Spartacus:
Ya, I qualified for the Throne of Skulls in a tournament about this time last year. It is very unfortunate I can’t take CDs. However, I am toying with the idea of sneaking them in as a normal Dwarf army. However, I have never played Dwarfs, don’t play against many Dwarf players, and certainly don’t play my CDs with similar tactics to Dwarfs. So I probably would not be very good with them, especially for a tournament like this (not that I expect to get very far in Las Vegas).
As for how long it took to make and paint. About 4 months. But that was almost a full time job for 4 months, as I was unemployed at the time. I actually choose to start CDs because it seems very time consuming (I get bored at home easily), and very cheap (considering the cost of BFSP at the time).