Login |  Register |  FAQ
   
Post new topic Reply to topic  Page 1 of 2
  [ 25 posts ]  Go to page 1, 2  Next

Is it right to attend ReaperCon?
Otterman
 Post subject: Is it right to attend ReaperCon?
PostPosted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 7:35 pm 
You can find info about ReaperCon here, but in summary it's a convention held by Reaper in Denton, north Texas, a mere 30 minutes travel away.

Is it right for me to pay admission, and attend classes on painting and sculpting?

It's my hobby 'duty' to seek to increase my skills, but I fear learning that I have peaked - that I will never get better.
Top
  
 
Dwarf Supreme
 Post subject: Is it right to attend ReaperCon?
PostPosted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 7:51 pm 
Brood Brother
Brood Brother
User avatar

Joined: Fri May 20, 2005 8:45 pm
Posts: 11148
Location: Canton, CT, USA
I guess it depends on how much it costs to get in. Given your advanced skills, odds are you're not going to learn anything all that new, but you never know.




_________________
"I don't believe in destiny or the guiding hand of fate." N. Peart
Top
 Profile Send private message  
 
Lord Inquisitor
 Post subject: Is it right to attend ReaperCon?
PostPosted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 7:53 pm 
Brood Brother
Brood Brother

Joined: Wed Jul 06, 2005 7:20 pm
Posts: 1216
Location: Norfolk VA USA
Personally I'd love to go to ReaperCon, so sure - go! As for the classes, I suspect that they will be aimed more at beginners so I don't know how good they'll be. But don't worry - it isn't possible that you have peaked - there's always room for improvement. :)
Top
 Profile Send private message  
 
consectari
 Post subject: Is it right to attend ReaperCon?
PostPosted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 8:03 pm 
Brood Brother
Brood Brother
User avatar

Joined: Thu May 18, 2006 7:36 pm
Posts: 946
Location: On the Ohio river, USA

(Lord Inquisitor @ Apr. 19 2007,14:53)
QUOTE
...there's always room for improvement. :)

This would be my thoughts as well.  

What you should worry about is not whether there is more you can be taught, but whether you can find those that are skilled enough to know something you don't.   :confuse:

_________________
Understand this: that skag and his floozy...they're gonna die
Top
 Profile Send private message  
 
Dwarf Supreme
 Post subject: Is it right to attend ReaperCon?
PostPosted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 8:15 pm 
Brood Brother
Brood Brother
User avatar

Joined: Fri May 20, 2005 8:45 pm
Posts: 11148
Location: Canton, CT, USA

(consectari @ Apr. 19 2007,15:03)
QUOTE

(Lord Inquisitor @ Apr. 19 2007,14:53)
QUOTE
...there's always room for improvement. :)

This would be my thoughts as well. ?

I was thinking the same thing, too.

_________________
"I don't believe in destiny or the guiding hand of fate." N. Peart
Top
 Profile Send private message  
 
Otterman
 Post subject: Is it right to attend ReaperCon?
PostPosted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 8:28 pm 
Anne Foerster, Jen Haley, and Werner Klocke will be there. If I can sculpt and paint better than them, then I must be The One. And I'm not The One. I'm the stubborn fool that makes silicon molds.
Top
  
 
CyberShadow
 Post subject: Is it right to attend ReaperCon?
PostPosted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 10:05 am 
Swarm Tyrant
Swarm Tyrant
User avatar

Joined: Thu Jan 02, 2003 6:22 pm
Posts: 9348
Location: Singapore
I think that these ReaperCon classes are tailored and partially tailored and for all ranges. I have heard good responses from people that have been - although admittedly on the Reaper board.

Probably worth turning up to.

