Infantry Support Weapons Kickstarter Ends in 4 Hours!

The Wheeled Self-Propelled Platform is unlocked! Now how about the Tracked Version? 

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/649754189/steampunk-infantry-support-weapons-28mm-miniatures/

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/649754189/steampunk-infantry-support-weapons-28mm-miniatures/

28mm Infantry Support Weapons Kickstarter - ENDS SUNDAY!

Thanks to some amazing support from our backers, Curious Constructs and Zinge Industries latest Kickstarter has been a fantastic success so far with eleven new weapons and auxilary options funded for the static platform. These include the Heavy Caliber Machine Gun, Cannon, Mortar, Rocket Launcher, Flac Cannon, Barrage Balloon Anchor, Multi-Mortar, Multiple Missile Launcher, Doomsday Rocket, Searchlight and Flame Cannon, not to mention several more esoteric options!

We're not done yet though, with just hours left we've still got more Stretch Goals locked including the three Self-Propelled alternate platforms, a Wheeled version, a Tracked version, and a Legged variant!

It's not too late to get on board, check out the campaign page below!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/649754189/steampunk-infantry-support-weapons-28mm-miniatures

Alternative Self Propelled Platforms (LOCKED)

Doomsday Rocket & Multiple Missile Launcher Concepts (FUNDED)

Multi-Mortar & Barrage Balloon Anchor Concepts (FUNDED)

Flame Cannon & Searchlight Concepts (FUNDED)

Flac Cannon Work in Progress (FUNDED) 

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/649754189/steampunk-infantry-support-weapons-28mm-miniatures

28mm Infantry Support Weapons Kickstarter - NOW LIVE!

Curious Constructs and our partners at Zinge Industries are very pleased to announce the start of our second Kickstarter campaign!

This time, with your help, we are going to put into production a 28mm Weapons Platform and four brand new Steampunk inspired Heavy Weapons, a Heavy Caliber Machine Gun, Rocket Launcher, Mortar and Cannon. All of these have been designed by Kit Burrows of Zinge Industries, a highly regarded 3D designer with an extensive portfolio of work.

Whichever of these options you prefer, this multi-part kit, which will be cast in high quality resin offers huge potential for customisation! In fact, all the new parts are fully compatible with the existing Field Artillery kits which were the result of last years Kickstarter campaign giving you yet more options.

If we exceed our funding target we’ll be adding further options as stretch goals, including more weapons, platforms and other accessories. We’ve got lots of ideas – and we do mean LOTS! Some are more esoteric then others – don’t get Gareth from Zinge Industries started on the subjects of Pigeons and Squirrels…. However, we also want to know what you’d like to see! This Kickstarter is very much a living project and as much as possible we will be driven by what you would like us to produce!

Check out the Kickstarter campaign at,

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/649754189/steampunk-infantry-support-weapons-28mm-miniatures

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Curious Constructs Lasercannon

Hiya folks,

Finally had a little hobby time tonight, result, I've assembled one of the new Curious Constructs Lasercannons - still needs a little tidying, and to get the rest of the weapons cleaned up! Pretty chuffed!

In a word, manic! Kirton Games and the Kickstarter Conclusion!

Hiya Folks,

Well well well its been a little while since I’ve posted, with one thing and another I’ve been insanely busy and not lifted a paint brush in a while! The reason for that is two fold really, so let me tell you a little bit about what I’ve been up to.

First of all, alongside my closest friends Tim & James I’m now running a Brick & Mortar Gaming Store! It’s all been a little bit crazy really how it happened all of a sudden, though I will add I’m not quite crazy enough that this is becoming my day job! I’m still working full time in my previous employment despite the manic number of hours both take up. We’re running Kirton Games (which officially trades as Curious Constructs) in a part time capacity open in the evenings and at weekends. It’s a rather small, but perfectly formed(!) store which can be found in my hometown of Crediton in a shopping arcade called the Creedy Center.

We've started off by stocking what we know, Games Workshop, we carry a small permanent stock of 40k, Warhammer and the Lord of the Rings, but we’re currently expanding this, and should also be carrying Warmahordes, Magic: The Gathering and Flames of War amongst others. Though our held stock is small we do have the facility to order in almost anything that a gamer might want through our suppliers.

We’re currently offering a minimum 5% discount on all products in store, with 10% discount for members of local clubs as we aim to help grow the hobby in mid-devon. That said, we do of course have the nearly mandatory webstore which is coming together slowly – our push was to get the store up and running, so this has taken a little bit of a back seat! At present a good portion of the GW range we have available to us is uploaded, with more still to come, pictures are something we still need to work on though especially. No small challenge as GW trade does not permit you to use their own stock images, so we’ve got to take our own! We’d of course welcome your support, not to mention your custom online as we start out, every purchase counts at the moment no matter how small! And as a little incentive all of those who register on the webstore will be entered into a draw to win a £5.00 gift voucher. The draw takes place on December 25th.

