Alpharius wrote:
Good stuff, as always!

I'm liking the mini-treemen more than I thought I would too...

Spoiler:

 skullking wrote:
The Erainn have really come to be quite an interesting kindred. Their human figures look great, and their monsters are somewhere between a muppets, and creepy horror movie plant beasts.

I'm anxious to see what the Atlanteans look like when they are finally finished. I expect they'll have a nice Harryhausen Talos 'mindless construct' vibe to them, but who knows?

Britons and Once-Britons

Morning everyone. It's Friday, and that means updates...

As stated previously, we are now updating you every other Friday (bi-weekly if you will) to ensure we can spend more time getting the Darklands rules done.

This week we have...
•sculpt work in progress images from Yannick Hennebo and Stéphane Simon;
•a list of what miniatures are currently being sent in their various waves;
• an updated list of sculptors and sculpts for this project;

...and anything else you can expect from us over the next few months.

Let's begin!



This week there's something completed and new from Stéphane Simon and something new from Yannick Hennebo... for the Brythoniaid and Ysians respectively!



Here's some more Rhyfelwr from Yannick Hennebo. He's decided to get the bodies done first as we're casting the shields and weapons for him and sending them back so he doesn't duplicate work (and so is faster)!



Aeron is the Rhyfelwr Bannerman and is looking very cool indeed!





There's a long way to go on this guy yet, as there's a banner to do...



The first of the warriors, Iestyn is very dynamic!





These guys will be a Wave 9 shipment; there's no way Yannick can get them done in time for Wave 8.



Stéphane Simon is working hard on the Shadows and there's just one left to do after Massen is completed...



The warrior in progress from the last update, we've decided that Santoc is looking for some herbs to add to his homely cooking later, as well as tracking an enemy so he can knife him in the back.







Santoc is now complete and looking awesome!



A lovely man, Massen is particularly fond of flower-pressing... and knifing people in the back.



It's early days for Massen, and the Shadows of Carn Bran will be a Wave 9 shipment now!

Men, Women, Trees and Undead

It's a bi-Friday, so it's Mierceday!

As stated previously, we are now updating you every other Friday (bi-weekly if you will) to ensure we can spend more time getting the Darklands rules done.

This week we have:
•sculpt work in progress updates from Didier Fancagne, Juan Navarro Pérez and Edgar Skomorowski;
•an updated list of sculptors and sculpts for this project;
•...and anything else you can expect from us over the next few months.

Here we go...



We've got a lot to show you today, for the Anglecynn (Juan Navarro Pérez), Brythoniaid (Juan Navarro Pérez), the Érainn (Didier Fancagne) and the Jutes (Edgar Skomorowski)!



These guys have been done for a while, of course, but the alternate banner bearer and herald warriors need doing, and so Juan Navarro Pérez has been hard at work...



Beor is the alternate version of the banner bearer, Beornred, and he looks awesome!





Beor will be a Wave 9 shipment.



The herald of the unit's alternate warrior is Kenric...





This means these guys should be done for Wave 9!



Juan has also been working hard on the alternate versions of his sculpts, and here's Bowman Urien!









He should be a Wave 9 shipment.



Juan seems to be able to multi-task on different sculpts, as Warrior Ffion shows...







She's getting there too, and should be a Wave 9 shipment!



The awesome Didier Fancagne - who looks a stone-cold blindside flanker to my eyes - is working hard on the Beasts of Síleann Fen for the Érainn...



Work is cracking on with Ollmhór and it shouldn't be too long before he's done...







He should be a Wave 9 shipment!



Didier has been working on another Fen Beast, Ardann, too...





We hope that these guys will be a Wave 9 shipment, but we shall see.



The amazing Edgar Skomorowski has been continuing his work on the Wihtgār... two of them, in fact!



Oswine is one of the Wihtgār warriors and looks superbly downtrodden...





He should be a Wave 9 shipment!



The alternate warrior of the banner bearer, Bertræd looks a bit mean...





We're hopeful that The Dead of Black Barrow will be a Wave 9 shipment!

I'm on course for the full rules being downloadable by the next update - which will be the 4th of September.

Beasts of Stone and Ice

It's been a while in coming but we've got our first Friday update for BaneBeasts: Mighty Monsters Part Deux right here!

We do update our projects regularly, but have not had the opportunity to do so here simply because the sculptors we've booked have been very, very busy.

This week we have:
•sculpt work in progress updates from Olivier Bouchet and Gautier Giroud;
•an idea of what will ship, and when;
•a list of sculptors and sculpts for this project;
•...and anything else you can expect from us over the next few months.

Let's begin!



For this update we have a Darklands sculpt from Olivier Bouchet, which could of course be used as a Stone Beast in other settings, and a recap on Gautier Giroud's work...



