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 NinthMusketeer wrote:

 MLaw wrote:
Hey look more people trying to shame others for enjoying classical fantasy tropes! Just what the most lighthearted thread on Dakka needs!

Um... no one was?

Well, he did have to point out that enjoying objectifying women is totally fine if it is "a classical fantasy trope", even though the discussion seemed pretty firmly focused on the practicality of mammary styled chest plates. I am surprised that "SJW" or "red pill" wasn't slipped in somehow. It is *so* hard being a male these days

Per usual, if you want to talk about the allegedly political facets of sculpting miniatures please start a thread in Dakka Discussions. Thanks!

Well it seems the new releases were simply too bland for Kid_Kyoto to comment. I suppose we will have to spread the word that Kid_Kyoto now feels that metal is an inferior material

 NinthMusketeer wrote:
Well it seems the new releases were simply too bland for Kid_Kyoto to comment. I suppose we will have to spread the word that Kid_Kyoto now feels that metal is an inferior material

Geeze tough crowd, they've not even up for a day.

I'll get to them but for now I have to highlight the female elf blacksmith, such grace, such elegance, a figure with uses not only in D&D but also in Rune Quest, Shadowrun and 40k.



http://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/03803/latest/03803

Definite preorder for me.

I really dig her image.

Only a true gamer can perceive how great she is.

It is odd that they haven't been getting pics up for the new releases. Giant bats still don't have a pic, even though I have seen them in stock.

 jmurph wrote:
It is odd that they haven't been getting pics up for the new releases. Giant bats still don't have a pic, even though I have seen them in stock.

So is it a giant with bat wings or a bat that is giant sized?

Baseball; cricket; table tennis. All scaled for 54mm.

 Apologist wrote:
Baseball; cricket; table tennis. All scaled for 54mm.

Table tennis, AKA Ping Pong, uses a paddle.

However, it sounds 1,000 times more difficult and silly to use a bat. I approve.

It's a diorama from the Judgement on Gotham crossover comic series: Judge Giant having a fistfight with Batman.

A few of the new models have pictures up.

I'm not sure what these are. My Little Pony cosplay?

"Honey, my I think they got my order wrong at Starbucks. Tastes kinda... poison-y. Why are you holding that glaive?"


"I don't know what you're talking about, dear."


(Hope I'm not to stepping on Kid_Kyoto's toes here, but I was inspired... )

Those are the kind of minis that say, Ring ring ring a-ring a ding ding, tchoff tchoff tchoff tchoff tchoff tchoff tchoff!

And we're back with this month's new releases!

First off as noted we have the female elven blacksmith



And a Female Skoli Warrior



Frankly two of the best female models I've seen in ages and real sign of what Reaper can do with today's casting technology. You honestly have to be a real gamer and fan to perceive how good these models are!

Then we have two kitsune, which I am fairly certain is not a Portuguese loan word.




These models can not only be used as Japanese fox spirits, but as beast men, mutants, werefoxes, fox-like aliens, furries and especially good cosplayers who are into obscure characters. I predict great things for this line!



And we have Rhaegar, the male fighter. But why he only fights males I don't know. Chivalry maybe? Sexism? How does he feel about the transgender? or sexless beings like jellyfish? Or Elves? It just raises so many questions.

Every so often Reaper does a model I never knew I needed.



now the dwarf mage on a battle pony is no Leprechaun on an owl, but yeah, I can see myself buying him. Then rolling up a new D&D character just to use him.

OK, this is an odd one.



Not just because it's some sore of metrosexual pretty boy on one of the chairs at Trump Tower, but because Reaper already put him out in bones and a multipart metal kit with choice of heads.

Well now the multipart is gone, and only the pretty boy remains.

There's a lesson in there somewhere.

And finally we have Jonas Kane, Undead Hunter.


"Found them!"

Join us next week when we'll be reviewing Reaper's new line of Were-Whales, undead Giraffes and off-duty construction workers sitting on diner stools!

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
Every so often Reaper does a model I never knew I needed.

He's part of a set of Bones dwarves you never knew you needed (or is that know you don't need -- dig the puppeteer and yay pugs!)

