Nova Impact

Had a great time at Nova this year but played even more then last year! I'm beat. I didn't get as many pictures as I would have liked to but I'll probably start posting them tomorrow.  It's a hectic few days and I'm feeling it haha.  But I'll know. Evan and Greg took a ton so thankfully I'll get to see anything I missed that way!

Stellar Explosion

 Also known as a Super Nova..  well.. today is the last day before Nova 2014 and I'm done .. well almost but but I'm done enough to be able to finish up tonight with time to pack and sit down for a few minutes at least. I'm pretty happy with everything. I would of course would like to have more done but I can't complain.

 Ignore the toys in the background. 8) .. I might adjust the position of the mini's tomorrow but we'll see.

 I'n the Dark..

 The Revenant rocking it on the displayboard.

 I got him finished up but now I have to figure out how I'm going to transport him to Nova. I went to the comic shop looking for something to use but other then a box ... no luck..

I'll figure something out haha..

The Trios display is also done.. I added the Tombstones and some raised up earth for the graves..

The Farseer is also complete..  I have about 40 more Spiritstones to complete throughout the army. That's pretty much it. Modelwise at least. I need to print up my lists and get everything ready. And packing .. Well.. that's it. If you are going to Nova maybe I'll see you there!! ..

The Change of Season..

Last night wasn't very exciting .. it was filled with much drudgery haha.. I needed to match up the bases of my Eldar to the new Displayboard. I've added some Green and Red/Orange foliage to the displayboard as well as some leaves. It gives it that little bit of extra detail I think it needed. I'll be posting up some of the final before Nova pictures tomorrow. Here is what I was doing .. when I took the picture it was the Dire Avengers turn in line. Glue, add foliage, glue, add leaf, add leaf, add leaf .. repeat that pattern for over an hour .. sheesh.. I don't know what I did with the picture but I also finished up the Prism and Seer's bases ..

 I was also hoping to get the tombstones glued down last night but that didn't happen ..I did get the border glued onto the Trios Displayboard though. Now it looks clean and respectable .. well .. for a large dirty square that it!

Tonight I'll mount the tombstones and add a little more grass. I also want to add a magnet to the tree so it will stick better. Sadly I can't find the smaller dowels I had lying around 8\. I'll figure something out.

So lets look at where I am..
Task --- > Priority

Cabinet
Painting Door ---> Done
Clear Coat the Cabinet ---> Done
Mount the Handles ---> Done
Stencil Symbol on the back of the cabinet --->Not Happening, I want to use it for other armies as well so thought of another way to handle this. But it won't be happening this year.

Displayboard
Attach the skirting on the DB ---> Done
Prime and paint the skirting and step blockers ---> Done
Drill, Mount and Glue the Magnets to the Vane ---> Done
Add the Subdeck Lights ---> Done
Add the Subdeck Clouds ---> Done
Add Subdeck Treetops (maybe) ---> Didn't look right so Done
Add Flocking ---> Done
Touch Ups ---> Done

Miniatures
Details on Farseer and Bike ---> Mid
Farseer's Base ---> Done
Prism Base ---> Done
Revenant Details ---> Mid
Wraithknight Details ---> Low

Trios
Mini Displayboard for our leader ---> High - Almost Done

So, I'm almost done. Tonight and tomorrow night will be filled with getting all the touch ups on models and finishing the Trios Display. After that it will be printing lists and packing up. I have most of my mini's in their receptive trays and ready to go but I do have two issues. The Wraithknight and even more of a pain... the Revenant. I have no idea how I'm going to tote his butt down there. He's huge and is pretty fragile.. I'll be getting a bag from Nova this year since I signed up for the VIP but that doesn't help me getting him down there haha..

And speaking of the toting,  Sean and I were talking about the amount of stuff we'll be taking and it's insane. Hopefully he can score his SUV for this weekend so we have the room for it all. 

I have-
Displayboard
Cabinet
Army bag
Malifaux bag
Cloths bag
Cooler

Sean-
Cloths bag
Army (s) bag
His table and all the accompanying terrain.

We are probably going to pay the early check in free to store our stuff.. there is no way we want to carry all that stuff around. Thankfully the cabinet will hold most of my stuff so I'll only be pushing a big crazy cart around .. Whoo Hoo.. 

There's two kinds of people my friend..

Nova is fast approaching and as I've mentioned I'll be playing in the Trios. Our theme is a spoof off The Good The Bad the Ugly..  and in keeping with that theme we wanted a quick"ish" displayboard to tell the story so I whipped up this .. not done yet but I got a good bit done so far.. It matches the final scene of the movie where the three face off..  I didn't have the time to match the colors but the layout is pretty matchy matchy.. 8)

 It's made of masonite and cardstock. I made a 10" circle for the center and cut it out of the cardstock that would be on top.

