[What do you guys do with your miniatures?]

I paint them and use them for our various tabletop roleplaying games, mostly D&D and Rolemaster rule systems.

 

I love finding Reaper minis especially to match my roleplaying characters.

[show me your shelves!]

I don't have any pics of it handy but one thing I use is a shotglass display case. Its shallow, wall mountable, and has a mirror as the backing. I have no idea where it came from... my uncle gave it to me ages ago.

Oh that is a great idea! I might make a trip out to my local Storage World this weekend to have a look at their display and shelving options. I can't wall-mount much here cause I'm just renting, but there are a few nail spots around the house I could make use of.

[so, when does shipping start?]

Every time I receive an email in my inbox with a Reaper Kickstarter update I squee a little.
Living in Australia and having ordered heaps of extras on-top of my Vampire level, I don't expect to see anything arriving before early / mid April. Still looking forward to it though! I'll live vicariously through everyone on the forums posting photos of their box opening. (There had better be photos, I demands it!)

[show me your shelves!]

Oh wow. I don't have an Ikea in the state, but I may have to look at ordering one of those!

 

*edit* Sad face, found it on the Australian store and it's $149AUD: http://www.ikea.com/au/en/catalog/products/90182171/?query=detolf

[show me your shelves!]

The Reaper Kickstarter is helping me beef up my mini collection by a thousand, but one thing I haven't really considered is where I'm going to put all the damn things. (I ordered a case with foam inserts that I'll use to transport my minis to and from D&D sessions, but the rest of the time I'd like them on display somewhere.)

I'm an artist and putting my minis on a desk somewhere is not really an option because every flat surface is covered in pencils and comic boards.

I also live in a house with two kittens, who while adorable manage to wreak havoc where-ever they go. Do you guys mind showing me photos of your display cases, share your ideas and generally run around like a headless chicken in a panic with me?

Oh lawd our minis arriving is getting closer!

[What's the first mini from the KS you will be painting?]

I'll likely be painting my Frost, Storm and Fire Giantesses first, they look so awesome! Then likely my Dark Elves and both lots of Spider Centaurs I ordered. Our current D&D group is about to be fighting some more Dark Elves, my minis should arrive just in-time!

 

Maybe some Dungeon Dressings on the side as well.