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If life allows me and my newbie will be there! I definitely y need to work on contest stuff buuuut I prolly won't til its crunch time.

Arrived early this am safe and sound after our epic drive. Only two and a half tanks of gas :)

Well the ds voice may be next year if I can swing it. I had my ds schooling delayed caus3 I busted my toe, so I'm going in Jan. I'll Def bust out the voice tho the cadences may not be appropriate lol

I'd hope to never see the day when there was theft happening at Reapercon. The painted models taken from Artists Alley, and as I unpacked today I learned I had stuff stolen from my bags while they were in the main hall. I am happy Reapercon is growing but I feel like our 'family reunion' feeling con has just crossed the threshold into something else. I hope noone else finds they have had things taken. Lesson learned on my part and I won't be leaving things in the hall aside from a powerstrip plug and maybe a light. I would definitely rather not had the expensive lesson. I'm sad our con has morphed to include thieves. Overall the con was great, the Reaperpeeps and volunteers are awesome and welcoming. Registration seemed to be incredibly smooth, with the folders pre-made and done already. Having both tickets and walk ups for the hobby hijinks is great, so you can plan ahead and get a spot for more busy days. I brought a friend whose never been to a con and she had a great time and Reaper and our hobby have gained another:) Overall awesome, but tainted by scumbag thieves.

I finally ran out of my original violet liner, and would love if Reaper would reissue the old liners again. I would love a reissue of Violet, and Red liners.

** I just emailed the help reaper email as there's no other way to communicate.. ** Additionally, does anyone know how we go about getting a refund from what we've dumped into the pledge manager? There's nothing that I can see in the pledge manager that lets me cancel...

The issue is this change has been done very late in the game and was nowhere discussed in the funding period on Kickstarter nor in the multitude of updates. Now what are people supposed to do who have dumped a large amount of money into the pledge manager expecting already known qualities of the various Bones INJECTED material ? How is that in line with what the Kickstarter is supposed to be for? They can beg for a refund, or hope the product is decent and risk -in my case not a small amount of money- potentially losing out on figures they want that may not get released to retail, or various other things. It may be a smart financial decision for Reaper but it comes off as bait and switch. There's no way to miigate NOT getting an unknown aside from canceling everything because Reaper doesn't even know what figures will be this new 3d printing and what will be what they said they would be. I don't back kickstarters that are 3d printed regardless of my love for the figures because it's such a mixed bag regardless of who makes it. It's dishonest to change the end product so late in the game. Yeah it may work out and be fine, but it may not, and the Kickstarter wasn't for Reaper to try out new 3d printing tech it was for Bones injected minis.Straight from the campaign page, day 1: "Bones 6 promises to offer you more variety and more amazing new miniatures!These miniatures are 28mm Heroic Scale and injected in our Bones, Bones Black, or Bones USA plastics!...By backing Bones 6 you can help expand our Bones Miniature lines. Your support makes the molds that we need to produce these miniatures; the more backers we get the more molds we produce, which means we make more miniatures! As a backer, you'll get to have your pick of these amazing miniatures for a fantastic backer-only bargain deal!" Is this not a breach? Not a lawyer.. but how can they say this then slide it in to an update months after the pledges have been collected from kickstarter, the pledge manager has been up and people have been putting money in expecting what they were told they would get, to have it be oh BTW, a large amount of the figures you thought were injected, yeah we're gonna 3d print them, oh and the funding for molds, yeah were buying 3d printing machines instead... It really leaves a bad taste in the mouth and I am not pleased.

Please make all the green griffon fluff available to us! I'll kick cash for a small sourcebook like we got for Brinewind!

Got my room and putting in the time off request soon, see everyone there!

Typhoon Paint Mixers are the Best If you don't want to spring for a typhoon one, you can search on amazon for nail polish shakers, or vortex mixers. Old blood lab mixers if you can find them at like a surplus sale are good too.

Forgive me if this is a dumb question/ thread: How does one go about teaching classes at Reapercon? By invitation only? Or draft up class ideas write it up and propose it or? If one does do classes, what if any is the compensation? I am thinking about maybe teaching some. I dug around a bit but couldn't find really anything specific, just mentions of people deciding on their class ideas and getting them ready. Thanks!

