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Well deserved goodies for all the work and free advertising you've been doing. I know with a newborn in the house it's tough to get stuff done, but don't make the mistake of modeling while holding the baby . She might look like a freshly spawned tyranid, but adding scything talons is a Nono, especially if momma is home or the kids sneak a picture and show her later .

Wow.. parenting advice on Dakka is so...different than the day time talk shows!

Awww... my littlest loved helping me with modeling. Especially when she was teething. I have a destroyed necron warrior with genuine toddler teeth marks to prove it.

Thanks guys, y'all make me smile. Just had a really crappy parents' night where 2 folk outright called me a terrible teacher so feeling pretty low, and wife is that tired with little miss that she's not particularly sympathetic

Still, on the plus side, today etch works and devil's run both got in touch with more freebies on offer

Oh, and new article, about secret weapon this time:
http://bigcomicpage.com/2016/03/07/geeking-out-not-so-secret-weapons/


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Props to Nerdfest09 for letting me use pics of his tablescape tiles!

Freebies galore! Nice.

Good additions to the truck.

Can't please everyone. So long as you had as many (or more) parents telling you that you are a good teacher. Try not to focus on the bad ones. Would like to see them try to do better...

Teaching, nearly as hard as sculpting miniature toilets (see my Sig').

Feth 'em.

You're a great teacher... it's their kids who are a disaster because of BAD PARENTING! I have spoken.


Rollin' in freebees eh? Nice work if you can get it!

Aw, cheers chaps. Don't mind me, just feeling sorry for myself. Although I do find the total abdication of responsibility utterly depressing. ANYway...

Van front is done:

Of course, now I'm debating adding mesh to the rear and side windows

And bat signal progresses.

Probably just going to add some smoke streaks. Nearly there!

And in other news, I won the LOER contest! Thrilled that ACE was, well Ace
Got to decide on the next theme, got a couple of ideas, either "The Portal" or "Sticks and Stones". Not sure, any thoughts amigos?
Picked up some more BMG, finally got my last 2 Penguin thugs and a couple of Arkham inmates that aesthetically look very penguin-crew plus are nice fits for various builds. Scarecrow Crew to be Deathstroke-d en route also along with Frank Miller Batman and Azrael. Debating a couple of extra Scarecrow militia also but need to get my paint on!
Later gang, and thanks once more,
Graven

Slats/louvers to the sides, like what you might see on an MRAP.
Humbly suggested.

The front looks pretty boss.

Too bad you cannot comment of how good at parenting the parents are. My guess is: not so good. People like that always shifting blame...

You need some sort of plinth for your photos, so you can stop using your hand. A block of wood painted black, or white, maybe? (Again, Humbly suggested)

Don't you love how people who have no idea what your job is like decide that they know better than you how you should be doing it?
Pretty sure everyone has seen that at their work, not just us teachers. Hang in there...
The truck looks sick. Great work.

My wife is a teacher, and former high school cheer coach, so i have heard all the stupid parent comments. Most of the time it's crap like my daughter doesn't need to show up to cheer practice because shes just so cheerful like me, and if you bench/cut her we'll sue the district and you because it won't be able to get into college because of her crappy grades . Sure my kid tests in the top 99% (of drug tests), but all kids do that.

love the spot light too

Dude.. The world is full of crappy people! and with their own agenda in tow they feel they know your job better than you. Respect goes both ways.. Shrug it off. More important things to get too!

Love the truck and I thought the review you did for SW was good.
Nice gig!

Truck looks excellent. Love the way the front came out. Very believable. Congrats on the win! Well deserved!

Nice work on the bat signal, looks so much better now.

Congrats on the Win. If you do portal. I'll break down and jump back in. there is a project I've been looking to do.

 Solar_lion wrote:
Congrats on the Win. If you do portal. I'll break down and jump back in. there is a project I've been looking to do.

Same here. I’ve got a portal project I’ve been putting off for something like 3 years now.

congratz graven...that piece had it coming...no wonder it won...besides....it seems you are the only one who can make it happen that a non warhammer related terrain piece has a chance of winning...

as for the portal idea...i have already begun thinking of how i could work on this...

and parents are a weird bunch...as everybody is able to raise kids, people tend to see the work of teachers and nursery nurses as something that is not a "real profession"...so they tend to boss those professionals around thinking they are doing what i am doing but they even get paid for it...i have work with speech disabled kids and even tho i had a hard time while doing so i had way more patience while doing this with these kids as when i help/ oversee my own kids with their home works... there i get ballistic...i wish everybody who feels up to the job for a teacher to walk a mile in their shoes...i bet 99% will rather work with steel or wild animals than ever again standing in front of a mass of 20+ kids that would love to do everything else than just this one tiny exercise here...

Red Harvest wrote:Slats/louvers to the sides, like what you might see on an MRAP.
Humbly suggested.

The front looks pretty boss.

Too bad you cannot comment of how good at parenting the parents are. My guess is: not so good. People like that always shifting blame...

You need some sort of plinth for your photos, so you can stop using your hand. A block of wood painted black, or white, maybe? (Again, Humbly suggested)

Excellent humble suggestions both, I'll beth OK. It. Ach, the rubbish parenting :/

Anpu-adom wrote:Don't you love how people who have no idea what your job is like decide that they know better than you how you should be doing it?
Pretty sure everyone has seen that at their work, not just us teachers. Hang in there...
The truck looks sick. Great work.