Keep up the good work -- are we going to have a separate Bones IV KS thread with more of your commentary?

ced1106 wrote:

Keep up the good work -- are we going to have a separate Bones IV KS thread with more of your commentary?

Thanks! When it happens I'd recommend Bones 4 get its own thread, mixing stuff that's actually available with stuff that you might get a year from now makes for a confusing thread.


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Well that was fast...

The two missing models are up.


I'm not at all sure what a Skoli Warrior is but from this example I can see that despite the humanoid appearance this species keeps all their vital organs in their thighs and left shoulders, the chest area is completely superfluous and thus left unarmored.



As for Laril Silverhand, how much do I love the fact that her anvil is coordinated with her apron! Does she have several anvils to go with the apron she's wearing today? Now that's what it means to be an elf.

And finally...


It's always weird how much junk players load their characters down with, just in case. I mean a lantern sure, save those spells for Cure Light Wounds and Bless, canteen, yep, dagger? I assume she convinced the DM it was a cooking knife. But I've never seen even the most obsessive player add a snowboard to inventory. Someone really needs to look at the encumbrance rules.

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:

And finally...


It's always weird how much junk players load their characters down with, just in case. I mean a lantern sure, save those spells for Cure Light Wounds and Bless, canteen, yep, dagger? I assume she convinced the DM it was a cooking knife. But I've never seen even the most obsessive player add a snowboard to inventory. Someone really needs to look at the encumbrance rules.

Nonsense! She's carrying a mace so she's obviously a cleric, which means she's a healer and that must be a spine board for transporting PCs with cervical injuries back to the local inn.

That undead hunter looks familiar.

Was it originally a 54mm kit or something? I swear I've seen it, or something very similar before....

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:

ced1106 wrote:

And finally...

It's always weird how much junk players load their characters down with, just in case. I mean a lantern sure, save those spells for Cure Light Wounds and Bless, canteen, yep, dagger? I assume she convinced the DM it was a cooking knife. But I've never seen even the most obsessive player add a snowboard to inventory. Someone really needs to look at the encumbrance rules.

Encumbrance doesn't exist, if you don't acknowledge it.

Reaper April promotional figure!
http://forum.reapermini.com/index.php?/topic/73779-reapers-25th-anniversary-miniature-april/



This is me and my wallet after April 15th.

So, he's a reanimated skeleton with enough fine motor control to handle a marionette, but such poor muscle control he's knocking his knees like a French ogre pinup?

Nah he's just playingup to the stereotype of his rave for "humour" he's actually an ivy league graduate.

mdauben wrote:

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:

And finally...


It's always weird how much junk players load their characters down with, just in case. I mean a lantern sure, save those spells for Cure Light Wounds and Bless, canteen, yep, dagger? I assume she convinced the DM it was a cooking knife. But I've never seen even the most obsessive player add a snowboard to inventory. Someone really needs to look at the encumbrance rules.

Nonsense! She's carrying a mace so she's obviously a cleric, which means she's a healer and that must be a spine board for transporting PCs with cervical injuries back to the local inn.

Maybe a boogie board. Or a grittle for hot cakes. That bottle on her hip is obviously maple syrup.

ced1106 wrote:Reaper April promotional figure!
http://forum.reapermini.com/index.php?/topic/73779-reapers-25th-anniversary-miniature-april/



This is me and my wallet after April 15th.

Adorable, want it.

BobtheInquisitor wrote:So, he's a reanimated skeleton with enough fine motor control to handle a marionette, but such poor muscle control he's knocking his knees like a French ogre pinup?

Shameful how fashion promotes an unhealthy body image like this. She's... Skin and bones.

ced1106 wrote:
Reaper April promotional figure!
http://forum.reapermini.com/index.php?/topic/73779-reapers-25th-anniversary-miniature-april/



This is me and my wallet after April 15th.

This is a solid addition to Reaper's other scarecrow models. Getting an extra skeleton jester on the base is a pretty nice bonus as well.

And we're back with a new round of METAL

I've mentioned before I love it when a miniature tells a story.


