completed Reaper Bones 4: Enthusiasm and Commentary Thread

[Glitterwolf]

44 minutes ago, Chaoswolf said:

I'm curious to see if we can get to, or bust wide open, the 1000 page limit on threads with this one....

I'm also curious to see how that would be handled.

 

Not too sure how I feel about Agramon; I think this version looks better than the older version, but I'm also not sure if I want him or not.....

 

I still haven't painted my old Agramon. I don't think I need a second one.

Sure he looks good, but I also liked the first one.

 

I rather see something new.

[Pochi]

2 minutes ago, terminalmancer said:

What you're missing is that they're not Wiebe's creation. The Legion was created by Wayne Reynolds and the license expired, if I remember correctly. 

Nope, I totally understand. I just gain nothing by arguing which was never my intention in the first place.

[Pineapple]

I also realized that part of the price of the new demon is that his wings will require additional plastic and additional mold area which I'm sure contributes to him being priced similarly to some of the other add-ons.

 

That said, as cool as he is, there may just not be enough money in the budget.  That's less about him, and more about how awesome so many of the other offerings are.

[uncas]

4 hours ago, TGP said:

Or, the Redwall franchise might have sent a C&D letter to both RM and WR. 

I don't think this is the issue. The other points make sense, but generally anthropomorphic animals are hardly unique to Redwall. As long as they aren't specifically drawing on Redwall concept art and names, it seems unlikely that there would really be any issues there. Now, if someone actually licensed Redwall and made those characters, that would be pretty cool. But generic ones would also be neat.  

 

I totally understand why the old line can't be made and also that it's probably still a little too niche for Reaper. But Mouslings need good villains too!

[Crowley]

Numbers Based on 0700-0800 Reaper time today:     
Total Gain Today:    $8,332
Total Gain 24 Hours:     $44,337
Current Goal:    $1,710,000
Total to Next Goal:     $28,620
New Backers This Hour:     7
Gain in last Hour:     $1,462
Current Average Pledge:     $140.26
Average Hourly Backers Today:     3.3
Average Hourly Backers 24 Hours:     6.6
Average Hourly Pledges Today:     $1,737
Average Hourly Pledges 24 Hours:     $1,847
Hours to next goal based on gains this hour:     19.6
Hours to next goal based on 24h Avg:     15.5
    
Current Total Pledges:     $1,681,380
Current Total Backers:     11,988
Previous Hour Total Pledges:     $1,679,918
Previous Hour Total Backers:     11,981

 

.........Goal........    |    ..$ To Go..    |    Time To Ding
$1,615,000.00    |    Achieved    |    
$1,665,000.00    |    Achieved    |    
$1,710,000.00    |    $28,620.34    |    15.5
$1,760,000.00    |    $78,620.34    |    42.6
$1,815,000.00    |    $133,620.34    |    72.3
$1,880,000.00    |    $198,620.34    |    107.5

[Guindyloo]

28 minutes ago, Pochi said:

Nope, I totally understand. I just gain nothing by arguing which was never my intention in the first place.

I'll argue for Pochi.

It was obviously not her intention in any way to imply that she thought that someone else's intellectual property should be tread upon. She obviously meant that she would like to see more adorable anthropomorphic creatures, similar to what was produced in that line, not rip-offs of someone else's work.

The arguments for Reaper possibly not wanting to produce those kinds of figures because they're niche or because Reaper would rather promote what their friends at Darksword already have are at least reasonable, albeit solely speculation. But let's not cross over into sanctimony with arguments that imply similar thoughts to "Anyone that sculpts dragons is messing with Julie Guthrie's work." It's intellectually dishonest and unreasonably implicates anyone wanting something similar of supporting copyright infringement.

[daveismyhero]

Good morning, all!

 

Nice to see another demon drop overnight. 

