Display Board Vote!

[Jack Shrapnel]

Well I can't decide, so I'm putting it up to get everyone's opinion!

what to do for a display board?

here's my dilemma... fitting 9 vehicles and a bunch of infantry on a 2x2 board is not exactly leaving alot of room unless I get kind of creative (using buildings and such)... and the display is a big part of presentation (as Frank pointed out to me the other day)

A couple of thoughts:

1) ruined church being battled over between my sisters of battle and a demon incursion (means I'd have to somehow paint up some demons too though in addition to all this other painting!) Was thinking of painting up the keeper of secrets I have, with it's retinue of lesser demons corrupting and laying waste to this holy site, and my sisters background is they are there to put a stop to it.

2) having a pass made through some hills on the edge of the board where the sisters are trying to traverse this pass, possibly with ambushing demons on the tops of the hills (once again needing some of my demons painted of course) ready to pounce! My army background could be based around transporting a holy relic and guarding it's passage.

3) Going in a completely different direction.... that my sisters are heretics who believe they're "doing the right thing" in capturing St. Celestine the living Saint (allowing me to use my Celestine model - handy that she's being "chained down" and all) believing her to be the ultimate symbol of corruption in the Ecclesiastes (or some other such idea - suggestions welcome!) And my "army list" (you have to submit a creative army list to the presenters) could be a writ by the Inquisition to bring down these heretics (listing their "descriptions" of course)

Thoughts?

[pmlizardmen]

does it have to be a battle? if you only have 2x2 you wont have much room to fit your army and other modles. why not make it themed based like think of the sisters and where do you see them.
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this is a like to a GW artical about TK they are showen on a 2x2 board. i dont know much about how the points work. i just fel it might be a little crouded with the sisters and then deamons.

[BewareOfTom]

inside a ship (battlebarg?) getting ready for war, (maybe small drop ships with some gals inside?)

EDIT: 499^th post FTW

[sheldonlovegrove]

i'd go with the church, have one of your sister superiors standing on the alter fighting the biggest demon you got

[fritzthedwarf]

I voted the heretic sisters theme using your Celestine model. Minimum extra models for the limited space since you have to fit your whole army on the board. However, can the display models be different then your army. I ask because I thought you said your sisters would be the heretics capturing celestine and then you said your army list would be going after the heretics. I thought the display would be your army list.

If you use the church which is also a cool idea, you could have the church a ruin, perhaps an old religious ruin (but an important religious site for the sisters). The display scene could be after the battle so you could use minimal demon models/parts/green stuff to represent the remains or casualties of the successful battle. With the church a ruin the space can still be occupied by infantry models whereas an intact building may take up too much space on the board. Hmmm, I seem to have offered more for the church idea...

[pmlizardmen]

May 23, 2011 14:52:19 GMT -5 fritzthedwarf said:

If you use the church which is also a cool idea, you could have the church a ruin, perhaps an old religious ruin (but an important religious site for the sisters). The display scene could be after the battle so you could use minimal demon models/parts/green stuff to represent the remains or casualties of the successful battle. With the church a ruin the space can still be occupied by infantry models whereas an intact building may take up too much space on the board. Hmmm, I seem to have offered more for the church idea...

i like this idea of the after battle it shows what the sisters fight for and that they are badass. it shows you put some thought into it and also wont over fill you 2x2 space.

[Jack Shrapnel]

May 23, 2011 14:52:19 GMT -5 fritzthedwarf said:

I voted the heretic sisters theme using your Celestine model. Minimum extra models for the limited space since you have to fit your whole army on the board. However, can the display models be different then your army. I ask because I thought you said your sisters would be the heretics capturing celestine and then you said your army list would be going after the heretics. I thought the display would be your army list.

If you use the church which is also a cool idea, you could have the church a ruin, perhaps an old religious ruin (but an important religious site for the sisters). The display scene could be after the battle so you could use minimal demon models/parts/green stuff to represent the remains or casualties of the successful battle. With the church a ruin the space can still be occupied by infantry models whereas an intact building may take up too much space on the board. Hmmm, I seem to have offered more for the church idea...

Well the "army list" part would be that it would be an edict calling for the arrest and "questioning" of these heretic sisters, listing all of the models in the army as those wanted by the Inquisition...

Could combine the two ideas with the capture of Celestine being at a ruined church?

[Jack Shrapnel]

well looks like demon battle is the one to do, given that Scott so graciously allowed me to borrow his demon display board for the tourney!

Thanks!!!