Miniature Exchange #3

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Spiney \"Norman\" Dragon

Yup THAT great spined dragon.

I was after one for a while and finally put my hand in my pocket for an ebay purchase... (shudder)

As to the mini exchange - whats the \"etiquette\"? I didn\'t take part before. Do i return the mini(s) i recieve when painted?

Thanx for the offer kitkat but i think its only my dragon you are after! Now if you wanted to paint a couple of hundred dwarfs for me and send them back then you\'re on :)

Alan
 

ipaintminis

Active member
Mini Exchange Etiiquette (sp?)

what happenes is you rumage though your pewter pile and send a mini off to someone whilst someone else sends you a mini to add to your pile...you paint up the mini that got sent to you , and look on the fourm for the one you sent away...when its all said and done you get to keep the mini sent to you. :D its a wonderful system and alot of fun!
 
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Wolf_Fang

Guest
*changesd status back to unsure* well il\'l have a quik lil chat with em bout it... prolly pick up a blister or two and use those lol il\'l keep you guys updated
 
Hi folks, had to head to work (damn real life) so I didn\'t get a chance to get back here and update this last night as I had planned.

Anyhow, I\'ve updated the list, changed locations to their proper location (sorry about that) and we\'re adding to the list which is a great thing! That and I\'ve managed to get Galante back in the saddle by simply ignoring his drop out the first time around.

:p

@ Kat

I would rather keep this a world wide exchange instead of by countries as I think then you get a wider selection to dip into and some of the more interesting things might make their way out of the pewter piles.

Besides, for anyone that would rather post in their country or the surrounding area, that is most certainly an option so just speak up (got those of you that hollered noted down already) and we\'ll make certain to keep you within a geographic location.

Now, for those of you that are new, I apologize if I wasn\'t clear the first time around but Becca (ipaintminis) more or less summed it up.

All we\'re doing is getting rid of some pewter that we\'ve had laying around a bit and send it on to whomever you get \'grouped\' with as your receiving partner.

The miniature that you send won\'t be making its way back to you so make certain it is something that you are comfortable letting go of.

The only real RULE is that you participate in that you SEND a miniature. No deadbeats here please. And if we do manage to get one, I will send you one in their stead (not likely to happen, still, has to be said). There have been a couple others that have offered to shoulder that as well. Thanks.

Only one miniature is required to be sent, but you can send as many as you want, as I have found that there are some people here that are quite generous and toss in a handful of miniatures for you to choose from. Me, the first time I sent I only did one. Second time I did two blisters to give a choice. Basically, send whatever you want.

Now it was asked about what state to send the miniature in earlier in the thread and to this I would say the preferable way would be to send it bare as the day that you got it, unless for some reason you had one that you had cleaned up and then primed but never got around to (I have done that). Try not to send something that has to be stripped as that is an added effort for the person receiving it.

Anyhow, that\'s it for this time about. Keep the thread going and get us some new blood and you \'old bloods\' speak up and join again.
 

Equus

New member
Hrm...what the heck...I\'m in. I decided not to sell most of the little metal bits I have collected over time, and I\'d be a rat-faced liar if I said I even had the remotest desire to paint all of them. I just kept them since it meant I would, theoretically, have to buy less stuff. Since that seems to not be working very well, I\'d happily send one of the things in my mini drawers to someone else to have fun with.

Location - Seattle, WA
 
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Wolf_Fang

Guest
well let me know when its sposed to start so i know when i need an answer by! il\'l find out ASAP tho
 
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Wolf_Fang

Guest
we have a theme this time or same as last (same as last being no theme) gonna see i i can participate tonight.... and we are alowed to go buy new ones if we dont have eny right? lol
 
Me too please.....

Put-Upon Pater,

I would like to join in #3.

Happy to post to anywhere in the known universe.

I will warn you that I will most likely be sending along some Confrontation and/or GW....

No spiky dragons, sorry to say......

Chris Wheeler
Northern NJ
 

No Such Agency

New member
Originally posted by marineboy
@ NSA

...the \" ouzo\" incident? I seem to recall something with vodka.....
Not much to tell about that... 26er of ouzo, seventeen year old boy, technicolor yawn on own shirt and a pile of Sun Ice jackets at a party, etc. Quite boring really.

Wolf man, you gotta be in on this one... it\'s fun. Beg \'em :)
 

MarkusTay

New member
I\'m up for this, sounds like fun. I promise to make an honest effort to finish it. I almost never finish my own stuff, but will usually finish something if someone else is counting on me.

One question: Everything is totally random? That seems a little... hmmmm...

not sure how to put this...

OK, I see people can, if they want, put in their preference of shipping local. Other then that, there is no guidlines? Sorry, I\'m from NY, and that makes me cynical by birth. Something in the water, I guess. ???

Anyway... say, for instance that I have some Super Hero minis to unload...errr... I mean send off. What if the person I send them to HATES Super Heroes? What if someone sends off a $40 Dragon, and gets an ugly circa 1977 Napoleonic that came in a 5-pack for under $2?! I don\'t particularily care for historic, but if I get one I would paint it anyway. Is there someway of contacting the individual your sending to before mailing so you can find out their preferences? Or should we just look at their gallery to get an idea of their taste?

Or is this just to get rid of minis you can\'t stand looking at anymore? I\'ve got around 2000, and I think I can find at least 1900 without any paint on them.lol

I don\'t care what I get, i\'d just hate to send off something someone hated. I know some places have trouble getting certain minis, so it would be more fun (IMHO) to send them something they can\'t obtain. The only thing I have trouble getting is Celtos (hint hint), cause no suppliers around here wanna touch \'em. BTW, just to make sure no-one gets the idea I\'m cheap or anything, I am also willing to send Wolf_Fang a mini with nothing in return, and anyone else who is currency-challenged. I\'ve got a ton of cra... I mean beautiful minis that need loving homes. :D

It just all seems so... so... well, RANDOM.:eek:


Then again, CHAOS is the birthplace of creativity and imagination.lol
 
Originally posted by MarkusTay
Then again, CHAOS is the birthplace of creativity and imagination.lol

Exactly.

So far we haven\'t had any real problems with the first two, though I do know that some people have been \'uninspired\' by what they have gotten and others intimidated.

The whole idea is to pawn off some of your crap .. erm .. goods, onto someone else. Yeah, some people did send off a $40 dragon and got a $2 miniature in return but as I\'ve said in the disclaimer so to speak, don\'t send anything that you aren\'t willing to part with.

For the most part, I think everyone has tried to send something interesting, or something that they think would be interesting to another individual or perhaps challenge them a bit.

For instance, WiccanPony doesn\'t do Space Marines at all, but in return for a care package she sent me (god bless the woman) I sent along some goodies as well. One of them happened to be a 54MM Inquisitor Scale Space Marine that seems to be rather popular on ebay (meaning it gets its full price). I\'m not sure if she will ever get around to it, but it is something that I think will challenge her, thus the reason why I sent it along with the rest of what I did. Besides, we talked about curlers and a moo-moo ... so there might just be a conversion in the works.

:D

That being said, yes, I would suggest looking at your trading partners gallery and try and get a feel for what they might find interest in. If they have expressed interest in trying out new things, go for it, but if they are a die hard critter fellow (Jahecker comes to mind) maybe you might want to tailor it to suit.

I also know individual trades have occured outside of the M.E# so that is also a good way to trade up some of that hard to get stuff.

Also, just to let everyone know how I \'randomly\' do the selection, I print out the names in word, have my kids help me cut them up (for some reason cutting paper fascinates them) and then we put it in a bowl/box/whatever is handy and all three of them take turns digging out a name.

Hope that works for everyone.
 

Trevor

Brushlicker and Freak!
I think this is why some people have been sending more than one mini, it increases the chances of people getting something they are inspired by.
 

Duende

New member
For the last exchange I sent two minis; one was what I had picked to send no matter who\'s name I got, and the second I picked after assignments were done and I looked over my person\'s gallery. So I tried to do both, send a familiar type of mini and an unfamiliar one.

*EDIT* I already have my \"no matter who\" mini chosen for this exchange ;)
 

marineboy

New member
\"OK, I see people can, if they want, put in their preference of shipping local. Other then that, there is no guidlines? Sorry, I\'m from NY, and that makes me cynical by birth. Something in the water, I guess. \"

Chill out, Markus. Let the Universe be your guide and your provider. Send what you send and receive what you receive.

This is a great adventure.

:D
 

MarkusTay

New member
@ Marineboy

Wow... thats so... ZEN!

Glad you responded to me, \'cause I tried PMing you. I know how to respond to people\'s PM\'s, but have never tried to initiate one. Anyway, I just got Issue 15 of Harbinger and they have an excellent elephant dude in their reveiws. Seems MSB toys have several elephant warriors. Here is the link -

here there be elephants!

Beautiful pic in Harbinger of one painted, incredibly realistic skin texture. Still only two arms though.

Sorry FF, don\'t mean to hijack, just couldn\'t figure out that PM thingie.???
 
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