Graven's Bloggit 4th October, prepare to Enter the Deadzone!

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**Revenent Reiko**

Awesome! This has caused me to re-watch the Transformers films...right now

Well done Mrs Delicious!

**Miss Dee**

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**inmygravenimage**

Better?

**whalemusic360**

Sideways was an Audi R8 in RotF, Soundwave was an Mercedes sls amg in DotM, though Wheeljack was a Mercedes E550 and Mirage was a Ferrari 458, which are not us cars.

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Also cake looks the business!

**Revenent Reiko**

*cough*Sideswipe*cough*

Epic cake is Epic...

**inmygravenimage**

I bow to wisdom of the whale

Also, made progress on the structure of sanctum. Getting there, finally!

Added oil/water stains and light effects. Really progress, actually, next stage is the banners. Note that a home has been found at last for the EC termie!

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@reiko: ooooh! Burn!

**whalemusic360**

Revenent Reiko wrote:
*cough*Sideswipe*cough*

Epic cake is Epic...

Sideswipe was the vette concept, Sideways was the R8.

**monkeytroll**

Ow. Pinned by a girder then leg gnawed off by...something.

Coming on graven, it's coming on

**Yggdrasil**

inmygravenimage wrote:Thanks for the kind words, much appreciated by the boss!
@nerdfest:
www.facebook.com/aweecake

Liked !

Awesome work...

**Revenent Reiko**

whalemusic360 wrote:
Revenent Reiko wrote:
*cough*Sideswipe*cough*

Epic cake is Epic...

Sideswipe was the vette concept, Sideways was the R8.

Point, didnt even realise the R8 was named....(and yes, i totally missed thats the car you were talking about, i just saw the seeming name-swap and my brain immediately ordered 'CORRECT HIM! And dont read what he wrote, that's for sissy girls!'....my bad

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**inmygravenimage**

Ooh... Double burn!

What can I say, he's not a G1 kid...

**Solar_lion**

Great looking SoS. Is it a battle board base or did you build it up?

Ps.. love the cake.

**inmygravenimage**

Cheers bud. I steal old cake boards off the boss, and build up with my usual mix of railway ballast, plaster bricks and chunks of plaster, along with other odds and ends. Wanting to add some broken glass somehow...

**Gitsplitta**

Cake's awesome... so you remove the wiring before serving or are they edible?

**inmygravenimage**

No wiring, lights have self-contained batteries that last 15 hrs. Well, actually, so far test light from Tardis has lasted for 7 weeks! Dissecting light-up balloons is fun, kids.

**LeadLegion**

Your wife's maiden name wasn't Kypling by any chance, was it?

**inmygravenimage**

Happy thanksgiving!
All pretty busy-busy here, only a micro update on details of the sanctum:

Regular programming will resume after the weekend, hopefully!

**albinoork**

Sweet banner. From where is the "Inquisition" bit?

The impaled soldier is a nice and humorous touch, but where are the entrails?

Last thing, is it difficult to cut the cakes? They are works of art. It is hard to believe people eat them.

**inmygravenimage**

Hey,
Thanks for swinging by!

FW brass etch bit. Might be able to spare you one if you're after? Drop me a pm.

Some guts might be in order. Or a stray leg

The boy really didn't want cake cut! Me, I like the cake too much not. But the boss herself finds it a wrench.

**Gitsplitta**

I can't really see a head on that guy... just kind of a blob of mish-mosh... what am I missing?

**inmygravenimage**

Better?

**Gitsplitta**

Yep, got it.

Happy Thanksgiving to you and the family graven!

**Revenent Reiko**

Niiiiiice, that sanctum is really coming together graven

**inmygravenimage**

@gits - right back at ya. My whole car smells of left-over turkey, it's amazing. This year I am thankful for my family's health - having seen two friends lose their mothers to cancer, and lost a friend of mine to cancer also, I count our blessings and then some.

@Reiko - thank ye kindly sir.

Right, well, hopefully better pics of the Sanctum. I'll let them speak for themselves largely:

Do love how the lights turned out

I think I'll call him... Vlad.

Still WIPs, but we are approaching the home straight. Like WWI, it'll all be over by Xmas.

Later,
graven

**Revenent Reiko**

Yup, thought so, just from seeing what you had done with the detailed extras let me know the rest was coming along excellently

We dont celebrate thanksgiving in my household, but if there is anything i am thankful for, im right there with you graven

Vlad!

**Gitsplitta**

Excellent work on the sanctum.

**tinfoil**

Great stuff. Love the play of light and color working on the terrain.

**LeadLegion**

Looks like that's going to be a lovely bit of scenery that.

**Yggdrasil**

I love the lights too, and the blue hue of the scene... Looks great!

The floor looks a bit ... plain, however. It will be much easier to stack models on it without them falling though !

**inmygravenimage**

Thanks guys. I know what you mean Yggs but as you say I want it to be really playable. I do feel like there should be more roof debris in particular. However I like the idea of being able to clutter it if I wish:

This has actually got me thinking more generally about a modular cathedral... Oh dear