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

Lord Paddington

2 years ago

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.

I still need how to focus my shots – _ –

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.