This year we decided to go towards ReaperCon a day earlier. We arrived in Dallas late Wednesday morning, got unpacked and then took a trip out to the Dallas Zoo… nice zoo, but the cost is too high. After a couple of hours under the hot Dallas sun, we were off to the Reaper headquarters for some Hickory Creek BBQ Tredway's BBQ (Great stuff, Thanks!)

The following morning we headed over to ReaperCon and had some home made pancakes before the con started (Again, great stuff, Thanks!). Once the doors opened we took our 211 ounces of scrap metal to trade to the back and spent most of the day in the bits bin. (Next year there should be a lot less trade bait, as I cleaned out most of the minis I had no desire to paint)

The Classes were very informative, with all of the instructors for the classes we took handing out notes for the class. We took classes on Army Painting by Kris Marquardt (I really could have used this info a couple of armies ago), Non Metallic Metals by Laszlo Jakusovszky, Faces & Flesh by Rhonda Bender, and Blending by Angela Imrie (who threatened to hurt me). Talked a bit with Jason Wiebe about upcoming projects and got to see his new sabertooth tiger green (I can’t wait!)

Overall I think the con was an improvement over last year, with two notable exceptions, the first being issues with the AC with some parts of the building were too warm, and others were too cold. The other was the absence of the “paint and take”… not so much that it was missing, but that I didn’t bring any minis with me to paint on the premises as I was going to rely on the ones that would have been available if there would have been such an event.  One other minor disappointment was that there wasn't a Sophie says this year (we had been practicing our singing!)
 

Did Ancient Lizard Cult Hide Gold Tablets in Tunnels Under L.A.? Jan. 29, 1934

Gold Hunters Dig for Lost Underground Empire of the Lizard People!

Secret Caves of the Lizard People

Google Map of area, (Streets no longer cross as indicated on 1934 map)

 

 There are a lot of interesting things on the web that should be pointed out, but not enough to blog about, so, I'm using my Twitter account to link to things I find interesting. the feed is on the right side of the page, or you can go straight to it by going here:

http://www.twitter.com/nytflyr

 It's Yog Sothoth? It's a Klingon Bird-of-Prey uncloaking?

What is it?

A couple of pieces I have put together over the last couple of weeks.  The skull on the shrine is made using a Fossil-iced Ice cube tray. The only issue with casting is demolding it at the end as the big hole towards the back of the skull really holds on tight. There is also a stegasaurus mold, but after casting it, I dont think it is near as good as the T-Rex.


 

 

 

Model	Vehicle Description	Markings/Graphics
DG06021	1920 Ford Model T Van	Coca-Cola
DG06024	1920 Ford Model T Van	Kodak
DG07001	1930 Model A Ford Woody Wagon	Coca-Cola
DG09000	1934 Ford Wagon	Police
DG13014	1934 Ford Model A Panel Van	Stroh's Beer
DG13024	1934 Ford Model A Panel Van	Hershey's Milk Chocolate
DG14001	1930 Model A Car	Taxi
DG19000	1931 Rolls Royce Phantom II	None
DG20008	1930 Model A Ford Stake Truck	Ind Coope
DG21032	1928 Chevy Van	Maggi's Soup
DG22007	1933 Packard Town Van	Budweiser
DG24000	1934 Rolls-Royce Playboy Brewster	None
DG28016	1934 Mack Canvas Back Truck	Army 3-Ton Truck
DG33000	1920 Ford Model T Car	None
DG36007	1939 Chevy Pickup Truck	Pennzoil
DG39002	1934 Mack Truck	The Gas Light and Coke company
DG39004	1934 Mack Truck	Army Sand Bag Truck
DG46005	1930 Bentley 4½ litre (maroon)	None
DG48000	1939 Chevy Car	None
DG48004	1939 Chevy Car	Yellow Cab
DG48006	1939 Chevy Car	Highway Patrol
DG78001	1939 Dodge Streamliner	Texaco
HLL2003*	1930 Model A Ford Van	Grand Hotel De Pekin - Peking, China
HLL2003*	1936 Packard	Imperial Hotel - Tokyo, Japan
HLL2003*	1926 Bull Nose Morris Van	Raffles Hotel - Singapore
LP06503	1939 Ford Truck	Mead Open Farm
LP06525	1920 Model T Ford Van	Provost Parade, RAF Police Journal
LP78002	1939 Dodge Streamliner	Showgard
PM111001	1935 Sir Malcolm Campbell's Bluebird	None
PM126001	1932 Ford Truck	Atlas Tire (Chevron)
*Hotel Luggage Labels of the 1930s

 

I know, I said I was done collecting Lledo cars, but that was before I saw Lledo's version of Sir Malcolm Campbell's Campbell-Railton Blue Bird from 1935.

 

... and here is the original in action!

got to play with my new tripod, finally got some pictures of these guys I like:

 

first up is one more CD terrain piece




Next up is another pice for the Mayan/Lizardman complex.