Olivier has been working hard on everyone's favourite stone beast, Ettu, as you can see...







He's a big lad, too! That's an 80mm round base, by the way...



Ettu is completed and will be in our mitts next week, and so he should make it into Wave 8...



Let's have a few Skaadi images, too, because she was sculpted by Gautier Giroud before the project. Here's a few angles you may not have seen before...









Skaadi was already complete when we started this project, so she'll be a Wave 8 shipment too.

 Alpharius wrote:
Those are both usable for...Fomor, right?

Bossk_Hogg wrote:
Ettu doesnt look quite finished IMO. The stones could use a bit more texture. I'm amused skaaldi has ice everywhere but on her perfect booty lol.

Tree men are looking sharp for the Erainn too!

 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
Skaadi looks to nice for the rest of my filthy Fomorian animal men.

Florus, Seer-Sorcerer of Friesia

It's been a while since we've seen an Ancestor - a miniature created for a backer of one of our projects who is called a Descendant - but it's been worth the wait, because Sebastian Volkmann (known as Nergal) has joined John Longshore, Tomas Johansson, Max Schüte and Rick Boer to bring us a fantastic Friesian sorcerer called Florus!



Florus is a Friesian sorcerer, taught by the Gyptians (where his father traded - Frieisians are legendary merchants), who has returned to his homeland of northern Europe (Friesia) via Rome to escape the Sassanids, who are if nothing else a bloodthirsty lot. There he met his future wife, and his mystic abilities and insights into the flow of battle and the future itself have established him as a valued advisor, ensuring that he has gathered not a little wealth.

Artwork by Danny Cruz

Seb wanted Danny Cruz to draw Florus from the very beginning and he didn't disappoint... we think he's going to be a superb miniature!

Florus is armed with a scalding-hot sword (obviously sorcerous) and a seax-dagger, and wears a fur cloak over leather armour and greaves. He also has a shield, slung over his back.



We think he looks very cool, especially as Florus looks like he's just about to Invoke a pretty mean invocation. We pity the recipient...!

How can I purchase Florus?

Florus will be available to purchase from our webstore by Monday, in the Darklands: First Edition II category, at the special Kickstarter price of £10.00.

Due to be sculpted by Stéphane Simon

We're anticipating Wave 10 for Florus delivery, depending on how it fits around Stéphane's other commitments, not the least of which is Maximus, Max Schüte's first ancestor (which is due to be sculpted once the Shadow-Drunes are finished).

Who were the Friesians?

The Friesians resided in Friesland on the north-west coast of modern day Belgium, Netherlands and Germany, and their descendants still have their own identity and culture, much of which survives intact. The Friesian language is still the closest other language to English and, in fact, it is said that West Friesian can be understood by English speakers almost as if it were a dialect, and vice versa of course (although pretty much everyone in the Netherlands speaks English like a native).

Thus, as may be thought, the Friesians in 650AD are very similar to the Angles, Saxons and Jutes of that time, and many Friesians migrated to the British Isles during the Dark Ages along with those other invaders, just in scattered groups settling in various parts of the country. That being the case, and the Angles of Darklands being shape-changers, so are the Friesians. The Saxons and Jutes are shape-changers, also; although most Saxons (along with the Northumbraland Angles) have found the One God and denounce it, in 650AD.

So what do the Frisians change into? Well, Florus himself is not a shape-changer (although he may decide otherwise, later!), but many Friesians are, and they change into oxen - and of course cattle are very much a part of Friesian history. Thus, the Friesians become Weroxan, the singular being Weroxa. However, the Friesian shape-changers, unlike the other shape-changers of Mierce, Beornica and Eoforas, often do not choose when to change - they simply change when threatened.

The Friesians will eventually become a kindred in their own right at some point over the course of the next few years, but for now, we have Florus (thanks to Seb) and of course Rikkard (thanks to Rick Boer)!

Bossk_Hogg wrote:
So are the ancestors all sell-swords who will work for anyone? Or are they going to have a Friesian faction eventually?

The Friesians will eventually become a kindred in their own right at some point over the course of the next few years, but for now, we have Florus (thanks to Seb) and of course Rikkard (thanks to Rick Boer)!

Tim Fisher 27 minutes ago

Howdy. I'm organising the first ever Darklands tournament this Nov 7th & 8th in Sheffield, UK.

As the full rules will be up as a free PDF in Sept (along with the updated musters we've been playtesting to death recently) there will be plenty of time to get some practice games in beforehand.

It will be 5 games at 1750 gold - no comp. As it's early days there is no need for your force to be painted (though from 2016 onwards we'll require forces to be painted). It's part of tournament I run every year called The Maul - full details inc tickets etc here

http://warhammer.org.uk/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=130479

we're already at 18 players which is fantastic!