 Thankfully I had made those cobble/flag stone plaster pieces up and used them as the center duel section.

 Closed off the sides and added some supports.

 Glued on the top and start adding some texture..

 I added a section for the tree and hope to Magnetize it before I leave... hopefully.. haha

 Here's a mock up with some tombstones I made up for Malifaux but made a bunch of the same things

 Here.. that will be glued down to show the graves..

I'll add on a little more grass and that will be it ..  well that and the border but that is already cut and just needs to be glued on...  It's coming together and hopefully I'll be done everything. I think I should be able to squeeze it all in ..  and then...  I have to play in it haha..  I keep feeling like I'll be done when Wednesday hits but Thursday starts the actual Tournament ..  haha.. sheeshh..

Construction of War..

 Last night I worked on adding some details to the Revenant.  I hated how plain the shoulder and leg guards looked so I made up a few designs and then made some templates to spray the designs. It's a long process haha.. about two hours to get four designs made and sprayed. But I think they came out looking pretty good..  I outlined the design in black by hand and that was a pain. Holding him and painting straight on it was crazy tough haha..

 I also sprayed some lite veining on the wraithbone sections. Nothing to drastic just a little here and there to give it some extra something..

Now it's just finish the stones on him and he should be done for NOVA...

Tired yet?

 I know I am..  Last night I was on a mission and got a lot of stuff done, making a ton of progress and I'm actually feeling pretty good (as well as exhausted) about where I am now. I'm sure people are also tired of looking at the displayboards progress so this will be the last post of it till Nova and when it's completely done. One week from now I should be setting it up at Nova before the Trios event where the Eldar will be forced to team up with two if it's greatest enemies haha.. Evan is playing Crons and Ron will be playing his Nids. The craziest team up ever! This should be pretty fun and I can't wait to see all the crazy stuff that will be in there. With it being way more open in regards to what you can use there should be some crazy lists. One week..  wow..

 But anyway .. Here it is now. I got all the skirting sanded and painted. I blended it in and it needs a few touch ups but other then that the painting is done. I'm really happy with it right now. I love the way it's looking and the whole feel of it. I added the purple lights under the deck to see how it's going to look. Right now they are just laying on top of the cabinet but I'm also going to run a line mounted to the bottom of the deck to see which way makes it look more realistic. Well.. at least realistic in my mind haha.. Giant floating platforms that allow you to enter a sub dimension really isn't that realistic but the look can be I suppose haha

 The cabinet is also almost completely done. I added the handles on the side and hit it up with another coat of clear. I also got paint on all parts of the door that need it. I was applying it pretty thin so I'll have to add another layer to the blue and letters but I think it looks pretty solid. I was just going to go with two magnets at the top and it's pretty secure but I want to be safe so I'm going to attach two more to the bottom corners as well. I really don't want to hit a bump and have it shoot off haha..

 The lighting really worked out and I'm super happy with it. It's much bringer then the EL Wire lines I used last year which is pretty cool even if it took a ton more work to get it done.

Now I'm going to go over it with some light weathering powder and grime it up some. I'll most likely just be rubbing it in with my thumb so all the recesses will get some shading. Then it will be time for some flocking and leaves, I plan to have some overgrowth on it to show age and break it up from looking so clean and clear .. plus the Dar are space elves so they needs some schrubbery on there 8) ..

Task --- > Priority

Cabinet
Painting Door ---> Done
Clear Coat the Cabinet ---> Done
Mount the Handles ---> Done
Stencil Symbol on the back of the cabinet ---> Low

Displayboard
Attach the skirting on the DB ---> Done
Prime and paint the skirting and step blockers ---> Done
Drill, Mount and Glue the Magnets to the Vane ---> Done
Add the Subdeck Lights ---> Mid
Add the Subdeck Clouds ---> Mid
Add Subdeck Treetops (maybe) ---> Low
Add Flocking ---> High
Touch Ups ---> High

Miniatures
Details on Farseer and Bike ---> Mid
Farseer's Base ---> High
Prism Base ---> High
Revenant Details ---> Mid
Wraithknight Details ---> Low

Trios
Mini Displayboard for our leader ---> Mid

Because we need it..

 Last night I got the skirting added to the sides and closed up the base deck. Here's to hoping nothing happens to the lights inside haha.. That would be uncool to say the least. I added a little section in the center to allow some of the light out but other wise it's should be stopping any other light leaking out other then where I want it.

