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I think it might just be hitting it's capacity regardless of what's previewed.
If you consider this and the last KS as one campaign it's the best showing since New Kindreds (I think?).
The number of kindreds now means even people collecting multiple lines are going to be left out a significant portion of the time.
For anyone that was interested, Mierce got back to me, my stuff is shipping today.
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I'm still waiting on my Norse warband from Metal Age. Not concerned thought. It'll probably show up around the same time as my Red Box KS vikings so it'll be good to see how they match up scale wise.
There is perhaps no worse thread than this one to post delivery updates in!
Mierce has a system in place, based on when you closed your order, what's in stock, and what else is going to ship for you, and how many shipping 'waves' you paid for.
If in doubt, email them directly - but keep in mind that they've also got a rather temperamental spam filter in place, so you might also have to contact them in different ways too - like directly through their site, or via the Kickstarter messaging and/or comments sections.
Everytime I see that "Slowed" token here or in the rule book, I keep thinking that the Dakka filter is hard at work, and that the warrior in question should be supervised when using scissors.
The Norse infantry are pretty small, if it's the Holumann set. My son picked up a pack. They're similar scale to historical minis, I'd say. Head and shoulders shorter than the Blood Rage Vikings, for example.
Like last time, today's update is HUGE - maybe even bigger than last time! We have loads to show you, and it's apparent that New Kindreds is getting near to completion... finally. It's been a long haul, this one, but we're getting there!
This week we have:
sculpt work in progress updates from Roberto Chaudon, Didier Fancagne, Yannick Fusier, Andrew May, Luc Pinganaud and Jin Wei;
an updated list of sculptors and sculpts for this project;
..and anything else you can expect from us over the next few months.
Let us begin!
This week we have miniatures from lots of kindreds to show - the Atalantes, from Jin Wei; the Érainn, from Didier Fancagne; the Fomoraic, from Yannick Fusier; the Jutes, from Yannick Hennebo; and finally the Norse, from Ernst Veingart!
Luc Pinganaud has been hard at work doing some conversions, and the first today is Armoured Dúngal for the Albainn...
He should be a Wave 13 shipment.
Jin Wei's now completed the Ilios Guard with Kuma finished, and they look superb!
Kuma is the last remaining warrior of the unit, and looks great!
These guys should be a Wave 13 shipment.
The lovely Eadric gets a makeover thanks to Luc Pinganaud. Shieldwall Eadric and his flowing locks look great!
He will be a Wave 13 shipment.
It's been a while in coming but the Gesith alternates of the banner bearer and herald are done, thanks to Luc Pinganaud!
Hrodbert is the alternate of the banner bearer and he's a cracker.
He means business!
The alternate of the herald is Ælfrad...
These guys should be a Wave 13 shipment!
Roberto Chaudon's Vul IX Muyya, Dromedus Unit is looking absolutely wonderful and we can't wait to get our mitts on them!
The champion of the unit is Muyya, and he looks suitably determined.
He's about done, although there'll be a final pass on details...
Kammal is the final warrior of the unit, and he's about done.
Again, there are a few details we need to sort out, and then these guys are done. We do think they'll all be sorted for Wave 13, except Bakr, the alternate of the banner bearer.
Didier Fancagne has truthfully created a monster in Cúlaítar. Look at the size of him!
He's big...
He should be a Wave 13 shipment!
Yannick Fusier's work on Gaanh is nothing short of amazing. It certainly bodes well for the Walvax units funded by Savage Hordes II!
He should be a Wave 13 shipment, although there's still a few bits to do...
A newcomer to our range, Andrew May, has been hard at work on some alternates and Cleaver Mälmord is looking particularly spiffing!
He should be a Wave 13 shipment.
From the hands of Martin Lavat comes the lovely Armoured Hrókr, the alternate of Hrókr of course!
Again, we're looking at Wave 13 for this guy.
The alternate of Jowan is the lovely Ax-Jowan...
Wave 13! Yay!
The boobiful Sickle-Annik is here...
NSFW warning
Spoiler:
Wave 13. Ahem.
He's bloody ugly, is Spike-Gondard...
...and will be a Wave 13 shipment!
We've been waiting for this for so long... and here he is. Hammer-Druc is bloody brilliant, thanks to Andrew May!
