another into strips glued on with gaps. Curvature should be ok. and there you have grooves. Just a suggestion.


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Give it 28 years, till I retire and can live a life of leisure!

Tou are in modern Britain matey, retirement will be 90 by the time you get there!

Can they be used a pallets?

Urinals

Yggdrasil wrote:Nice Vehicle Spearhead !

Dang missed this! Thanks mate!

Briancj wrote:Remind me, Gits, to speak to you about a most...Graven...issue.

uh-oh...

Viktor von Domm wrote:I'd use a dremel for the groves, fix the dremel in a vice and then it might be manageable...

Isn't empire strikes back a bit of a rough time for a four years old?...just asking as a fellow father as well as a pedagogical worker...my kids were five at least but it all depends on how far your kid is in understanding ...the carbonization scene was particularly intense...


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Also those clips say monorail train to me...

They are proving tricky. Maybe that's the way to do it.
Little guy loves it, although he does shout "oh no! He's a bad daddy" at

Same age I saw it at. Warped for life
Also, monorail, monorail, MONORAIL!

Camkierhi wrote:They look wide enough to be walkway panels!

As to grooves. Cut one length full, then cut another into strips glued on with gaps. Curvature should be ok. and there you have grooves. Just a suggestion.

You are in modern Britain matey, retirement will be 90 by the time you get there!

Interesting ideas. Also, I'm teacher, I can retire early. Say, 89?

Solar_lion wrote:Can they be used a pallets?

Ooh, versatile!

Theophony wrote:Urinals

I swear that was my original, first thought for the contest

Not much to report, wife out again (it's good for her, and builds geek credit ) but golds and browns blocked in :


Next will be to filth the lot!

monorail is such a classic theme...my neckhairs instantly stand up thinking about james bond...and lol... your lil one has the full inside view on one dark lord

Some one has been watchin too much simpsons

Your tanks are shaping up nicely.

Viktor von Domm wrote:monorail is such a classic theme...my neckhairs instantly stand up thinking about james bond...and lol... your lil one has the full inside view on one dark lord

Yeah, so many options. I think I'm going to.use them to brace the external walls. And yeah, if anything he's more of star wars fan than his big brother

Miss Dee wrote:Some one has been watchin too much simpsons

Not possible

cormadepanda wrote:Your tanks are shaping up nicely.

Cheers! The filthy is time consuming so I'm going to focus on the tanks one at a time from here.

Also, I cut the walls to the right length:

I'm using the plastic sawdust to add texture to the surfaces also. I think the clips will become braces, as I said. Still not found the right waste for the doors though. Have scavenged a couple of old printer cartridges. As they're interesting shapes for something maybe.

I will think about door shaped junk....

on second thought... plastic yogurt pots...cut the rim off and you have a door frame?...depending on the shape... you might get a nice decently shaped hex to square form there of...

Bottle caps for bulkhead hatch style doors?

GW paint lids for opening doors

Sprue for door-frames?

Tape reels cut in half for archways?

Off-cut coners of packaging for porches?

Stuff for something?

Other stuff for something else?

Stuff for something?

Other stuff for something else?


splendid!

Viktor von Domm wrote:I will think about door shaped junk....

on second thought... plastic yogurt pots...cut the rim off and you have a door frame?...depending on the shape... you might get a nice decently shaped hex to square form there of...

That's a really interesting idea

monkeytroll wrote:Bottle caps for bulkhead hatch style doors?

GW paint lids for opening doors

Sprue for door-frames?

Tape reels cut in half for archways?

Off-cut coners of packaging for porches?

Stuff for something?

Other stuff for something else?

Had thought about sprue - will be some left from the clips - and paint lids just didn't quite work. You can see we have similar thought patterns (eep). Tape reels is interesting.

Viktor von Domm wrote:Stuff for something?

Other stuff for something else?


splendid!

Stuff for the throne of stuff!

A couple of quicky tanky wips for you treadheads, working on the immolator. Just starting to come back from muck.


Do you like its multimelta btw? An experiment...
Still,
graven

You know... that immolator could be turned into a privy pretty easily if you wanted to enter the 40k-toilet competition. Just sayin'...

The Emperors Chamber Pot.

i like the multi melta, but could someone explain me why the upper handles are blue? or glowing can´t really tell...

Nice work Graven.

Just realised that your tank has eyes (headlights) and a mouth (dozer) like mine. Just imagine the children...

vik - I think they're blue as that's the spot colour on all the SOB stuff, it's just decoration.

Either that or the sister's arms are made of plasma, and various little parts on the vehicles are in critical meltdown stage



No, the paint lids aren't all that - although the older flip-top versions may be more useful - the black plastic ones on the hexaganol pots - they look slightly more useful



oh god...please, won't someone think of the children

Gitsplitta wrote:You know... that immolator could be turned into a privy pretty easily if you wanted to enter the 40k-toilet competition. Just sayin'...

Miss Dee wrote:The Emperors Chamber Pot.

Viktor von Domm wrote:i like the multi melta, but could someone explain me why the upper handles are blue? or glowing can´t really tell...

Holdover from when they used to be heavy flamers.

Dr H wrote:Nice work Graven.

Just realised that your tank has eyes (headlights) and a mouth (dozer) like mine. Just imagine the children...

Eek

monkeytroll wrote:vik - I think they're blue as that's the spot colour on all the SOB stuff, it's just decoration.

Either that or the sister's arms are made of plasma, and various little parts on the vehicles are in critical meltdown stage


No, the paint lids aren't all that - although the older flip-top versions may be more useful - the black plastic ones on the hexaganol pots - they look slightly more useful

oh god...please, won't someone think of the children

Oh, definitely meltdown no, indeed, spot colour.