[NecroMancer]

51 minutes ago, Crowley said:

Numbers Based on 0700-0800 Reaper time today:     
Total Gain Today:    $8,332
Total Gain 24 Hours:     $44,337
Current Goal:    $1,710,000
Total to Next Goal:     $28,620
New Backers This Hour:     7
Gain in last Hour:     $1,462
Current Average Pledge:     $140.26
Average Hourly Backers Today:     3.3
Average Hourly Backers 24 Hours:     6.6
Average Hourly Pledges Today:     $1,737
Average Hourly Pledges 24 Hours:     $1,847
Hours to next goal based on gains this hour:     19.6
Hours to next goal based on 24h Avg:     15.5
    
Current Total Pledges:     $1,681,380
Current Total Backers:     11,988
Previous Hour Total Pledges:     $1,679,918
Previous Hour Total Backers:     11,981

 

.........Goal........    |    ..$ To Go..    |    Time To Ding
$1,615,000.00    |    Achieved    |    
$1,665,000.00    |    Achieved    |    
$1,710,000.00    |    $28,620.34    |    15.5
$1,760,000.00    |    $78,620.34    |    42.6
$1,815,000.00    |    $133,620.34    |    72.3
$1,880,000.00    |    $198,620.34    |    107.5

 

Ooooh maybe we'll break the 12,000 backers this morning.  Not that it matters much but would still be cool.

 

I thought that maybe that the demon reveal might slow things down but it looks like we are still chugging along!  I guess my personal preference (I like the old Argamon) isn't the same as others.  Which is awesome because it is keeping the money rolling in!

 

When do things start to really heat up?  The last week?  The last 48 hours?

 

Anyone want to venture a guess at the final pledge total?  Number of backers?

[Argentee]

I missed buying the old Argamon during B1, so I'm going to get the new one.

[Doug Sundseth]

30 minutes ago, Guindyloo said:

I'll argue for Pochi.

It was obviously not her intention in any way to imply that she thought that someone else's intellectual property should be tread upon. She obviously meant that she would like to see more adorable anthropomorphic creatures, similar to what was produced in that line, not rip-offs of someone else's work.

The arguments for Reaper possibly not wanting to produce those kinds of figures because they're niche or because Reaper would rather promote what their friends at Darksword already have are at least reasonable, albeit solely speculation. But let's not cross over into sanctimony with arguments that imply similar thoughts to "Anyone that sculpts dragons is messing with Julie Guthrie's work." It's intellectually dishonest and unreasonably implicates anyone wanting something similar of supporting copyright infringement.

 

Well said.

[Inarah]

10 hours ago, Looter said:

 

Narglauth is similar to another Demon?  Do you mean Rathauros?  Also I don't know why you couldn't use a very well sculpted huge Demon in a game.  Guess you just play against little demons? 

 

I completely agree about the ghouls though.  Featureless humanoids has to be a rather niche market.

 

They're a staple in the games we play, rather like goblins in a fantasy world. Can't have enough of them for an encounter. 

 

RE:LJC  It was a one-time project for charity and was never expected to be an ongoing line of available models.  I spoke to Wayne Reynolds at a con, to tell him how much people wanted Pentimus,  but by that point he had moved on and was deep in a contract for Pathfinder.  And frankly, that was long before Bones so I'm not sure it would have been a viable model. 

 

And then Gene started doing mouslings and that became Reaper's "cute" line.  I think it would be fun to have voles and rats and chipmunks and squirrels to go with them, but Gene is busy doing demons or giants for the KS.  He's the one to convince at Reapercon. Or get Izzy to do some concept art that other sculptors can work with. 

[SamuraiJack]

I would guess with both Oathsworn and Dark Sword doing anthro minis that they would stay further away from them.  LOJC are still fairly popular though so I could see where they might float a trial balloon, but I doubt they would do that in Bones.  Cost is far less practical for an experiment.

[Pezler the Polychromatic]

2 hours ago, Glitterwolf said:

 

I still haven't painted my old Agramon. I don't think I need a second one.

Sure he looks good, but I also liked the first one.

 

I rather see something new.

But if you get the new one, you can make a scene where it`s a demonic Take Your Child to Work day.

[Inarah]

16 minutes ago, NecroMancer said:

 

I finally got to watch the whole livestream (I have 4 kids so it wasn't easy to hear or watch the whole video before) I am super excited that we can buy the Swag Bag from Reaper Con!!  Any idea how much that will cost?

 

They are $40 at the con, expect similar pricing when they go up on the website. 

 

 

[hungerfan]

9 minutes ago, Inarah said:

 

They are $40 at the con, expect similar pricing when they go up on the website. 

 

 

 

I thought they were a little more last year on the site.  Not 100% sure because I am old and don't remember those things.