What's In Vann's Head

A Dreadnought For Derek's Grey Knights

2009-06-17T20:03:00.002-04:00

And More Terrain

2009-06-17T19:56:00.002-04:00

I.G. Rules

Looks like com relay.

Oops its been awhile !

2009-06-17T19:44:00.008-04:00

So here is a update........

Some terrain.

The Eldar Farseer

2009-02-24T17:07:00.002-05:00

I would post a couple of pics of my latest work.

The Farseer
He is a Headquarters choice for my eldar army.

The Latest

2009-01-28T21:26:00.004-05:00

The Attack Bike

And I finally finished the

Masters Of The Chapters

the front,

and the back.

Derek's Daemonhunters

2008-12-30T20:21:00.004-05:00

The Brother Captain.

The squad.

I started these last night and just finished tonight.

Magnetized Tanks

2008-12-23T19:04:00.011-05:00

Awhile back I bought 100 small magnets for like ten bucks,

just for this kinda thing.

Each tank is like forty bucks,

but you have to chose which kind of tank you build.

So if I magnetize the options I can have both kinds of tanks.

And because each one has its own role on the battlefield,

I need both types.

The Predator for hunting troops and the Annihilator to hunt armor.

The three Predator tanks that got magnetized.

A Predator with autocannon and heavy bolter side sponsons.

A Predator Annihilator,

with a twin linked Lascannon and

lascannon side sponsons.

A close-up of the magnets on the side

It was so simple to do,

the side lascannons kept on breaking off, so I just cut the little arm off and replaced it with two magnets.

One for the side sponson and one for each weapon,

for a total of six for each tank.

The turret gun just slides in.

So for about twenty cents I saved $120.00.

GOT to LOVE it.

This time of year............

2008-12-08T01:30:00.006-05:00

Been thinking 'bout this topic for a week or so..

And it seems that this is the best time of year for just 'bout everyone....

but me.

People ask..

"How ya doing?"

"Cold"

I reply.

"But it is such a beautiful day, the sky is clear n blue,

the pretty leaves, the reds, yellows and oranges....

the crisp air..

It's a great day."

I didn't say it was a horrible day,

a bad day,

an ugly day.

I said I was "Cold."

After the day time high drops below 68*.

I get cold.

I am kinda like a plant that way,

or may be a grizzly bear,

I want to start my hibernation cycle.

How can I explain?

Cold.

My blood sloows way down.

My finger and toes get stiff from lack of blood flow.

My core body temp drops.

Cold.

Sometimes my butt cheeks feel like that chuck roast that has been in the freezer for two weeks and now frost bite has set in.

Cold.

I work outside.

The most time people I know spend outside is going from their house to their car. Or car to the house.

I guess if I only spent 10 minuets a day total in the brisk, crisp, clear air of fall, I might like it better.

But as it is I am simply Cold.

The New Dreadnought

2008-12-04T16:59:00.007-05:00

I have been working this past week on a few things and I thought I would be kind and share.

Not much here, just the Black Reach Dreadnought

with a cool base.

And I have been working on a few others...

so on with the posting fury.

The New Termies Are Done.

2008-12-04T16:23:00.006-05:00

I got the new Termies painted and based.

I converted one so he has a flamer.

And one with a cyclone launcher.

And I made the squad leader into a guy with a

thunder hammer and combat shield.

Black Reach Squad

2008-12-04T15:58:00.009-05:00

I finally finished the Black Reach Squad.
I don't know why it took so long to do, I guess the thought of going through the process of painting them...... stopped me. I got the process down pretty good, and I could whip through pretty quick, Start with all blue, then paint in the black on each one, then the foundation yellow for the gold trim, then foundation gray for the white on each one,then red red red red, gold gold gold gold, white white white, sliver silver silver, .......and on and on it goes.

Six Fragin Grenade Throwers

2008-12-04T15:51:00.004-05:00

This past week I finished the last guy for each of my six squads. I made them all with a grenade in their right hand.

That way I may remember that with the new codex everyone has frag and krak grenades.

Quote for the new day.

2008-11-17T23:23:00.001-05:00

Stress is when you wake up screaming,
to only realize you haven't fallen asleep yet.