I may have gone and done something stupid:






Prepaints, though, so no extra work.

Well, maybe a wash.

And some osl.

*sigh*

Star Tekkin' across the universe
Always going forward cos we can't find reverse
Star trekkin' across the universe
Boldly going forwards in our grimdark universe!!

They look cool, although I have no idea what race they are from!!

And no trying not to think of the children or tanks bumping dozers!!! Aaargh my brain!!

Sorry melt down over..

Dominion:
Jem'hadar Battleship
Hideki fighters (cardassian)
Gor Portas (Breen)

We'll have to eventually play graven, Star Trek versus my Star Wars. I watched the Klingons get owned by the empire a few months ago .

The problem with the trek ships are they are the wrong size.

Good job on that WizKids.

Tho FFG did the solid job on the star wars ones.

so you opted for the evil ones it seems graven....tststs...hmmm... and thanks for explaining...

Theophony wrote:We'll have to eventually play graven, Star Trek versus my Star Wars. I watched the Klingons get owned by the empire a few months ago .

I'll take you up on that ;(

Miss Dee wrote:The problem with the trek ships are they are the wrong size.

Good job on that WizKids.

Tho FFG did the solid job on the star wars ones.

By and large, they're not too bad. The battleship could be a little bigger, and jem fighter's definitely too large, but most of the ships were fine up until voyager tos enterprise is tiny!
The Borg, however, are pretty crazy broken. Still, I really like the dominion ships and I am a sucker for ds9 stuff generally *shrug*.


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@Vik - always actually it's that I always like to play different play styles in different armies.

Bit of progress

Shine a light... or two while you're at it...

I bet that's what Dr H's predator is saying
Now here's a question: could I make one of these:

Out of a necron scarab? The official game on is way too big. I have the cards, so could use it as a playable ship in game...

Sounds feasible....and then you can turn that into a gun drone for 40k

My Predator would like to compliment your tank on her smashing paint job.

Interesting little ships.
Worth a shot at a scarab version.

Hey, sorry I'm off the grid just now. Busy with work finishing up for the year. Did get a major score of trek stuff of eBay so pics to follow shortly.

Like I said star wars is the better scale.

@Miss Dee:

So polished off the Dialogus, but not happy with it. I feel that generally my painting's taken a dip of late. This is at least in part because of suffering from cramps and other pain in my right hand and wrist, which is at times causing it to lock up completely. As a result, I feel like I'm having to take short cuts and rush things, or just work around the pain. Yes, I appreciate I should go and get it looked at.

Anyway, that's been a major factor as to why I've not been working on the Orks etc - I want to do them justice - and why stuff has slowed also.

Hey ho, sorry for the little whinge there,
graven

I expect you write a lot with your hand...aka handwriting... it is to be expected... which is a bummer....and I also suggest to pay a visit to your doc of your trust... this sounds not good... might be several reasons and all that I could come up with are graven... (no pun intended...well a bit maybe^^)...

after a certain age these small hassles age gifts us with can sum up to real nastiness...which you as a father certainly don´t need ontop of everything...

Repetative strane injery

Yeah, hand and wrist injuries tend to affect P&M stuff....does sound similar to some RSI issues I had a few years back from spending long hours with my hand on a mouse. Supports, rest and getting it checked out for any underlying causes are the way forward....but I expect that's not news to you

So many awesome tanks! they are so different with the way you re-design them into your own view of what you want to see trundling through the battlefields defending humanity! loving the colours too, looks really complimentary together!

I suspect you guys are right. Writing on a board doesn't help :-/ it's when it locks up that's it's a real problem. Still, been.okay last couple of days. Another job interview Monday, so trying to be positive and focused.

Anyway for all you treadheads (cheers damo )

Dirty.girls
Smoke liberally applied. Always scared at this stage cos they just look a mess!
Next, dirt...

Your Motoring Cavalcade is looking great.

Good luck on Monday, hope all goes well with the interview!!

Good luck with the interview and the battle chapels are thundering along

We're expending plentiful faith points with regards to your ability to succesfully weather the motor pool

And good luck for Monday!

Be sure of my crossed fingers!
And I know what you mean with fearing that certain stage in painting....that's why most of my tanks are all mint instead of weathered...as I chicken out of this kind of job...

The dirty girls are looking good so far Graven.

We'll keep praying here buddy. You keep painting their, the sisters are looking great

Thanks for kind words and thoughts y'all. For that, some saucy, sticky sisters on their backs:

Best wishes for Monday.

Those tanks look really dirty.

Good work Graven and good luck.

Thanks chaps!
Started cleanup:



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Also, got Talisman from the kids for dad's day

Lucky bugger!!

Nice tank, the waethering along the bottom is more subtle than the others.

Her bottom has simply received the next lot of attention - the others will get there too eventually.

Ah so you're a bottom man?

Oioioi...behave the lot of Ye!...

I'd add to the conversation, but my 10' pole seems to have gone missing.

^i've got a spare Theo!

 inmygravenimage wrote:
Her bottom has simply received the next lot of attention - the others will get there too eventually.

Stop looking at my BOTTOM

'I like tank butts and I can not lie...'

Don't you need that spare for your next calendar shoot Damo?

Now that's a cool father's day present

Indeed, I am a lucky guy. Just back from inlaws where there was beer and pizza.
Meanwhile...

Ooh what a lovely pair...

Must... resist..... gnnnnggghhhh!!!!

