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 Viktor von Domm wrote:
oi....slave one! that´s a cool addition!

Oh, carbonitely-freezing cool!

 Viktor von Domm wrote:


lol... rogue two with three stripes rogue sponsored by ADIDAS?

and... of course... many bothans need to die... seems they´re born to die... one of the sentences that gets aired the most... after..."i´ve got a bad feeling about it...!"

Oh silly man and yeah, but at least now we'll know how come

Anyone, a jolly father's day which started with pancakes, bacon and syrup (omnomnomnomnom) and is ending in Hobgoblin Gold
Scored a mighty Vader-head cushion and vader/stormtrooper pens (cos I am their father) as well as a limited edition bottle of beer, Shepherd Neame's 1215 ale. At 8%, brewed to a 13th C recipe, and a 750 ml bottle, I'll be sharing that one with my dad, I think, especially as he introduced me to the joys of our local brewer back home when I were a lad (although he actually started me with Harvey's best, the rival mob from across county lines shocking, I know - still his preference, quisling that he is).
Finished up the building of giant lego star wars project with the boy:



Oh, and this:

Early WIP, absolutely filthy, but more importantly seem to have figured out the rather swish settings on my camera phone

Later y'all,
graven

the big question is... is this the slave one of jango or boba?.. depending on yoour choice the colour is either green or blue...but you know that, eh?^^ cause you´re their father^^... oh how i love these sentences... being a father of two sons this slips my lips so often... and i get a hearty smile from then knowing the context of the joke fully well^^

i see... that is the ghost and the phantom... don´t fool us in the knowing... currently we have the phantom as well... and on thursday my son oskar gets the ghost too... do you own the lego sabine too?... i guess eventually we need to get us that kit too...

and sounds like a good plan to sip that beer with your father... i am actually looking forward to the day i will be able to drink a drink with my kids... the reverse is not possible any-more as my own producer drank all of the bottles himself and paid the ultimate price...

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
the big question is... is this the slave one of jango or boba?.. depending on yoour choice the colour is either green or blue...but you know that, eh?^^ cause you´re their father^^... oh how i love these sentences... being a father of two sons this slips my lips so often... and i get a hearty smile from then knowing the context of the joke fully well^^

i see... that is the ghost and the phantom... don´t fool us in the knowing... currently we have the phantom as well... and on thursday my son oskar gets the ghost too... do you own the lego sabine too?... i guess eventually we need to get us that kit too...

and sounds like a good plan to sip that beer with your father... i am actually looking forward to the day i will be able to drink a drink with my kids... the reverse is not possible any-more as my own producer drank all of the bottles himself and paid the ultimate price...

Boba's, will be. I make star wars jokes along those lines to my kids all the freaking time! Phantom is real one, ghost we downloaded the instructions and built from our collection adapting where we had to - get en kitbashing early! Sabine's in the speeder set iirc. We have her. Certainly.

Sorry about your dad mate. My dad doesn't drink much - but for a special occasion I hope he's up for it.


Well now,
What a day! Feeling very spoilt with a mighty geek haul. Kids chose me a B-Wing and a Z-95. Wife got me a Batman graphic novel, much MUCH beer, coffee maker, new Muse cd, a cool lunch bag and tubs (sad how exciting that is to me!) and a lotr T-shirt.
Oh, and a very lovely cake

This on top of some cool stuff from my mates: William Shakespeare's Star wars (Verily, a new hope) Millennium Falcon, Batman mini game rules (anyone tried this?) and Cupcakes, along with a darth Vader poncho

I started this unified version of my blog just over 5 years ago, just after kid 2 was born as running 4 blogs was unwieldy and unworkable.
5 years ago today, we were told he needed emergency open heart surgery the next day.
Staggering and unreal to think that this tiny tank is now about to start school with nothing worse than a cool scar (his "dinosaur bite") to show for it.

So, in many ways, feeling blessed.

Last thing: the public vote for the current LoER contest is up over here :

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/653409.page

Please support the one you think is coolest!

Later peeps, I'm off for a day of cake followed by beer and pizza

well... you loose in hair , grow in wrinkles....as you generally proceed in the flow of the years...happy birthday ol grunt

looking back i sometimes have to shiver too... so much has happened in the last years... but since we all are able to live and tell the tale...
seeing your kid, no one would imagine such hardships indeed! by the way.... i have the slight feeling he reminds me of someone...maybe someone famous even... something aboout his smile....

funny thing is, my kids are already expert level in kitbashing... recently they tore apart a quinjet and some other bitz here and their and built their own interpretation of the ghost... i can take a pic... they still don´t know they´ll get that kit tomorrow...

also... William Shakespeare´s star wars? WTF??? but then again i read Jane Austin´s pride and prejudice and zombies...

tell me wha you think about the muse CD... i´ve heard a lot about the new album... they try to go back to the rocky roots... hmmm...torn on that one^^

again...happy birthday matey! enjoy your day!

Have a wonderful day graven! You certainly did get a fantastic haul!

