Bones Video Comparison with Metal

[Kaine 1]

I put a video on youtube showing an unpainted, and painted bones model in comparison to metal. Might help people who havent see one before.

 

[dwarvenranger 5375]

Awesome thanks! But now I keep hearing Time the Enchanter saying "look at the bones!"

[buglips*the*goblin 92787]

I'm looking more and more forward to Bones. Man, it's going to be flashback city to all those years ago painting army men. Only better quality.

 

Skinny Tim Mee Nam vets just don't compare.

[Halberkill 200]

Here are comparison shots of bones with their metal versions, well, LE really, but they use the same bones molds.

 

http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo268/Halber_Kill/legendary%20mods/troll1.jpg

 

http://i382.photobuc...0mods/Ogres.jpg

 

http://i382.photobuc...s/zombies-1.jpg

 

Halber

[Teskal 1941]

What is the meaning of "LE really"?

[dwarvenranger 5375]

Legendary Encounters is my guess

[Halberkill 200]

What is the meaning of "LE really"?

 

The minis I photographed are Reaper's Legendary Encounters plastic minis.

 

Halber

[Pally 120]

The LE minis look.. well.. kinda sad. I guess it's better than Wizzle Kiddies' junk though.

[Hellcow 910]

This has me really curious as to how the multipart miniatures are going to work. What would you use to glue the things together? Are they going to use less parts (i.e. can the Bones material create a larger mini than metal in the same mold?)?

 

That said I am just floored that he could bend that troll like that and not crack the paint! I saw a similar demo of this feature and it just amazes me. It looks like you'll get the durability of the old WotC D&D miniatures combined with the really awesome sculpts of Reaper and whatever paint level you care to bring! It is going to be a loooooooonnnnnngg wait until March!

[[email protected] 91]

yeah, there's a question for die-hard boneheads:

 

I love converting minis...what can you glue these with? Will regular styrene cement work, or is it superglue only? Will superglue even hold on something that bendy or will it need to have the hell pinned out of it first?

[Samurai007 27]

I may well be wrong, but I was under the impression that Bones came in 1 piece, no assembly required.

[kit 1509]

Super glue works great. I never tried styrene cement as I didn't have a lot of GW sprues around the office, go figure.

 

Repositioning is quick and painless, and weapons swaps with metal work extremely well.

 

I don't know if I can say this about the LE comparison, but here goes: The LE paint jobs look like pre-painted paint jobs, if you follow. Better than many other companies' pre-paints, but pre-paints all the same.

 

We've lately had some people posting much better paint jobs. Here are a couple:

 

Painted by Michael Proctor:

 

Painted by Adrift:

 

painted by Arlene Kennedy

 

 

 

The paint job makes a huge difference in perception. Comparing the plain figures to the Legendary Encounters pre-paints doesn't do them justice.

[Pally 120]

I always use Duco Cement, as it tends to give me some working time since it dries more slowly. It also seems to work well with most epoxy mixes, forming a super-hard combo shell.

[Halberkill 200]

The LE minis look.. well.. kinda sad. I guess it's better than Wizzle Kiddies' junk though.

 

Well I was posting it mostly to show the detail between a metal and a PVC mini are no different, though my photography skills are not that good, and the paint job can sometimes hide the detail.

 

The second link has an ogre I converted and I glued the sword on with superglue without pinning. Styrene glue will not work with these.

 

Halber

[Masika 1]

I read this review that I found at Paizo forums. They compair the cave troll. Virtually identical to metal and no undercoat required.

 

http://1000footgeneral.blogspot.com.au/2012/08/are-reaper-bones-any-good.html?spref=fb