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New year, new President, whole month of writing the wrong date, and NEW REAPER METAL

http://www.reapermini.com/



First off they're celebrating their 25th anniversary by putting out an exclusive mini every month. For January it's a figure called 'The Spirit of 2016' who marks all the great things we remember from last year.



I want to model one with Leonard Nimoy, Prince, David Bowie and Carrie Fisher on the base.

The next model in my all Dancing Girl army has also arrived.


Their 4 seasons range continues this time with the Spirit Autumn, cleverly released in January so you have a whole 9 months to get it painted.


And more cuteness

Try not to picture these rookie adventurers heading into their first dungeon only to be horribly killed by the monsters within or even worse taken alive to be mutilated and tortured for years. Don't even think about that and just focus on their cute innocent faces.

No snark this time

those are just awesome civilians and I'll be getting them when I finally get to my space port project.

I love a model that tells a story

So like this one time Murkillor, y'know the Wraith King of the Dark Moors, showed up for a battle and Joey, Wraith Peasant of the Dusky Marsh was all like, hey Murkillor, Wraith King of the Dark Moors, you forgot your face! Where's your face Murkillor, Wraith King of the Dark Moors? And all the Wraiths laughed and Murkillor, Wraith King of the Dark Moors had to go home and find his face which was between the couch cushions so he missed the whole battle.

It is a nice model, but $13.50. Looks like he's 30, 40mm but still. For that kind of money I'd want a face.


Man-Bat for Reapers new Batman line.


Batwoman, for Reapers new Batman line.


Commissioner Gordon for Reapers new Batman line.


And Alfred for Reapers new Batman line. It's shaping up quite nicely.

So 2017 is off to a roaring start, looking forward to getting Bones 3, maybe the launch of Bones 4, and as always MORE METAL

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
I want to model one with Leonard Nimoy, Prince, David Bowie and Carrie Fisher on the base.

So a big pile of rotting corpses. for a base. GW and Mantic Zombies should do it.

These are some of the better reaper additions in a while, for my tastes.

Most of my mini purchases have been from Hasslefree, or Tre Manor- and then, amazingly, GW again (just when I had totally given up on them they go and make custodes...)

Sub'd - Reaper 2017 here we go!

I need that wraith king and the spirit of 2016 stat

Hmm, "King of the Dark Moors" is that a coded racial reference?

Well played Kid Kyoto... Well played. One might even say that was a bat-tastic review.

Valete,

JohnS

Bones III update:

Container Status

As of now we have received both of the containers mentioned in the previous update at our warehouse.

We have at present: 2 additional containers currently in customs' hands (these arrived in the USA yesterday and now must be processed), and 2 more containers on the water. We are awaiting the packing lists and other paperwork (for customs purposes) for the containers on the water, so that we can confirm the contents and determine whether these are the final shipments or if 1 additional container remains.

We will keep you updated, our next scheduled Update will be February 3rd.

It'll be time for Bones 4 before we get Bones 3 at this rate...

Some pretty cool stuff there. Keep going Reaper, especially with fish.

Looking forward to Bones IV!

I like the Were-bat and Death a lot.

Nostromodamus wrote:It'll be time for Bones 4 before we get Bones 3 at this rate...

Sasori wrote:Looking forward to Bones IV!

I want by Season 3 stuff first!

Same here, though if they offer some more sci-fi stuff this time around (who am I kidding?) and do proper worldwide shipping, yay.

Interesting stuff from the comments section from Reaper-
Reaper Miniatures 5-time creator 2 days ago
Also, Excelsior, let me say this, if it helps clarify things for you.
They told us it would take 6 additional shipments/containers.
We received confirmation that Container #6 was on the water.
Containers 1-6 are all now accounted for, either in hand, on the water, or waiting in customs.
What I do not have is the packing list for container #6. If I had that, I could cross reference against our original PO.
I could determine whether all rewards are now no longer in China, or if there was an error in calculation and that there are yet more containers coming. (IE whether there are still rewards not yet shipped)
It is not beyond the realm of possibility that there are actually 7 Containers due, and I refuse to be caught once again counting chickens before they hatch, like we did in September.
So It is entirely likely that all rewards are on the water, (or in customs or in our warehouse). But there does remain some slim chance that instead of 6 containers since December, it ended up taking more room than expected and there is a 7th we do not yet know about. We do not want to get caught saying it's all on the water and then discover there are more.

and


Reaper Miniatures 5-time creator 2 days ago
@Matthew Jones - yes, but we will compress the time between waves to the minimum necessary to reset for the next group, and replace supplies that were used. We were able to complete Bones 2 fulfillment 17 days after starting, and expect to be able to exceed that target here.

