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I just finished assembling the dragon from DDS2 and goddamn. I know it's not a Kaladrax or a Titan or anything but it's by far the biggest single mini I've ever owned, not counting my Khanjira which is still in pieces in its box. Can't wait to paint this poo poo. 
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JerryLee posted:Can't wait to paint this poo poo. Bones aren't for painting, they're for storing in boxes.
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Feb 22, 2015 07:25
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Signal posted:Bones aren't for painting, they're for storing in boxes. You joke but this is exactly why I just got two things that I knew I wanted to use and/or paint ASAP rather than a base set.
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Feb 22, 2015 07:27
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Yeah, I've been making a conscious effort to start producing painted models at a steady rate. Still have way too much to go through, though.
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Feb 22, 2015 07:57
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So I just picked up a Bones figure from my local store today with the intention of getting back into mini painting ( I wasn't part of the kickstarter). I really didn't expect the bonesium to be so soft, how does paint react to such a flexible surface? Am I gonna get cracks on the bendy parts like swords?
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Feb 22, 2015 08:24
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Super Waffle posted:So I just picked up a Bones figure from my local store today with the intention of getting back into mini painting ( I wasn't part of the kickstarter). I really didn't expect the bonesium to be so soft, how does paint react to such a flexible surface? Am I gonna get cracks on the bendy parts like swords? I found that as long as you use fairly high quality acrylics (GW or PP), you'll be fine.
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Feb 22, 2015 08:37
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Educator posted:I found that as long as you use fairly high quality acrylics (GW or PP), you'll be fine. Or... Reaper?  But yeah, it's absolutely fine. I've never had an issue with paint cracking.
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Feb 22, 2015 08:39
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Howard Hues works well too.
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Feb 22, 2015 08:51
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JerryLee posted:Or... Reaper? Oh, maybe. I have zero experience with those paints. There have been no stockists of Reaper things here since the late nineties.
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Feb 22, 2015 08:57
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It was mostly a joke since it struck me as funny that you wouldn't mention the paints by the company that makes the minis. But yeah, if you're unlucky it can be hard getting paints besides those made by the big two game companies. If you're really unlucky it might just be GW.
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Feb 22, 2015 09:12
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JerryLee posted:It was mostly a joke since it struck me as funny that you wouldn't mention the paints by the company that makes the minis. Yeah, well it serves me for living in the butthole end of the rear end end of the world. But yeah, the soft materials often look flimsy, but paint up nice.
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Feb 22, 2015 09:24
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JerryLee posted:It was mostly a joke since it struck me as funny that you wouldn't mention the paints by the company that makes the minis. More like, "Or if you're REALLY unlucky, Testor's."
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Feb 22, 2015 09:34
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Signal posted:Bones aren't for painting, they're for storing in boxes. Hello, Reaper Bones support group. I have bones in boxes. One day at a time, though. Sometimes life is tough, but then mother earth sends you four weeks of gigantic snowstorms and things start to look better. Today I finished 2xCritters ...  Up next are some zombies and familiars ... 
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Feb 22, 2015 17:38
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Super Waffle posted:So I just picked up a Bones figure from my local store today with the intention of getting back into mini painting ( I wasn't part of the kickstarter). I really didn't expect the bonesium to be so soft, how does paint react to such a flexible surface? Am I gonna get cracks on the bendy parts like swords? If you ever peel some caked acrylic paint off a palette you will discover that it is fairly flexible when dried.
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Feb 22, 2015 17:41
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Heads up. One of the horse riders apparently has a an issue where the wrong arms were used. The right arm is actually a left arm. I don't know if it's everyone, but it seems to have affected a fairly large number. Take a look at yours if you got Expansion Set #2. Depending on whether or not Reaper will have replacement arms or not, I may just end up chopping some arms off an Anhurian or other mini and fixing the problem myself. This may end up being the Alien Cowgirl of Bones 2.
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Feb 22, 2015 20:48
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Hmm, yup, mine's definitely got a left arm instead of a right.
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Feb 22, 2015 20:53
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wooquote:Hi there! We're shipping out your Kickstarter stuff! 24lbs of white soft plastic...
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Feb 22, 2015 21:07
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When my first Bones set arrived, I tried priming the usual way with my airbrush, with the expected "tacky forever" results. Tried brush-priming thinned down with water: It was hydrophobic as hell, refusing to stick. I refuse to apply primer straight with a brush, that's barbaric. Now I can't use spray methods where I'm living, so today in anticipation of Bones 2 I tried brushing on primer thinned with airbrush thinner... it worked fine! So... I might actually paint my bones. Eventually. Oh, am I supposed to include the list? quote:Hi there! We're shipping out your Kickstarter stuff! After seeing Khanjira and Mashaaf at a convention, I deeply regret finalizing my order so early.
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Feb 23, 2015 05:30
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Diosamblet posted:When my first Bones set arrived, I tried priming the usual way with my airbrush, with the expected "tacky forever" results. Tried brush-priming thinned down with water: It was hydrophobic as hell, refusing to stick. I refuse to apply primer straight with a brush, that's barbaric. I initially did the toothbrush and dish soap thing, but I got tired of that and have had more than enough success priming with a simple black wash. It makes the areas that need more attention readily apparent, and a quick brushing with the wash does the job, and the black does a wonderful job of picking out the details without darkening the colors, so you can actually see what you're painting.
