And we are done! Finally! :)
5 days ago
– Sat, Sep 07, 2024 at 09:15:57 AM
Exalted pilgrims!
We’re thrilled to let you know that the last of the pledges have now been sent out and all outstanding rewards should arrive within the next 1–2 weeks, depending on your location. We are incredibly grateful to each and every one of you for your tremendous patience, support and belief in our project!
Your backing has meant the world to us and we cannot express how humbled we are by the dedication, kindness (and patience!) you’ve shown throughout this campaign. This Kickstarter would not have been possible without your trust and we sincerely hope you enjoy your miniatures!
We’re excited for what’s next and look forward to sharing news of the upcoming Trench Crusade game, with an announcement coming imminently…
Any issues or questions, drop us a message anytime. Thank you once again and we hope to see you there for the next adventure!
With heartfelt gratitude, love and respect,
Mike, James and Tuomas
https://www.trenchcrusade.com/
Super quick update folks!
about 1 month ago
– Tue, Jul 30, 2024 at 05:22:17 AM
Super quick update folks!
The vast majority of backers have now been shipped – many thanks for your patience! More life turbulence at my end I am afraid, so I’m still packing and shipping the last few. My sincerest apologies for those still waiting!
Please message me with any queries and I will respond as soon as I can (although please bear with me – I have been pretty inundated so may not be able to reply as quickly as I would like, although I will definitely get back to you)!
All the best you legendary people. Your fortitude throughout has been incredible and truly appreciated. With luck my next update will be confirming everything has been sent out! :)
Cheers,
James
Almost there...
2 months ago
– Mon, Jul 01, 2024 at 12:42:46 PM
Blessed pilgrims,
I've been battling through the chaos of the warehouse (a.k.a. my living room/my parents' garage) and am making real headway! Many of you will have received yours by now, many more are on the way and the rest are being packed as we speak. I hope to have the last parcel out of the door in the next two weeks! Then I might lie down for a bit of a rest...
Address changes and general queries
As per the last update, if you have moved/are planning to move soon, please drop me a message and (if I haven't already sent yours) I can update your address for you, since BackerKit is closed so you won’t be able to do this yourself. I appreciate that because this has taken longer than anticipated, some of you may have moved to a new home.
Please also feel free to message me if you have any other queries at all. I may not be able to reply the same day, but I will get back to you!
Thanks again for your incredible support, kindness and patience you have shown. You are all super awesome!
All the best,
James
Sitrep from the trenches
4 months ago
– Wed, May 29, 2024 at 01:41:21 AM
Blessed pilgrims,
Sorry this update is a bit later than usual – it’s pretty full-on here at the moment… so no change there! I have to be honest with everyone; I’ve been struggling physically and emotionally recently.
Fulfilment is ongoing but is still slow I am afraid. I really wanted to have everything out by the end of this month, but unfortunately that won’t be possible. Between work, family crisis, cost of living… it’s all taken a toll. I have several hundred left to send out so fulfilment is going to go into June now, which is really disappointing I know and is adding to the stress. I’m working every day, in those hours available to me whether day or night, but it’s impossible to have any real structure to my workflow right now due to other things going on at home. It’s a perfect storm. I’m naturally a positive, glass-half-full kinda guy, but I am finding it a bit harder to remain quite as jovial these days.
Lessons have been learnt on this journey – in future the manufacturer will be doing all the checking, sorting, bagging and packing (which is unbelievably time consuming. To give you a rough idea, it takes on average 10 minutes to pack a single order, due to the sorting, checking, bagging of tiny parts, bases, box making, label printing, customs form filling… multiply that by more than 2500 orders and you get a rough idea of what I've been up against). I am getting more help in June which is much needed as I am kinda running on fumes right now.
All these delays have also pushed back other projects (and meant I’ve missed out on work) which are compounding matters for me. And home life really isn’t great right now. Worst first half of the year since lockdowns in 2020.
But please rest assured that I am working as hard as I can and will be getting all pledges out. It is just taking a lot longer than I anticipated. I can only apologise from the bottom of my heart for all the delays.
Address changes and general queries
If you have moved/are planning to move soon, please drop me a message and I can update your address for you, since BackerKit is closed so you won’t be able to do this yourself. I appreciate that because this has taken longer than anticipated, some of you may have moved to a new home. Please also feel free to message me if you have any other queries at all. I may not be able to reply the same day, but I will get back to you!
Thanks again for being so amazing. I am so grateful for all the messages of support.
All the best,
James
A little token of our appreciation
5 months ago
– Thu, Apr 25, 2024 at 08:43:54 AM
Greetings pilgrims!
I hope you are all well. Just a quick update to say a couple of things:
1. Fulfilment is ongoing
2. Latest version of the Trench Crusade play test rules
3. A small token of our gratitude to our amazing, super patient backers!
Fulfilment
Things are still difficult here (please see last update) but I am steadily working through fulfilling all outstanding pledges. Please be assured that, if you have yet to receive yours, it will be on its way soon! Thank you again for bearing with me during a pretty tough time. :)
Play test rules
Tuomas has recently updated the latest version (v1.3.2) of the Trench Crusade play test rules (Kickstarter for the skirmish game is due later in the year). If you want to give it a go, feel free to download the rules here:
https://www.trenchcrusade.com/playtest-rules
A small token of our appreciation to our backers
Since you have all been so incredibly patient and understanding, sending many messages of support (sorry I could not reply to all of them!), we at Trench HQ thought it would be nice to give you a little something. I sculpted a female version of the Communicant Anti-Tank Hunter and you can download the STL for free here:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/5rkhh07crgsmix0dp758z/AI_Qu__48GrW9J6cPOaD06s?rlkey=4q9zis6ftkwl1936jpvu0tdkt&st=o5zgbs83&dl=0
You will find a supported and unsupported version, as well as the .LYS Lychee Slicer file if you wanted to tinker with supports/printer settings yourself. Apologies that this perhaps isn't of much use to folks without printers!
As always, a huge thank you from all of us for being such amazing backers!
Until next time,
James
