Reaper Miniatures Kickstarter

[Welleran]

Still waiting for a notification. I think it is fair to say I am disappointed that it is taking this long.

Wow - that is really long. I'd have thought they were all delivered by now!

I actually primed 24 Kobolds and 24 Giant Rats the other day, though I have not quite got to actually painting them yet.

[Matthew]

Indeed, but ...

Final-fucking-ly:

Hi there! We're shipping out your Kickstarter stuff!

2 × Vampire
1 × Dungeon Attack
1 × Undead Horde
1 × Ebonwrath
1 × Orcapocalypse
1 × Mind Your Manors
1 × There Be Dragons
1 × Deathsleet
1 × Mythos Monsters
1 × Red Dragon
1 × Spider Centaurs
1 × Frost Wyrm
1 × Jabberwock
2 × Deep Dwellers
1 × Nethyrmaul
1 × Dungeon Dressing
1 × Hydra
1 × Kaladrax Reborn
2 × C'thulhu

[Falconer]

Great news!

[Matthew]

I am very pleased, not so much as I would have been a month ago, but please nevertheless.

[MojoBob]

Finally got my shipping notification... just a teensy bit late. Just a teensy-weensy bit. Now I just have to wait for USPS to get it here, and on previous experience that could take anything from a week to six months. There's a NZ courier company in the mix too, which means that almost anything could happen, with actual delivery being in the low-probability group of potential outcomes.

Still... hoo-naughtyword-rah.

[Matthew]

Fucking, yes!



They choose to deliver on my first day back to work after a five week holiday, but whatever!

[Falconer]

Finally! Congrats!

[Mythmere]

Yay!

[Welleran]

Nice pile!

I finished up my Kobolds and rats this weekend. I thought they painted quite well and I like how they turned out.

Definitely two thumbs up, especially given the price of the Kickstarter.

[Juju EyeBall]

Nice pile!

I finished up my Kobolds and rats this weekend. I thought they painted quite well and I like how they turned out.

Definitely two thumbs up, especially given the price of the Kickstarter.

What kind of prep did you do before painting?
I was reading these needed a good cleaning first.

[Welleran]

Once I'd cut the pieces from their sprues and cleaned up the bases a bit, I washed them in lukewarm water in my sink (I used a collander sitting in a bowl of soapy water) and scrubbed them briefly and gently with the brush I use to wash dishes. I rinsed them thoroughly, then let them dry over night just to be sure. Next day I spray primed them black, then "baked" on the primer in the oven at 190 degrees for about 30 minutes. I did not get around to painting for a few days, though. They painted pretty easily, I thought. I finished up with a quite spray matte sealer -- it dulls the look more than I'd like, but seems to work great for durability. The level of detail was very good and none of the pieces I painted had any issues with bent weapons -- I have some that do but have not tried the hot-cold water technique yet.

The only anomaly I noticed was that the primed ones felt tacky even after a few days. However, I used a new brand of primer -- hobby stuff, not the usual cheapo grey stuff from a hardware store - so that might've been the reason. They were not tacky once painted and sealed.

I'm not sure how much of my prep was overkill. I never used to do any of this stuff in the old days - I just sat down and painted. However, looking back, some of the older stuff is looking a bit chipped, so I figure its easy to be over-cautious than to have to repaint in a few years.

I'll post a pic or two when I get home.

[Welleran]

OK, I'm no artist, but here's my initial batch of Reaper minis, or at least most of the ones I painted last weekend. There were two dozen of each...

Kobolds


Rats

[Matthew]

Nice work, man! You need some white rats with red eyes, though! Finally got all my miniatures unbagged and desprued:



No real errors so far. A missing dwarf arm and an extra hydra part seems to be the sum total, along with a handful of bad castings. Lots of unbending to do, though, boiling hot water and ice baths for something less than half I would reckon.

[Matthew]

Second Kickstarter is off to a ridiculous success.

Sadly, since international shipping is paid directly now by the pledger, whereas domestic shipping is free, I have no real incentive to get involved.

[Falconer]

http://kickstarter.com/projects/1513061 ... f-mr-bones

7 hours to go!