• i would use that cake in a match

• @Nephilim I just laughed energy drink out of my nose. It burns. Burns like hate.

• I think a Mega-Gargant cake would be great for Apocalypse games.... every time it receives damage, you just eat some of it.

• Surprisingly, very little of the cake was fondant! The corners were made of 3 very thin sheets overlaid, but everything in between, the portal parts on the front and back, and directly underneath the pillars, are all frosting over cake. The turrets, the pillars (the three tall ones on either side and the 4 squat top ones), the gem and of course the curved pylon were all shaped fondant, but the flat top is cake and frosting. There were no problems cutting it, as is sometimes the case with cakes that are made with too much fondant. Skinnytie told me that Luscious Layers's "thing" is to make cakes with the least amount of fondant, so it looks and cuts like a cake rather than like a big piece of candy with cake filling. You should contact Ashley at LL if you want to make a Monolith cake; she's the nicest chick, and she'll undoubtedly have some pointers.

• That is wonderful! I'm a 40k player as well as a pastry chef, and I hadn't thought of doing a monolith cake! I am assuming that it was made with rolled fondant?

• Red Icing so you can eat it faster? ... I forgot that computer players know what a Monolith is too... silly computer games **He says while nursing last nights 40K ass whoppin & hangover**

• Wow, now that's a cake! I am glad I am in Chicago, I need Luscious Layers to make me a Mega-Gargant cake, with red icing of course. And lots of noisy shooty bits.

• @justgroovy: You know that Warhammer 40,000 is a miniatures game, right? The computer game is just the newest way to play it. On topic, that cake is a beauty. That is actually the best Warhammer inspired cake that I have ever seen, so great job getting it done. Also, surprisingly, I have only met female players down here, and the ones that do are into 40K, not fantasy. Odd.

• Yep, that is truly amazing. Oh yeah, the cake is pretty cool too. :p

• Dang, that is so cool. The cake, I mean. I guess it's cool to have a babe that digs Warhammer 40,000 as long as she has her own PC. Don't think I could put up with splitting game time. Anyway, the cake makes my mouth water. Did it have sound effects???

• Great Googly Moogly! My cake (and my face) is on Topless Robot! Skinnytie told me, but I didn't believe it until I saw it! What an honor!!! Did he mention that this cake not only looked amazing but tasted GREAT? It's lavender flavored with citrus custard filling between layers, with lavender flavored butter cream frosting. :) :) :) Luscious Layers rocked it out! Btw, I just wanted to point out that my Monolith model, featured in the pic (you know, the thing that looks like the cake), is not painted yet. Skinnytie helped me pimp the insides with three different set of ultra bright LEDs that will pulse at independent intervals out of the top crystal, the front portal, and the back portal using an arduino. So, yeah, I still have to put the finishing touches on it (green stuff, mostly) before painting commences; in other words, this is not the final product... it occurs to me no one but me cares, but I am psyched.

• Awesome! So very cool.

• Cute nerd girls are indeed the holy grail of nerdom. Well played good sir, you have earned your geek goddess. Seriously though that's on hell of a cake. Awesome job.

• Of course it is sacrilegious to eat a cake shaped like a Necron Monolith. Only eat cakes shaped like the Golden Throne of the Emperor. Purge the alien! The mutant! The heretic!

• Clarification: The cake was made by Ashley Galliart from Luscious Layers, the best bakery in Chicago - http://www.lusciouslayers.com Also, I know I have the best girl in the world. She's a keeper and I'm keeping her! :)

• I'm amazed the cake looks better than the miniature. What an awesome job.

• Yeah, a cute girl that loves Warhammer 40,000 enough to enjoy the gift of a Necron Monolith cake made for her ... uhm ... yeah dude, don't let her get away! There's only like two or three of those in the world at any one time!

• You know, I really hate those cakes. On one hand, it's a cake. Delicious cake. You must eat it. On the other hand, it seems so sacrilegious to turn such amazing works of food into crap.

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