German Fallschirmjäger 1940, invasion of the low countries.
A project in Rotterdam, Netherlands by May '40 Miniatures000days
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A range of 28mm highly detailed and historically accurate 1939/1940 German Fallschirmjägers. For use in wargames and modelling.
Backers: 136
Average Pledge Per Backer: €108
Funded: €14,670 of €12,500
Dates: Sep 3rd -> Sep 29th (27 days)
Project By: May '40 Miniatures
Backers: 136
Average Pledge Per Backer: €108
Funded: €14,670 of €12,500
Dates: Sep 3rd -> Sep 29th (27 days)
Project By: May '40 Miniatures
€14,670
current pledge level
Last Updated: September 29 @ 18:03 -0400 GMT
117%
of goal
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Latest News
3rd Stretchgoal shot down!! 
September 29th - via: kickstarter.com
The Flamethrower poses have been unlocked!! new stretch goals: Less than 3 hours to go!!! (Read More)
2nd Stretchgoal funded!
September 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Remember, this is our first ever Kickstarter, unforeseen issues with the above are almost a certainty but we'll work it out together. I foresee absolutely NO issues whatsoever with the miniatures, so they're safe ;-) You did it again, another SG... (Read More)
1st Stretchgoal unlocked
September 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Wow, never thought I would need the "Unlocked" pictures :-P I just got back from a maintenance day at the barracks, and had to have a good look at the new pledges and the dropouts. it seems we did fund the 1st SG at some point and then someone... (Read More)
Funded! WOOHOO!!
September 27th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you all so much for helping get this project realised! And for sticking around ;-) It's been quite a journey, Funding in 24 days, 17 hours and 15 minutes-ish. I've even contemplated cancelling the whole thing. But you guys pulled it through! We... (Read More)
Don't let them get the drop on you!!
September 27th - via: kickstarter.com
Alright, it's been a very busy couple of days, from looking very grim to almost funded! Awesome, I almost lost hope but you guys pulled through and more! We're at 92%, and less than €900,- from funding. Ow and the Tetris picture did some magic to... (Read More)
No surrender!!
September 25th - via: kickstarter.com
I promised you an update tonight, I sort of did that already on Facebook but here goes. Today has been a day of coming and going and many adjustments which have lead us to be at almost exactly where we ended last night. It seems to be the natural way... (Read More)
2 extra paid add-ons
September 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
I've added 2 extra add-ons as they were asked for quite a bit and are logical as the mini's are in the pledges anyway. These add-ons contain 3 minis either with MP38s or Kar98s. (poses may vary) (Read More)
Where we're at.
September 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
We're moving into the last week of the Kickstarter. So far we've (all of you) managed to get to 75% funded, which in itself is an awesome achievement. 8 reward levels several KS exclusives a ton of unique miniatures multiple pose options for... (Read More)
Gliding in for the endgame!
September 18th - via: kickstarter.com
The DFS 230 was a German transport glider operated by the Luftwaffe in World War II. It was developed in 1933 by the Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug (DFS - "German Research Institute for Sailplane Flight") with Hans Jacobs as the head... (Read More)
Surprise night, morning, midday, evening!
September 18th - via: kickstarter.com
As we have backers from all over I felt this was a correct title. So , a surprise, well yes, somethings come through, a collaboration of 3 maniacs. But not saying anything else for now. (Read More)
After the Sunday high we've seemed to hit another Monday low.
September 16th - via: kickstarter.com
After the Sunday high we've seemed to hit another Monday low. I've heard the sounds of "we want the fancy toys" and "the ratios of minis are all wrong" and "there are not enough poses" and some more things besides. Some of your comments and requests... (Read More)
Extra add-ons and SG changes
September 13th - via: kickstarter.com
We've gone ahead and took a sledgehammer to the Stretchgoals, we smashed the locks and even added some more things to the now available add-ons. I can imagine you guys are wondering how and why we did this. simple answer, we'll manage, foot the bill... (Read More)
Shipping.
September 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Something that was pointed out to me (thanks!) which I completely forgot to add, EU friendly shipping. We ship from the Netherlands so any EU backer will have that benefit. I will try to ship as friendly as possible to the rest of the world but am... (Read More)
Midway drag.
September 10th - via: kickstarter.com
45% funded! We've been sharing it all over FB, forums and more, giving away tons of free stuff seems to be the thing to do looking at the big companies on KS, something that is almost impossible to do for a small company using Kickstarter the way... (Read More)
What you get in your pledges.
September 8th - via: kickstarter.com
What you see is what you get, the images of the pledges show you how many of what type of miniature you will get. An officer mini x2 means exactly that, 2 officers. a support team image x2 means exactly that, 2 support teams (2x mortar or 2x... (Read More)
And we're back!
September 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi all, it's been quite the "weekend". But we're back and survived. 5 days in and we're at 43%. I can't help mbut think we have to do something to get this train moving faster, much faster. What can we do to help fuel this train? I believe we have... (Read More)
Green stuff
September 5th - via: kickstarter.com
51 backers, 36% funded, not to shabby! As you might have read or heard, I'll be off for about 2 days. Back Saturday night. Got some green stuff to do, aka Royal Dutch reserve army green stuff. Please hold the fort, behave yourselves, share and talk... (Read More)
2 x extra add-on
September 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Alright, 2 add-ons have been added, the bases seemed logical, as May '40 Miniatures (me) choose not to do bases with any of it's miniatures when we started in 2016, I now want to offer you the choice of adding some to your pledge, if you don't need... (Read More)
First 24 hours
September 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi All! The first 24 hours are nearly gone and we're at 32%, you've shared, talked etc etc about the project, thank you!! We've even been mentioned in 2 podcasts. Keep it up!! ;-) What else can we do to speed things along? I'm looking into some extra... (Read More)
Awesome start!
September 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Soooooo........that was quite the busy couple of weeks before getting to this moment, LAUNCH!! I had and still don't know much about what to expect, learning curve is steep. So if there's anything that needs looking into don't hesitate to message me... (Read More)
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