Knights & Knaves Alehouse

Matthew wrote: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.

Indeed, but ...

Final-fucking-ly:

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

Reaper Miniatures wrote: 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

Great news!

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

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.

Fucking, yes!



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

Finally! Congrats!

Yay!

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.

Welleran wrote: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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

7 hours to go!