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Re: Vanguard Miniatures' first official crowdfunder
« Reply #15 on: January 05, 2018, 06:04:57 PM »
looks like a smashing success. Great news!
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Re: Vanguard Miniatures' first official crowdfunder
« Reply #16 on: January 06, 2018, 09:54:55 AM »
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Campaign Over, now the work begins!
Hello Backers!

I'd just like to say thankyou on behalf of John and his sculpting team for the huge support shown for this campaign, over £10k now!

We've elected to use the "InDemand" function on the campaign to keep it open for any last minute top up pledges for the next week.

The current plan is that, due to the unexpectedly huge amount of support shown for the campaign, dispatches will be sent in March rather than the originally planned February.

 

Thanks everyone,

- Ben, Campaign Manager
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Re: Vanguard Miniatures' first official crowdfunder
« Reply #17 on: January 10, 2018, 06:35:47 AM »
Tiny update on the Skinnerz' heavy artillery:

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We have been tweaking the heavy artillery limbers, ready use ammo for the cannon, fuel pod for the missile and power cell for the energy weapon.



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Re: Vanguard Miniatures' first official crowdfunder
« Reply #18 on: February 06, 2018, 06:26:41 AM »
Skinnerz artillery prints are ready:


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Re: Vanguard Miniatures' first official crowdfunder
« Reply #19 on: February 15, 2018, 06:58:24 AM »
More prints have arrived!
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Re: Vanguard Miniatures' first official crowdfunder
« Reply #20 on: February 20, 2018, 06:39:06 AM »
In the meantime...



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Re: Vanguard Miniatures' first official crowdfunder
« Reply #21 on: February 22, 2018, 12:09:03 AM »
These are beautiful!
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Re: Vanguard Miniatures' first official crowdfunder
« Reply #22 on: February 26, 2018, 06:55:31 PM »
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Final prints for funder 1.

Hello backers,

Quick update, the final set of prints have arrived been cleaned up and will ship to the casters this week, that took longer than expected but that is the nature of the beast I suppose. Casting has begun with the first print batch moulds, and batch two mould making is in progress, the images below show the batch three prints shipping this week.

As can be seen we now have two variant Hierarch's in the tainted command set and I decided that the Skinnerz tractor needed an engine boost plug in in order to tow those heavy arty carriages and we have a portable generator option too all added to pledges for free.

Regards John




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Re: Vanguard Miniatures' first official crowdfunder
« Reply #23 on: April 21, 2018, 09:20:33 AM »
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State of play for the campaign pledges.

Hello again Backer's,

A little update to keep you all informed on just what's happening.

Good news, I have received this week another batch of campaign casts with more to follow by the end of next week. I will be checking over all this mountain of casts and separating them into individual pledges ASAP.

Bad news, there have been some issues with a lot of the infantry casts so in order to get the best casts possible to you all I have been working on correcting the problems this week and have just shipped the figures back to the casters for moulding. This obviously means that these figure sets will be further delayed with late May sometime as the best estimate for delivery to me I can give at present.

The following sets will be delayed, Tainted command, Tainted heavy armour, both Urban regulars sets, Skinnerz artillery crews, Eloi Phase walkers and female commissars.

So what I intend to do as far as practicable is ship out all pledges with what models I have available and send the delayed infantry sets in a second shipping wave once they are in. Obviously this is not ideal but at least you guys will be getting the majority of your orders and I clear a load of castings I have lying around here. Costly for me to do it this way but I hate to keep people waiting.

Hope you guys find this an acceptable solution.

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Re: Vanguard Miniatures' first official crowdfunder
« Reply #24 on: May 27, 2018, 09:58:46 AM »
Eloi Phase Walkers - £6.50


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Each Eloi Phase Walkers set contains 40 x Eloi Phase Walker infantry models.
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Re: Vanguard Miniatures' first official crowdfunder
« Reply #25 on: May 28, 2018, 07:04:08 PM »
Tainted reinforcements incoming!

Tainted Novan Elites Affray Squads - £7.00

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Operating on the fringes of Novan space these renegade Elites of a fallen great house have turned to piracy and raiding to survive. Alongside the remaining regular human forces from the same house and various allies of  unknown origin these so called Tainted are becoming an existential threat to the Novan Hegemony.

Set contains 40 x Tainted Elites Affray miniatures.
https://vanguardminiatures.co.uk/shop/tainted-novan-elites-affray-squads/

Tainted Novan Elites Specialists - £8.00


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Tainted armies maintain a warped semblance of the Leadership structure of their loyal Novan origins.

