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I got this Frost Giant King in the last BoGW Europe. Glitterwolf put it in there I believe ( @Glitterwolf). I aimed for a fastvpaintjob, then noticed more and more details during the paint. Tried my best at a frostbite-ish effect on the sword. In the end I loved him so much he deserved a proper base. I went with an icy base, without the often seen crackle effect. There was no tutorial for what I was aiming for, so I winged it. The rock is a piece of driftwood with wall filler. I'm quite happy on the outcome. What do you all think? Bonus content: WiP pictures

I finished the Boar Demon gotten from @Glitterwolf through the Box of Good Will. Added a skull that perfectly fit in his hand, 1 finger in an eye socket even.

I got this awesome looking Hydra from the EU Box of Goodwill. @GlitterwolfGlitterwolf got it years back from another bogw. I traced it to be part of a kickstarter, where originally it was a fountain! Not having the water parts, and also wanting to paint out alive, it resulted in this! I tried to create a shadow of his body still under water, although I didn't think of it till after the water texture was added. Still happy on the outcome :)

Pulled this guy out of the current round of the Box of Goodwill and painted him up over the course of two evenings. I apologize for the low quality photos, but I've had such low drive to get pictures taken lately that I just wanted to break the ice and get the ball rolling.

Welcome to the 9th round of the Box of Goodwill! You may have heard about the fabled 'Box of Goodwill'. Maybe you were involved last time, maybe you're new and would like to see what it's all about. Well, you're in the right place!! Read on: This is the official, soon to be patented sign up thread for round 9. As before, please provide the following info in your replies to this thread: Where you live If you'd be willing to ship internationally (more expensive) If you want to be a box starter (depending on the amount of interest) There has been a minor rules clarification made. There is also a slight change. Even if you were involved in any of the previous versions, please make sure you read them carefully. Basically, put some stuff you don't want/will never get to/think other people will find cool into a box and send it to someone else. That recipient will take out whatever interests them, replace a like amount of stuff and ship it to the next person in line. And so on. The last person will send it back to the coordinator ( the person who originally sent out one of the boxes ). What's allowed: 1)ANY miniature 1a) this means any material, any genre, any manufacturer, any subject matter. If you put lead in, please label it somehow (separate baggy or whatever) 2)Anything mini related 2a) bases, basing material (please package this very securely, and label it), terrain, scenic bits, whatever. 3) Free stuff--leftover bits, drawings, etc. Please label these items as 'free' or 'giveaway'. If you want some of this stuff, take it, you don't have to match it. 3a)Please limit the amount of non-miniatures related items to whatever will fit into a standard sized Ziploc sandwich bag if it is bulky. Drawings/sketches take up next to no space at all and don't need to be stuffed into said baggy. 3a-1)Use common sense. Also, if you have some hand-crafted, custom-built shark skin and mithril dice bags or whatever that you're certain everyone will love, PM your coordinator and the folks in your circuit and see what everyone thinks of the idea. Majority rules. 4) Keep it reasonable; try not to put in anything larger than 54mm. That's gonna eat up a lot of space, and create a lot of 'what's it worth' questions. What's NOT allowed: 1)Paint/liquid 2)Perishable items 3)Exceptionally bulky, non miniature related items. Donate that 7th extra copy of the Player's Handbook to someone that you game with. How it works: A coordinator will put together a box of stuff and send it out to 8-10 people in his/her circuit. When you receive the box, take out whatever you like and replace it with a like amount of stuff.The value of what you replace should be equal to or slightly exceed whatever you take. We're gonna use the honor system here, so it's going to be somewhat subjective. Trades should be on a one-for-one basis, unless you're taking something big, in which case it's one-for-two or more. For example: If you see 4 orcs that you want, take them and replace them with 4 other roughly man-sized figures. If there's a larger figure (54mm ) that you want, take it, and replace it with either 1 similarly sized figure, or 2-3 man sized figures. Once you're finished, pack it up and send it to the next person in line. Here are some other specifics: 1)The coordinator will put together a box and start it on it's way. Each coordinator will pm me with the tracking info of the box as it sets out to the first recipient. After this, each recipient will pm the tracking number to their coordinator (the person who started the box) AND the person that they're shipping it to. 2)Participants will publicly announce when they have received the package (pictures would be cool, but aren't mandatory), and again when they send it off to the next person. For example: I received the box o' goodwill from Chaoswolf. When ready to ship, 'I'm sending the box to Pingo'. 2a)Participants will also be responsible for contacting the next person and getting their shipping information. The people involved in any given circuit will be public knowledge, so feel free to exchange shipping info how/whenever you wish. 3)Each participant will have 1 week from the arrival of the box to make their swaps and then send the box on to the next person. This is really important, we had several boxes sitting for several weeks or more with no movement in the last go around. If something comes up, please say something. Everyone here is fairly understanding about real life getting in the way. 4) For participants in the USA, shipping will be via flat rate boxes. Tracking and insurance are included in the cost. In the event of loss, the person mailing the box will make the insurance claim and use the proceeds to purchase items to fill and ship a replacement box. 5) I'm anticipating roughly 3-4 months for each box to make a complete circuit (8-10 people x 1week per person + travel time). Once all boxes have completed the circuit (returned to the coordinator), we'll open up a new sign up thread and start the process over again if there's interest. Coordinators will need to pm me so I know that all circuits are complete. 6) This will be open to everyone. We have had several people express willingness to run/participate in a circuit for the newer members; I feel that this somewhat offsets any concerns about anyone's 'reliability'. Perhaps I'm a little naive, but the feeling I'm getting from both public posts and pm's is that everyone really seems to want this to work. Newer members are defined as anyone who hasn't been active on the boards for a year,or without at least one completed exchange. 7) NO double-dipping. If you and your SO both paint minis, please just sign up once for the household. 8) Sign ups will end Midnight May 6th (east coast time). There will be a little wiggle room allowed here to allow for different time zones and whatnot. Once I get up the following morning, it's closed. I'll figure out how many people are involved, how many groups there are, who's going to coordinate and post that information in the first post of the chatter thread. 9) Individual coordinators are able to exercise a bit of leeway within their circuit. They will be setting up the initial package, so they can just stuff a box, or do a quick survey of everyone in their circuit to determine preferences. If they want to suggest everyone slap a color on Sir Forscale (or his designated representative), that's up to them. I'm thinking that the coordinators can run things pretty smoothly. If there's a question or concern, hit them up. Coordinators: if you're not sure how to proceed, hit me up and we'll work it out. 10) if something comes up and you need to drop out for whatever reason (life happens), please contact your coordinator as soon as possible so that he/she can make the necessary adjustments. 11)The group paint figure is not mandatory, just a little something extra for those who are so inclined. 12) Have fun! Ok, I'm pretty sure I've covered everything. If I missed something, or it's unclear, please bring it up in the chatter thread, or PM me. Don't add it here. Suggestions for a different 'group paint' figure and/or title can go in the chatter thread, too. ETA---I don't want to make any assumptions here. Even if you were in the other rounds, please indicate if you'd like to do round 9. Thanks ETA2---With the current world situation (coronavirus) I'm going to be a little more lenient on the 1 week turnaround requirement. If you get the box and want to quarantine it for a few days before opening it, that's fine. Just try and keep it moving as quickly as possible. I was going to add a whole bunch of safety guidelines and such, but at this point I don't think it's necessary. I'm sure everyone has heard what to do/not do by now. If you think it still warrants discussion, I'll be happy to discuss it in the chatter thread, and edit this post if necessary.

