Annie

yay thank you! There's also LOADS of scenics and critters! Excite!

Hi chums! This is the latest Kickstarter project, expanding our fantasy range this time, and bringing light to the ones we have that might not have been noticed. Along with some super cool female minis, we have some brand new scenics too, and a whole bunch of add on bundles. I'll post more on the lead up, but for now if you're interested, could you click the "notify me" on the pre launch page and it will help the algorithms, and you know algorithms are the new gods! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/badsquiddogames/definitely-not-damsels-28mm-women-warriors-for-ttrpg

ENDS 8PM BST 14TH APRIL Hi Chums! Sorry I left it so late to post, I have been ill the whole Kickstarter! Just scrambling now in the last few hours - despite this though it's going brilliantly! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/badsquiddogames/women-of-ww2-soviet-russia-28mm-miniatures We are close to the last stretch goal now - an adoring fan for our guitar player! Yes you heard that right! Unlocks have been: Winter Tank Riders Pack A Winter Tank Riders Pack B Winter Tank Command Winter Tank Hunters Dzhulbars the Mine Hunting German Shepherd with handler Kneeling Sniper Team in snow suits Lyudmila Pavlichenko Anti Tank Rifle Team Traffic Controllers Winter Advancing Command Dancers Guitarist The Eastern Front is obviously a very grim setting, and whilst fascinating to research, it can get very heavy! This range has a much less jolly feel than the last load of Home Front British miniatures, for obvious reasons (being more front line based) but I wanted to add some endearment in there to make people smile. And when I research these projects, the people definitely make their way into my heart through the memoirs and photographs. So I'd like them to be having a bit of fun. So far we have the accordion player and dancers, and these will fit brilliantly with them to make a nice camp fire diorama (check out our camp fires too!). Cheers all! Annie Bad Squiddo Games Bosslady

7 minutes left! Despatch riders pic :D Girl guides just got unlocked too! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/badsquiddogames/women-of-ww2-british-home-front-28mm-miniatures

Sorry for the late yell, been the busiest month of life...ever! TooFatLardies collaboration - last few hours of my KS for British Home Front. They're working on a FREE supplement with rules and scenarios for all the minis, not just for the women, rules that will fit with your male and existing figures too for Chain of Command. But of course there are many games and eras you can use em in. As well as women there's hero dogs, pigeons and other critters! Bad Squiddo is just me and I've been working my arrrrse off getting this off the ground, so even a cheeky peek and share would be amazing. And thank you everyone who has backed so far, we've made some really incredible things happen. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/badsquiddogames/women-of-ww2-british-home-front-28mm-miniatures

Thanks all! They're all out, keep an eye in your spam folder for the shipping notification. Anyone that has forgot the pledge manager or any other queries pop me an email (I might not see it here) To Murica it can take up to 3 weeks if customs are being funny, but other times like 5 days. [email protected]

ew they unlocked this!

Paintybeard - Curse accepted! The money curse yes? Rats nearly unlocked! I need these for my Jo Brumby critter collection... he sculpted all my guinea pigs, bunnies, kitties.....capybara! So I like supporting people who've worked with me on the other projects they do. Also the Brumby Brothers are some of the nicest fellas around.

Hello! No affiliation, just sharing this as it's a bit of a gem that more people should see! Fenris currently have this cracking Kickstarter on for a bunch of creepy mofos. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thecauldronwarband/fenris-games-the-cauldron-warband There's some really nice stuff, I've backed for a few models and a mug (I drink tea more than I hobby at the moment!) Good one man band to support! :-*

Yussssss thank you! <3

We're in those final hours now, phew, what a ride. With the team all maxed out, I managed to recruit a new one - Paul Muller of GW painting and sculpting fame (now Midblight Miniatures as well as freelance sculptor) He hasn't painted in a long time, being primarily a sculptor now, but he was enthused to break the dry spell with my peegasi, and the spearguard! They look fantastic, let's have a look. PEEGASI WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP! They're painted up in the style of the Bad Squiddo Peegs. They're far less noisy. Pack contains 3 x single piece high quality metal miniatures I then had a play about with them and the Dwarf Wizard I painted, to make a scene where she's reading them all a fairy tale. I can't decide whether this or the vignette is the cutest thing in the hobby. Just a reminder of the scale too, they're pretty big peegs, but it makes them even better. They fit with out existing guinea pig miniatures. Spearguard! Paul also painted this lady, she is cracking. She reminds me a bit of the Night King from GoT, the look of disdain, and like she's raising some fury, but also the Gladiator style "are you not entertained?" Or perhaps, sending some flying monkeys, I mean, flying peegs, to cause some trouble... FINAL FEW HOURS The campaign ends soon, eeeeeeeeeeeee! Everything is unlocked, including the last which is free peeg sprite for all pledges over £15 (regardless of pledge level). If you have a chance, have one less scroll through the main campaign to see if there's anything you've missed, I know many people miss the odd updates, so you may have missed some cool stretch goals. You might want to switch up pledge levels or add extra goodies. Just keep a mental (or jotted down) note of what you want and make sure your pledge is that total amount. Remember you don't need to add shipping yet. Thank you! Cheers Annie

