https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/victoriaminiatures/project-warhorse-rough-rider-miniatures?ref=clipboard-prelaunch

so coming soon, looks to be Siocast like her last halfling snipers project which i got and were very well done (not a huge siocast fan myself as cleanup is a pain if they're not well cast but i couldn't fault the stuff i had from her

Ugh siocast, but winged hussars... worth it

Hopefully I'll get a new "I'm a Backer" avatar out of it.

I'll never buy any Atillans at this rate.

[excited Christoph Waltz gif]

Really looking forward to this and having digital download makes it so much easier than shipping from Australia or the US

Nice. Those look like fun minis.

 Jadenim wrote:
[excited Christoph Waltz gif]

Really looking forward to this and having digital download makes it so much easier than shipping from Australia or the US

My physical halfling snipers from the last KS were produced in the Netherlands.

Part of the info from the previous KS. I'm sure a rep from Victoria's Miniatures will correct me if the same doesn't apply for Warhorse.

Up until now, all Victoria Miniatures have all been made and shipped by Trenchworx in Utah USA. Their skilled team will be manufacturing and fulfilling the USA and Canadian pledges.

I am very pleased to be bringing into this project the master Miniature makers at De Tinnen Roos in the Netherlands. They will be making master molds and fulfilling EU and UK pledges. Sio-Cast expert Ramon Jahn has also provided Sio-cast training in Australia and the USA to ensure consistency.

In Australia, Aetherworks will be manufacturing and fulfilling Australian and New Zealand pledges. Anyone in the Australasian region who has participated in a CMON Kickstarter will be familiar with their excellent fulfillment services.

Test casts of the horses were also made in the Netherlands, I saw this on Facebook. Not a fan of Trenchworx any more myself, their previous casts for Victoria have been disappointingly horrible, so if EU casts are made anywhere but there, might consider backing.

Bad paint jobs on me. The Netherlands produced figures were ace.









One of the squad's barrels was a bit droopy but nothing about the siocast material is making me not consider some Praetorian Rough Rider proxies.

Thanks for sharing, those look great!

I like the poses, much more dynamic than the Brand X models I've seen.

 BrookM wrote:
Test casts of the horses were also made in the Netherlands, I saw this on Facebook. Not a fan of Trenchworx any more myself, their previous casts for Victoria have been disappointingly horrible, so if EU casts are made anywhere but there, might consider backing.

Hi BrookM.
If you have received any unsatisfactory casts from us. Please contact admin@victoriaminiatures.com with the details. We are always happy to help out.


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Thanks for posting a thread about Project Warhorse.
I've been working on this for many, many months and am thrilled that the Kickstarter launch is getting closer.
I'll try to answer any questions you have.

Yes, manufacture and fulfillment will follow that same model we pioneered with the Halfling Sniper Kickstarter: We were able to manufacture identical products simultaneously in three locations: USA, Netherlands and Australia.
This means your Rough Rider miniatures will be manufactured, packed and shipped from a location as close to you as possible.
Trenchworx USA: For many years their skilled team have manufactured and shipped Victoria Miniatures. They will be manufacturing and fulfilling the American and Canadian pledges.
De Tinnen Roos EU/UK: Expert Miniature makers in the Netherlands will be making master molds and fulfilling EU and UK pledges.
Aetherworks Australia: Their team in Sydney will be manufacturing and fulfilling Australian and New Zealand pledges.

The horses will be molded in Siocast Hard thrmoplastic. The smaller components will be 3D printed. There will also be a digital option.

Ramon previewed out first Siocast horses at UKGE, where we received some very good feedback.
I'll keep adding updates to Insta and FB as we go, and check in here too. If you can follow the pre-launch page on Kickstarter that would be great. The more followers we have the more visible the campaign will be to potential backers. Thanks heaps, V
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/victoriaminiatures/project-warhorse-rough-rider-miniatures

Oh my yes I will be pledging for a full allotment of 30 winged hussars

Hopefully they'll have the the option for svargan and/or rausenburg riders otherwise i'll probably wait for them to become available on their site.

mind you ive still got to to put together the bits i bought from last black friday...

These look fantastic... really wish I had a use for them.

