{"id":14138,"date":"2023-11-14T10:00:04","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T10:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=14138"},"modified":"2023-11-13T09:39:38","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T09:39:38","slug":"a-sluggish-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2023\/11\/a-sluggish-expansion\/","title":{"rendered":"A Sluggish Expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2023\/11\/a-sluggish-expansion\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"450px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p>Phil Page, our friend at Slug Industries, has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/slug-industries\/medieval-village-expansion-set-6mm-1-300th\">Kickstarter<\/a> running to expand his 1\/300th Medieval village. We&#8217;re pleased to see that it&#8217;s already reached it&#8217;s target, but you still have a couple of weeks to jump on board and pick up some beautifully detailed micro-Medieval buildings.<\/p>\n<p>If you missed his initial KS for the first part of the village (which includes a very nifty laser-cut partially constructed barn), we still have a small number of sets left <a href=\"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/product-category\/slug-industries\/\">on our website<\/a> (you won&#8217;t find them anywhere else).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Village-Kickstarter-e1699867940638.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14140\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2023\/11\/a-sluggish-expansion\/village-kickstarter\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Village-Kickstarter-e1699867940638.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Village Kickstarter\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Village-Kickstarter-850x478.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Village-Kickstarter-1200x675.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Village-Kickstarter-e1699867940638.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-14140\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Unpainted-e1699867925429.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14139\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2023\/11\/a-sluggish-expansion\/unpainted\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Unpainted-e1699867925429.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,768\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Unpainted\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Unpainted-850x478.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Unpainted-1200x675.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Unpainted-e1699867925429.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-14139\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Phil Page, our friend at Slug Industries, has a Kickstarter running to expand his 1\/300th Medieval village. We&#8217;re pleased to see that it&#8217;s already reached it&#8217;s target, but you still have a couple of weeks to jump on board and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2023\/11\/a-sluggish-expansion\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14140,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-slug-industries"],"views":1191,"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Village-Kickstarter-e1699867940638.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p26BWy-3G2","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14323,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2024\/02\/slugged-again\/","url_meta":{"origin":14138,"position":0},"title":"Slugged Again","author":"Tony","date":"February 5, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Our chum Phil Page over at Slug Industries has been at it again, with a new Kickstarter that expands his magnificient 6mm Medieval Village (we still have a few left if you're tempted). The expansion pack has another nine buildings plus some village figures and carts from Perfect Six Miniatures.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;New Releases&quot;","block_context":{"text":"New Releases","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/category\/new-releases\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Expansion.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Expansion.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Expansion.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Expansion.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":13401,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2023\/01\/slugged\/","url_meta":{"origin":14138,"position":1},"title":"Slugged","author":"Tony","date":"January 8, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"We're starting off the New Year with something a little different. 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This one was made and cast in 1\/300th scale by Phil Page (aka 6mil Phil on Instagram) of Slug Industries. As you would expect from Phil, it's a superb handcrafted piece of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;New Releases&quot;","block_context":{"text":"New Releases","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/category\/new-releases\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Tenshu-Cyberpunk-scaled-e1753950880201.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Tenshu-Cyberpunk-scaled-e1753950880201.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Tenshu-Cyberpunk-scaled-e1753950880201.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Tenshu-Cyberpunk-scaled-e1753950880201.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":13605,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2023\/04\/salute-stocklist\/","url_meta":{"origin":14138,"position":3},"title":"Salute Stocklist","author":"Tony","date":"April 18, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"We'll have more Salute previews coming this week, as fast as things get painted! At least casting of the new models is well ahead of the painting, so stock shouldn't be a problem. In the meantime, here's a comprehensive list of what ranges we will (and won't) be bringing on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Salute 2023&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Salute 2023","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/category\/shows\/salute-2023\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Salute50.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":16613,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2025\/07\/joy-of-six-2025\/","url_meta":{"origin":14138,"position":4},"title":"Joy of Six 2025","author":"Tony","date":"July 2, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"It's hot here - so much so that casting in the workshop has been starting at an ungodly hour to take advantage of the cooler early morning temperatures, and then is abandoned at lunchtime when the sun hits the metal roof with full force. 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It's a rocky outcrop with a winding stair, topped with a selection of options - two towers (one intact, one ruined), a sort of magical nine-sided\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;New Releases&quot;","block_context":{"text":"New Releases","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/category\/new-releases\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Rocky-Outcrop-01-800.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Rocky-Outcrop-01-800.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Rocky-Outcrop-01-800.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Rocky-Outcrop-01-800.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14138"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14143,"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14138\/revisions\/14143"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}