AIIIIIIIII! All the unlocks! Please spare a moment for Alan Marsh and Shane Hoyle, the Bad Squiddo sculptors who were told "Nahhhh we won't need any extra stretch goals" then got calls last weekend of "Hey.... how's it going.... how's those stretchy sculpting hands...." They've been working like beasts to make sure you get pictures before the end of the campaign. Lehana is out the box! All fear her mighty swing! She is added free with pledges #4 and #5, and can be added even more and to other pledges by upping your pledge by £4. Also excitingly... so is the Noogie Vignette! And....wow! Isn't it adorable?! I coloured the dwarf in green so that you can see her clearly in the limbs tangle! I guess this is how that scenario I put in the last update panned out? A SUCCESSFUL MEETING! It makes me so happy to be getting these miniatures into production, and it's because of you! YAY! This is what the tabletop world needs more of hey! I DID SOME PAINTING Wild hey? I finally got some hobby time in.... on my own miniatures! I painted the Wizard, I haven't decided on a name, any suggestion? She's to join my infamous Chaos Gnomes army. I'm biased, but she was a joy to paint! JOHN DID PAINTING TOO! Also spare a thought for John, painting as fast as his weary hands and eyes will allow! He's doing a cracking job as always. He's currently working on the wizard too, I have a sneaky suspicion it will be ever so slightly better than mine. but that's the joy of these minis, you don't need to be a pro to make them look sweeeeeeeeeeeeet! PEEEEEG SPRITE! So the teeny weeny peeg sprite with lil fairy amazon rider was unlocked as a freebie to pledges #4 and #5. It's exclusive to the KS on it's own (only available afterwards with Thea, Amazon Champion). But if we hit £16,000, everyone who pledges at least £15 on the Kickstarter will get one for free. Regardless of pledge level. (This increases the scope of the unlock, pledges #5 and #6 don't get additional!) In honour of this, our artist Martin Whitmore is doing more artwork... of the peeg sprite! This won't be til after the Kickstarter, but will be another cool thing. I may end up putting some more merch stuff in the pledge manager that won't be part of the campaign as such (you've bled me dry with these stretch goals!) but available as add ons. Sugggestions on a post card.. or the comments. I'm thinking MUGS. That's all the artwork from the campaign. Including the peegasus. I also have longer term plans for hte Bad Squiddo art...stay tooned. What to expect tomorrow: Finished painted pictures of the Peegasi! Finished painted picture of the Amazon Spearguard. Me losing my mind spamming the entire internet to remind them it's the last day. Everything unlocked? Big roundups and reminders Something out of the blue An excited video?* An excited video with peegs in it?* *these might be Monday! LAST 24 HOURS Please do scream and shout about this across the internet! As a small company that has it's head screwed on, there is no such thing as overfunded! Any excess will speedup our next projects. I f you see me spamming about, do give it a bump. The internet is a vast void where you have to keep going "arghhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" to be seen. THIS CAMPAIGN IS GOING AMAZING. Thank you! Oh also, I had a sneak peak on Paul Muller's paint bench.... WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP! Catch ya later, peegilators! Annie

