First to Fight: USMC 1942-1945 Vol 1 Guadalcanal Campaign
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United States Marine Corps figures, vehicles, and terrain for the Guadalcanal Campaign
Backers: 368
Average Pledge Per Backer: $124
Funded: $45,464 of $3,000
Dates: Jun 1st -> Jun 18th (17 days)
Project By: Studio Historia
Backers: 368
Average Pledge Per Backer: $124
Funded: $45,464 of $3,000
Dates: Jun 1st -> Jun 18th (17 days)
Project By: Studio Historia
$45,464
current pledge level
Last Updated: June 18 @ 09:02 -0400 GMT
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of goal
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Latest News
General Rupertus Joins the fight! 50 more shares unlocks all the Social Stretchgoals! 
June 17th - via: kickstarter.com
General Rupertus Joins the Kickstarter! Congratulations! Great push in the last few hours. Rupertus is unlocked and that just leave the last fifty share needed to unlock Medal of Honor winner Kenneth Bailey and the bonus figure for unlocking... (Read More)
General Alexander Vandegrift Joins his Marines!
June 17th - via: kickstarter.com
General Alexander Vandegrift Unlocked! Great work on unlocking Vandegrift! The 1st Marine Division Commander was one of the few Marines to have recieved a Medal of Honor on Guadalcanal. He joins Basilone and Mitchell Paige from our Social... (Read More)
Big Social Stretchgoal Push; Army Squad 1 & 2 Preview Video and Photos
June 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Backers are close to unlocking their Marine's Division Commander! We are just a bit over a day left before we come to the end of the campaign. There's still plenty of time reach the last 3 Social Stretchgoals and the Bonus Social Stretchgoal. 1... (Read More)
Peaches for You! Engineers! Army 75mm Crew! And a Chape! Social Update
June 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Robert "Peaches" Leckie Unlocked Robert Leckie on the left. Dysentery and Malaria wreaked havoc on the men serving in the Pacific and Burma campaigns. Congratulations backers have unlocked the very tasteful depiction of a very common issue in... (Read More)
RXK Brings their 155mm Long Tom to the Campaign! 40mm Bofors Unlocked!
June 15th - via: kickstarter.com
RKX Collaboration: 155mm Long Tom Gun with Studio Historia USMC Crew! We have another fantastic collaboration to announce! Our friends at RKX Miniatures and Studio Historia are bringing the 155mm Long Tom to Guadalcanal! Their amazing sculpt of the... (Read More)
Night Sky Miniatures Collaboration Add-On: M3 75mm GMC Half Track
June 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Night Sky Miniatures Collaboration Announcement We are happy to announce another collaboration with Night Sky Miniatures to bring the M3 75mm GMC Half Track to the First to Fight USMC Guadalcanal Campaign. The vehicle will be sculpted by Night Sky... (Read More)
Big Truck Unlock! International Harvest M 5H-6 to transports your Marines!
June 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Big Truck Unlock! With the $37,000 level conquered, the International Harvest M 5H-6 is unlocked! This truck served in the same role as the CCKW 2.5 did for the US Army. Rugged and dependable, these trucks were workhorses for the Marines in the... (Read More)
Crocs, Truck, and Army Mortar!
June 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Estuarine Crocodiles Unlocked! Look at that happy smile. Being unlocked does that. Amazing job pushed through to unlock the Crocs! This was a fun social stretchgoal that we really wanted to unlock. It gives you two land crocs and two waterline... (Read More)
Social Stretchgoals Revealed! Army Arrives! Paramarines Unlocked! International Harvest
June 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Social Stretchgoal Push We have just unlocked the 250 Shares and that means you get the Padre of Guadalcanal, Father Frederic Gehring. Next up is the Crocodiles! That being said, we have a community challenge: If everybody can share any of the linked... (Read More)
Seabees and Paramarines Arrive! Sir Jacob Vouza Joins the Fray!