_________________
https://www.cybershadow.ninja - A brief look into my twisted world, including wargames and beyond.
https://www.net-armageddon.org - The official NetEA (Epic Armageddon) site and resource.
Top
 Profile Send private message  
 
zap123
 Post subject: Is it right to attend ReaperCon?
PostPosted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 2:12 pm 
Brood Brother
Brood Brother
User avatar

Joined: Mon Mar 27, 2006 2:47 am
Posts: 3065
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Go.  Go for all of us that will never get to go to a ReaperCon.  Represent.








:)

_________________
Fire bad, tree pretty - Buffy
Top
 Profile Send private message  
 
nealhunt
 Post subject: Is it right to attend ReaperCon?
PostPosted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 2:20 pm 
Purestrain
Purestrain

Joined: Thu Feb 13, 2003 10:52 pm
Posts: 9617
Location: Nashville, TN, USA
Even if the classes proper aren't all that valuable for you, you will be around a bunch of geeks who will be more than happy to trade tips.  Personally, I've gotten more good ideas from talking with people who use painting styles that differ from mine than from any other source.

_________________
Neal
Top
 Profile Send private message  
 
Otterman
 Post subject: Is it right to attend ReaperCon?
PostPosted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 3:46 pm 
Pricing: $30 for basic attendance, $20 per 2 hour class.

From the nigh-infinite number of classes, I will only be able to attend a subset of them: those that are on Friday evening and Saturday, and from those, the ones I can afford.

We get to see the manufacturing facility! I get to see real miniatures being made! Well, from metal. Technically speaking, I make 'real' miniatures from resin.
Top
  
 
tchristney
 Post subject: Is it right to attend ReaperCon?
PostPosted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 7:09 pm 
Brood Brother
Brood Brother

Joined: Fri Nov 11, 2005 3:05 am
Posts: 352
Location: Victoria BC, Canada
I would go if it weren't for the several thousand kilometers of distance. I would probably try to focus on the classes on places where I felt my skills were weaker. Sculpting, advanced painting, molding and casting, etc.
Top
 Profile Send private message  
 
Otterman
 Post subject: Is it right to attend ReaperCon?
PostPosted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 6:15 pm 
Signed up, and paid up, for "Seeing in Red", "Blending Techniques" and "Alternate Source Lighting".

If I like this event, I can expand my attendance next year.
Top
  
 
Otterman
 Post subject: Is it right to attend ReaperCon?
PostPosted: Sat May 19, 2007 1:20 am 
Tomorrow is the day of my classes. I'm frightened.
Top
  
 
Legion 4
 Post subject: Is it right to attend ReaperCon?
PostPosted: Sat May 19, 2007 4:03 am 
Brood Brother
Brood Brother
User avatar

Joined: Thu Feb 13, 2003 5:13 pm
Posts: 36989
Location: Ohio - USA
Go, enjoy ... you are among your/our kind ! :D

_________________
Legion 4 "Cry Havoc, and let slip the Dogs of War !" ... "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."
Top
 Profile Send private message  
 
firestorm40k
 Post subject: Is it right to attend ReaperCon?
PostPosted: Sat May 19, 2007 8:41 am 
Brood Brother
Brood Brother
User avatar

Joined: Mon Jul 04, 2005 2:00 pm
Posts: 2277
Location: Suffolk, United Kingdom

(zap123 @ Apr. 20 2007,15:12)
QUOTE
Go. ?Go for all of us that will never get to go to a ReaperCon. ?Represent.

Seconded! :)  It will be interesting to see how the pros/experts do their stuff anyway.  Plus you'll get to see lots of nicely painted miniatures, and spend all day talking about making/painting miniatures.  Awww, geek heaven! :D :laugh:
Top
 Profile Send private message  
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
  Print view Previous topic | Next topic 
Post new topic Reply to topic  Page 1 of 2
  [ 25 posts ]  Go to page 1, 2  Next


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 2 guests

You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Search for:
Jump to:  

cron

Powered by phpBB ® Forum Software © phpBB Group
CoDFaction Style by Daniel St. Jules of Gamexe.net