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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?