Saturday, August 27, 2016

NOVA Terrain Volunteers



NOVA Open Terrain Volunteers:

As you all know, the NOVA Open is a small organization. Much of the money that we earn from admission fees goes into venue and storage costs. We certainly can’t afford to pay wages to the dozens upon dozens of people that contribute to a successful event every year. So, understand that I am not exaggerating when I tell you that I consider the volunteers to be the lifeblood of the NOVA Open. Your dedication and resolve are what carry us through to the main event.

I first heard about the NOVA back in 2010. I went to the event and took some pictures. The next year, my wife and I spend a lovely (a.k.a. humid as Hell) June evening hanging out in the Brandt’s garage, gluing sand onto some hills. Thus I became involved in terrain building for the NOVA. In the last five years, it’s been a joy and an honor to meet all the enthusiastic gamers that the NOVA attracts. Because of the terrain builds, the NOVA isn’t just a once a year event for me. It goes on all year long. And it’s you, the other volunteers, who make the long hours, forfeited Saturdays, and extensive homework projects all worth it.

Now that terrain building has closed on NOVA Open 2016, I wanted to just take a minute to send out a heartfelt thank you to everyone who volunteered this year. Your help was invaluable and greatly appreciated. We couldn’t put on this event without you. But I also enjoyed your company. I hope to see you all next year for more terrain day fun.

Bob
NOVA Open Minister of Terrain
Director for Creative Projects and Deliverables
Leader of Bob’s Builders

Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Ships 8/17/16

Hello All,

Here is the latest on the ships we are doing for the NOVA Open 2016. In total there will be 16 ships for the massive sea battle being put on.




The Chaos Fleet

Khorne


Slaanesh

Nurgle

Tzeentch


Chaos Undivided

Chaos Undivided



The Order/Death/Destruction Fleet

The Black Razor


The Lion of Doncaster 


The Vinger


The Hood


The Lord Alfred


The Orca


A little weathering on the Orca
The Ironclads



The Paddle Boat (Still under construction- Primed black in the group shot above)



The original idea for the paddle boat came from this picture.


In other News...



I finished priming the Panzer 4 tanks for this years Airbrush competition.

The first batch


Now that's a lot of tanks!

Well that's it for now. Till next time

RGH

Saturday, August 13, 2016

Swag days! The Month of August



Hello All,

Today was the second Saturday of swag preparation for the 2016 NOVA Open. 


Last week we prepared the snack bags the have become a hallmark of team NOVA. Many of the members of the NOVA Open board of directors brought members of their families to help with the work.



Today We met at the NOVA's secret storage facility (Telegraph Self Storage on Telegraph road) to work off of what was started last week. The New bags are really nice. If you are one of the lucky people to get a swag bag this year, you are in for a treat. Nearly 20 people showed up and things went fast! 500 swag bags in under 2.5 hours!


The new bags are orange and black

Packing away the finished bags 

More bags getting stowed 


Taking a short break



We managed to get quite a lot done in a short period of time. Nice Job to all that attended.

Thanks,

RGH