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epic fail on my side, totally thinking miniatures, not other great surprises.

Congrats sir!

Paradigm wrote:Congratulations!

I really need to work up some proper Batman terrain, at the moment they're fighting it out over Gotham's Cardboard District and Packaging Park! And I've no excuse when it comes to Scatter Terrain, I've got plenty of DZ stuff!

Thanks mate. Don't knock cardstock terrain, it was my mainstay when playing heroclix. The deadzone stuff is a bit too sci-fi for Gotham I think, but the accessories are just perfect.

Llamahead wrote:Yep but I've already picked up 7DTV which is designed for precisely that.....
Good luck with the new minion.

Cheers. Let's hope it's not yellow and wearing goggles

Theophony wrote:Big, pink and comes in February??? I missed something, or is there a obese Cupid running around Gotham city?

GiraffeX wrote:

 Theophony wrote:
Big, pink and comes in February??? I missed something, or is there a obese Cupid running around Gotham city?

That's 6 months time Theo

Congrats Graven

Thanks for clearing that up for him mate

Dr H wrote:Oooh... Congratulations to both of you.

Good job on the terrain bits too.

Well it's getting there. Need to get on with the other buildings.

Camkierhi wrote:Grats bud, probably lay off painting it for a bit!

Mebbe. Baby related insomnia's actually proved pretty productive in the past!

Mymearan wrote:Terrain looking great,great use of Deadonze stuff!

Cheers! Is very versatile, also great for Star wars.

Theophony wrote: epic fail on my side, totally thinking miniatures, not other great surprises.

Congrats sir!

Thanks

Caught up with an old friend last night, he gave me... Loot!

Something rather bizarre about walking home from the pub carrying a shrine of the Aquila the plastic grid we found in the street, looks like the top of a pub drip tray.

The front of the shrine had always felt very Gotham to me, and a ruined frontage would to my mind be very fitting for the board BUT is it too grimdark? I'll be de-skulling it.

2 weeks left on the LOER contest. Seems to be picking up -still time too!

One last thing. Tales of a tabletop skirmisher is organising a fundraising event Little Heroes for Little Heroes (http://pressganger.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/little-heroes-charity-fundraiser-is-now.html?m=1). It's an excellent opportunity to raise money for Down's, and paint toy soldiers for auction. I think I'm going to do the promo Bulldog that came with the Kurganovas. Maybe surrounded by body parts?


Thanks one and all for the congratulations. My youngest is delighted though we couldn't understand why he was so desperate for a sister. Found out today :" She can be Batgirl".

Cheers gang
Graven

WHAT??? a new one...OMG...well...you certainly have now a new reason for mrs graven to bake even more great cakes... in fact i think the next cakes haave t be bigger to feed everyone then by it
congrats to you and your mrs...what do your kids say to these surprising news?...are they willing to share their legos with the new crew member?...(honestly...i always dreamed of a self made strike team myself... two kids are by far not a strike team... with three you´re on the right trial tho )

Nah they'll rebel and embrace Meccano instead!

Viktor von Domm wrote:WHAT??? a new one...OMG...well...you certainly have now a new reason for mrs graven to bake even more great cakes... in fact i think the next cakes haave t be bigger to feed everyone then by it
congrats to you and your mrs...what do your kids say to these surprising news?...are they willing to share their legos with the new crew member?...(honestly...i always dreamed of a self made strike team myself... two kids are by far not a strike team... with three you´re on the right trial tho )

Kids are thrilled, both wanted a sibling and a sister especially (more fool them!) Like I say - not an accident, a surprise Thanks man. The boys are keen that she be brought up properly in the ways of the force, lego and xbox.

Llamahead wrote:Nah they'll rebel and embrace Meccano instead!

Fine by me! I built a fully motorised cable car system in my bedroom as a kid out of Meccano, so I'll be thrilled if that's her preference.


Quick addition to my Street Furniture:

The Court of Owls has eyes everywhere...

