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If I wanted to pick up a huge batch of plastic models, what's the best way to buy prior reaper bones batches in bulk? I have ordered a bunch of season 3 models via the pledge manager but would be keen to pick up some KS 1 and 2 sets. The obvious channels are eBay and just a huge pile of stuff from an online store but wondering if I am missing anything / what's the best value
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Cool, I'm in Australia so shipping is going to be ghastly but will reach out.
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May 10, 2016 01:08
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I'm really fighting not to tack on a graveyard and mythos expansion. Edit: Anyone got any tips on actually powering through and painting a huge pile of reaper bones btw? I asked in the mini painting thread and didn't get a huge amount of engagement. I figure I need to get the process down to less than 15 minutes a model to leave time for the larger pieces. Cthulhu Dreams fucked around with this message at 01:28 on May 27, 2016 |
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May 27, 2016 01:06
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Anyone used Minwax to dip reaper bones? If so any advice?
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Jun 1, 2016 23:49
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Yeah I'm hosting a painting party to get the rest of my bones 1 & 2 punched out before part 3 arrives.
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Sep 19, 2016 02:44
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Bad Munki posted:Godspeed, you insane person, you. While a painting party is mostly an excuse to drink, it's been pretty funny. Because I figured out that I have 5-6 minutes a model including priming I'm just doing a really basic process for all the non 'showpiece' minis. Airbrush Zenithal prime with black and grey 3-4 color Base coat Minwax dip If I am feeling excited dry brush some highlights on Airbrush Matt varnish Pretend any mistakes never happened. So I'm just banging them out as fast as possible which results in the following snark from my players: "Hrm this isn't a very good paint job, I can do better" "Okay here are some brushes" *Two hours later* "OK I've finished one, still needs some highlighting though" "If I took 2 hours a model I'd finish painting some time next decade" "Ohhhh"
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Sep 19, 2016 05:26
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Yeah I am the opposite of surprised that there are production delays.
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Oct 14, 2016 15:24
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Yeah Reaper are learning that unless you are physically colocated with your offshore suppliers random poo poo like this happens all the time.
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Oct 14, 2016 15:40
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NTRabbit posted:https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/1513061270 Notifies you if they start or back a project. I wish KS would have a starts only option but if they do I cannot find it.
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Oct 30, 2016 07:58
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Ashcans posted:If Reaper has any sense (and they seem to have a bit) they would launch their new Kickstarter right after delivery of the current one- that way they can say 'look at all the stuff we just fulfilled, we did it!' and plus all the people that backed the last one will be giddy from getting their stuff/addled by the offgassing of resin and plastic, and back the new one too. Yeah, I think it makes best finacial sense to try and sequence your kickstarters like this. The guys who are going to be doing sculpting + media etc for a new kickstarter are not your deal with Chinese outsourcer + payments + logistics people so it would be insane not to be preparing the next kickstarter because you're just wasting money and time on those people. I agree reaper is best to delay launch until the other campaign has shipped (or at-least has completed shipped except for obscure geographies, if Brazil or South Africa is still waiting you might want to bite the bullet anyway)
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Dec 6, 2016 06:21
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Ashcans posted:My understanding is that Reaper has always made their miniatures in-house in Texas. The original purpose of the Bones Kickstarter was to get them enough capital to pay for the initial molds and casting equipment to bring plastic production in-house as well. With the huge volume they get in backers, they decided to once the molds were cut in China they would have those factories make the initial high-volume runs, and then ship everything out to them and they make the regular production runs that are much more modest. They basically repeat that with each one, using the funds to get a bunch of molds cut and run the backer's stock, and then making subsequent product at their factory with their new equipment. Theyve also said that over 40% of total pledge value arrives in the pledge manager so total value is probably closer to 4.3 million
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May 13, 2017 23:59
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The problem is I paid for airfreight and now I'm getting sea freight. Seems unfair to me?
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May 25, 2017 00:19
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Amusingly despite reapers fuckery with sea shipping I'm going to get my order before estimated delivery (Oz resident)
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Jul 12, 2017 13:58
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NTRabbit posted:It's ok that they treat their rest of world customers like poo poo, as long as America is great again TBF they beat my original delivery date estimate in Australia. The group of people who got shafted is earlish AU/NZ backers.
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Jul 26, 2017 02:41
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moths posted:I haven't tried it yet, but shooting Vallejo polyurethane primer through an airbrush should eliminate the solvent interaction since there's no propellant. I do this. It works fine. I find it a lot easier than trying to spray on base coats directly. It's not super durable though so use some heavy duty varnish. I usually use the dip method, so this isn't an issue. Cthulhu Dreams fucked around with this message at 03:32 on Feb 19, 2018 |
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Felime posted:Airbrush, dip, or paint on the varnish though. Even through a few layers of paint the bones can still get loving sticky from rattlecan varnish. Yeah - if you are dipping with miniwax make sure you primed the fuckers correctly otherwise you will wreck it.
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