They do look like rolling shrines

They do indeed! very nice.. Now get them finished so we can see them in action!

dantay_xv wrote:Must... resist..... gnnnnggghhhh!!!!

Don't strain yourself there mate

shasolenzabi wrote:They do look like rolling shrines

Job done then!

Solar_lion wrote:They do indeed! very nice.. Now get them finished so we can see them in action!

Very good to hear! And, yes boss!

Didn't get the job, which sucks, but really good feedback. Staying positive!

Sorry to hear about the job, but glad to hear your takin positive . I know from experience how you can get down while looking. Keep up the awesomeness of work on the tanks, it will be such an amazing army when completed.

Sucks on the job front amigo....but all is rockin' on the tank front

That's a beautiful pair you have there. Look brillant.

Soz about the job. Keep at it, it works out, promise.

PM sent...


and the rolling shrines look ace!

Thanks gang. More tank pics anon, trying to get them presentable.

As for the job thing, I couldn't really have done more than I did. Frustrating, but such is life. Your support is appreciated as always!

Graven, keep in mind it is a employer's market with the crazy economy we are saddled with, keep plugging away!

Those battle shrines will intimidate the opposition!

Bad news about the job. At least you did get feedback. Keep trying.

Good news about the tanks. Looking nice.

Support provided! I do like how the tanks are coming out. Have a nice amount of detail and originality in them.

For all your kindness, a light dusting:

It's very hard to get promoted in teaching, so just have to keep plugging away - next interview on Tuesday, my birthday - Yay :;
Breaking out the attack wing tonight!

Its a good time, you get the best gifts. Like the light dusting.

*takes notes...*

well...that might be a good omen...

also...you still have enough schools left in your neighbourhood?

Sorry about the job.. Maybe you should move here to.. ummmm. Wisconson.. yeah. great weather ( for 1/2 of the year ) and the friendlyist of people. We could occasionaly maybe get in a few ... say games.... or such.

Just saying!

oh.. and Git lives here too.. How convenient.

Just saying

( ps.. we like cake as well!) Win win !

Yep... that would solve all your problems. Move here. Trust me.

Believe me, the wife and I have talked about it on more than one occasion. If we were to emigrate anywhere, tbh, NZ would be most likely as it's relatively easy to switch into their school system for both the kids and me, and as a medical professional her likewise.

But not going to happen any time soon, alas.

Anyhoo, had a great night with my buddies, getting some extra odds and sods for my Dominion fleet (and the Lego Ecto-1, whee!).

I took a couple of pics of our game:

So me in the corner with a Jem'hadar battleship under Dukat and Gor Portas (Breen Warship) uprated to Flagship status and full of Breen. Up against a tricked out Voyager and Equinox, 2 lots of Klingons, and a Romulan stealth swarm.

Mostly, the Klingons went after the Feds and I tried not to get outmaneuvered by Roms (one of our local TOs, metropolis).


Learned a lot, really enjoyed it, as did the other newb purple_snap (wearing the reverse flash T) playing Klingons.

We ended up piling into the Romulans, and a good time was had by all. The fact that in casual play locally folk stick to single faction adds to the enjoyment: it's clear there are some preposterous combos. Funnily, it reminds me of Warmahordes in some ways - it's almost a card game with models. However, the maneuver side of the game is really interesting, highly tactical, and very very entertaining. More will follow, I suspect.

personally me and my family have talked about getting away from Germany , but each discussion always makes us shy away from a final decision...it´s dull here but mostly secure...and that counts for a lot on most days to be honest...

cool...the game looks fun and I bet there is lots of cinematic brain theatre (kopf kino...in german)... going on ...

yesterday my son felix and I had a game of felix/ lego hammer... we took some handfuls of lego star wars minis and played a game after rules of our own design... lots of fun for the both of us...and I am rather proud of my son for coming up with that idea on his own...

We used to play SFB in college... but never with minis. That looks like great fun.

Its Better with Star Wars .....

Noooo... don't emigrate!!

The Star Trek game looks ace and reminds me a wee bit of X-Wing. It would be nice to see how the 2 game mechanics match up against each other. And the mat you used for the game looks really cool, where did you get it from??

I take ti you are the one behind the camera and not the guy on the phone beside reverse flash??

I need a gaming group near me

The rules were done by FFG and ST is out of scale

Scale shmale!!
You're talking to "heroic" scaled collecting wargamer geeks here. We know not of what this thing you call "scale" is!!

Yellowbeard has the Star wars game..He keeps prompting to get in a game. Lots of folks have switched from playing 40k to these games. I'm guessing due to cost.

Ok.. the offer is always open. Wisconson ( it only snows half of the year)!! Did I mention we both like cake?

Hey Solar, you and Gits could always emigrate here where it only rains 2/3rd of the year & snows the other 1/3rd... and no tornadoes, plus you could always visit for cake!!

It goes Lowest rating goes first highest shoots first and it is fun

 dantay_xv wrote:
Hey Solar, you and Gits could always emigrate here where it only rains 2/3rd of the year & snows the other 1/3rd... and no tornadoes, plus you could always visit for cake!!

Intresting, but too small of a land mass. Hope to be visiting the big Island in a few years at least. It's been 4 years since I got back there. I hope to hit the nothern part next trip. I'll consider luring Graven on the plane with sweets and beer! The rest of his family with money!

Hahahaha..... sounds like a devious plan!! Or maybe he'll lure you to stay with single malt scotch whiskies & your family with highland toffee

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
personally me and my family have talked about getting away from Germany , but each discussion always makes us shy away from a final decision...it´s dull here but mostly secure...and that counts for a lot on most days to be honest...

cool...the game looks fun and I bet there is lots of cinematic brain theatre (kopf kino...in german)... going on ...

yesterday my son felix and I had a game of felix/ lego hammer... we took some handfuls of lego star wars minis and played a game after rules of our own design... lots of fun for the both of us...and I am rather proud of my son for coming up with that idea on his own...

