Moderator Chaoswolf Posted March 30, 2019 Moderator Share Posted March 30, 2019 (edited) Welcome to the BoGW chatter thread for round 8! If there are any questions, hopefully you'll find the answer here: http://forum.reapermini.com/index.php?/topic/85638-box-of-goodwill-round-8-sign-up-thread/ For reference, here are the groups, with box starters in bold: Generic Fighter AHY79 Pineapple 3vil3lvis ObiJohn27 Hungerfan Synistar Generic Fighter Clearman Crowley Dilvish the Deliverer TripleH KangarooRex Cassu Lidless Eye Sylverthorne Clearman Inarah Broonkah Gaming Dog Argentee Izzy Lobo Kristof65 MattParody Fire Eyes Inarah PCKTLNT Mutilated Lips Warlady Sanael Hiddenone32 Keianna Dr.Bob PCKTLNT Rob Dean Autumn Hare Ratmaster2000 SGHawkins09 Horned Turtle Marc TGP Cygnwulf Rob Dean Guindyloo Chris Palmer Holk Diggity Samurai Jack McKenna35 Wyvernfire Buckyball Jodie Guindyloo Rat13 Klarg1 Pingo Talespinner Morihalda Disserma Marineal Rat13 Chaos Wolf Mad Jack Haldir Corsair Glitterwolf Mini Dungeon Master Flit Chaos Wolf Have fun!! Edited May 23, 2019 by Chaoswolf 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inarah Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 (edited) Some comments: "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. " Likewise if what you have to offer is a bunch of broken clix, toys and figures with parts cut off ask yourself if any of it is going to be really useful to people downstream from you. Some of it might be interesting for conversions, but I think most people are looking for complete figures. (I've got an entire zip bag stuffed with this crap in my box that no one has wanted in the past 2 rounds, should I include it? Do you want to be in my circuit?) "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." Super important. Life happens, we get that. Be respectful of your friends in the circuit and PM the coordinator. If things change we can add you in again at the end. Suggested add: POST PICTURES, please. Sharing is part of participating. It's more fun when everyone can see what you picked and vicariously experience the thrill of new finds. Question: How do we feel about 3d printed figures? I'm not sure what permissions come with various .stls these days. Are they personal use only? Does anyone even want 3d prints? Is a 3d print equal to a metal or Bones figure in exchange? Edited March 30, 2019 by Inarah 7 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Chaoswolf Posted March 30, 2019 Author Moderator Share Posted March 30, 2019 Inarah makes some good points. PLEASE consider the use/value of what you want to put in the box. When in doubt, ASK. Using her example of a bag full of broken/parts missing clix, I would either PM the group I was in and ask if there's any interest in it, or put it in labeled 'free'; either would be reasonable, IMO. Please note that the bag of broken stuff DOES NOT count as your exchange. If you take out 10 whole, complete figures, you'd need to put back in 10 whole, complete figures. 19 minutes ago, Inarah said: Question: How do we feel about 3d printed figures? I'm not sure what permissions come with various .stls these days. Are they personal use only? Does anyone even want 3d prints? Is a 3d print equal to a metal or Bones figure in exchange? Excellent question! What does everyone think? 10 minutes ago, Ratmaster2000 said: Are we going to try and wait till most of us get Bones 4? I have several things in there I'd be willing to let go:) We'll see how everything works out. Signups are a week and a half, and it might take me as much as a week after that to get everything organized, so we're gonna be halfway through April before we get going. It might be a non-issue. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratmaster2000 Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 7 minutes ago, Chaoswolf said: Inarah makes some good points. PLEASE consider the use/value of what you want to put in the box. When in doubt, ASK. Using her example of a bag full of broken/parts missing clix, I would either PM the group I was in and ask if there's any interest in it, or put it in labeled 'free'; either would be reasonable, IMO. Please note that the bag of broken stuff DOES NOT count as your exchange. If you take out 10 whole, complete figures, you'd need to put back in 10 whole, complete figures. Excellent question! What does everyone think? We'll see how everything works out. Signups are a week and a half, and it might take me as much as a week after that to get everything organized, so we're gonna be halfway through April before we get going. It might be a non-issue. As far as the 3-D printed stuff, I'd prefer not to see them. They are getting better, but still not up to the quality of a metal or bones IMHO. As Inarah also mentioned, there is an issue of rights to the mini. *crossing fingers Bones 4 gets here soon:) I am in California, so it should! Wave 1 and all haha* 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haldir Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 I'm all for 3d printed minis. There are some you can't get but only as 3d printed minis. A backer of Fat Dragon's KS minis I'd be happy to put in some of those, along with others I've got files for. Since I'm not selling them, I'm sure it'll be fine. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inarah Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 1 hour ago, haldir said: I'm all for 3d printed minis. There are some you can't get but only as 3d printed minis. A backer of Fat Dragon's KS minis I'd be happy to put in some of those, along with others I've got files for. Since I'm not selling them, I'm sure it'll be fine. Even if you're not selling them you may not have the rights to distribute them in any form. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haldir Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 21 minutes ago, Inarah said: Even if you're not selling them you may not have the rights to distribute them in any form. I just asked Fat Dragon Games. We shall see what they say about it. If not them, I've got other sources for files. Ones that were free to download & such. Considering they are based on 5e creatures I doubt there is any problem with those. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Palmer Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 (edited) I'm fine with 3D figures. In fact the past couple of boxes that have passed through my hands have had some (figure and terrain bits) and I've taken a couple. There's also been plaster cast terrain bits (I've taken some of those too), so if we're going to discuss the legality of homemade stuff using commercially available production methods, I suspect that kind of thing needs to be included. For example, what's Hirst Arts stance on distributing their stuff. Edited March 30, 2019 by Chris Palmer 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inarah Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 I believe Hirst says if you sell more than $500 in a year then you need a license. I'm not aware of any restrictions on giving away small amounts of blocks. When you buy an e-book you have the right to have that file on your personal device(s). You can print it to read if you want. You don't get to make copies for friends and share. I haven't backed any Kickstarters for 3d figures, but it seems to me the rules would be the same unless expressly stated otherwise. If not, would someone please print out a few of those $60 dragons from the KS I saw last year and put some in my box when it goes around? 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamingdog Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 I'm fine with 3d printed figures as well. I actually picked out one or two last time around 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haldir Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 It's all good on Fat Dragon's end!! 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 3 hours ago, haldir said: It's all good on Fat Dragon's end!! Thanks for checking! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glitterwolf Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 i would be fine with 3d minis as long as they are not too brittle. Some are sturdy but there are also 3D minis who wouldn't survive multiple shipping and handling. I own a Krentz Giganotosaurus ( is now a mount for my Lost World heroes) but that one would break into pieces if you sneezed at it for example. And I think 3D minis are fine, but there should at least be a bit of quality in them, AKA not too grainy or rough. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Chaoswolf Posted March 31, 2019 Author Moderator Share Posted March 31, 2019 It seems that, so far anyway, the vast majority of people are ok with 3-d printed figures. If that doesn't change, I guess they're in. I am not a lawyer, nor do I play one on TV, but I don't think there should be any issue with them; we're not selling them to one another we're giving them as gifts (more or less). Glitterwolf makes a good point; any 3-d printed items should be roughly as good quality as Bones figures, not rough and grainy. That said, I haven't seen any 3-d stuff yet, how is the quality for those that have? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inarah Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 Quality varies considerably, depends on the machine and how well you have adjusted it. I agree that any prints you send should be as nice as possible. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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