Nice touch! Any plans to get some Court models?

so... as i understand it... she was....worked for...nice...i love it when parents not stumble over kids but want them...^^
and i bet your kids will be great big brothers...what can a girl ask for more than have her special guardian angels next door^^... so long as they can cope with the odd barbie at home^^

nice owl...and ...i need to ask...where are the street lights from? must´ve escaped me...

Not only guardian angels next door, but guardian angels trained in the deadly ninja arts that have been amplified by both the Force and the ooze who wield lights era and can construct defensive barriers from Lego....all while eating Cake. Safest girl in the world.

The owl is a Nice touch. I'm not sure who (no pun intended) the court of owls are as I was not a big DC comics fan.

Paradigm wrote:Nice touch! Any plans to get some Court models?

I like the court but need to get to grips with what I've got so far! Hopefully I'll have a couple of others headed my way soonish though thanks to a convoluted trade!

Viktor von Domm wrote:so... as i understand it... she was....worked for...nice...i love it when parents not stumble over kids but want them...^^
and i bet your kids will be great big brothers...what can a girl ask for more than have her special guardian angels next door^^... so long as they can cope with the odd barbie at home^^

nice owl...and ...i need to ask...where are the street lights from? must´ve escaped me...

Streetlights are from deadzone. Yeah, someone sent me cool bits let's hope my boys are her guardians. My mum's reaction was, "Knowing you, she'll have piercings and tattoos at 14." Not sure if she was trying to scare me or complement me!

Theophony wrote:Not only guardian angels next door, but guardian angels trained in the deadly ninja arts that have been amplified by both the Force and the ooze who wield lights era and can construct defensive barriers from Lego....all while eating Cake. Safest girl in the world.

The owl is a Nice touch. I'm not sure who (no pun intended) the court of owls are as I was not a big DC comics fan.

Thanks. My best mate's wife is due the month after, so it's double trouble! Court are new 52 villains from Batman, shadowy background manipulators.



I got a mighty box of plants and claws in the post today from Viktor

Lots of potential. I'm considering a completely overgrown 2nd mausoleum, like a greenhouse run riot, plants bursting through the roof (and providing a convenient flat raised surface in the process might have scored some more garden of morr bits generally so we shall see.
No strong opinions on the Gotham grimdark experiment? Anyone?

No strong opinions on the Gotham grimdark experiment? Anyone?

well... these bitz are pure gold.. and for your cause i godsend...for me the whole gothic look of 40k was always just a step apart from batman schemes...so go for it... i am also very interested in seeing a burst and grown out of it green house... there is something very poetic about it... liberation and all that...


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sinc ei know you from FB am rather surprised by your moms reaction... you look so sober...
also... my mother in law said to our second born..."did you really have to...?" so i guess your mum is way better^^

Glad you like the building and plant ideas. Does seem rather poetic, doesn't it? I am pretty low key, I think what she meant is that any girl of mine will be more goth than pink.

well a tomcat girl is always nice too^^

Congrats to you and Mrs Graven on your soon to be arrival. Note though... According to my populating friends girls are more work than boys. So I'd not be too complacent.

Nice work on the terrain.

Oh, I have some of those mini palm-tree-alike pieces. Not found a use for them yet. You now have more than I do.

Shrine pieces should work fine for Gotham. De-skull them, as you mentioned, remove any double-headed eagles (one head at least), and that'll probably do.

Mini palm trees? They were in the 3rd ed army box, IIRC. I have some lying around. They were strangely fragile when assembled too. I ended up pinning the trunk sections with Q-tips (cotton swabs. I think you brits have a different word for 'em) of all things.

Great news about the family size increase. Congrats and Best wishes.

 inmygravenimage wrote:
Thanks man. The boys are keen that she be brought up properly in the ways of the force...