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Feb 23, 2015 13:03
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This month I'm painting six Bones from the first Kickstarter and I've been having some major difficulties with paint beading up and refusing to stay put. I ended up washing two of them again, despite having washed and boiled them all months ago when I received them. The paint still beaded up but persistence paid off and I've got at least a base coat of colour on them all now. Is there a spray paint available in Australia that works well on Bones? I've got a Kaladrax and no real hope of ever actually painting it.
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Feb 24, 2015 14:11
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Are you thinning your paint with water?
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Feb 24, 2015 14:14
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Bad Munki posted:Are you thinning your paint with water? Nope, straight from the bottle. Some are even reaper paints. The GW paints are thicker and bead way less, but I just expected the reaper paints to work at least. They're the promo colours from past reapercon bags
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Feb 24, 2015 14:21
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Huh, that's strange. When you washed them, did you actually use soap? Like a bit of dish soap and a tooth brush to make sure the recesses get clean. If you want to use a spray primer, you can, but you may have to try a few to find one that works. I think it's the drying agents in the paint that cause the problem, they can soften or even dissolve a tiny amount of plastic, which leads to it never really curing right. If you have any sprue, you could test a few brands on that until you find one that works. As a pre-test, if you wanted and/or have limited testing sprue, you could spray whatever candidate primer you're using on a bit of foam board insulation, the pink or blue stuff you get at the hardware store. It's not the same material, but if it dissolves under the spray paint, it's pretty likely bonesium will also have curing issues. If it doesn't dissolve, there's at least a chance it'll work on bonesium. Bad Munki fucked around with this message at 15:00 on Feb 24, 2015 |
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Feb 24, 2015 14:55
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They're out for delivery
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Feb 24, 2015 15:18
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Washed or unwashed, the best luck I have had priming bones is by making my own primer using tubes of generic art store acrylic thinned with airbrush medium and water. Its the airbrush medium that has seemed to really make the difference, and of course if you don't have an airbrush than this does you no good.
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I boiled mine in water with a few drops of dish soap, rinsed them, then spray primed them with Armory Gray. Worked great.
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Feb 24, 2015 16:41
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Captain Invictus posted:They're out for delivery I hope you're sending a ham to your postal carrier's widow.
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Feb 24, 2015 17:02
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Macdeo Lurjtux posted:I hope you're sending a ham to your postal carrier's widow.
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I finally got around to putting some paint on my Bones 1 stuff and Badger Stynlrez I primer works great through an airbrush or by normal brush. Also, Captain Invictus I'll be going through the Bones 2 list and let you know what I want soon. Does anyone have extra sets of the HD paint they want to sell off?
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Feb 24, 2015 23:27
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I've found that certain colors stick better than others. "Pure black" reaper paint works really well as that first coat.
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Feb 24, 2015 23:55
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ritorix posted:I've found that certain colors stick better than others. "Pure black" reaper paint works really well as that first coat. I've been enjoying using the high pigment density paints from the last kickstarter as a base coat, works really well. I brushed on a little, and that worked great, but this weekend I'm going to try airbrushing with the same.
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Greetings, James! Your packages have been delivered! Says ups dot com. Delivery location: front door! Except he didn't take them to the front door. no, he literally left them in a pile in the middle of the loving driveway, where anyone could just back in, load them up, and drive away without anyone the wiser. Better believe I'm filing a report when I get to work tonight.
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Feb 25, 2015 02:57
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Captain Invictus posted:Greetings, James! Your packages have been delivered! Says ups dot com. Kill his family.
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Captain Invictus posted:Greetings, James! Your packages have been delivered! Says ups dot com. Order less poo poo next time, drat, think of the delivery guy. I mean sure its his job, but drat dude... that many packages of white plastic....
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The Dark Project posted:Anyone got a picture of the "Thank you" pack? I'd like to see what I am getting. This is a whole page late, but I kept forgetting about this when I was in the same building as my bones.  All the bags are helpfully labeled to tell you what set it's from.  The two figures that require assembly are further bagged individually so the pieces don't get mixed up.  They do require glue though.  And here's all the normal figures! The Peryton is a bit wing heavy and probably needs a bit more base.
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Baron Snow posted:
There, that one on the lower left, that little stalagmite, that's the one I couldn't find anywhere. So I'm not just crazy, at least, it must be something they just added in later.
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Feb 25, 2015 04:53
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Bad Munki posted:There, that one on the lower left, that little stalagmite, that's the one I couldn't find anywhere. So I'm not just crazy, at least, it must be something they just added in later. It's the base for the cloaker.
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Feb 25, 2015 04:59
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JackMann posted:It's the base for the cloaker. Likewise, expansion set #2 has a piece of scenery that's meant to be used as a base for the Deva, though you could repurpose it for something else since the Deva does a decent job of standing up on its own anyways.
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LumberingTroll posted:Order less poo poo next time, drat, think of the delivery guy. I mean sure its his job, but drat dude... that many packages of white plastic....  I left a note on the door saying I would help him, and cleared the walkway entirely of snow for him. He never even went to the front door.Educator posted:Kill his family.
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JackMann posted:It's the base for the cloaker. Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh 
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