I got this werewolf from @Lihmeth out of a Box of Goodwill EU round. Due to this I made the most of it as I could. Biggest cork base made so far.

Would there be interest in/support for doing this again this year? This is the basic idea behind it for those not familiar: The past couple Reapercons that I've been at, I have noticed a fair amount of swag bag/con exclusive figures that people didn't want getting tossed onto the melt table and/or left laying around. I had the idea of collecting all the unwanted stuff, putting it in a box and shipping it around to folks who couldn't get to the 'con so that they could sort of 'be there, too'. Unlike the regular BoGW, people donating wouldn't get anything out of the box, they would just be 'throwing away' the stuff they don't want in a slightly different direction. Maybe there would be a ribbon involved, maybe it might just be the thanks of people who will benefit done the line.

Here's the official arrival/departure thread for round 8 of the Box of Goodwill. Remember, no chatter here, please. Do it here instead: http://forum.reapermini.com/index.php?/topic/85639-box-of-goodwill-round-8-picturechatter-thread/ Generic Fighter---sent 5/4 AHY79---arrived 5/6, sent 5/16 Pineapple---arrived 5/18, sent 5/22 3vil3lvis---arrived 5/25, sent 5/29 ObiJohn27 Hungerfan--arrived 6/18, sent 6/24 Synistar---arrived 6/26, sent 6/29 Generic Fighter---arrived 7/1 Clearman---sent 4/20 Crowley---arrived 4/22, sent 4/27 Dilvish the Deliverer---arrived 4/29, sent5/11 TripleH---arrived 5/13, sent 5/20 KangarooRex---arrived 5/22, sent 6/8 Cassu dropped out Lidless Eye---arrived 6/10, sent 6/17 Sylverthorne---arrived 6/19, sent 6/28 Clearman---arrived 7/1 Inarah---sent 4/19 Broonkah---arrived 4/22, sent 4/30 Gaming Dog---arrived 5/2, sent 5/10 Argentee--arrived 5/14, sent 5/17 Izzy Lobo---arrived 5/20, sent 6/1 Kristof65---arrived 6/3, sent 6/4 MattParody---arrived 6/10, sent 6/19 Fire Eyes---arrived 6/22 Inarah---arrived 7/5 PCKTLNT---sent 4/30 Mutilated Lips---arrived 5/4, sent 5/11 Warlady---arrived..., sent 5/23 Sanael---arrived 5/25, sent 5/31 Hiddenone32---arrived 6/3, sent 6/6 Keianna---arrived 6/8, sent 6/18 Dr.Bob PCKTLNT---arrived 6/28 Rob Dean---sent 4/29 Autumn Hare---arrived 5/2, sent 5/6 Ratmaster2000---arrived 5/8, sent 5/10 SGHawkins09---arrived 5/11, sent 5/17 Horned Turtle---arrived 5/21, sent 5/28 Marc---arrived 5/30, sent 6/12 TGP---arrived 6/13, delivered 7/19 Cygnwulf---received 7/19, sent 7/22 Rob Dean---arrived 7/24 Guindyloo---sent 5/4 Chris Palmer---arrived 5/7, sent 5/13 Holk Diggity---arrived 5/15, sent 5/20 Samurai Jack---arrived 5/23, sent 5/30 McKenna35---arrived 6/1, sent 6/5 Wyvernfire---arrive 6/9, sent 6/19 Buckyball---arrived 6/26, sent 6/27 Jodie---arrived 7/2, sent 7/9 Guindyloo---arrived 7/19 Rat13---sent 4/23 Klarg1---arrived 4/25, sent 4/30 Pingo---arrived 5/4, sent 5/6 Talespinner---arrived..., sent 5/17 Morihalda---arrived 5/18, sent... Disserma---arrived 6/14, sent... Marineal--- Rat13---arrived 6/28 Chaos Wolf---sent 4/27 Mad Jack---arrived 4/29, sent 5/20 Haldir---arrived 5/23, sent 6/6 Corsair---arrived 6/10, sent 6/17 Glitterwolf---arrived 6/26, sent 6/27 Mini Dungeon Master---arrived 7/6, sent 7/21 Flit---arrived 7/26, Chaos Wolf---arrived 8/17 Have fun!!