Move here vik, you can move into my basement for the time being, think of all the fun we'll have spelunking for minis. And our kids could hang out too . No time limit on the offer. My wife might have something to say, but we'll win her over. Plus I could practice my terribad German again .

Too small a land mass? How much stuff would you be bringing over with you SL?

X-wing and Star Fleet both look a lot of fun - just like flying spaceships around the bedroom shouting pew-pew at your mates (Which, yes, I know is basically the premise behind all our wargaming shenanigans )

Are there rules for things such as asteroids, the mutara nebula and tholian webs?

Don't know about the Star Trek rules, but here's rules or asteroids in x-wing. I think there's planets in Star Trek, since the ships are a larger scale.

 dantay_xv wrote:
Hey Solar, you and Gits could always emigrate here where it only rains 2/3rd of the year & snows the other 1/3rd... and no tornadoes, plus you could always visit for cake!!

^ I heard somewhere that we have the most tornadoes in the world actually - but they are small so no one cares.

That star trek game is giving me a nerd-attack just looking at it.

Sweet games. You can move to New Mexico... not as much meth as advertized.

 cormadepanda wrote:
Sweet games. You can move to New Mexico... not as much meth as advertized.

Not a salesperson are you , oh wait we're being good citizens.....move along

Or are you suggesting he take up a new trade a la Breaking Bad?

 monkeytroll wrote:
Too small a land mass? How much stuff would you be bringing over with you SL?

Not as much about stuff as it is space to roam. I have all the 10 acres a man can mow. I can always go someplace I've never been! Just going to Gits house is a short 3 hr hop. (in my pick'em up truk – won’t fit on your roads as well) ), Endless opportunity. Fresh air, snow, more snow, damn more snow! Only set back (in my local area) is a lack of cool Dakka folks to game with and someone to keep our American bellys full of cake!

you guys are proper crazy. I love you all. In a rude way.

Trek is licensed by WizKids from FFG. Basically the same game. The major difference is Trek has ostensibly more variety in terms of factions. Scale is a bit off (I'll be making some jem'hadar attack ships out of scarabs), romulans are a bit weak but other factions pretty balanced except for Borg who, sadly, are ridiculous.

Tholian web is a scenario tournament. As is often the way with WizKids, their prize support is a bit crazy and there's a lot of creep.

BUT the game play is excellent. It's a capital ship maneuver game followed by brutal combat. Wars, as a fighter level game, more about maneuver and formations - precision strikes against light targets.

 weetyskemian44 wrote:

 dantay_xv wrote:
Hey Solar, you and Gits could always emigrate here where it only rains 2/3rd of the year & snows the other 1/3rd... and no tornadoes, plus you could always visit for cake!!

^ I heard somewhere that we have the most tornadoes in the world actually - but they are small so no one cares.

+

if you saw one here you would sooo care! Almost everything is bigger in Americia. Tornados, Debt, Food servings, Git's blog....ect.

That was the only thing I disliked about London was the rain,, oh and all the bloody tourists! Ok two things! Best Fish & Chips I ever had and the drunk Italian girl who kept falling down were some of the highlights. ( Many Many others as well. Loads of touristy stuff to do! )


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 cormadepanda wrote:
Sweet games. You can move to New Mexico... not as much meth as advertized.

I can't wait till I see that on the signs telling you you have entered the state. ' Welcome to New Mexico, Not as much Meth as advertized'

That's cause you're thinking on the wrong scale SL. You say roam, but you mean drive Over here when we roam, we really roam, we wander, we walk, we experience

However, you will have to live in a house the size of your dining room, with a yard that is pretty much a square yard of land

Cause it's such a big place you have to drive, Other wise you have to camp on the way to to store and camp on the way back.

You gotta have more land so you can build things your neighbor's hate to look at everyday of their lives, or will take you along time to do with loud power equipment; so you have to start real early in the morning or way into the wee hrs of the night!

You have to have space for you boat, truck, snowmobiles, ATV's Jet skies, tractor, riding lawnmower, Classic muscle car, motorcycles ( both off road and on ). You know the essentials!

You can take back your blog anytime now Graven!

No RV

Theophony wrote:

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
personally me and my family have talked about getting away from Germany , but each discussion always makes us shy away from a final decision...it´s dull here but mostly secure...and that counts for a lot on most days to be honest...

cool...the game looks fun and I bet there is lots of cinematic brain theatre (kopf kino...in german)... going on ...

yesterday my son felix and I had a game of felix/ lego hammer... we took some handfuls of lego star wars minis and played a game after rules of our own design... lots of fun for the both of us...and I am rather proud of my son for coming up with that idea on his own...

Move here vik, you can move into my basement for the time being, think of all the fun we'll have spelunking for minis. And our kids could hang out too . No time limit on the offer. My wife might have something to say, but we'll win her over. Plus I could practice my terribad German again .

that sounds so cliché American psycho... locking up someone for fun games in the cellar....er...er...er...pffffff.....

back to business indeed graven... fire at your own time^^

*cough* NZ FTW *cough* the major downside to NZ is:

1 - takes fricken ages to get here from anywhere (yes even a four hour flight from our neighbour Aussie
2 - Cost of 40k is something stupid
3 - none of the wild life is out to kill you, oh wait that's not a downside
4 - I'm here

Would actually love to live in the UK, at least for part of my life. Don't think that's very likely... but still. I think I'd enjoy it immensely.

 monkeytroll wrote:
That's cause you're thinking on the wrong scale SL. You say roam, but you mean drive Over here when we roam, we really roam, we wander, we walk, we experience

However, you will have to live in a house the size of your dining room, with a yard that is pretty much a square yard of land

What like this?

