There is no way in heck that I will be able to hit Reaper Con this year, but since the subject of sculpting and/or converting miniatures has come on this board more than once I thought that it might be worth mentioning that Reaper will be at their convention, ReaperCon. Maybe I can enjoy those classes vicariously.

The Auld Grump

My wife and my best friend's fiancee have gone to ReaperCon the past two years, but unfortunately won't be making it this year.

They're super bummed about missing the festivities, too.

Grump, were you there the past couple of years? You may have met them...

I will be going to ReaperCon (again) and can answer a few of the questions.

ReaperCon Sophie is 28mm and will probably be about $10. The weekend of the convention she'll be available for sale in the online store. But only that weekend!

I took Bob's conversions class a couple of years ago and just loved it. He gave me the courage to try doing real conversions. Mine isn't a Bob Ridolfi original - it's a Rastl original as he had me do all the sculpting needed. Now, the Bobby Jackson figure with the Bobby Jackson cloak conversion is a whole different story.

This year I'm taking Jason Weibe's sculpting class. You start with a basic dwarf dolly and add it all from there. Hair, armor, pouches, etc. Should be interesting to see what can be done in two hours.

I've got a few painting classes and have made arrangements to sit with some of the painters I know for specific questions I have.

I'm so looking forward to this!

Also, there's a chance they'll have some of the reformulated Pro Paints for us to play with. Yay!