completed Reaper Bones 4: Enthusiasm and Commentary Thread

Bane Of Humanity · April 18, 2019

For me Im not too worried about the difference. As long as he is comparable to Taukzul (or whatever)

terminalmancer · April 18, 2019

16 minutes ago, Disciple of Sakura said:

21 minutes ago, Bane Of Humanity said:

Or perhaps like Kaladrax there was a miscommunication.....

Shame that this miscommunication was not in the customers' favor...

Well, there were two parts of the Kaladrax mishap. The first was that Kaladrax was too big, which worked out in favor of those who ordered Kaladrax. The other is that Nethyrmaul had to be shrunk to save on materials costs, so Nethyrmaul ended up far too small compared to what was originally planned. They put out a "full-sized, as intended" Nethyrmaul resin a few years back and it's freaking massive.

I don't exactly blame Reaper, though. They've still got to pay for materials and Kickstarters aren't exactly huge profit engines.

Nunae · April 18, 2019

Could we maybe have a comparison shot from one of Mal's heads and Argent's one? If the heads are roughly the same size it would be ok for me, as she does have a more upright pose, but yes, him being smaller isn't great.

Flit · April 18, 2019

I'm a little disappointed that Argent is smaller, but he is still a really nice dragon and I really like the sculpt, so I'm happy.

Ratmaster2000 · April 18, 2019

34 minutes ago, OneBoot said:

I'm not sure what they could do about it...

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I wonder if the wings could have been the deciding factor. Like I mentioned before, they're enormous, and take up a lot of surface area when flat.

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I know that things can and do change up until the finished models arrive at Reaper; however I do agree that knowing before he got to me that his size would be so different would have been nice.

Gotta say, I love how his head turned out though, that's my favorite part of the whole sculpt. He looks like a wise, patient grandfather who also won't put up with any of your nonsense.

Huzzah!

--OneBoot :D

Have you picked him up??? He'd kill a small animal as heavy as he is. He is solid, maybe he worked out and bulked up so he's not a slouch??? I think if they upped his size, it would be way too heavy and unwiedly.

26 minutes ago, OneBoot said:

Perhaps. I'm hesitant to speculate further without additional data. I think I might tune into the next Reaper Live to ask about it. I'll report back here if my question gets picked. :)

Okay, I'm back from the dentist. Time to do my Fan Favorites expansion post!

Huzzah!

--OneBoot :D

11 minutes ago, Backflowteck said:

Looking back at the pic i see your point. darn shame i love the sculpt. like Oneboot i will try and ask on Reaperlive tonight. Thanks for clearing that much appreciated.

If I am on and they answer me :rock: I'll ask as well. Honestly, there have been a lot of changes, like Thunderhoof's base removal (i'll ask that as well)

Pretty much done spot checking all the add-ons (going back and cutting everything off the sprues and rebagging if needed) BUT still have the core set extras to do as well as all the expansions (minus the Chronoscope expansion which I just finished). So far my only issue has been the hands on the two headed troll.

By the way, what are you guys doing with your left over sprues?

Disciple of Sakura · April 18, 2019

3 hours ago, OneBoot said:

Borrowing OneBoot's picture again, the head looks a bit smaller than Ma'al's lower left head. It's somewhat comparable, I suppose, but it does look a bit smaller still.

Flit · April 18, 2019

From the picture, it looks like Ma'al is on a taller base. I don't have Argent in hand to compare though.

Disciple of Sakura · April 18, 2019

I won't be able to attend the ReaperLive, so if this is addressed, please post it in the thread. Much obliged.

Bane Of Humanity · April 18, 2019

I may or may not attend reaper live. depends on when my box gets here....Its late....

kristof65 · April 18, 2019

2 hours ago, Doug Sundseth said:

I think I would use two pairs of 3/8" cylinder x 1/4" thick (approximate) neodymium magnets per leg, installed with opposite polarity per pair. This should give you the holding strength for the hut and the opposite polarity pairs would index the legs correctly every time. Probably set the magnets in epoxy in the recesses on each side, place the legs in place for curing, and use wax paper to keep the legs from sticking to the hut until curing is complete.

Looking at closely, this is exactly what I would do, if I were so inclined.

The sockets on the hut side are pretty deep - about a 1/2". The legs are fairly shallow where I cut it - about 1/8" but there is definitely enough material that you could drill out two holes for slightly thicker magnets if you were careful.