Here's the official arrival/departure thread for round 7 of the Box of Goodwill. Remember, no chatter here, please. Do it here instead: http://forum.reapermini.com/index.php?/topic/82295-box-of-goodwill-round-7-picturechatter-thread/ Box starters are listed in ALL CAPS. GENERIC FIGHTER---sent 9/21 Warlady--arrived 9/24, sent 10/1 Goddesstio--arrived 10/4, sent 10/22 Matt Parody--arrived---, sent 11/4 Nathair--arrived 11/8, sent11/9(?) Dr.Bob--arrived.... Celianailo--arrived 12/20 GENERIC FIGHTER CLEARMAN---sent 9/10 Chris Palmer---arrived 9/12, sent 9/17 Shadowphaze--arrived 9/19, sent 9/21 Kangaroorex--arrived 9/24, sent 10/15 Glitterwolf--arrived 10/24, sent 10/26 Flit--arrived?, sent 11/29 Arc 724---arrived 12/1, sent 12/6 CLEARMAN--arrived 12/9 This is the international group, if members wish to donate a few dollars to help overseas transport costs, that's very cool. PM one another to work out details. INARAH---sent 9/18 Lidless Eye--arrived 9/20, sent 9/21 Talae--arrived 9/24, sent 10/12 Mad Jack--arrived 10/15, sent 10/23 Rat13--arrived 10/26, sent 10/29 WonderWoman--arrived 10/31, sent 11/8 Ulfheathen--arrived 11/11, sent 11/22 HungerFan--arrived 11/26, sent 1/2 INARAH---arrived 1/4 ROB DEAN---sent 9/18 WyvernFire--arrived 9/20, sent 9/28 Epimys--arrived 10/1, sent 10/2 Fire Eyes--arrived 10/4, 10/15 Gaming Dog--arrived 10/18 Dilvish the Deliverer--arrived 10/22, sent 10/23 Broonkah---? ROB DEAN---arrived 11/16 PCKTLNT---sent 9/20 Haldir--arrived 9/24, sent 10/1 Crowley--arrived 10/4, sent 10/20 SmokeStack--arrived 10/22, sent 10/23 Sylverthorne--arrived 10/24, sent 11/8 Samurai Jack--arrived 11/10, sent 11/14 SGHawkins09--arrived 11/17, sent 12/13 PCKTLNT---arrived 12/17 GUINDYLOO---sent 9/11 Necromancer---arrived 9/14, sent 9/18 Morihalda--arrived 9/20, sent 10/1 TripleH5133--arrived 10/5, sent 10/17 Disserma--arrived 10/20, sent 10/26 Kristof65--arrived 10/29, sent... Keianna--arrived 11/1, sent 11/5 GUINDYLOO--arrived 11/9 CHAOS WOLF---sent 9/22, Replacement box mailed 10/29 Thes Hunter-arrived 9/25? Ratmaster 2000---arrived 10/31, sent 11/2 Marsya--arrived 11/5, sent 11/13 IzzyLobo--arrived 11/17, sent 11/21 Marc---arrived 11/24, sent 11/29 AutumnHare--arrived 12/1, sent 12/4 Froggy the Great--arrived 12/6 CHAOS WOLF ...and we're off! Have fun, everyone.

As I'm starting to find a lot of my Bones minis I will never use and Bones 4 bringing me another bunch, along with minis from other games and such.. is there any interest in a Bones/plastic only BOGW?