Yay! After we announced Kythera yesterday, a whole bunch of pledges came in, and she was unlocked by this morning. FIERCE! So she is available added on free to pledges All-in and Two in the Hand, but may be added to other pledge levels for just £4 per Kythera (yeah I know, some of you are totally adding multiple!) Next stretch goal up is £14,00 for Lehana. She has a flail, she's brutal. We should have a full picture by tomorrow.... and unlock her tomorrow... right...right? Hehe. After that we have the vignette which we SHOULD have a photo of tomorrow also. I think you're gonna get hyped to heck when you see these! YUSSSSSSSS! Photoshoot! I had a bit of a play about in the garden today. A chunk of the painted minis are still with the painter, so I used what I got! It was nice to see them in a setting, and alongside each other. First up is Agna. I felt she needed a new picture as the current one doesn't do her as much justice. She is an existing Bad Squiddo miniature that can be added to any pledge for £4. She was our first ever dwarf, sculpted by the same sculptor - Shane Hoyle - and fits in perfect with the rest. Their Dark Norse Berserker cousin. She would make such a good strike team with Kythera, her left hand (that you can't see) has some swish claws on too. Shown with flowers....because. Not enough flowers in this KS. This is two of the existing Amazons (Available as add ons - Rania £4 and one of the Amazon Fighters £10) having a chat with our Dwarf Captain. She's not looking impressed, she wants to talk to the main person in charge, not these lieutenants. They've been keeping stern but resigned to the fact that peace will not be made soon. And finally...for now.. (I had a whole photoshoot!) Our monk throwing her staff for the pupper! This is a different angle of her showing off some of the intricate sculpting of her hairdo. There are so many details in the miniatures it's hard to show it all off sometimes. Who's a good boy.... who's a good boy.....! rufffffffff! I hope you enjoyed this latest batch of silliness. I'll put up some more of my flowery photoshoot tomorrow! It was fun! More pro paint jobs I JUST received pictures from painter John Morris of the latest paintings. The first of the new Amazons. NICE HEY! We went for red because of our emails back and forth last week that pretty much said "SPARTAAAAAAAAA!". The lady on the far right isn't at the best angle, but that's what I've got so far, I can assure you she is not blue! I kept the faded pic of the sculpt so you can see her expression. Ferocious. The lady on the far left should be finished up tomorrow and in the next update for you. That's all for now! We were going to do a live paintalong of the Peegasus tonight but due to being a bit behind with other Bad Squiddo chores (so much for one person!), I'm not going to. There may be one Saturday, but I will make sure I get that wizard finished, and some peegasus painted and photographed for you. Thank you everyone who has been sharing posts around the internet. Keep an eye on the Facebook and if you can share posts to relevant groups it will really help smash those last stretch goals. Right, back to my chores...... (starting with the Newsletter - might see you there!) Anniiiiiie! Gregor has hay cookies if you has coin.

YAAAY! Thank you! Kythera is almost unlocked too, can't wait!

Hooray! The peeg sprite is unlocked! It's a baby guinea pig with a little fairy rider. It is SO SMALL! If you were at the Bad Squiddo meet up at UK Games Expo, please do comment below on HOW TEENY AND PRECIOUS IT IS! It comes in a pack with Thea, but for the KS only it will be on it's own. One for every pledge of #4 and #5. Don't worry, at £13,500 it will be added to pledge level #2 and #3 as well. WHEEEEEEEEEEP! Now... A NEW SCULPT! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! We weren't going to, but what the heck. These new stretch goals are auto added (for free!) to pledge #4 and #5, but like the others, can be added by anyone for the amount shown on the image. Kythera is a dwarf barbarian who uses sharpened bones fashioned into mitts for mega close combat damage. A tank that does not shy away from getting stuck in... literally. Lots of people have been asking for a dwarf with a beard, and I was uncomfortable of doing it for the novelty value or to fit someone else's fluff. However, some women do have beards, and we are all for representation, so I found a way to meet in the middle. Kythera is based on.....Kythera, a customer and friend (and great painter - check out her work here!) who has outstanding facial hair, not too far off a famous wolverine based character. So she will now be immortalised (hopefully, if we unlock her!) in metal forever, in her LARP gear and suitable weaponry. She said it was awesome so long as she gets to paint the box art...........deal! The sculpt is almost finished, pretty much needs her base and a bone sharpen once the putty is dry, there will be more pictures then. I am so happy with the sculpt, real menacing! Sharper images to come, the sculpt is 95% finished, some tweaks to be done. We also have a sneak peak at the unlock to follow... Lehana, Amazon Champion She's in a dynamic pose with a kickass flail. Shane is still finishing her off and hey, give you a little bit and keep you wanting more right, can't show it all at once! Rest assured she is the baddest of asses. AND THEN....! Yes three brand new sculpts!... Kind of! Almost four! This last one is.... an Amazon giving a noogie to a Dwarf. If this doesn't translate well to other languages... a noogie is basically where you put someone in a headlock and rub your knuckles on their head. Typing it makes it sound strange... here's an example! Around the 1.18 mark! Alan Marsh is working on them as we speak.....well... depending on what time you read this anyway, he might be sleeping. Alan sculpted the vignettes for Freyja's Wrath and you can guarantee this will be AMAZING. No Pressure Alan. Hooray for more stretch goals! So three more stretch goals.... kaboom! The pledge levels #4 and #5 just got even better value for money. Because the KS is going so well, I think you're ace, and well, we all want more amazing dwarves and amazons. Don't worry if you're in a different pledge level, you can still add these to your pledges. If you head to "manage your pledge" you can increase by whatever you like, or even change pledge levels. Make sure to check out the add ons from the existing range too as there are three more amazons and one more dwarf in there, and a cool bundle for selecting a nice chunk of extra complimentary figures. The same with the excellent terrain, all sculpted by Ristul. For sizing and extra information on the latter, check here. Anything you add to your pledge at this stage rather than afterwards at the pledge manager will help unlock those lovely new things. POCKET PEEG! I mentioned in the last update that you need to see the pocket peeg, and now I have a picture, yay! So the ranger has both a shoulder peeg (guinea pig) sidekick, as well as another pocket peeg in her bag to aid with the reloading. What a champ! This is definitely one of my favourite packs. pocket peeg! LIVE PAINTING I was streaming live last night painting the wizard. It was a whole bunch of fun, you can rewatch it here! It goes on a bit so it's good background, or you could just skim through! I didn't finish her but got to a good point of undercoated and inked. I'll be finishing her tomorrow night (6th June), time TBA but around 7pm. As well as painting the peegasus, do come along! That's all for now Back to all the other 8 million things I need to do, thanks for reading! I've updated the main page with unlocks and bits too, check it out! Thank you so much Annie