The Falcons

2008-11-16T16:31:00.005-05:00

I can not believe that they did not win today.
Now they are 6-4, with a couple of tuff teams left to play.
But it was a fun game to watch. Ryan did good. White picked up the pace after a few dropped balls.
Overall I just really like watching the Falcons.

Round Two ..... Ding Ding!

2008-11-12T21:50:00.002-05:00

So today was round two for submitting my request for rezoning......
Bright an early I start my trek into the heart of utter confusion ( I wrote that cuz utter is a funny word) and found myself faced with a person who really does not like his job or is tired of dealing with people who have never tried to dive into a sea of red tape and make sense of it.
I waited for my turn after signing in and was glad to see that the number of people waiting was growing smaller quicker that the number behind me.
When I was called back I presented my pack of papers and asked to submit them.
After digging through them all and looking things up on GOV'T files he turned to me......
I have to pause here to say that I said nothing different than the last 3 times I was there, and did not have..... That look on my face, or..... That tone in my voice.
...... and he said that I did not write the right things in this space, and where are some photos to help your case, and you need a longer description for this answer, you know you are trying to persuade them, you need architect drawings for any future buildings that MAY be on the property, "IF" you get the rezoning approved, and it doesn't matter that yesterday was a holiday, I can't push this on to the docket, it's not complete.
So I left with my tail between my legs, thinking how bad I had botched things, and where could I come up with 3 grand by Feb.
I called my wife and she said that we could retype everything, and I called Victor and he said that the guy was just blowing smoke, and acting big and in charge, that's how you play the big government game, get what you need and go back today. We need to get it filed today.
I drove like a mad man home, got the retyped papers, grabbed the digital camera and the portable photo printer and dashed off to the quad. Snap snap, print print, and off to the dreaded cauldron of darkness.
Now it's after 1 and today they close at 3. This time I sign in and hope for the best, this time it was a lady, again no one I had seen before.
I guess the 4th time is the charm.
I was called back, and again I explained it all the same. ( I keep thinking that the truth first is always the best starting point,) This time she said everything looked good and asked what's with the photos? I just looked as blank and non committal as I could and shook my head and shrugged my shoulders. After she said that it looked good I just went with it, hoping for the best. The now very nice lady asked me to go and pay, then come back here. That was different, I was starting to feel hopeful. I went and paid, came back, and then the nice lady gave me a big sign to put in front of the quad and a number to call....... then said thank you....... I said "what?" ... She said just call that number and set a meeting and we are good here.

I don't know why I did not call that number today, I guess I just wanted to end the day on a happy note,..... I got my zoning sign.

I like this blogging thing, it's kinda like venting,I don't think I will be up so late tonight.

30 minutes..... You have got to be kidding me!

2008-11-11T01:26:00.002-05:00

Today was one of those days........
the harder you try, the farther behind you get!
First I had to meet with my friend to get the notarized forms to take to the capital of Atlanta, and then I had to pick up the 18 copies of the survey that I should of had on friday, (who knew that spending $1200 bucks would be like pulling teeth?) so that I could apply for the rezoning......... which I was late for by 30 minutes.
To try to explain today is like trying to tell a deaf person about why you "NEED" an ipod!
Okay, let me start over, from the middle.
I got to the rezoning office, in downtown Atlanta, at 1:30 today, after I had spent way to much time at the surveyors office, and after I had met with my friend to get the notarized papers so he could be a landlord.
After all of this I was late by 30 minutes.... I tried to take it all in stride,.... I thought for sure that I would not have all the paper work in order anyway, ..... so I'll just have to come back tomorrow.
So when I was standing there at the front desk, stuttering, trying to ask for some one to help with an application for rezoning, THE guy who would or would not take it was standing there, and asked if he could help, and said that the office closed at 1:00.
I asked if he could look at my application and see if I had missed anything?. .... He looked it over and said " No, you got it all here,..... come back tomorrow and submit it then."
Happy with what I thought would be par for the course, ... I left the office and called home with an update........ I was then informed that tomorrow is a government holiday!
Just to let you know, tomorrow is the last day to submit an application for rezoning if, you do not want to wait another month for approval. Tomorrow is a day off for the government.
So I ran back in and asked the lady at the front desk if I could submit it today because tomorrow is a holiday, she went in to ask ............ and after a long wait........ THE guy came back out and said ... I quote..... "your screwed".!!!!!

