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STEAMPUNK MILITIA KICKSTARTER LIVE!!!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2004599158/steampunk-militia-miniatures

I am pleased to announce the long awaited follow up to the first Meridian Miniatures Kickstarter "Steampunk Army". This campaign has bee set up to fund the production of a range of 28mm "Steampunk Militia" to complement the military figures with their civilian counterparts in the "Steam & Aether" table top setting.

As you can see below the, initial miniatures are already sculpted with the pre production painted masters shown. In each of my previous campaigns I have tried to avoid leaving to much ambiguity between the miniatures promised and the actual product you will recieve, where possible I try to avoid relying on renders and "concept art". Occasionally I will illustrate an idea using either but feel I have built up the reputation for delivering on promises by this stage that you won't be dissapointed.




The above figures show painted preproduction masters on resin bases, your reward will consist of metal castings supplied with round plastic bases, the option to upgrade to resin bases is given on the campaign page.



In the Steam & Aether setting I will be introducing rules for "benefactors", these miniatures represent rich patrons that fund expeditions into the apocalyptic ruins. This aristocrat figure is the first of them, en extremely highly detailed figure that will be cast in high quality resin providing a centerpiece to your force or a great project for the modelers and painters out there. This figure is a KICKSTARTER EXCLUSIVE figure. I will. at a later date remodel it as a simpler one piece casting for those that missed out but this figure will never be cast again after the rewards are sent out.

Thank you to any and all that come onboard to back this project, I appreciate all support offered. Meridian Miniatures is a "one man band", I do 90% of the sculpting, painting and promo by myself with much needed support form a small number of others. If you like what I do then please take 5 mins to share this campaign with your friends, be it on social media, blogs or forums and you will have my sincere gratitude.

Andrew

Some stretch goals are up, including a female add-on unit at UKP1400



I think I'll be in for a command squad and the ladies.

Thanks Kid!

Yes, funded soooo fast! Thanks everyone


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Funded in an afternoon! Now the female militia are unlocked and everyone pledging for the whole set will get a set of two casualties for FREE!


Thanks everyone!

Well, what a thing to wake up to, all goals smashed apart! I had be very conservative with how much interest this campaign would generate but again, all of my expectations have been exceeded, thank you all so much!

So first for the "whole set" pledgers, here's your first free miniatures WORK IN PROGRESS.


Now, for all of the pledgers here are the unlocked figures! All WORK IN PROGRESS.




As you can see I've decided to offer the whole set of 6 for £12 to all pledgers, saving you £3 on the retail value, no need to add any extra for the postage either.

I'll be back with more freebies and stretch goals later once I've done some freelance work and had a ponder!

Cheers!

Hi all

We've raced through the stretch goals so to thank you I've wrangled some more freebies for you.


These flags were provided for me by Iain at http://flagsofwar.com/ everyone whose pledge included a command set will automatically get a set of printed flags including two options for free.


Also for all backers that have included at least one set of the 10 man squad I will send a pair of alternate heads for the avid converters out there. I originally had these cast when planning the figures for the campaign, it will be simple to add these to the production mould to give away for free with your rewards.


Lastly I have this brand new set of British steampunk infantry to offer once we break the £3000 total. I had prepared these for the campaign in advance to offer as a stretch goal but dropped them from the plan as I thought I would not raise enough to pay for the moulding of another entire squad of models but we've definitely exceeded my exceptions!

So please spread the word and I'll be able to offer this set as an add on alongside your existing rewards.

Thanks to everyone!

Sorry for the late update today, I've been traveling for a family wedding (so may be slow to update over the next few days).

I'm glad to report that we broke the £3000 goal today so it has become viable for me to offer the new 10 man British infantry squad.


This is a brand new set based on the figures that featured on my forst KS campaign. The set features brand new and improved CAD sculpted weapons and a tiny loading robot. The heads are fixed in place based on the most popular choice by for from the first campaign and continuing online sales, allowing me to reduce the cost to you and get the figures on the tabletop faster!