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=bduJXzfjHRA

Happy birthday old grunt...! and may fortuna smile upon ye for your upcoming date to destiny! I cross my fingers for you!

Happy Birthday Graven.

The Star Trek game looks really fun.

Happy burpday old friend

Happy Birthday sir.

Oh and he is ours, mitts off.

 Camkierhi wrote:
Happy Birthday sir.

Oh and he is ours, mitts off.

Free market.....

Happy Bday brother!

Happy bday dude!

Happy Birthday Graven.

Happy Birthday fella!!
May the dice gods/force/whatever the trekkers believe in be with you!!

Aw thanks you lot. It's actually this coming Tuesday but because Tuesdays are gaming night my usual crowd celebrated it with me Tuesday just there.
The fact that I have another job interview the same day only adds to the masochistic fun (I clearly have a deldar streak )

Ah, I'll have forgotten by next Tuesday, so Happy Birthday now

Good luck on your Birthday, and happy interview. I know I'm early on both.







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d´oh...
totally misunderstood that...

My best on your birthday graven. May your next year be an excellent one!

Thanks for all the love gang, couple.of quickies to tied you over, proper pics anon:







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oh man... I am afraid I am loosing nerd points... I have no idea what star trek ships these are....

but I know where I stand with your tanks

Left to right:
jem'hadar battleship, jem'hadar attack ships, cardassian galor warships, and then top to bottom cardassian Hideki fighters, breen warship, cardassian keldon.warship.

Oh, and glad you approve of the tank.corps

breen.....


hmmm now where have I seen that look already...?

Yeah, Trek homage to Wars - awesome
So, a glowy ship for them:

The peg goes into a completely blue section, which is supposed to be the navigational deflector, so I tidied that up a bit:


Bit blurry on this, sorry:


I still think for scale cron scarabs would be good...
Very blurry (pesky macro settings) but wanted to show the extensive engine repaint:


And the battleship, which I'm really happy with:

And on its lovely black flagship stand too

I'll put pics of the Cardies later, I'm going to try to a side-by-side with un-repainted so you can see the difference.


And the Order of Azure Robe (cos order of the Blue Robe sounds dumb), which meant freehanding (eek) ankhs.

The old faithful Chimera:


And the whole lot of them (just before the other exorcist lost its left launcher )


Individual pics to follow, work calls!

Oh, alright, quickly now:
2 Immolators:



]


And one exorcist:




And the other (3rd one fell over):



Interior shot:

and command mode!


Also - had great game of Talisman with the wife and kids yesterday. Got hosed!

Well the tanks look amazing.

Trek stuff looks great, love the look of the models.

George Lucas was pleased that after many years, he got to be part of Star Trek, His special effects groups worked on ST: TNG, ST: DS9, ST: Voyager and Enterprise.Plus the movies up until they got the trek reboot with JJ Abrams
Maybe even then they got a slice of that pie too

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!

All, good.

Visits to the museums, and castles, and the Dominion fleet

Cheers mate! Fleet has now expanded with promo Breen Ship and may have accidentally just got the attack ship from the collective OP from eBay for a steal. Oops. Well, there's only one other dominion ship due this year anyway...

So having a chilled day with my big boy today. We're going to make a pirate ship, and possibly that catapult, although he's all transformed up at the moment having seen #4 yesterday (not bad, too long, some great bits and nice nods). Also, I started building up his future: traded off my various orks and csm (which I'll never, ever use) for 30 SW, 7 SW termies, various characters, a LRC, a pred, a HB Razor and a Typhoon. I'm resigned to that fact that small boys always love giant super death men so I'm gradually building them up a sizeable force.

Enjoying my holidays. Not doing much, tbh, just relaxed. Off to my folks for a few days, and then back for the Commonwealth games. Am liking building fleets for STAW: it appeals to my CCG head a little bit, and variety is a good thing.

Hey ho,
graven

So SW it is now ? Great !

Not for me, you understand smacks of jumping on bandwagon, doesn't it? They've been moved to the garage into the big box of SM. There's a vindicator in the SW stuff also, and I have sprues upon sprues of SM, scouts, bikes etc. 2 SM armies, essentially, for them to play with. Oh, and it's a LRR, not a LRC. Shucks.

I also got, as part of the deal, about a dozen Steel Legion, including 2 GLs and 2 plasmas, a captain, a rocket team and a couple of what look like heavy bolter gunners if anyone's interested? Dibs here first for reasonable cash monies or trade to boost the boys' legions.

If you dont already have the rulebook, are you getting StormClaw, will net you a small rulebook a campaign book to get him started and a few SW's and orks for fun. I am sure the grots could come in usefu for some konvershuns!

And welcome back, its been quiet around here without ya!!

Yeah yeah I had got it !

LRR has its uses too, I'm sure

As for Steel Legion, models are nice, but I now steer clear off metal models... Too bad, for I could have been interested...

So no more outstanding base decor for your sisters then with orky rock bands and suchlike? Aww...shuks...

dantay_xv wrote:If you dont already have the rulebook, are you getting StormClaw, will net you a small rulebook a campaign book to get him started and a few SW's and orks for fun. I am sure the grots could come in usefu for some konvershuns!

And welcome back, its been quiet around here without ya!!