The Con was great, as usual. Reapercon is the ONLY con I make a point to attend every year I have the option to. It's my one planned vacation year in and year out, and is budgeted in as soon as the current years con ends. Pros: -Hotel Continues to be a definite win. The staff are friendly and the place is well taken care of. The location is great and the service is always excellent. I love the stay on sight option with a good breakfast. -ReaperPeeps and Artist Guests As usual helpful, friendly, and knowledgeable. The guys running the Reaper Booth were professional and pleasant. Reception was smooth, and knowledgeable, and the paint contest section was run smoothly and efficiently. Artist guests- happy to share their knowledge, approachable and welcoming. Seeing hobby names is always fun, and I appreciate their willingness to share what they know sans a paid ticket. -Themed Game availability The Barty themed game was very fun, and I got to play this year! Major plus, I liked the large availability of the gaming times and the game was fun, easy to learn and well run. -Classes Instructors knowledgeable and inviting. Smaller sizes and time between classes was great. Having the TV'S despite the washout that happened was a great addition for seeing what was happening and watching the instructors. Minor tech fixes would enhance the usefulness of the TV's and cameras. -Brinewind Imports Nice idea for spending Reaperbucks, with a caveat (detailed below). -Bigger hobby hijinks area and (seemed like) more events and variety of events- AWESOME! More space and opportunity to jump in with more seating. Liked the mini-mashups/monster creation hijinks. Ludo was wonderful as ever, and a continued great choice to run the hijinks area. - After Hours classes and hijinks- Great addition. Please keep this option/offering in the future. Makes lingering after dinner time more fun, and inviting. -Seperate area for the MSP Open. Quiet, secure and still accessible. -Themed drinks and rolling for drink upgrades was a neat addition. Kudos to the hotel staff. -Food trucks Please more of these. Nice option to be able to stay on site and not eat Hoolihans, or have to leave for lunch. Hoolihans is good, but not for 5 days straight. Cons: -Meet and greet food. Hard pass. I'd rather pizza for the PIZZA dungeon versus what was served. Tepid meats and not much else in the way of food is not an incentive to be there Weds early. No healthier options like veggie burgers or even fresh fruits or salads of some sort was disappointing. Also- that was NOT sweet tea! I'm not a vegetarian, but I try to eat occasionally well, esp on day one of a con where mostly into the con I'll be grabbing whatever is on hand- usually fried or junk foods. I miss the BBQ from the factory days.. I know not so healthy, but soooo much better tasting, and worth the price of admission to the meet and greet. - Very limited class tickets with no day of purchase options. I understand slots are limited, and this year was especially beastly with COVID, but having a day of option at least made it possible for folks who work the day classes go on sale to get maybe one or two of the one time only during the weekend classes. I bought a VIP ticket and got only two classes all weekend I really wanted. Please bring that back, day of class purchases. -Sunday- Sunday was a bust. No auction, which is good and bad, but without it, there was no reason to stay at all at the con Sunday. Waiting for the judges to show up for getting feedback turned tedious when that was the only thing I was waiting for. Once the judges did show up they were so swamped with folks wanting feedback that it would have been a really long wait to even hear what they had to say. Personall, this wasn't worth it, as nothing else was happening officially at the con. The imports store was CLEANED out, the vendors were sold out, and with returning to work looming, I didn't see the value in lingering hours, when reality is yelling about its impending resumption. Without something Sunday at the close of the con, I won't stay through Sunday. It's just not worth the day's admission price. - Judging feedback- No alternate time for feedback and having it be at the tail end of a longish con on a day nothing else is happening was frustrating. I know the judges are tired Sat evening, as they've spent tons of time looking at entries, but having no way to get feedback until they come in (almost 11 am Sunday) was aggravating. So much so that I passed even trying to bother, after being down early specifically on Sunday TO GET feedback. Without feedback in a contest where you are competing against your own skill, you can't learn what you should be doing differently or better. Maybe signups for one on one feedback or having the contest and awards ceremony be done sooner on Saturday, like 4 pm instead is a better idea? Additionally, the press of people once the artists did show also absolutely turned my ' I'd like to get feedback' thoughts to 'h*ll no I'm not getting smooshed and surrounded while waiting to hear feedback' and to 'welp ima go ahead and leave now after wasting the morning waiting for feedback' and honestly ended the Con on a discordant note for me. Not a good feeling to leave with. My guess also is that it can't be too comfortable being a judge in that press of humanity either, getting swarmed for feedback on Sunday am. -Brinewind Imports/ No Auction- good and bad. Never restocking the Imports with things was silly considering anything costing more than like 200 reaperbucks- candy bag or ribbon- was at least a few days of gathering Reaperbucks. Especially for the Reaper branded stuff- carrying cases, shirts, etc. Even getting 3000 took all the way til Sunday am, and this is considering I had 2 VIP badges worth of reaperbucks, some classes, multiple hobby hijinks participation bucks, and reaper tshirt every days worth of reaperbucks. By Saturday mid-day and Sunday all that was left were ribbons and candy. If there's no restock, you can't get really anything of value with your reaperbucks, especially is you've bought the swag boxes throughout the year. I already had most of the affordable stuff because they came in the swag boxes.. don't need more C.U.P.s, or ghoulie bags. Solution- drop the good stuff's prices so you can get something more than a cup or patch or ribbon on day one when all the stock is there or, consider upping the amount of bucks given for VIP and class tickets, lessening the amount given by the gaming tables, having more stock in the trading post in general, or doing smaller layouts at a time so there is a good variety of stuff throughout the weekend through Sunday. I am indifferent on the auction. On one hand it was a clincher for Sunday making it worth waiting and staying for, but I generally hate the pooling. Unless you know people and they want to give you their bucks, you rarely get anything. Maybe make the auction for really big ticket stuff- blankets, flags, resin masters, paint sets etc, and keep the trading post for everything else. - MINOR WISH- not so much a gripe- More advanced techniques and painting classes please. Personally I would love more technical classes or classes/lectures designed for folks who have been painting a while. Consider a few atypical/ different guest teachers that aren't specifically Reaper regulars. Unique and different perspectives on painting are invaluable. I loved taking the Raggy Paints class this year (Huzzah for new perspectives and approaches!) and, many many years ago Reaper hosted JBT, and his classes were invaluable, with a very different approach to painting. Even having more classes that focus on traditional 'art' techniques- lighting/mood/themes/methodologies and even mediums would be a welcome addition. I chose to come to Reapercon not only because the Reaperpeeps (including Reaper Artists and Sculptors) are all around awesome, welcoming, knowledgeable, and a class act, but cause at its heart- at least to me- Reapercon is about the painting/ the hobby itself, and the sharing and growing of the painting hobby- not necessarily gaming, or cosplay or whatever else. I would love to see that aspect deepened or enriched. All in all, good con esp considering the challenging world situation. Thank you Reaperpeeps, and fellow con goers, til next year ;).