For bigger picture see here:

http://imgur.com/Gm29evL

You can add this set for just £18, saving you £2 or retail (over £5 cheaper than the equivalent existing figures on the online store inc special weapons etc) no need to add extra postage either.

Thanks again all!

Just a quick update to show some pics I quickly fired off before travelling.

The new sets contain a new weapon for Steam & Aether, the Stuttermetric Capitulator!


The militia fighters come equipped to hail aetheric doom at their opponents, the gunner having a companion haul the reams of ammunition around the battlefield for him.



The British infantryman however has the benefit of a loading bot to serve him in the field. The robot comes with a couple of magazines of ammunition to pile on the loading platform. The robot itself is supplied in two pieces.

That's pretty much it for the week as I am attending a family wedding tomorrow so I'll wish you a great weekend, hopefully this very British rain will halt for a while!

Thanks for a great first few days,

Cheers!

Stuff looks awesome, but you might want to edit the Kickstarter link into your first post to make it easier to find!

Thanks Steamdragon.

Hi all, I'm back from my travels and have a new freebie for you.


These casualty figures were originally produced for my "Steampunk army" minatures Kickstarter, I had already decided to never release them on general sale (they occasionally get added as freebies to large orders etc but will never be availible on the online store). I already have a pile of them here in stock so it's no bother to add them as freebies for pledgers. So, anyone that adds the 10 man british infantry squad (pictured below) will also get the british infantry casualties free.



I hope everyone had a great weekend, I'll be back tomorrow with another update.

Cheers!

Today's update is just a quick bit of Steam & Aether "flavour text" explaining the background to the models presented in the campaign for those of you familiar with my "house setting". The text was prepare with the assistance of the Talented Mark Latham.

Go here to read it:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2004599158/steampunk-militia-miniatures/posts/1308399


What is steam and Aether?

Steam & Aether is a rule set and game setting that I developed with the assistance of Mark Latham last year during and following my successful Staempunk army KS campaign. Rules are downloadable here: http://steamandaether.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/steam-aether-quick-play-rules.html Backstory starts here:http://steamandaether.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/in-aftermath-of-napoleonic-wars-peace.html

Hey everyone.

We're hovering just below the 300% funding mark so I thought I'd throw in one last freebie should we make it before Monday.


This figure is the British general from the first Steampunk Army campaign I ran, he'd make a fine addition to the Steampunk Millitia force, lending expert advice and marshaling the troops.

If we reach £3600 I will throw him in for free to all rewards of the "whole set" this figure has a retail value of £4.50 usually but we've reached such a high total that he's more than accounted for, so come on two or three more whole sets could tip the balance!

I will be otherwise engaged for most of the weekend and Monday too so my update on the end of the campaign may be a little late, don't be alarmed, I'll be right back too it next week, finishing the add on packs and shipping everything to the casters!

Thanks all and have a great weekend.

Hi all, thanks for your patience in waiting an extra day for the finish update. We had a great weekend jumping up several hundred pounds over the course of a few days. While the total is meager in comparison to some projects that you see on KS I'm very pleased to have done this all as a small "one man band" company, I'm so happy to be able to share my miniatures with so many people.

I spent the day today catching up on posting orders from my online store: http://www.meridianminiatures.com/

Then moving on to working on the add on stretch goal figures for you, I will post pictures as they are finished which should be by the end of the week.

The first masters went out today for moulding, I will send out the surveys in the next 24hrs to find out how many castings I will need of everything.

Don't forget to like me on Facebook to keep up with the onging releases from Meridian Miniatures. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Meridian-Miniatures/278329682295664

Thanks to all!

Andrew May

A couple of more Terramortis previews, this one project will be ready fairly soon!

Hey all, I'm pleased to announce that the new Rat Warlock is now available for Tooth & Sword!

http://meridianminiatures.com/tooth-and-sword/rat-warlock
Another fun one for me to paint but a tricky one to photograph for some reason.
Hope you all like him.
Cheers
Andrew

Rat or Rabbit?

Well, it's got a rat tail at least

Mice = Round, Rat = Pointy?

