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 jmurph wrote:
I have to disagree on the fun part. The prep work is a pain. I find that they are exceedingly difficult to get mold lines off of. Knifework is prone to overcuts and filing just makes a mess. Same problem I have with most 1/72 figs. But, they are cheap and great if you don't mind a bit of bend/mold line here and there.

Agreed. I've been going out of my way to find metal versions of Reaper sculpts I have a use for, and picking up Bones when there's no metal or the price is just too good to turn down (i.e. lots of the big Reaper monsters). Just horrific stuff to clean up, thankfully the price point matches the material - unlike Failcast, for example.

- Salvage

I've become something of a lapsed believer when it comes to cleaning minis, so Bones is a great medium for me. Plus, it's easy for my son to paint without damaging the minis or 'ruining' an expensive model.

You're a braver man than I Bob, letting your kids paint your stuff. Aren't yours younger than mine?

I've seen the results my kids have unleashed on some of those ceramic paint your own dinosaurs/ ponies/ disney characters/ whatever, and the results have been... interesting to say the least.

My six year old is certainly showing a lot more promise than the 9 year old when it comes to painting. She's asked me a few times to try her hand at some Bones stuff.

Maybe I ought to just suck it up and let her give it a shot.

Just when I think I'm out...

They keep pulling me back in!

This week's new offerings include


A drowned spirit who can also be used for that wet T-shirt contest diorama you've been planning.


Tess McFadden, a sensibly dressed and equipped modern/near future soldier.
Wow.


And the unholy love child of Flash Gordon and a Spartan's legs. Not really sure what's going on here. Cyborg? Struggling pirate who can only afford half a suit of power armor? Rebel who was interupped while still getting dressed? Who can say.


And some sort of bat-like creature. A were-bat perhaps? A winged ghoul? Or maybe some sort of mummy? I'm not up on my 5th edition Monster manuals.

And finally the most fearsome creatures yet...
I'm going to hide them behind spoilers for people with a weak heart.

I don't know what I'd use them for, but those last two miniatures are kinda neat.

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:

Tess McFadden, a sensibly dressed and equipped modern/near future soldier.
Wow.

Sculpted by Kev White of the Hasslefree fame.

Definitely getting XCOM vibes from her.

 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
You're a braver man than I Bob, letting your kids paint your stuff. Aren't yours younger than mine?

I've seen the results my kids have unleashed on some of those ceramic paint your own dinosaurs/ ponies/ disney characters/ whatever, and the results have been... interesting to say the least.

My six year old is certainly showing a lot more promise than the 9 year old when it comes to painting. She's asked me a few times to try her hand at some Bones stuff.

Maybe I ought to just suck it up and let her give it a shot.

My son just turned 4. I don't know if bravery has as much to do with it as the sheer quantity of expendable Bones minis that came with my KS pledges.

The results are pretty horrifying, especially the times when he confused acrylics for watercolors. I now have a skirmish-sized pool of tie-dyed ghouls and bugbears. The Bones minis are so cheap and plentiful that I don't ever regret sacrificing the minis to spend some father-and-son time painting minis.

Just think of it. If you teach them young they can become awesome miniatures painters.

Although I recommend using plastic army men tyoe figures at first.

 adamsouza wrote:
Just think of it. If you teach them young they can become awesome miniatures painters.

Although I recommend using plastic army men tyoe figures at first.

That's the idea. Free labor to paint my minis some day.

Unfortunately, he is not allowed to play with little army men yet. (My wife and I are not anti-gun per-se, but we want to control his exposure to the ideas of violence and killing. His cousin gave us a very vivid example of a toddler who plays inappropriately with weapons and finds the violence he commits on others entertaining.)

There in an exception for Star Wars toys and miniatures.

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
Just when I think I'm out...

They keep pulling me back in!

This week's new offerings include


A drowned spirit who can also be used for that wet T-shirt contest diorama you've been planning.

Holy crap! A proper Radhb beansidhe!

My family has a beansidhe, named Aibhinn, who predicted the death of Ard Ri Brian Boru....

The Auld Grump, though the clothes she is washing should be stained with blood, it is what she is washing away....

When you think that the soca done, there's more soca to come!
And when you feel that the wining done, there's more wining to come!

Who the heck releases new products the week after Christmas?



Halfling farmers who can also be Hobbit freeholders and (with some greenstuff) Dwarven seasonal agricultural workers.



I love figures that make a statement. And the statement this female vampire is making is "does this dress make my butt look big? I don't have a reflection y'know."



And this dwarven cleric makes a statement too, his statement is "Dude, think before you answer, IT'S A TRAP!"



Lately Reaper has made a couple of these elfs with spiky bows, is this like a new thing? I mean I can kind of see it would be useful, basically a fantasy version of a bayonet. Save you the time to draw a weapon. It's not really useful, it wouldn't actually work, but in a fantasy world sure, why not.



No snark here, just a neat minor demon good for all sorts of games and scenarios. Can also serve as a greater demon for 10mm, and a city-smashing kaiju for 5mm games.


