Reapermas
New glasses for Mel and a little bit of throwback on her hair. She is taking Sam’s advice and trying to get her swag back.
Reapermas arrived for me a few weeks ago and HOOOOOOOOLY SHIT there are a lot of minis. It’s awesome to have a lot of minis to paint but at the same time, it IS a bit of a curse from the “when do I find the time” side of things.
The 9 inch Cthulhu is fucking amazing and my players should be terrified as I have one simple rule “If I own the mini, I have to use the mini”.
Today is also the last day to get in on the Bards are Awesome pre-sale to guarantee that I will have your size in stock. I will have extras but they tend to go quickly.
Update: Some folks have asked exactly what the package looked like when it arrived, so here are a few pics I snapped for my Twitter page.
I spent three and a half hours going through everything I got in the 11 pound box of awesome. I’m going to be using the minis to teach myself how to paint.
Oh man, I am excited for you. I love to paint minis. It is one of the most relaxing things (for me anyway) but be warned: You will time travel.
I love that Bones Kickstarter! I have changed my mind a hundred times deciding what I want to paint first! Currently the Cloud Giantess
I’m thinking of painting the skellies, first. I have a tomb-raiding campaign, and skeletons paint up easy.
Ah yes… Reapermas. It is a glorious thing, is it not?
Heh, to heck with the Great Old One, I’d be worried that Kaladrax would hit the table. He’s the size of a small cat!
As for painting, I’m seriously considering just giving everybody a light brown wash, and going for the ‘marble statue’ look.
Oh, and fair warning: the Bones don’t need priming, but if you do anyway, make sure you’re using the right kind. Certain primers won’t dry properly and will remain ‘tacky’.
“The 9 inch Cthulhu is fucking amazing” *Snickers* I just have to.. THAT’S WHAT SHE SAID!
Dude… if you can be said to have a ‘nine inch Cthulhu’… get to a doctor, pronto.
And stop picking up skeezy shoggoths in bars.
Or maybe start investing in masterwork protection.
Unfortunately I missed out on the Bones kickstarter. That said, I don’t tend to use minis too much, since I have limitations on space.
Which makes me wonder what insanity drove me to support the Cthulhu Wars kickstarter at the level I did… cause now I have some obscene number of Cthulhu Mythos themed minis showing up at some point.
My best friend backed the Bones kickstarter… And showed up at my house with three cases of mini’s on Sunday for our twice-monthy D&D game. My mini has a guitar!
Cthulhu in Sandpoint?
bring it.
Though I am sad I did not join in for Reapermas, my credit card is relieved. Instead, I await the joy of Ogremas!
I’m still waiting for my Bones-delivery but I expect it will take a bit longer with some $66 extra for my Vampire pledge. But I’m a bit fearful for getting it since it will be roughly 280(?) new miniatures to paint but fortunately I don’t have any deadlines for them so I’ll take them in my usual glacial pace.
I have no idea where I am starting with my Reaper minis but that box was fun as hell to open up. Next step is to by some paint and just jump in I guess.
A buddy of mine got these as well, and it’s a LOT of them.
I’ve bought into several KSs lately, and looking forward to the results when I get them!
eeeeeee I am so glad Mel is getting her swag back. I wanna hug her and go play games.
You lucky bastard… sword-wielder. 😀 Mine hasn’t even been sent yet, and if it is it will take weeks until it arrives in Europe.
I’m planning to paint the wood elf sergeant first. After I upgraded him with a buckler.
I was so happy when my Reapers got here! 9lbs box of awesome! lol
sadly, i missed the reapermas craziness, so i don’t know so much about that. but i love the artwork (as usual) on this comic – especially the skull. (of course i love the skull. don’t i always.) 🙂
Maaaan, I would love to get one of those shirts you’re pre-ordering. I haven’t done much gaming but my bard is still the closest to my heart of all the ones I’ve created.
Funny thing is that I had popped over to my friend’s house just as she was starting a game. She wanted to get soing so she just dug into her pile of pre-mades and handed me a female half-elf bard. And it was the start of something amazing.
*sigh* Well maybe I’ll have enough money around Christmas time.
Keep up the art,
-SC
Ah, yes…”Jerker’s Claw,” not to be confused with Masturbari Cubitus, aka “Jerker’s Paw.”
Also, does “Jerker’s” need an apostrophe in it in the 3rd panel, or is it someone’s name?
It’s possesive. It is the claw of a Jerker, therefore, it is a Jerker’s Claw. If there was no apostrophe, it would be a plural of Jerkers, but there would be no indication of ownership or plurality of the claw.
So a ‘Jerkers Claw’ would be a claw…made out of Jerkers. Ew.
Then you have ‘Jerker Claws’, which are many claws, similar to (but not exclusively owned by) those of a Jerker. Possibly a really rude sort of breakfast pastry.
FInally, there is Jerker Claus, who brings pornography and hand lotion to pubescent young lads who have been good all year. He does not have anything pulling his sled, though… it pulls itself, if you know what I mean.
Thanks for the grammatical heads up!
And you KNOW Jerker Claus and the Boner Fairy would get along famously!
Holy crap, we just our order in. We are swimming in minis right now.
I am visualizing Scrooge McDuck’s nerdy nephew…
The sad thing about Reapermas is that there won’t be one next year :/
Dude, the folks working at Reaper would keel over dead if they just HEARD that…
Mine arrived today! This was the first KS I supported, and it was well worth it. It’s going to take me weeks to unpack them–I can’t even think about painting them yet. I was expecting rigid plastic, a la Warhammer, but these are flexible like rubber. I’ve always loved Reapers, but I’m absolutely blown away by these minis!
Actually was kinda disappointed in the KS. The bigger minis were great but the smaller ones were too “bendy”. I really dont think the paint will stick well with usage. Especially on the weapons. Some of the minis came out looking a bit wilted as well…