CHARITY ARMY RAFFLES OPEN APRIL 1, 2014!
Press Release: March 31, 2014
The NOVA Open Charitable
Foundation (NOCF) will open its 2014 charity army fundraising raffle season
tomorrow, April 1, 2014. Visit
www.novaopenfoundation.org
and join the “Compassionate Force” by taking chances on winning one or more of
the amazing armies being offered this year and supporting deserving charities
in the process!
BACKGROUND:
The NOCF was created to assist
international miniature painters and artists who produce armies as fundraising
vehicles for charitable causes.
Recognizing the immense generosity of the worldwide tabletop wargamer,
the NOCF was formed to bring this “Compassionate Force” together under a single
banner with a broad international outreach.
Every raffle ticket purchased in support of these charity armies will contribute
to causes which address the needs of humanitarian emergency relief, children’s
concerns, medical research and the military.
2014 CHARITY ARMY RAFFLES:
*A Consortium of professional
and award-winning artists from within the tabletop wargaming community has come
together in support of the NOCF Macragge Project. Learn more about each
HERE.
The proceeds from these two armies will support
Doctors
Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres.
The NOCF expanded the work of
the Consortium to two separate armies in 2014, representing Battle of Macragge,
the epic clash between Tyranids of Hive Fleet Behemoth and Ultramarines led by
Marneus Calgar. Both of these armies are full 1850-tuned armies, including
numerous extra models for force flexibility.
● ARMY
#1: Battle of Macragge Ultramarine List
o Marneus Calgar
and Honor Guard
o Chief
Librarian Tigurius
o Chaplain
Cassius
o 5 Tyrannic War
Veterans
o 1 Drop Pod
o 30 Tactical
Marines with a variety of weapon load outs
o 10 x Scouts: 5 w/ Sniper Rifles and Camo Cloaks, 5 w/ Bolt
Pistols and Close Combat Weapons
o 3 Storm Talons
with Skyhammer Missiles
o 3 Thunderfire
Cannons
o 1 Knight Titan
o 3 Centurion Devastators
with Hurricane Bolters and Heavy Graviton Cannons
● ARMY #2: Battle
of Macragge Tyranid List
o Flying
Hive Tyrant w/ 2 Twin-Linked Devourers
o 5
Tyranid Warriors w/ Magnetized Weapon Options
o 1
Tyranid Prime w/ Norn Crown, Magnetized Weapon Options
o 60
Termagants
o 2
Mawlocs
o 1
Carnifex w/ Magnetized Weapon Options
o 20
Gargoyles
o 2
Lictors
o 1
Deathleaper
o 1
Venomthrope
o 3
Tyrant Guards (expected magnetized options for either tyrant guard or hive
guard)
o 2
Hive Crones
o 8
Genestealers
*
Stiff
Neck Studio, under the leadership of Capt. Wesley Cogdal, is once
again donating an exceptional army for the NOCF charity raffles. This year,
they are expanding our army range to include the first NOCF Fantasy army,
lovingly entitled “Man Eaters of the Great Maw!” The NOCF proudly donated funds
from last year’s Stiff Neck Studio army to
The Fisher House Foundation, and we hope the
Compassionate Force will come together in 2014 to double those funds for this
charity.
●
ARMY #3: Fantasy Ogre Kingdom List
o 1 Ogre Tyrant
o 6 Ogre Bullz
o 5 Ogre Iron Gutz
o 4 Lead Belcher's
o 1 Stone-horn
o 1 Scrap launcher
*Built by a combined force of
hobbyists associated with the
Penny Arcade forum, the
Deathwatch Army has been donated to the NOCF with
the request that it be raffled as a fundraiser for
Child’s Play
Charity. Forty pages of forum posts followed this army from musings
on a “general 40K” thread to each model being painted by a different person
over the course of a year, culminating in the most recent post which announced,
“
The army is
in the care of the Nova Open Charitable Foundation. . . .” The handler,
who wishes to remain anonymous, recognized that a lot of people had given of
themselves to create this Deathwatch Army, and it had a lot to give back to the
community. A staff member of the
NOVA Open Tabletop Wargaming Convention, Martin
Bagley, has agreed to take on the task of repairing and restoring this army to
its original grandeur over the next few weeks.
● ARMY
#4: Deathwatch Army List
o
Full List Can be Found
HERE
NEW IN 2014:
NOCF sponsors have once again
exceeded all expectations of generous giving. Each Sunday alternating sponsors
will donate a $25 gift certificate for raffle; the following Saturday, the NOCF
will draw from the pool of raffle ticket holders and announce a winner. The
more raffle tickets you purchase, and the earlier you acquire them, the better
your odds of winning a gift certificate you can use toward the purchase of any
item at our sponsors websites.
2014 Sponsors:
Remember to check the Foundation
website (
www.novaopenfoundation.org
) every Sunday between now and August 17, 2014 to see which of our amazing
sponsors is offering a gift certificate for the weekly Saturday drawings!
KR Multicase
is once again donating customized KR transport cases to safely nestle each of
our amazing charity armies for their travels.
TheWarStore contributed dozens of models to the
two large Macragge armies and the Ogre Kingdom army this year.
Secret
Weapon Miniatures stepped up again in 2014, providing all bases and
Masterclass scenic products for the Macragge armies.
Powered Play Gaming
joins the NOCF charity efforts in 2014 to offer products for the lighting of
models and, more particularly, for the full-on 4’x6’ Macragge Project Terrain
Table being created by Michael Frazier.
NOVA Open also donated the dozens of models
necessary to complete the Macragge and Ogre Kingdom armies.
Special thanks to the
11th Company
who will podcast the drawings internationally during the NOVA Open Tabletop
Wargaming Convention, August 31, 2014.
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