+++E Tenebrae Lux+++

[Captain Semper]

Yes, in the mean time Chaos has left you behind. They led for a time but now the BTs responded (albeit weakly) and now lead but only with 18 pts difference to Chaos. So time for some big completions guys (not that you have any other kind <_< ) to get on top!

[Forté]

Yes, in the mean time Chaos has left you behind. They led for a time but now the BTs responded (albeit weakly) and now lead but only with 18 pts difference to Chaos. So time for some big completions guys (not that you have any other kind ;) ) to get on top!

Hmm BLACK Templars and Chaos (BLACK is often a primary colour) lead. Can't see any reason why they could be painted quickly ;)

[hendrik]

Hmm BLACK Templars and Chaos (BLACK is often a primary colour) lead. Can't see any reason why they could be painted quickly ;)

he aims, he shoots, he scores! ;)

[Forté]

Hmm BLACK Templars and Chaos (BLACK is often a primary colour) lead. Can't see any reason why they could be painted quickly ;)

he aims, he shoots, he scores! ;)

Back of the net ;)

[Captain Semper]

Well, Chaos entries are far from black... and the Templars have been vowing and revowing in a most fanatic manner so implying they get their points easier than the rest is incorrect. Especially as their end-products are generally of high paint quality. Do not belittle your opponents guys... Try to match them!

[gizur]

I have finished my second Vow and my Complete Army.

 

http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h404/gizur/Brans%20Company/IMAG0292.jpg

 

http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h404/gizur/Brans%20Company/IMAG0290.jpg

 

http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h404/gizur/Brans%20Company/IMAG0289.jpg

 

http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h404/gizur/Brans%20Company/IMAG0288.jpg

[Arez]

Pictures are up in my thread for proof of completion

 

I Arez vow to complete Logan c/a*,14 BC(1 plasma gun and 1 melta), and a RP(RA) for a total of 620 pts.

 

*Im going to make a Tru-scale marine so it wont be 100% termie armour

 

This is my final vow since i just used the last of my marines.

[Captain Semper]

This is fantastic stuff guys - congratulations!

 

Gizur, these is very tidy job there - excellent! Really like the black helmeted guy - and of course the guy with the Mk5! :lol:

 

Arez you are a huge asset, I hope your brothers in the Fang give you the honor you're due! Just a small thing, can you clarify the acronyms before I updare? thx! ;)

[Arez]

Arez you are a huge asset, I hope your brothers in the Fang give you the honor you're due! Just a small thing, can you clarify the acronyms before I updare? thx! :lol:

BC-BloodClaw

RP-RunePriest

RA-Runic Armor

c/a-count as

[KJB]

Sorry kids, I'm out - new job has put paid to me doing anything except working and sleeping

 

I'll happily wear the signature of shame or take a beating, which ever is appropriate...

[Russ Brother 92]

I am sorry for the sheer slowness of my trailing path brothers, trying to get painting done with builders in is rather hard... I may well not finish this BUT I shall do what we wolves do best, keep going till there's nothing left haha

 

@Capt Semper - don't worry :P Arez always gets his due haha

[Forté]

@Capt Semper - don't worry :tu: Arez always gets his due haha

Don't now about due. Slap maybe :D

[Arez]

I feel bad that I cant help my Brothers out anymore.

 

Slap me forte and the truce is off :)

[Forté]

I feel bad that I cant help my Brothers out anymore.

 

Slap me forte and the truce is off :lol:

I'll hold off...for now. Mustn't distract you from painting.

[Arez]

I feel bad that I cant help my Brothers out anymore.

 

Slap me forte and the truce is off :)

I'll hold off...for now. Mustn't distract you from painting.

It'll take more than you to distract me....Oh some meat and ale :lol:

[pueriexdeus]

Opps, sorry. Wrong thread

[Captain Semper]

E TENEBRAE LUX – 9th WEEK UPDATE

http://fortressofunforgiven.homestead.com/DA_Challenge_vs_SW.jpg

This was an excellent week. First of all the total vows pledged for the ETL breached the 200k mark! This is some commitment guys – I’m very happy that the event has such a high involvement. Another interesting feature is that the total vows are now north of 420!!! So despite the 40k 6th Ed. release that unavoidably (and rightly) took much of the attention of the gaming community, the ETL continues strong. Total completions stand at 67k points or 32% of total points pledged. So we are 2/3 down in terms of time and 1/3 down in terms of completions. I believe the completion rate in this last month will climb significantly as new vows will either be moderate in size (as to avoid being left unfinished) or will not be made at all. Interestingly in a week where completions exceeded 13.2k (the highest amount of completions since week 6) the new vows pledged exceeded 11k! Wow!