I pulled these goblins and hobgoblins from the BoGW a couple months ago to paint as some sort of evil fey. The DM and I eventually decided to paint these guys up as Spriggan that could be used as Redcaps if needed. C&C welcome. WARNING: There are a lot of pics. The whole group The Enlarged Spriggans (formerly hobgoblins) And the normal sized Spriggan (formerly goblins)

Here are scans of my Box of Goodwill Journal from earlier editions of the BoGW! Enjoy! :) To be Continued.. Scans Part 2... To be concluded...

The past couple Reapercons that I've been at, I have noticed a fair amount of swag bag/con exclusive figures that people didn't want getting tossed onto the melt table and/or left laying around. I had the idea of collecting all the unwanted stuff, putting it in a box and shipping it around to folks who couldn't get to the 'con so that they could sort of 'be there, too'. Unlike the regular BoGW, people donating wouldn't get anything out of the box, they would just be 'throwing away' the stuff they don't want in a slightly different direction. Maybe there would be a ribbon involved, maybe it might just be the thanks of people who will benefit done the line. This isn't a for sure thing, I'm just testing the waters to see what people think of the idea. So, what do you think? Mods: I know this is sort of a mini exchange, but I thought it might make more sense to be here. If it belongs elsewhere, my apologies for creating more work for you.

Welcome to the BoGW chatter thread for round 6! If there are any questions, hopefully you'll find the answer here: http://forum.reapermini.com/index.php?/topic/79277-box-of-goodwill-round-6-sign-up-thread-the-continuing-journey-of-sir-forescale-and-friends/&tab=comments#comment-1684422 If not, PM your box starter and/or myself. And here, for reference, are the groups. Marvin FireEyes Flit HateToWin HjorHrafm Painting Dog Gaming Dog Inarah Generic Fighter Dilvish Jsalyers Glitterwolf RobinH AutumnHare Horned Turtle Generic Fighter Guindyloo MadJack Pingo Green Eyed Monster Ulfheathen Sylverthorne Clearman Pcktlnt Keianna Broonkah Chris Palmer Aryanun Ultrasquid Paradoxical Mouse Pcktlnt Clearman Disserma Kristof65 Kangaroo Rex Wyvern Fire Crowley Izzy Lobo Guindyloo Rob Dean Erimys Inarah Haldir Samurai Jack Froggy The Great Lidless Eye Rob Dean Chaos Wolf Shadowphase Hungerfan Smokestack Necromancer Thes Hunter Arc 724 Chaos Wolf

Here's the official arrival/departure thread for round 6 of the Box of Goodwill. Remember, no chatter here, please. Do it here instead: http://forum.reapermini.com/index.php?/topic/79278-box-of-goodwill-round-6-picturechatter-thread/ Marvin---sent 1 Mar FireEyes---received 3 Mar, sent 10 Mar Flit--received 13 Mar, sent 20 Mar HateToWin (dropped out) HjorHrafm---received 22 Mar, sent 28 Mar Painting Dog--received 30 Mar, sent 10 April Gaming Dog--receiver, sent 12 April Inarah---received 15 Apr Generic Fighter---sent 15 Mar Dilvish---received 17 Mar, sent 30 Mar Jsalyers--received 2 Apr, sent 13 Apr Glitterwolf--received 20 Apr, sent 23 Apr RobinH---received 30 Apr, sent 4 May AutumnHare---received 12 May, sent 19 May Horned Turtle---received 23 May, Generic Fighter---received 30 May Guindyloo---sent 3 Mar MadJack--received 5 Mar, sent 14 Mar Pingo--received 21 Mar, sent 2 Apr Green Eyed Monster--received 5 Apr, sent 20 Apr Ulfheathen--received 23 Apr, sent 11 May Sylverthorne---received 15 May, sent 31 May Clearman---received 02 Jun Pcktlnt---sent 28 Feb Keianna---received 2 Mar, sent 09 Mar Broonkah--received 12 Mar, sent 19 Mar Chris Palmer--received 22 Mar, sent 26 Mar Aryanun--received 29 Mar, Ultrasquid---received 31 May, sent 20 Jun Paradoxical Mouse---sent 06 Aug Pcktlnt---received 09 Aug Clearman---sent 26 Feb Disserma---received 1 Mar, sent 8 Mar Kristof65--received 10 Mar, Sent 12 Mar Kangaroo Rex--received 14 Mar, sent 22 Mar Wyvern Fire--received 24 Mar, sent 31 Mar Crowley--received 2 Apr, sent 7 Apr Izzy Lobo---received 12 Apr, sent 23 Apr Guindyloo--received 26 Apr Rob Dean---sent 17 Mar Erimys---received 20 Mar, sent 22 Mar Inarah--received 24 Mar, sent 2 Apr Haldir--received 5 Apr, sent 12 Apr Samurai Jack---received 15 Apr, sent 27 Apr Froggy The Great--received 30 Apr, sent 19 May Lidless Eye---received 21 May, sent 23 May Rob Dean---receieved 25 May Chaos Wolf---sent 12 Mar Shadowphase---received 14 Mar, sent 19 Mar Hungerfan--received 21 Mar, sent 28 Mar Smokestack--received 30 Mar, sent 31 Mar Necromancer--received 2 Apr, sent 6 Apr Thes Hunter Arc 724---received 9 May, sent 29 May Chaos Wolf---received 31 May

This is one of the figures I nabbed from the recent BoGW. Our group is currently running Rise of the Runelords, so my husband the DM was very happy to gain another ogre. It is hard to tell in the photos, but the nasty looking sword in back was done in folkart color shift green flash paint for a nasty looking magic weapon.

