Box Labels

Another project for the weekend which didn't require much thinking: labels for the miniature storage boxes. I've been spending too much time shifting boxes looking for specific ones.

More Rebasing

While my Historicon report is started, I was lacking in creativity this week. It seemed like a good time to try to finish rebasing the French and Indian War figures.

Historicon 2013 AAR in preparation

On my way...

A bit of this and a bit of that...

I've finished the painting on the Bones warmup, and have the basing in progress as seen here. These are utility paint jobs, so no close ups today...

In addition to the Bones, I also finished off an NQSYW artillery crew, and both versions of the Tentacles and Eyeballs "Wolf in Sheep's Clothing".

Making Soup

...or at least boiling Bones.

It is scheduled to be an overly busy weekend, but I wanted to try to build up a little momentum on the Reaper Bones project.

I decided to start with a couple of easy paint jobs, so I pulled out a stone golem and a dozen giant rats as a warmup. I also unpacked the second Vampire box to ensure that everything was there. Since it was, I packed things higher on the priority list back up in ziplock bags, and dropped the remainder into a box to deal with later.

I then tried the recommended method of straightening pieces, which is to immerse them in nearly boiling water, fix, and then drop them in an ice water bath.

The ettin below was easy, with just the club end bent. Here is the before:





Here is the after:




This Chonoscope figure was crushed flat, but sprang back into position immediately in the hot bath.




This exercise improved my overall confidence in the process.

By the way, I mentioned yesterday that I had one figure with flash issues in the first box; the duplicate in the second box was fine, so I'll guess that problems are occasional and random with molds rather than systemic with particular molds.

Reaper Day

After many months of waiting, my Reaper Bones Kickstarter package arrived yesterday.





Irene told me to smile maniacally, so I did my best. I spent about two hours unboxing and inventorying. It looks like I got everything expected, plus a few extra bits. Finding the painting time will be the key.




Some of the Bones are bent, so I am hoping to find time tomorrow to try the hot/cold reset technique.

Meanwhile, I still have Historicon preparations, and a delayed battle report from the 29th...