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Kickstarter is live for only 24 hours, check it out here!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/oathsworn/burrows-and-badgers-new-blood-anthro-animal-miniat/

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Hey everyone,

I just wanted to let you know that we have a new Kickstarter project beginning on the 26th of December... we're looking to fund some more anthro animal miniatures, and a terrain set... and we're doing it a little differently this time, as we are only going to be live for 24 hours!

Here's a link to the KS video if you want to hear me and Jo randomly waffling at a camera, and below that are a few pics of the type of thing we're hoping to fund...

https://youtu.be/QOU-aHzkJfA







cheers,
Michael

New Burrows and Badgers? I'm in. Such a short campaign seems really risky though.

 Barzam wrote:
New Burrows and Badgers? I'm in. Such a short campaign seems really risky though.

Thanks! and yeah, it does seem risky, doesn't it? It's a bit of an experiment really.

We've been playing about with the numbers, and typically, a B&B projects works out at about £650 in pledges per figure. And generally, we get roughly half the total pledges of our projects on the first day. So, with 11 minis in this project, £3500 in one day would be good, and £7000 would be as good as a normal 12 day run. It'll be interesting to see how it goes, and it would be nice to be somewhere between those numbers. But then, it will be just after Christmas, which could really mess things up!

Whatever happens, there'll be lots of interesting updates through the day. If you've ever wanted to know how to sculpt a fleur-de-lis, this is the KS for you!

I just want to learn how to sculpt without soul crushing frustration and doubt. Will there be a pledge level for that?

 Lansirill wrote:
I just want to learn how to sculpt without soul crushing frustration and doubt. Will there be a pledge level for that?

Sadly, no. Even after 15 years of doing it, I still end up messing up at least half of what I do... soul crushing frustration is pretty much the default state!

Anyway, here's a link to the project preview page, if anyone fancies a look:
Burrows & Badgers: New Blood preview page

And here's a couple more greens:





cheers
Michael

Here's a couple more greens; the biggest and the littlest...





cheers
Michael

An owl & a pussycat ready for Monday's 24 hour Kickstarter... http://kck.st/2hSJzny





cheers
Michael

Well that Wildcat is just great and full of character

Any turtle, gator or boar planned? Just curious, I almost always have a use for those!

 RiTides wrote:
Well that Wildcat is just great and full of character

Any turtle, gator or boar planned? Just curious, I almost always have a use for those!

We had a Hermann's Tortoise in the last one, but that's about as close as we get...


We can't really do big stuff like boars and gators, as we've set ourselves some limits... shrews are the littlest, at the 17 to 21mm size, up to badgers at around 50mm. So if it's much bigger than a badger, we can't really fit it in the game world... sorry!

...and the last three greens; a hare, a squirrel and another shrew:







KS page preview link: KS Link

cheers
Michael

 Lovejoy wrote:
We can't really do big stuff like boars and gators, as we've set ourselves some limits... shrews are the littlest, at the 17 to 21mm size, up to badgers at around 50mm. So if it's much bigger than a badger, we can't really fit it in the game world... sorry!

If You can't fit 'em, someone will still try! Let's call that Plains and Prides, shall we?



Loving Your work, Oathsworn crew! Looking forward to this KS, although one day... in a holiday season... that's crazier than a drunken ferret, much crazier!

That's alright, I like that you have some constraints / consistency in the size of the animals . Looking forward to it!

How about a Raccoon?

Wirecat wrote: Plains and Prides

I like the sound of that!

Wirecat wrote:Loving Your work, Oathsworn crew! Looking forward to this KS, although one day... in a holiday season... that's crazier than a drunken ferret, much crazier!

Yeah, it's a bit mad really isn't it? I'm hoping it's mad enough to attract some attention... and anyway, I figure if it doesn't fund, at least we'll only have lost 24 hours!

RiTides wrote:That's alright, I like that you have some constraints / consistency in the size of the animals . Looking forward to it!

Thanks! It's a hangover from spending my childhood reading Redwall books, where the badgers were the big guys, really!

SickSix wrote:How about a Raccoon?

There's this one from the Freelances project, but I haven't done any more yet...



cheers,
Michael

Solomon Canis, genius.

You have my wallet, Oathsworn!

 Lovejoy wrote:
Thanks! It's a hangover from spending my childhood reading Redwall books, where the badgers were the big guys, really!

Well how can I not back now

Launches today right??

At 4pm (UK time) today, according to the Oathsworn Miniatures Twitter feed, RiTides.

Will we be able to pledge for the terrain only?

Dysartes wrote:You have my wallet, Oathsworn!

Great! If there's £450K in there, Jo's just seen a house she'd like...

RiTides wrote:Launches today right??

Dysartes wrote:At 4pm (UK time) today, according to the Oathsworn Miniatures Twitter feed, RiTides.

Thanks Dysartes! Yep, launching in about an hour...

Nostromodamus wrote:Will we be able to pledge for the terrain only?

Yes - there's a pledge just for the terrain. We figured anthro animals are not everyone's bag, so the terrain should get it's own pledge.

Right - I'm off to make sure everything's ready!

cheers
Michael

Launched, backed, excellent

Only live for 24 hours so check it out here!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/oathsworn/burrows-and-badgers-new-blood-anthro-animal-miniat/

I backed. I love the wildcat. I'm still hoping for a pig cook in one of these.

Thanks to you both! Much appreciated!




Automatically Appended Next Post:
Well, I think we've definitely answered the 'Is a 24 hour Kickstarter project really a good idea?' question...

Sculpting update for those how like that sort of thing: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/oathsworn/burrows-and-badgers-new-blood-anthro-animal-miniat/posts/1772389

Also, free mole-in-a-hole!



Thanks for your support!
cheers
Michael

Pledged for the minis tonight myself.

Just a heads up that there's only about 12 hours to go.

Also, the kS says that you can add minis from earlier Burrows and Badgers releases, but I asked and they said you could also add minis from their "Sensible Shoes" line of realistically attired female miniatures.

You can see the whole Sensible Shoes line here:
http://oathsworn.net/stuff/ss2-pick.jpg

Pledge now, because who doesn't need anthropomorphic animals and female figures who look like they could actually win a fight!

Cheers Eilif!

Anyway, Arcane Circle has a couple of extra bits unlocked...



And here's one I painted earlier:





And here's how Jo made the terrain: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/oathsworn/burrows-and-badgers-new-blood-anthro-animal-miniat/posts/1772473
There's also updates on how she moulded and cast it, too.

cheers
Michael

My pledge is in - looks like a roaring success, Lovejoy.

 Dysartes wrote:
My pledge is in - looks like a roaring success, Lovejoy.

Thank you! And yeah, it's gone so much better than we were expecting! 24 hours is the new 30 days... we've invented the Flash Kickstarter!

Anyhoo, free mouse scribe for all backers!



cheers,
Michael

Absolutely loved the "Flash Kickstarter", well done and happy to be a part of it

Will be eagerly watching for news of Dark 7 in the coming months, too!

Thanks RiTides - we were glad to have you along for the ride! I think it worked really well... and I'll let you know how we get on with Dark 7.

And Thank you to all our noble and heroic backers!



Right, that's me done... food and bed. Been up for 35 hours now...

cheers
Michael

...aaaaaand I missed it.

Guess I'll nag Barzam to add stuff to his order then.

Another idea might be a 36-48 hour campaign. Still "flashy", but less chance of anyone missing out . Love that you guys did this, though!