Thursday, July 30, 2015

NOCF at GenCon

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Over the past couple of months we've been inundating the blog with posts about the two 40K armies that we are raffling off this year. Soon we'll have a few more featuring the Flames Of War army we are now selling tickets for (painted by Steve McCuen) and the Malifaux crews we will have up on the...

Monday, July 27, 2015

Battle for the Craftworld - Sons Of Orar - Heavy Support One

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Each year that I've been involved in creating an army (or two) and then auctioning it off for charity, there have been a few others right there alongside me. One of those perennial troopers in Justin 'misterjustin' McCoy from Secret Weapon Miniatures. The first year Justin supplied us with resin...

Thursday, July 23, 2015

Battle for the Craftworld - Spotlight on our Sponsors (part 2)

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We are lucky to have some fantastic sponsors here at the NOVA Open Charitable Foundation. Each year they provide things like the models that make up the armies, the bases these models stand on, and even the cases the models are shipped to the winners in!  Secret Weapon Miniatures have been...

Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Battle for the Craftworld - Alaitoc Eldar - Fast Attack

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Moving swiftly along (see what I did there?) we come to the incredibly speedy component of our Alaitoc Eldar. Ken Webb was tasked with painting up Baharroth, the Swooping Hawk Phoenix Lord, and the squad of Swooping Hawks. Ken has chosen a very unique color scheme for these Eldar, who bring...

Thursday, July 16, 2015

Battle for the Craftworld - Sons Of Orar - Fast Attack

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Even though this is the first year that Joe Johnson has painted models for this project, it certainly isn't his first crack at painting. Joe has been winning Best Army awards at tournaments for over a decade now, and his award-winning armies would be instantly recognizable to many. For the Sons Of...

Monday, July 13, 2015

Battle for the Craftworld - Alaitoc Eldar - Aspect Warriors One

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Sales are humming along nicely for the Battle for the Craftworld armies, although I think the Sons Of Orar are just marginally ahead. So, if you've been sitting on the fence, hopefully this post will give you a nudge towards the Alaitoc Eldar ; ) Included in the massive army are these excellent...

Friday, July 10, 2015

Battle for the Craftworld - Spotlight on our Sponsors

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We are lucky to have some fantastic sponsors here at the NOVA Open Charitable Foundation. Each year they provide things like the models that make up the armies, the bases these models stand on, and even the cases the models are shipped to the winners in! This year, our miniatures for the Battle...

Monday, July 6, 2015

Battle for the Craftworld - Sons Of Orar - Troops Two

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Following on from the Eldar Troops choices in our last post, here are the other two Troops choices for the Sons Of Orar Space Marines. The first squad we have here has a slightly darker cast to their red armor, and some lovely chipping/weathering effects, all from the hands of Texas-resident Will...