Well, D's only 6 1/2, and though a smart cookie, I'm not going down the road yet. I know gitsplitta started his boys off a 9 & 6, so that's my vague plan - although I am seriously thinking about writing a simple rules set: 40Kidz, as it were. Just use a handful of marines to introduce the basic mechanics of movement (you can stand still and shoot, move 6" and shoot, or run twice this far and attack if you reach him), shooting (you need a total of 7 to hit, if he's in range of this stick), assaulting (roll a better total than him) and saving (3+, they're SM). They can both handle Talisman (bearing in mind that J's only 4), so this should be feasible.

Yggdrasil wrote:Yeah yeah I had got it !

LRR has its uses too, I'm sure

As for Steel Legion, models are nice, but I now steer clear off metal models... Too bad, for I could have been interested...

Tres bien LRR is a big tank. What more could a kid want? And hey, if he does get playing, that's at least £50 I've just saved myself.

Viktor von Domm wrote:So no more outstanding base decor for your sisters then with orky rock bands and suchlike? Aww...shuks...

Fear not, true believer: an audit of my SoB is on the cards for today, as it happens

We're currently without any fear... The kids just watched what felt like a day worth of telly seeing the ceremony of the home coming of the team...lunacy all over and everywhere...

And if you're interested I could write down the rules of our Felix hammer game...you can't get more easy than this...

Yeah, that would be good


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Catapult succefully test fired to a range of 4m/14ft! Wee pirate ship built with only one small tantrum.(don't ask whose).
And sob audit reveals I have:
3 exorcists (1 can be swapped out as a repressor)
3 Immolator (mm)
Avenger
Celestine
10 seraphim with BP
3 seraphim with flamers
1 seraphim superior with plasma pistol and power sword
1 seraphim superior with bp and power sword
20 sob with bolter
3 sob with melta
3 sob with plasma
3 sob with flamer
4 sob with heavy bolters
Sister Superior with icon and combi flamer
2 Sister Superior with power sword and bolter
2 penitent engines
Chimera w flamer & multi laser
Uriah
9 death cult
Rhino
5 priests (3 plasma)
2 simulacra bearers
1 standard bearer
Dialogus
Hospitalier
Cannoness with flail



Now where to start

Oooh, getting the little ones into it, thats one thing I am really hanging out for with my little guy

Should be tons of fun!

Yup
Picture evidence:


And steels, if folk are interested :

Btw, 4G uploads unbelievably fast!

Nice catapult.

You also seem to have Stellar Commander Macharius in your steel stash

Dr H wrote:Nice catapult.

Thank ye, I expect to see the Mad Scientist's legions with one now

Yggdrasil wrote:You also seem to have Stellar Commander Macharius in your steel stash

Really? Is that the bloke down the bottom right? Cool.

A general question: any of you lot (americans, primarily) going to Gencon? Wizkids are giving out an Attack Wing Promo card pack, and I don't want to sell my soul to eBay (or worse, the OT forums). There are times when I miss being a DCM... sigh.

yep It is

Ah, no, it's Gaunt. He of the Ghosts.


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Decided to offload my Kasrkin as well, stuff is in trade forum.

Meantime, Sisters!

 inmygravenimage wrote:
And sob audit reveals I have:
3 exorcists (1 can be swapped out as a repressor)
3 Immolator (mm)
Avenger
Celestine
10 seraphim with BP
3 seraphim with flamers
1 seraphim superior with plasma pistol and power sword
1 seraphim superior with bp and power sword
20 sob with bolter
3 sob with melta
3 sob with plasma
3 sob with flamer
4 sob with heavy bolters
Sister Superior with icon and combi flamer
2 Sister Superior with power sword and bolter
2 penitent engines
Chimera w flamer & multi laser
Uriah
9 death cult
Rhino
5 priests (3 plasma)
2 simulacra bearers
1 standard bearer
Dialogus
Hospitalier
Cannoness with flail

Wow. good size.. Now we require a Game and Bat rep!

Haha ready for Apoc mate !

^ Ha! Hardly! Best I can manage from that lot is just over 1600:

HQ
135 Celestine
100 Jacoba
125 5 priests (3 combiplasma)
=390

Troops
75 5 sisters 1 flamer, 1 heavy flamer
60 Immolator, multimelta
75 5 sisters 1 flamer, 1 heavy flamer
60 Immolator, multimelta
265 20 sisters 1 combi flamer, 1 flamer, 1 heavy flamer
=535

Fast Attack
155 10 seraphim, 2 with hand flamers
115 5 Dominion 1 combi melta, 4 melta
60 Immolator, multimelta
=330

Heavy Support
250 2 exorcists
150 Avenger
=400

1625

Granted,I could add/ally enough =][= and gk to get to crazy numbers

I do feel like, now I have an idea of how they're going to be as an army, I have a desire to actually paint! So am down at my folks for a few days for their anniversary but am going to be stuck in the house for the next fortnight thanks to the sodding commonwealth games, so you never know...

This is not to say I have been ideal, oh no. I'm now writing for the excellent http://bigcomicpage.com as a reviewer (all the free comics I can eat!) So do please go check it out!


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Oh, @ SL - fnar. That's what she said.

I had thought that many Sisters would go much higher than 1600+...

That's pretty nice !

Also, could you explain what "fnar" means to non-English readers ?

Fnar would indicate some kind of smutty double entendre.

 inmygravenimage wrote:
Fnar would indicate some kind of smutty double entendre.

Do you realize that doesn't even begin to explain what it could possibly mean ?

