Hellcow Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 I did it. All this talk of Bones and painting and miniatures and what have you made me order a bunch of the current Bones line despite the fact I'll be getting a metric buttload of miniatures come spring. I blame you lot (the posters, admins, mods and owners-aboard here at Reaper) with your enthusiasm, dedication and camaraderie for bringing me back to one of first passions - miniatures. Thank you!!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samurai007 Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 I've bought 3 of the current Bones since the KS started. The first was to test out the plastic and the claims about how it took paint. The 2nd and third... I couldn't help myself. I'm... I'm an addict... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vyr Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 I bought a Great Worm in anticipation of having shiney new paints soon. Am now having a staring contest with the Gnoll Warrior.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buglips*the*goblin Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 Given that I have in the order of eleventy billion miniatures already, I haven't bought any exisiting Bones yet. My metal is ample to satisfy my craving. However, between now and March I intend to make a few Bones raids to shore up my front lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasung Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 Since the Reaper Bones KS campaign, I've bought a few, just like y'all. ^^ I've been eyeing that Gnoll Warrior for some time... and caved--I lost the staring contest there, Vyr. I was so surprised and pleased with it's construction that I bought Minotaur shortly after. Cool stuff. Gnoll Warrior: http://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/Bones/latest/77012 Minotaur: http://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/Bones/latest/77013 My first post to the boards, btw. ^^ Cheers all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankthedm Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 I have a great worm, but the other bones sculpts I wanted, I already had in LE or just had too damned many similar minis* in pre painted plastic. I'll pick up Young dragon when it arrives, but for me, the early bones line was a wee too generic. A good thing for affordable minis, but when one has shelves of unpainted metal and buckets of plasticrack, generic minis are covered. The kickstarter bones have MANY sculpts I really liked, but missed because I was saving my pennies during their metal releases. When metal prices went up, up, up, that door closed for me. Ogre, werewolf and minotaur are AWESOME bones, I just have too many ogres, werewolves and minotaurs in general. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasung Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 Being new to the hobby with a little less than a dozen miniatures of these types before pledging on KS, I wouldn't mind if you need to unload some of that surplus. Just kidding, of course. I can just tell... this is going turn into an addiction, isn't it? Collecting and eventually painting minis, I mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankthedm Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 Being new to the hobby with a little less than a dozen miniatures of these types before pledging on KS, I wouldn't mind if you need to unload some of that surplus. Just kidding, of course. I can just tell... this is going turn into an addiction, isn't it? Collecting and eventually painting minis, I mean.If you give me an idea what you are looking for, I'll try and help you. Most likely I'll direct you to a place selling minis cheap rather than offering from my OWN collection though. For example, if you want orcs, which yes, you do! then check your PM box, I have a link to a place offering a good price on some paintable orcs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paheej Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 Well I would join you fine gentlemen in such a noble pursuit . . . however . . . I'm in Afghanistan and getting minis and paint out here is pretty difficult. So I'll have to wait until I get back Stateside - which means another two months of no mini painting, no alcohol, and no sex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badocter Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 I went to the FLGS last week and picked up the minotaur and bugbear to test the painting before committing. Very happy with the results: Bones_minotaur_cropped by badocter2012, on Flickr bugbear_quickshade by badocter2012, on Flickr I was impressed that the paint did not crack even when I bent that club on the bugbear 180 degrees and bent that minotaur over to touch his nose to the ground (and for that matter his back to the ground). After applying Army Painter quickshade strong by the dip/shake method to the bugbear, bending the club past 90 degrees looked like it managed to just start cracking the quickshade; however that is still outstanding performance IMHO. The minotaur has no quickshade, but he does have a coat of matte varnish, and that withstood the nose to ground, back to ground, sword to 90 degrees just fine. I accidentally bent metal minis just a smidgeon in the past and seen paint/quickshade came off in huge flakes to my horror. The abilityof the bones to take abuse and keep their paint/quickshade on is incredible 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon Snack Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 Apparently it's not just you, there was only *one* Bones mini left in stock at my distributor when I went to place an order earlier this week... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Bedlam Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 I've held off. Part of me wants to, sure, but soon enough, I'll be up to my ears in Bones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasung Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 Hey thanks Frank. I found out about that site you're talking about just last night (when I was looking for a card game, Android: Netrunner, specifically). I heard nothing but good praises so far and will definitely check them out from time to time. Nevertheless, kudos for tossing me the link my way. ^^ Badocter, I assume those bare spots near the hooves on the first photo came after your bendy test? Despite that, those are some pretty cool shots for those minis. Nicely done. I've seen some wicked demonstrations, photos and videos, about the "bendability" of the Bones line. Really impressive. I heard a story where a few of them were knocked off a table and onto the concrete floor with nary a mark (and bouncing harmlessly away) whereas if the minis were pewter... (Looks like the site is getting overloaded now that KS campaign is coming to a wrap. But to be sure I've restarted this computer a few times and hopefully I haven't inadvertently made duplicate posts here.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badocter Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 Those are not bare spots. The hooves are painted ivory(as are the horns) and the horseshoes are painted bronze. There are no blad spots either before or after bending Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snitchythedog Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 Picked up a worm, kobalds, ogre, and dwarf. Told my wife to was just to test them out. Then she saw the pledge amount. Ears are still ringing. Snitchy sends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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