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Fife And Drum AWI Sale

Saturday, 08 May 2021 08:45
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Fife and Drum Miniatures AWI stock clearance sale.

I have taken the decision to stop stocking the above range. I have quite a bit of stock that has been sitting for a while and sales do not justify me continuing to stock the range.
All stock levels have been brought up to date on the web shop and sales prices updated. When these are gone then I will not be reordering unless there's a specific customer request for a significant order.
It's a pity as the figures are great but competition for this period is stiff and the money raised can be put to more productive use.

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Crann Tara Spring Update

Tuesday, 04 May 2021 08:19
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A lot has happened since the last update, so bear with me whilst I cover what's happened and plans for moving forward
First I hope this finds you all well and coping through what has been a difficult 15 months lets hope change is coming.

I'm sure you will have all picked up on the sudden and tragic death of Richard Ansell the primary sculptor for Crann Tara - his last character he sculpted for me was General Montcalm and I sold the first two production casts to raise funds for his widow and thanks to your support raised over £400.

I have been asked what's happening to the range now, well first Bob at Ebob miniatures has done a test sculpt for me using a Richard dollie and it fits into the range fine so I have sent him the fist set of pieces to be done, obviously finding time in a sculptors already busy schedule may mean it will be awhile until new pieces from him appear but as time goes by I'm sure we will have a better schedule.

Andy Stadden has completed the sets of figures to accompany Stuart Inch's next publication on Havana the figures have gone to Griffin for casting and should be available in around a month.

Dan from digital sculpts has also been exceedingly busy but has now almost finished the Prussian Artillery set. The Prussians and Austrians will appear under a new banner linked to Crann Tara and more of that next update.

THE FUTURE.

Crann Tara has continued to see sales grow particularly from America and whilst Brexit has had an impact on European sales I am seeing a gradual return of sales to Europe.

I have taken the decision to cease stocking the Fife and Drum AWI range and Hessians, the Hessians are already on sale and the AWI will follow shortly, sales of these ranges are slow and there is a lot of dead stock. I will however let people order the figure to order provided they meet a minimum figure number for Griffin to cast. details will be published.

I had seriously considered selling Crann Tara as what started as a hobby is gradually taking more and more of my time. I have put that on hold for the moment unless someone comes along with an offer I can't refuse 🙂 but on a serious note I am open to suggestions re partnerships etc.

In terms of figure releases there is more French Indian War to come, a few more Saxons. More Officers, ADC's etc and the rest of the 'casual marching French' I am also looking at releasing charging cavalry for the French and British.

Sorry its been a bit of a ramble but there has been a lot of ground to cover.

Don't hesitate to get in touch with questions, suggestions etc and keep safe.

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Crann Tara Miniatures

Monday, 09 November 2020 14:20
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LOCKDOWN AND EARLY CHRISTMAS DISCOUNT.

From now until the 5th December spend over £30 on the Crann Tara shop and receive 15% discount (the discount doesn’t apply to unit packs) just enter the coupon code Christmas20.
Any problems or queries get in touch.
Keep safe.

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Crann Tara August Update

Monday, 24 August 2020 15:14
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Covid 19 update

I think its fair to say that since March I have been fairly busy which I thank you all, August is appearing to be returning to normal in terms of orders. However Griffin moulds are incredibly busy at the moment which means that turn around of orders is about 6 weeks, that coupled with the fact that I'm still only going to the unit twice a week and the Post Office once a week means there may be a slight delay on some orders.

The majority of you are very understanding but I'm still surprised that I get the odd e-mail asking where their order is only 3 or 4 days after placing it. Guess that's life!

NEW RELEASES.

I received the new greens from Richard Ansell this week and they have been sent to Griffin, they all looked good and I will be putting pre-orders up on the web site in a couple of weeks.
I particularly like the charging French but to be fair I think they're all good.

In addition I should also be receiving Morgans Rifles for the Fife and Drum AWI range another nice set of 8 figures

What's Next?
By my reckoning there's around another 32 sculpts left for the FIW so the next set will include Personalities, Canadian militia, the drummers for the militia and Provincials and the Provincial standard bearer and a couple of other bits include some more females for populating the homesteads.
After that the 60th foot, some Courier du Bois and a few surprises.
Andy Stadden is working on a new set of figures to accompany Stuart Insch's next publication more of that in the future. In the meantime keep safe and maybe we will see a show in 2021?

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Crann Tara No Salute Discount

Saturday, 18 April 2020 13:10
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No Salute 2020 offer: to make up for the disappointment I’m offering 15% discount on all orders over £60. (It excludes unit and army packs) The offer runs from now until midnight on the 19th April so take advantage.

Just enter the code NoSalute2020 at checkout.

Keep safe

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