Rude jokes based on double meaning. Solar_lion commented on the size of my army, I commented that that was what the lady had admired. Fnar might also be considered as a.python esque. Nudge nudge wink wink say no more!

I was more about the "meaning" of fnar, as I had got the "that's what she said"

Thanks to urbandictionary.com for the extra explanation

Castle pics look great graven. Reminds me of my one trip to the UK... though the only castle-type object I got near was Clifford's Tower in York. (sad panda)

Great to see the young'uns soaking up some of their country's rich history.

1600pts is a good size, just need a few more to get that 2k juicy bits.

Tbh, sadly, I think I might offload my sisters. Whilst they're a self-contained force, I have (a) too much stuff and (b) no £$. Also, their resale value is still high.

Hmm will you ever want to replace them if so keep them if not well......

Not your Sisters!!

Nooooooooooo!!! (Like Anakin/Darth but not so wimpy and emo, more shock and outrage )

Well, the fun is the building, eh? I never, ever play 40k, and I really need to.shift stuff. Hey, I have 5k of GKs gathering dust...

Nooooo at 05:01

Too late - in the swap.shop now

This travousty must not come to pass, you must not!!!

I could delete the listing....

 whalemusic360 wrote:
I could delete the listing....

By the power of Swapmodhood, I demand... well, ask... erh, well, implore you to delete it !!!

Oh wow....WM levelled up...congrats!

Grats indeed wm 360!


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But, no. Tbh the GKs will probably go too.

GK's you say.....

....er....this sounds like you´re chucking out everything you own....what will stay with you?...sounds like your in for selling even your kidney or your firstborn too....

first orks, now sisters and the GK too....graven times...

Pretty much. I have boxes and boxes of stuff in the garage. There's still thousands of points of mentors and other sm.

Just to let you know Im getting rid of my DA

 inmygravenimage wrote:
Pretty much. I have boxes and boxes of stuff in the garage. There's still thousands of points of mentors and other sm.

well....but they´re just marines....you know...? ... it´s like rice... you eat yourself full but are hungry for more after half an hour....

Is that rice pudding?

concerning the shape of the standard template shoulder pad of a marine...YES!

WM, you must act for the good of all Dakka!

Dibs on anything really old!

I sometimes like to think about selling the squats and buying a house...

You will get more than a house wheetie

Looks like gw has more flying bricks

Well Graven. I do this too, it is a good fun in the end.

So as you can tell I'm a bit off on the whole gw shebang just now. Offloading all this stuff that, while I've enjoyed building and sometimes painting, I never use. Just got shot of a pile of =][= stuff to a pal. Still tarting my sisters about and GKs will be next to go. As I've said, I'm hanging on to my many and varied sm for now.
What can you expect from the Bloggit in the foreseeable? Elder Sign and Talisman minis are on the agenda, and still got a couple of trek ships to finish!
Adieu,
Graven

Whatever you do... enjoy!

Know how you feel I've backed down hugely from GW over the past couple of years due to a combination of price inflation and more interesting alternatives good luck with your choices and will we see more Saga?

Yggs triste

Your sisters don't deserve that !!!

But hey, whatever you'll show us will be welcome

Whatever you do Graven. To the best of you.

Gitsplitta wrote:Whatever you do... enjoy!

Good advice :thumbsup;

Llamahead wrote:Know how you feel I've backed down hugely from GW over the past couple of years due to a combination of price inflation and more interesting alternatives good luck with your choices and will we see more Saga?

Potentially on the saga front. I have cavalry to do for Strathclyde Welsh. I am pretty fed up with gw, it's just getting crazy.

Yggdrasil wrote:Yggs triste

Your sisters don't deserve that !!!

But hey, whatever you'll show us will be welcome

Desolé :( but there will, as I say, be stuff anon.

cormadepanda wrote:Whatever you do Graven. To the best of you.

Thanks amigo. The fact that you're clearing house just now is oddly reassuring.

Looks like the GKs are off to a good home, and the =][= are gone. Filled my car with stuff, taking it our games club tonight. Hopefully come home a bit more flush...

It does pain a wee bit. But I never, ever play, and while I might go back to 40k, it's realistically unlikely to be before the eldest is 9+. I still have skirmishy stuff, and can still build a go-go.

Hey ho,
Graven

I haven't been able to see a list of what you selling.. can you post? link?

Sure! In the first instance: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/605510.page

Eh I clean house a bunch. I just hope on to my next fun bend. I share it with you guys in hopes you like it as much I do. Whatever you work on next mate, just share it with us. No regrets.

^ Thanks mate.

Shifted a lot last night: Mentor Legion Mk7s to a mate who's been a fan of them for a while, Storm Eagle, the Baneblade, old Void sprues, the Valk, couple of beaten up tanks, Dark Sword Game of Thrones minis - a good bunch gone. Donated scenery to my local club. My GKs are going to Knightley, so they're at least getting a good home (albeit on the other side of the world!), so mostly that'll just leave Helldorado, the SoB, and swarms of unpainted SM, which may or may not go anywhere.

On another note, got a late birthday present from one of my gang:

Oh my yes and in resin, at that

Seems your struggle to get rid of your army men is futile...

Army men? army ladies?

Acccchhhhhhhhh....I see the error of me ways...

It doesn't matter where they come from, so long as the modelling continues.

Share and enjoy.

 inmygravenimage wrote:
^ Thanks mate.

Shifted a lot last night: Mentor Legion Mk7s to a mate who's been a fan of them for a while, Storm Eagle, the Baneblade, old Void sprues, the Valk, couple of beaten up tanks, Dark Sword Game of Thrones minis - a good bunch gone. Donated scenery to my local club. My GKs are going to Knightley, so they're at least getting a good home (albeit on the other side of the world!), so mostly that'll just leave Helldorado, the SoB, and swarms of unpainted SM, which may or may not go anywhere.

