Inarah

It's that time of year again. Those of us in the US have a 3 day holiday weekend coming up (May 24-27) and I am challenging you all to join me in a massively multiplayer paint binge! Everyone is welcome to join, even if you can only paint for one day.  The object is to finish as many figures as possible. Quantity counts over quality. All manufacturers are fair game, posting of WIPs and finished pieces is strongly encouraged. You may prep and prime figures before hand, in fact I recommend it. Get out all those new Bones, old primed or half painted figures and get ready to finish them! Got an army to finish, need to move some half painted terrain off your desk, want to tackle that dragon for the big figure contest? This is the time. All manufacturers are fair game. Prep and prime your figures now so they are all ready to go Saturday morning (or if you're taking a 4 day weekend, Friday morning). Have your camera ready to share photos. Photos strongly encouraged! For this holiday there is a special extra challenge: paint a figure in memory of a lost friend, pet or loved one. Anything goes. Painting begins at 00:01 May 24 and ends 23:59 May 27, in your time zone. Those of you who video chat are welcome to set up channels. Link to 2017 Challenge Link to 2016 Challenge

Note that the Reaper "clear" colors are not translucent washes. They are pure pigment colors and cover like any of the rest of the paints. They are useful if you want to mix your own colors.

Tornado went South of us, no damages reported. This is the progress for the morning: The brick wall was a warm up exercise last night. The lamp was this morning's. Need to get primer on the caster before my game. Will be back this evening.

Tornado sirens are going and power just cut off. This is as far as I get tonight.

help@reapermini.com (940) 484-6464 Keep in mind this is a holiday weekend in the US. (May 24-27)

Yup, Dark Shadow is a favorite of mine too. Very versatile.

I have a chemo infusion today and then we'll see if I'm good for anything this evening. New drug so I don't know what the side effects will be. And my silly game group wants to play tomorrow. The nerve of some people. Maybe I'll start with one of the demons they are about to encounter.

No dedicated paint clothes. I might take care not to wear my newest t-shirt, or a dressy blouse, but otherwise nothing special when the mood to paint strikes me.

The challenge is begun! Let the painting commence!

*{wants all the paints}*

Ah, so they renamed Casketworks. Got it.

Love what you've done.

Nice group.

I won't tell if you don't. I'm planning to paint a mixture of brand-new primed figures, and items that I started but didn't get very far on. Yes, the object is to finish things. :)

Nicely done!

That looks nice. I particularly like the bronze metal parts of the base.

I have a healthy concern for severe weather coming my way. This IS tornado alley and we are remembering two deadly tornadoes that came through here 62 years ago this week, and the Joplin tornado 9years ago (on my way home from Reapercon). 9000 people are without power this morning in my area. I don't panic, but I do have a healthy respect for mother natures power.

The renders are lovely, but I need to see what they look like after casting. They seem to have an awful lot of fine detail and deep recesses. Also curious about assembly.

I can typically do 3 or 4 in a day, start to finish, to tabletop level. I remember doing GW goblins is batches of 4-6 at a time, in a 4 hour period, so theoretically I could do ~24 army painted figures in a day. Most of my painting "days" consist of about 4 hours in the afternoon, unless I'm bingeing.

I think I have my figures all ready to go. Need to clean the paint desk, palette and water bowl this week. My starting line-up: On deck: In the bull-pen: Outfielders:

Yeah, the media was really unkind to that one. I thought it was a decent movie. We've got the newest Aladdin in our crosshairs this week.

Very nice examples.

We saw Tolkien the other night. I thought it was a very nice film about the writer's early years and motivating influences. It went briefly into the dark period during the war, but overall was a positive celebration of the writer.

Yeah, I used to host one for Labor Day, but the con schedule changed... Try again at Thanksgiving. This will be my 7th year. :)

Looks good as-is. Can't wait to see what you do to it.