About Me!

About Me!

My name is Meg Maples and I've been painting since 2004. I was introduced to painting miniatures as well as Dungeons and Dragons when I was a Sophomore in college. My boyfriend at the time had been a D&Der since first edition and had been painting his minis for his games as well. When we started dating I took an interest in this hobby of his and I took to the painting. He then took me on my first trip to the game store, Game Depot in Tempe, AZ and I was introduced to Reaper minis!

Several trips later I noticed the painted minis in the display case and was awestruck by them. I wanted to learn how to make them look so pretty! All I had learned at that point was prepping them, priming black and then drybrushing color. That was clearly not the way to go for cool lookin' minis! I started looking at minis online and posting to Reaper's forums. If it weren't for the people on Reaper Forums I wouldn't be where I am today.

I met the Sue Crew that organizes painting events for Gen Con and I volunteered at Gen Con So Cal 2005. I was taught many new things, got a lot of valuable feedback and made some really great friends along the way. I've tried going to a decent number of conventions since then in order to really improve my painting. At Gen Con Indy 2006 I helped teach a painting class, Gen Con So Cal I taught beginning painting and I'm hoping to teach at Reaper Con 2008!

I am now living in Denton, Texas near Reaper HQ. I got my first freelance job from them Spring 2007. I am no longer working for nor promoting Reaper Miniatures. I am open to freelance work with other companies and have done work for Crunch-Waffle miniatures.

I just moonlight as a painter. My day job is being an Academic Counselor for University of Phoenix at their Irving campus. Prior to moving here I was an Academic Counselor for University of Phoenix's Axia College (junior college) specifically working with military students. I have been with University of Phoenix for a year and a half and I love it! In the past year I've completed a Master of Information Systems with University of Phoenix. My bachelor's is in Anthropology from Arizona State University. I do plan to return to Anthropology but I need some time to play and enjoy working life before committing to another 7 years of school.