So on the one hand, yes, it remains delayed, but we are getting very good communication on where it is. And, for those of you who had later pledges, you can expect your fulfillment proportionately much sooner than first wave backers. Putting the whole thing out in less than a month is way better than staggered shipping like they promised in the campaign.

I think their original schedule was to do the prepainted miniatures version before BonesIV. I wonder if that will change.

Commenting to get my sub.

Awww. It would have been cuter if the girl had been a cleric instead of a thief/rogue. The original D&D playtesters, for the first playtest, were Gygax's daughter Elise and his son Ernie. She was a cleric, he was a fighter. They killed some giant centipedes ( or spiders? something poisonous) and made off with a chest of copper pieces.

The fishmonger and the Man-Bat (or is it Bat Manuel? ) win this one. A fishmonger. How often does one of those show up in a miniature line? the Death mini, er spirit of 2016, ought to be playing a guitar, and have a few cats on its base.

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:

Try not to picture these rookie adventurers heading into their first dungeon only to be horribly killed by the monsters within or even worse taken alive to be mutilated and tortured for years. Don't even think about that and just focus on their cute innocent faces.

Too late -_-. I was going to use these for my nephews and nieces RPG session as their characters...what the heck, I am a mean uncle

February Silver Anniversary Special Edition model - Domur



The regular Domur model for comparision -

Most of those releases are really cool. The Vampire looks pretty derpy though. As much as I like the Reaper model for January, I have so many of those types of models..

...but.. I will probably still do it anyway.. I'm a sucker for a good reaper

Next month's looks like a cool pyromancer. The green energy stuff looks cool when you can photoshop the image but in real life I've never seen one that actually worked that well.

Pretty sure that's just regular source lighting on a dark-ish model. Didn't even cut the glare off the base, so even if I suspected them of photoshop, that would suggest otherwise..

 spiralingcadaver wrote:
Pretty sure that's just regular source lighting on a dark-ish model. Didn't even cut the glare off the base, so even if I suspected them of photoshop, that would suggest otherwise..

I use Photoshop all the time.. all they did was adjust the levels and color balance. It's a subtle change. Anyway, my point wasn't that as much that I've never seen OSL for green look good in person.... and I used to hang out with a multiple Golden Demon winner (James Ramsey). Like yellow, it's just a color that tends to not look great in real life.

EDIT: Oh.. and I've seen the other views of the same photo .. I'll get one in a sec

From Reaper's page.. looks like the cutout from applying the layer mask for the levels adjustment

Oh, yeah, certain colors obviously pop more on a lit screen than on a painted model, thought you were saying the OSL itself had been faked or something.

The kiddie adventurers still creep me out. Very Children of the Corn-esque.

 akai wrote:
February Silver Anniversary Special Edition model - Domur



The regular Domur model for comparision -

Heinrich kemmler anyone? Or Elminster

Most exaulted thread on Dakka ATM...

wow

Can someone do me a favor? Send a message to Reaper to ask them to bring back their fantasy tabletop game, Warlord.

wildger wrote:
Can someone do me a favor? Send a message to Reaper to ask them to bring back their fantasy tabletop game, Warlord.

Go to their forums and ask! The Reaper crew are very active there.

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
Most exaulted thread on Dakka ATM...

wow

Also one with the most healthy sense of humor. I've made the point in the past but received *redacted* in return.. Don't ever change KK!

Ha!

This isn't the thread Dakka Dakka needs OR deserves, but here we are!

Saw this thread yesterday. Stopped by FLGS when I was out today, purchased January model and put down standing order for the rest of the year. Not crazy about Reaper as a whole, but that February model is sick!