Have a great day my friend.... what ever way you enjoy it... pizza and beer... or pizza then beer... or pizza with beer..... its going to be a good day!

Enjoy!

Sounds like an excellent day, any that you get a chance with family is great. Star Wars Shakespeare might be the thing that gets my wife into scifi

Viktor von Domm wrote:well... you loose in hair , grow in wrinkles....as you generally proceed in the flow of the years...happy birthday ol grunt

looking back i sometimes have to shiver too... so much has happened in the last years... but since we all are able to live and tell the tale...
seeing your kid, no one would imagine such hardships indeed! by the way.... i have the slight feeling he reminds me of someone...maybe someone famous even... something aboout his smile....

funny thing is, my kids are already expert level in kitbashing... recently they tore apart a quinjet and some other bitz here and their and built their own interpretation of the ghost... i can take a pic... they still don´t know they´ll get that kit tomorrow...

also... William Shakespeare´s star wars? WTF??? but then again i read Jane Austin´s pride and prejudice and zombies...

tell me wha you think about the muse CD... i´ve heard a lot about the new album... they try to go back to the rocky roots... hmmm...torn on that one^^

again...happy birthday matey! enjoy your day!

Thanks buddy!
Life throws strange things at us. We endure
The boy looks familiar huh? I wonder why. How strange.
The ghost looks like it would be a heck of a fun build in "reality". The creativity of lego kids never ceases to amaze me. I did try to pick up the minifigs on Ebay but £10 a time
I <3 the new Muse album. It's at once both more metal and more electronica than previous. It's outstanding, with a couple of instant classic tracks on it (Psycho and Reapers).
The shakespearean translation of Star Wars is excellent, especially R2's soliloquys. Much better than P&P&Z (although I actually enjoyed Sense & Sensibility & Sea Monsters rather more).

Gitsplitta wrote:Have a wonderful day graven! You certainly did get a fantastic haul!

I did and I realise I missed out a couple of things - Rebel Aces, the graphic of DMZ - very lucky chap indeed.

MagosBiff90 wrote:Have a great day my friend.... what ever way you enjoy it... pizza and beer... or pizza then beer... or pizza with beer..... its going to be a good day!

Enjoy!

Oh, I shall, I shall, especially as it's teacher's new year (end of term)

Theophony wrote:Sounds like an excellent day, any that you get a chance with family is great. Star Wars Shakespeare might be the thing that gets my wife into scifi

Highly recommend it. Today featured a reading by 8 English teachers, all fuelled by coffee, cake and high jinks.

Might I remind y'all about LoER contest? Time's a-running out to get your votes in for your favourite!
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/653409.page
Cheers, and thanks for the good wishes,

graven.

there is even sense and sensibility and sea monsters?...well... i need to visit a book store these days... the original book and the BBC adoption of P&P is a coupling special of my wife and me...my wife totally adores colin firth...werrrlll^^


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oh and "soliloquys" had to look that one up...you´re a regular teach mate... i come, i learn, i come again...

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
... i come, i learn, i come again...

Some people REALLY like learning.

Happy Birthday, Graven.
Good to hear that the Muse album is good, it's on my list.
Which Batman GN did you get?
Much beer is good.

 Dr H wrote:

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
... i come, i learn, i come again...

Some people REALLY like learning.

dunno if i should jump to that one....

Happy Birthday Graven sounds like you had a great haul. The Batman game is supposed to be really good, its on my list.

Waiting for pics of your cake....

Viktor von Domm wrote:there is even sense and sensibility and sea monsters?...well... i need to visit a book store these days... the original book and the BBC adoption of P&P is a coupling special of my wife and me...my wife totally adores colin firth...werrrlll^^


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oh and "soliloquys" had to look that one up...you´re a regular teach mate... i come, i learn, i come again...

Mate you're so fluent I forget! Glad to help I guess

Dr H wrote:

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
... i come, i learn, i come again...

Some people REALLY like learning.

Happy Birthday, Graven.
Good to hear that the Muse album is good, it's on my list.
Which Batman GN did you get?
Much beer is good.

Fnar I am a massive Muse fan, and was a bit wary, but I am delighted by how good it is. The Black Mirror, one of the few Snyder's I've not read. Wife usually gets me Morrison, nice surprise :Nod: Also got DMZ from another chum at work

Viktor von Domm wrote:

 Dr H wrote:

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
... i come, i learn, i come again...

Some people REALLY like learning.

dunno if i should jump to that one....

That's what she said

GiraffeX wrote:Happy Birthday Graven sounds like you had a great haul. The Batman game is supposed to be really good, its on my list.

Waiting for pics of your cake....

I'm a lucky chap indeed. I have a sneaking suspicion I'm getting some bats minis to go with the game from another friend.


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Oh cake! Dark Chocolate & Strawberry :





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Now a follow-up question. I now have the Rebel Aces - should I make the shiny refit A-Wing shiny orb stick with grubby? I did get the revel weathering kit also...

lace strawberry chocolate cake?...wow...classy looking!

and i had to gogle the word as my translation website didn´t knew it... can you believe it? tstststs...

and i think yes, weather away! SW universe has nothing mint and shiny...

