The previous opened EU PVE Blade's Edge realm was like followng:

9/7/2008 realm opened and scepter madness started
15/9/2008 players finished War efforts
17/9/2008 first guild completed scepter
20/9/2008 Gong! and gates opened

the rules were following:
- war efforts auto complete after 3 months or when players gather it (whichever comes soon)
- after completing effort there is 5 days waiting time after which gong can be banged
- after banging there is 10 hours war (anyone with scepter can use it an get mount and title as well)
- realm opens for paid transfers after 6 months or after 10 hours war (whichever comes soon)

The worst part is probably the Elementium Ore (2-3 each week from bwl), so about 4-5 weeks if fully cleared and then the timed BWL run.

These realms (Azuremist and Terrokar) seems much less populated than Blade's Edge was, so probably you have to wait until the War Efforts autofinish. (24/1/2009) and then 29/1/2009 the gong will be ready.

Good luck with that, i'm sure you can do it.