Kickstarters, good or bad?

[barbarian]

You know, he has almost convinced me to sculpt one aztec warrior, just to get him quiet.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Lol !

[sultanbev]

That'll be a no on my 15mm Napoleonic Ghurkas and Tibetans then 

[FierceKitty]

I didn't say a word!

[Leon]

Some interesting examples of the ups and downs of the KS method:

Beyond the Gates of Antares - http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2037958218/beyond-the-gates-of-antares

A Sci-Fi universe project, led by Rick Priestley.  With a £300k goal, 6 weeks in it had reached £100k with only a fortnight to go, and was cancelled yesterday.


Empire of the Dead - Requiem - http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/832150598/empire-of-the-dead-requiem-0

This one is from West Wind, building on their successful Empire of the Dead range, with a plan to add another 80 odd figures.  With a goal of only £5k, it reached it's target within 2 hours, and in it's first day live, is currently on £20k pledged.  There's still 39 days to go, so this one could hit some quite impressive numbers.

[sultanbev]

Minarions have done one for a 1/56 armoured car:
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/hispano-suiza-mc-36-funding-project?c=gallery

but looks to have a short investment period!

Mark

[sebigboss79]

Some interesting examples of the ups and downs of the KS method:

Beyond the Gates of Antares - http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2037958218/beyond-the-gates-of-antares

A Sci-Fi universe project, led by Rick Priestley.  With a £300k goal, 6 weeks in it had reached £100k with only a fortnight to go, and was cancelled yesterday.


Empire of the Dead - Requiem - http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/832150598/empire-of-the-dead-requiem-0

This one is from West Wind, building on their successful Empire of the Dead range, with a plan to add another 80 odd figures.  With a goal of only £5k, it reached it's target within 2 hours, and in it's first day live, is currently on £20k pledged.  There's still 39 days to go, so this one could hit some quite impressive numbers.

You should mention that Gates of Antares FAILED to preview much more than promises and very very few greens and concept art. No money for fancy ideas without stuff to back it up. Big names do not always work.