 I was going to go with card stock for the skirting but I didn't think it would have the flexibility I needed so I went with Kydex. Kydex is a moldable plastic that can be shaped with the help of a heat gun. I've used it before when making train gardens and figured it would work well for this. Cut it to size and then heated it up and shaped it. I had to use super glue to adhere it and let me tell you, I've never been so happy to have the spray activator! That made the job nowhere near as bad as I thought it was going to be.

 Here's the Kydex attached but not primed. I sanded it all down and then primed it with the bone color.

 But it needed to match to applied spackle yet again..  every time I apply it I feel like a nut haha.. smearing a mess all over the stuff I just worked on but after it's sanded it comes out looking good!

Once it's sanded it will be down to painting the deck and blending the edge back in. I wasn't sure how long the skirting was going to take. Thankfully it only took a few hours and came out looking like I wanted it to!

Like a Supernova in a Sunrise...

A week.. one more week.. I'm happy that it's almost over and also completely stressed that I'm not going to get everything done! This weekend I have system maintenance so I have to go in on the do some stuffs.. it's at night so I can hopefully get some stuff done on Friday during the day.. But lets look at the final list I'll be taking to the Tourney..  my 2000 point Trios List. It's funny but the same thing happened last year, I was so focused on getting stuff ready for the event that I really forget about the event itself. It's like I know its coming and I know why I'm building up (I think I know at least) but now I'll be going to play in it.. I haven't read up on nearly all the information (new books or even the missions) I'd like or gotten any test games in. I'll be full on winging it and so .. I'm bringing lists that will be fun to play.. results? Meh..  fun ..  8)

Since I can use the Revenant in the Trios I will be, no if ands or butts.. 8) .. I've gotten him together and he's never been on the table before. He will be looking to stomp some fools Ash style ..

2000 Pts - Codex: Eldar Supplement - Iyanden Roster - 2K Nova Trios Revenant

1 Farseer
   1 Farseer - TL Shuriken Catapults; Rune Armour; Shuriken Pistol; Witchblade; Ghosthelm; Eldar Jetbike

4 Windrider Jetbike Squad
   4 Windrider Jetbike Squad - TL Shuriken Catapults; Eldar Jetbike

5 Dire Avengers
   5 Dire Avengers - Avenger Shuriken Catapult; Plasma Grenades
1 Wave Serpent
   1 Wave Serpent - TL Scatter Lasers; Shuriken Cannon

5 Dire Avengers
   5 Dire Avengers - Avenger Shuriken Catapult; Plasma Grenades
1 Wave Serpent
   1 Wave Serpent - TL Scatter Lasers; Shuriken Cannon

5 Rangers
   5 Rangers - Ranger Long Rifle; Shuriken Pistol

5 Warp Spiders
   5 Warp Spiders - Death Spinner; Warp Jump Generators

1 Crimson Hunter
   1 Crimson Hunter

3 War Walker
   3 War Walker - Scatter Laser; Starcannon

1 Revenant Titan (AP)
   1 Revenant Titan (AP)

The Revenant eats up most of the list seeing that he is almost half of the points but it will be awesome to get him on the table to stomp some butts. I'm really hoping he doesn't go out there and have some terrible luck and get blasted off the table before getting to do anything. Honestly I just want to Titan Stomp something .. that is my entire goal for the 2K game haha.. I'm probably looking forward to the Trios the most, teaming up will be cool and getting the big man on the table will be pretty awesome. Sitting here thinking about it is at least making more excited for it. I've been so focused on GETTING DONE that the other stuff has fallen away. haha.. not that it's done but at least it's making me think past the rush.

Last night I worked on getting some of the door painted.. (also sprayed the cabinet black)..

Let me just say.. this is taking me forever.. I don't know if it looks like it or not but painting this is taking mucho time. I'd probably say I have at least 5 hours into it so far and it's still not done ..argh..  I was rolling pretty good on the image last night but the lettering .. sheesh. Tonight I want to get it complete... well .. maybe it's a toss up between that and the skirting on the base deck. I put together a list of things I still need to get done..

Task --- > Priority

Cabinet
Painting Door ---> High
Clear Coat the Cabinet ---> High
Mount the Handles ---> High
Stencil Symbol on the back of the cabinet ---> Low

Displayboard
Attach the skirting on the DB ---> High
Prime and paint the skirting and step blockers ---> High
Drill, Mount and Glue the Magnets to the Vane ---> High
Add the Subdeck Lights ---> Mid
Add the Subdeck Clouds ---> Mid
Add Subdeck Treetops (maybe) ---> Low
Add Flocking ---> High
Touch Ups ---> High

Miniatures
Details on Farseer and Bike ---> Mid
Farseer's Base ---> High
Prism Base ---> High
Revenant Details ---> Mid
Wraithknight Details ---> Low

Trios
Mini Displayboard for our leader ---> Mid

Ok..  I'm stressed again..  8\..