Advice on shipping a damaged Winstone

Hey, everyone, I need a little guidance. I figured there are some people here who have had experience with this sort of thing, so I thought I’d ask around.

I have a bad cat gargoyle I ordered from ebay recently that was shipped to me improperly. He and a little dragon gargoyle I bought from the same dealer were wrapped in bubble wrap and put in the same box with a bunch of newspaper. Needless to say, damages occured. The little dragon only had a couple of pieces chipped off (I’m pretty sure I can repair this guy fairly easilly), but the cat had one of his wings smashed up. It wasn’t until after I started doing some research on the subject that I found the Windstone shipping tips ebay page. -_- If only I had known.

Thankfully the seller is going to be giving me a full refund and he’s not asking me to send the gargoyles back. He’s actually been very easy to work with. I managed to find a store to buy a replacement kitty gargoyle at, so that made me happy. Now comes the part that I need some advice with.

I have a friend who wants to try her hand at repairing the gargoyle and I figured I’d give her the kitty since I didn’t end up paying anything for it. I kept the box that the replacement came in, it’s the original Windstone box with the cardboard inserts for it. I’m going to double box it, but I want to make sure that I’ve done everything I can to prevent more breakage. I’ll post some pictures of the damage below.

Does anyone have any advice for packaging this gargoyle for his journey? Any info would be GREATLY appreciated! 🙂
And now, pictures!



Poor kitty!