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**Miss Dee**

inmygravenimage wrote:

Miss Dee wrote:
inmygravenimage wrote:Lordy no. And for the record, I bloody hate painting night lords, it turns out

Shaddup.

NO I wont

**inmygravenimage**

@lennysmash: thanks mate, appreciated on both counts. You want in on this crazy ride? An up-to-date list below:

Spoiler:

**Miss Dee**

If you want any left over BA bits from the DC pack let me know

**DarkStarSabre**

Very nice work so far and I love how you've made the Extinction Angel look as though he's loyallist turning traitor. Spot on!

**inmygravenimage**

@Miss Dee: Always

I'll make you a grim Weeper over the festive season in return if you like.

@DSS: Glad you like him! I wanted to try to echo the pad logo in his design. I'm really pleased with the lower half, which is a bit of a plastic skeleton.

Not much progress to report: some work on gk razorback builds, that's about it. Hopefully, post Xmas, will pick up pace again.

**inmygravenimage**

Oh, what's that? Wifey ill, we must watch telly while you build toys:

Couple of squads of pagk, and a unit of blood letters on the bases.

That's some progress. I am - basically - built. Totally, utterly built.

Well, ish.

**monkeytroll**

Great to see you've built the complete and entire force now.

So what you adding to it next?

And received a bonus package in the post today, muchas gracias

I think those heads might both find a home on the latest buggy

**Gitsplitta**

Lookin' fine graven... keep up the good work!

**Miss Dee**

Convert the buggy.????

**inmygravenimage**

I just wrote a massive festive post. The internet ate it.
So, witness my gaiju RAGE!

Basically, scored good loot (GK LRC), and am going to do some SoB as =][= warriors in weeping angel white.

Also, Orky defiler progress:

Later y'all,
graven

Angry graven will now go build Lego - with my children, I should add

**Knightley**

Good friends don't let friends build lego while angry, you'll end up standing on a piece and throw the whole lot out....

**Miss Dee**

He's not gonna throw the kids toys out of the pram again?

**inmygravenimage**

Pah. We have a Lego police boat that floats, now

)

I notice in the photo of the mek the arm with the gs sleeve (which needs smoothed, I grant you) looks disproportionate, which is odd as it doesn't in reality. Quite want a pointing arm for the other and to modify the shoota a bit with gubbinz.

Also, wife got me a ridiculously shiny new camera for Xmas, so might even get half decent pics from me. Or not

Tomorrow is a quiet day in the house. Perhaps optimistically, I hope to do some painting. Aye, right.

Graven

**inmygravenimage**

So, a happy and prosperous - and p&m filled - 2012 to all.

I have had a great 2011 on dakka, all in all.
Too many folk to thank and mention - hats off to all of you who've helped with the corpses of chaos, which are getting exclusive attention in the new year - but a couple that I must:

Gitsplitta - if only for the legend of his wife's spare thanksgiving turkey (for sandwiches).

Yggdrasil & BashTheBosh - for obligingly not getting blown up.

Monkeytroll - truly demented convertion inspiration and supply.

Miss (or should that be Mrs?) Dee - for being an inspiration on a more personal level.

Knightley - for making me raise my game.

So many others I could, and should mention, but I am drinking beer and ignoring family!

But, some pics.

First, GMS-s:
A post-Xmas present from the mighty Bash:

Festive, no?

My very first gms, from the king, Wm360:

Pride of purple in the cabinet. Great reference piece.

Something different. Knightley did me a mentor; I wasn't 100% on the weathering so toned it down some (no disrespect - and some guilt, for he's a far more accomplished painter than I)

A reminder of his outstanding work, untainted by me (well, except for the base)

A counts as Marines Errant special from the peerless endtransmission , the man who taught us to love oil stain weathering

And this bad boy from HowardATreesong, marking a move in to =][= for gms-ing:

In the process of moving into D-style base. Cos I'm awkward.

And on that subject, been playing with old figs:

Pig iron heads on old confrontation figs.

Playing with a banisher idea, in lieu of sisters of battle:

Drudges as arco-flagellants:

Also, some work on the chaos mk1 rhino for the storm raven's base:

FW razorback mm turret added to lrr

And a las-back, for the fun of it:

Have a great Mayan apocalypse, y'all,

Graven

**Howard A Treesong**

inmygravenimage wrote:
And this bad boy from HowardATreesong, marking a move in to =][= for gms-ing:

In the process of moving into D-style base. Cos I'm awkward.

