funded Reaper Bones 5: Enthusiasm and Commentary thread

[Skallabjorn]

Here is another sample.

 

 

Door molding in pink granite, second pylon of the Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III, Medinet Habu, Thebes (Unesco World Heritage List, 1979). Egyptian civilization, New Kingdom, Dynasty XX.

 

Egyptian Art. Pink granite statue of Ramses II (h.1290-1224 B.C) depicted as an old man. Detail. New Empire. 19th Dynasty. Mit Rahina Open Air Museum. Memphis. Egypt.

Edited October 8, 2019 by Skallabjorn

[COGobs]

I'd love for that Shadow dragon to come in translucent purple and then set up on a nice LED base...nomnom

[Crowley]

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[Skallabjorn]

Note that a significant number, if not the majority of ancient and classical statues and reliefs were actually vividly painted. What we see today is what was left after thousands of years of weather removed the paint. Humans have been painting stone since at least the Neolithic. This one, for example dates to roughly 20,000 years ago.

 

 

They even used a primitive "airbrush" technique, where the artist would blow pigment through a bone tube at a surface that had been covered with oil or animal fat.

Edited October 8, 2019 by Skallabjorn

[Inarah]

53 minutes ago, TaleSpinner said:

 

The figures often get shoved to her station because he does a lot of the setup for their classes in his and needs the room.

 

Bob is the one that likes to do terrain pieces.  I'm 99% sure he built the shrine and Julie added spiders. 

 

35 minutes ago, Bane Of Humanity said:

The real question is.  Is it going to end up being like Dragons dont share?  Where everything is a bundle only come retail.  If they dont break it up at retail thats gonna kill it for me.

 

I suspect this is going to be a boxed set, about $30 in retail because of all the pieces.  It's not going to be cost efficient to break it up for retail if it is all on one mold. 

 

The character figures from DDS2 are available separately in metal. 

[Pezler the Polychromatic]

1 hour ago, Sylverthorne said:

 

... genius. 

Now I kind of need that expansion. 

 

Granite comes in pink, right? >.>

Actually it does, I grew up around it. And as for your allusion to a sheela na gig: as a wise person on the forums here once said, "SNRK."

[klarg1]

1 hour ago, Sylverthorne said:

 

Who.. uh.. who sculpted this? Because they're a mad, evil genius, whoever they are.

(for why.. don't go looking up Oglaf and the Sheela na Gig strip...)

 

The update attributed it to Bob Ridolfi

[redambrosia]

Went ahead and tallied up everything I want... $526  and that’s not counting multiple copies of the kid adventures or the pizza dragon. Or, you know, all the other stuff that hasn’t been show yet 

[NebulousMissy]

4 minutes ago, Pezler the Polychromatic said:

1 hour ago, Sylverthorne said:

 

... genius. 

Now I kind of need that expansion. 

 

Granite comes in pink, right? >.>

Actually it does, I grew up around it. And as for your allusion to a sheela na gig: as a wise person on the forums here once said, "SNRK."

 

Clearly the sheela na gig isn't working. Too many evil spiders 

[Sylverthorne]

1 minute ago, NebulousMissy said:

6 minutes ago, Pezler the Polychromatic said:

1 hour ago, Sylverthorne said:

 

... genius. 

Now I kind of need that expansion. 

 

Granite comes in pink, right? >.>

Actually it does, I grew up around it. And as for your allusion to a sheela na gig: as a wise person on the forums here once said, "SNRK."

 

Clearly the sheela na gig isn't working. Too many evil spiders 

 

... well. There are some .. interesting spider patterns out there. Maybe they're guard-spiders. <.<

[Skallabjorn]

2 minutes ago, NebulousMissy said:

 

Clearly the sheela na gig isn't working. Too many evil spiders 

 

Or perhaps it is a shrine to Arachne/Lolth/etc and is working just fine, thanks. "The Mother of All Spiders" could be a cool death goddess archetype.

[Bane Of Humanity]

10 minutes ago, Inarah said:

 

Bob is the one that likes to do terrain pieces.  I'm 99% sure he built the shrine and Julie added spiders. 

 

 

I suspect this is going to be a boxed set, about $30 in retail because of all the pieces.  It's not going to be cost efficient to break it up for retail if it is all on one mold. 

 

The character figures from DDS2 are available separately in metal. 

I sincerely hope thats not the case, but I fear you may be right.

[Inarah]

4 minutes ago, Bane Of Humanity said:

I sincerely hope thats not the case, but I fear you may be right.

 

It's a good terrain piece.  IMO I don't think you'll have trouble selling it afterward if you get it.  There seem to be people who like the altar, but don't want the spiders or bodies. 

 

 

[TaleSpinner]

Whelp, I just did the calculations and officially went over mi initial pledge, so I upped it by $100, because I know I will use it; of course I know a bit more of what is coming so...

[Bane Of Humanity]

4 minutes ago, Inarah said:

 

It's a good terrain piece.  IMO I don't think you'll have trouble selling it afterward if you get it.  There seem to be people who like the altar, but don't want the spiders or bodies. 

 

 

Thats the ting...I need LOTS of bodies....I cant justify that kind of purchase.