Set contains 40 x specialists in the following ratio:

6 x officers

2 x berserkers

2 x standard bearers

2 x icon bearers

2 x engineers

16 x heavy support weapons troopers

4 x priests

4 x mystics

2 x high mystics
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Re: Vanguard Miniatures' first official crowdfunder
« Reply #26 on: May 30, 2018, 04:08:12 PM »
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Reinforcements for the Novan forces this time in the form of the Sparta light APC utilised by both Convent and Elites forces. Also Novan Pathfinder recon teams join the ranks of the Elites.

Novan Sparta APC’s - £8.00




Next to a Novan Elites Trojan:

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Novan Sparta APC

The Sparta is a light APC originally developed for Convent forces but it has also found favour and been adapted by some houses for use with Novan Elites Pathfinders teams who find it’s small size and silenced stealth engines ideal for battlefield recon duties.

Each set of Novan Sparta vehicles contains 4 x Spartas, 4 x double sided rear hatches, plain on one side, fleur-de-lys on the other.

Model approx. dimensions: length 26mm, width 16mm, height 9mm
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Novan Elites Pathfinders - £7.00


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Novan Elites Pathfinders

Novan Elites Pathfinders are highly trained and equipped with the very best armaments and reconnaissance assets.

Set contains 40 x Pathfinders
https://vanguardminiatures.co.uk/shop/novan-elites-pathfinders/
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Re: Vanguard Miniatures' first official crowdfunder
« Reply #27 on: June 01, 2018, 04:10:41 PM »
Novan Regulars Firestorm Tank - £9.00


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Novan Firestorm Heavy Flamethrower tank

The “Firestorm” variant of the churchillian tank has been specially modified to bring cascades of flaming napalyde raining down upon the enemies of the Commonwealth.

Each Novan Firestorm set contains 3 x multi-part Novan Firestorm tank model kits.

3 x hulls

3 x fuel pod trailers

3 x commanders hatches
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Re: Vanguard Miniatures' first official crowdfunder
« Reply #28 on: June 10, 2018, 08:55:15 AM »
Skinner firepower available!

Skinnerz Heavy Artillery Battery - £25.00





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Skinnerz Heavy Artillery Set

Less common than the Skinnerz field artillery are these heavy ordinance pieces deployed mostly in support of major assault operations on enemy cities, they can also be found defending Skinnerz military bases and installations.

Each Skinnerz heavy artillery set contains:

3 x Tractor Vectors

3 x Tractor engine upgrades

3 x Optional tractor power generator modules

3 x Different gun Limbers

3 x heavy artillery models one of each variant (cannon, beam cannon, missile)

3 x Skinnerz engineers

1 x Skinnerz crew with shell stack

2 x Gobblers crew (26 figures)
https://vanguardminiatures.co.uk/shop/skinnerz-heavy-artillery-battery/

Skinnerz Ordinance set - £2.00

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Skinnerz ordinance pieces, set contains:

2 x cannon

2 x beam cannon
https://vanguardminiatures.co.uk/shop/skinnerz-ordinance-set/

Gobblers Light Field Guns Set - £12.00


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Gobblers Light Field Guns Set

Skinnerz utilise a wide variety of light artillery pieces to support their armies, these are commonly towed by fast tractors enabling them to be rapidly deployed on the battlefield.

Each Gobblers light artillery set contains:

4 x Tractor Vectors

4 x Field Pieces (1 of each)

26 x Gobblers crew figures
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Re: Vanguard Miniatures' first official crowdfunder
« Reply #29 on: June 16, 2018, 08:29:57 AM »
Tainted reinforcements inbound!

Tainted Novan Elites Heavy Armour - £8.00

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Each Tainted Heavy Elites set contains 40 x infantry figures.
https://vanguardminiatures.co.uk/shop/tainted-novan-elites-heavy-armour/

Tainted Novan Elites Heavy Armour Command - £6.00

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Each Heavy Elites Command set contains 18 x infantry figures 3 of each sculpt.

6 x officers,

3 x champion berzerker

3 x standard bearer

3 x Priest

3 x mystic
https://vanguardminiatures.co.uk/shop/tainted-novan-elites-heavy-armour-command/

Tainted Hierarchs - £6.00



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Set contains 6 x Hierarch figures
https://vanguardminiatures.co.uk/shop/tainted-hierarchs/
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