True enough. And thanks!

Theophony wrote:My wife is a teacher, and former high school cheer coach, so i have heard all the stupid parent comments. Most of the time it's crap like my daughter doesn't need to show up to cheer practice because shes just so cheerful like me, and if you bench/cut her we'll sue the district and you because it won't be able to get into college because of her crappy grades . Sure my kid tests in the top 99% (of drug tests), but all kids do that.

love the spot light too

Man, thou madest me smile too true. And cheers

Solar_lion wrote:Dude.. The world is full of crappy people! and with their own agenda in tow they feel they know your job better than you. Respect goes both ways.. Shrug it off. More important things to get too!

Love the truck and I thought the review you did for SW was good.
Nice gig!

Yeah I'm enjoying the review thing. I might have something really cool to come out of it also, but I'll let y'all know if it happens.

Gitsplitta wrote:Truck looks excellent. Love the way the front came out. Very believable. Congrats on the win! Well deserved!

Thanks bud. I suspect that, like a real truck, there will be endless tinkering...

hk1x1 wrote:Nice work on the bat signal, looks so much better now.

Thanks, needs some streaks too though I think

Solar_lion wrote:Congrats on the Win. If you do portal. I'll break down and jump back in. there is a project I've been looking to do.

Cheers. Well, maybe...

Nevelon wrote:

 Solar_lion wrote:
Congrats on the Win. If you do portal. I'll break down and jump back in. there is a project I've been looking to do.

Same here. I’ve got a portal project I’ve been putting off for something like 3 years now.

Oh, man...

Viktor von Domm wrote:congratz graven...that piece had it coming...no wonder it won...besides....it seems you are the only one who can make it happen that a non warhammer related terrain piece has a chance of winning...

as for the portal idea...i have already begun thinking of how i could work on this...

and parents are a weird bunch...as everybody is able to raise kids, people tend to see the work of teachers and nursery nurses as something that is not a "real profession"...so they tend to boss those professionals around thinking they are doing what i am doing but they even get paid for it...i have work with speech disabled kids and even tho i had a hard time while doing so i had way more patience while doing this with these kids as when i help/ oversee my own kids with their home works... there i get ballistic...i wish everybody who feels up to the job for a teacher to walk a mile in their shoes...i bet 99% will rather work with steel or wild animals than ever again standing in front of a mass of 20+ kids that would love to do everything else than just this one tiny exercise here...

OK, OK, portal it is:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/683041.page
Get npon it, my dakkanauts!

(And vik, it's the nature of the job - at least I have folk I can sound off to!)

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
congratz graven...that piece had it coming...no wonder it won...besides....it seems you are the only one who can make it happen that a non warhammer related terrain piece has a chance of winning...

Ahem! How soon they forget

Congrats on the win, Graven. Seems I omitted that in my previous post

thanks man. I do feel loer is one place non 40k really gets showcased.

Hey fellas,
First of all:


And if that wasn't clear

It works!


I'm going to be dialing back the updating of this for a bit. Work is crazy / infuriating, tiny person is demanding, and life is just generally a bit complex. I will try to keep painting, if only good my sanity, but I think it'll be a bit sporadic for a while. Also, I want to stay on top of the loer contest - do, please, head on overasnd join in if you haven't already.
Cheers chaps,
Graven

That my friend... is completely awesome. You need a couple of close-up shots of that so we can vote on it!

Yeah, that is frankly awesome! Damn good stuff!

That is just too cool for words

sweet thing!

and i was wondering how long you could be so productive in hobby while family changes...

about work...well...i am the last person to give you advice...

Know the feeling, the painting helps me loads, even if only for a short time. Nice to hear someone else in the same mindset.

Perhaps, in light of a recent incident, Graven is considering a move to Mississippi... Here's why Truth be told, Mississippi could use a few good teachers.

Work as you can, the hobby is for fun. No stresses.

Bat Signal is bloody awesome. great job

Guys, I'm really I didn't expect such a well spring of approval.

Gitsplitta wrote:That my friend... is completely awesome. You need a couple of close-up shots of that so we can vote on it!

Paradigm wrote:Yeah, that is frankly awesome! Damn good stuff!

endtransmission wrote:That is just too cool for words

Januine wrote:Bat Signal is bloody awesome. great job

Viktor von Domm wrote:sweet thing!

and i was wondering how long you could be so productive in hobby while family changes...

about work...well...i am the last person to give you advice...

Oh, tush. But yeah, it's a crazy time.

TP^DC Deputy Manager wrote:Know the feeling, the painting helps me loads, even if only for a short time. Nice to hear someone else in the same mindset.

Well it is the sanity giver, of sorts.

Red Harvest wrote:Perhaps, in light of a recent incident, Graven is considering a move to Mississippi... Here's why Truth be told, Mississippi could use a few good teachers.

Work as you can, the hobby is for fun. No stresses.

Oh, I really wish that were the case here

So, fine, you get your way - vote-able:



And really, it needs something...

Early days. Black bats, started wet blending cape, base will be verdigris I think.

Damn you all for being so supportive

Graven


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Not a fab pic but hopefully you can see where I've gone with this using colour washes

Love his batsign on his chest!

Voted! Looks just great graven!