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We're proud to welcome four new sponsors for the 2013 NOVA Open!
4Ground has graciously offered a selection of their 15mm "Europe at War" range in support of our Flames of War tournament. Expect to see some of these awesome pre-painted, highly detailed MDF terrain kits offered up in the prize packages for both Flames of War events!
Battleroad Games & Hobbies is a fast-growing hobby webstore that also contracts concepts out to top notch artists and miniature sculptors to design their own exclusive products. Owned and operated by award-winning artist, Alex Akers, Battleroad will be vending at the NOVA Open this year. Alex will also be joining Justin McCoy ( Secret Weapon Miniatures), head judge, for the Capital Palette contest ... and assisting in 40k Army Appearance Judging.
Toledo Game Room is a shop in Toledo, Ohio, and a regular fixture in vending halls at many wargaming conventions. The Game Room sells board games, trading card games (TCGs), role playing games, and more! Their vending space is filled with bins of used bits coveted by people around the world. You may know him as the "vendor outside the hall" at Adepticon.
Painting expert (and now sponsor) Jawaballs will be setting up a gaming table to give painting advice, tactics tips, and do impromptu demonstrations. Jawaballs has also launched a new line of tutorial DVDs called The Jawaballs Way: How to Paint Wargame Miniatures! This series of DVDs is intended to help improve your painting. On each DVD Jawaballs demonstrates the easy to follow techniques that he uses in his award winning armies so that you can learn to paint like a pro! This series is perfect for the beginning painter, and the seasoned vet. Sets will be included in the majority of prize packages for Capital Palette winners. Register your best model/s today.
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Primer Updates:
Infinity & Appearance Judging
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 We wanted to share again with you this 2012 Slate article, "Marines who love Space Marines," on the popularity of wargaming, and 40k in particular, with active-duty military personnel. Slate's reporter did a fantastic job of covering the many benefits of wargaming as a hobby, and even included interviews and photos from 40k players in Afghanistan. You may notice some NOVA Open regulars in the article, as well. Our hats off again to Slate and to all our servicemen!
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 Are you a podcaster, looking for more wargaming content? NOVA Open staffers are more than happy to give interviews to talk about wargaming and the NOVA Open. Contact us for interviews/content!
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 Mike Pumphrey has been hard a work on four more custom objects for NOVA. Last year you'll recall he made these awesome four objectives. Here are some WIP teaser pics of the this year's prize objectives! We'll be giving away one to the top generalship player and the best overall player in each FoW tournament this year, so sign up today for a chance to win these masterpieces, and keep an eye here or on Mike's blog to see how they turn out!
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SUPPORT THE CHARITY RAFFLES!
Three amazing armies, three amazing causes: Charity raffles are open, so step up, join the Compassionate Force, and take a shot at winning one of these professionally painted armies. KR Multicase is providing custom cases for each army. On top of that, Tabletop Designs has just donated unit trays and display boards for them, as well!
1850 Point Dark Angels: Redemption of the Fallen
in support of Doctors Without Borders
Twice before in the past few years, skilled miniature artists have come together to raise money (thousands of dollars!) for this cause. For 2013, six artists have come together with the Foundation, the NOVA Open, and its sponsors to produce another incredible Charity Army in support of DWB.
1000 Point Necrons: The House of the Silent King
in support of Fisher House Foundation
Stiff Neck Studio owner/artist Wes Cogdal (a Captain in the U.S. Army) is working with the Foundation to create and donate the House of the Silent King army in a raffle he hopes will generously support a charity offering direct assistance to veterans and their families, Fisher House Foundation. Wes raised a record amount of money in 2012- help him do even better this year! COMPLETED ARMY COMING SOON!
35 Point Khador: The Lightish Red Army
in support of The Breast Cancer Research Foundation
Brendon Caulkins is a NOVA Open event coordinator for Warmachine/Hordes. Privateer Press (WM/H parent company) is well known for its charitable support of breast cancer causes. Two years ago, Brendon entered their online charity painting contest ("pink" army required), winning Best Privateer Press Army and Best Army overall. He believes the WM/H community will step up in support of The BCRF once more - and asked the Foundation to place his prize-winning Lightish Red Army up for raffle to prove it!
RAFFLE RULES POSTED HERE.
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 Are you connected? Like us on facebook, connect with the NOVA Open's online wargaming community, and help spread the word!
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REGISTER for CAPITAL PALETTE
The Capital Palette painting contest promises to be a highlight of the NOVA Open, with amazing prize support and the adulation of your fellow gamers! The Grand Prize winner receives a round trip plane ticket to and entry in the 2014 Crystal Brush contest in Chicago, and the winner of each category wins a trophy and prize package valued near of above $300 from our amazing Capital Palette Sponsors:
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BOOK YOUR ROOM NOW
50% of our room block is already gone! Booking is free (24-hr cancellation policy) and easy - just click on HERE.
Room rates for 2013 are the same as the 2012 rate: a shockingly low D.C. area price of just $85/night, and this rate is available for NOVA Open guests for 8 nights!
Book Saturday, August 24 - Sunday, September 1, 2013, bring your family and make the NOVA Open your home base for a DC vacation.
The NOVA Open Hotel Raffle is back: for every night you stay at our Hyatt Regency in Crystal City, you will receive a ticket in the raffle. Learn All About it HERE!
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