LA MARINE: 28mm French Soldiers for the French & Indian War
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Compagnies Franches de la Marine. 28mm French & Indian War miniatures, regular soldiers recruited in France for colonial service.
Backers: 102
Average Pledge Per Backer: £109
Funded: £11,068 of £3,300
Dates: Jul 3rd -> Aug 2nd (30 days)
Project By: Galloping Major
Backers: 102
Average Pledge Per Backer: £109
Funded: £11,068 of £3,300
Dates: Jul 3rd -> Aug 2nd (30 days)
Project By: Galloping Major
£11,068
current pledge level
Last Updated: August 2 @ 07:10 -0400 GMT
335%
of goal
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Latest News
Stretch Goals and add-ons 
July 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello everyone, We’re not very far from our second stretch goal now and only 4 days to go, but things are moving slowly. It occurs to me that I could have made the information a little easier to access regarding stretch goal packs and add-ons, in... (Read More)
Free figure for stretch goal 2 pledges
July 27th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello folks, Here is a quick concept sketch of the figure I'll be sculpting to accompany pledges of 4 packs or more from Stretch Goal 2. He is a Compagnies Franches officer in capote and mitasses. As there is no command pack planned for the La Marine... (Read More)
Add-on
July 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello folks, As with our previous Kickstarter project "Redcoats", we're releasing a T-shirt as an add-on for "La Marine". The T-shirt will be silk screen printed in blue onto an "ash" coloured Gildan heavy cotton T (99% cotton, 1% polyester). ... (Read More)
Jason W Jones' what's next discussion point - comments welcome.
July 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Hello All, Many thanks for all the support to date, just £1334 and 11 days to go to hit that stretch goal. Jason's comment: "Hi Lance, Do you have any ideas on what you are going to work on next? Just asking as an conversation starter" (which turns... (Read More)
Stretch Goal 2
July 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks again everyone for getting us through stretch goal one. I was far from certain that we would get there, but had in mind a couple of packs to create for a second stretch goal if that came about; reading and taking note of a couple of comments... (Read More)
Free figure with stretch goal
July 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello all, sorry to be a little late posting this one, here is my concept sketch for the figure which will go out free with all pledges of 4 packs or more of the stretch goal La Marine in coats - a Canadian militiaman scout. Re Argeave's suggestion... (Read More)
More concept sketches
July 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello all, just a few more of my sketches for this project. Above: three more concept sketches for the Compagnies Franches de la Marine in small clothes. Left is the drummer for command pack FIW FCF6 (drummers wore red veste and breeches instead of... (Read More)
A little inspiration
July 13th - via: kickstarter.com
A little inspiration for painting the Compagnies Franches de la Marine in coats as featured in our stretch goal. Left to right (above) officer, drummer, private soldier. The soldier's cartridge box is the giberne (shoulder-slung box), which like the... (Read More)
Stretch goal info
July 7th - via: kickstarter.com
We reached our target within 24 hours - en avant! This information is better organised than that of yesterday - and includes a pretty picture. This has now been added to the main project story. llustration for uniform style only by the great Eugene... (Read More)
First stretch goal: £7000
July 6th - via: kickstarter.com
For our first stretch goal for this project, we'll be targeting the Compagnies Franches de la Marine in battalion firing line with regimental coats over their small clothes and carrying ammunition in the shoulder slung giberne, instead of the waist... (Read More)
Some more concept sketches for La Marine
July 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Just a couple of concept sketches for "La Marine"; above, one for pack FIW FCF2 (rear) and one for FIW FCF1. Below one for each pack FIW FCF4 & 5 - these two show the general appearance of Compagnies Franches in "small clothes": blue sleeved... (Read More)
First target hit in under a day!
July 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Well done folks, a massive thank you to each of you for getting this one off the ground. I'll announce a stretch goal target shortly :-) Lance (Read More)
6 figures per pack
July 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Hello all, Thanks for your support so far getting us off to a great start. One thing I forgot to make clear is that there are 6 different figures in each pack, I've added that below the list of packs in the text. Sorry for any confusion caused, Lance... (Read More)
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