And they round out this week's collection of METAL with some retro ray guns.

Maybe something to go with their line of grey aliens? Maybe it's finally time for my grey alien count as Necron army?

Or not.

Over on the Bones side of the house...


A truly terrifying 5mm scale Equine Kaiju mounted by some sort of alien giant.
Also usable as a knight in your 28mm games.



A couple of figures cast in translucent purple for shadows or illusions. Or just paint over it.


Anyone else remember that spell that created hoards of shadow tentacles? I think it was from Unearthed Arcana. So glad I stopped playing D&D before I saw Uratsukidoji or we'd never have seen that spell that same way again.


I'm not sure what makes this version of Sophie 'Troll Slayer Sophie' I mean she has a sword, and I suppose that sword can be used to slay trolls, among other things. But wouldn't an ax be better for slaying trolls, to hack off those limbs before they regenerate? And maybe a torch to cauterize the wounds to the trolls can't just re-attach their limbs?

These are the things I think about.




Yes! Both a Baslisk and a Dracolisk so you don't have to convert your Baslisks into half dragon/half baslisk monstrocities!

Seriously... a Dracolisk... for when you've completely run out of ideas for monsters.


I know I've mentioned him before but here's the Bones version of a rock hard barbarian clutching his long, erect... ax.

Perhaps he's going troll-slaying?


And his female counterpart lovingly stroking a long, hard... ax.

Perhaps they're both going troll-slaying together?

That's what the kids are calling it today right? Troll-slaying? When I was in school we used to call it 'firing the volcano cannon'.
You know what I mean.


And a Dwarf cleric clearing telling his fellow adventurers...
Wait a second!
So Reaper is doing the same figure in bones and metal at the same time? Interesting. I always thought of metal as the deluxe 'hard cover' version followed by a bones 'soft cover' later. Maybe they're selling to different audiences? Maybe the metal one his delays? Weird.


And an elven ranger with a spiky bow which might actually be practical because...
OK. Yeah. Moving along.


A female wizard dressed for the hazards of the underdark with her slit skirt, sleveless blouse and trailing scarves. Because really, who needs basic protection when you have magic amirite?


A nice looking gnoll, although I just can't help but wonder what is up with that buckler? I mean OK, bucklers are small but that's like trying to protect yourself with a salad plate.


I have no idea what this is but I totally want to paint one for Saint Patr... I mean Saint Andrew's Day.


Finally! A peryton! Now all I need is a pseudo dragon and my collection of 1st edition monsters who start with a P will be complete!


No snark here either. Very nice type 5 demon. Remember that time in Lolth's spider ship when there was a Type V demon who was her overworked secretary? See it was funny because she has like 6 arms and she's a demon but she was still overworked. I think we killed her. Which makes me sad when I think of it. Because I mean she was just doing her job. Then we kicked down the door to Lolth's throne room and got hit with the dispel magic and then walked into the quicksand that was the same color and height as the floor.

Good times.


Is that the monster's front?

is this?

Or this?
Whichever it's just ick. Nothing I would want to fight. Especially in a slit skirt and sleeveless blouse. I don't have the legs for a slit skirt.


No snark, this cleric actually looks dressed for travel.


I like the armor but I feel like this dwarf is overcompensating for something. I mean just look at that beard.

And finally speaking of monsters that start with P...


Reaper's long-awaited stalagmite set!
With some conversion (recommended only for advanced modelers) these can also be used as stalactites!
See my photoshop below.

And of course once you've managed the stalactite conversion (again recommended only for advanced modelers), they can count as Piercers!


Well unless Reaper plans a bit release on Dec 31 this should round out the Reaper 2015 thread. Come back next year for more obscure D&D references, debates on the plausibility of various weapons and barely concealed innuendo!

Play us out Patrice Roberts and Kerwin Du Bois!

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
Well unless Reaper plans a bit release on Dec 31 this should round out the Reaper 2015 thread. Come back next year for more obscure D&D references, debates on the plausibility of various weapons and barely concealed innuendo!

And a great set to end it on, bountiful 'axe' jokes and all

Seriously... a Dracolisk... for when you've completely run out of ideas for monsters.

Awww, I kind of like the little guy. Look at that face! Who can hate that underbite?

Thanks for the quality reporting Kid, catch you next year.

- Salvage

Thanks for all these and just love the comments

Wow, the Bones treatment has not been kind to this one..

 BrookM wrote:
Wow, the Bones treatment has not been kind to this one..

Spoiler:

It actually isn't too bad. I got it with my Bones 2 pledge, and it painted up well. The lips are a bit different shape which makes the face different, but not really bad.



Really the worst part (not helped by my fairly lazy paint job) was cleaning up the lines. I didn't notice how bad her right ankle is till just now. Then again, she is ~1.25" tall to the top of the head, so it is easy to miss stuff



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Really, Reaper needs to airbrush prime then put a wash over their bones models. They just don't look like anything in all white like that.

