Reaper Kickstarter Rewards Arrived!

Normally for my birthday I buy myself something expensive that I normally wouldn't justify. Last year it was a pair of high-end headphones and the year before that it was a complete copy of Castlevania: Dracula X for SNES. This year, however, I didn't do anything. Mainly because money has been a lot tighter since I bought the house. There are a lot of things that went through my mind as I debating splurging for my birthday, but I didn't go with any of them. But then 3 days ago I got an email from Reaper stating that my BONES KS Rewards were shipped out, with an estimated delivery of... my birthday!

Update: No Paint Progress and a Possible Commission.

Well I have the motorcycle base coated purple. But last Saturday I was at work and the tire changing machine nearly took out my hand. Luckily nothing broke, but I couldn't hold a paint brush, game controller or do much of anything hobby related.

But, now it's feeling a lot better and I should be able to get back to painting on this long weekend. Which is a good thing, since my sister's friend wants me to do some custom work for a diorama she is setting up. But she's gonna be waiting til her moss grows anyway and I wouldn't start it until I got Sophie done either.

Painting Sophie's Bike - Primer Coat and FAIL.

Painted Black and Ready for painting! Or was it? . . .

I was all set to get some paint time in on Sophie's bike. So Saturday before I had to leave for a wedding I put a coat of black paint on it to get it ready. Afterwards I didn't have time to work on it, so it sat until Sunday afternoon.

Setting up the Helping Hands and Gluing Sophie's Bike.

Both of the Helping Hands came from Amazon today. I actually opened up the mail box and saw this box in there and couldn't remember for the life of me what it was. So I got inside and opened it up to see them laying in there. Which meant I needed to crack them and play with them. The ball joints seem pretty tight and I can adjust them w/ the wing nuts on the joint themselves. The only thing I was worried about with them was if the alligator clips would mar the surface of pewter minis and/or if they would chomp right on through plastic ones. Super deal and at $6 a piece I couldn't pass it up.