Will the other 'kickstarter customs' be released soon? I want to cobble together an order, but would like to do it all at once when all the different designs are released.

Don't get me wrong... I'm not really criticizing it. It's a good looking model... The face and ears, though, are definitely rabbit.

Eric

No offence taken!


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nkelsch wrote:
Mice = Round, Rat = Pointy?

Will the other 'kickstarter customs' be released soon? I want to cobble together an order, but would like to do it all at once when all the different designs are released.

They are being cast right now and I'm just waiting for confirmation from the backers to go ahead.

Meridian Miniatures wrote:
A couple of more Terramortis previews, this one project will be ready fairly soon!

Will it be possible to just buy the bolter chainsword? I wouldn't mind buy 10-20x of them.

 MadCowCrazy wrote:

Meridian Miniatures wrote:
A couple of more Terramortis previews, this one project will be ready fairly soon!

Will it be possible to just buy the bolter chainsword? I wouldn't mind buy 10-20x of them.

Kickstarter coming VERY soon, then possible afterwards...

7 Day KS launches this coming Monday.

7 Days only?!?

Will there be EarlyBird levels?
(I guess I'd prefer it not to be but it there is I might join the F5-club)

 Alpharius wrote:
7 Days only?!?

Every campaign I have run has funded in under a week, any longer just draws it out. I'm interested in producing great minis, not trying to rake in stacks of cash in exchange for hastily dreamt up stretch goals.


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 Zywus wrote:
Will there be EarlyBird levels?
(I guess I'd prefer it not to be but it there is I might join the F5-club)

Yes there will, I like to offer the incentive to save a little and get free postage especially to my foreign backers.

Meridian Miniatures wrote:

 Alpharius wrote:
7 Days only?!?

Every campaign I have run has funded in under a week, any longer just draws it out. I'm interested in producing great minis, not trying to rake in stacks of cash in exchange for hastily dreamt up stretch goals.


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 Zywus wrote:
Will there be EarlyBird levels?
(I guess I'd prefer it not to be but it there is I might join the F5-club)

Yes there will, I like to offer the incentive to save a little and get free postage especially to my foreign backers.

Free postage would be nice. I would be among the foreign backers after all

Do you have a plan for which time on Monday the campaign will launch?

I'll probably make it around mid day UK to let the US backers pledge over their fruit loops.

Greetings all!
My name is Andrew May, for the last couple of years I have been working as a freelance miniatures sculptor, creating wargaming figures for several well know companies plus private collectors. In addition I run my own miniatures business "Meridian Miniatures". I have found Kickstarter to be an excellent way of launching new miniature ranges to the general public without interfering with my busy schedule of freelance sculpting. So now I return with my latest project: Terramortis, heroic scaled gothic sci fi miniatures.







http://imgur.com/6j6SZll For larger image.

http://imgur.com/D26yvkH For larger image.

Shown above are the initial miniatures, either as pre production resin castings or my original sculpted masters. These are my most ambitious figures to date, created over the last year, combining digital modeling with traditional hand sculpting. In each of my previous campaigns I have tried to avoid leaving to much ambiguity between the miniatures promised and the actual product you will recieve, where possible I try to avoid relying on renders and "concept art". Some "stretch goals" to aim for during this campaign will be illustrated using digital renders and I may throw in the odd sketch to show an idea or concept but feel I have built up the reputation for delivering on promises by this stage that you won't be disappointed.

Thank you to any and all that come on board to back this project, I appreciate all support offered. Meridian Miniatures is a "one man band", I do 90% of the sculpting, painting and promo by myself with much needed support form a small number of others. If you like what I do then please take 5 mins to share this campaign with your friends, be it on social media, blogs or forums and you will have my sincere gratitude.

Andrew

Visit the campaign here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2004599158/terramortis

I've had several requests for scale comparison pictures so I've snapped some pics alongside a few other popular figures for your reference.


These pictures are intended as scale reference only, no challenge intended to any copyright.

Thanks again to all backers, keep spreading the word.

Andrew