Tools of the trade – miniature prepping

I’m about to teach a class at ReaperCON this weekend, so I’m going over common tools that I use. I’ve got more tools, but these are the ones I find myself using most often. The images are to scale within this article. The lower hash marks are inches, the upper hash marks are centimeters.

Cutting Wheel [...]

Workbench space saving

Something that I’ve wanted to do for a long time, but didn’t want to drop serious cash on, was under-shelf lighting. It just seemed excessive to spend $50.00 to $100.00 per 12″ to 18″ of space. Add to that my preference for the ability to adjust the direction of the lighting and it didn’t seem [...]

Rhymaiss

Reaper was gracious enough to fly Jeremie Bonamant Teboul into town this weekend; The powers that be brought many of the local Reaper freelance painter’s in for the visit. It was really neat getting a chance to talk to him about the hobby and get a glimpse at his approach. He’s quite modest, so I’m [...]