live thingy, I'll be painting a dorf and chatting here at 20:15 GMT! https://www.facebook.com/TheDiceBagLady/

Some sneak peaks of some cracking new stretch goals! Should have some more pictures by this evening. Also, I should be live streaming painting one of the dwarfs tonight from Kickstarter LIVE, do come along! (8pm is the plan!) https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/badsquiddogames/amazons-and-dwarves-quality-28mm-female-miniatures

New update, with more stretch goals added.... including a....noogie! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/badsquiddogames/amazons-and-dwarves-quality-28mm-female-miniatures/posts/2526131 and the Ranger is painted!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/badsquiddogames/amazons-and-dwarves-quality-28mm-female-miniatures Apologies for the quiet, I've been working at UK Games EXPO in Birmingham, 3 days of super hard work. There's one more day left, I'm typing this from the hotel before I head back there for the final day, so if you're there and haven't come over yet, here's the map, we're on Sarissa Precision's stand. So since the last update..... We unlocked Norbert! So he's automatically added to the All-in pledges (and two for the....two of everything pledge) and anyone else can add him for £8. He's a delightful little scamp, with his garlic, beers, sleeping bag, cardigan, keg..... THEN! ...THEN! We unlocked STICKERS! More Martin Whitmore delights! If you want any extra, just increase your pledge by £1 (and in the pledge manager you can let us know which ones you want) AND THEN............. (I know, I meant to update last night and the night before, but I pretty much fell into the hotel bed) PEEGASUS! IT'S HAPPENING! PEEGASUS! Same with the others, if you're not in an all in pledge you can add these for £8 by clicking the "manage your pledge" button. Or if you are in Pledge #4 or #5 and want.....more.... you can add them the same way. Everyone needs more, they're the best thing to ever grace the tabletop world. Not biased of course. I've been showing everyone at Expo my lil inked peegasus, it's amazing. Many excite! WHAT'S NEXT? The peeg sprite that comes with Thea, Amazon captain, will be added to pledges. Starting at #4 and #5 for the £12,000 mark, but subsequent stretches will roll out to basically everyone getting one. These can't be bought as add ons and will only be available post Kickstarter in the pack with Thea. I had a cast out at the Bad Squiddo Beers meet up and the "awwwwwwwwwwwww" was immense. So smol! And with such a dinky lil rider! Eeeee! Then.... we have another stretch goal. You will be able to see it before the campaign ends, it's being sculpted right now...... It has an Amazon AND a Dwarf in it! More info to come on that, but it is going to be....hamazing. INTERACTIVE STUFFS I did a little impromptu live video on Facebook the other day just showing off some casts and inking them up so you can see the detail better. There's some cool backstory on Norbert that emerges! https://www.facebook.com/TheDiceBagLady/videos/303294043879685/ In the coming week I'll be doing more live/interactive videos, such as painting some peegasus. I might try Kickstarter LIVE, even though it's been pretty terrible before, I think it was mostly the fault of the connection at my old place. I reckon we meet at KS Live, then if it all goes to pot we can jump over to Kickstarter. Good plan? I'll let you know in advance, it'll be an evening in UK time, and you'll be able to catch it later on too in case you miss it. Once I'm back from the EXPO I'll be back on more regular updates and show offs and posts and all that! It's just been super hard as I've been glued to the stand. Apart from Bad Squiddo beers, our annual meet up, which was a hoot as always! The place was super crowded and we couldn't fit everyone in shot, but here's a chunk! I was passing around a load of master casts, and THEY ALL CAME BACK! HOORAY! And nobody dropped the tiny sprite! Right I better get up and off to this EXPO. See you soon, and keep telling your friends! Annie

It's about time I joined! Thank you so much for sharing the Kickstarter, and good to see such great feedback! It's exciting! We unlocked Norbert the pony earlier too! :D