The blood ran out of my face, it felt like it turned to ice.. I know my mouth fell open... and I think I heard a really weird sound... kind of like a frog being stomped on..( BRRaaahupe ).. and then THE guy smiled and said he was just kidding and that the dead line was pushed back a day because of the holiday.... and that I could do it on Wednesday with out a delay.
Just to let you know..... a one month delay is about $3000.00.
I was 30 minutes late and THE guy would not take it, even though I was standing there and had everything I needed.
(Smile..... and say" Thank you, I'll be back on Wednesday")
Well, I was still on par.
So leaving there I though, I'll just go across the way and apply for being landlord.........( you do know that you can't get there from here, even though you can see it is just right there...) 30 more minutes later.......I find a place to park.
And after showing all the forms to the very nice lady behind the desk, she asked " and,... where is the voided check so we can start? "
NOOOOoooooo......
It wasn't there?...... I know, I never got it. Even thought on Saturday, we went over everything, dotted all the the "i's" and crossed all the "t's", and put it in a folder, just waiting for a notary....... I did not get it at the morning pick up.
So I got in the truck and called my friend to find out where he was and then drove 90 miles an hour to the north side of Atlanta to get the voided check and then drove back at just 70 m.p.h. to downtown Atlanta. When I walked in to the office, the nice lady called me to to the front of the line and took all the forms and check and said that "you guy are in the system".
Batting 500 is not bad...... Right?

What's on the table?

2008-11-09T18:58:00.005-05:00

This next week is going to be a doozy. I will be going down town to pick up the 18 copes of the survey for the rezoning stuff, file the rezoning stuff, pic up and submit the landlord application. That is just Monday.
So just as an update I thought I'd take some pics of what's on the table right now.

First up is the new Dreadnought,

Next are the filthy orks,

The eldar in all stages of being finished,

And the last of the Termies, with missile launcher and a heavy flamer.

It is'nt the end of the world as we know it!

2008-11-05T20:51:00.002-05:00

Yesterday I had that R.E.M. song in my head all day...
But today the sky was clear and blue....
My wife and son went to the park today to do school....
And he got to ride his bike on the trails....
I went with them before work......
We watched some guy fly his homemade r/c plane.....
Today is no different than yesterday......
But today I decided to enjoy this day.....

The second Sandcastle

2008-10-27T18:29:00.003-04:00

Sandcastles

2008-10-27T18:23:00.005-04:00

This is our first attempt at building sandcastles.
Front view.

The view of the ocean from the castle.

Sunsets at the Beach

2008-10-27T18:05:00.004-04:00

Master N going for a saturday night stroll.

This is the sunset the second night.

This is the first night we were in Panama City, the air was warm the waves low and quite, the ocean looked like a lake.

The Black Reach Commander

2008-10-04T16:43:00.003-04:00

This is the only thing I've finished this past week.

Things that are on my table.

2008-10-01T11:23:00.006-04:00

I'll start with an overview.
Over the weekend I built a paint pot holder for my paint pots... I got the idea from Chris's paint pot holder. And rearranged my work space so it would hold my new paint pot holder.
I finished the wave serpent for the dire avengers. Still working on the base.

Next I have a bunch of black reach space marines

A couple of filthy orkses

And some green eldar guardian to go with the green wave serpent, and some brightly painted harlequins.

I'm just poking along, a little here and a little there. I'm not in a mad rush to finish any one project to get onto the battlefield.

Life... and then some!!!!!

2008-09-24T00:29:00.004-04:00

The 22nd I turned 46.......... I know I am OLD, Who would of thought I would get this old .... Chris said i should get a part time job in the museum, ..... as a display piece.
And my son turned 11 yesterday.
I have known my son longer than most of my friends.
All excepted for my best friend, my wife, who this October the 8th I will have known for 21 years.
Don't expect me to go on and on with a wise essay , All I have is a pithy quip,.....
" Go for the ride.... or get out and walk! "

CHANGE IS BAD!

