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Wave 2 launched Feb 23, 2016


https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/62661939/return-to-colony-87-28mm-sci-fi-civilians




Now on Kickstarter, Colony 87 - 28mm sci-fi civilians! Sculpted by the talented hands of Michael Anderson for use in retro and modern science-fiction gaming. Please check out the Kickstarter page, and feel free to share if you like what you see!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/62661939/colony-87-28mm-sci-fi-civilians/

I'm in! Yay!

Thanks Logan! We're already at 50% after just an hour or so!

This was something heavily requested on the recent Deadzone KS, hopefully you do well with it!

It's nice to see some attention being paid to civilians.

 Kilkrazy wrote:
It's nice to see some attention being paid to civilians.

I always think it's a pretty over-looked area. There are plenty of fantasy / historical civilians, but very few options for sci-fi. I have plans for more if this project works out

I like what I see

Are these metal or resin?

YES


*Dances legs down to the knees*

+Edit+
Pledged

KK, it mentions they'll be cast in metal.

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
I like what I see

Are these metal or resin?

Metal by default, but you can pledge for sets of resin masters if that's your thing!

Woohoo!!!

Wow - and the project has been funded after just about 2 hours! Thanks to those of you who have backed so far.

Hmm, so any ideas on what will be next? I mean, I can understand your 'lack of enthusiasm' regarding stretch goals. But if those weren't a limitation, what kinda stuff would you like to do next?

1 random miniature. Lame. Only really want the two not-Harkonnens and stick preacher fellow. Guess Im waiting until retail.

Malika2 wrote:Hmm, so any ideas on what will be next? I mean, I can understand your 'lack of enthusiasm' regarding stretch goals. But if those weren't a limitation, what kinda stuff would you like to do next?

Yes. On the drawing board are officials including high ranking advisor types, clerks and debt collectors. I'd also like to add to the trader-types (I'm thinking an alien pet seller), some night-life/street crawler types, bar staff, industrial workers, star ship crew...the list is endless

Pete Melvin wrote:1 random miniature. Lame. Only really want the two not-Harkonnens and stick preacher fellow. Guess Im waiting until retail.

I understand your frustration, but the limitation is dictated by mould costs and moulding arrangements for this kickstarter. As things stand, I will be using a production mould which can accomodate three sets of 6 figures. If I offer individual figures, it makes stock control very difficult, or requires individual production moulds (which would increase the mould cost 6-fold). If you only want those three figures (and pledged for 3 random figures), I would certainly do my best to accomodate any preference.

Pricey, but I may still buy in because those are awesome! Great concept art too!

I like these uncomplicated kickstarters without a ton of stretchgoals and tons of levels.

A shame that the single figure is random, but i understand the practical problems that necessitates it.

Yes. On the drawing board are officials including high ranking advisor types, clerks and debt collectors. I'd also like to add to the trader-types (I'm thinking an alien pet seller), some night-life/street crawler types, bar staff, industrial workers, star ship crew...the list is endless

Guess those will be included in a second kickstarter! :-D

Needs a Havilland tuff style figure with psy-cats

Well, decided to back, these will come in handy, one way or the other.

 Malika2 wrote:

Yes. On the drawing board are officials including high ranking advisor types, clerks and debt collectors. I'd also like to add to the trader-types (I'm thinking an alien pet seller), some night-life/street crawler types, bar staff, industrial workers, star ship crew...the list is endless

Guess those will be included in a second kickstarter! :-D

Absolutely...if this one works out, then a second kickstarter is very probable!

Thanks for backing BrookM

Erm, how is this Kickstarter not going to work? People have already pledged more than 3 times the needed amount of money needed. You're not going overboard with stretchgoals and add-ons, so all you need to do now is wait out the deadline and start production.

In other words: you're already way in! :-)

I think it's not over until the last backer has products in hand.

edit.

Also, running your first KS is always a scary ordeal.

Fair enough! But the scale in which this is done is rather small (just 6 models) compared to many other ones. So whilst there might still be some potential bumps along the way, I don't think it will be like some of the other Kickstarter projects we've seen coming along. :-)

Depends how well this does - If there are several thousand sets to send out, that's still quite a headache for the project creator (though the good kind )...

Anyone see this?

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/62661939/colony-87-28mm-sci-fi-civilians/posts/1199955

Almost at £4k!

So what kinda civilians would you like to see?

I for one would love to see a female scribe carrying some sort of portable cogitator.

Well, don't post that here, post it in the comments over there!

Scribe does appear to be a popular choice though.

Really want some civilian figs and would like to back, but the figs are just too "heroically" proportioned or me. Looking at the Human Nobles male fig, the concept sketch looks great, but the sculpt shown below looks more like a dwarf than a human. Perhaps I am getting spoiled by many of the recent more humanly proportioned kickstarters, but I seem to be losing my taste for overly "heroic" figures.

The models' proportions are more akin to the old school proportions. The whole thing is a nod to the Rogue Trader era stuff of course. ;-)

No money for kickstarters now, will they go retail?