June 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Seabees Unlocked! Seabees operating D7 Caterpillars At $30,000 four Seabee construction team members have joined the Henderson Field Pack's two D7 Caterpillars. The Seabees will be sculpted doing construction work. Also unlocked as a bonus gift to... (Read More)
Biggest of Big Guns Unlocked; Carlson Joins his Raiders
June 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Bring out the Big Guns Results: M1918 155mm Howitzer Stunning Reversal: M1918 155mm wins! In a stunning reversal, the M1918 155mm Howitzer surged past the M2A1 105mm Howitzer. The M1918 155mm Howitzer is added to your stretchgoals and the M2A1 105mm... (Read More)
M2 Water-cooled MG Unlocked; The Army's Here Boys!; Third Shareable Post on Facebook
June 7th - via: kickstarter.com
M2 Water-Cooled MG Unlocked! M2 50 Cal MG crewed by Australians and US personnel in the Solomon Islands. This beast of a machinegun is the watercooled variant of the better known M2 air-cooled 50 caliber machinegun still used today. The... (Read More)
Boys AT Gun Team Unlocked!
June 6th - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)
Digital Add On Tutorial
June 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Step by Step Guide on add-ons Since Kickstarter is a bit unintuitive on their add-on system, we thought it might help if we walked you through how to do the digital add-ons. If you would like to add-on the Henderson Field, Makin Raid, Backer Choice... (Read More)
Ragged Marines; Crocodiles; and more!
June 5th - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)
Guns, Guns, Guns
June 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Guns in the Jungle Results....75mm Pack Gun Unlocked! 163 Backers have made their voice known! 75mm Pack Gun wins with 65.6%. The M1 37mm AA Gun will be available as an add-on. The winner! 75mm Pack Gun The 75mm Pack gun will be added to all digital... (Read More)
Preview of the Social Stretchgoals
June 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Social Stretchgoal Road Map We've previewed the first five social stretchgoals, but we have ten in total that are unlockable. These are historical figures and fun pieces that we enjoy sculpting. It lets us make unique models for our backers and it... (Read More)
M3 37mm AT Gun Showcase; Guns in the Jungle Vote Tally; Ms. Margaret
June 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
The M3 37mm AT Gun While the 37mm AT Gun would be less effective in the European theater, the Marines put them to good use in the Pacific. At Guadalcanal, the guns were employed less for anti-tank, but anti-personnel roles. At the Battle of Alligator... (Read More)
Makin Island Raid!
June 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Makin Island Raid Add-On Unlocked! Like the Raiders themselves striking hard and fast, this add-on goal unlocked quicker than expected. You'll need an HTML5 capable browser to see this content. Play Replay with sound Play with sound 00:00 00:00... (Read More)
Raiders Arrive! Basilone is Ready to Fight. Democracy! 2nd Backer's Choice! Vote Now
June 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
2nd Raiders Arrive! With the $17,000 and $18,000 level goals unlocked the full 2nd Raider squad is unlocked. The 2nd Raider differed from the 1st Raider Battalion in their squad composition and fighting style. Evans Carlson modelled the 2nd Battalion... (Read More)
Ride in Style Results!
June 1st - via: kickstarter.com
LVT-1 AMTRAC (Winner!) Final Results With an overwhelming 67% of the vote, the AMTRAC won the backer's choice to be added to the stretchgoals. If you want the LCVP Higgins Boat, fear not, it's available as an add-on. Digital Add-on is active in the... (Read More)
Backer Choice and the M1 81mm Mortar Preview
June 1st - via: kickstarter.com
Ride in Style (Backer's Choice) We have a backers choice stretchgoal coming up at $15,000. You the backer have the power on deciding which model will go into the stretchgoals and which one will become an add-on. We keep the voting open till the... (Read More)
Wow! Great start!
June 1st - via: kickstarter.com
First to Fight Funded! Chesty would approve how you stormed the stretchgoals on this campaign! Three hours in and we're funded and already unlocked multiple stretchgoals. We're really excited about unlocking more of these goals so you can play... (Read More)
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