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SilverMK2 wrote:Is this marvelous substance mined on some distant planet, where crews of Reaper technicians mine away beneath the lush jungle, under constant attack by blue skinned aliens?

Surely it must be since, despite its many virtues, GW seems unable to use it.

You do know the Troll king is resin right?

Resin AND metal, actually.

The Dreadnote wrote:Resin AND metal, actually.

And a secret blend of 13 herbs and spices?

WHO TOLD YOU- err, that is to say, I have no idea what you're talking about.

Awesome I missed you so much KK!

Kid_Kyoto wrote:

There's an older take on it as well.



http://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/praying%20paladin/sku-down/65025

Forged from pure 'metal' the revolutionary new medium that allows Reaper to make models for a fraction of the price of GW's Finecastium.

I have painted this model (several years ago) and sealed it with the tears of finecast purchasers.

George needed a cigar.

Yes I'm old

SilverMK2 wrote:

The Dreadnote wrote:Resin AND metal, actually.

And a secret blend of 13 herbs and spices?

Made me chuckle!

These are great models. The detail is fantastic on this new material. I just wish Reaper would put them out in 28mm.

While 54mm allows for super detail, I for one would happily accept a loss of detail in the smaller scale.

Kid_Kyoto wrote:Thanks all! These really are a lot of fun to write.

Roleplayer wrote:What is the name of the kneeling Paladin model exactly/

Been hunting for it but cannot find it

He's a preview - Praying Paladin, due out in February.

http://www.reapermini.com/Miniatures/previews/sku-down/03600

There's an older take on it as well.



http://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/praying%20paladin/sku-down/65025

Forged from pure 'metal' the revolutionary new medium that allows Reaper to make models for a fraction of the price of GW's Finecastium.

I have that. Although he is a ghostly wraith in my army.

Kid_Kyoto wrote:

The great thing about this model is how many ways you can use it. It can be a racist sheriff from Georgia, a racist sheriff from Louisiana or a racist sheriff from Texas. The possibilities are limitless!

Honest to god I have been looking for a racist sheriff. I have a scenero from Cold War Gone Hot set in 1984 where a soviet foxtrot class sub parks off the coast of a small american town ( im thinking somewhere in the gulf of mexico so Louisiana,Texas, Alabama or Mississippi ) and the soviet navel crew have to get ashore and raid the car parts store for car batteries so they can power there sub and get out of there.

He would be absolutely perfect to lead the local cops in defeating those 'stinkin commie bastards' (spits).

I read the realm of chaos reviews a few weeks back, great reading. Thanks for posting.

What magic material are these! the details are so crisp and not shinny compared to the old photos,
surely there has to be some science behind this!

Tailgunner wrote:

Kid_Kyoto wrote:Here we have 3 mini monsters based on classic creatures from the Monster Manual. It's been a while but if I recall right these are a displacer beast, a rust monster and a gelatinous cube.

Something bearing a passing resemblance to a Displacer Beast, something vaguely similar to a Neo-Otugh, and something very close to a Beholder.

Aboleth, Roper, and Beholder, actually. Some Beholder variant, anyway. Too few eyestalks...

Man, Kyoto, I forgot how much I love your stuff. Is there a post yet with all your Space Marine Fluff?

On topic of the minis: I love Reaper for the sheer amount of... stuff, they have. Though I have to admit, finecastium does look pretty neat. When it works.

Laughing Man wrote:

Tailgunner wrote:

Kid_Kyoto wrote:Here we have 3 mini monsters based on classic creatures from the Monster Manual. It's been a while but if I recall right these are a displacer beast, a rust monster and a gelatinous cube.

Something bearing a passing resemblance to a Displacer Beast, something vaguely similar to a Neo-Otugh, and something very close to a Beholder.

Aboleth, Roper, and Beholder, actually. Some Beholder variant, anyway. Too few eyestalks...

Beholders are proprietary while floating eyes are not so Reaper can come close but can't quite have 10 eyestalks


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Anung Un Rama wrote:Man, Kyoto, I forgot how much I love your stuff. Is there a post yet with all your Space Marine Fluff?

Glad you like them!

Malfred collected the older ones into an article here

http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Space_Marines_Previews-_Good_Space_Marines

My new ones that show off my phat graphix skillz* are here:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/images-518-5614_Signatures.html

* Note: May not contain actual phat graphix skillz

FabricatorGeneralMike wrote:
Honest to god I have been looking for a racist sheriff. I have a scenero from Cold War Gone Hot set in 1984 where a soviet foxtrot class sub parks off the coast of a small american town ( im thinking somewhere in the gulf of mexico so Louisiana,Texas, Alabama or Mississippi ) and the soviet navel crew have to get ashore and raid the car parts store for car batteries so they can power there sub and get out of there.

Emergency. Emergency. Everyone to get from street.

Kid Kyoto, those banners are the funniest thing I have seen on a wargaming forum (or any forum for that matter) for some time

KGatch113 wrote:

I'm sorry I missed meeting KK at the Bowie Bunker opening. I've been a fan for years.

You're wrong about George and Gracie though...they look nothing like humpback whales....

Guess I missed him too. darn.

Wehrkind wrote:Awesome I missed you so much KK!

I uh, didn't know I'd gone anywhere.

Well OK, Trinidad but I mean besides that...

Thanks for the kind words all, if you liked this thread I've got 2 chain stories in need of posters:

The long-running Ask Teh Space Emporer
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/261392.page

And the long-neglected Deathworlds and Daemons (what if 40k was like a bad D&D game)
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/261392.page

Luddites all of you. Keep your freakish metal. I'll stick with resin and failcast while your L5R Clan War figures buy you an enhanced pat-down at the airport. Yea, we'll see who's laughing then, won't we?

Breotan wrote:Luddites all of you. Keep your freakish metal. I'll stick with resin and failcast while your L5R Clan War figures buy you an enhanced pat-down at the airport. Yea, we'll see who's laughing then, won't we?

Only in America my friend....only in America will your little army men get you accused of Terrorism... atleast the rest of the world still has a little common sence....not much but still more then america [/sarcasm]

Great review/commentary, had me lol'n. I've got a number of reaper minis and like the way they look, but I have an extremely bad track record of actually painting them!

Is it the 70s again?

I love how at least one person in every one of these threads doesn't get the joke and corrects K_K on his incorrect naming of models.

Eric

Rented Tritium wrote:These look nice.

But you do realize melting models in the car is an urban legend.

My Ogre Kingdoms Bragg the Gutsman model softened to the point where his weapon completely doubled over after 15 min in my truck. It didn't "melt" exactly but it ruined the paintjob. Finecast resin has a very low melting temperature.

MagickalMemories wrote:I love how at least one person in every one of these threads doesn't get the joke and corrects K_K on his incorrect naming of models.

Eric

Yes quite....

You Kyoto, are a funny bugger.

I have a question about this new material, metal.

Will Reaper Miniatures be releasing a new product that allows for easy patching of miscasts and holes, some sort of liquified-kneadatite?

I do like Reaper a lot despite being metal models. I only wish I had more of a purpose for their models since so many are extremely nice