2008-09-12T00:17:00.004-04:00

We lost internet connection on sunday, and after two days of calls, being on hold, talking real slow to someone who did not speak english, we were told it was the modems fault, and that it would take 5 to 7 days to have a new one sent to us for free but with a $19.95 shipping charge......., so we made the switch to comcast.
At first you would think it would be easy to switch..... all you have to do is go to the comcast store and get you new cable internet modem, come home and hook it up.
Well let me tell you........... hooking it up to the wall and the computer was no sweat.
But to make it work, you first have to teach your computers how to connect to the internet,then you have to teach them to remember how to connect to the internet, then you have to teach them about your new e-mail and about how to find your new e-mail internet connection, and how to remember your new e-mail account and how to find your new e-mail account, then tell everyone you want to have e-mail from about your new internet connection and your new e-mail account, and then remind them that the old e-mail address is not working, then you have to tell your old e-mail address to send all of your e-mail that everyone has sent to your old e-mail address to your new e-mail address, then you have to go through all your accounts, every place that you use you e-mail address and teach them that you have a new e-mail address......and on and on it goes.
Change is bad. Or am I just getting old?

Boy oh Boy, What a Week! and a half.

2008-09-05T00:26:00.009-04:00

My wife and son returned this week from the frozen state of Minnesota. They get to go there once a year to visit the family. They went to the Como Zoo,( where they saw an Orangoutang) and went to the state fair,
They say that there was no snow, but I guess you have had to have been there to say " that ain't so".
I spent the week with a cold flu bug that I just could not shake. Being Self-unemployed makes for a real long week.
By Labor Day I was well enough that I could go to The Steven's house for a cook out and a game of 40k, (They are the best host's you can think of..... besides us... ) we had a great time.
I do not have pic's of the game...... but I did beat Sir Daniel in a game of 40k, I took 9 of 17 kill points and he had 3 of 14 kill points, ( that is not boasting, after at least ten straight losses to the G.I. Joe's) and the dinner was great. We watched Firefly after that and they had to shoo me away after two shows. I worked on some Eldar, but not enough to take pics of.
Now the wife and son are home safe, the dog has stopped looking at me funny.( what did you do with the Momma and the Bubba ?) Life is back to "normal".

2008-08-24T12:02:00.005-04:00

Crazy, But Not Insane, 80 Mile Bike Trip

2008-08-19T10:27:00.004-04:00

The insane bike ride.

2008-08-12T20:36:00.002-04:00

On Sunday Aug. 17th, I will be on a bike ride, some say insane, I say fun.

It will be on the Silver Comet Trail, a paved railroad bed.

Starting in Smyrna and going to Rockmart, it will be about an 80 mile round trip.

Daniel, Jeff, Nathaniel,Myself and maybe a couple of others will go on the trip.We have a bail out plan in place if the ride back is to daunting.

I'll hopefully post pics on Monday.

And 2 Heavy Bolters

2008-08-12T20:27:00.004-04:00

The current project is 2 heavy bolters to finnish off the last of my weapon choices.

And in the back ground to the left, two old school marine sergeants

which will more than likely be next on the to do list.

And 6 Rocket Launchers

2008-08-12T19:48:00.005-04:00

I also needed 6 rocket launchers.

These guys were painted with a darker base coat, and then high lighted with the regular color.

More high light on the 3 to the right that the other 3.

I do not think I'll be doing this method again.

5 melta guys

2008-08-12T19:31:00.004-04:00

I have been working on filling out the last of my squads weapon choices.

I finished the five melta guys awhile ago, but had no time to post them.

I just can not believe this!!!! I really wanted dull!

2008-07-24T22:41:00.008-04:00

I know it has been a while for posting, the Quad has taken up so much of my time, talking on the phone, being transfered to someone else on the phone, searching on the net for the info we need to make a go or no go call when we found a glitch with the Quad and the city of Atlanta, as Derek likes to put it "drama, it's what makes life not dull".

So to pass the long waits in-between times, I was finishing the last 5 of a squad of 10 assault marines.

So this is the first of the squad I did a while ago.

And this is how the last five turned out.