The following will be the shipping order: Pingo---arrived 11/27, sent 11/28 RedAmbrosia---arrived 12/1, sent 12/12 Sanael---arrived 12/13, sent 12/19 Izzylobo---arrived 12/22, sent 12/29 Strawhat---arrived 1/3, Knarthex (Not part of the box, he has just volunteered to ship to Europe) Glitterwolf---arrived 2/23 Alchemist---arrived Feb 28, sent March 6 RobinH---arrived 3/21, sent 3/21 Chris Palmer--arrived 4/1, sent 4/4 Ttuckerman--arrived 4/6, sent 4/8 Generic Fighter---arrived, sent 4/14 Fire_Eyes---arrived 4/17, sent 5/3 Disserrma--arrived 5/5, sent 5/11 Chaoswolf (if there's anything left; I'll just transfer it to the regular BoGW)---received 5/12 Please update this thread when you get the box and when you send it on to the next person. Any questions? Ask them here: http://forum.reapermini.com/index.php?/topic/76906-reapercon-bogw/& or PM me.

Welcome to the 6th round of the Box of Goodwill! You may have heard about the fabled 'Box of Goodwill'. Maybe you were involved last time, maybe you're new and would like to see what it's all about. Well, you're in the right place!! Read on: This is the official, soon to be patented sign up thread for round 6. As before, please provide the following info in your replies to this thread: Where you live If you'd be willing to ship internationally (more expensive) If you want to be a box starter (depending on the amount of interest) There has been a minor rules clarification made. There is also a slight change. Even if you were involved in any of the previous versions, please make sure you read them carefully. Basically, put some stuff you don't want/will never get to/think other people will find cool into a box and send it to someone else. That recipient will take out whatever interests them, replace a like amount of stuff and ship it to the next person in line. And so on. The last person will send it back to a different coordinator ( the person who originally sent out one of the boxes ). What's allowed: 1)Any miniature 1a) this means any material, any genre, any manufacturer, any subject matter. If you put lead in, please label it somehow (separate baggy or whatever) 2)Anything mini related 2a) bases, basing material (please package this very securely, and label it), terrain, scenic bits, whatever. 3) Free stuff--leftover bits, drawings, etc. Please label these items as 'free' or 'giveaway'. If you want some of this stuff, take it, you don't have to match it. 3a)Please limit the amount of non-miniatures related items to whatever will fit into a standard sized Ziploc sandwich bag if it is bulky. Drawings/sketches take up next to no space at all and don't need to be stuffed into said baggy. 3a-1)Use common sense. Also, if you have some hand-crafted, custom-built shark skin and mithril dice bags or whatever that you're certain everyone will love, PM your coordinator and the folks in your circuit and see what everyone things of the idea. Majority rules. 4) Keep it reasonable; try not to put in anything larger than 54mm. That's gonna eat up a lot of space, and create a lot of 'what's it worth' questions. What's NOT allowed: 1)Paint/liquid 2)Perishable items 3)Exceptionally bulky, non miniature related items. Donate that 7th extra copy of the Player's Handbook to someone that you game with. How it works: A coordinator will put together a box of stuff and send it out to 8-10 people in his/her circuit. When you receive the box, take out whatever you like and replace it with a like amount of stuff.The value of what you replace should be equal to or slightly exceed whatever you take. We're gonna use the honor system here, so it's going to be somewhat subjective. Trades should be on a one-for-one basis, unless you're taking something big, in which case it's one-for-two. For example: If you see 4 orcs that you want, take them and replace them with 4 other roughly man-sized figures. If there's a larger figure (54mm ) that you want, take it, and replace it with either 1 similarly sized figure, or 2-3 man sized figures. Once you're finished, pack it up and send it to the next person in line. Here are some other specifics: 1)The coordinator will put together a box and start it on it's way. Each coordinator will pm me with the tracking info of the box as it sets out to the first recipient. After this, each recipient will pm the tracking number to their coordinator (the person who started the box) AND the person that they're shipping it to. 2)Participants will publicly announce when they have received the package (pictures would be cool, but aren't mandatory), and again when they send it off to the next person. For example: I received the box o' goodwill from Chaoswolf. When ready to ship, 'I'm sending the box to Pingo'. 2a)Participants will also be responsible for contacting the next person and getting their shipping information. The people involved in any given circuit will be public knowledge, so feel free to exchange shipping info how/whenever you wish. 3)Each participant will have 1 week from the arrival of the box to make their swaps and then send the box on to the next person. This is really important, we had several boxes sitting for several weeks with no movement in the last go around. 4) For participants in the USA, shipping will be via flat rate boxes. Tracking and insurance are included in the cost. In the event of loss, the person mailing the box will make the insurance claim and use the proceeds to purchase items to fill and ship a replacement box. 5) I'm anticipating roughly 3-4 months for each box to make a complete circuit (8-10 people x 1week per person + travel time). Once all boxes have completed the circuit (returned to the coordinator), we'll open up a new sign up thread and start the process over again if there's interest. Coordinators will need to pm me so I know that all circuits are complete. 6) This will be open to everyone. We have had several people express willingness to run/participate in a circuit for the newer members; I feel that this somewhat offsets any concerns about anyone's 'reliability'. Perhaps I'm a little naive, but the feeling I'm getting from both public posts and pm's is that everyone really seems to want this to work. Newer members are defined as anyone who hasn't been active on the boards for a year,or without at least one completed exchange. 7) Sign ups will end Midnight February 16th (east coast time). There will be a little wiggle room allowed here to allow for different time zones and whatnot. Once I get up the following morning, it's closed. I'll figure out how many people are involved, how many groups there are, who's going to coordinate and post that information in the first post of the chatter thread. 8) Individual coordinators are able to exercise a bit of leeway within their circuit. They will be setting up the initial package, so they can just stuff a box, or do a quick survey of everyone in their circuit to determine preferences. If they want to suggest everyone slap a color on Sir Forscale (or his designated representative), that's up to them. I'm thinking that the coordinators can run things pretty smoothly. If there's a question or concern, hit them up. Coordinators: if you're not sure how to proceed, hit me up and we'll work it out. 9) if something comes up and you need to drop out for whatever reason (life happens), please contact your coordinator as soon as possible so that he/she can make the necessary adjustments. 10)The group paint figure is not mandatory, just a little something extra for those who are so inclined. 11) Have fun! Ok, I'm pretty sure I've covered everything. If I missed something, or it's unclear, please bring it up in the chatter thread, or PM me. Don't add it here. Suggestions for a different 'group paint' figure and/or title can go in the chatter thread, too. ETA---I don't want to make any assumptions here. Even if you were in the other rounds, please indicate if you'd like to do round 6. Thanks