Yum that cake looks really nice, made me hungry now

 inmygravenimage wrote:
...I am a massive Muse fan, and was a bit wary, but I am delighted by how good it is.

Muse are one of the few many that I collect every album for. Although due to ongoing monetary flow issues, I've not been able to keep up and the list is growing.
I've liked pretty much all of their rock, electronic and classical style tunes. But then I like all three of those genres anyway.

The Black Mirror, one of the few Snyder's I've not read. Wife usually gets me Morrison, nice surprise :Nod: Also got DMZ from another chum at work

Not seen that one. But then I'm really far behind on the comic stuff front (not even read all of the most well known story-lines).

Oh, and rebels have got to be grubby, haven't they?!

Late to the party again.

Happy birthday

Viktor von Domm wrote:lace strawberry chocolate cake?...wow...classy looking!

and i had to gogle the word as my translation website didn´t knew it... can you believe it? tstststs...

and i think yes, weather away! SW universe has nothing mint and shiny...

Very tasty indeed - and the filthy the better!

GiraffeX wrote:Yum that cake looks really nice, made me hungry now

Oh, it is so good. Dark chocolate fudgey good...

Dr H wrote:

 inmygravenimage wrote:
...I am a massive Muse fan, and was a bit wary, but I am delighted by how good it is.

Muse are one of the few many that I collect every album for. Although due to ongoing monetary flow issues, I've not been able to keep up and the list is growing.
I've liked pretty much all of their rock, electronic and classical style tunes. But then I like all three of those genres anyway.

Is an interesting mix. Some very nine inch nails, a bit of plainsong, some very 80s. Catchy and that.

The Black Mirror, one of the few Snyder's I've not read. Wife usually gets me Morrison, nice surprise :Nod: Also got DMZ from another chum at work

Not seen that one. But then I'm really far behind on the comic stuff front (not even read all of the most well known story-lines).

Oh, and rebels have got to be grubby, haven't they?!

I go through phases. Am very unimpressed by marvel and DC's current shenanigans, like a kid with an etchasketch. Glad the love is for mucky rebels.

Camkierhi wrote:Late to the party again.

Happy birthday

De Nada. Appreciate the congrats. Looking forward to a few days off
Speaking
Speaking of which, no p&m updates for a few days - on me hols, couple of days in legoland then a week with my folks

Good times
My holiday reading is the Batman miniature rules though...

we finished today the ghost kit and the jay lego ninjago walker... i have to say i love lego for it´s walkers....
enjoy lego land...we always leave totally smashed...

Well legoland was indeed smashed! Great fun, now chilling (well, boiling, actually ) at my folks' and catching up with family.
Also, thrilled to bloody bits to have won the League contest! Thanks my friends for your constant support and advice.

So...

Contest #15 is here!
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/654377.page#7941687

Interesting fluff... Never heard of them before!

joined...



and...

mate, my hat is off to you! the story even... you certainly raised the bar...!!! (it was my favourte entr by the way too...tho stating this now almost sounds as an antempt to bribery^^ )

Congrats again mate!

OOooooo next comp!! I am in!!

LeCacty, to which to do you refer - mentors?

Guys, thanks again for all your support

Right so had a lovely couple of days at legoland, and a great week sizzling in the heat at my folks'. Now I'm back, means got to get the most out of my remaining 5 weeks:




Haven't done the underside yet. Pretty happy with the chipping and weathering, wonder if it needs more?

Also, debating a crazy repaint. Well, I'm going to do one, just not sure whether to do a stealth e wing from lego star wars or the yellow tie fighter from Rebels. Thoughts?

Go yellow. FOR THE HORDE.

...

Wait.

Thing is, is that it's this one :


Whilst on my holidays, came across two interesting things.
One, letters from my navy commander uncle about the first meeting of 3 subs under the Arctic from the 80s.


Also, we went on a 1/3 scale train on the south coast - very cool, great model railway layouts too - but they had there one that been appropriated by the military in the 40s and used to patrol the coast :

Very cool

You know you want to paint that Orky Bad Moons TIE fighter.

I mean, come ON.

--B.

I´ve suggested a sabine tie fighter loooooong ago!!!!!
and i dunno how chipping would look on that scale?...

Now I'm back, means got to get the most out of my remaining 5 weeks

now that is the decadence of a true teacher.....

Briancj wrote:You know you want to paint that Orky Bad Moons TIE fighter.

I mean, come ON.

--B.

I know, but nightmarish doesn't even come close...

Viktor von Domm wrote:I´ve suggested a sabine tie fighter loooooong ago!!!!!
and i dunno how chipping would look on that scale?...

Now I'm back, means got to get the most out of my remaining 5 weeks

now that is the decadence of a true teacher.....

Well, there's some on Slave 1, although I'm not sure how clear it is from these naff pics. And yeah, it's a hard life Summer is the pay-off.


Taken on the kitchen counter for sparkly blackness!
Wish I could find my camera