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I thought I would share with you some pictures of Mierce Miniature models (and a few non-MM models) that I commissioned to be painted:

For those that care to reply to this thread, I would be very curious to hear your opinions regarding two things: (1) which sculpt is your favorite, and (2) which paintjob is your favorite.

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This is Gulguta












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This is Vortun


















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This is Bloodmaw












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Eirik








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Guillaume le Pelerin on Horse - Gritty and Bloody









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The big badass Krull!


















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Ysian Ax-Drune - Talan
















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Ysian - Ax-Drune Warrior (Unnamed as of now)
















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Here's a little sideshow for those of you that are 40k fans. This pic shows a part of my Eldar and Chaos army duking it out. I highly recommend that you click on the image and zoom into it TWO TIMES on Photobucket. You will not be disappointed -


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Ysian Kindred - Branok


















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Fomoraic Kindred - Bockaaruk





Formoraic Kindred - Inavaak

Now that was an unfair question! I thought it was going to be a tough choice between the top 2, but then they just kept on coming!
I can honestly say that I have just seen the best looking work I have ever seen!

Krull versus Eirik and Vortun (both belonging to the Norse Kindred) fighting it out in a hellscape! To appreciate the beauty of the models, you really should click on the picture to view it in photobucket and then zoom into it to maximum magnification! Hope you guys like it!


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Holy pictures Batman!

I love all the figures and the paintjob on all of them are insanely high quality.

I have the Bloodmaw and Krull myself, they are really nice models.

can't pick one, just impossible!
must've cost you a fortune to have all of these commission painted! who painted them?

Sweet mother of mercy, that is just brilliant!!! It is quite impossible to pick a fav, because they are ALL awsum.

I have to say tho, i do not quite like Krull as a model. He looks like a Blood Demon with too small a pair of wings and with the head of the Star Wars Episode 2 Arena Beast... this one: http://www.vegatransports.com.au/2002/ep2beastreek2.jpg



But the one guy with the freehands on his armguards, i just forgot his name.....man. i love something like that. i will never be able to do this with my shaky hands. props to you.

The 40k dudes are legendary, its a cool pose photo and ranks high for me :>

To be honest, too many pics i skipped half of them
the last archer is my favourite

Scar Scath is my favorite. I prefer the painter that uses darker tones - the super high light technique looks good on a few models, like the eldar, but looks out of place on everything else.

O my god! There are no words to describe how awesome are those miniatures!! I can't pick my favorite because they all are at another level! Great job to those who painted them! You set the bar really high!!

I have to stab my eyes out after seeing such beautifully painted miniatures - everything else now is just not worth looking at.

Vortun the green guy. He lets them drop.

Just amazing. It snot just the paint work, which is amazing, its the colour choice, detail and texture. I love the ranges of colour you use, and the strange and interesting textures.

I am very impressed by the painting, maybe a little more than the minis.
Everytime I see a mini with a cloacked/covered face I can't stop the nagging feeling that the sculptor couldn't be asked to do the face. Obviously not always the case (rarely) but it takes away some 0.001 point for me.

I chose Bloodmaw as my favourite.

Jaw dropping..... Lots of pictures lol.... But all jaw dropping!!

I don't even have words. The freehand on some of this stuff!

I see Bohun's and Anna's work in there. The Jotun is the one that has been garnering near legendary status in some circles, but the Bloodmaw is still my favourite.

Have to agree with others that you have awesome skills of the highest quality. The precision and subtleness of some of the color blends on tiny details is just breath-taking.

As to the sculpts: I am not too much of a fan of Mierce Miniatures human minis. I guess I just don't dig the whole heavy metal muscle mutant theme...
On the other hand, I really like Alan, Benoit & Daniel's monsters, and if I wasn't so angry about the Maelstrom Games/Mierce Minatures #*..!?# still , I would buy them all.
I think the troll would be my personal favorite choice from your collection. Great sculpt, nice varied textures, and a freeky paintjob!

This entire threat is just outstanding. Exquisite painting and models to lick my fingers with. I can't choose!

Thanks for the compliments on my collection, guys! To be clear, I did not paint these models. These were commissioned to be painted by Bohun, Ana and Sebastien Picque. While the following are not Mierce Miniatures (MM) models, I figured I would share them with you guys. Let me know which non-MM model and paintjob you like the best:

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Back to the Mierce MIniature models - here are a few more pictures for you guys:

Tarvax Warrior - Raackanasck





Tarvax Warrior - Piraack (albino minotaur)




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Being a commision painter myself, all I can say is WOW!!! I only wish I would get someone with the desire to have things painted to that level! I've done things of this level before and it is a looonnng process. I can only imagine what you paid! Good show! and thanks for sharing!!!!

I am loving these minis, and the paint jobs are great. Very painterly on the last ones, which i happen to like a great deal. It would be impossible to pick one miniature though to rate as the best. The warriors are grim and dark, while the monsters are quite disturbing. Thanks for sharing.

Really liking Kruul and Vortunn (IIRC - the green guy) - excellent work by the painters you hired on all the models, though.

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Being a commision painter myself, all I can say is WOW!!! I only wish I would get someone with the desire to have things painted to that level! I've done things of this level before and it is a looonnng process. I can only imagine what you paid! Good show! and thanks for sharing!!!!

for the big guys in poland it seems to be reversed. as far as i can tell they stay fairly busy and they dont bother doing table top junk.
and for the OP, i think bohun is one of the best or thee best in the world. the skill it takes to paint textures like that is mind boggling.

The Jotunn is just insane. The work on his elbow and forearm armor alone appears almost impossibly intricate. Whats the scale on that mini?

@eohal Here's a picture of Jotunn unpainted that shows his scale.








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Bow-Drune 5 - Champion

Here's Kernour - the shaman/priest of the Ysian kindred
















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Holy s**t... the painting is awesome! The first thing I tbough (other then the first part of this comment) was skyrim, the human warriors remind me of the nords.

Still can't get my head around the quality of the painting!

I like the bloodmaw for painting wise. Its so simplistic in looks, very natural exactly like you would think something like that looks. But anyone who knows anything about painting knows to get it to look that natural, it was anything but simplistic to paint.

I would put that model next to any golden demon winner type entry and it would stand a good chance.

Some really outstanding miniatures and painting.

The only ones I'm not keen on are the ones by the painter who did the Tarvax Warrior's and some of the others as I find the way they paint rather cold while the other painters are more life like and have a warmer more natural feel but thats just my opinion as the painter still has a ton of skill which I could never get near in a million years.

Without a doubt, the finest collection of miniatures I've ever seen... Just absolutely, jaw-droppingly, amazingly gorgeous.