Welcome to the BoGW chatter thread for round 5! The arrival/departure thread is here: http://forum.reapermini.com/index.php?/topic/75477-box-of-goodwill-round-5-arrivaldeparture-thread-no-chatter/ I will keep that thread updated as people post in it. If there are any questions, hopefully you'll find the answer here: http://forum.reapermini.com/index.php?/topic/75138-box-of-goodwill-round-5-sign-up-thread-the-continuing-journey-of-sir-forescale-and-friends/ If not, PM your box starter and/or myself. Here are the groups: Generic Fighter Pineapple Shadowphaze Thumpernicus Matt Parody TGP Generic Fighter Pcktlnt HDClearman Izzylobo Dr.Bedlam Kate Arc724 Kangaroorex Pcktlnt Guindyloo Inarah Knarthex Froggy the Great David Brawley Haldir Horned Turtle Guindyloo Bonwirn MadJack Sylverthorne Hungerfan Keianna Buckyball Jsalyers Bonwirn Rob Dean SGHawkins09 Dogbl NomadZeke Evil Halfling Klarg1 Rob Dean Froggy The Great Pingo Dilvish the Deliverer Epimys Broonkah SparrowMarie Morihalda Chaos Wolf Chaos Wolf Chris Palmer Hiddenone32 Talae Lidless Eye Ub3r N3rd Samurai Jack Chaos Wolf Some of you may notice that I will be ending up with 2 boxes at the completion of this round; here's why: Froggy wants to transition from box starter to participant, so he is sending out the box he currently has and has been worked into a group so he can play along too. I will end up with the box that he is starting out. I may try to bring it along to Reapercon with me (if I have by then) or I may Froggcidentally combine his box with my box for the next go-round.

