AOP all done and dusted, 3 rd place over all in my local store. Disappointed? Yes. My entry focused on models, display board second. I went about this wrong from all the entries I have seen online. The models of course need to be good (1 st and 2 nd had great models) but the display board carries far more weight with the general public. Lesson for next time! The board was fun to make and I don’t regret putting more time and effort into the models, as that’s the core of what I produce and enjoy anyway. AOP is a great competition for a whole host of reasons; it forced me to finish stuff that perhaps would have dragged on otherwise, I saw some great stuff produced by other people and came away with a whole host of other ideas for the future. This article runs through what I produced and how I went about it.
40k and Horus Heresy Hobbyist. High quality painting and model-building my main interest, but increasingly tactics and gaming. I hope to deliver painting tips, formation advice and list feedback on both 40k and Heresy systems.