NOVA Build 3/14/2015

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Hello All,

 

Saturday March 14 was NOVA Build session 2.  Despite rain and a slow start this was an extremely successful build day. I decided to do a few things different this time around. first I decided to send out a list of what we were going to work on to everyone I had Email for. The handout was 7 pages long (With lots of images) and is displayed below for your enjoyment. Next I engaged LB to be my facilitator so that I could concentrate on leading the team. It worked! 

 

Forgive misspellings I was in a hurry

 

LB (Acting as the facilitator) displayed the build diagrams in a prominent location for all to reference as needed. Pretty cool right?

 



 

We were unable to build the Gun Turrets on page 5 for lack of parts but most of the rest was done in good order.   Boards were cut to make water features and forests. Foam was Hot Wire cut and shaped to make special hills for the Narrative and Houses for Warmachine. In addition the rest of the corrugated cardboard was applied to the Infinity cargo containers

 

1/8 board

Hills and forests

Foam cutting

Special hills

 

 

Here is where we were by lunch

 

As you can see almost everything was at least started by lunch

Speaking of Lunch... Spaghetti and meatballs, Salad, Bread, Bourbon Wings, and cookies!

 

 

After lunch the rest of the cutting was knocked out in short order and the workspace cleaned up. The team then tackled the most challenging assignment of the day. Brick work on the Warmachine buildings. But the team really showed their stuff when they not only knocked out the 30 buildings but also did a few extra by accident and had to be told to stop! One of the Malifaux T.O s liked the desogn so much he wants to make a town board that will feature a bunch of them as well.

 

 

Little Pink houses

These will look so cool when painted

Putting the tops on

A little extra details



 After this we sand papered and glued the Hills for the Narrative, t everything away and cleaned up.

 

All done by 4:30

 

Great Job Guys!

 

RGH









Nova Build 2015 Session 1

Hello All,

Today was the first official build session for 2015. We had 9 folks show up and started some of the projects for this years event. As always the unstoppable force that is the NOVA Open starts off slow but build in momentum as the months pass.

Any good build session starts with a plan and this was no exception. 

These are plans...

We managed to get quite a bit done considering the slow start. 

First- all the building stuff had to be taken out of storage and set up in its respective spots for use during the various build sessions. 

For Infinity we started working on 40 shipping style containers

Corrugated sides to add realism

For Malifaux we designed new hills for the Badlands tables and a new kind of soft cover

Project TW

Lunch was sandwiches, Chips and Mac'n Cheese!

 In other news I have been asked to continue the Dead Zone project from last year. And asked for more details. I have decided to take the up the request so look for that coming up soon.

The second tile complete

Close up. It is supposed to look like it was painted with a spray can by a "survivor"

I have two tiles left for the tutorial. I will explain what I did  to get this far before I do more.

Nova Open 2015

At 9:30 AM Today the NOVA Open 2015 pre-season officially gets underway. Get over to this site and check it out...

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SuperNOVA ACCESS PASSES: SOLD OUT!

in under an hour!

If you want a shot at one go and get on the wait list. you never know...

A real post coming soon...

RGH

Belated Happy New Year!

Hello All,

Welcome to NOVA Open 2015 building season. January is always a big month as we prepare for the February ticket kick off! Lots of cool stuff going on an to keep up on the latest and greatest I recommend heading over to  Mikes Blog Whisky & 40K. You can also sign up for the News letter by sending an email to novaopen@gmail.com and ask to be put on the list

Here we talk terrain. :)

On January 10, 2015 seven brave souls (including yours truly) headed out into the harsh Virginia winter to  to count, inventory, and re-box all of the stored assets NOVA Open LLC, keeps for the event. We are talking about a HUGE amount of stuff.  Even with seven people it took almost 8 hours to go through it all. (Thanks to all the folks who came out)

Here are the pictures from that day. (see if you recognize anything.)

First we emptied the locker. It filled the entire hall

In both directions

We came up with a pro labeling system (Shipping stickers)

Malifaux- Some designs are more durable than others

Like these (that Mike said were the most solid terrain he could remember seeing)

We found a lot of stuff packed in the wrong boxes

Speaking of boxes check out the new boxes for 2015
These things are massive. 

Next we set everything out to count and get photoed for later ID

An infinite amount of Infinity terrain 

Just keeps going...

And going.

Almost all the Malifaux terrain fits in a single new box
(Told you they were massive)

40K Narritive

The Train

So many hills

The busted stuff box(es)
We have a lot of fixing to do

Starting to put it away

The Banner Box

Packing Concerns

Looks Pro 

Almost done!

As always I am looking forward to the upcoming build sessions as much because they are fun as it is a chance to see people I have not talked to since the last NOVA back in August. I hope to see many of you there.


RGH