Battle Ready Minimum for Dicehammer Events

Updated August 9, 2021

One of the most common questions I get is what counts as “Battle Ready” to get the 10 points at Dicehammer events. The old ITC standard was just 3 colors and a base with paint on it. The “Battle Ready” standard in the rulebook includes quite a few colors with basic painting techniques.

For Dicehammer events, we are looking for 3 distinct colors placed in meaningful places on the model (i.e. on some details of the model). For example, you couldn’t just prime a model black and put 2 additional dots on the model to count as 3 colors.

For bases, we are looking for a painted scenic base, a base with some sort of textured material on it, or a painted plain base (the base can be painted black). The exceptions to this are clear flying bases.

These standards are set for with the intent to be clear about what is required to be “Battle Ready”, however if an army does not meet the standard listed above, but still looks good / cohesive, the TO is able to approve the army to count as “battle ready”.

Below is an example of what would qualify as the minimum for a “Battle Ready” standard:

Dicehammer Standardized Table #2

Here is a sampling on how the second set of standardized tables will look at the Dicehammer Open:

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Some Amazing Prizes for Dicehammer Open GT IV

We have some amazing prizes lined up for the Dicehammer Open GT IV!

For our grand prize, we have the “Richard Siegler Champion’s Table” provided by our friends at BigBear3D. Jon over at BigBear3D makes some high quality 3d printed terrain and accessories. His terrain sets are featured on The Art of War and were designed by some of their coaches / founders. The terrain set will be shipped directly to you, so you don’t have to worry about transporting it after the event!

Richard Siegler Champion’s Table by BigBear3D

Our second place winner will get a Full-Size Display Tower from TABLEWAR! These popular cases have been sold out for some time, but as soon as they are back in stock, one will be shipped directly to our 2nd place winner! TABLEWAR has been a long-time sponsor and supporter of Dicehammer events.

Tablewar Full-Size Display Tower

We also have prizes for 3rd place, the Top 3 Best Painted, Best Xenos, Best Chaos, Best Imperium and the Perseverance Award; because sticking it out and playing six games, even when dice, matchups or other things don’t go your way shows a lot of PERSEVERANCE!

Dicehammer will be showcasing some of the other awards and prizes in the coming weeks. Be sure to keep an eye out on this space.