The Road to the NOVA Open 2023 – Hobby Progress goes SCREEEEEEE!!!

Hi all,
It’s time for another monthly update on my progress towards the three events I will be playing in for the Nova open!

So let’s revisit what I need to accomplish:

• Design army lists for:
  • Warhammer Armies Project (WAP) big battle
  • Age of Sigmar Doubles
  • Horus Heresy Doubles
• Acquire the models for above
• Paint the models from above

So far I have closed in on lists for all three, though my AoS list is the most shakey. I am leaning toward the following:

• Contorted Epitome
• 2×11 Blissbard Archers
• 1×5 Slickblade seekers
• 1×10 Seekers

I still don’t know enough about the various sub-factions to pick an artifact or alignment (Pretenders, etc.) but I am liking the list. The one downside, is that I have 0 of these models painted, and I still need to get one more block of Blissbarb archers. Since I suck at painting human flesh, this is likely where I will lean on a commission painter for.

For the Horus Heresy I just need to get a javelin and a few jetbikes to complete my list. Then, I will need to paint the aforementioned models as well as an Arquitor, a few rapier mortars, and some characters. I think I will focus on the 30k units after the Slaanesh models as I can make another 1500 list if need be.

Lastly for the WAP I am in a good spot. I just finished 12 Slaanesh Fiends which I will need for my list but also encountered a conundrum.

While I love my square bases, I worry that having them glued on will limit my ability to use them in 40k or AoS. Thus, I came up with a solution: on each base I glued a washer and carefully made sure it wasn’t covered by the texture paints. I also glued a magnet on one foot on each of the fiends, allowing me to swap bases with ease. While they can look a little wonky, the additional flexibility is nice for making them rank up.

Goals for next update:

• Paint 30 Daemonettes
• Nail down my AoS list
• Get the last Horus Heresy models
• Build my Blissbarbs

Thanks all for reading! Hope to see you in DC!

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Sam

The resident Flames of War, Historical, and narrative gaming expert. I have been playing tabletop games for 20 years with armies for 40k, Warhammer Fantasy, Horus Heresy, Age of Sigmar, Flames of War, Legions Imperialis, Battlefleet Gothic, and even Titanicus. I love narrative campaigns above all and dabble in customs missions too.

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