My halfling snipers were fantastic sculpts and casts.

They look amazing

Victoria Miniatures
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Almost done with painting. I am hoping to get the KS campaign launched by July 15. It's so great to have reached 1000+ followers on Kickstarter.com, big thanks to all who are onboard. Watch this space [img]

Wow, those horses look great.

These look really good, especially the horses! I prefer them to the GW Rough Riders.

I've looked at buying stuff from Vic a few times before, but I always seem to get put off by shipping costs. Maybe this is the time where I take the plunge.

Yeah, those all look amazing.
But beard/beret/cape/shock-lance in top right is especially good imo

 Undead_Love-Machine wrote:
These look really good, especially the horses! I prefer them to the GW Rough Riders.

I've looked at buying stuff from Vic a few times before, but I always seem to get put off by shipping costs. Maybe this is the time where I take the plunge.

The Kickstarter models will be produced in the Netherlands for UK/ Europe pledgers so postage is excellent.

It's a shame about buying from the online store. My early Victoria Miniatures purchases often came with free postage for a big enough spend and once made it to the UK from Australia within ten days. As long as UK Customs didn't get involved that is.

They look great but I hope it isn’t cast lances, bought some rough raider conversion kits of Victoria minis before and the the whole Lance was resin and no matter how many times you straightened it it bent again, left the models in sunlight and they all drooped. Much better if you can use brass rod.

Ps no idea how strong, brittle, bending printer resin is so may not be an issue but can imagine a tougher resin just snapping and not bending.

Nice! I like the variety offered in terms of regiments.

The hardest part will be to decide which ones to take...

Cool that you produce in Europe. I bought a lot of Victoria stuff before and that makes it again more accessible.

Andykp wrote:
They look great but I hope it isn’t cast lances, bought some rough raider conversion kits of Victoria minis before and the the whole Lance was resin and no matter how many times you straightened it it bent again, left the models in sunlight and they all drooped. Much better if you can use brass rod.

Ps no idea how strong, brittle, bending printer resin is so may not be an issue but can imagine a tougher resin just snapping and not bending.

Hi, we have put quite a bit or RnD into the lances for the reasons you mentioned. The lances will all be printed. This means they will be strong, straight, and hard to break. You have to bend it almost back on its self to get a bend or snap.

The horse look great. I wish there were classic hussars though. (I.e. ones with ornate jackets and pelisses and big fur hats.)

They are wonderful models, and far better than the recent GW efforts. Going to be hard to resist pledging for this one

 vic wrote:

Andykp wrote:
They look great but I hope it isn’t cast lances, bought some rough raider conversion kits of Victoria minis before and the the whole Lance was resin and no matter how many times you straightened it it bent again, left the models in sunlight and they all drooped. Much better if you can use brass rod.

Ps no idea how strong, brittle, bending printer resin is so may not be an issue but can imagine a tougher resin just snapping and not bending.

Hi, we have put quite a bit or RnD into the lances for the reasons you mentioned. The lances will all be printed. This means they will be strong, straight, and hard to break. You have to bend it almost back on its self to get a bend or snap.

Thanks for the reply, the models look amazing and well done on addressing the droopy Lance issue. I will watch this eagerly.

They look great. I was wondering how the Ranger torso cloak would pan out.

Speaking of torsos.. any chance for a Ranger heavy weapons crew? Kneeling legs with the current torsos are tricky.

GrosseSax wrote:
They look great. I was wondering how the Ranger torso cloak would pan out.

Speaking of torsos.. any chance for a Ranger heavy weapons crew? Kneeling legs with the current torsos are tricky.

Cheers, expanding the Rangers miniature range is definitely on the list.

[Puts ear to ground] I hear horses, many horses, with riders…

Kickstarter going live on the 25th!

Project is live! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/victoriaminiatures/project-warhorse-rough-rider-miniatures

you beat me to it!

Now that Kirton Games offer a 3D print service I've jumped in with one physical set of Vuctorian Guard plus the digital bundle.

Could be fun.

Hi, Quick update from me. The campaign is going great. Funded in 12 minutes Big thank you to everyone who has jumped on board.
Check it out here:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/victoriaminiatures/project-warhorse-rough-rider-miniatures/description

Who are the Border World Rangers supposed to be?