If she is ever picked on for it, http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/142088-501st-Legion-Backs-Bullied-Star-Wars-Fan?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=news call in the storm troopers

my kids would go ballistic if they could have a stormtrooper outfit..heck..i would

Congrats on your awesome news mate!

Viktor von Domm wrote:well a tomcat girl is always nice too^^

After all the nonsense with the boys' health, I'll just be glad for a healthy kid. There's only so much superglue can fix

Solar_lion wrote:Congrats to you and Mrs Graven on your soon to be arrival. Note though... According to my populating friends girls are more work than boys. So I'd not be too complacent.

Nice work on the terrain.

I have 3 nieces. Believe me, I have the fear... Cheers, btw!

Dr H wrote:Oh, I have some of those mini palm-tree-alike pieces. Not found a use for them yet. You now have more than I do.

Shrine pieces should work fine for Gotham. De-skull them, as you mentioned, remove any double-headed eagles (one head at least), and that'll probably do.

Okeydoke. Turns out deskulling is a pita

Red Harvest wrote:Mini palm trees? They were in the 3rd ed army box, IIRC. I have some lying around. They were strangely fragile when assembled too. I ended up pinning the trunk sections with Q-tips (cotton swabs. I think you brits have a different word for 'em) of all things.

Great news about the family size increase. Congrats and Best wishes.

 inmygravenimage wrote:
Thanks man. The boys are keen that she be brought up properly in the ways of the force...

If she is ever picked on for it, http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/142088-501st-Legion-Backs-Bullied-Star-Wars-Fan?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=news call in the storm troopers

Thanks mate. I see what you mean, I might make a central trunk for them first. And lovely story that; as fandom becomes more generally accepted, let's hope it becomes less gendered also.

Viktor von Domm wrote:my kids would go ballistic if they could have a stormtrooper outfit..heck..i would

Damn Skippy

MagosBiff90 wrote:Congrats on your awesome news mate!

Cheers! Still in shock mind you

Not much to show you alas. 2nd Morr shrine has had roof torn open. I have made khorne happy by sending many skulls his way having begun the de-grimdarking of the shrine of aquila. Now, a question - what, if anything should I replace them with? Many can simply be sliced off or GS smothered, but what of the very raised ones?

Pics at some point,Graven

well... water spouts... gargoyles...and i have to say the off skull is not too off for gotham...

That's a fair point. I have an idea for gargoyles and spouts using the chaos gun barrels - would that work?

the chaos gun barrels would be perfect... i have every version here too and can attest to my statement... and damn, i wanted to send you some architecture gargoyles i got from dave forgot to include them...

Yeah, I think it works :



Whilst here's the window plan


And, meanwhile,


Very early wip. He'll pinned to the base but removable, so he can be used on a different one of required. I've gone for a large open base so that folk could potentially add a character model to it also. That mate sense?
Cheers,
Graven

Wow, beautiful.

Cheers mate, I don't think I'd go that far but I appreciate the sentiment!

seeing all the green stuff that goes to show how much (read ridiculously) skulls GW litters everything with......

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
seeing all the green stuff that goes to show how much (read ridiculously) skulls GW litters everything with......

Litter indeed! Don't know whether to leave the tiny skulls on or not.

Meanwhile, the game has introduced a new objective type. Here's a clue :



Also, nearly done on my Guard Dog for the little heroes fundraiser :

Even gone wild with a bit of nmm on the helmet. Madness.

Not much else to report. Nice weekend, folks took the boys, we went to see avenue Q again (hurrah!) and ate lots of Thai food with the brothers and sisters in law. Back to the grind tomorrow, whilst waiting on Harley, Catwoman and Firefly
Graven

Dog looks good! And I know exactly where that objective is going, and stand by to pilfer ideas!

I love the guard doggie! Awwww.... and he has his favorite chew-toy too!

Excellent guard dog.

I wonder how the dog companions from Zombicide would look like for sidekicks

holy bat signal....batman...^^

and doggie looks like a crss between Churchill and Wilhelm the second^^