So two months into it already. Two months come and gone. We are now effectively entering the last month of the event and the stakes are high. Remember: IF BY AUGUST 15TH ANY PARTICIPANT HAS UNFINISHED VOWS THEN ALL HIS/HER PREVIOUS VOWS WILL BE NULLIFIED AND WILL COUNT FOR NOTHING. So make sure you finish up your outstanding projects thus protecting your previous effort!

Now some technicalities about the closing:

On August 15th at 22:00 GMT the ETL ends. That means that by the B&C clock any completions that are submitted after that time will not count towards the total points of your faction. Please make everybody’s life easier and avoid submitting in the nick of time – a discarded completion for just a minute could create unnecessary aggravation and leave people with a sour taste from what should be an enjoyable event. I plan to enforce the firm deadline so yes, 22:01 submissions will be discarded.

The final results will be announced on Sunday, August 19thso I will have time to process all the results, double check everything and present them in an esthetically pleasing manner. This is a big event guys so I will need some time to make sure things are in order. Just a small request: The logistics of ETL are very demanding, so if you guys cross check your status in the tables occasionally and find something that doesn’t match please bring it to my attention so I’ll act on it.

So here’s how things look at the end of week 9:

E TENEBRAE LUX – 9TH WEEK UPDATE

Black Templars	98	40,123	409	15,633	39%
Blood Angels	62	29,533	476	7,741	26%
Dark Angels	82	41,872	511	8,490	20%
Codex Space Marines	56	33,792	603	8,665	26%
Space Wolves	48	32,637	680	11,160	34%
Chaos	54	22,892	424	11,041	48%
Ordos Inquisition	22	6,196	282	4,548	73%
Total	422	207,045	491	67,278	32%
Index Astartes	29	16,405	566	6,385	39%
Liber Astartes	15	9,818	655	1,395	14%
Ultramarines	12	7,569	631	885	12%

Comments:

The Dark Angels have the lowest completion rate at 20%. Although at face value this might look as a bad thing it also means that there is huge potential in the coming month to flood the ETL with completions driving completion rate towards the average and gaining significant momentum towards the finish line. The opposite of course is also possible so now guys is the moment of truth: Can the DAs see this through and emerge victorious? We’ll see…

The Wolves with 1/3 of their vowed points done, which translates to more than 11k pts, they are now second. However they do have some mega vows in the making and I’m sure they have not said their last word yet. The important thing here is tenacity. You guys really have to fight against fatigue and keep delivering because this is it: Just one month to go and you’ve done admirably well so far! Keep it up!

Blood Angels are struggling to keep up despite some serious completions this week. They have the lowest score so far (except the Ordos) at 7.7k pts despite having more than ¼ of their vowed points done. However there is the same principle as with the DAs here: the last month could see a sharp convergence to the ETL average completion rate thus having significant upping to their points’ total. Nevertheless this’d better start soon because time is now the primary parameter. Just to put things to perspective, in order to get to the BTs level of completed points the BAs should aim to convincingly beat the 50% completion rate. Good luck!

Black Templars had the best week any forum had since the beginning of the ETL. They completed in excess of 5.5k pts solidifying their lead at more than 15.5k completed pts so far. Furthermore they re-vowed 3.8k pts which means they still are intent of growing this sum even more. Their completion rate approaches 40% beating the average of the ETL, leading the way to the finish line. Is there anyone that can stand in their way? Let’s see.

Codex Forums added 860 pts to their total and it appears that it’s getting its engines started. With Arizona’s contribution reaching an end, it’s up to the rest to carry on delivering. Some of the work I’ve seen is exquisite so I believe the wait is worth it! Keep in mind guys there is only one month to go! Lets see if you can turn this around – you have the resources to do it – and with more than ¼ of your total vowed pts done you have a very good starting point. Just double it and you might be leading this!