Cloaks and celtic accoutrements would suggest Tanith. While the books don’t have them with a rough rider contingent I think it will still be a popular option, and the models do look nice.

Just because I'm unfamiliar with Kickstarter and english is not my Native language: do I understand it right, that I can pledge for one set and later and another after the campaign finished?

 Pyroalchi wrote:
Just because I'm unfamiliar with Kickstarter and english is not my Native language: do I understand it right, that I can pledge for one set and later and another after the campaign finished?

Yes, there will be a pledge manager, which will be open for backers for one or two weeks after the campaign. It will look like an online store where you can change your choices and add shipping and tax. You can also change your choice while the Kickstarter is running.

Arcadian Rough Riders have just been unlocked! They are now the 6th regiment in Project Warhorse. They are now included FREE in the Digital Mega Bundle and physical squads can be added to your pledge.
Big thanks to everyone who is on board.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/victoriaminiatures/project-warhorse-rough-rider-miniatures/description

What's the next regiment you have in mind?

 Ketara wrote:
What's the next regiment you have in mind?

I hope it's the penal legion. I have a couple of squads of Vic penal legion and they are great, lots of character.

 Ketara wrote:
What's the next regiment you have in mind?

Hi, it is great to hear the suggestions. I am not sure I will have time to add a whole new regiment in the 10 days remaining, I'll see what I can do

 vic wrote:

 Ketara wrote:
What's the next regiment you have in mind?

Hi, it is great to hear the suggestions. I am not sure I will have time to add a whole new regiment in the 10 days remaining, I'll see what I can do

If you just put up sketches and complete afterwards, people would be fine with that. Lots of kickstarters do that for unexpected stretch goals.

 Ketara wrote:

 vic wrote:

 Ketara wrote:
What's the next regiment you have in mind?

Hi, it is great to hear the suggestions. I am not sure I will have time to add a whole new regiment in the 10 days remaining, I'll see what I can do

If you just put up sketches and complete afterwards, people would be fine with that. Lots of kickstarters do that for unexpected stretch goals.

Yep, this.

My personal wish would be something reminiscent of Napoleonic hussars.

Didn't Wargames Atlantic already put out Les Grognards cavalry?

chaos0xomega wrote:
Didn't Wargames Atlantic already put out Les Grognards cavalry?

Yes, but they have greatcoats and not proper hussar jackets, and frankly, Victoria sculpts tend to be higher quality so I'd prefer their take on the concept.

Fair on both counts.

Bring on the Hussar coats!

OK, I pledged too. Great kickstarter, I'm really looking forward to that.

Well, I've received my digital files and placed an order for two squads of pith helmet Rough Rider goodness courtesy of Kirton Games and their 3d print service.

https://kirtongames.co.uk/

https://kirtongames.co.uk/pages/3d-printing-services

I'm awaiting the physical delivery of a squad as well direct from Victoria Miniatures.

How reasonable was the quote from Kirton? Not in a position to use my printer at the minute and I've got some stuff I'd consider sending over to them.

nedsta wrote:
How reasonable was the quote from Kirton? Not in a position to use my printer at the minute and I've got some stuff I'd consider sending over to them.

It was in the region of £50 with P&P on top. That was for two sets of horses and torsoes/ heads plus one each of lances, left arms, bugle/banner and the alternate arms set (lasguns, pistols, demo charges).

I've used Kirton Games once before for the Lillibet, Potentate of Terra (Think a grimdark, hovering throne interred Elizabeth II) stl that was offered as a freebie via Youtube. Delivery was quick and at a nice price.

Super, many thanks. Also reminded me that I've got the floating Lizzie stl to print out too as it's in a folder somewhere

Courtesy of UK based Kirton Games and their 3d printing service, my first Rough Rider squad from the Kickstarter.

First thoughts? I like them. There's plenty of detail on the models including additional items like melta bomb equivalents and so on.








I have a second squad to build up and they'll be equipped up with the alternate arms shown below.



After that, it's wait to see how the siocast physical models I have on order compare to these prints.