See that fuzzy white mess all over the guys in the front ?

I ran out of the matte varnish that I use to cover them. It keeps the paint from rubbing off and gives them a nice dull, flat look, that is crisp.

I bought some more, but this batch is called "purity seal".

Well in my opinion, it's pure s@%$!!!

Now I have to paint them again.

It's a Quad

2008-07-16T22:10:00.005-04:00

This is all I've been thinking about

for the last week or so.

The Librarian

2008-07-07T22:06:00.003-04:00

And this what my new Librarian looks like.

Here's a look at the 5 Sergeants

2008-07-07T16:02:00.002-04:00

These are my five squad leaders.

I've got one more to go.

I might make him with an ax and a pistol.

The Sergeant is done.

2008-07-07T15:19:00.007-04:00

I finished the sergeant.

I added the banner to his back pack and

put the golden eagle back on .

This is how G.W. painted their sergeant.

Two more update.

2008-07-03T10:52:00.005-04:00

I started adding the foundation color to most of the parts.

And I added the banner pole to the sergeants backpack.

Starting Two more

2008-07-02T10:09:00.004-04:00

The one on the left is the new Librarian with his staff,

the other is the new space marine sergeant with a power fist and bolt gun.

I'm in the Armory now!

2008-06-27T10:05:00.007-04:00

The Crusader takes it's place in the armory.

Proud of my wife

2008-06-27T09:51:00.004-04:00

I am so proud of my wife.

She opened her own quilt shop on Etsy.

This is her banner that is on top of the shop page.

I helped make the banner.

Take a look.

Crusader update

2008-06-26T16:12:00.003-04:00

This is the Landraider with all it's

parts,

a shot of the back,

now for the finishing touches.

Landraider Crusader

2008-06-23T22:14:00.003-04:00

This is my latest work in progress.

This the main hull and all the part I have not put on.

And this is just the hull. Front view,

And this is inside, I spent way to much time on these things.

that is the engine in the back.

Meet Puck and Ava

2008-06-22T19:42:00.009-04:00

This is Puck and Ava.

Ava is a skilled fighter who is half elf and half human. She has auburn hair and eyes of green that can pierce a man's soul.

Puck is a ranger with a bow, who is also half elf and half human. Puck's name is Phineas Ulysses Claudius Kennyrddare or Puck for short. His last name means "sworn to the winds".

They both were members of other adventure parties that met with dire ends when all but they were killed. After each made their way to a small town, to rest and heal their wounds, Puck and Ava met in the only pub in town. Being the only Half Elves in town, Gravity took over after a lot of hard unwanted stares, under the breath grumblings that would normally start fights,.... they shared a small table in the shadowy corner, far from the fireplace. With a pint or two and the sharing of their strange tales of life as a half elf human, the loss of each of their elf parents at their birth and the loss of their human parents so long ago to the shortness of human life, bound these two together as long lost friends.

From one battle to another.

2008-06-22T17:37:00.005-04:00

I have had a string of loosing battles against Chris and Daniel as of late ......

and the last game against Daniel I lost,badly, so I issued a challenge to him in the form of a comic.

He had left one of his guys behind in one of the buildings, I told him not to leave any behind, who knows what would happen to him??

So now the battle will be 2000 pts.

The hostage will be the objective,

in the center of the table,

and will be blindfolded,

and will move 1 d6 and scatter die per turn.

Work In Progress

2008-06-22T16:01:00.003-04:00

This is the "work station".

No real work actually happens here, Just lots of fun.

Movies

2008-06-22T15:56:00.003-04:00

The last really good movie that we watched was The Kingdom.

Very good, very intense.

Mountain Biking

2008-06-22T15:23:00.004-04:00

Mountain biking is sometimes in my head. Living near the lake with trails helps alot with getting to ride when I want. Not only do I get a workout from riding but I also use the time to work out things in my head. I like riding in the woods, with the trees and branches flying by as I speed along the trail.

40K

2008-06-22T14:55:00.005-04:00

40K is one of my hobbies. I like all parts of 40K: building models and painting them, playing the game, reading and re-reading White Dwarf, reading other web sites about it, talking about it. I plan on taking pictures of my models and posting them here, like this one...