Here's Kiri's:

お父さん: Kiri! What are you wearing? You are not going out to stalk the rooftops and assassinate the dishonorable Daimyo dressed like that!
きり: Daaaaad! it's the fashion, all the Kunoichi are wearing it this season!
お父さん: What, you're going somersaulting over a wall and cutting down a dozen Ashigaru like so much ripe wheat with your hair hanging out, what if they grab it? What if they see your silky black tresses gistening in the moonlight and raise an alarm forcing you to throw down a smoke bomb, leap atop the pagoda roof and dispatch the incoming Samurai with a metal storm of steel shuriken?
きり: Daaaad! That's totally what happened last week and I was fine.
お父さん: What about sleeves, won't you chafe your skin as you scale the stone walls of the temple to steal the ill-begotten gold the corrupt 僧侶 extorted from the peasants and then return the coins to the grateful working masses?
きり: Only if I do it wrong! I'm not a kid you know, just last week I scaled a stone wall dressed in full Maiko regalia and didn't even smudge my lipstick.
(wind kicks up)
お父さん: And, and... 聖なる仏! Are you wearing anything under your tunic?!
きり: Daaaaad! It's called going commando! All the Kunoichi are doing it!

Kul Inkit also has a story to tell



Jul Hinkit - Kul, how many times to I have to tell you, the spiked shoulder pad goes on your RIGHT shoulder, your left side is already protected by your oversized shield that looks much too heavy for your graceful willow-like arms!
Kul Inkit - Daaaaad! It's the fashion! All the barbarian doom maidens are wearing it that way!



Honestly I like Kevoth-Kul the Black Sovereign but I don't see why he had to drag race into this.



Bregan the Valkyrie can assume fighter, battloid and gerwalk modes.

Bet you thought I was going to say something about her enormous pair of... belts didn't you. Well this is a classy toy soldier message board so I got nothing to say about her her pair of belts.



Back in the day the original Monster Manual made their Hobgoblins look like Samurai which I really liked so I gave them a Japanese style society (or what my 13 year old self thought was a Japanese style society at least). So bottom line, I approve.



This female hobgoblin can also pass as female goblin archer, a female half orc archer or even a female trollop archer with minimal conversion.



So does being a Deep One High Priest average out to being a shallow one? Or is that just reaching?

(I'll get my coat)

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
And we're back with a new round of METAL

I've mentioned before I love it when a miniature tells a story.(I'll get me coat)

I love your posts.

Not a fan of the girl with the bank-vault-door for a shield, or the guy with the ginormous sword. I like the ninja girl and the barbarian girl. The two hobgoblins are ace and froggy boy, too. I'll have to add those five to my shopping list.

Subscribing for the narratives

Going Commando? Ack. Now I've been triggered. Years ago, I watched the Japanese series "Zatoichi". There was this one scene where Zatoichi was wearing just such a tunic as that mini... <shudder> I'll spare everyone the details.

That Deep One has much painting potential.

In retrospect I could have kept the theme up with Bregan, so...



Odin - Just where do you think you're going young lady?
Bregan - Um, y'know, out, shopping, grab some pizza, choose some slain.
Odin - Dressed like that!?
Bregan - Daaaad it's the style, all the immortal incarnations of worthy death are wearing it these days.
Odin - Where's your chain mail bikini? Where's your bare midriff? Where's your helm with the impractical wings?
Bregan - Daaaad! We live in the land of the ice and snow! It's cold here! Can't I wear I nice breast plate and some fur leggings? And the chain mail briefs... they y'know, chafe.
Odin - As sure as my name's Odin no daughter of mine is going out dressed like that!
Bregan - I thought your name was Wodan now, after that thing with Marvel comics.
Wodan - Yes, as I said as sure as my name is Wodan you are going to put on your chain mail bikini before you go out!
Bregan - Can I at least skip the hat? Last week I was picking up Sven son of Yorggi and he was lying dying in a hut and I was all like 'Fear not for tonight you shall feast in Valhalla' but the wings got stuck in the doorway and the hat fell off and I had to bend over to pick up and I think he checked out my butt.
Wodan - OK, fine, no hat. But put on your bikini before you go out!
Bregan - Fine! (Slams door)
Woden - Kids today...

You know that the Black Library was hiring right