We've a couple of miniatures to show you - some alternate monsters, finally! - and an update on where we are with the metals.
Let's go!
The lovely Martin Lavat has been working hard on the alternate monsters for this project, and with superb results. Check these guys out!
The murder-bear known as Mihtlāf could have been a tricky conversion to pull off, but Martin has made it look blimmin' easy. He's not even cuddly, and most bears look cuddly!
Mihtlāf should be a Wave 13 shipment.
We've been looking forward to Sia for ages, if only so we can get a Centurion on it at some point! Martin Lavat has delivered again: Sia looks absolutely stunning...
Sia will be a Wave 13 shipment!
Maaru has, of course, been released for a long time, but we decided to take the opportunity for Martin Lavat to re-work Maaru's head to make him look a bit better. The result is wonderful, and we can't wait to get him!
What we'll do with Maaru is this: if you order him from now onwards, you'll get the "new face" Maaru as a Wave 13 shipment. Simple, really!
Eleven Infantry Hosts have shipped / are shipping!
Eleven infantry hosts from this project have been shipped (or are shipping) right now - the Albainn Gairlom, Anglecynn Duguth, Brythoniaid Teulu, Brythoniaid Rhyfelwr, Érainn Tuanagh, Fomoraic Gabrax, Fomoraic Warriors of Baalor, Jute Wihtgār, Norse Holumann, Ysian Ax-Drune and Ysian Bow-Drune Infantry Hosts - as well as the individual miniatures within them.
If your hosts from this project haven't been shipped by now, that means you either:
[*]don't have enough shipment items to justify separate shipments or you don't have any shipment items at all;[*]or you have some resin miniatures on order which need to be cast.
Note that if you have purchased similar infantry hosts from other projects, such as Savage Hordes or Savage Hordes II, we will only ship what we can (as many of them are different) and they are not guaranteed to have been shipped with your items from this project - and again, it depends on your shipment items.
What's Next?
We have the miniatures for the Byzantii Legionarius and the Anglecynn Gesith starter hosts, so we'll be sending those off to the metal casters shortly.
The Atalantes Oplites are all sculpted but are in various stages of printing, although we are hopeful we'll get those in our mitts and off to the metal casters ready in time for Wave 13. The Byzantii Demilegionarius are needing the alternate sculpt of Erebius and the full sculpt of Nervor, so we're not sure what will happen with those. We can only poke Yannick so much...!
We're hassling the sculptors as much as we possibly can! We'll get there!
Huge improvement in Maaru too, will be ordering in the next couple weeks now he doesn't look so goofy.
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We have more Darklands: Savage Hordes miniatures to show you this week, and they're utterly amazingly fantastic, even if we do say so ourselves...
This week we have:
sculpt work in progress updates from Edgar Skomorowski and Valentin Zak;
an updated list of sculptors and sculpts for this project;
a list of what ships, when;
...and anything else you can expect from us over the next few months.
Here we go...
The Albainn, Érainn and Jutes have some new things this week, courtesy of Valentin Zak and Edgar Skomorowski respectively!
The Crossbows of Dun Durn are now complete, thanks to Valentin Zak's superb ministrations.
We absolutely love Valentin's work on the infantry for the Albainn and Érainn, and we'll be giving him more humans to do in the future!
Galan is the champion of the unit...
...and looks a bit piratey!
The first warrior is Wurgesta...
...she looks far too clean for a Pict!
Straining to reload, is Cimoith...
...put your back into it man!
Another beautiful lady, is Unen...
...maybe you should add warts!
An old git, is Calorc... he's seen it all, and done it all.
Wave 13 is definitely the way for these fellas!
Fresh from the Crossbowmen, Valentin has begun work on the Érainn slingers, the Maiobhanagh. Repeat after me: "moy-AN-a"
The champion of the slingers is Eóghan....
He's an old git as well. You can't tell now, but you will...
The first warrior is Áine...
...she'll probably be beautiful as well!
Sínead is a warrior, too...
...a bit of a harridan, perhaps?
Conall looks like he means business!
Well, we think so.
"Bloody Nóra!" said Nóra.
These guys, we are hoping, will be a Wave 13 shipment...
It's not just the Valentin Zak show today... here's Edgar Skomorowski and his latest awesome work on the Jutes. Enter stage left, The Hateful of Mordain Grave...