The complaint about poor photography of the bones minis is common, but the answer I've heard is that Reaper wants people to see what they actually get.

It's a shame, because most of the bones stuff looks a lot better than you'd think based on the pics online.

 Polonius wrote:
The complaint about poor photography of the bones minis is common, but the answer I've heard is that Reaper wants people to see what they actually get.

It's a shame, because most of the bones stuff looks a lot better than you'd think based on the pics online.

Most bones minis have a painted version as well, which I've found very helpful.

 BrookM wrote:
Wow, the Bones treatment has not been kind to this one..

Spoiler:

The model itself is fair as far as the detail goes, though the sword is far too flimsy. I kind of sort of had to add on some extra armour to mine though (for "oh hell I've just been stabbed through the chest" reasons").

I Like the alteration to that one. I'm still trying to find a skintight spandex/bodysuit look that I like to use the twins (somehow I got two of them.. probably didn't get something else but it was too hard to check every single one to be sure) as space/future/time travel/alternate dimension barbarians/raiders/pirates. Like, the Masters of the universe movie where everyone's got laser guns but they still have swords and stuff, or fun things like in that Kung Fury movie where there's a viking riding a dinosaur with a Gatling gun and so on.

Someday...

Evard's Black Tentacles, IIRC, was the D&D spell.

I believe a nice description of the Peryton can be found in Jose Luis Borge's book http://www.amazon.com/Imaginary-Beings-Penguin-Classics-Edition/dp/0143039938" target="_new" rel="nofollow">Book of Imaginary Beings The mini looks pretty good.

Hacked off troll limbs would have a life of their own

I thought that all the painted versions of Reaper Minis were of the metal ones.

 Wyrmalla wrote:

 BrookM wrote:
Wow, the Bones treatment has not been kind to this one..

Spoiler:

The model itself is fair as far as the detail goes, though the sword is far too flimsy. I kind of sort of had to add on some extra armour to mine though (for "oh hell I've just been stabbed through the chest" reasons").

I just assume 'arena armor' - gladiatorial armor really does go for 'cool' over 'effective' - blood loss is kind of the point....

The Auld Grump

She's clearly posing for a calendar. So is the male barbarian. He just has his face covered because his parents wouldn't approve of his lifestyle.

 GrimDork wrote:
I Like the alteration to that one. I'm still trying to find a skintight spandex/bodysuit look that I like to use the twins (somehow I got two of them.. probably didn't get something else but it was too hard to check every single one to be sure) as space/future/time travel/alternate dimension barbarians/raiders/pirates. Like, the Masters of the universe movie where everyone's got laser guns but they still have swords and stuff, or fun things like in that Kung Fury movie where there's a viking riding a dinosaur with a Gatling gun and so on.

Someday...

A science fiction game with swords and axes?

That would never sell.

Bwahaha, nah just for my shelf and when I feel like pushing models around without any real direction. They'd tool around in a classic 3rd edition 40k dark eldar raider.

Wyrmalla- I really like your mod. The chest armor is consistent with the original sculpt and far more practical than the original sculpt. Why you would only armor half your chest, and leave your stomach exposed to pointy, slashy things, I have no idea, other than sculptors seem to like their lady warriors more centerfold than competent.

In all fairness, it isn't as though naked warriors are uncommon in early times. Lots of cultures had warriors that went into battle naked, and nearly all had plenty of warriors that wore whatever clothes were available, and maybe a little armor here and there. What is more odd is that her right side has armor at all. It isn't inconsistent with shield use, where your left side is protected well enough by a large shield that you don't encumber yourself, but then she has a sword and ax. That's a little odd.
But still, for most warriors through history, armor wasn't about maximizing protection, but optimizing a trade off between protection and having to wear and carry the damned expensive stuff through the entire campaign. Even more professional late period soldiers leaned pretty heavily in the direction of only wearing what was most necessary and stripping off what wasn't. Throw in early period limitations of cost, availability and over all effectiveness (nothing early was stopping an ax that connects cleanly) and full armor was often a poor investment even for those who fought a good bit.

 Wehrkind wrote:
In all fairness, it isn't as though naked warriors are uncommon in early times. Lots of cultures had warriors that went into battle naked, and nearly all had plenty of warriors that wore whatever clothes were available, and maybe a little armor here and there.

I'll bet it wasn't about giving horny little nerds something to ogle, though.

Who knows? Different times my friend, different times

 Vermis wrote:

 Wehrkind wrote:
In all fairness, it isn't as though naked warriors are uncommon in early times. Lots of cultures had warriors that went into battle naked, and nearly all had plenty of warriors that wore whatever clothes were available, and maybe a little armor here and there.

I'll bet it wasn't about giving horny little nerds something to ogle, though.

I claim no expertise on the subject but didn't the Romans have female gladiators that were basically the foxy boxing/mud wrestling of the era? Smexy armor, bare breasts, blunted weapons etc.

So yeah. HISTORICAL!