I predict a riot - CMoN Collaboration (A budding idea)

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DaN

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Myself and Lizcam were talking a while ago about possibly having a collaborative diorama that CMoN members could take part in...

We decided that the resultant piece should then be auctioned for charity.

Now, the whole collaborative idea is still being worked out, but for the moment, we\'d like to know which charity we should be donating anything TOWARDS..

Also - any help setting UP this idea would be greatly appreciated - various people will be PMd by one or the other of us in due course.

Keep an eye out - cos this might take a while!! lol
 
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Davyboy74

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Great idea there :) Can you not do a poll here regarding which charities to donate to? Personally i would choose RSPCA (or ASPCA)

Edit: just noticed the poll....silly me :p I\'ll go back to sleep now i think....
 
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Gilvan Blight

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Wasn\'t this tried with both a Vestroyan and an Ogre army with some huge problems, so much so that many people said they would never do something like that again? Noting this as you may want to talk to the people involved in those to at least find out what went wrong to try to avoid it this time around.

Voted.
 
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krom1415

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Aha, I was thinking about the Vostroyan one, I painted one of the figures. Has it been sold yet???

If it has, I would recommend doing another, if not where\'s my bloody mini lol :D

Thunderhawker, I agree, cancer is a bastardo, and needs frigging sorting, and could be if we weren\'t starting wars:no:
 
lizcam

lizcam

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I myself have lost my mother and her mother and her mother\'s mother to breast cancer so you know where my sympathies lie. But I also helped pick the other charities and I have strong feelings for all of them. I\'m glad there\'s interest and we\'re aware of the issues with the ork army. We\'re in contact with people who handle big things like this and are getting as much input as we can. If anyone has any suggestions you can PM either DaN or myself. We\'d be more than happy for anything you might have to offer.
 
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demonherald

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cancer research got my vote and always will having helped me out extraordinarily in the past.....

one thing I will say is rather than a diorama I would go for an army or collabarative group of minis.....Also packing dioramas can be a real bitch.

The main thing is that to do well it has to be as appealing as possible and there just aren\'t that many collectors of dioramas out there compred to those who collect armies....

There are a fair number of logistical things to consider.....

firstly getting the minis together... even if they are going to be sold as say seperate units it is still better that they be in a single source...

start with something smaller . a lot of these kind of projects have fallen at the last due to just being too big.A unit with a nice character or two always works well,....

agree appropriate deadlines for all involved and be realistic to the max..

how and where are you going to sell... Like it or love it ebay is the best way forward .. there are reduced fees on all charity auctions and the money can also be paid directly to the charity,.

If using an ebay account it helps that it is a respectable one just to keep peoples confidence...

Then there is the posting out and getting the models to the customers.... I believe there is a way to get postage paid by paypal for charity auctions but again the logistics on sorting out the packing , weighing measuring and sending can be huge.

it will cost somebody something somewhere along the line just be prepared and it is a LOT of work for all involved especially those at the sharp pointy end.

I personally would love to be involved and would also offer to foot the final sum of ebay paypal and other fees through my own account...I\'ve been around ebay a long while now and have a fairly sound reputation and grasp of things...

either way I\'d be happy to help where I can...good luck.
 
lizcam

lizcam

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Originally posted by demonherald
either way I\'d be happy to help where I can...good luck.
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Pm me please on what you\'d be willing to do. We need all the help we can get! lol
 
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mattrock

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PM\'d you, liz. I\'ll be happy to help in any way I can. My family too, has been touched by cancer and I\'d love to be a part of this.
 
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Jike Ichi

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Thats a great idea!

So the plan is to make a diorama with different minis from different painters from CMON? This takes me to many other questions, but I\'m not bothering you yet... lol

If my skills are good enough for you and I have time when you start I would gladly help.
 
lizcam

lizcam

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when it comes to charity we\'re not worried about skill only heart. If you can hold a brush you can be part of it. The response has been hugh! Keep it coming guys! :bouncy:

@ Jike: Sent you an email
 
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Kaine

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I\'d be happy to help.

I\'d suggest adding a second poll to choose the army people would prefer to paint, i\'d suggest doing an army rather than diorama so you can plug gaps easier if people drop out.

An army is also something someone can use so the final bid would probably be higher.

I\'d suggest a GW army purely to get the widest interest, if not GW, privateer is probably second best option.

Chaos Mortals are due out towards the end of the year, but something like Vampire Counts might be easier for alot of people to collaborate on.
 
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darkartminiatures

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Sounds like a good cause. I wont have time to help but if its going to be a urban theme i could give you some of my urban basing kits, no probs. ;) Let me know if your interested.
 
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sg2009

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i would love to get involed count me in :flip:

i voted cancer because a some of my family have died from cancer and had numerous scares of it:(

so sign me up !!!
 
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Undave

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If we\'re doing armies why not go for Space Marines. The new book is out soon and a good chunk of the range is already available. It would also give us the opportunity to come up with our own Chapter, something unique to CMoN. Even if people aren\'t painting they can help come up with army lists, paint schemes and fluff etc. We can also put them on urban bases;)

My vote went with cancer research too. Unfortunately it\'s something which will touch almost all of our lives at one point or another.
 
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Amazon warrior

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Originally posted by Undave
If we\'re doing armies why not go for Space Marines. The new book is out soon and a good chunk of the range is already available. It would also give us the opportunity to come up with our own Chapter, something unique to CMoN. Even if people aren\'t painting they can help come up with army lists, paint schemes and fluff etc. We can also put them on urban bases;)

My vote went with cancer research too. Unfortunately it\'s something which will touch almost all of our lives at one point or another.
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I was thinking that something as popular as space marines would be a good idea, too. It\'s probably the only time I\'ll willingly paint space marines! lol

I voted for cancer research as well. My mum had cervical cancer, and luckily she\'s still here. Others are not so lucky.
 
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