Chaos carried on its great performance driving their completion rate even higher to 48% and total completed pts to above 11k! Wow! Well done – nothing more to say! The 2.8k completions this week were replenished with another 2.7k new vows, so the drive is still very strong. And still there are some seriously large vows in the pipeline that could (if supported by smaller vows as is the case so far) turn the game to their advantage. It appears the Dark Gods are looking favorably to their champions!

Ordos Inquisition continue to drive their completion rate higher reaching a record of 73%! The commitment that this group is showing coupled by some seriously nice models (not to mention RedemptionNL’s LR with real lights!!!!) is awe inspiring! Continue the Emperor’s good work guys – you are setting the standards on commitment!


Until the next weekly update, farewell and good luck to all!

[truesonofruss]

I apologize for my dreadfully slow progress brothers aparently a 2 month old plus 60+ hours of work a week slows things down a wee bit. I should be down to 40 hours for the next two weeks so I am hoping to finish my second Vow and place and finish a third if possible before this thing is done. My third vow should be good as I just bought a terminator box set and will be making it into something nice I hope.

[civsmitty]

Yes, in the mean time Chaos has left you behind. They led for a time but now the BTs responded (albeit weakly) and now lead but only with 18 pts difference to Chaos. So time for some big completions guys (not that you have any other kind :D ) to get on top!

Hmm BLACK Templars and Chaos (BLACK is often a primary colour) lead. Can't see any reason why they could be painted quickly ;)

 

Buy a paint gun and find another excuse, Son of Russ ;) I paint Imperial Fists faster than I do Knights of Dorn.

[hendrik]

yesterday i bought some new paints and in two weeks my studentjob is over, should give me a plentora of time to complete my vow and even do another one since I also bought my first box of our new terminators

[Arez]

Good news brothers I found a lost mini(will be a IP) in the Warp(on my desk,i really need to stop having multiple projects on the go ) and got a Rhino chassis from the Fang(my dad) so i'll be able to vow 300ish pts if i have enough time after this vow.

[Forté]

Yes, in the mean time Chaos has left you behind. They led for a time but now the BTs responded (albeit weakly) and now lead but only with 18 pts difference to Chaos. So time for some big completions guys (not that you have any other kind <_< ) to get on top!

Hmm BLACK Templars and Chaos (BLACK is often a primary colour) lead. Can't see any reason why they could be painted quickly :pinch:

 

Buy a paint gun and find another excuse, Son of Russ :devil: I paint Imperial Fists faster than I do Knights of Dorn.

By paint gun I'm guessing you mean airbrush. I use a grey primer anyway ;) Besides, It's the brush work that I enjoy.

[Captain Semper]

E TENEBRAE LUX – 10th WEEK UPDATE

http://fortressofunforgiven.homestead.com/DA_Challenge_vs_SW.jpg

This was a more subdued week with completions at the 8.8k mark. The characteristics of this week were the further increase of the average completion rate to 36% from 32% last week that corresponds to 76k points(!) and the still hefty (although diminishing) amount of 6.7k worth of new vows. The total points pledged so far stand at almost 214k. A point of particular interest is that this is the fist week since the beginning of the ETL that the Space Wolves did not report a completion!

So week 10 is now behind us and just three more weeks to go! Plan your next steps carefully, because an unfinished vow could have multiplying effect as it will nullify all previous work too. If you are uncertain of your time, or your next vow depends on the speed of the postal agencies I say play it safe and be conservative! In the end is imminent!

Now I would like to repeat some technicalities about the closing that I mentioned last week because they are important:

On August 15th at 22:00 GMT the ETL ends. That means that by the B&C clock any completions that are submitted after that time will not count towards the total points of your faction. Please make everybody’s life easier and avoid submitting in the nick of time – a discarded completion for just a minute could create unnecessary aggravation and leave people with a sour taste from what should be an enjoyable event. I plan to enforce the firm deadline so yes, 22:01 submissions will be discarded.

The final results will be announced on Sunday, August 19th at the latest so I will have time to process all the results, double check everything and present them in an esthetically pleasing manner. This is a big event guys so I will need some time to make sure things are in order. Just a small request: The logistics of ETL are very demanding, so if you guys cross check your status in the tables occasionally and find something that doesn’t match please bring it to my attention so I’ll act on it.

