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[Furongian]

I received my first order of Bones miniatures, and I'm really pleased with them. The quality is truly as good as metal; once painted I can't really tell the difference. Both of these were painted unprimed, and they took the paint very well.

Ghost:


Purple Worm with snack-sized Otherworld Miniatures pig-faced orc for scale:

[Da Matt]

The more I see of the Bones the happier I get about them. Those both look great. Did you try removing any mold lines on them? I can see a little bit of one on the ghost but if thats all there is on them for mold lines its great.

[Dr.Bedlam]

Mold lines I can deal with. I'm just amazed he could do that without priming and then not lose any paint when he picked 'em up!

[Furongian]

With respect to the priming, I was dubious, too. So I gave the purple worm a base coat then rubbed the heck out of it. My best efforts were only able to rub off a little bit of paint on some raised areas. These babies can take some hard play without ruining the paint job.

The mould lines, on the other hand were a real pain. The plastic is very durable, but this means that the lines are also difficult to get off. Light filing is ineffective; you've really got to go at it, and when the mould lines cross details it gets really tough. If you look closely at the underbelly you can still see a faint mould line, and that is after some concerted filing.

Still and all, Bones miniatures have exceeded my expectations.

[Adrift]

I ordered 5 Bones minis and am currently working on painting up the troll. Thus far, I'm happy with how it is painting up. I chickened out and primed mine lightly however.

With respect to your paintjobs, I really like what you did!

[Nameless]

I quite like the paintjob on the worm, though you could reall do something with those mold lines on both minis!

[Silas Coggeshall]

Those look amazing! Great job. ;) Especially the ghost. I ordered about 18 of the Reaper Bones. I can't wait to get them. :D

[Furongian]

Thanks, Silas, I'll be ordering a bunch more now that I've tried them out.

[Azreck]

Those are awesome paintjobs Furongian! I believe I may be ordering myself that purple worm when I get paid.

[Furongian]

Thanks, Azreck; for $2.99 you can't afford not have one! Reaper has now made it possible to subject your players to an infestation of purple worms. Oh the carnage!

[scipio.au]

Nice work on both of these. I picked them up recently myself and have just done the mold lines and gluing down on the worm. Looks like the paint will (hopefully!) happen tomorrow. I used a scalpel to do the lines though - a file doesn't seem to work well with this kind of rubbery-ish plastic.