Operation Nimrod, The Miniatures

OPERATION NIMROD, THE MINIATURES

Operation Nimrod resulted resulted from the hostile takeover of The Iranian Embassy from April 30th to May 5th, 1980. Iranian Arabs campaigning for the sovereignty of the Khuzestan Province of Iran, took 26 people hostage. They demanded the release of prisoners in Khuzestan and their own safe passage out of the United Kingdom. The British government quickly decided not to negotiate with the terrorists and instead sent in the elite SAS. On the sixth day of the siege, the SAS breached the Embassy from the roof, yes the roof. The absolute mad lads repelled from the roof and forced entry through the windows. During the 17-minute raid, they rescued all but one of the remaining hostages and killed five of the six hostage-takers.

Our simple campaign aims to bring you a set of SAS operators inspired by this daring raid. The miniatures will be available as digital STL's for 3D printing or physical resin 3D printed miniatures. Act fast though as STL's will ONLY be available during the campaign.

THE MINIATURES

The set is comprised of 12 miniatures. 

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Kneeling firing MP5

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Aiming MP5

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"Stacked up" with MP5

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"Clearing room" with MP5

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Advancing and firing with MP5

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"Peaking the corner" with MP5

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"Breaching" with MP5

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"Remember, switching to your sidearm is always faster than reloading"

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An homage to the legendary Airfix SAS set. One of my favorites as a kid

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Throwing a grenade (this is how real men clear rooms in CQB)

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SAS Operator laying down suppressive fire "GIT SOME"

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The point man signaling his squad mates to halt

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Designed for Battle! These miniatures are designed to stand up to the rigorous task that is miniature wargaming. Weapons and other small details are enlarged to prevent them from easily breaking.

These miniatures are designed with that distinct 80's look but don't necessarily need to represent only the operators during Operation Nimrod. Paint them black and you have a ethically ambiguous corporate kill squad perfect for post apocalyptic wargames. Perhaps you have to send in a squad to raid a shipping freighter which may or may not be harboring a nuclear device? The only limit really is your imagination.

PHOTO (Umbrella inspired paint scheme)

Reward Tiers

The reward tiers are very simple. You can either go digital or physical. You can add as many extra physical sets as you'd like as an Add-On to your pledge.

• SAS Digital STL's: Includes files to print 10 single pose SAS operators. Operators are outfitted with MP5 sub machine guns, browning high power pistols and even a Remington 870 breaching shotgun.

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• SAS Physical Resin Miniatures: Includes 10 resin miniatures. Operators are outfitted with MP5 sub machine guns, browning high power pistols and even a Remington 870 breaching shotgun.

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STRETCH GOALS

There will be no stretch goals for this campaign. The idea with this campaign is to just do something really quick and get a cool set of minis to you legends as fast as possible.

Chad SAS operators do not require stretch goals in their campaign.

Fulfillment

Digital Pledges

Upon completion of the campaign/Pledge Manager, you will be given a code to download your STL's from our  Gumroad Store. This code will be sent to your Kickstarter messages so keep an eye out on those. From there you simply add the item to your cart, apply the code and you can checkout for free. 

Physical Pledges

Shipping will be charged during the pledge manager. It will be a flat fee of $10 per order, shipped anywhere in the US. Upon completion of the campaign/Pledge Manager, we will begin printing however many physical sets are required. The time it takes to print these models may vary depending on how successful this campaign is. After orders are printed we will begin shipping them out, your tracking numbers will be provided here on Kickstarter.

Unfortunately only customers in the US can purchase the physical miniatures. 

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