The Barons' War 4 - Outremer (The Crusader States)
Created by Andy Hobday & Paul Hicks
New, highly-detailed, 28mm medieval miniatures, terrain and retinue lists taking the award-winning The Barons' War to a new setting.
Latest Updates from Our Project:
All Outremer Completed Pledges Have Left Footsore Miniatures & Games!
almost 2 years ago
– Wed, Feb 15, 2023 at 06:54:00 AM
I am delighted to say that all pledges submitted to Footsore Miniatures & Games have been collected by courier or Royal Mail. All backers who completed their pledge have had it dispatched.
With EU orders starting to leave last week, many should have already begun to arrive. If you have not received your pledge, please be patient, as all packages are now in the mailing system.
EU PLEDGES
We want to thank our EU backers for your patience and for giving us the time and space to resolve the delivery issues caused by Royal Mail.
If you backed BW4: Outremer and waiting for your pledge to be delivered to the EU, please let me assure you that every attempt has been made to send it IOSS, which means VAT and duty has been paid. If, however, you encounter an issue with this, don't hesitate to get in touch with Footsore Miniatures & Games using their email address [email protected] with the order number (it will be FSKSXXXX), or your KS email address and we will help to sort things out.
WHAT SHALL I DO IF I HAVE AN ISSUE?
If there is an issue with your pledge, we encourage you to contact Footsore Miniatures & Games for any reason. These guys carried out the mammoth task of fulfilling this project for us. Therefore, they are the best people to help you. Contact them via email at [email protected]. Please share as much detail as possible, who you are, your FSKS order number if you have it and how they can help you. All will be helpful information for them. In the unlikely event they can not solve your issue, they are regularly in contact with both Paul and me, so they can call on us for help if needed.
WHAT NEXT FOR HOBDAY & HICKS?
We still have two pledges in the system, completed after the cut-off date, which will now be handed over to Footsore to pick, pack and get them despatched as soon as possible. Once these and the extra Fortified Hospital pledges have been shipped and received by backers, we will close down the Outremer pledge manager.
With BW4: Outremer arriving, we have already been asked when there will be a BW5. I'd be lying if I said Paul and I haven't already been discussing it. However, we have decided to take a break from BW Kickstarters in 2023.
Footsore Miniatures & Games will be supporting The Barons' War this year with two new mini-campaigns underway, one set in Outremer. Paul will be sculpting more figures to accompany both to support the scenarios.
However, that doesn't mean we aren't up to something. We are very excited about what we are currently "cooking up", but more about this once all the Outremer pledges have arrived safely.
Pledges including Physical Fortified Hospitals - where's my fort?
almost 2 years ago
– Fri, Feb 03, 2023 at 02:00:56 AM
Today, Footsore Miniatures & Games have been fielding a lot of questions regarding the delivery of physical forts. The short answers to the two main questions being asked are:
1. Forts are being sent separately as outlined in the 2nd July 2022update.
2. Wave 2 and 3 pledges will be sent May 2023 and September 2023 respectively as noted in the Kickstarter.
If you are expecting a physical fort as part of your pledge, please take a moment to refresh how these pledges have been structured by reading the following.
Fortified Hospital (physical terrain) first wave pledge of 25 by Jan 2023
If you have backed for a physical Fortified Hospital, it will be sent in its own separate package to protect it from being transported with a heavy selection of metal, and because it is big! If you back for both figures and fort, in most cases, the postage will reflect this. However, we are NOT charging you the total amount for postage twice. We have decided to share some of the cost of sending two parcels with you.
Fortified Hospital (physical terrain) second wave pledge of 25 by May 2023
If you backed for a physical Fortified Hospital added as a second wave pledge level during the Kickstarter, everything above applies except your fort will be sent out by the end of May 2023. Everything else you choose will be sent to you in a separate package simultaneously as the other pledges by the end of January 2023. It is just the fort that will arrive later.