You can find the webstore at,

http://www.kirtongames.com

Of course that all said, it would be great of course to see any of you in the store sometime if your local (and I know some of you are!), we do have a full size 6x4ft gaming table, custom designed and built by James with a bit help, which is free for anyone to use during our opening hours, so please drop in and say hi!

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Thursday	16:00-21:00
Friday	16:00-19:00
Saturday	09:00-16:00
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There’s a lot of avenues open to us, and a lot of things being discussed still, its early days, but please do watch this space as I’m sure I’ll be charting our progress!

Of course the other thing which has been eating up my time was the Kickstarter, though this finished its funding period all the way back in May it has only just actually completed! The Kickstarter you may remember went absolutely crazy, I asked for £600 to fund a Steampunk themed Anti-Tank Lasercannon, instead the final total was a massive £7295!

This saw all the stretch goals funded and required a massive amount of production, well over 1500 sprues to be delivered to nearly 140 people, quite an epic for me!

There was a short delay in the design phase as the last of the kits were finalised, this included the late addition of the Multiple Rocket Launcher and Mule LSV. While everything went well initially in the casting, delays quickly started to creep in pushing back the first shipments by over a month, the second shipment was further delayed, and by the time of the third I made the decision to switch to a new caster in the face of delays and a number of casting issues. Of course switching casters in itself also pushed things back a little further, but finally I dispatched the last kits last week, many of which I now know to have arrived.

So at last, all the Kickstarter funded products have now finally reached the Curious Constructs webstore (yes, for now this remains separate to the Kirton Games store due to a number of rather unexciting reasons!). Anyway, if you missed out on the original Kickstarter, now is your chance to get hold of these kits which include the Field Artillery Kit (comprising of a Carriage, Lasercannon, Gatling Cannon, Tesla Cannon and Autocannon), Multiple Rocket Launcher Kit (comprising a Carriage and the Nebelwerfer), Gun Carriage kit, Rocket Launcher, Mule LSV, Artillery Crew and Bombardier. There are also discounted sets of multiple kits. I'll go into more details and singing and dancing surrounding these as soon as I can actually get around to assembling some!

You can find them on sale on the Curious Constructs webstore at,

http://www.curiousconstructs.co.uk

Right, back to work now anyway! More soon!

Kickstarter Ends in 7 Hours!

One last image dump, and then I do promise something other then renders! But the Kickstarter ends today!

Gatling Cannon

Tesla Cannon Work in Progress

Curious Constructs Kickstarter - LAST DAY!

The final 24 hours has arrived, this is your last chance to get involved on the project and to get your hands on these with kickstarter pricing and early, the kickstarter page is, http://kck.st/XXoCux

Just in time for final day, some more renders!

The almost completed Autocannon,

and a very cool firing animation!

And at last, the finished Gatling Cannon design!

Curious Constructs - Kickstarter Updates 30/4

A few more updates on the Curious Constructs Kickstarter, first up a work in progress shot of the Tesla Cannon.

Secondly, the work in progress Autocannon.

Finally, we've added a final stretch goal, one last push to add a final weapon, though to keep it viable this one will be an extra addition pledgers will need to add to their pledge. It is still work in progress, but here is the Multiple Rocket Launcher!

Curious Constructs - Anti-Tank Laser Kickstarter - Update 26/4

This little update should speak for itself really, if you've not seen it already here are the master prints of the Anti-Tank Lasercannon!

If you'd like to get your hands on one or more of these, along with all the extra unlocked weapons for FREE, including a Gatling Gun, Autocannon, Tesla Cannon and Rocket Launcher (pictured below) there are less then 9 days left to do so!

Back the Kickstarter HERE

 

Curious Constructs - 28mm Anti-Tank Lasercannon Kickstarter Update 2

Just another quick update, we're starting to preview the stretch goals as we fight to catch up with the overwhelming response, having unexpectedly hit over 400% funding in just four days. I've now posted up the concept sketch of our Gatling Cannon, and an early work in progress render of the Autocannon.

The concept for the Autocannon is a double barrelled cannon which is crossed with a piston. As the wheel turns the barrels move in and out loading and ejecting shells as they go, this essentially just shows that mechanism. We'd welcome feedback on this design as its still in the early stages.

As a result of the unexpected demand, we've capped our earlier pledges which have now nearly been entirely filled, and opened up some new ones which are also filling rapidly, so if you'd like to get in on the kickstarter, sooner is probably better then later! We've also made the difficult decision to not add further stretch goals until we're ready to deliver on our existing promisses. We'd rather deliver everything on schedule then keeping adding more! That said though, I'm confident we'll catch up ahead of the campaigns conclusion and we have plans to add what we're calling the 'Gatling Mortar', additional crew, accessories, and hopefully more!

Once again, thankyou to everyone who has supported us so far!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/649754189/28mm-steampunk-inspired-heavy-weapons-and-carriage