The other option I thought about if I couldn't get the legs off would be designing a "hill" the hut could sit on.

Valthorn_Illian · April 18, 2019

Woot! Got mine in wave 5.

OneBoot · April 18, 2019

Fan Favorites Expansion!

Spoiler because ALL THE PICTURES! There were so many minis that were multipart or big (or both) that I ended up just taking pictures of everything lol.

LOOT.

701 Anhurian cavalry:

Assembled. There was a mold line right next to the peg for his spear arm that changed the shape of it, so I'll have to do some trimming to get the arm in.

702 Overlord cavalry (I forgot to take an unassembled pic, but can do so on request). Gonna need boiling for sure, both the horse and rider's legs didn't want to sit where they were supposed to.

For both of these, BE GENTLE when pushing the horse's hooves into the holes, the ankles are thin and I bent two of them (they didn't break, thank goodness). This new material will take some getting used to.

703 Mystic Portal! :bday: I've been super excited about this for a long time now and the end result did not disappoint. @TaleSpinner did a fantastic job, especially with the swirly bit in the middle!

Side view to show off swirly stuff OF Doom!

There's actually little spherical notches on either side of the portal for the lion's paw to fit into. They're invisible if you don't want to use the lions, but it's a nice touch and adds additional stability. It amused me that the heiroglyphs are included in the notch lol.

Note: the material used is MUCH harder than the plastic used for previous translucent minis. Again, will take some getting used to, but should be nice to paint.

704 Chaos Toad Sorcerer, 705 Chaos Toad Brawler, 706 Chaos Toad Savage. More lovely sculpts from @TaleSpinner, it was super fun watching these come to life in his WIP thread, and now I have some of my own! :wub:

705 Chaos Toad Brawler unassembled. The things that look like horns actually go on the backs of his hands, it took me awhile to figure that out:

706 Chaos Toad Savage unassembled:

707 Giant Rinocerous Beetle. Tally ho!

708 Tidal Lurker:

709, 710 and 711 Hell Hounds:

712 Dire penguin and 713, 714, 715 Penguins:

716 and 717 Giant Maggots. Eww they'e so wonderfully gross looking!

718 Bed Mockingbeast:

Sir Forscale decides that when your furniture starts trying to eat you, perhaps it's time to consider a new line of work:

719 Dark Dwarf Striker, 720 Dark Dwarf Cleaver and 721 Dark Dwarf Smiter:

722 Dark Dwarf Enlarged Smiter:

Assembled. He turned out quite a bit larger than I'd expected!

723 Dark Dwarf Pounder and 724 Dark Dwarf Irontongue Priest:

725 Crabman:

Assembled. The weird little squarish piece is his lower jaw:

726 Mammoth. The ears on mine arrived stuck in their slots but not glued, so they fell off when I took him out of the bag. Keep an eye out for that:

Assembled. Note: if you plan to have minis riding on the mammoth, you'll have to build or place something on its back to create a flat-ish surface. I could barely get the rat to balance up there, and Forscale kept falling off.

727 Zombie shark (do do dododo do do). I'm holding it at an angle so the profile is more visible:

728, 729, 730, 731 and 723 Bog Skeletons:

733 Maggotcrown Ogre Juggernaut:

Assembled. Also bigger than I'd expected:

734 Thrasher Snail:

Assembled. There's tiny sprues connecting the, uh...head ball thingies together, which I won't trim off until I'm ready to paint it:

735 Female Efreeti:

Assembled. Here is a case where I wish it had come assembled, at least partly. The head piece is a right PAIN to get on, and it's a good thing the new plastic is still a bit flexible or I'd have broken the neck peg. I put a drop of glue in more for the principle of the matter; once it's on, it doesn't easily come back off again:

736 Mal Catfolk Warrior and 737 Shadoweyes Catfolk Rogue:

738 Female Djinni (something, I assume the lamp, is missing from mine. There's a little slot for it on the right side of the base:

Assembled.

Back view. Her sword isn't actually attached to anything sculpt-wise, it's just kind of...floating there. Which, yeah she's a Djinni and can do what she likes, but still it looks a bit odd if you're actively looking for it.

Here's what it looks like without the sword; the slot looks pretty easy to fill if you'd rather use her without her sword (which is really a very pretty weapon):

739 Isobael the Bard and Dog. Last but certainly not least! Isobael even looks a bit like Izzy, which is a nice touch, and the dog definitely looks like A Good Boy: