Recently
I signed up to be one of the volunteer painters for a charity project called Kobolds for Kids as recommended by Adam, a buddy that I met at Adepticon 2013. The project started out small
and simple with their group pitching in to the Reaper
Miniatures Bones Project on Kickstarter. Then they got into a conversation
on how difficult to paint all 241 miniatures that you get from that project. So
they decided to create a little painting competitions to encourage themselves
to actually complete the project. Someone, however, suggested a better idea: “Instead
of competing, what if we took the painted lot and auctioned it off for charity?”
To add icing to the cake, they contacted Reaper Miniatures and they decided to
donate a whole set of those 241 miniatures (from the Vampire level pledge). Now
sh*t just got real!
Models I will be painting for Kobolds for Kids
I was
already interested in the get go when Adam told me about the project because I
wanted to do something similar but no way I would get the same effect as I
would doing it solo vs. a bigger group like this. This project even got some
big names in the industry that volunteered like:
“Who are Kobolds for
Kids doing this for?”
The Kobolds for Kids team agreed that there are two charity projects
that were important to them and that are where they will put their efforts in.
The first project is the Boston
Children’s Hospital. They have provided a life-saving treatment to more
than one of the crew’s children. And the second project is a personal project
for one of their gaming friend’s wife who was diagnosed with stage IV triple
negative metastatic breast cancer.
“Why are you doing
this Mars?
I don’t live in Boston, and I don’t know these people
personally but I know they would need as much help as they can get. Some of you
guys might not know this but I have watched someone who is dear to me battle
cancer and it was not pretty. A lot of “what if we could…” statements and
questions would run through my brain during those times. It would put me at
ease to know that if I could just give back to the community with what I do
best to help these organization and people, and hope that it would get rid of
their “what if we could…” questions .
If you guys want to be involved with this project, please
don’t hesitate to contact them at info@koboldsforkids.com
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