Here's the official arrival/departure thread for round 5 of the Box of Goodwill. Remember, no chatter here, please. Do it here instead: http://forum.reapermini.com/index.php?/topic/75140-box-of-goodwill-round-5-picturechatter-thread/ Generic Fighter---sent 19 July Pineapple---received 21 July, Sent 27 July Shadowphaze---received 29 July, Sent 07 August Thumpernicus---arrived 09 August, Sent 14 August Matt Parody---arrived 18 August, sent 12 September TGP---arrived 14 September, sent 29 December Generic Fighter---arrived 02 January Pcktlnt---sent 27 July HDClearman---received 29 July Izzylobo---received 02 August, Sent 08 August Dr.Bedlam---received 14 August, Sent 18 August Kate---received 21 August, Sent 24 August Arc724---received 26 August, Sent September 8 Kangaroorex---arrived 12 September, sent 02 October Pcktlnt---arrived 04 October Guindyloo---sent 11 September Inarah---received 13 September, sent 21 September Knarthex---arrived 26 September, sent 28 September Froggy the Great---arrived 02 October, sent 12 October David Brawley---arrived 13 October, passed to Matbar at Reapercon Haldir---arrived 01 November, Sent 04 November Horned Turtle---arrived 06November, sent 13 November Guindyloo---arrived 13 November Bonwirn---sent 07 August MadJack---arrived 10 August, Sent 22 August Sylverthorne---arrived 24 August, Sent august 25 Hungerfan---arrived 28 August, Sent 08 September Keianna---arrived 11 September, Sent 27 september Buckyball---arrived 04 October, Sent 05 October Jsalyers---arrived 07 October, sent 25 October Bonwirn---arrived 30 October Rob Dean---sent 14 July SGHawkins09--arrived 18 July, Sent 28 July Dogbl---arrived 31 July, sent 03 August NomadZeke---arrived and sent on approx 12-13 September Evil Halfling---arrived 18 September, sent 23 September Klarg1---arrived 26 September, sent 06 October Rob Dean---arrived 10 October Froggy The Great---sent 02 August Pingo---arrived 05 August, Sent 14 August Dilvish the Deliverer---arrived 17 august, Sent 21 August Epimys---arrived 23 August, Sent 25 August Broonkah---received 29 August, Sent 31 August SparrowMarie---received 02 September, Sent 07 September Morihalda---received 10 September, sent 13 September Chaos Wolf---received 16 September Chaos Wolf---sent 07 August Chris Palmer---arrived 09 August, Sent 14 August Hiddenone32---arrived 16 August,Sent 30 august TalaeArrived...., sent September Lidless Eye---Arrived 30 September, sent 02 October Ub3r N3rd---arrived 04 October, sent 05 October Samurai Jack---arrived 07 October, sent 14 October Chaos Wolf---arrived 17 October.

So, The very first mini I pulled out of the BOGW when I got it, was a Malifaux mini.... As soon as I saw it, I knew how I had to paint it! So I give you @Sylverthorne the Girlblin! Hope you like it!!!!!! George Abbreviated WIP here (Didn't have time to record everything with the need to get it done for Wednesday.....)

Welcome to the (rather late---sorry about that) 5th round of the Box of Goodwill! You may have heard about the fabled 'Box of Goodwill'. Maybe you were involved last time, maybe you're new and would like to see what it's all about. Well, you're in the right place!! Read on: This is the official, soon to be patented sign up thread for round 5. As before, please provide the following info in your replies to this thread: Where you live If you'd be willing to ship internationally (more expensive) If you want to be a box starter (depending on the amount of interest) There has been a minor rules clarification made. There is also a slight change. Even if you were involved in any of the previous versions, please make sure you read them carefully. Basically, put some stuff you don't want/will never get to/think other people will find cool into a box and send it to someone else. That recipient will take out whatever interests them, replace a like amount of stuff and ship it to the next person in line. And so on. The last person will send it back to a different coordinator ( the person who originally sent out one of the boxes ). What's allowed: 1)Any miniature 1a) this means any material, any genre, any manufacturer, any subject matter. If you put lead in, please label it somehow (separate baggy or whatever) 2)Anything mini related 2a) bases, basing material (please package this very securely, and label it), terrain, scenic bits, whatever. 3) Free stuff--leftover bits, drawings, etc. Please label these items as 'free' or 'giveaway'. If you want some of this stuff, take it, you don't have to match it. 3a)Please limit the amount of non-miniatures related items to whatever will fit into a standard sized Ziploc sandwich bag if it is bulky. Drawings/sketches take up next to no space at all and don't need to be stuffed into said baggy. 3a-1)Use common sense. Also, if you have some hand-crafted, custom-built shark skin and mithril dice bags or whatever that you're certain everyone will love, PM your coordinator and the folks in your circuit and see what everyone things of the idea. Majority rules. 4) Keep it reasonable; try not to put in anything larger than 54mm. That's gonna eat up a lot of space, and create a lot of 'what's it worth' questions. What's NOT allowed: 1)Paint/liquid 2)Perishable items 3)Exceptionally bulky, non miniature related items. Donate that 7th extra copy of the Player's Handbook to someone that you game with. How it works: A coordinator will put together a box of stuff and send it out to 8-10 people in his/her circuit. When you receive the box, take out whatever you like and replace it with a like amount of stuff.The value of what you replace should be equal to or slightly exceed whatever you take. We're gonna use the honor system here, so it's going to be somewhat subjective. Trades should be on a one-for-one basis, unless you're taking something big, in which case it's one-for-two. For example: If you see 4 orcs that you want, take them and replace them with 4 other roughly man-sized figures. If there's a larger figure (54mm ) that you want, take it, and replace it with either 1 similarly sized figure, or 2 man sized figures. Once you're finished, pack it up and send it to the next person in line. Here are some other specifics: 1)The coordinator will put together a box and start it on it's way. Each coordinator will pm me with the tracking info of the box as it sets out to the first recipient. After this, each recipient will pm the tracking number to their coordinator (the person who started the box) AND the person that they're shipping it to. 2)Participants will publicly announce when they have received the package (pictures would be cool, but aren't mandatory), and again when they send it off to the next person. For example: I received the box o' goodwill from Chaoswolf. When ready to ship, 'I'm sending the box to Pingo'. 2a)Participants will also be responsible for contacting the next person and getting their shipping information. The people involved in any given circuit will be public knowledge, so feel free to exchange shipping info how/whenever you wish. 3)Each participant will have 1 week from the arrival of the box to make their swaps and then send the box on to the next person. This is really important, we had several boxes sitting for several weeks with no movement in the last go around. 4) For participants in the USA, shipping will be via flat rate boxes. Tracking and insurance are included in the cost. In the event of loss, the person mailing the box will make the insurance claim and use the proceeds to purchase items to fill and ship a replacement box. 5) I'm anticipating roughly 3-4 months for each box to make a complete circuit (8-10 people x 1week per person + travel time). Once all boxes have completed the circuit (returned to the coordinator), we'll open up a new sign up thread and start the process over again if there's interest. Coordinators will need to pm me so I know that all circuits are complete. 6) This will be open to everyone. We have had several people express willingness to run/participate in a circuit for the newer members; I feel that this somewhat offsets any concerns about anyone's 'reliability'. Perhaps I'm a little naive, but the feeling I'm getting from both public posts and pm's is that everyone really seems to want this to work. Newer members are defined as anyone who hasn't been active on the boards for a year,or without at least one completed exchange. 7) Sign ups will end Midnight June 25th (east coast time). There will be a little wiggle room allowed here to allow for different time zones and whatnot. Once I get up the following morning, it's closed. I'll figure out how many people are involved, how many groups there are, who's going to coordinate and post that information in the first post of the chatter thread. 8) Individual coordinators are able to exercise a bit of leeway within their circuit. They will be setting up the initial package, so they can just stuff a box, or do a quick survey of everyone in their circuit to determine preferences. If they want to suggest everyone slap a color on Sir Forscale (or his designated representative), that's up to them. I'm thinking that the coordinators can run things pretty smoothly. If there's a question or concern, hit them up. Coordinators: if you're not sure how to proceed, hit me up and we'll work it out. 9) if something comes up and you need to drop out for whatever reason (life happens), please contact your coordinator as soon as possible so that he/she can make the necessary adjustments. 10)The group paint figure is not mandatory, just a little something extra for those who are so inclined. 11) Have fun! Ok, I'm pretty sure I've covered everything. If I missed something, or it's unclear, please bring it up in the chatter thread, or PM me. Don't add it here. Suggestions for a different 'group paint' figure and/or title can go in the chatter thread, too. ETA---I don't want to make any assumptions here. Even if you were in the other rounds, please indicate if you'd like to do round 5. Thanks