So here’s how things look at the end of week 10:

E TENEBRAE LUX – 10TH WEEK UPDATE

Black Templars	102	41,811	410	18,255	44%
Blood Angels	64	31,778	497	9,011	28%
Dark Angels	86	43,057	501	10,815	25%
Codex Space Marines	56	33,792	603	9,210	27%
Space Wolves	48	32,637	680	11,160	34%
Chaos	56	24,476	437	13,106	54%
Ordos Inquisition	22	6,196	282	4,548	73%
Total	434	213,747	493	76,105	36%
Index Astartes	29	16,405	566	6,775	41%
Liber Astartes	15	9,818	655	1,550	16%
Ultramarines	12	7,569	631	885	12%

Comments:

The Dark Angels have still the lowest completion rate at 25% but are gaining significant momentum. They will still need some large vow completions to propel their position forward but things are promising. If the momentum builds up further we are looking at a magnificent turn around that will send shock waves across all forums! With 2.5k completed this week and some indications of even better performance next week I think we’re in the right path! So with 10.8k pts (less than 400pts behind the Wolves) but still in the 4th position, do we have what it takes to turn this around?

The Wolves did not report a completion for the fist time since the beginning of the ETL! Wow. What could that mean? Out of steam? Fatigue? Or just coincidence and next week we’ll see two weeks’ worth of completions? Truth being said with an average burden of more than 900pts per participant they have put themselves in a very challenging position. Still they manage to maintain 3rd position with no completions! But now the distance to the second position has increased by 2k. In all fairness, the Wolves should aim at completion rates well into the 40s to shake up things – difficult but achievable!

Blood Angels have managed to make some completions to keep them in the game, surpassing the 9k mark. However the relatively small points/vow ratio means that their completion rate should be much higher than average and at the moment is almost 10 percentage points lower. In principle they should be going the Chaos way, i.e. having among the highest completion rates to make up for their low points. As things stand now, they’ll require above 55% completion rate to beat the Templars. Difficult? Yes! Impossible? No! Just look at Chaos!

Black Templars seem unstoppable! At a record 18k worth of completions and a 44% completion rate they have put enough distance between them and the rest of the forums to feel relatively safe. Despite their leading position, despite their considerable difference with the rest, they still reported the largest amount of completions this week at 2.6k! Frankly, they DO look like the favorites to win the ETL as they still have a large pool of incomplete vows to draw from. So let’s see as the sands of time draw all of us to the inevitable end, will they manage to maintain their position and become the heroes of E TENEBRAE LUX? Let’s see…

Codex Forums are definitely responding to the challenge adding more the 0.5k points this week. Although they have 9.2k pts completed so far (more than the BAs) the certainly need to do more. There are some very serious vows out there with tons of points and I believe (hope) that after 10 weeks some of them will be nearing completion. You guys really need to start putting some serious pts forward. To put it simply, you need the samet amount of points that you’ve completed so far just to reach the BTs current levels. Or something in the order of 55% completion rate. Good luck!

Chaos is second overall with more than 13k completed pts and a monstrous 54% completion rate. They do not have a high number of participants. They do not have a high number of total points pledged. What they do have is the tenacity and the drive to complete their vows consistently. Of course they have the Dark Pantheon to aid them but still! An excellent performance guys (and gals) keep it up!

Ordos Inquisition did not report any completions this week. They’ve done it before but with a completion rate of 73% this seems normal to me. It’ll be great to see you guys driving for a cool 100% but no rush – none has shown the kind of commitment you have!


Until the next weekly update, farewell and good luck to all!

[Pig Of Sparta]

Here's my completed Vow. I apolgise for the lateness of posting the completed pics ;). I know it's not much pointswise, but every point counts right?

 

cheers

 

James

[Russ Brother 92]

My Brothers and Sisters I must regress my failings... due to reality (mainly the olympics, work and re-wiring places) I will be unable to complete my vow :D

 

Therefore, whilst I shall continue to build/paint my wolves and will put them up in my thread - I must as a great wolf once said "I know my failing and will be sure to correct it..." and wear the trademark of shame until my liege lords command me otherwise.

 

Onwards brothers, we can still win this - don't let the dress wearers or the special short skirt wearing sisters beat us! WE ARE THE WOLVES! Even our friends fear our vengeance! :P