Bones Kickstarter Is Almost Here!

Teazia · April 17, 2013, 01:39:30 AM

Thanks for the pics! A bigger box will be headed my way sooner or later. Is each fig individually wrapped?

Cheers

tellius · April 17, 2013, 05:39:00 AM

As an international buyer with heaps of add-ons including paint, I expect mine to turn up later rather than sooner. Love the pics!

Exploderwizard · April 17, 2013, 07:57:07 AM

Quote from: Teazia;646591Thanks for the pics! A bigger box will be headed my way sooner or later. Is each fig individually wrapped?

Cheers

Yes. Each of my minis was in its own little plastic baggie. Smaller figures that would normally come together in a blister pack are wrapped together.

Kaz · April 17, 2013, 10:06:20 AM

Yes, and the smaller bags are lumped together in about five other bags.

I traded my Sophie in for a carrying case. They came together in the same box. I like the case, but most of the models barely fit in the slots. And if I used a thick base for most of them, they wouldn't fit.

I went looking for a case to house my bigger models, but everything at the FLGS was either too expensive or not really what I was looking for.

Are there reasonably priced online options for a case that will let me adjust the foam?

S'mon · April 17, 2013, 03:53:58 PM

Cases - Reaper's own minis box sets come in pistol cases that are perfect for metal minis - $30/£20 you typically get 6 nice minis and a case easily worth the $15/£10 they sell for separately. Uses eggbox type foam.

For Bones plastics though you don't want those as they'll squish the minis. Just buy a £5/$8 toolbox with lots of compartments, you can put the minis in there sorted into groups. Or clear plastic bags work fine at a pinch.

jeff37923 · April 20, 2013, 06:11:18 PM

I finally have enough time to unpack all of the minis from the Kickstarter. I think I got a better deal for my money than I first thought. There are a bunch of good sculpts here and its really about a $500 return for a $100 investment. I've spent an hour now and have only unpacked one bag with about five more bags to go before I'm done.

The only drawback, and a very minor one, is that the plastic is soft enough to bend and some of the minis suffered from "squish" due to packing.

Reaper has got a new customer out of me from this, and I used to really dislike unpainted minis.

jeff37923 · April 20, 2013, 06:12:35 PM

Quote from: S'mon;646808For Bones plastics though you don't want those as they'll squish the minis. Just buy a £5/$8 toolbox with lots of compartments, you can put the minis in there sorted into groups. Or clear plastic bags work fine at a pinch.

This is what I do. You can pick up a fastener organizer with compartments and a carry handle for about $8 to $10 and works great.

Teazia · May 16, 2013, 04:42:38 AM

Looks like it is gonna be a couple more months before the folks with multiple add ons get their bones. The last ship has yet to leave China!

Oh well, lets hope it has smooth sailing!

Panzerkraken · May 16, 2013, 07:17:52 AM

I'm actually grateful for that, I'm in the middle of moving and I don't know what I'd do with my C'thulu going through the airlines to hawaii.

Sacrosanct · May 16, 2013, 10:28:38 AM

Yeah, when the project finished, I was initially thinking April/May since I have a custom order. Now I'm looking at August probably. Oh well. It's dissappointing, but I'm not going to throw a tissy fit over it. Things like this happen when you're manufacturing stuff from scratch and don't already have it in the warehouse.

Mistwell · May 16, 2013, 10:59:34 AM

This looks great. Part of me wishes I had invested in this...but the other part of me looks at my stacks and stacks of unused minis and says "enough". Still, these were a great price, and they look great.

thedungeondelver · May 17, 2013, 12:43:28 AM

Quote from: Mistwell;655011This looks great. Part of me wishes I had invested in this...but the other part of me looks at my stacks and stacks of unused minis and says "enough". Still, these were a great price, and they look great.

I hear you; I got enough reaper metal without getting into the plastic ones (unpainted plastic ones that is).

Dana · May 17, 2013, 12:46:41 AM

Quote from: thedungeondelver;655298I hear you; I got enough reaper metal without getting into the plastic ones (unpainted plastic ones that is).

OMG. Same here. My minis haven't arrived yet probably due to the add-ons I got, and I'm not-so-secretly grateful that I have a few more weeks to clear some space. :-)

thedungeondelver · May 17, 2013, 01:21:16 AM

Quote from: Dana;655299OMG. Same here. My minis haven't arrived yet probably due to the add-ons I got, and I'm not-so-secretly grateful that I have a few more weeks to clear some space. :-)

I can do this thing with painting where I can knock out a really gorgeous mini in like...8-12 hours over the course of 3-4 days...and then not have the gumption to pick up a brush for another four months x-(

Gotta change that.

Dana · May 17, 2013, 10:12:45 PM

I'm hoping this weekend I can at least find my Hirst Arts molds. They've been missing ever since we moved a while back, and I'd love to make some scenery to display the new crop of minis in.

I know what you mean. I go on painting binges and then don't go near a brush for eons.