REDCOATS: 28mm British Infantry for SYW/FIW Wargames

A project in East Riding of Yorkshire, UK by Galloping Major
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28mm British Redcoats packed with character and period feel, genuine professionals ready to serve you and King George.
Backers: 141
Average Pledge Per Backer: £94

Funded: £13,246 of £4,500
Dates: Jul 29th -> Aug 28th (30 days)
Project By: Galloping Major
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Latest News

Flags, facing colours etc

August 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello all, First off, a great thanks to all for staying with us, we've fostered a great team spirit between us which I'm sure we'll carry forward beyond this Kickstarter; Josef - while I admire your gung-ho spirit, I think we would be better sticking... (Read More)

Paessed the £10,000 2nd Stretch Goal.

August 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
Huzzah! But Nick Futter's right folks - it can still go down too. I'm working on a little add-on that I'll, er, add on when I have it all ready. Thanks again you wonderful people - especially our little crowd of cheer-leaders ;-) Lance  (Read More)

Jason W Jones' comment

August 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Jason W Jones asked: "What poses are the 60th foot hat company 2 in?" Pack FIW BRT2 are in the same poses as FIW BRT2 but with added variety, some wear the issue mitasses (Indian leggings) some carry extra kit etc. BRT3 & 4 will be in more varied... (Read More)

More rough concept sketches

August 18th - via: kickstarter.com
3 officers for SYW/FIW B8 British Line Infantry Command 2  Just to help give a better idea of the content of the second command pack in stretch goal 1, here are the 3 figures I sketched for this; left to right: officer with pistol, ensign/officer... (Read More)

Less than £1200 to go to second stretch goal

August 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello all, First of all, I'm sorry I haven't been able to thank each of you individually for your wonderful support on this, it certainly does warm my heart to see how people are staying with out Redcoats project and many of you even adding to your... (Read More)

Mark Evans suggestion

August 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello all, You may have read Mark's comment: "Hi Lance, Just to clarify, if I up my pledge by £42 will that entitle me to the 4 packs in Stretch goal #2 assuming you hit the £10,000 target? Also, buy upping the pledge does that commit me to the... (Read More)

Scanned another concept sketch

August 15th - via: kickstarter.com
One of the Sergeants for Stretch Goal 2  I hope this will be of interest, Cheers, Lance  (Read More)

Limited release special figures for stretch goals 1 and 2

August 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Concept rough of Junior Officer: Special Limited Release Figure for Stretch Goal 1 Above is my sketch of the chap that will be accompanying all pledges which include £40 or more of stretch goal 1 packs. Stretch Goal 2 The packs for Stretch Goal 2,... (Read More)

Cairn 12's comment re postage + more

August 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello Cairn 12 and all the rest of this great bunch of people, It appears I may have caused confusion when making the stretch goal packs available, by putting them up as groupings, when doing so I added postage to those new reward groups, I now... (Read More)

More about what's next

August 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear All, Just a quickie update to answer a few comments: I forgot to mention the suggestion of grenadiers and light infantry in an earlier update, which I do have planned, but not for this Kickstarter, as I think that would be “stretching”... (Read More)

Postage on adding individual Stretch Goal packs to your pledge

August 11th - via: kickstarter.com
People have been asking about this - my fault, I should have included it. When adding Stretch Goal 1 packs individually to your pledge at £10 each, please add an extra 50p postage per pack to your pledge total – both UK and worldwide to keep it... (Read More)

Michael Blake

August 11th - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)

An add-on and adding individual packs to your pledges.

August 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello again all, Firstly, just to point out, as I didn't earlier, that once you're already pledged on our Kickstarter, you can add the 4 new Stretch goal packs indivudually to your pledge at £10 each if you would prefer; the new Special Limited... (Read More)

Stretch Goal 1 achieved!

August 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Well done everyone, we've cracked that £7,000 first stretch goal. I've added in the Stretch Goal 1 combinations for pledging. The Kickstarter system has distributed them among the original pledge options by price (I don't yet know if there is a way... (Read More)

Add-on

August 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello folks, I mentioned an add-on I had in mind in my earlier update, to help push the first stretch goal on and make a start towards a second stretch goal. Well, this is something that will go up on the website at £15 each after all the... (Read More)

Comments - thanks for the input

August 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello All, I’ll try to answer everything – if there’s anything I miss, please bear with me. :-) Lots of great suggestions there, they’re all highly valued and have all become part of the “master plan”. The input you’ve been contributing... (Read More)

Approaching first stretch goals

August 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello all, we're now less than £700 off our first set of stretch goals, which is good news, let's hope we make that and move on. Thanks for the suggestions, plenty of food for thought there, it's great to see the shared engagement in our project,... (Read More)

Some pack details

August 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Good morning all, I thought I would show some pictures of the pack SYW/FIW B5 British Line Infantry Hat Company – Charge Your Bayonet 2, most of which haven't appeared on here yet.These chaps are meant to create added variety combined with troops... (Read More)

On to the stretch goals

August 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
From the beginning we targeted £7000 for our first stretch goal, that's an extra £2500 of backing beyond our successfully reached start goal - reached in 5 days leaving us 25 days to hit that stretch goal. The stretch goal will make the following... (Read More)

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August 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
As a lot of you have already said - we've made our first goal - and I do mean "WE" a very massive thanks to you all - and to quote an earlier comment: on to the £7000 stretch goal! We have 25 days to do it. Lance  (Read More)

Woah, we're half way there

July 30th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello folks, less than a day in and we're more than 50% of the way to being funded - so a big personal thank-you to all of you who have pledged to support our Redcoats project. I've added another option which is a straight forward 60th Foot Firing... (Read More)

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