Fortified Hospital (physical terrain) third wave pledge of 25 & Add-ons by September 2023
If you backed for a physical Fortified Hospital added as a third wave during the Kickstarter or as an add-on in the pledge manager, everything above applies except your fort will be sent out by the end of September 2023. Everything else you choose will be sent to you in a separate package simultaneously as the other pledges by the end of January 2023. It is just the fort that will arrive later.
All first wave forts have been sent via courier, you will have been notified that a parcel is on its way.
If anyone has any questions regarding the physical fort pledges please do not hesitate to contact me (Andy). If anyone has any issues regarding their pledge please contact Footsore Miniatures & Games via [email protected] and we will recitfy it.
BW4 Outremer end of January Shipping Update and EU Pledges
almost 2 years ago
– Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 01:49:34 PM
We have reached the last day of January 2023, and I am pleased to say that at the end of today, Footsore Miniatures & Games have despatched all Outremer pledges except those being sent to backers in the EU.
The final US pledges leaving late last week
Against this backdrop of positivity, it does upset me to say that we have not been able to send the European pledges as planned. This situation is due to the Royal Mail system being hacked earlier this month, preventing us (and anyone else who uses them in the UK) from shipping into Europe over the last few weeks.
Both Paul and I are genuinely sorry for the delay. It isn't what we wanted to happen, as we planned for all pledges to have left by the end of January 2023. The good news is we have been informed that Royal Mail has a new process which looks to be working. Even though all the EU pledges are ready to go, we want to wait until the end of this week (the 3rd of February) to make sure everything is operating correctly again before we put your pledges into their system.
Some of the EU pledges waiting patiently to leave
I am more than happy to answer any questions regarding the EU pledge situation directly, either in the comments or by direct message. As soon as we have any further news that EU pledges are leaving, which should be in the next few days, I will update everyone.
What do I do if I have an issue?
If, for any reason, when your pledge arrives there is an issue, I encourage you to contact Footsore Miniatures & Games, who carried out the mammoth task of fulfilling this project. They are the best people to help you. Contact them via email at [email protected]. Please share as much detail as possible, who you are, your FSKS order number if you have it and how they can help you will be helpful information for them.
Outremer by Peter Dennis
Finally we can't thank you enough for your support and we can't wait to see you post your pledges arriving in The Barons' War Facebook Group. Don't forget until everyone has their pledge we will be on hand to help in any way that is needed.
Pledge Fulfilment Update for BW4
almost 2 years ago
– Wed, Jan 25, 2023 at 04:19:24 AM
Hello! Already 25 days into January 2023 and we have a positive update for you regarding pledge fulfilment. As of today, all pledges except those from backers in the UK have been picked and packed with Footsore Miniatures & Games; starting to send out to the far flung places first.
A pile of BW4 pledges ready to be booked out and shipped!
This week the remaining UK pledges are being picked and packed with Footsore Miniatures & Games reliably informing us that this will be completed by the end of this week, which means all pledges will be ready to go on time.
As your pledge is dispatched, you will receive an email notification.
If you receive your pledge and there is an issue, don't hesitate to contact Footsore's customer support using their email [email protected]. They will help you out as quickly as they can. Be aware some pledges are so big they have been sent in more than one package. If you believe you are missing a chunk of your pledge check your box to see if it says 1/2 or 2/2 (one of two or two of two) etc. as you may still be waiting for another box to arrive.
Due to the number of parts, the Fortified Hospital is packaged in three boxes
One issue I MUST raise is Royal Mail's problems with shipping parcels outside the UK. They have let us know that things are starting to happen at their end, so we are keeping an eye on developments as our delivery company. If there is any impact because of this, we will update you as soon as possible.
The first batch of 25 Fortified Hospitals ready to be sent out to backers
As always if you have any questions please don’t hesitate to get in touch either below or message me and I will answer as quickly as I can. We will make ourselves available until all pledges have arrived with backers.
Once again, Paul and I can't thank you enough for your support.