**Gitsplitta**

Wow, there's some fantastic stuff there graven! Happy New Year indeed!!

**Knightley**

Looks mint man, with the added base and your fine adjustments (and they are fine!) the Mentor Legion captain looks ace!

**BLACKHAND**

Happy New Year bud! Thats a nice collection of models

**inmygravenimage**

Right back at ya guys!
@BH: typical that someone I didn't mention should be among the first to reply

I realise I neglected current defil-ork pics. Ah, the perils of alcohol...

Making progress, I think. Still needs cables strung under/between the legs, and shields over the chaos icons.

Hey Ho,
Graven

**Reaper Man 2020**

Nice pics Graven and Happy New Year!

**Gitsplitta**

That's massive... and awesome... massome!!

**Miss Dee**

Blood angels bitz in da post

**inmygravenimage**

Thanks lady. Any idea what sort of Weeper you'd like?

**Miss Dee**

what?

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But Id take 17 chaos back packs inc 1 champions back pack

**inmygravenimage**

Had offered to do you a Weeping Angel? But I shall naturally dig out what packs I can.

Automatically Appended Next Post:
Sorry about the lack of posts/progress; various family stuff involving my folks has preoccupied the new year season and will continue to do so, I suspect.

I have tidied my man-cave and got my paints into a single accessible form so hopefully paint progress is more likely.

On the build front, I modified my vendetta - wing-art envy:

I've ordered some nail-art transfers as well, as part of ongoing plan to vamp up my IG.

Also some work on the base for the GK SR:

And with SR atop it:

Adios, and C&C as ever appreciated,
Graven

**Gitsplitta**

Love that base. Have you thought of giving it battle damage consistent with some of the big guns on the nose of that monstrosity?? As if the Storm Raven had flown up, strafed it (wrecked it) and was now passing over... you might even be able to add some smoke coming out of the hatch in order to disguise the pedestal a bit more.

**Miss Dee**

Did you I had no idea mate,

A Night Lord Medic like the one in the 2nd Night Lord book Blood Raven would be cool.

**Llamahead**

That Orky Defiler really fits the bill and Im loving the top hat on the Ork.

**monkeytroll**

Defil-ork is looking wonderful, love it

Nice stetson on the grot - WestWind? I have a couple of 54mm 'cowboy hats' that seem to work well on orks, hadn't thought of grots. Mek is coming along very nicely as well.

Loving that base too, great idea to have the support coming out of the hatch.

**inmygravenimage**

Gitsplitta wrote:Love that base. Have you thought of giving it battle damage consistent with some of the big guns on the nose of that monstrosity?? As if the Storm Raven had flown up, strafed it (wrecked it) and was now passing over... you might even be able to add some smoke coming out of the hatch in order to disguise the pedestal a bit more.

Cheers bud. Yup, I've not damaged up the rhino yet - it's not glued in, it's designed to slide off for painting. I've also yet to add a Solar Griffon marine into its jaws. I'm planning on having various body parts reaching out from within also. I hope to do smoke effect but the only time I tried with cotton wool it looked pretty rubbish. Suggestions, anyone?

Miss Dee wrote:Did you I had no idea mate,

A Night Lord Medic like the one in the 2nd Night Lord book Blood Raven would be cool.

I know it not, but I like a challenge and already have an idea in my deranged brain. Description/illustration?

Llamahead wrote:That Orky Defiler really fits the bill and Im loving the top hat on the Ork.

Cheers matey. My favourite bit is the exhaust, which is an old necromunda stubber barrel

monkeytroll wrote:Defil-ork is looking wonderful, love it

Nice stetson on the grot - WestWind? I have a couple of 54mm 'cowboy hats' that seem to work well on orks, hadn't thought of grots. Mek is coming along very nicely as well.

Ooh, good idea on the 54mm for orks; tried Lego, far too big. Those on the grots are from Black Cat Bases; great for really random accessories, too. Defil-ork still needs cables, but I found 4 sprues of (I think) baneblade wheels so they've been cut from struts and will go on over the chaos icons soon as.

monkeytroll wrote:
Loving that base too, great idea to have the support coming out of the hatch.

Really happy with how it looks, yeah. Felt sacrilegious cutting the bottom out a mk1, but there we are, no point being precious.

So, as you may know, very stormy weather here in Scotland; my folks have lost a chunk of their roof, so they're staying with us, which is pretty stressful. I'll get back to geek work soon as I'm able.

Hey ho troops,

graven.