The oldest king of all is Anlāf. As a Gāst, he naturally assumes command of his lesser kings...
He doesn't remember much about his previous life, but he remembers being very important...
The first warrior, and a minor king in his own right, is Grændal...
He is filled with hate, although he doesn't know why...
Wadæc is the last warrior of the unit, for few Gāsta remain...
These guys should be a Wave 13 shipment; there's a few bits we need to sort out, mostly to do with the "ghostly" parts, but they're almost there.
For clarity, all of the casts of these guys will be made in normal opaque resin, and we expect you to paint the "ghostly" parts in a light colour to reflect their inner glow.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Surprise...
Deathbringing
Another update for Darklands: Savage Hordes II! Brilliant!
Here we go...
We have something for the Jutes this week, thanks to Edgar Skomorowski...
Auga is a Drēaguth Deathbringer, an Invoker of the Wihts, and a very nasty piece of work indeed. Whilst they hate, they are not necessarily evil... although try telling that to yourself when he's swinging the lantern at you!
There's a couple of things still to sort, but he should be a Wave 15 shipment!
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That bear from Metal Age looks awesome. The best sculpt I've seen in a long time. The lion underneath it looks really good too. I'm glad I've already got them on order.
Bossk_Hogg wrote: That bear head is awesome, but he needs pads on his paws. Something had been bugging me about his limbs and I finalliy realized that was it.
Now when you mention it, yes, the paws looks quite odd. It looks like the claws just come directly out of the arm.
It's not a bear, it's a murder-bear... it's different to a bear.
I mean, you're talking about the hands of a fifteen-foot tall bear with tiny legs being "wrong"... I get it, but don't think it's a mistake - he's meant to be as he is, because he's a conversion from the Mallox. Which is also not a sloth, it's a giant sloth monster.
Anyone have any advice for what to start with for this range? I backed the kickstarter and got access to the older kickstarter stuff too, but now i cant seem to decide where to start. There are just too many awesome models to choose from. I love the Jutes, Norse, ysians, dragonmen faction and the atlantians. Just have no idea where to start.
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Definitively do with the Metal Age Starter Hosts where ever and whenever possible, especially if you're going to be gaming with them.
Having written that though, I'm not sure if there are many Metal Age Starters still available - but you should be able to pick some via 'later' Kickstarters.
Jutes are rather well supported for a 'newer' Kindred (Ha!), and the Ysians are definitely stocked up.
Norse have a nice selection of Trolls and flying bird men - always a good thing.
And the Brythoniaid have Dragons and Dragon-Men galore...
The GBP 60 infantry starters are very, very good deals. If it's Jutes you like, just get as many different GBP 60 infantry starters as your budget will allow and you'll be off to a great start. (there's quite a few of those still available for Jutes, more than any other kindred IIRC) (I think there's a monstrous GBP60 starter for them as well, bunch of the big wraithey things, looked like a good deal as well. Maybe skip the infantry starter that already has a bunch of those in it already if you get that!)
Now is a great time to start Jutes, there's lots and lots of variety for them in those starters and you'll be busy painting just those for quite a while.
Also, one piece of advice: for feth's sake, stick to one kindred, at least for a while. You'll just get overwhelmed if you don't
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Bolognesus wrote: The GBP 60 infantry starters are very, very good deals.
If it's Jutes you like, just get as many different GBP 60 infantry starters as your budget will allow and you'll be off to a great start. (there's quite a few of those still available for Jutes, more than any other kindred IIRC)
(I think there's a monstrous GBP60 starter for them as well, bunch of the big wraithey things, looked like a good deal as well. Maybe skip the infantry starter that already has a bunch of those in it already if you get that!)
Now is a great time to start Jutes, there's lots and lots of variety for them in those starters and you'll be busy painting just those for quite a while.
Also, one piece of advice: for feth's sake, stick to one kindred, at least for a while. You'll just get overwhelmed if you don't
Good advice on the Jutes, and...sticking to one (or two?) Kindred.
I did not do that - and...I've spent a lot with Mierce!
Of course, WFB dying and 40K being a swirling maelstrom of confusion certainly freed up a lot of the hobby budget too!
I backed for an all the units and possibly an all the monstrous units pledge at some point, so I'm in to about 9 kindreds....yeah
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). I *really* don't want to think of how much I've managed to spend by now either... 