On another note, got a late birthday present from one of my gang:

Oh my yes and in resin, at that

I'll take sex.... er.... SIX of those please.

Luck boy I have been eyeing them up for ages. Going to do it one day.

Well sounds like you have plently to spare graven. No worries about freeing up space. What an excellent gift as well.

 inmygravenimage wrote:
^ Thanks mate.

Shifted a lot last night: Mentor Legion Mk7s to a mate who's been a fan of them for a while, Storm Eagle, the Baneblade, old Void sprues, the Valk, couple of beaten up tanks, Dark Sword Game of Thrones minis - a good bunch gone. Donated scenery to my local club. My GKs are going to Knightley, so they're at least getting a good home (albeit on the other side of the world!), so mostly that'll just leave Helldorado, the SoB, and swarms of unpainted SM, which may or may not go anywhere.

On another note, got a late birthday present from one of my gang:

Oh my yes and in resin, at that

my sisters Kurganova came in metal.

whats the link guys?

From his dread palace in the depths of the dreamlands, he stirs... Few dare mention his name, lest they summon his attention... They whisper, and carve idols in his graven image...


Yup, I'm back, after a fashion at least. Started working on the lovely minis from Mansions of Madness and the Forbidden Alchemy expansion:



Some mould lines to remove on the critters, and a wee bit of gs required on the bigger ones.

Frustratingly, quite a few mould lines on the investigator. Easily cleaned, but still, may be noticeable. Much better hidden in the monsters.

Next, to prime them. I'd like to do something to the bases, wood might work, but the different rooms kind of demand different surfaces. Or should they just be left blank?

Anyway, more to follow!

Graven

This fits you so much. too funny! looking to see what you do.

Ooh...those gribblies look like fun.....

Apologies for not responding to earlier posts!

Viktor von Domm wrote:Acccchhhhhhhhh....I see the error of me ways...

Damn skippy

Dr H wrote:It doesn't matter where they come from, so long as the modelling continues.

Share and enjoy.

Oh, I plan too

Gitsplitta wrote:
I'll take sex.... er.... SIX of those please.

They are pretty lush, aren't they? And I love the dog. Be great for Inq28

Camkierhi wrote:Luck boy I have been eyeing them up for ages. Going to do it one day.

Do it! Do it now!

cormadepanda wrote:Well sounds like you have plently to spare graven. No worries about freeing up space. What an excellent gift as well.

I know, I did well there. He got them while on honeymoon in the US.

shasolenzabi wrote:
my sisters Kurganova came in metal.

Tis the very limited edition version. Costs more, alas.

Miss Dee wrote:whats the link guys?

www.ragingheroes.com - The toughest girls of the galaxy!

Solar_lion wrote:This fits you so much. too funny! looking to see what you do.

I am a servant of Lovecraft in all things, at the end of the day.

monkeytroll wrote:Ooh...those gribblies look like fun.....

Have some more wee pics then:





I'm debating priming them grey, but I've had terrible luck with grey primer, so might play it safe and just go with black? If it works for weets...

Lots of stuff gone now. SoB went, most of the Mentor Legion who have been renamed Knights of Cydonia (if you've followed this blog from the early days, you'll get why that's doubly funny), really just left with the pile of SW I've horded for my kids and assorted metal SM. To the prime-n-ator!

Adios,
graven

The Mentors flew the coop? That makes me sad.

Me too bro, me too. But you know what they say: needs must when the devil drives. Or at least, great cthulhu.

I detect a certain oozing towards the more creepier stuff these days in a certain kind of thread of peeps I know...first Theo with his mother of bewbs...and now you with all these nyarlathotep and cthullu-id incarnations...
I've played the pen and paper version of the RPG with some peeps here for some years... even was a master for one session...it is quite nice to play for once in a universe that you know all about...for a given value of all...reading nothing that is connected to the old gods of course...but one thing is always for sure...you WILL loose your mind...eventually...so...for you that landmark is now also set...just a bit of haggling about the distance to be covered to get there

the investigators and the hooded fellas are my favourite ones...

don´t make them too dark all in all I say as the design is making them look dark on their own...

How about clear bases?

Viktor von Domm wrote:I detect a certain oozing towards the more creepier stuff these days in a certain kind of thread of peeps I know...first Theo with his mother of bewbs...and now you with all these nyarlathotep and cthullu-id incarnations...
I've played the pen and paper version of the RPG with some peeps here for some years... even was a master for one session...it is quite nice to play for once in a universe that you know all about...for a given value of all...reading nothing that is connected to the old gods of course...but one thing is always for sure...you WILL loose your mind...eventually...so...for you that landmark is now also set...just a bit of haggling about the distance to be covered to get there

the investigators and the hooded fellas are my favourite ones...

don´t make them too dark all in all I say as the design is making them look dark on their own...

This coming from the man who made the hungry toilet
Cthulhu was my first experience of rpg as a kid post dnd, and I use lovecraft in teaching all the time. Soon, the stars will be right!

I love the cultists, I have to resist the urge to do them as servants of Hastur.

Llamahead wrote:How about clear bases?

Hmm, possibly. DrWilletts used Wyrd base inserts, which are mostly floorboards - I am tempted to go down that line, maybe some carpets.

I like te sound of floorboards and carpets...if only for the possibilities of tentacles creeping out from under them

Do you have the time to talk about our lord Cthulhu?


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Minis sent yesterday