So this pre cut, MDF outhouse came to me through the Box of Goodwill, Euro / UK edition.... Didn't feel much like hobbying last night, but when a couple folks joined me on the hangout, I thought I needed to do something, and my eyes fell on this.... And here is the lovely Astrid the Chronicler, much relieved..... I still don't have a painted Sir Forescale... Thanks for looking!

This is a bit of fun going on with Round three of the BoGW. One of the boxes has a dungeon drawn by many hands. I have added this word puzzle, glyphicgram/cryptogram to the back of the dungeon map. It is here for any interested parties to try and solve. Remember: Spoilers Sweetie! If you solve the cryptogram please don't post it instead PM me and I can confirm or let you know to keep working. I will post the key when the box finishes its circuit.

We're just about to the end of Sir Forscale's travels with the Box of Goodwill for round 3. I've got a few observations, and some questions for you. First off, I think that going forward, we definitely want to try to avoid having this overlap with the holiday season; this round took a heck of a long time to conclude, and I think that might be why. Second, there (seemed to me, at least) were quite a few communications break downs. I know that real life has a way of rearing it's ugly head at the worst possible times, but everyone please try to do your best to send the box on it's merry way within the one week time frame. If you can't, that's cool, life happens, but please drop a quick PM to your box coordinator so that everyone knows what's going on. Ok, questions: 1) Should we try and set this up to happen a finite number of times/year, or just keep it going the way we have been as a more or less constant turn around? (With the exception of avoiding the holiday season) 2) SGHawkins09 is running a basing BoGW (sign up for it, it sounds cool!). Should we slightly change the focus of the box to not have basing stuff, or leave it as is for folks who don't want to sign up for the basing version? (Reasoning for Q2: I don't want to be in competition with SGHawkins09, I think it's really cool of her to take the idea and run with it. Or am I just over-thinking this?) 3) How many boxes are too many? Should I hold off a bit (it's going to be a few more weeks anyway) before starting off round 4? Is it going to be a hassle ( and therefore not fun) to have to deal with possibly getting both boxes at the same time, or very near to each other? Or am I over thinking this one, too? 4) Ub3r_N3rd is stepping down as my helper with this ( round of applause, you were a big help, bud. Thank you). Would anyone like to volunteer to take over for him? It's not a lot of work, especially now as we've gotten most of the wrinkles ironed out. Basically, you'd be there to be a sounding board for any 'brilliant' ideas I come up with, and to help out with answering questions/concerns in the event that I'm out of town or otherwise can't get to them in a timely fashion. So, let me know what you think.