I'm game to be on the card, I'll be there weds thru sunday, forum name and avatar are fine, if you need more peeps.

I had a question about the new case that was announced earlier this month. I see it can carry the hard shell cases. Can this case carry pluck foam inserts instead? Is there any plan to offer pluck foam trays as well as just utilizing the hardshell cases? Thanks either way for any response, keep being awesome :)

I reaaaaalllly want regular Reapercon. I'll plan to go.in person and hope for the best. I miss my yearly (again) longdrive and fun week in Texas.

My lense was smeary Thanks :)

Finished this little guy this last week. I love all the Townsfolk. I wish there were more:).

Thanks for the kind words everyone:)!

Heya folks been busy painting away, but keep forgetting to post on here. This one is one of the Halfling Farmers by Jason Wiebe. I also started an instagram @starscolorbox, there are more photos on there :). Enjoy https://www.instagram.com/p/CDQ_EjeB-19/?igshid=14i9amibmp0zl

After attending a few Reapercons, the most frustrating thing is there aren't a lot of advanced technique classes, and those that are labeled as advanced inevitably have folks who signed up and don't know what layering is so the entire class devolves into a basic how to put paint on a mini class, which is frustrating when you are paying sometimes $40 for a class that is supposed to focus on advanced/ challenging techniques or ideas. I would love to see more texture classes. IE, How to replicate different types of cloth, old and new leather, etc. I would love to see how to paint skin tones aside from Caucasian. Outside the Box Thinking about color, light, technique. A bigatures class, for busts or large figures, that teaches how to use oil paints or deal with large surfaces. I know most of these ideas have been taught before, but they usually have on timeslot and sell out stupid fast. Additionally hands on, I feel for most things, are more beneficial than essentially watching a livestream in person.. If I am paying 40 bucks, I don't wanna just watch what I could find online for free.. A class someone pays for should not be the instructor pimping their livestream/ youtube to get followers.. Also please prime the bones prior to having folks come to class.. wasting time brown liner priming a bones mini is a pretty crappy way to spend class time.

good to know as well thanks Alchemist:)

He is the Stone Giant Elder from the Tyranny of Dragons sets. He is classified as Huge, but he's on a 2 inch base.. lol even wizkids doesn't know what size he's supposed to be lol... Thanks all y'all.:)

Hello all maybe someone more knowledgeable can help me out. I am trying to paint up some giants for potential use for DnD, 5th ed. The Monster Manual defines giants as huge. The Player's Handbook, which equates to a 3 inch by 3 inch area, which ( I think)is a 3 inch base. However, I bought a blind box of DnD figures, and it came with a giant. The "official" giant is the same scale/ size as the Reaper Bones ones, but the "official" giant is on a 2 inch base. so my question is which base is correct to use or are both correct and it just depends on personal preference? Thanks.

Finally done with "Red" she's slightly shiny cause her dull coat is still setting. Paints: Cream Shirt- vmc dark sand, RMS's Desert Sand, Linen White, Pure White. Purple Jacket: RMS's Green Liner, Dusky Grape, Royal Purple Rosy Skin Greens: RMS's Green Liner, Moth Green, Pale Green Reddish Skirt: RMS's Dusky Grape, Violet Red, Rosy Skin Leathers: VMC Flat Brown, RMS's Brown Liner, Rosy Skin Silvers: (all reaper) Honed Steel, Skeleton Key Filigree Silver. Golds: Antique Gold, New Gold, vmc's smoke

More work on this tiny girl. Her jacket/coaty vest thing is an attempt at purple velvet. Her socks are now stripey and her sash is awaiting more stripes, they will be green to match her sock stripes.