Unboxing – The Army Painter Hobby Starter Paint Set

The Army Painter Starter Set

Got my hands on some paints from The Army Painter for the first time, so I decided to write up some thoughts of unpacking it. I also took the chance to (ab)use some of my newly arrived Reaper Bones goodies (advertised as “ready-for-paint” without primer) as test-dummies. #1 – Army Painter Starter Price & Savings […]

Kingdom Death: A Million Dollar Monster!

Kickstarter Kingdom Death Monster

It has been predictable for a while. Perhaps right from the start of the enormously successful launch of the Kickstarter for Kingdom Death: Monster. Now the time has come. The Kingdom Death Kickstarter is reaching for a Million Dollars in pledges. It will be the first board-game, among the first 10 games, and among the first […]

4 Miniature Kickstarters You Could Back Today

Kickstarter

One of the most popular posts on my blog last month was Five Crowd-Funding Projects You Could Back Today. I talked about several miniature and wargaming projects on Kickstarter and Indiegogo, including the record-breaking Reaper Bones Kickstarter. As all these projects are now in the bag. So let us talk about 4 new fun Kickstarter-projects […]

How Cthulhu Broke Kickstarter (well, almost)

Reaper Bones Cthulhu

The Reaper Bones Kickstarter is official over. In its closing hours it pushed the hype surrounding this record-breaking fundraiser to unprecedented heights. Writers and editors in places like MTV or Wired.com took notice (though Matt Forbeck at Wired is personally involved). In the end, “Bones” closed with a record finish of US$ 3.429.236,-

Reaper Bones: The Million Dollar Kickstarter!

Reaper Bones

A week ago I wrote a short brief about Reaper Miniature‘s Bones Kickstarter in my post about ‘Five Current Crowd-Fund Miniature Projects You Could Back Today‘. It’s “only” the third project down this list of mine. Perhaps it did not get the attention it deserves. Now is the time to take a second look. Why? […]